It's a good thing that your Spymaster Anastasios is Monophysite like you or your son would find him a perfect man to talk about an assassination attempt on your life over the mug of tej.
Everyone's missing the real question here. Not that he follows the true Monophysite faith... will he find the knuckle bone again?
Dear Monophysite God, please. But yeah, he is screwed.
Although, it is quite the feat that you survived this long. I hope your heretic count in his goat-infested village will slip the mind of his drunk emperor for a long time to come.
My humble opinion: if you want to prolongue your suffering (and this excellent AAR) stop thinking about military conquest and get used to the Habsburg way of empire building.
It's a good thing that your Spymaster Anastasios is Monophysite like you or your son would find him a perfect man to talk about an assassination attempt on your life over the mug of tej.
This is a great AAR, sir! I'm actually rather surprised you've made it this long and are still going... Congratulations! But I really do wonder at good ol' Tesfaye's constant religious flip-flopping. I suppose there's not much else to do in Sennar, though, since apparently everyone who moves there becomes a fervent Monophysite, despite your best efforts. I'm sure the one Orthodox holdout will soon convert, don't worry.
Keep doing whatever it is you're doing, because this is gold!
Great reading, thanks a lot!
One thing has bothered me, though: When Tesfaye turned Orthodox, couldn't he appoint an Orthodox chaplain who would convert the courtiers (nevermind the goatherds, converting the Sennar populace would have been a longer process). Thus it could have happened that everybody wouldn't hate Tesfaye THAT much. Were there any Orthodox characters available to appoint in Tesfaye's court?
Seeing the true Coptic faith (Monophysitism in game terms and "heresy" in game mechanics) again, this is purely speculative, of course... Tesfaye's son could only hope that this new court chaplain of his father's is not the most zealous one, keeping in mind that when his time comes, the then Basileus could like HIM more if he stays Orthodox.
It's very clear who's behind this. Adrianos of Lowborn was an aspiring assassin, but due to his low intrigue score he couldn't compete with the highly skilled professional killers of Constantinople. So naturally he came to Sennar to practice his trade. How competent does an assassin need to be in Sennar?
Nestorianism can be seen as the antithesis to monophysitism, which emerged in reaction to Nestorianism. The view of the mainline Christianity is laid somewhere between, methinks.
Leading to the obvious conclusion that Orthodox Christians believe that God has one and one-half natures.
It's very clear who's behind this. Adrianos of Lowborn was an aspiring assassin, but due to his low intrigue score he couldn't compete with the highly skilled professional killers of Constantinople. So naturally he came to Sennar to practice his trade. How competent does an assassin need to be in Sennar?
You and Tesfaye should really be careful with this strange new man in the town, lowborn Adrianos...
Leading to the obvious conclusion that Orthodox Christians believe that God has one and one-half natures.
If you are not a Mastermind Theologian (I am not - I don't like the hit on my fertility), that's the way you can probably put it.
Having a council position makes Jima seem more responsible and willing to settle down. He even agrees to my arranging a marriage. I’m surprised when he even suggests a potential bride: Mencia, a princess of Leon. The King of Leon even agrees to this match, surprising me even more. I don’t know he has done it, but Jima now has a princess for a wife. It’s nice to see that things are looking up for someone in Sennar.[/QUOTE]
Funny how "Things are looking up for someone" in Sennar translates to "getting rid of that pesky pretender by sending her off to the most godforsaken place imaginable" in Leon.
I'm pretty sure she wasn't his favorite child.
Looking forward to the marriage. A cheerful Jima, accompanied by the traditional dowry-goat meeting his Spanish Princess, who just realised that her father never loved her, and that the closest thing to civilised people she'll see in the rest of her miserable life will be those few ethopians who still pretend to be greeks :p
It must be Ethiopian, Greek Orthodox with intrigue skill high enough and be liked by many Greek Orthodox followers and Ethiopians, someone high in the court of Sennar. If the death of Anastasios might be any clue then his murdered could did the deed in hope of being named Spymaster after him. I think the first choice obvious: it's your son. Or your brother, now Spymaster. It'll be determined by who'll die next. Will it be Tesfaye? Will the Emperor join the plot on his life? The plot thickens and fate of the Zagwe's finest hangs in the balance...
What is this now, CSI: Sennar?
keep up the good work
Funny how "Things are looking up for someone" in Sennar translates to "getting rid of that pesky pretender by sending her off to the most godforsaken place imaginable" in Leon.
I'm pretty sure she wasn't his favorite child.
Looking forward to the marriage. A cheerful Jima, accompanied by the traditional dowry-goat meeting his Spanish Princess, who just realised that her father never loved her, and that the closest thing to civilised people she'll see in the rest of her miserable life will be those few ethopians who still pretend to be greeks
Things are looking up for someone? I think not. A wife will no doubt cramp Jima's style, and her being a princess and all, his... erm... choice of lifestyle would be seen as an affront to her honour.
Perhaps not something represented in game terms aside from her opinion of her husband, but it would be hilarious to see a horde of angry Spaniards ignore the moors and march to attack Sennar.
Then again, hasn't the council established that Sennar is where pretenders go to die? Poor Mencia.
Started reading a few hours ago, totally brilliant stuff. I demand more. Immediately.
Loving this, been getting the updates to my email since I had life get in the way for a wee bit, but your doing awesome on writing this, and enjoy reading the updates and comments ALOT!!!!