The Battle of Bannockburn Brought to Life in Unique Animation 1314 AD ( The Braveheart Sequel !)
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In this video I delve deep into the heart of the historic Battle of Bannockburn. This pivotal clash, led by renowned leaders like Robert the Bruce and Edward II, saw Scotland's fate hanging in the balance. It is the story of the Outlaw King, Robert the Bruce, whose unwavering determination and cunning strategy played a pivotal role in securing Scotland's independence.
The Battle of Bannockburn's intricacies and the larger-than-life characters involved is the continuation of the events unfolded in Braveheart and the battle that won Scotland’s freedom. Witness the bravery, the tactics, and the sheer willpower that transformed this ancient battlefield into a turning point in Scottish history, and find out how this incredible chapter shaped the destiny of a nation.
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'Red' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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📌Sounds
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YleArkisto: Ancient, old time battle, combat, horses snorting and galloping, men shouting and barking, fencing, swords clanging, mix
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Old Crown Macovei Tudor
Old Cart: Lyskilde
Wooden Cart: DZs
The Battle of Bannockburn (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Allt nam Bànag or Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich) was fought on 23-24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence. It was a decisive victory for Robert Bruce and formed a major turning point in the war, which ended 14 years later with the de jure restoration of Scottish independence under the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton. For this reason, the Battle of Bannockburn is widely considered a landmark moment in Scottish history.[10]
King Edward II invaded Scotland after Bruce demanded in 1313 that all supporters, still loyal to ousted Scottish king John Balliol, acknowledge Bruce as their king or lose their lands. Stirling Castle, a Scots royal fortress occupied by the English, was under siege by the Scottish army. King Edward assembled a formidable force of soldiers to relieve it - the largest army ever to invade Scotland. The English summoned 25,000 infantry soldiers and 2,000 horses from England, Ireland and Wales against 6,000 Scottish soldiers, that Bruce had divided into three different contingents.[10] Edward's attempt to raise the siege failed when he found his path blocked by a smaller army commanded by Bruce.[10]
The Scottish army was divided into four divisions of schiltrons commanded by (1) Bruce, (2) his brother Edward Bruce, (3) his nephew, Thomas Randolph, the Earl of Moray and (4) one jointly commanded by Sir James Douglas and the young Walter the Steward.[11] Bruce's friend, Angus Og Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, brought thousands of Islesmen to Bannockburn, including galloglass warriors, and King Robert assigned them the place of honour at his side in his own schiltron with the men of Carrick and Argyll.[12]
After Robert Bruce killed Sir Henry de Bohun on the first day of the battle, the English withdrew for the day. That night, Sir Alexander Seton, a Scottish noble serving in Edward's army, defected to the Scottish side and informed King Robert of the English camp's low morale, telling him they could win. Robert Bruce decided to launch a full-scale attack on the English forces the next day and to use his schiltrons as offensive units, as he had trained them. This was a strategy his predecessor William Wallace had not employed. The English army was defeated in a pitched battle which resulted in the deaths of several prominent commanders, including the Earl of Gloucester and Sir Robert Clifford, and capture of many others, including the Earl of Hereford.[10]
The victory against the English at Bannockburn is one of the most celebrated in Scottish history, and for centuries the battle has been commemorated in verse and art. The National Trust for Scotland operates the Bannockburn Visitor Centre (previously known as the Bannockburn Heritage Centre). Though the exact location for the battle is uncertain, a modern monument was erected in a field above a possible site of the battlefield, where the warring parties are believed to have camped, alongside a statue of Robert Bruce designed by Pilkington Jackson. The monument, along with the associated visitor centre, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area.
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Each video is HAND made by a SINGLE creator (me)
1)This means that I create most of the models-textures
2) I create the battlefields and all of the maps
3) I made the animated system for the battles (Τhis is an ongoing process since I'm constantly trying to improve it)
That's why it takes two months or more for each video to be made, which is very time consuming and a huge gamble.
Liking-Commenting and Subscribing to the channel will help me continue to work on these videos and even improve them.
I will eventually be able to create gunpowder battles, incorporate more animations, motion capture etc.
But it ALL depends on your help and support.
Thank you very much guys.
Can you please tell me which software you use for the animation? THX
You should submit this to the bannockburn museum in Stirling
@@loyalpiper They can certainly use it if they want! Haha
Thanks for the kind comment though!
