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• May 22, 2011

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He'd make an excellent Emperor: unwilling yet dutiful, intelligent and skilled with the sword. Only he needs a good spymaster, and to escape the schemes of his mother. Still, I have hopes for Andronikos, as long as the daggers don't reach him first.

 

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• May 22, 2011

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Andronikos II sounds interesting. I hope Rome got a good host to fight the invasion on the North.

btw, I'm just gonna suggest something, can you put the theme music on top instead on the bottom. I don't realise there's a theme music until that section ends.

 

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• May 22, 2011

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Two thoughts when reading:

When I read "Manuel" and "wine", I expected someone to die a horrible death.

Andronikos II sounds like a nice human being, wise beyond his years. Unfortunately, he's right that he'll not be a good emperor, as long as he keeps being such a nice human being.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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I loved Manuel quoting Darth Vader. Best line in a long time. "I'm altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."

 

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• May 23, 2011

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Wow I went into this post not really caring about Andronikos II, but now he's my favorite! He's as Nikolai said he is wise beyond his years, and too much of a nice humen being to be a good emperor. As for the others Alexandros was an idiot, Manuel isn't as sycopathic as his name sake, and Leo prancing around in Sicily doing nothing.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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Oh dear.

Is it Andronikos II already?

If I remember correctly he was the one who refused to aid empress Eirene in that persian interim far back.

The End of All Things really is coming

 

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• May 23, 2011

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FulGurkan said:

Oh dear.

Is it Andronikos II already?

If I remember correctly he was the one who refused to aid empress Eirene in that persian interim far back.

The End of All Things really is coming

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Where was that post? I looked for it but could not find it.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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wolfcity said:

Where was that post? I looked for it but could not find it.

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The Kingmaker

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• May 23, 2011

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I'm must say, I'm really loving Sortmark. What a great nation!

 

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Ha, Bran is in, great.

I guess you'll use a lot of actors from Asoiaf, there's a lot of nice people in armour or medieval clothes there.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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From the interim post mention above I"d say Andronikos II will, however unwilling, manage the politicking to high enough degree to rule the Empire efficiently for some time. He seems like a really nice person right now.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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Shall the City be besieged?
Or just a successful coup?
Or normal inheritance in the game? With a good plot!

 

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Manuel will return with grain and the ecstasy of the mob will help him throw out Alexandros. Meanwhile, he will defend the city from the Danes.

 

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• May 23, 2011

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Ah, Andronikos II. The one mentioned earlier as the worst ever emperor, if I remember correctly...

 

Nikolai

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• May 24, 2011

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Tufto said:

Ah, Andronikos II. The one mentioned earlier as the worst ever emperor, if I remember correctly...

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No, he was mentioned as a tyrrannical emperor, the worst emperor ever was Anastasios II(or, as it was said, inept), under which the empire collapsed. Or, at least that is what Andronikos II and Anastasios II was called in the excerpt we got in this post.

 

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• May 25, 2011

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I guess my idea of Andronikos II at the head of a Sortmark Army isn't as far fetched as I thought earlier... though still Go Theodoros finish of Harold Godwinson, and declare yourself King of Africa, then you can spend your days fighting Mali Spain and Egypt! Also Demetrios & Leo dont seem that bright they should know by now no one ever wins a civil war from southern Italy... Actually how many pretenders have there been from there by now? like 6 or 7?

 

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• May 25, 2011

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Nikolai said:

No, he was mentioned as a tyrrannical emperor, the worst emperor ever was Anastasios II(or, as it was said, inept), under which the empire collapsed. Or, at least that is what Andronikos II and Anastasios II was called in the excerpt we got in this post.

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Ah, my mistake, sorry.

 

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• May 25, 2011

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Nothing to be sorry for.

 

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• May 26, 2011

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Bran for Emporor!

But is this the foretold Andronikos II, overseer of Rome's demise?

 

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• May 27, 2011

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von Sachsen said:

But is this the foretold Andronikos II, overseer of Rome's demise?

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Looks like you didn't see the five or six posts immediately prior to yours. The "overseer of Rome's demise" is Anastasios.