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I've been lurking around these forums for a while browsing through various excellent or funny ( sometimes both ;) ) pieces of prose, and unfortunately couldn't shake off growing urge to write something myself. So here it is, please treat this first time effort with a bit of leniency.

I'm playing unmodded DV with latest patch, with no plans of save edits or other sort of altering gameplay. Normal difficulty, weak aggresivenes in hope of preserving somewhat historic europe for as long as possible ( yeah, I know I'm fooling myself ;) ). The ARR will be probably kept in style of inconsistent history book and will suffer from somewhat strict and numerous roleplay limitations. Updates will get posted after the death of each successive ruler ( I don't know yet if I'll retain king title till the gameover. We'll see ).

Time to start, it's December 1068...
 
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State of the Realm over Ages
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(...)It has been over a century since Maygars were forced to flee the land of the ancestors. Thanks to many sacrifices made since then, and to visionary leadership of saint Stephen, the first king, new nation rose from the ashes of the old tribes. It took years to estabilish the foundations of the new realms. It took steel, blood and help from abroad to rise above royal family squables threatening to shatter the country even as it took form. But finally, as the eleventh century drew to a close, kingdom of Hungary ruled by young Salomon (the first of the name) was finally ready to look to the future. And avenge the past.

Land of the Arpads was vast, but poor, a large plain north of the Danube with scant infrastructure bordered by mountains from north, south and west. It could offer little spare income compared to the realms of similar size and not nearly enough troops. But it enjyed good relationships with strong neighbours and could always count on help from the Holy Roman Emperor, father of queen Jutta.
Nevertheles plenty of chalenges awaited new king. Old enemies, the Pechengs lived just across the eastern border, a constant threat and remainder of a bitter past. Lack of infrastructure and archaic administration had to be adressed. As was the question of Byzantium, still not content to leave the internal matters of the Maygar alone (...)
 

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hm... Just when I was planning a hungarian AAR! Back to the drawing board I guess :D


Good luck against those nasty germans and those b.stard Byzantines!




ps.: magyar, not maygar ;)
 

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Welcome everyone, your time spent on reading this is deeply appreciated :)

Llywelyn : Heh, you need five posts somewhere to actually get to write in this place, writing something vaguely sensible in CK game forum seemed like the decent way to go. I'll try my best, hopefully at the end this AAR will sit proudly by the only other Arpad work in the archives.

Enewald : I'm writing the updates with a little bit of foreknowledge (usualy playing through next ruler period before summing up the previous one). As it went HRE offered alliance from the start and it held till the death of Salamon, allowing me to write what I did in the introduction without it being terribly naive ;) With the added benefit of nice transition from the real history.
But yes, I completely agree that in the normal gameplay you can't trust the big bully till it selfdestructs or offers you the alliance. This actually goes for Byzantium as well till it gets mauled by Seljuks.

galuska : Drat, i knew I'd mess something up. I guess that's what you get for writing an AAR for a country you don't come from, and whose language is completely unlike anything else you happen to know :rolleyes:
Sorry for beating you to the arpads (well not really, but it's kinda appropriate to write it ;) ) hope you enjoy the progress. I'm afraid I won't be able to hurt Byzantium, it colapsed in record pace. Seljuks were in Constantinopole before year 1100 :]

Update time.
 
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December 3, 1086

I weep for the king Salamon, the first of that name.
I weep, as even though suspicious, he did not escape treachery.
I weep, as even though wise, he could not avoid assassins.
I weep, cause I know he would have forgiven them if he lived still.

His marriage unhappy and barren,
His land poor and without promise,
His mind bereft of talent and skill,
His life never really graced by luck.

I grieve for the king that ruled beyond expectations,
and left his country whole and stronger.


Author unknown

Excerpt from the Wars of the Arpads

Salamon I, despite his generally acknowledged warlike mindset, did not overall fight as often, or for as long as could be expected. Historians recognize three short wars fought during his rule with first one being especially bloody and costly. Being aware of fast disintegration of Byzantium, which made strong and united Pecheng tribe a growing force in the region the king decided to
break the threat early. A series of marriages with Poland and Kiev were arranged to achieve good relationships with the northern powers. An alliance with Holy Roman Empire was signed to scare away third party wishing to profit from the conflict.

