Abbasid Zoroastrians. Nothing can be better than this.
Kyra is truly a spider...
Sad that you didn't convert to a heresy. Would've been fun.
Kyra is truly a spider...
Sad that you didn't convert to a heresy. Would've been fun.
Divine Influence - A Succession Game/Quantum Leap AAR!
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I don't think I can recreate Byzantium, all I can probably try to do is... hm. I've got an idea, but that would... maybe work.
No heretics rose up in Anatolia when Catholic MA was down to 50. And I've saved it. I would have loved being an heretic, then I would've seduced Francois VI to keep myself alive.
No heretics rose up in Anatolia when Catholic MA was down to 50. And I've saved it. I would have loved being an heretic, then I would've seduced Francois VI to keep myself alive.
Queen Kyra Percy of Anatolia – Part III
The realm had grown, and Kyra was starting to feel her age. She wanted to become a Basilissa, and thought about the possible ways to do it. Her first idea was to swear fealty to the Magna Francian Emperor Savary and use the shadows to seize the throne for herself. But Magna Francia was, unlike Anatolia, not inhabited by Greeks and there was no kin who would vote for her in the elections – there was no election as well. All would depend on her becoming regent, but that would pose a problem – no Emperor of right mind appoints his abductress as regent. Therefore, Kyra studied the life of Drogomir Mazowiecki, seeing if his methods would bring her more luck – but the world had learned from its former mistakes. So she set her mind on becoming great enough in the eyes of the world so that she could crown herself Empress of Anatolia.
She became renowned for her just rule, and the count of Thessalia swore fealty to her after she conquered Thessalonike and murdered his father. She allowed her son Dorotheos to enter the service of the Hospitallers and conquered Lori from the Mazdakis. As she marched on Tripoli, the Crusade finally ended in favour of the Teutons.
The war against the Abbasids was once again hard fought, but ended in victory without the need to call her allies. To raise her prestige, Kyra created duchies before handing them out to her vassals, more and more of them being Percys. She usurped Armenia, making her a triple-queen, and invaded the boy-shah of Tabarestan as well as the last Zoroastrian duke in Armenia.
As Kyra worked on her glory and Anatolia's future as Empire, her son Konstas worked hard to ensure the stability of the realm. He and the duke of Tripoli provided delicate informations on many of Kyra's vassals, preventing any chance of revolt, while he also assured that most of Anatolia was in the hand of the Percys through murder and deceit. As Kyra tried to 'open the way' for Dorotheos to become Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, one of her victim's sons tried to kill her – Konstas noticed the plot and silenced him.
Truces with her Zoroastrian neighbours forced Kyra to turn southwards. As Queen of Syria, she could claim Druz, Az Zarqa from New Coptia and Amman from Egypt. The 'desert Poles' had a problematic army coordination which allowed Kyra to take the counties without the intensity of resistance she expected. Egypt had split its army and was overwhelmed in Reeshah and Xois, New Coptia didn't have the numbers to resist.
As the cacophony of the nobles' complaints became too much to bear for her, she decided to attack her daughter-in-law. The duchess of Cyprus had converted to Waldensianism. Worse for Kyra, her son Neophytos had turned his back on Catholicism and was a Copt now. During the war, the Spider Queen's efforts for cultural unity within the realm paid off, as the majority of Ancyra and Herakleia were Greek now. Konstas had success to report as well, as he had eliminated the duchess of Cibyrrhaeot.
Shortly after her husband Sisay had died and Kyra married the king of Bavaria, only to raise her prestige even more, the Abbasids had another civil war she took advantage of. As the Moabadan-Moabad was getting weaker each day and threatened Kyra with the revenge of Ahura Mazda carried out by his successor, she called Emperor Savary into her invasion of Aintab and Jazira. Battle over battle was fought, and in the middle of the war, she felt confident enough to proclaim that her dream had come true. She had beaten an Empire so many times as a queen, now she would do it as an equal. Basilissa Kyra Percy of the Anatolian Empire!