Your work is astonishing, I'm a bit stunned to learn that is the work of one man. I hope the best success for Your channel, it's supremely underappreciated. Three cheers to You HistoryBattles3D.
@@louisimission2153
I'm speechless by your kindness...
Thank you so much for your kind words and be sure that I'll constantly try to improve the final result, trying to make it worthy of such high praise.
Man, the graphics were really good in 1314.
Yes but the color has to be added in centuries later.
@@floridareb8083its a joke
Was that a joke?
Was that a joke?
Was that a joke?
I flew to the UK and spent 6 weeks driving around it. I visited Bannockburn, Stirling and even Culloden. Amazing history. Good video.
Really interesting.
I have never visited England or Scotland, unfortunately.
But I hope one day I will.
@@historybattles3Dwhat country are you from? Its fascinating how knowledgeable you are about other country's history despite not having to live there!
@@ripplebanNot really if your interested in history,I could rattle of history about most countries around the world , just pick it all up reading
@@historybattles3DWhat part of England are the places mentioned??
Did you try the simulator of the battle?
Pressing these events into 16 minutes makes the head spin.
Very nicely animated, and great that you included the coats-of-arms and colours of the various noble houses. Very good work!
Thanks for noticing !!
@@historybattles3D I recognised the Douglas, Brus and Clifford colours :) Really nice detail! Keep up the great work!
@@Alopex1 Thanks!
This is part of my video-making procedure, hence the huge time gaps between videos.
I research the armors, banners, weapons used during each period and then have to make them from scratch most of the time
@@historybattles3D do you have any good site for that?
@@funtecstudiovideos4102 There is no single site for such research unfortunately.
Either that or I wasn't able to find one.
I usually research for the creation of the script and then try to find whatever I can from my online research.
Love the fact that you're finally covering the Battle of Bannockburn. I'm kind of wondering when you'll end up covering the Battle of Stirling bridge soon.
As there are not that many videos on Scottish history is specially on their battles
I'll cover Stirling certainly.
The only problem is with timing. I'm trying to make videos that people will watch right now and this is the reason I'm making the polls.
But there are no battles that I don't intend on doing.
Stirling is an incredible battle. Still studied even today!
That because Scotland wasn’t any good at winning wars specifically against us English yh they did win some battles against us but never could win a war most of the time it was us English Anglo Saxon who did the Winning plus we English our a war country it’s the only thing we really our good at war the world is lucky that we have calmed down since then
@@Angle-saxon-94 lol! You clearly don’t know much about Scottish history if you think that. Both wars of independence were won by Scotland after many battles with the English (and some Scottish usurpers). Granted the English armies were tactically brilliant and generally a lot larger than the Scottish armies but they still lost both wars. That is why Scotland remained a separate kingdom up until the Scottish king James VI became the first king of the United Kingdom.
That was quite astonishing - what a thing it is to see a battle play out in front of Your eyes. Thanks for all the work it took to make this
Thank you very much!
These videos are really amazing, the effort you put into them is incredible!
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
I do what I can!
Another masterpiece! thanks for your hard work HB3D
Much appreciated!
These are so good honestly, you should definitely continue. For me definitely the most enjoyable history Chanel on UA-cam
I'm so glad that you think so. It really inspires me to continue improving my system.
Thank you very much!
I’m Scottish from Dundee. Bannockburn is probably just over an hours drive from here and I’ve actually never been. Great video. Very well put together.
Cool, thanks!
This video was so cool. Keep on posting bangers!
Thank you! Will do!
This is absolutely amazing! I've been wanting to see this battle brought to life for so long! I really hope we get to see The Battle of Stirling Bridge as well!
Certainly!
Thank you very much!
Brilliant work mate easily my favourite medieval battle
Awesome video !!! You really get a sense of what it's like to have been there !!!!
I appreciate that!
Thank you kindly!
This is awesome, very well done!
Glad you think so!
Amazing video. Everything is in extreme detail from banners to armours.
Thank you very much!
Glad that you noticed the banners and the texture work!
Even though iv seen these battles on other channels I find your video a nice change glade I found it.
Welcome aboard!
incredible video man, can't believe how small your channel is
I will always watch your videos just for the excellent animations
you put in a lot of work in this one, well done. i saw the movie but now i know even more what happend in that timeline.
Thank you very much!
another very well made vid, i'm really liking this channel
Much appreciated!