1st Pecheng War

With preparations done, Salamon mobilized his personal host and on July 24, 1071 declared war. By the month end duke of Transylvania and count of Pest joined his armies in the conflict. First, victorious battle was fought on 8th of August, unfortunately Ipoly count of Pecs was proven to be a traitor and raised a rebellion against the realm not long after, diverting attention and much needed resources from the main area of conflict. Thus tribes were given a breathing space, time to organize, and Salamon faced with two separate conflicts ordered Grand Mobilization of the realm. Two battles were lost in September and Transylvania decided to pay tribute to avoid plunder and destruction. By the end of the year two more battles were fought, and lost, one more duke and four counts withdrew from the effort also offering tribute to the tribes. On December 19th orthodox heretics from Polotsk declared war on Hungary, that winter was proving to be really bleak.

New year saw a rare victory in Peresechen, and end of Pecs rebellion, but it was swiftly followed by another defeat at Belogrod and fall of Szekelyföld castle on 15th of February which marked the lowest point of the war. Five days later came the news that last tribal outpost in Perescechen finally surrendered, the tides of war turned. In April control of Belgorod was gained and despite fending off Hungarian relief attempt at Szekelyföld, High Chief Kabuksin was running out of supplies and manpower and on May 5, 1072 was forced to sign harsh pace immediately standing down all remaining forces and relinquishing control over lost tribal areas and all claims against Salamon.

This did not end the war though, armies from Polotsk were on their way south. July 23 has seen Hungarian defeat in Heves, August 18 rout in Galich, followed by two defeats in Marmaros by the end of the year. Winter again was proving to be bleak. Fortunately, on third attempt to stop enemy, marshal Ilya displayed great skill and won a crushing victory. Three battles,
and one raid by Lithuanians on Polotsk homeland later, both sides having no prospects of victory, white pace was agreed. The war ended on May 29, 1073.

Nitra Heresy

In early 1075 underage and inexperienced Kálmán Duke of Nitra fell prey to Arian heresy and got excommunicated from the church. His refusal to correct his ways sparked rebellion of his vassals and much unrest in the realm, by July Salamon finally made his mind and decided to strip him of titles. The kings request met with prompt refusal sparking all out war in the north-western parts of the land. Nine small battles and four sieges took place over next 12 months until last peace treaty was signed and titles in question transferred to Ivánka, former duke of Orava who remained loyal to the crown all through the conflict.

The Cautious Peace

Years 81, 82 and 84 saw rebellions by local counts requiring crown intervention, but period after the heresy till the year 1085 mostly enjoyed peace dedicated to paying off massive debts of the crown incurred in first war with the tribes. When that finally happened, king Salamon took his armies to the field again.

2nd Pecheng War

The war was declared in April and this time weakened Pechengs did not offer much resistance. Aided by mercenaries the king won field campaign in April despite two minor setbacks. June saw occupation of Olvia. July further victories in Birland with the area itself conquered by September. The high chief signed peace treaty on the very next day.
(...)

From Hungarian Economy in Middle Ages

It has to be said that even though king Salamon had little obvious skill or patience towards managing his realm, he did, as a side effect of his efforts to bolster the army, achieve significant progress in the areas of administration,
(where power scattered among few dozen of small countries was gathered in the hands of seven dukes improving effectiveness) and science. The chronicles note progress in army tactics (with offensive terrain and positional combat in use thorough the realm), fortification (tentative plans for small castle network) and siege techniques (popularization of battering ram)
and infantry armaments (pikes, handaxes, chained leather). The kings church scholars also managed to derive from the Bible the concepts of divine rights and duty, clerical celibacy and theory behind the Arte Liberales. chievements in matters of trade were limited mostly to adopting concepts imported from abroad. Overall the king managed nearly to double the manpower and income available to his successor which, what has to be said, was no mean feat (...)

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King Salamon was murdered on December 3, 1086 by an unknown assassin. As there were no close living relatives the crown went to a distant
cousin László, at the time Count of Bihar.
 

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Nice! I was waiting for someone to write a Arpad Hungarian AAR. Don't let the Habsburgs takeover ;) and goodluck.
 

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Don't think I've ever seen a Hungary CK AAR before, good luck! Though if you're games are anything like mine the two big empires on your borders (Byzantium and HRE) will disintegrate, leaving lots of vulnerable little independent counties and dukedoms for you to gobble up. I just hope the turks don't make an early march on you, having steamrolled the greeks so early.
 

