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th3freakie

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This man became King of Sicily at the extremely tender age of 1. Immediately the most untrustworthy vassals of his cruel father broke away, although they made sure to first loot all of the King's lands.

He grew up under the stress of a several dozen members court, but managed to hold the Kingdom together, by a thread. Eventually he even brought back into the fold the rebellious dukes and counts that had betrayed him before.

By his skills and well chosen advisers, he and the Realm grew rich, and when it was time to marry, he chose the oldest daughter of the powerful Duke of Lombardy, hoping that perhaps this would bring his vast estates to the Kingdom.

By the time Sicily was fully pacified, the crusade for Burgos had ended. But another soon was declared, for Alexandria! Averado set out with all of his Italian and much of the Sicilian troops, and despite facing an Muslim King of Egypt in full strength, soundly defeated the infidel. The debts of this undertaking were astronomical, but so where the rewards.

Back to Apulia, the King soon found himself in-love with his wife, which cured his chronic stress. But he would only father daughters. He still went to the apothecary for aphrodisiacs twice, but it was of no use. Growing older, and having already witnessed his oldest daughter die shortly after marriage, Averardo again felt the injustice of life as his rival vassal Bishop became Pope and excommunicated him a few days before death.

The King of Sicily has everything. Money, power, the respect of his peers and despite the late Pope's revenge, the admiration of many Men of God. He rules over mighty castles, universities and harbors. His roads are the wonder of Europe, as is his Alexandrian Palace. Yet, he knows he'll die without a son. His life is meaningless and he achieved nothing. :(
 

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Since he is already doomed to hell and has a lot of money he could send an assassin to his wife and find a ferile bride.

Yeah ... he is already Excommunicated ... a KinSlayer trait would fit him nicely.

Also he is only 39 ... plenty of time for the wifey to die of natural causes and he can find a new one :)
 

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Time to father a basterd and make him the most powerful duke in the kingdom, to pave the way for him to usurp the next un-dynastical king :cool:
 

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He's also going to hell, seeing as he is excommunicated and all.
Indeed, despite having accomplished the goals of no less than two crusades! Alexandria and... Rome.

who's gonna succeed him? would really just nail it if it was not a de hauteville, but some betrayer dukes son !
His oldest grandson. A Sforza. :eek:o

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Since he is already doomed to hell and has a lot of money he could send an assassin to his wife and find a ferile bride.
This just, generous, trusting, coward of a King loves his wife. That's not an option. :mad: She had more brothers in the meantime by the way, so the Duke of Lombardy chance is completely gone by now.

Time to father a basterd and make him the most powerful duke in the kingdom, to pave the way for him to usurp the next un-dynastical king :cool:
He's chaste, and never had any of the bastard events. Not one.
 

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there's only one possible solution to this drama:
As god clearly has shown you how much he despise you, you must do as one of the above said, and murder your wife.
make a statement! marry into a norman family once more!

(oh and eradicate the sforza family, they deserve it for bringing you in such a position, it's all their fault actually!! ;))
 

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You should not only follow A_Dane's advice, but take it even further. Seeing as he is only 39 years old, he has plenty of time to get revenge on pretty much everyone. Kill the Pope! Exterminate anyone who has ever done you wrong!
 

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hear, hear! oh and just for good measures, take care of their nearest familes too.
(by that i mean any blood relation up to 4 generations back).
Teach the world the true meaning of the word "vengance"
 

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You should not only follow A_Dane's advice, but take it even further. Seeing as he is only 39 years old, he has plenty of time to get revenge on pretty much everyone. Kill the Pope! Exterminate anyone who has ever done you wrong!
The Pope died within a week of excommunicating me :(

And I won't kill the wife. It doesn't fit the character of this guy who murder the woman he loves. And he knows it, which makes the whole thing even more tragic :eek:o
 

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Fantastic character. Well done you for sticking to the roleplay. I say let him die a tragic hero. The boy-king turned saviour of the Papal States and liberator of the Holy Land, wrongfully named apostate by a petty pontiff and doomed to die the last of his line. A national hero in the making, I dare say!
 

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The Pope died within a week of excommunicating me :(

Proof that God is on your side, and the traitor-Pope was smitten down by his vengeance for wrongly separating you from God!

I suppose you could cheat and make the excom-ending event fire (or cheat even more by loading up as the PC and lifting the excommunication), but really excommunication may be the lesser of your problems. If your character has nice, healthy genes, he'll probably live long enough for the excommunication to be lifted. And with that piety, he may even be canonized upon death :p

Also, like others before me have said, maybe your wife will die of natural causes soon enough. I've had rulers sire kids in their 60s, if the wife was young. Cue a second boy-king!