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Niptium

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Starting date : May 13th 1420.



Thread for the AARs of the participating players.
Corresponding thread on the MP section : http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?554252-quot-Nemesis-quot-%97-Fridays-22.00-CET.

  • France (Niptium)
  • Castille (Taklagarn)
  • Austria (Frederick III)
  • England(jpvg)

Secondary countries

  • Denmark (Quift)
  • Portugal (Skinner_Empire)
  • Ottoman Empire (wazzul)
  • Venice (Mungojerrie)
  • Holland (vizions)
  • Muscowy (Makesin)
  • Poland (Larst)
  • Brandenburg (Markusw7)
  • Naples (Lealo)
  • Sweden (Tomfromnorway)
 
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Prologue. French AAR (1420)

1420. Year of Great distress


Trumpets had not been heard today. Paris had fallen and the French general Étienne de Vignolles had been obliged to rush back from Bordeaux to contain the English advance down the Seine. Charles VI was in Chinon and had relied on his generals to hold Edward, the English Usurper, from taking over the Kingdom. France was a more populous and far richer country than England had ever been, so it was with much surprise that the international courts had met the first English successful battles in Normandy and Aquitaine. The countryside from Dieppe to Paris had been ravaged within the last year by hordes of Englishmen ready to reap the spoils of the First Daughter of the Catholic Church.


Charles VI was an able, but disinterested King. Even in those dire moments, he had been more concerned by his dogs and the high life of aristocrat hunting in the forests of his domains. However, the King had been surrounding himself with able men. The administration of the Kingdom had thus far not suffered from royal négligence. Moreover, the French vassals (Orléans, Bourbonnais, Alençon, Auvergne, and especially Provence & Brittany) had thoroughly shown their loyalty in defending the kingdom against English invasions. The Duke of Burgundy, on the other hand, a renegade vassal of the French king, had been openly entertaining dissidence. The relationship between Burgundy and France has soured in the last decade as the Duke had pursued a violent independent policy towards both France and England. The Flemish clothes industry needed English wool and the economic ties prooved to be stronger than the old, traditional, and feudal ones.

Diplomacy was following its course. Portugal, the French court knew, had been asked to join in the wake of the fall of Paris. Burgundy had been courted by both kings and, for now, chose to remain neutral although reluctantly agreed to give French armies free passage through their holdings. France could count on the passive support of Scotland and Castille. Charles had acknowledged there was a need for new recruits in the army and to fund increased military expenditures, war taxes were to be levied on the masses. But without Paris, revenues were dropping at an alarming rate. Paris would undoubtedly be the primary target of the French army. With the help of God, France would win this struggle and oust the English from the sacred realm of the Gauls.
 
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*No pictures since I forgot to take any...*

This was written by Pedro Cruz, a Castillian historian shortly after the events that are described in the following text.

In the year of 1420, Juan II de Trastámara ruled the kingdom of Castille. During the comming years the crown of Castille would grow stronger and so would hte house of Tratámara do aswell.

1420, 13 May
The king was sitting in his castle in Toledo, planning for the future, today were the day when the vile moors would be exiled from hispania for ever! Juan understood that if Castille were to succeed in this war effort the army had to be bigger and immediatly a force of 20 000 soldiers were started to be raised, surely would this be enough against the weak kingdom of Granada. The war against the moors lasted for about 4 years and the land were annexed by Castille, the reconquista were finished. The next mission that God sent to Juan were to make the whole of Castille christian, this mission were revealed in a dream that Juan had.
In the east the kingdom of Aragon grew stronger and Juan predicted that Aragon would target the nation of Navarra as their next goal, so a proclamation of guarantee were sent to Navarra, and as Juan had predicted Aragon attacked shortly after leading to a long and bloody war. The greatest battle were when the 24 000 strong Castillian army faced the 23 000 strong Argonese army who won with dirty tricks and sneaky moves. But during the war the French had lost the hundred years war with an English monarch getting to the throne in France, but he died shortly after wich resulted in France breaking free from the personal union and were replaced by Juan's brother, who named himself Francois when he were crowned king of France. And while the Argonese forces the kingdom of France answered Castille's call to arms and attacked Aragon from east which resulted in the recovery of the Castillian forces and finally, the annexation of the provinces Aragón and Alicante, aswell as the kingdom of Navarra gained it's independence once again.
 
