{"id":97,"date":"2018-02-03T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2018-01-31T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T09:40:13","slug":"liegeman-of-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2018\/02\/03\/liegeman-of-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The SAGA of Andraes Vilhelmsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2018\/02\/03\/liegeman-of-the-king\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>I am Andraes Vilhelmsson, son of Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, son of Vilhelm Johanesson, loyal liegeman of our late King Harold Godwinson.<\/p>\n<p>For many years I have honed the craft of war-leader, as I honed the edge of my great axe, in the service of our 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