or How Dick the Lionheart Went to Jerusalem
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Richard (Dick) the Lionheart, King of Britain, attempts to capture Jerusalem26Please respect copyright.PENANAXaK3Pgivup
Philip Augustus, King of France, Richard's accomplice26Please respect copyright.PENANAUquhDSy9Wj
Leopold, Duke of Austria, Richard's accomplice26Please respect copyright.PENANAS6X1dHbaFb
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, defender of Jerusalem and leader of the Saracens (Muslims)26Please respect copyright.PENANAttrx2AWkZi
John, Richard's brother, acting king26Please respect copyright.PENANA10vmTMYvYW
Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold's suzerain (boss)
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Richard: Well, I'm King of Britain now. Come on, people, chip in a quarter of your annual income for the war against Saladin.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoryi4P8yjU
People: (Grumbling, but paying).26Please respect copyright.PENANAj7qVT47BmA
Richard: John, bro, you're in charge now.26Please respect copyright.PENANA95bJw69dNA
John (aside): Yes! (Out loud, crossing his fingers behind his back): Good luck, bro.26Please respect copyright.PENANATA3RPKqvx1
Richard (swimming across the sea and heading for the Holy Land): Well, I'm going to have some real fights here... Guts, gore & hardcore...26Please respect copyright.PENANAcsLjWBO9Ap
Knights from Richard's army: Shit, that'll probably make you even more sinful... Time to bow to the holy places and quietly go home...26Please respect copyright.PENANAYvNmeRd5om
Richard: Guys, where are you going?? Hey, Saladin, be a pal, forbid them from visiting the holy places in Jerusalem.26Please respect copyright.PENANANyB2H4LT5q
Saladin: Dude, what's wrong with you? My religion doesn't allow me to forbid Christians from worshiping their holy places.26Please respect copyright.PENANAT10tgXx2F4
Richard: Ahhh, okay, I need to think of something else. Oh, Leopold took the castle? And who the hell are you, and why are you rushing ahead of the king? Hey, army, throw his flag down from the wall.26Please respect copyright.PENANAGgca0UYAIH
Army: (throws down the flag).26Please respect copyright.PENANA01tos03dXH
Leopold (setting off for home): You'll remember me, Dick.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoDFzyhoJUh
Richard: What else can I do? Oh, I'll take some hostages and then slaughter them all.26Please respect copyright.PENANAHO5v0p8k0t
Philip Augustus: Dick, you're completely nuts, I'm going home.26Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Epibq3VO
Richard: Oh my, I don't have any allies left. It's time for me to go home before I get my fill. I didn't take Jerusalem, but oh well... Saladin, a three-year truce?26Please respect copyright.PENANAiOSLmK1y0j
Saladin: Okay. Richard, if you want, come to Jerusalem like a brother and see the holy places.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdO6vB0LtmM
Richard (muttering under his breath): I won't go there as a simple pilgrim... Three years from now, oh, Saracens, and I'll show you, well, I'll... (sails across the sea and ends up in Europe).26Please respect copyright.PENANAghvbiI0QjU
Leopold: Stick up! Do you remember, Dick, how you threw down my flag? Welcome to captivity.26Please respect copyright.PENANApjJ96aPDlj
Richard: (sits angrily in captivity).26Please respect copyright.PENANArPh02CERyg
John: Hey, Leopold, be a pal, let him sit there a little longer, okay? The aristocrats still haven't left me alone for his previous tax antics.26Please respect copyright.PENANAfDW643NETI
Leopold: No problem. We'll demand a bigger ransom now and let him sit.26Please respect copyright.PENANAjrKQptdGkt
Henry: Wow, that's some decent cash. Well, let him pay and go home. But you, Richard, will be my lackey... I mean, vassal. To you, Leopold, so be it, a third of the spoils... The rest is mine.26Please respect copyright.PENANAp1WwYlgIRy
Richard: Fine.26Please respect copyright.PENANARt3wLRkdsQ
Leopold: Scheisse.26Please respect copyright.PENANAUc4dVn9aDM
John: Oh, shit.26Please respect copyright.PENANAzhYDuEWvPW
Richard (ransoming himself from captivity): Uhh, now I'll show you, Saracens, I'll... Oh, no, I won't show you again – there's no money left in the country now! I had to give up 23 tons of silver to the captors for ransom. Damn, what can I do, what can I do... Oh, I've got an idea. Scotland, do you want freedom from the British crown?26Please respect copyright.PENANAHydenMn27a
Scotland: Sure thing!26Please respect copyright.PENANAI0OfgZFkDB
Richard: For a cashback equal to my ransom, I'll let you go... Okay, it's done. Well, Saracens, now I... Oh, no again, oops! Philip Augustus, what are you doing on my remaining lands? Well, I'll show you...26Please respect copyright.PENANAdV0GNmkq5j
Richard's Death: (arrives).
The End
John: Yes!26Please respect copyright.PENANAC1mCq1onpD
British aristocrats: No.
But that's a whole other story.
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Notes:26Please respect copyright.PENANAmPWr9bNE2a
"Scheisse" is "shit" in German.


