William the Conqueror: 1061 to 1066
By the time the winds change finally to the south, many of your men have deserted, because they now really accept that the whole enterprise cannot come off till next spring. Too late, you realize how demoralizing a return to the same camp was on many of them. Your army is now too weak to effect a successful invasion. Soon after, the news spreads like fire, of Harold's mighty victory over the invading Norsemen, led by their king Harald Hardrada, the mightiest warrior in Christendom. Of course, by defeating such a personage, that makes Harold Godwinson the mightiest warrior in Christendom, and your reputation is diminished to that of being merely a successful duke. You have lost your bid for England.