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Brandenburg AAR

Background

In the year of our lord 1420 Freidrich Von Hohenzollern had ruled over the Magravate of Brandenburg and the Principality of Ansbach for 5 years.

The Magravate of Brandenburg was a mid sized territory in North Eastern Germany, to the east lay the province of Neumark which had been pawned to the Teutonic Order in 1402 but rightly belonged to Brandenburg. The Principality of Ansbach was one of the smallest territories located in South Eastern Germany.

Friedrich I hoped that using these possession he would be able to thrust his family into a primary position within the lands of the Germans.


The Magravate of Brandenburg


The Principality of Ansbach




Part 1 - The Bloodless War and the Pomeranian Succession

It would be said by historians in the years to come that the might of the Hohenzollern family began with what was known as the bloodless war. Freidrich I decided it was time to regain Neumark from the Teutonic Order, Freidrich first offered to pay to remove the province from pawn but the Tuetonic order outrageously refused. Therefore Freidrich was forced to lead his army into Nuemark.
The troops of the Teutonic order fled at the sight of the army of Brandenburg and chose to garrison the town of Landsberg. Freidrich was forced to assault the town and it quickly fell. Despite having no way to retake Nuemark the Teutonic Order refused to cede the territory until 1423 when their Grandmaster finally realised it was futile to continue.


Brandenburg after the conquest of Nuemark

In 1424 Freidrich I set his sights northwards to the Duchy of Pomerania where the Hohenzollerns had previously lost out in a succession dispute with its current rulers. Fredrich believed that with the help of the surrounding princes he would be able to enforce his claim on Pomerania.
In early 1424 Freidrich lead his army across the border into Pomerania and crushed the Pomeranian army in two battles in the province of Stettin. It was now just a matter of capturing the major towns in the duchy and enforcing his claims on Pomerania during the siege Stettin Freidrich fell ill and later died. Without the leadership of Fredrich it was thought that the local Pomerania rulers might rally and prove a problem if the war was not ended soon, therefore the regency council concluded a peace which let to the transfer of two thirds of Pomerania to Brandenburg.


Brandenburg enlarged by the annexation of two thirds of Pomerania

Part 1b - Winds of Change

In the aftermath of the Pomerania succession the Regency council for the young Freidrich II chose a policy of non-intervention, preferring to line their pockets and fill their stomachs rather than further the Hohenzollern cause.
However their inaction on their part would prove to change the face of the Holy Roman Empire.

In March 1425 the Emperor the King of Hungary died and his heir integrated the Kingdom of Bohemia into the Hungarian kingdom. Electors and Princes alike were alarmed at this development and decided that they could not suffer such a powerful person as Emperor.
Therefore a large portion of the Electors conspired to have the Imperial crown placed on the head of a weaker man so that their ambitions within the empire could progress without trouble.
After a short search they decided that Freidrich II the ruler of a medium sized power and one in his minority no less would prove an excellent puppet, however they would soon find out how wrong they were.
 
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I figured out that I had to write something if I were to be a credible roleplay player, so here goes my resolution against AARs.

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Chapter 0: A sad day​


On May 13th 1420, while the Ottomans were recovering from the devastating attack of Tamerlan which culminated in 1402 with the battle of Angora, which saved the Byantine empire, and while Sigismund von Luxemburg, Holy Roman Emperor since 10 years, was struggling against the Hussits in Bohemia, an horrible rumor swarmed in the road of Vienna. The Archduke of Austria Albrech V was about to die.

What was going to happen, were asking merchants and commoners? Weren't the archiduke rivals about to take the opportunity to take over the archduchy and, maybe, do some stupid actions? Could it be that this promising ruler was dead at only 23 years old?