I read somewhere that the “schiltron” formation, for which the Scots were famous, was a case of making a virtue of necessity. Scotland was a relatively poor country and did not have a large “knightly” class of young men from families rich enough to buy plate armour (it was very expensive), horses and employ supporters. So it had to rely on foot soldiers, thus blocks of pikemen. And if that is your primary resource and tactic, you focus on making it very good at what it does, which in the case of the schiltron means disciplined drills to make it act as one - a hedgehog of 4 metre pikes that can alternately stand its ground in defence or move (slowly, but relentlessly) in attack. The contrast between that - the reality of Scottish medieval warfare tactics - and the caricature wild charges depicted in “Braveheart” could hardly be greater.
Only prob with Braveheart is Mel Gibsons accent, take it from a born Scot that's lived here all my life.
@@Scotland_the_Brave1984 If that is the only problem then you are deluded.
These animations are what I've love to see for Medieval Total War 3!
First video I've seen on your channel and it was a brilliant watch! Great to learn more about how these battles actually went down. Will be watching more! British History is never ending with blood and stories
Love the colours. So often, creators of medieval battles imagine that world as very drab and grey, when in actual fact they would be very colourful with the flags, pendants, caparisons etc.. Well done.
Thank you!
I was really wondering if I should apply a grey-darker filter to the video in order to simulate that "movie" feeling, but I tried to include as many flags and heraldic symbols as I could.
I'm afraid this is quite innaccurate. The definitive books on Bannockburn are written by William Scott. His superbly researched work shows how a large Scottish army won in a battle which took place in the Carse of Balqhuideroch between the Bannockburn and Pelstream Burn where the English camped overnight. The Scots descended onto the Carse in the early hours of the morning from the Dryfield to take the English by surprise and close off the half-mile gap between the burns to avoid being outflanked. After the hasty charge of the surprised English cavalry was absorbed by the approximately 12 ranks of pikemen drawn across the carse, the English archers, behind their own cavalry, were nullified and were ordered to stop trying to fire over their own cavalry as they were hitting their own horsemen. Meanwhile the Scottish archers couldcomfortably fire over their own pikemen into the English. There was no Scottish cavalry involvement at Bannockburn.
Fantastic video. Thanks!
Thank you too!
These animations are incredible!
Thank you!!
welcome@@historybattles3D
Well done!
Nice one big yin 😁🏴
NOW THAT OUR TIME HAS COME TO FIGHT
*SCOTLAND MUST UNITE 🏴 !*
Sabaton ❤
1314 - the last time they did. Beaten militarily and politically ever since
@@SensibleMoniker You have no clue do you?. There were way over a hundred battles after 1314 and for several hundred years afterward- you really think England won these? The clue is in the name "Scottish WARS of Independence." You know, plural? Plus other battles /conflicts against the English.
@@KMilton-iw2tk I note you say 'wars of independence' - which ones did you win? Corrupt Nicola and 'Useless' have certainly lost you the last one 😃
Both countries now invaded by a death cult
A magnificent work of knowledge good sir. Many thanks
That's very kind of you!
Thank you so much for watching and leaving such a wonderful comment.
It's always a pleasure to have people like you around!
Excellent documentary.
Many thanks!
If anyone's interested in Scottish warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's channel. The guy knows a dreadful lot about the actual Art of War of the time and he could greatly help in such reconstructions
This man speaks truth
Love watching things about my Country, the town I come from is called Annan Dumfries and Galloway and Robert had a castle here, only the Mot is here now but damn trying to climb it is impossible so imagine with sheilds and swords and leather padding and chainmail..
Amazing work, I love your videos! can you make in the future more about ancient battles? Alexander's battles
Thank you very much!
I'll certainly make videos about antiquity.
Rome and ancient Greece is probably the first eras that I'm going to choose and at some point maybe the entire campaign of Alexander the Great.
Wonderfully made! Almost movie - quality. One thing that you omitted was the use of tripod spikes by Bruce to cripple horses hoofs and thus Knights. They can be seen at various museums and were used at Bannockburn. I also learned that my wedding anniversary is on the same day and month as this battle...24th June.
Thank you!
Well, I mentioned traps in the script but I decided against actually implementing them in the video due to the difficulty that would have been involved.
I had already delayed the video for quite some time so I though of skipping this detail! haha
Scone, just outside Perth where Robert de Brus was crowned is also badly mispronounced here.
