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Stefan is finally full-grown! What delightful sallow eyes! What charming balding head! Well, at least his jawline is strong. And in celebration of his adulthood this update is dedicated to him!
And as his first act of adulthood, I marry him to a 64-year-old hag for the prestige! Get to learn these life lessons early, kid. I don't care about roleplaying and I'd click Yes to an event about feeding you to a grain thresher piece by writhing piece if one of the effects was to gain me the next province in my alphabetical list.
There's money in it too!
And with that last prestige earned through blood, toil, sweat, and tears, I can finally claim Achaia! If you squint to the right you can make out that province sitting on the western edge of the Peloponnese peninsula. Squint a little less and you can see the Byzantines beating down their formerly-loyal vassal of Athens.
Finally, a ruler with a good education for once!
And the prestige does keep coming in for Stefan.
Let us break for a moment of silence and prayer for the passing of the most famous Prince of Denmark in Crusader Kings. Much better than that emo wuss Hamlet, that's for sure. For in this life, his life was one of triumph and adventure. Always with a beautiful wife at his side, he bore many sons that went far and wide to become Counts of faraway lands, his eldest succeeding him as Duke. Though his life was not without defeats, as in war he lost his entire demesne and ruled as a Duke without land in his latter years. Even in AARs other than his own, his life manages to be more interesting than whatever that player dynasty is doing.
Well I hope that this at least gets those Abaujians distracted enough to not revolt so often! Get it? It's because they'll be too busy feeding and taking care of the goats, as the life of a goatherd is undoubtedly one of much hard work! Hahahahahaha
Well I guess that Rudolf just couldn't stand being out of the spotlight and decided to become depressed for the sake of attention. This guy is quite a character.
But this is an update about Stefan, so we close on this!