For bonus points, the siege engine in question was supposedly operated by the women of the town. REKT
In case anyone is worried, I looked it up and you can sleep soundly: Mr. de Montfort survived the Siege of Toulouse, despite the concerning-looking injury. He lived quite the full and happy life, it seems, until the admittedly unfortunate “lance to the neck” incident put a bit of a damper on things.
Wrong guy - the bloodline didn’t know how to count. There are two Simon de Montfort Vs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_5th_Earl_of_Leicester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester
Update: scratch what I said. He died, y’all. Injury was just as bad as it looks, it turns out.
So it wasn’t a flesh wound after all…
It was… he just lost the head-butting ability afterward!
That was Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.
This is his father Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, who - as depicted - was dead as fuck.
Headshot!
Based siege engineer!
Take that, papist!
medieval live leak
Of a Medieval life leak.
It was a trebuchet! Oh my god, finally! What a lucky guy that was! Smashed by the finest of all siege engines! 💖
This guy is gonna need PTSD treatment
These poor things:
