Chapter 5: Onwards, to England!
In 1417, our heir falls ill. The customary medicine of a cask of whiskey i snot working, so we put our faith in the hands of God. Not that we particularly believe in God, but we're too broke to pay for a proper medicus. Necessity is the mother of virtue, as they say (or not...)
As expected, Turlough dies but his brother Donnchad takes his place.
Our highly successful propaganda crusade ends when Castille signs a peace treaty with Morocco. A pity, but it's for the better before our war exhaustion from doing exactly nothing gets too high.
Our spies tell us that England is embroiled in many wars currently: France and Scotland, to name the most important participants. Scotland in particular seems to be doing well. Good for us!
Not only tapestries are cheap when you have no income. Supporting the arts is also as cheap as an EU politician's tax accounting tricks. The extra Infamy reduction is most welcome, we should have supported the Florentines much earlier.
We forgot about this for a long time. It seems the Irish are not too keen on a centralised bureaucracy. More magistrates mean more advisors, means better income for us!
As soon as the truce expires, Castille asks us for our help against Morocco again. They must have been mighty pleased with our assistance in the first war, so we pledge to give them the exact same support as last time. Namely: nothing.
News from the continent, Burgundy is elected HRE. This is good for us, as Burgundy is in a better position to fight England than Bohemia. Even though neither we, nor England is in the HRE, we need to get as many allies as possible!
Just to drown even the last remaining empty square foot of our castle with carpets, we commission another tapestry.
We have kept a keen eye on England all the time, but now they have signed peace with all of their enemies. Not the ideal time to DoW them, as they won't have any distractions. On the other hand, their war exhaustion is over 16... Decisions, decisions...
Oh well, this puts an end to our pondering and springs us into action...
Next update: The first war against England, even though we are still ill prepared, and have no income to speak of! How will Munster fight the war? Will it survive?