The ECW period isn't my specialty so I'm wondering about the likely effect of this.
Historically Fairfax was Parliamentarian commander during the Battle of Torrington (wiki) in the English Civil War. During the battle, 16FEB1646, stray sparks ignited about six tonnes of gunpowder stored in a local church, obliterating the church, killing scores of Parliamentarian prisoners held there and leading to a Parliamentarian victory. It also almost killed Fairfax.
What if he's died there? Would his absence from subsequent events, the Wallingford and Oxford sieges, have significantly altered the course of the civil war? What about even later, the Leveller mutiny and the trial of Charles II? Or even the Restoration?
Any ideas?
Historically Fairfax was Parliamentarian commander during the Battle of Torrington (wiki) in the English Civil War. During the battle, 16FEB1646, stray sparks ignited about six tonnes of gunpowder stored in a local church, obliterating the church, killing scores of Parliamentarian prisoners held there and leading to a Parliamentarian victory. It also almost killed Fairfax.
What if he's died there? Would his absence from subsequent events, the Wallingford and Oxford sieges, have significantly altered the course of the civil war? What about even later, the Leveller mutiny and the trial of Charles II? Or even the Restoration?
Any ideas?