With her goal reached, she developed the ambition to hold on to it and calmed down. Not even the Zoroastrian Great Holy War called upon her to reclaim Syria or Humayun and his adventurer host could stop her. With the Magna Francian army still in the Middle East, all wars ended in Kyra's favour.
It would be her last wars. The message of Shahanshah Nard's death in battle filled her once more with joy, as it meant that her sworn enemies, the Abbasids, would lose the Empire in the next generation. Unlike the Percys, who ruled most of Anatolia themselves. They would hold on to her Empire. Even if her sons died before her or were holy knights. She died peacefully, aged 60, in Ancyra the 7th March 1285, leaving her smart grandson in charge of her true come dream.
He has the potential to hold on to the Empire. Go Percys!
As Kyra died, it is said that her shadow left the room... ready to haunt some poor soul, carrying its vicious schemes, belligerent nature and dreams of eternal glory with it...
What is left to say? Another Empire has entered the stage. We now have Magna Francia, Hispania, New Coptia, Anatolia, Persia, Rajasthan and the Mongols. The Hordes have been completely passive, sitting on around 100k men each and staring into the steppes. I think they want to invade China or Muslims, but the first won't be possible and the second are only present in Mali. Hungary and Abyssinia are still strong, and the Crusade took more then thirty years to end successful. In a world of blobs, what will happen next? Will the Mongols wake up or continue their role as sleeping giants? Or will a new global player arise?
My turn ends here, but I can make a short global update if people are interested, pick some interesting characters and detail what happened to them during the turn. Kyra ruled for a bit more then 50 years, something has to have changed elsewhere as well, and I can probably guess best what happened.
The realm had grown, and Kyra was starting to feel her age. She wanted to become a Basilissa, and thought about the possible ways to do it. Her first idea was to swear fealty to the Magna Francian Emperor Savary and use the shadows to seize the throne for herself. But Magna Francia was, unlike Anatolia, not inhabited by Greeks and there was no kin who would vote for her in the elections – there was no election as well. All would depend on her becoming regent, but that would pose a problem – no Emperor of right mind appoints his abductress as regent. Therefore, Kyra studied the life of Drogomir Mazowiecki, seeing if his methods would bring her more luck – but the world had learned from its former mistakes. So she set her mind on becoming great enough in the eyes of the world so that she could crown herself Empress of Anatolia.
She became renowned for her just rule, and the count of Thessalia swore fealty to her after she conquered Thessalonike and murdered his father. She allowed her son Dorotheos to enter the service of the Hospitallers and conquered Lori from the Mazdakis. As she marched on Tripoli, the Crusade finally ended in favour of the Teutons.
The war against the Abbasids was once again hard fought, but ended in victory without the need to call her allies. To raise her prestige, Kyra created duchies before handing them out to her vassals, more and more of them being Percys. She usurped Armenia, making her a triple-queen, and invaded the boy-shah of Tabarestan as well as the last Zoroastrian duke in Armenia.
As Kyra worked on her glory and Anatolia's future as Empire, her son Konstas worked hard to ensure the stability of the realm. He and the duke of Tripoli provided delicate informations on many of Kyra's vassals, preventing any chance of revolt, while he also assured that most of Anatolia was in the hand of the Percys through murder and deceit. As Kyra tried to 'open the way' for Dorotheos to become Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, one of her victim's sons tried to kill her – Konstas noticed the plot and silenced him.
Truces with her Zoroastrian neighbours forced Kyra to turn southwards. As Queen of Syria, she could claim Druz, Az Zarqa from New Coptia and Amman from Egypt. The 'desert Poles' had a problematic army coordination which allowed Kyra to take the counties without the intensity of resistance she expected. Egypt had split its army and was overwhelmed in Reeshah and Xois, New Coptia didn't have the numbers to resist.