We've been there at Bannockburn with me wife, years ago . I swear you could still hear the rumbling sound of cavalry charging straight into those Scottish pikes😮
Where are you from brother ?
Excellent video 🏴.
Thanks 👍
"No man holds his flesh & blood in hatred, and I am no exception.
I must leave now & join my own people, the nation of Scotland.
Choose then whether you will join me, or depart."
King Robert the Bruce 💙
Need to remember it was two Norman Kings fighting each other.
No it wasn't. By 1314, people in Britain were not Norman. King Stephen was the last Norman king in the mid 12th century. @ericwilson8000
Que trabalho MAGNÍFICO 👏
good vid historybattles
Thanks!
Very well researched and brought the battle to life, would say that the commentary struggled to pronounce a few names like Loudoun Hill (pronounced loud-n), de Bohun (pronounced deboon). When Bruce landed at Carrick it is in Ayrshire, you placed it on the map above Campbeltown in Argyll which is a fair distance away. Other than those minor details this is an excellent reconstruction of the two days of fighting at Bannockburn. Bruce did lay some traps at The Entry, there was a massive section of ground where the Scots dug a honeycomb pattern of holes in the ground about knee deep with a sharpened spear in the hole and covered it up with a thin layer of grass. This was designed to maim horses and men. There were also caltrops which were scattered all across the ground to mischief the horses hooves. The caltrop is a small medieval anti tank device - for want of a better term. It is a weighted ball with three sharp points sticking out in a triangular fashion so that whichever way it is thrown on the ground, one spike will be pointing upwards. Obviously this could hamper infantry as well as cavalry. Bruce had chosen his ground well and prepared the ground to contain the English front to match his own schiltron on day one. Clifford's advance which was cut off by Randolph at St Ninians was on open ground, his schiltron formed an oval shape and Clifford was unable to break through, Douglas remained on the higher ground and did not join the fight once he saw that Randolph was holding his own preferring to let him have all the glory without his help.
Thank you very much for the constructive feedback.
Yes I'm aware of this geographic mistake. It was a hasty call that created this mistake due to the way I'm making maps.
I'm just a single person unfortunately and have no one else to proof-check and correct potential mistakes.
I just glanced at the location and then, trusting my memory, placed the name wherever I remember seeing it, which was obviously wrong.
@@historybattles3Dnot meaning to take away from this epic labour of love. Well done👏👏👏
A true hero for all times! Amazing warrior and leader of men! Robert the Bruce!
Stunning thank you
Thank you for watching!
no words .... awesome. thanks fr everything
Thank you so much 😀
Imagine you made an rts game with these graphics.
Great video, thanks. I live in and was born in Falkirk.
The first battle of Falkirk which Willian Wallace lost to Edward 1st in 1298, the second being in 1746 resulting in a Jacobite victory. Being less than 10 miles from Stirling and Bannockburn I have been to both countless times. Subscribed and I'm looking forward to many more videos, thanks again.
Thank you very much for your kind words!
I'll probably make either the battle of Falkirk or Stirling Bridge pretty soon.
@@historybattles3D That would be pretty amazing, cheers. 🙂
1746 was the battle of Culloden and the Jacobites were defeated.
@@adampage9129 Yes, but was also the same year the Jacobites won at the second battle of Falkirk.
Speechless, better than watching a movie well done sir im sharing this to everyone 😂🎉
Thank you very much for your kind words and the support, sir!
I live in Falkirk, this all happened on my doorstep. Scotland didn't "Invade" Ireland, Roberts brother was named the high king by Irish chiefs and attacked English occupied Ireland.
Us Scots invaded Norman Ireland and planned to unite the Gaels of Ireland and the Gaels of Scotland… the overall plan was to bring in a Celtic union amongst the Celtic peoples of Scotland and Ireland. Then if Edward Bruce was to be successful in expelling Norman-Irish and English presence in Ireland, they were then going to unite and push through into Wales, to liberate Wales.
It was being said that Robert Bruce was the return of King Arthur. He was using this to his advantage. His overall plan was to unite the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland and Wales - to finally once and for all expel the English from the Celtic nations. I have references if you want them?
I was there the other day. It was pretty cool.
this would be so cool if it was a game, hope theres more of these animations in the future :)
If I could ever find a way to optimize this amount of soldiers on screen it would be a start for a game, for sure!
There's more to come, stay tuned and thank you!
