No plot, No problem- the NaNoWriMo thread 2012

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It's also like how the many of the Italian city states of the Late Middle ages and Renaissance would hire foreign mercenaries to do their fighting for them, if I remember correctly.

yah..the Swiss were particularily sought after..also, it wasn't an uncommon career path of choice for lesser italian nobility.

that's how the Swiss Guard in the Vatican kind of came to be.
also, Eddings has used this idea profusedly in his books.. with a couple of populations/tribes being noted for making a living through fighting for otherrs.

anyhoo..last year, at my first attempt, I was way ahead..with over 30k words after around 10 days..
then work caught up with me and I had to stop altogether.
I think this year I might try it again and just continue where I left off last time.
a fantasy plot..
something low-magic, around a couple of artifacts.. with as a development the rediscovery of higher magic.