As the cacophony of the nobles' complaints became too much to bear for her, she decided to attack her daughter-in-law. The duchess of Cyprus had converted to Waldensianism. Worse for Kyra, her son Neophytos had turned his back on Catholicism and was a Copt now. During the war, the Spider Queen's efforts for cultural unity within the realm paid off, as the majority of Ancyra and Herakleia were Greek now. Konstas had success to report as well, as he had eliminated the duchess of Cibyrrhaeot.
Shortly after her husband Sisay had died and Kyra married the king of Bavaria, only to raise her prestige even more, the Abbasids had another civil war she took advantage of. As the Moabadan-Moabad was getting weaker each day and threatened Kyra with the revenge of Ahura Mazda carried out by his successor, she called Emperor Savary into her invasion of Aintab and Jazira. Battle over battle was fought, and in the middle of the war, she felt confident enough to proclaim that her dream had come true. She had beaten an Empire so many times as a queen, now she would do it as an equal. Basilissa Kyra Percy of the Anatolian Empire!
With her goal reached, she developed the ambition to hold on to it and calmed down. Not even the Zoroastrian Great Holy War called upon her to reclaim Syria or Humayun and his adventurer host could stop her. With the Magna Francian army still in the Middle East, all wars ended in Kyra's favour.
It would be her last wars. The message of Shahanshah Nard's death in battle filled her once more with joy, as it meant that her sworn enemies, the Abbasids, would lose the Empire in the next generation. Unlike the Percys, who ruled most of Anatolia themselves. They would hold on to her Empire. Even if her sons died before her or were holy knights. She died peacefully, aged 60, in Ancyra the 7th March 1285, leaving her smart grandson in charge of her true come dream.
He has the potential to hold on to the Empire. Go Percys!
As Kyra died, it is said that her shadow left the room... ready to haunt some poor soul, carrying its vicious schemes, belligerent nature and dreams of eternal glory with it...
What is left to say? Another Empire has entered the stage. We now have Magna Francia, Hispania, New Coptia, Anatolia, Persia, Rajasthan and the Mongols. The Hordes have been completely passive, sitting on around 100k men each and staring into the steppes. I think they want to invade China or Muslims, but the first won't be possible and the second are only present in Mali. Hungary and Abyssinia are still strong, and the Crusade took more then thirty years to end successful. In a world of blobs, what will happen next? Will the Mongols wake up or continue their role as sleeping giants? Or will a new global player arise?
My turn ends here, but I can make a short global update if people are interested, pick some interesting characters and detail what happened to them during the turn. Kyra ruled for a bit more then 50 years, something has to have changed elsewhere as well, and I can probably guess best what happened.
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That was quite amusing... But your empire will not last long, just look in what little time my empire turned into a divided, disorganised, bankrupt, homosexual run mess. But then again, I had to leave in the very beginning, who knows what I could have achieved If I could have played till the death of Drogomir. Well, at least I revived both the Miaphysite faith and the Desert Poles from near extinction and removed almost all of the middle eastern muslims. I hope your empire lasts way longer than mine and I hope the future players won't be dicks and won't attack your empire so suddenly after it's creation
Fantastic! Kyra's shadow will loom over the rest of history. I wish you called it Byzantium, though, but it will have to do 
A global update would be nice. I am curious to see if the Mongols will do anything, that is probably the biggest threat to the future of Anatolia. Teutons are OP!
Lol at that patch of Cyprus in the desert.
And it is yequr's turn, I shall pm him.
A global update would be nice. I am curious to see if the Mongols will do anything, that is probably the biggest threat to the future of Anatolia. Teutons are OP!
Lol at that patch of Cyprus in the desert.
And it is yequr's turn, I shall pm him.
I don't wanna steal from alscon's world update but there is some fun stuff that happened. Let's just say that New Coptia is in very bad shape and the Muslims are not quite dead yet.
All right, I'll do a world update, proceeding one de-jure empire at a time. My assumptions will maybe be right, maybe wrong; I can at least detail if I had anything to do with history. One thing though: I'd love it if yequr would play in Mali, for reasons that will become clear.