@@historybattles3DI’ve heard new engines are making that easier but please let us know if there’s any updates for a game I would love it we could play as a king and ride into battle
is that a game? and nice work!
Just came back from the battle experience of Bannockburn in Scotland. Thank you for the exellent vidio, as it may be better than the one in the experience center. With that said, the center is still worth a go.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi there I thought I'd subscrib,after toon history tv,was aloud to use one of your videos,an he said your channel is fantastic,so hear I am,an wow what a channel,I wasn't really interested in history as a child,but now I love it, so thanks for all the hard work your doing.
Thank you very much!
Yes, Toon does a great work and I was really interested in listening to a commentary about my video.
Welcome aboard, hopefully it will be a long ride!
Most accounts of Bannockburn describe the Schiltrons as being Circular and static rather than moving. They were a defensive formation against cavalry,
Damn finally someone got the archers right...archers didnt make the sky turn dark, you fly a bow straight or maybe 35deg up at most.
Long story short these were not English Kings as England had been conquered by William 1st of Normandy in 1066, these Kings were Norman Kings, Robert Bruce father was also a relative of William 1st of Normandy though his mother is Scottish, Rob Bruce was born in Scotland though.
And then James 6th of Scotland took over the Kingdom of England in 1603.
Scone is pronounced skoon for the town and skon for the delicacy. Berwick is Berrick and one of the most interesting towns in Britain as it has changed hands between Scotland and England so often and was once left in the position of being officially at war with Russia (or the USSR in the 1960s). Thankfully for the Rooskis, a peace treaty was signed!
The Scottish phalanx-like pike tactics were very effective against cavalry.
you sir put total war games to shame with your work
William was smiling above them
My ancestor..great show.Loved it. ( my other ancestor,Jamie Douglas ) ...from 'Straya
That's a very interesting ancestor to have!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Scottish gentleman stamp of approval
Would love to see it with a proper topographical layout of the ground in the carse of Balquhiderock, where the battle took place, between the two waters the Pelstream and the Bannockburn.
Your graphics are very good, combined with a layout of the carse and the features of the day, it would look even more amazing!
Thank you very much for the wonderful feedback!
Do you think that the topography is off?
I theoritically based it on the topography of the area, using a heightmap to create the layout.
But the scaling might be a bit off.
@@historybattles3D a great book that will provide you with an ideal layout is Genius of Bannockburn by William Scott.
I think you could do a great job reconstructing that. The vital factor being that the Scot’s closed off the carse between the two waterways, and the English cavalry mounted in alarm having no room to get up momentum for a charge before they crashed into the pikes.
The Scots number were far more than John Barbour’s account written 63 years after the battle. The English sources, some written within a year are much more accurate, and the entire Scot’s army fought on foot with Bruce at the front leading the centre.
If you want to collaborate further I am happy to do so…
Check out the info on my videos of the Battlesite.
@@robertthebruce-geniusofban647
That's very interesting and thanks for the heads-up!
I wish I could have your guidance during the creation of the video!
I might recreate the video at some point especially now that my system that controls cavalry behavior is so much better and advance. The battle will look more natural.
I'll soon upload the Battle of Crecy in which you can see the improved behavior of both cavalry and infantry.
what is always interesting to me is the relatively high amount of beating a horse can take from spearmen , unlike its various depictions in games like total war where spears are radioactive for horses , but i guess it would have to be something you would have to see in order to understand
I always find the reality of medieval combat funny. You used to think they just fought until one side won or lost, but its hilarious to think that back then one side would be like 'Do you want to take a tea break?' and the other side being like 'Yeah I could do with a cup of tea.'
Cool video Idea. Is it possible to add even more models to reach the historical number of combatans? They dont have to fight or connect all at once. But I thing bringing realistic numbers would even enhance the visualisation.
The amount of soldiers used in this videos stretched the software to its limits.
I doubt I'd be able to work with a larger amount of soldiers on screen.
Maybe, but I'll need to test this and see.
The lessons from this we used at Agincourt,etc
That's true.
Bannockburn was among the battle's that convinced the English to ditch mass cavalry charges and focus on infantry.
Thats what I imagined future total wars will look like... as I was still naive and young
please design a game with this quality
On you go big man...
All the movie show was one ending scene of them charging, and then it rolls to ending credits.
Very well made presentation and the graphics are astounding 😮🎉❤we 🏴 Scots are the People
Thank you!