Fortunately, those rumours were just what they seemed to be. Folly of some servant in the castle, which had learnt the Archiduke had felt uncouncious during a meeting with his advisers. Albrecht V was alive, and well. Unfortunately, this temporary incapacity of him forced the nomination of his most trustworthy adviser to the post of chancellor. The young ruler had just taken his role very seriously and had been exhausted. As a result, he had a strange illness that made him fall asleep at crucial moments. That was the second time it happened and, as a wise ruler, Albrecht had decided to be cured by some healer and to let the majority of his power to an advisor.

Thus, although optimist, the archduke hoped he wouldn't be deceived by his chancellor or by one of the States he had some trust in. Fortunately, Poland and Hungary were protecting his domain and he was the Eastern march of the Holy Roman Empire. Nothing would go wrong, he thought...


PS: Sorry if the picture seems horrible, but that was the only one I could find while in my dinner break. I will try later to do some chapters, but nothing too long I hope.
 
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The King new that the Union of Kalmar had always been an un-easy one. The Norwegians were dreaming of former glory and conquests. Their gaze fixed on the richness beyond the seas. But the might of England was no longer to put up with being ravaged as a maiden in Viking raids, and Scotland had little plunder to offer. The Swedes on the other hand were always uneasy around the court, and the Swedish nobility never missed an opportunity to bring shame to the Danish court and even outright insults were brought forth on a regular basis.

It was Iron. The danish sound toll was collected on the iron brought forth from the mines of Värmland and Bergslagen, and the toll was at the heart of the issue. An Iron sword was wedged between the interest of the two kingdom, and only an iron band around them could keep them together. Thus the iron throne was an un-easy one.

But the Kingdoms had more than internal strife, the threats from outside the realms were not to be ignored, and none of these were bigger or more powerful than those of the Empire. The Empire, with which Denmark shared a border through the subject realm of Holstein was the entity forming the entire outlook of Danish designs. The trade went through imperial ports in Hamburg and Lübeck, and the navy of the Hansa could threaten the very port of Copenhavn, and the family ties of the nobility went to the souther houses ruling their minor fiefs within the empire. The cousins, uncles and sisters were all married within the Imperial nobility.

But even to the east the Empire was creeping it's influence up the eastern coast of the baltic, encroaching upon the Scandinavian realms and their very independance. The realms of the north were old. Older than the Empire, and the King could trace his lineage to the old Norse gods if the genealogy would be believed on such matters. The independance from the Empire was the primary concern of the Royal court, but for that independance to be guaranteed the realm must stand united!

And for this the Iron had to be played. The king of the northern realms was not the only one to feel the encroachment of the Empire on his lands, and thus an alliance with the King pf Poland-Lithuania was secured. Their alliance secured with a royal marriage. It would take years for the plans to bear fruit, and meanwhile other matters were attended to. The Merchant adventures of days past could no longer be tolerated, and instead of relying on the trade in imperial harbours a national bank was established. This upset the realm, which demanded to know that the policy was not to be overhauled completly. Some were satisfied with the strong bonds developed with the house of Oldenburg, and old Danish sphere of interest, but even more where upset with the army reforms which weeded out many incompetent officers which had held a refuge in the Army services. The Quality was much improved by this reform, which in two step led to s strengthening of the forces at the direct disposition of the Danish Crown.

Finally the war of the Danish Conquest of Ösel was declared against the Teutonic Knights, who were at war within the Empire themselves. The war effort was swift and the Knights quickly swept aside by polish and danish forces, soon joined by lithuanians, swedes and norwegians. The Entire country was then put to siege, and when the occupation was complete the Poles withdrew in a separate peace annexing Warmia. The danish forces held their ground though, and retook regained castles, fighting several naval battles against the Knights, capturing 3 galleys in the process. Finally a peace was signed and the provinces of Ösel, Estland, Livland & Kurland were ceeded to the Danish crown. Danzig was sold to the Polish crown, leaving the Teutonic knights only with their ancestral castle in Königsberg.

