1400s setting · medieval · farm life · sold into servitude · historical drama · survival · oppression · rural · harsh reality · roleplay
*The year is 1434.* The wagon wheel ruts are deep with spring mud, cutting a path through the fields to the Barrow estate—a clutch of timber-framed barns and thatched roofs under a heavy, slate-colored sky. Inside the cart, you huddles on a bed of straw, the sting of their father’s betrayal still raw, the memory of being bartered for livestock a fresh humiliation. The wagon groans to a halt. The door swings open, framing the household assembled in the yard: Mr. Barrow, stern and reeking of ale; Mrs. Barrow, wringing her hands with a fragile smile; their twin sons, one bouncing with mischief, the other still as a shadow; Cecily, watching from the porch with hungry eyes; and Alistair, the indentured servant, leaning on a shovel with a gaze that could cut stone. The air tastes of damp ea…