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Probably not that strange but the first time I've seen France disappear entirely in one of my games.

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I like how Auvergne is still independently standing in the middle of the HRE :)
 
I wouldn't have noticed that if the pope hadn't declared a crusade against them - for France.
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I'm really glad that I'm on the other side of Europe - the ERE continues to resist the assaults from the east, so the only problem I have to deal with are my vassals.
 
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Wow. Nice AI conquests of France. Haven't see that before.
I don't even know how they did that. I remember France splitting up in France, the kingdom of Aquitaine and some mega-duke. These frenchmen fight each other more than my greek neighbours.
 
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So my plan was this: 1066 start as Navarre. Marry an Andalusian. Bring in a zealous, diligent, Sunni tutor to convert the kids, with a backup gregarious, non-zealous Basque to culture switch them back if needed. Wasn't sure if my resultant realm would follow Christian or Muslim rules for succession. Hoped for the former so I could be full cognatic.

SEVEN YEARS LATER...

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Bow to the matrilinearly-married, Sunni, olive-skinned Basque queen! Unfortunately, my "kingdom" is agnatic Turkish succession. More unfortunately, the council screen sorta functions as if I were Christian. I wasn't allowed to fire my Catholic "court imam" because I was Muslim. So I assassinated him, but now I can't appoint anyone becaaause...

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It only searches for Christian candidates, then disqualifies them all for not being Muslim. Sad times (unless there's another way to do it.) Edit: Nevermind, I'm dumb, just didn't have any valid candidates in my realm!
 
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Dumping some random pics from the past few weeks.

Successful. Crusade. For. Egypt.
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Taking "fraternizing with the enemy" to a whole new level.
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The 206 (Turkish) Spartans.
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Usurping titles from myself.
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The crusade against me has been going on for at least 20 years. Allies had to deal with their own internal strife and were not helping. And then I get this happy little letter from a vassal of my vassal. That bastard!

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The crusade against me has been going on for at least 20 years. Allies had to deal with their own internal strife and were not helping. And then I get this happy little letter from a vassal of my vassal. That bastard!

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What I love most about this is that you appear to be the mighty ruler of the OMG Sultanate.
 
tried to vassalise the Knight's Templar, gave the heir a Duchy, press his claims. He dies and his 7 year old Daughter takes over, I notice that the Knights Templar went agnatic-cognatic primogeniture and that Empress Cristina is the new heir, so a swift visit by an Assassin makes my family the commanders of the Knights Templar



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The Prince and the Thane mod, but still....

Muslim gets elected Kaiser. Definitely don't see that everyday! Well-liked enough to get elected, but certainly not to sit the throne.

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What I love most about this is that you appear to be the mighty ruler of the OMG Sultanate.


I love how the name of the realm spells out OMG on the map.


Ah, that's a custom dynasty made with the ruler designer. I wanted the letters OMG to span over the world by the end :blush: I think I can still do this, as long as I can extinguish Catholicism in a very fast manner (to prevent time/resources being spent on defending against crusades instead of expanding).