This peace secured the entire eastern baltic coast from the encroaching might of the Empire, as well as gave the Danish crown a boost in prestige in the Eyes of the Swedes who could now feel the might of the danes from right across the baltics where they sat in their minor palaces in Stockholm. The Empire was not pleased however. The Empire tried to reclaim the provinves to the knight several times, but the King stood steadfast in his determination to that the North should be master of its own destiny. This upset the realm on several occasions, and a lot of the presige gained in the war was vaporised as a result of the Emperors whispers among the nobility. Even in Denmark proper this was felt. Finally Erik had enough and withdrew the provinces from the Empire, declaring that these provinces were to be ruled by Danish law, and Danish law only. This upset the Empire further, but the judicial demands stopped at that point. The rest of the days were days of peace, while the Royal house of the Scandinavian Kingdoms rebuilt his prestige with many marriages, and the hiring of a deep thinker who said splendid things for the glory of the realm. Norway, which had been so close to leaving the Union felt a renewed kinship with Köpenhavn, while the Iron tradin nobility of Stockholm mockingly asked how many regiments the philospher was going to arm with all his talk.

An insult which was felt in the very bones of their King, casue he knew they had more men in arms than the royal crown could muster itself, and their fleet was just as large. The Swedes were preparing to leave the Union and bring war between brothers...
 
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Part 1. French AAR (1420-1422)

A demise. A death. A newborn and a Spaniard. How France went from being French to English to Castillan in two years. (1420-1422)

Sitting on a chair, the old King couldn’t remember much of his demise to the hand of his English cousin: Edward of England. «*The old bastard...*» the last of the Valois started while smiling « he accomplished what none of his Glorious ancestors ever did: become King of France! William the Conqueror must be turning over in his grave.» Charles, formerly known as Charles VI of France, had to flee like a leper from the land that was handed to him from his father. HIS land ! Charles VII, his son, had died at one of the mountain pass that punctuates the long and sinuous road from Provence to Savoy. «*Petty thieves! Arrrhhh...*» he mumbles now when he comes to think of it. They were petty but they claimed the life of the French Dauphin while the former glorious Valois dynasty was trying to get out alive of its own country.

«*True...» he adds, «*I was not really interested in the war news advisors were bringing to me at that time. All I know is that Étienne de Vignolles, my Maréchal, lost in Normandy. As the English were advancing to Nemours and then Orléans, I had too weak armies to oppose the English raging from the north. Britanny first deserted me then Alençon. So my generals took it in their own hands to submit the French crown to Edward. I had an hour to flee from Chinon. AN HOUR !*»

A single King would then rule on both England & France. «*Or so that’s what History would have liked us to believe, because Edward succumbed to his wounds on a battlefield in Britanny, not happy to have already subjugated France, he went for Britanny.*That spelt his final demise.*» chuckling as he recalls the demise of his archenemy, Charles tells his Savoyard friends he had invited for supper. «*And just a few weeks after Mary of England had been born, that poor baby...» he adds with ironic undertones. «*The English nobility fell into disarray and the short Royal union between the two kingdoms had lived. But I wasn’t going to be recalled. No Étienne de Vignolles made sure to align himself with a more ‘‘powerful’’ dynasty.» That’s when Charles ends the tale. 15 years after the events, he is still troubled by the lack of loyalty shown to him by his ex Maréchal de France who would invite the Castillan prince, brother of Juan II, to rule France when Edward died...

As History would teach us, the brother of the Castillan King seized the opportunity and, with the backing of the French noblity and the Castillan crown, declared himself King François Ier of France. Quickly, a family compact was agreed upon between Castille & France for an eternal peace and alliance between the two monarchies.