EDIT: I'll split the world update in two parts and post it this evening. There is not much which has happened though.
EDIT: I'll split the world update in two parts and post it this evening. There is not much which has happened though.
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World Update (7th March 1285) - Part 1 (The West)
Britannia:
King Aznar 'the Great' had inherited Scotland and Mauretania from his grandmother Cecily 'the Great', and since then, its nobles began Basquefying. Still, there are many Dutch and Irish in Scotland and Ireland; the Norwegian holdings are Irish/ Welsh respectively. Magna Francia has French lords, and Anatolia Greeks, and both rule England. Only Kent is still Saxon, even if the population keeps its Germanic roots. No English exists in this world, and the Isles are peaceful. Scotland was Gavelkind, but Aznar changed it to Primo after he created the Empire.
Scandinavia:
The Crusade was long, and the Teutons came out victorious. This means Scandinavia is basically split between the elective monarchy of Norge, ruled by a former French, Centule Gellones, the Danish Styrs of Jylland, the Teutons and Hungary in East Denmark/ South Sweden. Inheritance caused those horrible enclaves, and German culture rules most of Sweden. Even if Catholicism is victorious, one man laughs at the cross: Bragi Hrafn, Norse/Germanic ruler of Vestisland.
Magna Francia:
Savary 'the Just' is the oldest legitimate son of Francois VI 'the Seducer'. As the van Ypres' revel in their power, France and Bulgaria being de-jure part of the Empire, reaching from Northumbria to Greece, the de Piemont family pursues a quest for power: France, Bulgaria and other lands are ruled by this family. Also Holland; my third roll ended as landless count consort of Trier, ousted by the Emperor himself. Magna Francia is mostly French, reason for me to rename it, and Ioannia and Aquitaine act as Occitain buffers between the heartlands of the two great empires.
Hispania:
Hispania exists since Aznar 'the Great' created it in 1241. Actual ruler is Ramiro de Vasconia, a seducer who has expelled the Knights of Santiago. New Coptia is too weak for him it seems, else he could have seized another Empire for himself. While the religious situation is unity, the cultural one is disorder; but the native Dutch population of Andalusia is slowly Basquefying. The Andalusian culture persists in exile in the Catholic Rahman Emirate of Mallorca.
Mali:
Mali is the battlefield of the faiths. Mostly those who don't play any role in the rest of the world. Shiites, Sunnis, West Africans and Zikris are fighting for domination. One century ago, a Zoroastrian preacher found fruitful ground for Ahura Mazda, and even if the duke of Mali was overthrown at the same time as the Zarma Hurufis. Now, Yasiboy Akoi of Ghana seems to emerge victorious for the Zikris, but what happens in this part of the world never holds long. The Mandés in Baghdad are those who accompanied the Umayyad Caliph out of his exile.
Africa + Sicily:
Italy is split between Magna Francia, Ioannia, independent Italian states and German Ancona. Venice exists, and I strongly recommend looking at its history: Italian Catholics, Polish Copts, then Sunnis under the Shatrids, Coptic again, switching between Polish and Italian – now Italian Copts.
1246, with the papal troops fighting in Suomi, Sicily or Antipatra of Gaeta conquered Rome from the possessed Vitalian II. But south of Sicily, the great surprise was Amellal I 'the Lion' of the Mekhadmid Sultanate. His father, independent sheikh of Annaba and Constantine, left him on a mission when he died: Take advantage of the crumbling power of the New Coptic Empire. Amellal followed his father's instructions. In twenty years, he conquered all the actual Sultanate covers in the name of Allah and the Hurufis. Now, his great-grandson, Amellal III, rules the last Muslim Sultanate, still covering mostly Coptic land.
