Steel Empire
Joining the Teutonic Order

Currently, Lambert is still in a prison train cage built for his transport to the Teutonic Order. They had traveled for several weeks in a Caravan to Malbork Castle in the Pomerelia region to maintain the safety and integrity of the transported prisoners. Lambert sat in his cage with a blanket over his shoulder. The only thing that kept him alive throughout his journey was the idea that he would return home one day and take revenge on his family for what they had done to him.

The Teutonic Order, often called the Teutonic State, is currently engaged in a series of wars against the inhabitants of eastern Europe. Whether they were pagans or eastern orthodox, the fanatical crusaders of the Teutonic order did not care and used whatever excuses they could to justify their war of conquest. Pomerelia, however, is much closer to the German border and is only used as a training ground for recruitment. To push them into the Order and their way of life over time.

As a Militant Order of the Catholic Church, the Teutonic Knights required all full brothers to take monastic vows. They will be celibate and have no children, nor will they ever marry. If they were nobles, they would give up all claims to their family land. It is the genius act of Gisela to save Lambert's life while making him no longer a threat to Berengar's position.

On the other hand, Lambert saw this as an opportunity to move up the ranks of the Teutonic Order and gain enough power to take revenge on the family that had left him. Especially that bitch Linde, she would never forgive him for his mistakes. After all the time and energy she had spent dating him, she threw it all away for her despicable brother. She was really fed up with herself for being so stupid for thinking she could be with a girl like Linde and stick with her demeaning act because of it.

Not long after thinking about this, Malbork Castle came into sight, and the guards of the Teutonic Order came out to meet the approaching Caravan. A knight in full plate armor, with a white tabard and a black cross emblazoned on it, stopped in front of the carriage and gave his orders.

"On the orders of the Grandmaster, all outsiders are forbidden from traveling past this point! State your business or go!"

The Caravan Guards were not the least bit threatened by the knights and calmly stated the reason for being in the area.

"By the decree of Sieghard von Kufstein, Baron Kufstein. This Lambert youth has been convicted of the crimes of murder, treason, treason, and the attempted murder of a brother and hereby sentenced to join the Teutonic Order where he can redeem himself in the eyes of the Lord in a true crusade!"

"One more? Alright... We'll escort the prisoners from now on."

Actually the Crusades were not as popular as the previous centuries; after the French conspired against the Templars for their wealth and burned them all as heretics, many people did not want to suffer a similar fate. Today, the ranks of the Teutonic Order are filled with convicted criminals, refugees, orphans, or disillusioned noble youth. Despite the success of the Crusades to the Holy Land in this timeline, the Northern Crusades were not so popular in the eyes of the Christians. In many countries, one can even say that they are unpopular, especially now that the Baltic pagans have largely been conquered and are in the process of being Germanized, he said, which is a polite way of saying that they are being completely annihilated and replaced by ethnic Germans.

Regarding the other so-called Holy Crusades, the Reconquista was a matter of Iberian pride; thus, the Reconquista was a matter of Iberian pride, The Militant Order in the region was filled with rows of eager young men who wanted to drive the moor people from their land. However, unless one hated Muslims so much, they would not dare from other territories to join the fight for the recapture of Iberia.

The ongoing Crusades in North Africa, if you can even call it that way, were largely handled by the forces of the great Byzantine Empire army, he said, they want to reclaim lost territory in Egypt and Libya. Although the Orthodox, Byzantine and Orthodox Churches are much friendlier in this timeline with Europe and the Vatican. Thus, they had gained the support of the Hospitaller Order in an attempt to recapture North Africa for the Order of Christians. It was much more popular than the Northern Crusades among Catholics and Orthodox, as they reclaimed lost land instead of venturing into remote areas and forcibly transformed the natives.

Upon hearing the Knight's command, the Caravan guards quickly descended from their carriage and released the key at the gate that bound Lambert. Where he was quickly dragged out of his cell and handed over to the Knights of the Teutonic Order, who took him to Malbork Castle, this will be the last time the boy has seen von Kufstein's House Banner for some time. He would forever carve them in his memory because he wanted to see them burn together with his homeland.

Upon arriving at the Castle, Lambert was taken to the place of the recruits, where he obtained the clothes of an initiator and had his head shaved. Over the next few months, his life will be a tiring hell as he works hard and works hard to prove himself worthy of the title. Lucky for him, he was already a competent swordsman and would quickly make a name for himself among the initiates and members of the order. After a simple meal for the night, he returned to his residence, where he began to fall into a deep sleep; the thought of revenge was the only thing that would allow him to endure this ordeal.

Sorry about the late fall asleep :vv