[It wasn’t long before I knew I had lost the Hundred Years War to England. So I quickly proposed James The First to accept the Personal Union between our two kingdoms. I didn’t wait for my demise to propose a peace so I avoided being dismantled. By February 1421, Henry V Lancaster was King of England & France with no legal heir to speak of. By the summer 1421, an heir was born to the King of England & France : Princess Mary with a weak claim to both thrones. England quickly vassalized Brittany, but this campaigned proved to be fatal for King Edward as he died in early march 1422. England’s had now a girl toddler on the throne which was quite unacceptable for the French and the Personal union was ended. Instead, by the royal marriage England & France had with Castille, the Castillan dynasty Trastámara succeeded to the French throne. I now have the same dynasty as Aragon & Castille. The English now have a Regency Council for 16 years, in effect eschewing the threat of new war with England.]
 
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Part 2. French AAR (1423-1426)

The Aragonese War (1423-1426)
Written by Grégoire de Toulon (Published in Paris in 1455)

François Ier the Castillan as he was called in those times by the Parisians, had swiftly embraced the French customs and married the daughter of the Crown treasurer, Benoît de Saint-Omer : Constance de Saint-Omer. Far from being happy, this marriage at least sired a French-born heir : Louis who came into this world in 1423. The Family compact, as it is called, had been signed between Castille & France a year before and this proved to be of use to the Castillan crown as soon as 1424. Juan II of Castille had declared war on Granada, but his cousin, Alfonso of Aragon wouldn’t let him annex that last moorish kingdom without a proper fight. François Ier of France, newly crowned and new father, took time before answering the pressing demands of his Spanish ally. Armies had not been prepared for an international conflict and much was to be rebuilt since the devastating English war. However, the English, embroidered with a factious Regency council would have no headway for intervening in continental affairs so François honoured the Family Compact in late 1423. The Aragonese alliance was soon drawn to attack the French army. Savoyards launched an attack on Lyon and the bordering towns of the Dauphiné while Provence laid siege on Berry. François entrusted the ill-prepared French armies to a newcomer from Narbonnes : Pierre de Siorac. This hard-coated noble was no stranger to mountain battles as he lead the Navarre resistance two years before against the Aragonese invasion.


1. The French joined the War against Aragon and the first enemy to tackle was Savoy, although the Pope intervened later on. 2. The Austrians express their concern repeatedly over the Savoyard-French bout on the outskirt of the Empire.

Siorac first concentrated his efforts on neutralizing the Savoyards with the help of the renewed old-alliance with the numerous French vassals. By March, the Savoyards had been crushed and a second commander was laying siege to Provence’s capital. In the summer of 1424, Pierre de Siorac drove the armies of Provence out of the Royal domain and ambushed them in Maine. The Castillan & French alliance soon made peace with Provence, integrating the Mediterranean province into the French Royal domain. The Austrians, alarmed by our advances into the italian outskirts of the Empire staunchly warned François Ier not to confiscate any territory from Savoy. Josquin de Crussol, an old noble that had served under Charles VI was sent to Wien in June to reassure the Austrians of the French intentions. Nothing would be asked from the Savoyards but the Ante bellum status. The Austrians, understandably shaken, had to be kept out of intervening on Aragon’s behalf at any cost. Crussol would then be kept in Wien until 1427 when he asked for his congé for serving his Majesty in dire times.

By the autumn of 1424, Siorac had launched a successful campaign across the Pyrenees enjoying the weakening of Aragonese forces after they were surprised by a local peasant revolt. The French would follow suit and take control over the two north-eastern most Aragonese provinces when the war ended in April 1426. The French navy would also contribute to the defeat of the Aragonese, as it intercepted an Aragonese fleet escaping from Mallorca in November 1425. The Castillan fleet would also join in a battle that had already been won by our Frenchmen. The Aragon crown would cede Roussillon to François Ier and several more provinces to Juan II. Portugal would then cripple what was left of Aragon in the following years.


International tensions would attain a new peak in March 1425 as the Hungarian King inherited the Bohemian crown a mere three days before he passed away on the 9th of March 1425. The Brandenburgian margrave was soon elected to the Imperial dignity. On the other hand, François had sought Scottish friendship and soon signed an alliance with the Scottish King James to isolate the English who had, by that time, taken over 3/4 of Ireland.


