First, voting is now closed and the choice is clear! Guitard and the Aquitanian cabinet will attempt to place the Breton Bastard on the throne of his father and repudiate the treaty with Meogon Pentuer. Thanks very much to all who voted in this poll!
Second, my most sincere and humble apologies to both Kadvael56 and Eikinskjaldi for not getting to their questions and comments before closing the poll. I just had a couple exams here in Leiden and got carried away with all the study, but school is no excuse I think. So I will now endeavor to answer them belatedly.
Kadvael56- Thank you very much for the comments and questions, I am sorry I didn't get to them earlier
The history between the Pentuer and Kerne houses is an interesting angle that I would certainly had inserted if I was not a complete newb at Breton history and politics. The thought that Meogon could rightfully claim that he was a stronger candidate for the throne was only something that touched the back of my mind considering how far apart he is related from the former Marc Kerne in the game. Thank you for the interesting bit of history!
In answer to your question as to who would inherit should the Bastard get sick and die, I present this.
Very depressing (As you can see here on his titles, he still has a North African province, I hope that the Muslims he is at war with take him over so that he has to move back to Rennes). On a positive note, here is Llywelyn's heir of the moment, his father.
He's an English Duke who would bring considerable holdings in England to the Breton throne should he hold on to inherit Llywelyn.
Thanks very much again for commenting and asking questions
Eikinskjaldi- Thank you very much for the comments and for reading!
You bring up a good point about the beggining of the Breton Civil War, I almost put the issue to a vote amongst my readers when the odds against the loyalist became apparent. Truthfully, the only thing holding me back was a personal commitment to the alliance despite the terrible stats of Llywelyn and the fact that I had just had a vote regarding Guitard's marriage. Since each vote usually takes up two days or so, I didnt want another delay so soon.
I also found Kadvael's historical perspective interesting and I would certainly go back and include that dimension if it were possible. I normally write by the seat of my pants, settling down to write about the screenshots from last game session with a minimum of planning or overarching theme and I think it has come back to bite me more than once. Meogon being distantly related to the Kerne's closer than half-nephew would have been a good dynamic.
Here is Meogon's heir, currently a fosterling in a French court...
A little young but halfway decent. Your right about the one foot in the grave thing, I expect him to croke anytime now.
The personality of the Breton Bastard I saw as being shapped by his last few years on the run, one step ahead of those he sees as seeking to end his life. They could be agents of Meogon, Llywelyn or any other Breton noble seeking to keep the Bastard from assuming the role of his father. He had to be ruthless to survive and I hope to put that into the character as I write him. You are right about his personality and stress being points against him, but can he really be worse than Llywelyn?!?!? :rofl:
Your vote makes sense from the arguments that you have offered, it just seems that others are insistant on seeing direct and forceful action take place to settle the Breton Civil War once and for all! The effects of breaking the treaty on Guitard's prestige and whatnot I plan to take into account by all the title grabbing conquering Brittany will entail.
Thanks once more for the fine points you made in the comment and thanks for reading!