Britannia:
King Aznar 'the Great' had inherited Scotland and Mauretania from his grandmother Cecily 'the Great', and since then, its nobles began Basquefying. Still, there are many Dutch and Irish in Scotland and Ireland; the Norwegian holdings are Irish/ Welsh respectively. Magna Francia has French lords, and Anatolia Greeks, and both rule England. Only Kent is still Saxon, even if the population keeps its Germanic roots. No English exists in this world, and the Isles are peaceful. Scotland was Gavelkind, but Aznar changed it to Primo after he created the Empire.
Scandinavia:
The Crusade was long, and the Teutons came out victorious. This means Scandinavia is basically split between the elective monarchy of Norge, ruled by a former French, Centule Gellones, the Danish Styrs of Jylland, the Teutons and Hungary in East Denmark/ South Sweden. Inheritance caused those horrible enclaves, and German culture rules most of Sweden. Even if Catholicism is victorious, one man laughs at the cross: Bragi Hrafn, Norse/Germanic ruler of Vestisland.
Magna Francia:
Savary 'the Just' is the oldest legitimate son of Francois VI 'the Seducer'. As the van Ypres' revel in their power, France and Bulgaria being de-jure part of the Empire, reaching from Northumbria to Greece, the de Piemont family pursues a quest for power: France, Bulgaria and other lands are ruled by this family. Also Holland; my third roll ended as landless count consort of Trier, ousted by the Emperor himself. Magna Francia is mostly French, reason for me to rename it, and Ioannia and Aquitaine act as Occitain buffers between the heartlands of the two great empires.
Hispania:
Hispania exists since Aznar 'the Great' created it in 1241. Actual ruler is Ramiro de Vasconia, a seducer who has expelled the Knights of Santiago. New Coptia is too weak for him it seems, else he could have seized another Empire for himself. While the religious situation is unity, the cultural one is disorder; but the native Dutch population of Andalusia is slowly Basquefying. The Andalusian culture persists in exile in the Catholic Rahman Emirate of Mallorca.
Mali:
Mali is the battlefield of the faiths. Mostly those who don't play any role in the rest of the world. Shiites, Sunnis, West Africans and Zikris are fighting for domination. One century ago, a Zoroastrian preacher found fruitful ground for Ahura Mazda, and even if the duke of Mali was overthrown at the same time as the Zarma Hurufis. Now, Yasiboy Akoi of Ghana seems to emerge victorious for the Zikris, but what happens in this part of the world never holds long. The Mandés in Baghdad are those who accompanied the Umayyad Caliph out of his exile.
Africa + Sicily:
Italy is split between Magna Francia, Ioannia, independent Italian states and German Ancona. Venice exists, and I strongly recommend looking at its history: Italian Catholics, Polish Copts, then Sunnis under the Shatrids, Coptic again, switching between Polish and Italian – now Italian Copts.
1246, with the papal troops fighting in Suomi, Sicily or Antipatra of Gaeta conquered Rome from the possessed Vitalian II. But south of Sicily, the great surprise was Amellal I 'the Lion' of the Mekhadmid Sultanate. His father, independent sheikh of Annaba and Constantine, left him on a mission when he died: Take advantage of the crumbling power of the New Coptic Empire. Amellal followed his father's instructions. In twenty years, he conquered all the actual Sultanate covers in the name of Allah and the Hurufis. Now, his great-grandson, Amellal III, rules the last Muslim Sultanate, still covering mostly Coptic land.
World Update - Part 2 (The East)
East Africa + Arabia:
As Queen Adina died, for some strange reason her grandson inherited instead of her second/third son under Primogeniture. Due to this, Kyra couldn't murder the way free for her husband Sisay (everybody loved that damned child – his uncles would have been murderable – and 1/0 diplomacy doesn't help), so the Merkourios still hold the throne of one of the mightiest powers. While the Abbasids will survive in Oman, Egypt is ruled by Snowid Spartenos. For New Coptia, they were lucky Amellal didn't rise earlier – Jerusalem was independent a century ago, and only the election of the New Coptic Emperor brought them to the only place they rule now, under Msciwoj Rafaczyk. Being only a titular empire brought their downfall, I think. North of Oman the Zoroastrian realms begin.
