Robert Bruce, known as the "Outlaw King'' was loved and loathed in his day. He murdered one of his rivals John Comyn in a church and lived his life on the run. His army gathered clans and fought a guerilla war in the highlands, culminating in the victory at Bannockburn. The English thought they could just waltz into Scotland and take it and treat the citizens like they treated the Britons and the Angles. For Bruce, the law went out the window, when you are dealing with the fact that you are fighting for an oppressed people who are being treated like second class citizens. Bruce could back up his bravado with tremendous ability in battle, decapitating knights that would duel with him. A hitherto hero for Scotland, with statues aplenty throughout the country, immortalised in song and prose.
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