Deo Juvante, Vinco – A Papal State AAR
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The year is 1399, the location is Rome, and the person in question is Piero Tomacelli, more commonly known as Pope Boniface IX of the Papal State. He was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism and he was a man who built Universities and who canonized Saints.
He wasn’t a man who was keen on maintaining peace, but he was nevertheless forced to live in it for most of the time. Mostly because the major Catholic countries weren’t interested in crusading against the Muslims of the East, even though Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire have been threatening the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaeologus. But also because of Naples, and the Western Schism now consists of powerful, powerful nations. Nations which would not take Boniface's military decisions lightly for they want him, the Roman Pope of the Papacy to abdicate and they want him to do so now. Taking arms against one of those nations would lead to further tension within the Schismatic conflict.
He has been restless for too long. Not many days have passed since he made sure to kill the leader of the White Penitents. This, after false encouragement towards the wandering crowd from both himself & The Curia itself. He's gotten tired of it. Tired of the Western Schism, tired of the "pretender of Avignon", and tired of the incredibly disrespectful behaviour from the French States and the countries of Germany & England who wanted his abdication.
He, was the true pope. He, was the rightful leader of the Catholic Church, and he is going to make it very clear to those who opposes him and the Papal State that they will not be left to do as they please anymore. Not under his reign, and not under any of his successors reign. That time is over.
He looked out over Rome from a window in the Great Hall of his Palace, said to himself "Deo juvante, vinco..." and then left to meet with his generals and advisor.
He knows that what he's about to do is going to forever affect the Papal State and the rest of the known world, but he also knows it is necessary. For he will conquer, by the help of God.
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a) Halter my expansion
b) Cost me money
c) Slaughter my army
-2 Inflation... Wouldn't mind saving it as a "Get out of Jail" - card in case I get some Inflation later on...
Great Men of the Court
Getting myself a 4* Land Tech Investor which means while I spend most of my money on teching for Gov 4, I will still get some investing done in Land. Imma need those Men at Arms for my WORLD CONQUEST *laughs maniacally*
*cough cough*.. Oh, very well.
Wishlist
- End the Western Schism
- Declare the Kingdom of God on Earth
- Conquer Judea, Mecca, Constantinople and Alexandria
- Take over the rest of the world, obviously
I must say that I, for one are not afraid of what the world thinks of me. Such word as "Infamy" doesn't exist in my world. I will try to make sure I'm not hated, nor dishonourable but I can't promise anyone anything until the time for me to take that decision actually comes.
I am always an expanding bastard who takes everything I get and who ruthlessly slaughter all of my rebels. I will make sure to play this game as nice as I can. If I play my cards wrong I might not even get the chance to expand properly.
I will not re-start any saves or re-make any decisions during the game. I'm giving myself one chance and if I screw up, I screw up. I certainly hope I won't though because it's my first AAR.. >,>
Question - Is it okay for me to post screenies that are wide-screen or do you wish me to resize them to 800x600 before posting?
Remember; Deus protector noster - God our protector
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