Anatolia + Persia:
This region has been covered enough. Karen rules in Georgia/kingdom of Persia under the Empire (both in the Empress' dungeon) as well as in Khorasan and Afghanistan. The Zoroastrian Church holds all of Mesopotamia (save Jazira), and the Zahakids are Mazdaki (probably soon history).
Hungary + Slavic lands:
First off, de-jure Hungary:
King Gábriel II is currently fighting a revolt to lower the crown authority. The Árpád dominance is also visible on the cultural map, with most of its lands being Hungarian. Pomerania is Russian, while what looks like Russian tribes in Ruthenia are actually Polish Slavs. The Baltic tribes were left alone by everybody, and are slowly Christianizing.
The Finns:
They may have lost the Crusade after more then 30 years of warfare due to the last Teuton offensive, but the Suomenusko kingdoms of Rus and Perm are still strong. Rus is mostly Finnish now after two centuries of Hämäläinen rule, while Perm is under the Komi Irterids since its creation.
The Steppes:
Many small Tengri tribes are riding through the steppe. The Mongols have made their dramatic entry, but for some reason they are content with their conquests (see my theories before). Khagan Usan of the Ilkhanate has 130k men, Chiledu of the Golden Horde due to one war against the Hungarians 'only' 85k. But if they ever wake up from their slumber, they would end up in the middle of Europe fast; remember Hungary's de-jure lands.
Rajastan:
Time for my theory concerning the Pratihara collapse: In 1172, a bastard seized the throne. I've dated the begin of the independence movement at around 1178, when his child son came to the throne. Now, most of Rajastan is still Pratihara, but with all the independent nations much weaker; the Shatrid-Pratihara campaign of old wouldn't be repeatable. All of India belongs to rulers of the local culture, in Rajastan Rajputs, save one: The former Shah of Armenia rules Bhakkar. His periodical holy wars against seemingly easy victims caused a whole lot of trouble for the Karens and Zoroastrians.
Raja Gangeja ended up being called 'the Great'. They surely have a good reason to call him like that; but all I can see he achieved is... absolutely nothing. Maybe he was a great commander for the Samrat?
Deccan:
The Deccan plateau and the tip of India are ruled by the Jain Rashtrakutas, the Hindu Cedis and the Buddhist Hadan. Save for the independent thakur of Cholamandalam, it's business as usual. Kannada culture dominates.
Bengal:
To the last part of the world update, Buddhist Bengal. The Palas are reigning here. They would hold enough to create the Empire if Bihar didn't end up being a theocracy in 1158. Only the Pratiharas seem to interact much in India.
Where were the big changes? The Middle East is a very dynamic region, but there was player intervention this time. The Crusade for Suomi ended in the Teutons' favour, and Hispania was created. The Mekhadmid Sultanate has risen under Amellal the Lion. The Mongols have shown themselves without doing much. I'd say Mali and Rajastan were interesting regions as well, but in the rest of the world, not much has happened. Hopefully the next players can break up the blobs! (Not Anatolia, please. Like New Coptia, it is a nice, small Empire; take on Magna Francia or Hispania if you want to let an Empire fall.)
East Africa + Arabia:
As Queen Adina died, for some strange reason her grandson inherited instead of her second/third son under Primogeniture. Due to this, Kyra couldn't murder the way free for her husband Sisay (everybody loved that damned child – his uncles would have been murderable – and 1/0 diplomacy doesn't help), so the Merkourios still hold the throne of one of the mightiest powers. While the Abbasids will survive in Oman, Egypt is ruled by Snowid Spartenos. For New Coptia, they were lucky Amellal didn't rise earlier – Jerusalem was independent a century ago, and only the election of the New Coptic Emperor brought them to the only place they rule now, under Msciwoj Rafaczyk. Being only a titular empire brought their downfall, I think. North of Oman the Zoroastrian realms begin.
