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minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months ago Doppelsöldner I thought you were talking about his sword, but actually it’s people who fought in the front line for double pay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelsöldner
minus-squareDr_Box@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months agoYessir, taking on the front line seems like a death sentence but these dudes didnt care. They just wanted that coin. Also anyone charging in with a bigass zweihander is a badass in my book
I thought you were talking about his sword, but actually it’s people who fought in the front line for double pay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelsöldner
Yessir, taking on the front line seems like a death sentence but these dudes didnt care. They just wanted that coin. Also anyone charging in with a bigass zweihander is a badass in my book