However, Jaunutis' brothers - Algirdas and Kestutis - refused to stand idly by as their beloved homeland fell to the cross. As he failed to control the domestic unrest, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order saw his chance to subjugate Lithuania for good. He turned away from our old beliefs and accepted the Christian god. Jaunutis was weak, but worse, he was divisive when the land needed unity. Had Grand Duke Gediminas still been alive, he would have put this mob of greedy crusaders in its place - but a devious coup ended his life and left the throne to his useless son, Jaunutis. They razed our strongholds and torched our villages. They called themselves holy warriors, but they were nothing more than robber knights - and a hundred years of pillaging our lands had made them masters of their trade. Slowly, we began to see their true faces. Every one of our soldiers is steeped in that same tradition.īut the more that we resisted the crusaders and their god, the more ruthless they became. Our ancestors learned how to fight by battling the forces of nature and the beasts of the dark, primeval forests. They named themselves the Teutonic Order, and, under the banner of the cross, they promised deliverance - yet they brought only death and perdition. 'chosen ones' felt called on to bring the light to Lithuania. Its swamps, deep forests, and raging rivers are not exactly the heart of civilization, if you ask our enemies - which makes it all the more astonishing that they have tried, time and again, to subjugate it. I aimed for the throne - yet I ended up in this dark, moldy prison cell.īeyond these bars lies the land of my fathers: Lithuania. If there is one thing of which we are not deprived in this bloody dungeon, it is time. I will tell you the story, my companion in misfortune. You want to know how I ended up here, foreigner? You dare to ask such a question, as if we were equals? Very well.
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