Anatolia + Persia:
This region has been covered enough. Karen rules in Georgia/kingdom of Persia under the Empire (both in the Empress' dungeon) as well as in Khorasan and Afghanistan. The Zoroastrian Church holds all of Mesopotamia (save Jazira), and the Zahakids are Mazdaki (probably soon history).
Hungary + Slavic lands:
First off, de-jure Hungary:
King Gábriel II is currently fighting a revolt to lower the crown authority. The Árpád dominance is also visible on the cultural map, with most of its lands being Hungarian. Pomerania is Russian, while what looks like Russian tribes in Ruthenia are actually Polish Slavs. The Baltic tribes were left alone by everybody, and are slowly Christianizing.
The Finns:
They may have lost the Crusade after more then 30 years of warfare due to the last Teuton offensive, but the Suomenusko kingdoms of Rus and Perm are still strong. Rus is mostly Finnish now after two centuries of Hämäläinen rule, while Perm is under the Komi Irterids since its creation.
The Steppes:
Many small Tengri tribes are riding through the steppe. The Mongols have made their dramatic entry, but for some reason they are content with their conquests (see my theories before). Khagan Usan of the Ilkhanate has 130k men, Chiledu of the Golden Horde due to one war against the Hungarians 'only' 85k. But if they ever wake up from their slumber, they would end up in the middle of Europe fast; remember Hungary's de-jure lands.
Rajastan:
Time for my theory concerning the Pratihara collapse: In 1172, a bastard seized the throne. I've dated the begin of the independence movement at around 1178, when his child son came to the throne. Now, most of Rajastan is still Pratihara, but with all the independent nations much weaker; the Shatrid-Pratihara campaign of old wouldn't be repeatable. All of India belongs to rulers of the local culture, in Rajastan Rajputs, save one: The former Shah of Armenia rules Bhakkar. His periodical holy wars against seemingly easy victims caused a whole lot of trouble for the Karens and Zoroastrians.
Raja Gangeja ended up being called 'the Great'. They surely have a good reason to call him like that; but all I can see he achieved is... absolutely nothing. Maybe he was a great commander for the Samrat?
Deccan:
The Deccan plateau and the tip of India are ruled by the Jain Rashtrakutas, the Hindu Cedis and the Buddhist Hadan. Save for the independent thakur of Cholamandalam, it's business as usual. Kannada culture dominates.
Bengal:
To the last part of the world update, Buddhist Bengal. The Palas are reigning here. They would hold enough to create the Empire if Bihar didn't end up being a theocracy in 1158. Only the Pratiharas seem to interact much in India.
Where were the big changes? The Middle East is a very dynamic region, but there was player intervention this time. The Crusade for Suomi ended in the Teutons' favour, and Hispania was created. The Mekhadmid Sultanate has risen under Amellal the Lion. The Mongols have shown themselves without doing much. I'd say Mali and Rajastan were interesting regions as well, but in the rest of the world, not much has happened. Hopefully the next players can break up the blobs! (Not Anatolia, please. Like New Coptia, it is a nice, small Empire; take on Magna Francia or Hispania if you want to let an Empire fall.)
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Don't touch Hispania, it's needed for EU. Something should be done about that Hungary, though.
Yeah, that bastard fucked everything up for the Prats. They've gone through a lot of instability and other bastards in the past fee decades.
The theocracy or Bihar is fascinating. I wonder how that happened.
Not only did Sicily conquer Rome but they installed a Monothelite patriarch there
I would be interested to see how far the Mongols can get if they finally wake up. I imagine those ugly little Tengri tribes in the middle of the GH revolted from the horde.
Both Hispania and Francia could have pushed a claim on New Coptia, but I guess it wasn't worth their while. Although owning Jerusalem has to be tempting.
It is cool to see how well player dynasties like de Vasconia, the Gellones, and Van Ypres have done. I forgot the van Ypres originally started from a nationalist rebellion, that is such a great story.
