Introduction
Hello and welcome to my third AAR, in this one I will be attempting a different style of writing, though I don't know how that'll go. This AAR I would like to dedicate to Aniuby for coming up with the idea of making another along side Quiche Lorraine, and also ATBking for the idea of using a small nation in the midst of Burgundy (I think my choice was braver than his anyway). Soo as you may have noticed I picked Hainaut, this nation was a hard thing to start off as, the Burgundians really have it in for you, and they have doomstacks. I think that this must have taken at least 20 or so tries to start. Now for probable questions:
1) What goals do you have?
I always like too make a map of the area I want to own, that will come at the end of chapter 1.
I would like to be a major power by the end with no challenges.
I will try to not let Holland get away, Holland will become a part of Hainaut.
2) What limitations do you have?
No more then three vassals, no limit on PUs though.
No declaring war without a Casus Belli.
Of course no cheating.
No REALLY cheap tactics.
Now let the show begin.
Contents:
Prologue - Below Intro.
The Great War of Flanders
Securing Wallonia
The French Downfall - Part One
Prologue
King Albert of Hainaut walked down the crumbling ruins of his former palace; the arsonist had done a good job, not good enough if he wanted to discourage the king from his work though. Albert used to know these corridors like the back of his hand but now he found himself getting lost in his own palace, it would be almost comical if not for the fact that someone was out for his family and that he now had no home. He arrived at his location after hours of searching, he had arrived at the royal library. As he walked into the library tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, many of his family's scrolls and books had been cooked to a crisp; the charred remains of his family's hard work lay helpless on the blackened shelves, but he continued on anyway towards the shelf where he kept his maps.
He arrived, the shelf was mostly fine, only the maps on the bottom shelves were at all affected and they were just maps of plain ocean. The map Albert needed was resting on the eye level shelf he pulled it from the wall and carried it carefully over too the least burnt table he could find and rolled out the map.
This was his country, the behemoth of Burgundy raged almost surrounding the little state, to the east was Liege; a little archbishopric that, like Albert, lived in fear of one day receiving the note of war from Burgundy's ambassadors. Albert couldn't forget the only blessing bestowed upon his country though, Holland to the north was also his, but even they were getting a bit too big for their own boots these days with the troubles in Hainaut. Brabant sat north of Liege and east of Holland, they were easily the most powerful nation in the area, disregarding Burgundy of course; Brabant would be a useful ally if Albert's fears came true.
Albert picked up as many maps and unharmed books as he could and slowly left the library. Who could have done this to his beautiful palace, many people sprang to mind: maybe his son was getting impatient, maybe Burgundy decided it had had enough of his minuscule nation, maybe it was the council of Holland hoping for their freedom from his rule. Albert was out the castle and stepped across the black grass, his adviser, Gertrude, was waiting at the bottom of the path for him. She held a note in her hand and had a worried look on her face.
Hello and welcome to my third AAR, in this one I will be attempting a different style of writing, though I don't know how that'll go. This AAR I would like to dedicate to Aniuby for coming up with the idea of making another along side Quiche Lorraine, and also ATBking for the idea of using a small nation in the midst of Burgundy (I think my choice was braver than his anyway). Soo as you may have noticed I picked Hainaut, this nation was a hard thing to start off as, the Burgundians really have it in for you, and they have doomstacks. I think that this must have taken at least 20 or so tries to start. Now for probable questions:
1) What goals do you have?
I always like too make a map of the area I want to own, that will come at the end of chapter 1.
I would like to be a major power by the end with no challenges.
I will try to not let Holland get away, Holland will become a part of Hainaut.
2) What limitations do you have?
No more then three vassals, no limit on PUs though.
No declaring war without a Casus Belli.
Of course no cheating.
No REALLY cheap tactics.
Now let the show begin.
Contents:
Prologue - Below Intro.
The Great War of Flanders
Securing Wallonia
The French Downfall - Part One
Prologue
King Albert of Hainaut walked down the crumbling ruins of his former palace; the arsonist had done a good job, not good enough if he wanted to discourage the king from his work though. Albert used to know these corridors like the back of his hand but now he found himself getting lost in his own palace, it would be almost comical if not for the fact that someone was out for his family and that he now had no home. He arrived at his location after hours of searching, he had arrived at the royal library. As he walked into the library tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, many of his family's scrolls and books had been cooked to a crisp; the charred remains of his family's hard work lay helpless on the blackened shelves, but he continued on anyway towards the shelf where he kept his maps.
He arrived, the shelf was mostly fine, only the maps on the bottom shelves were at all affected and they were just maps of plain ocean. The map Albert needed was resting on the eye level shelf he pulled it from the wall and carried it carefully over too the least burnt table he could find and rolled out the map.
This was his country, the behemoth of Burgundy raged almost surrounding the little state, to the east was Liege; a little archbishopric that, like Albert, lived in fear of one day receiving the note of war from Burgundy's ambassadors. Albert couldn't forget the only blessing bestowed upon his country though, Holland to the north was also his, but even they were getting a bit too big for their own boots these days with the troubles in Hainaut. Brabant sat north of Liege and east of Holland, they were easily the most powerful nation in the area, disregarding Burgundy of course; Brabant would be a useful ally if Albert's fears came true.
Albert picked up as many maps and unharmed books as he could and slowly left the library. Who could have done this to his beautiful palace, many people sprang to mind: maybe his son was getting impatient, maybe Burgundy decided it had had enough of his minuscule nation, maybe it was the council of Holland hoping for their freedom from his rule. Albert was out the castle and stepped across the black grass, his adviser, Gertrude, was waiting at the bottom of the path for him. She held a note in her hand and had a worried look on her face.
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