6. The International situation in eastern Europe by August 1425. 7. The French & Aragonese fleets meet off of Mallorca.
 
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Part 3. French AAR (1427-1431)

Excerpt of Louis La Montagne’s « Du tems de François Ier de France. Sa Majesté Trez Chestienne, Roi de France » published in 1690

The Aragonese War had ended in the acquisition of Roussillon from Alfons of Aragon and the confiscation of the county of Provence from René de Valois and its annexation to the Royal domain. The former French vassal still had French lands under his possession so François Ier made sure to start mending the relationship which was, we will see, an uneasy affair until 1430.

The French people could now breath. War taxes, nearly continuously collected since the English wars, had taken their toll on the subjects of the King. With the planned economic reprisal, the Crown was now planning some minor reforms. The Crown sent governors to the newly acquired provinces. In Roussillon, a constable was erected with the Crown’s approval while in Provence, tensions with the Empire & a restless 3rd estate made it more difficult for the State servants to govern in a satisfactorily manner. The Crown helped the local clergy in erecting a new church in order to appease the Provençals.

On November 1427, the King of Castille, Juan II de Trastámara was excommunicated by the Pope. It was common knowledge that the Holy See had been manipulated by the Portugueses for some years and this was a by-product of the increasing tensions between the two kingdoms as Aragon now felt prey to Portuguese greed. By 1428, the Portuguese had all but annexed Catalonia from the decrepit Aragonese kingdom. The Castillans protested in vain.

A conflict was now brewing between the Emperor and the French crown. Ever since the confiscation of the county of Provence from René de Valois (a relative of the moribund Charles VI, former King of France), René had sent several emissaries to the Brandenburgian margrave to claim back his ancestral lands. The Emperor sent a formal demand to François, more for the sake of keeping up appearances than putting its feeble authority on the line. Worried by the preceding Hungarian rule that now threatened the very balance of powers in the east, the Imperial Electors had, after all, elected Friedrich II, a weak & poor Emperor. His Majesty asked his diplomat residing in Berlin to appease the Imperial court by any mean while talking the Emperor out of any direct intervention as the French Crown would never give René de Valois back his county. To impress thoroughly his words, His Majesty decided to send a formal embassy to Hungary bearing gifts for the most powerful Christian King east of the Alps. While the negotiations and Imperial resentment lasted for the next two years, the French diplomat in Berlin made a bad impression for befriending the Danish ambassador too publicly on behalf of their Masters’ shared strain with the Emperor. The Danes had just extended their domain in the Baltic on Imperial grounds to much the dismay of the German princes.


The King of Naples, with the Pope’s support, and to the amazement of the Christendom, declared war on the Turks in August in 1428. The Italians were initially successful against the Moors who had been recently weakened by numerous wars fought against other backwater Infidels in Asia.

Busy with providing his court with cultural entertainment, François Ier was barely amused when it was reported the Neapolitans had inflicted a severe defeat to the Sultan and had wrestled away the northern greek provinces from him in May 1430.


The East European situation in early 1429

The King of Portugal boldly declared war on Morocco in August of the same year with the Pope’s approval. It was, it seems, at least in those days, seen as a dutiful expression of courage to regularly sack some Moorish citadels in Northern Africa for the Iberian nations. However, he wouldn’t live to see the end of this war as the King suffered a stroke and his son, Alexandre I de Avis succeeded him on September 1st. The same day, the hero of the Aragonese war, Pierre de Siorac, was buried in Paris, following a grand religious ceremony given by the King.


Seeing the King of Portugal dead and a shaky young heir not yet able to match his tactical prowesses, Juan II of Castille tested the Portuguese/English alliance by ordering his diplomat stationed in London to try and detach the Regency Council in England from the new Portuguese king. The Anti-French cabal had the upper-hand though and the English Regent publicly stated that if Castille was to threaten Alexander’s domain in any fashion, England wouldn’t tolerate it. The Portuguese diplomat, it’s been written, was seen grinning while turning away from the scene he had just witnessed.
 
