Tyr
Pulsar
- Joined
- May 17, 2009
- Location
- California
John Jacobs was a modest if not successful farmer, and though not a noble, he’d done well. His family several generations back had been given some land and the exclusive right to farm other lands, this combined with a acumen for predicting the seasons, he’d amassed a nice nest egg. Over the years, he tended to lease or sublease most of his lands as he worked the land with only himself a few ranch hands. His wife Eve, had passed on a few years ago after having come down with some vicious blood fever, that not even local physician could cure. One son had died at childbirth, one had moved to the city, and the last had joined the Duke's men as a man at arms, as farming wasn't his interest. So John was basically alone, and his interest in farming was waning with each change of the seasons.
Though he didn’t tell anyone, over the last few years he’d become rather enamored with a good looking young thing that was the daughter of a local tenant farmer. John had found himself not only finding excuses to see her, but actually spilling his seed thinking about her young body. A man might have gone to temple and explained his failing, but Mr. Jacobs was not such a man, instead, he began to think, plot, connive, how he might get her. Young girls were protected under the King’s law, so the taking of her outright would only end miserably. Still the laws allowed for payment, servitude and debt relief, and more than one family had used their daughter to do such. So it was with almost glee, that he’d lent the father money, though he’d been harsh in his negotiating of terms, knowing full well that he hoped that man could never pay. The man though a good farmer, didn’t have the experience, and thought he knew better than most as to what weather was going to be and what crops would return the coin. John didn’t dissuade him, or even warn him that he might be on the wrong path, as he had his own goals.
In his mid forties and with a little gray in his hair John was still in good shape. His body hadn’t betrayed him yet, and he still could out work most young men, if it was required of him. His body had muscles and was tone, from the daily regimen of work, but wasn’t any crazy thing, like say the local blacksmith. The dark hair that topped his head was contrasted by the light blue that peaked out from his mop of hair. Though he could clean up nice, most days he his hands were dirty as was most of his body. He missed the time he would spend with his Eve cleaning and bathing, as it led to many an evening of fun.
Though he didn’t tell anyone, over the last few years he’d become rather enamored with a good looking young thing that was the daughter of a local tenant farmer. John had found himself not only finding excuses to see her, but actually spilling his seed thinking about her young body. A man might have gone to temple and explained his failing, but Mr. Jacobs was not such a man, instead, he began to think, plot, connive, how he might get her. Young girls were protected under the King’s law, so the taking of her outright would only end miserably. Still the laws allowed for payment, servitude and debt relief, and more than one family had used their daughter to do such. So it was with almost glee, that he’d lent the father money, though he’d been harsh in his negotiating of terms, knowing full well that he hoped that man could never pay. The man though a good farmer, didn’t have the experience, and thought he knew better than most as to what weather was going to be and what crops would return the coin. John didn’t dissuade him, or even warn him that he might be on the wrong path, as he had his own goals.
In his mid forties and with a little gray in his hair John was still in good shape. His body hadn’t betrayed him yet, and he still could out work most young men, if it was required of him. His body had muscles and was tone, from the daily regimen of work, but wasn’t any crazy thing, like say the local blacksmith. The dark hair that topped his head was contrasted by the light blue that peaked out from his mop of hair. Though he could clean up nice, most days he his hands were dirty as was most of his body. He missed the time he would spend with his Eve cleaning and bathing, as it led to many an evening of fun.