Give Peace a Chance.
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This is the province of Åland. Unlike the base-0.60 desert Arab Muslim provinces we've been going after for a while, it is instead a lush green Swedish pagan island province, whose base is 0.60.
And the game continues to taunt me for my failure in putting Berthold of Aargau onto the throne of Aargau. Not only does Szymond of Åland have the perfect name for being the ruler of his province, but he also gets the benefits from ruling a province full of pagan Swedes, whatever they may be.
Johann, on the other hand, is too poor to even let an itinerant bishop in to be his court bishop. He could have used the half-dozen ecclesiastically-educated children that I set off more than a decade ago to be future bishops, but for some reason despite Johann being Catholic and even the province of Abydos being Catholic, upon graduation they all changed to Orthodox.
And since I loaded the game here I also lose my first battle with Marshal Alfonso, because of that bug that resets the morale of all regiments in battle to zero.
Attaboy, Johann. Attaboy.
And for some reason four unrelated male Hungarians showed up at the court one day. I don't really care about the reason. All I know is that their stats are nothing to look at so they'll be turned into hopefully loyal dynasties ruling places I don't care about.
I also grant the title of Acre to my loyal Marshal Alfonso's eldest son, as Alfonso had fought so valiantly there. It might make more sense to give it to Alfonso himself, but if I do that I lose literally the only good marshal in the Duchy.
I also grant the capital of Abydos itself to Johann's infant son! Why do I do this?
Is it because I am afraid that all of my eastern Mediterranean provinces will be taken by the Turk immediately, thus I am planning to retreat far away so that my province nearest to the Turk will be landlocked by the strongest Christian nation in the game?
Nope! It's because I figured out that maybe the Seljuks won't peace with me because I have some of their core provinces. So I tested that theory, and it turned out to be true.
And there you go. The mightiest Muslim empire the game will ever see has had thirteen of its provinces stripped away by a single Duchy over the course of two years. For this achievement, Johann von Habsburg will go down in history as Johann 'The Turk-Slayer' von Habsburg! Even though he never actually had the chance slaughter any Turks at all, ever. Really. Which is good because otherwise he probably would have gone down in history as Johann 'Slayed-by-Turks' von Habsburg. The von Habsburgs ride again in the next exciting episode of Real Men Do It Alphabetically, an AARgau!
Chapter 24: Åland
As told with many pictures. And a moderate amount of words.
(All formats, fonts, layouts, and even this little disclaimer extorted painfully from phargle's
Knud Knýtling, Prince of Denmark (and other assorted tales))
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As told with many pictures. And a moderate amount of words.
(All formats, fonts, layouts, and even this little disclaimer extorted painfully from phargle's
Knud Knýtling, Prince of Denmark (and other assorted tales))
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Agrigento ✓
Aintab ✓
Akershus ✓
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Al Bichri ✓
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[color=yellow]Åland [/color][/b]
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ZyrianeThis is the province of Åland. Unlike the base-0.60 desert Arab Muslim provinces we've been going after for a while, it is instead a lush green Swedish pagan island province, whose base is 0.60.
And the game continues to taunt me for my failure in putting Berthold of Aargau onto the throne of Aargau. Not only does Szymond of Åland have the perfect name for being the ruler of his province, but he also gets the benefits from ruling a province full of pagan Swedes, whatever they may be.
Johann, on the other hand, is too poor to even let an itinerant bishop in to be his court bishop. He could have used the half-dozen ecclesiastically-educated children that I set off more than a decade ago to be future bishops, but for some reason despite Johann being Catholic and even the province of Abydos being Catholic, upon graduation they all changed to Orthodox.
And since I loaded the game here I also lose my first battle with Marshal Alfonso, because of that bug that resets the morale of all regiments in battle to zero.
Attaboy, Johann. Attaboy.
And for some reason four unrelated male Hungarians showed up at the court one day. I don't really care about the reason. All I know is that their stats are nothing to look at so they'll be turned into hopefully loyal dynasties ruling places I don't care about.
I also grant the title of Acre to my loyal Marshal Alfonso's eldest son, as Alfonso had fought so valiantly there. It might make more sense to give it to Alfonso himself, but if I do that I lose literally the only good marshal in the Duchy.
I also grant the capital of Abydos itself to Johann's infant son! Why do I do this?
Is it because I am afraid that all of my eastern Mediterranean provinces will be taken by the Turk immediately, thus I am planning to retreat far away so that my province nearest to the Turk will be landlocked by the strongest Christian nation in the game?
Nope! It's because I figured out that maybe the Seljuks won't peace with me because I have some of their core provinces. So I tested that theory, and it turned out to be true.
And there you go. The mightiest Muslim empire the game will ever see has had thirteen of its provinces stripped away by a single Duchy over the course of two years. For this achievement, Johann von Habsburg will go down in history as Johann 'The Turk-Slayer' von Habsburg! Even though he never actually had the chance slaughter any Turks at all, ever. Really. Which is good because otherwise he probably would have gone down in history as Johann 'Slayed-by-Turks' von Habsburg. The von Habsburgs ride again in the next exciting episode of Real Men Do It Alphabetically, an AARgau!
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