The theocracy or Bihar is fascinating. I wonder how that happened.
Not only did Sicily conquer Rome but they installed a Monothelite patriarch there
I would be interested to see how far the Mongols can get if they finally wake up. I imagine those ugly little Tengri tribes in the middle of the GH revolted from the horde.
Both Hispania and Francia could have pushed a claim on New Coptia, but I guess it wasn't worth their while. Although owning Jerusalem has to be tempting.
It is cool to see how well player dynasties like de Vasconia, the Gellones, and Van Ypres have done. I forgot the van Ypres originally started from a nationalist rebellion, that is such a great story.
Sadly, the time has passed for yequr. I am now pm-ing Zerois, though I hope yequr only missed because it was the weekend.
Whoa, haven't been online for not even quite 2 days (pretty much spent one day in the car and the other one visiting friends) for probably the first time since start of the SG (well, probably not quite, but it is rare ) , and of course I miss my turn. Argh. Sorry.
) , and of course I miss my turn. Argh. Sorry.
It's my turn! (I'll keep it short )
My rolls were:
-The High Chief of Vitebsk
-The Raja of Raichur Doab
-The High Chief of Brandenburg
My Chosen Character:
High Chief Gniewosz Brochwicz, the ruler of the Vitebskian Poles, a follower of the Slavic faith
His lands
I started during an Independence war which was easily crushed
As you can see, my character started with some claims on neighbouring duchies, so I took the chance and conquered them
(Picture of Smolensk is missing, sorry guys)
Soon, some counts wanted independece AGAIN
(I said no, of course)
Some months later...
Soon after, I decided to convert to another religion. Catholicism and Miaphytism is so mainstream, so I chose Monophytism, the heresy of the latter.
(My lovely wife died )
Soon after, I could create the Kingdom of Ruthenia, which I named 'The Kingdom of the Eastern Poles'
After some reconquests and some Holy Wars, I could create the Kingdoms of Poland and of Lithuania, the 'Northern Poles'
Also, I established an alliance with the Kingdom of Hungary
After further expansion wars, I founded the Empire of the Poles
Sadly, shortly afterwards, my weak ruler died (I was surprised that he lasted that long!)
This is the current ruler of the Poles
As you could maybe see, I did not have much time, I'm sorry for that
I hope you liked it,
Zerois
P.S.: You wouldn't believe what luck I had. The Rus and the Golden Horde could have declared war every second, and they didn't even join most holy wars I fought against their faith.
Also, the current ruler is Slavic again
)My rolls were:
-The High Chief of Vitebsk
-The Raja of Raichur Doab
-The High Chief of Brandenburg
My Chosen Character:
High Chief Gniewosz Brochwicz, the ruler of the Vitebskian Poles, a follower of the Slavic faith
His lands
I started during an Independence war which was easily crushed
As you can see, my character started with some claims on neighbouring duchies, so I took the chance and conquered them
(Picture of Smolensk is missing, sorry guys)
Soon, some counts wanted independece AGAIN
(I said no, of course)
Some months later...
Soon after, I decided to convert to another religion. Catholicism and Miaphytism is so mainstream, so I chose Monophytism, the heresy of the latter.
(My lovely wife died
)Soon after, I could create the Kingdom of Ruthenia, which I named 'The Kingdom of the Eastern Poles'
After some reconquests and some Holy Wars, I could create the Kingdoms of Poland and of Lithuania, the 'Northern Poles'
Also, I established an alliance with the Kingdom of Hungary
After further expansion wars, I founded the Empire of the Poles
Sadly, shortly afterwards, my weak ruler died (I was surprised that he lasted that long!)
This is the current ruler of the Poles
I hope you liked it,
Zerois
P.S.: You wouldn't believe what luck I had. The Rus and the Golden Horde could have declared war every second, and they didn't even join most holy wars I fought against their faith.
Also, the current ruler is Slavic again