He probably used a long pointy dagger in close quarters and for it's mail peircing qualities. A wide sword stab is more likely to have been repelled by Mail and padding.
Do you use a version of the total War engine?
Graphics are amazing.
And, please do a historically accurate Roman final stand against Queen Boudicca and showing the saw tooth formation and especially the light and heavy, ten thousand legionaire pillum throws into the charging Britons.
No, this has nothing to do with total war.
Everything was painstakingly made by me, haha!
Absolutely! The showdown between Boudicca and Paulinus is among the battles that I really wanted to make.
Now that I've upgraded the system of how individuals move, the battle of Watling Street high in my Schedule.
I might even do do right after the next video that I'm planning.
Thanks for your wonderful feedback.
what engine are they using to do this ?
Great video. Did you guys did the animation?
Thank you!
Yes, everything is made by me.
I'm a single person working on the videos by the way.
One person? Wow! Good job!@@historybattles3D
Any chance for a crusade video?
Yes, it will happen at some point certainly.
Are you rendering it in Unreal Engine or blender?
8:35 like a boss
Out of curiosity, is the animation made from a video game simulation? Mount and blade perhaps? Anyways cool video, entertaining as always! ❤
No, everything is hand made!
I describe it in the pinned comment.
Thank you very much!
Wow beautifully depicted realism . Would the MTW Attila engine not permit the cavalry and noblemen separate?
Ι just thought of making something unique and not just use Total War like hundreds of other channels.
Thank you very much!
Only thing wrong about the battle animation is the English didn't just have calvary battling the Scottish pikes. they sent in the infantry after the failed charge, then the calvary reinforced the infantry line I do believe. The Scottish pushed the infantry and cavalry back over hours of fighting to the point where the English king was forced to retreat from amounting losses.
Yes, you are probably right.
The descriptions that I've read were a bit confusing especially concerning the role that the infantry played in the battle, so I went with a "safe" option to be honest.
Excellent job well done .The Scots were vastly outnumbered during conflicts with England and had to adapt their tactics to suit .over hundreds of years they developed into expert guerrilla fighters .Bruce's achievement is all the more remarkable considering he had to defeat powerful enemy's within Scotland before turning his attention to the English
How do you get those horses 🤯
Very well done You sould make a real historical TW game style.. That would be awesome if it looks like this :D...
Or just a simple game where you can play the historical battles!..
Maybe one day!
Thank you very much!
When does this game come out ?!?
Muito bom
Clicked so fast
His brothers were hung drawn and quartered, not just sent to the gallows. I’m only halfway in but where’s Sir James the Good’s intro? Or Black Douglas as the English called him? The Douglas larder and his undefeated exploits with a tiny group are legendary. Sacking Roxburgh Castle camouflaged with Cattle hides, using the brand new invention of rope ladders and fast moving hobler horses. They sacked Edinburgh castle after they found an English soldier who had been sneaking out to visit a lady in the city, they caught him and found the route on the cliffs he’d been using to sneak out. Then the story of Douglas returning to his home near his borough of the Borders where English knights had decided to unknowingly break in and feast in his absence. Also getting right to Edward 2nds tent near Otterburn and chasing him through the night. He took The Bruce’s heart on a crusade and valiantly died saving a group that had been cut off and surrounded. Reported screamed the famous DOUGLAS!!! War cry, throwing the container in the air and dying like a true legend. I know at this point this is well outside the point of this video and after Bannockburn. I just get excited with the legend that is Sir James the Good. Lastly it was said for hundreds of years after that mothers would rock their children to sleep saying Hush ye , Hush ye, do not fret, Black Douglas will not get ye.
Edinburgh Castle has never been taken by any force in history.
@@alexwallace5486 think you’ll find Thomas Randolph did. There’s even a memorial for him stating he did in 1313.
Please for the love of all that is good make a total war style game.
Robert De Bruce and his family were of French origin.
The Chiltrins never moved forward, they just stood their ground.
Bruce used the terrain at Bannockburn to beat the English.
I was brought up in Dumfries and Galloway and know Glentrool really well.
My grandfather, Robert.
“Resplendent”
Thank you!
I enjoy these videos for some reason. Is this a computer game?
It is animation.
I made most of the models-textures, the animated system for battles, the maps, etc.
literally make a video game about this stuff, it'll be better than total war by a long shot xD
What game is that??
manor lords is gonna be good