Ummm, a lasting one? Like, so you'll never be able to go into battle again

Lost limbs!

Since broadswords are basically built for hacking arms and legs off

You can't really thrust with them, they're like axes in sword form.

I mean, nerve damage works, but I don't think that lasts FOREVER, so

Yeah, lost limbs could work very well

I imagine there could be some nasty injuries from jousting too, especially if you fell under a horse

It'd be an easy way to get a mangled foot at least.

That could cause total paralysis, yes

Or death.

>_> Or that, but I'd like my character here alive

But I know even short-lasting horse-related injuries are horrible.

My worst horse-related injury ever was a horribly bruised finger, but then again I've never ridden into battle

I'm definitely thinking a cut off leg or paralysis

But I might also go with blindness

which would then mean he'd somehow need his face damaged, so I'm not sure about that

Broken limbs not properly set.

Oh, that's a good one too.

This guy is going to be nobility, so he's going to have had a lot of good medical attention, but that doesn't mean much in a field hospital

nerve damage definitely can last forever

crushing injuries can heal, like a battleaxe or smth, but if the nerve's severed it's toast

not always! you can reconnect nerves. but not, you know, well back then.

yeah not before recent times

Yeah, um, this world I've got here doesn't have the technology to reconnect nerves, I think

Nerve damage is possible then!

I actually have powerpoints open about this

because I'm cramming for 300-level neuroscience

Oh really? That's what you're studying?

occupational therapy

WHOA go you!

I've always wanted to learn more about OT - most of the kids I work with really like it

but yeah I just saw this and was like omg something I'm good at

what do you want the injury to say about him?

Weeeeell the idea is that he was once a warrior, but now he's stuck... not being able to fight

I also want there to be a certain amount of helplessness in his life, as in he needs help with some everyday tasks that used to be no-brainers for him

I've recently been learning about the horrible injury of Henry V when he was 16, but that injury never stopped him going to war or anythin

cut off his hand!

I guess that WOULD make battle pretty hard, and certainly make lots of every day tasks much more difficult

But that's an injury you can bounce back from, since you can still engage in armed combat one-handed

That's why I was thinking of maybe ruining his legs

In a way that would make it impossible to even grip a horse in battle

And I was also thinking maybe blindness

though there was in fact a European king who was blind and fought battles anyway