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Nice Arrrss... erm.. AARs:)

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CONFERENCE OF KRAKOW​

Jan I, by grace of God, King of Poland and Lithuania, overlord of Moldavia send his envoys to his royal brothers: Archduke Albrecht V Austria, Margrave Friedrich II of Brandenburg, King Eric VII of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. A conference was suggested to be held in Krakow and envoys from the monarchs were invited. Moldavian wines, good hunting without incidents;), horse races and various entertaing competitions guaranteed.

On the surface it was just a week of jousting, hunting and drinking but when all the foreign princes and ambassadors gathered in a small hunting lodge, King Jan proposed his "containment plan".

Poland feels that recent events have made Hungary too powerful and a real threat to the balance of powers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Our proposals are as follows:
- to create quadriple alliance against Hungary and it's allies.
- one of the four nations with a Casus Belli will declare the war versus Hungary (Poland has it versus Mazowia until May 1430 Hungary would join in).
- after defeating it we will make Hungary release Bohemia and Croatia
- further consessions from Hungary are open to discussion (Poland would like to take Mazovia and parts of Teutonic order).
 
Great stuff!

I'm trying to get some overview from the stats regarding the alliances...

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Data regarding player's alliances and map taken from the post by Niptium above. Names of the alliances changed to colours to not mess with the RPG, human controlled countries in bold, their allies below.

Red
England
Brittany

Portugal
Hungary
Navarra*

Yellow
France
Scotland
Bourbonnais
Armagnac
Auvergne
Alencon
Orleans
Foix

Castille
Navarra*

Green
Denmark
Sweden
Norway

Poland
Lithuania
Moldavia
Holstein

Blue
Venice
Switzerland
Corfu
Naxos
Ragusa
Naples

Pink
Austria
Savoy

Cyan
Ottoman Empire
Wallachia
Karaman
Yemen

Brown
Brandenburg
Ansbach
Anhalt
Meissen
Mecklenburg

Muscowy
Tver

Orange
Holland
Hainaut

(* Allied into more than one league)

This is quickly made.. some minors aren't coloured though. And because of the French-Castillian alliance France have to accept yellow for some time :p
Note it's not "official", meaning I'm not taking part of the AAR more than as a reader. Consider it fan made just for fun, I love maps :)

Please, have your conversations limited to RPG here. There is the other MP thread for such discussions :)
I'd suppose this means comments on this particular post better be taken as a PM or in the MP thread.
 
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This is interesting, but I wonder how you can know what is the diplomatic state of each country just by checking their current alliances. Also, if you could add some kind of legend and the date, for record, that would improve the thing.
 
Well, if it shows alliances, checking alliances sounds like a good way.

Very nice, and a good idea too. Only one mistake, in Russia, there are only 2 minors, Ryazan (the blue one in the middle) and Yaroslavl (the brown one), which has in fact two provinces (the second is the gray one next to Ryazan).
 
This is interesting, but I wonder how you can know what is the diplomatic state of each country just by checking their current alliances. Also, if you could add some kind of legend and the date, for record, that would improve the thing.
Yes, it might not show an accurate picture of the player's true sentiment towards each other (just as in real politics). But since there are an element of "role-playing" in this game, meaning they try to avoid power gaming, most of player to player alliances could be considered "true" I hope. A limitation is that only the diplomatic state of the human governed countries is displayed.

Only one mistake, in Russia, there are only 2 minors, Ryazan (the blue one in the middle) and Yaroslavl (the brown one), which has in fact two provinces (the second is the gray one next to Ryazan).
Yes, Tver should be brown and the one next to it some shade of grey..
 
Please, have your conversations limited to RPG here. There is the other MP thread for such discussions :)
 
Just to say, as a comment, that this is funny that Scotland is part of the "Latin" alliance and that the "Habsburg alliance" is in fact losing its Habsburg character as soon as Albrech V die.

I also wonder what means the "- insertacountry here". Is there a way to show a guarantee, a personal union or what? I also add that Poland is ruled by a player. You forgot to make it like that.

But this is a good work. I hope it will continue.