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galuska : Drat, i knew I'd mess something up. I guess that's what you get for writing an AAR for a country you don't come from, and whose language is completely unlike anything else you happen to know :rolleyes:

Heh, I know that, this happens to me often too.
Last time a romanian friend of mine was offended at one of my mails because I wrote 'rumanian'. I swear I saw that form in the oxford dictionary!


Sorry for beating you to the arpads (well not really, but it's kinda appropriate to write it ;) ) hope you enjoy the progress. I'm afraid I won't be able to hurt Byzantium, it colapsed in record pace. Seljuks were in Constantinopole before year 1100 :]

Update time.

Well, a big, ottoman-like Seljuk empire is always fun!
In my current game (count of Lübeck - duke of Pommerania - duke of 6 duchies - polish king) the Seljuks have asia minor, lands up to the cumans, the area around Jerusalem, and nearly everything in the balkans.
Since in this game Hungary is splintered, it will be my task to stop the cumans and seljuks: looks like fun.



Land of the Arpads was vast, but poor, a large plain north of the Danube with scant infrastructure bordered by mountains from north, south and west.

A little comment:
in general, most hungarian lands were quite good, with promise. The plains were (till the ottoman wars) brilliant for farming, and the northern region with it's mines produced was rich even compared to the rest of Europe.
BUT the low income figures are correct in general: even when the land is good for farming, you need folks to farm it. Hungary was really scarcely populated, and no folks, no taxes.




King Salamon was murdered on December 3, 1086 by an unknown assassin. As there were no close living relatives the crown went to a distant
cousin László, at the time Count of Bihar.

An interesting sidenote is that László became the king of Hungary IRL too.

Salamon was the king, while the brothers László and Géza were 'small kings', each guarding a border: Géza was keeping an eye on germans and poles, while László was responsible for the pecheneg-serbian-croatian border.

The two really thought that Salamon is a bad king without qualities, and revolted against their liege. Géza's army was beaten, but László defeated the king, who forced his former liege to live in a monastery.

The brothers made a pact: Géza will be king, then László, then Géza's son, Kálmán.

The brothers were much loved kings. Géza was a peaceful and respected ruler, concerned mostly about improving living conditions in general, while László was a knight-king, he conquered Croatia.
 
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Enewald : As far as I was concerned, he wasn't destined to do either of those things ( these stats were just plain terrible ). I'm still somewhat amazed I pulled off that 1st war, if Polotsk arrived couple months earlier I'd be soundly defeated. I was at the time really happy about keeping the country solvent and in one piece with a ruler like that.

Saber : Thank you :) And as far as I can remember whole Habsburg condurum was entirely Andegaven fault so no worries, Arpads ( although related by blood ) were long gone by then. And besides, Ha-who? That upstart family is ridiculously unimportant in 1068 scenario ;)

VILenin : I've seen one completed pre DV era with author going for world conquest. I've got no such ambitions ( about wc that is ;) ). Regarding politics in the region, I'll attach a map with the next update to provide some outlook on near and far abroad, it should explain where I stand and expect to go. I have to admit though, it's one of the more unusual CK timelines I've seen developing.

galuska : Anyone that's big, hostile, and holds Constantinople short walk away from your borders, is by definition, not fun ;) From my experiences Poland tends to raise more troops, and as such, has slightly easier time defending itself. And I do hate the prospect of Seljuks *and* Mongols on my borders together :] Apart from that, oodles of excellent info, thank you for native point of view on your country history. If you ever decide to do AAR about that Poland game, I'll be sure to return the favor.

I'm almost done with material for the next update, expect it within next 24h.
 

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December 3, 1086​

Dynastic tree
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Moravian Arpads dynastic tree from duke Vazul, cousin of Saint Stephen, the first King of that name.

( *editors errata : The image seems somewhat imprecise. Both Andras and Bela, sons of Vazul, held the throne before king Salamon. The tree also omits numerous daughters. )

At that point of time seven known male members of dynasty were alive. Andras' bastards were both exiled from the country by king Salamon - Gyorgy spending his tim in solitude in the court of Scotland and David serving as a marshall in some remote county of Rus.
Out of Belas descendants, Gezas branch of family died out in infamy and solitude and was forgotten and Lampert gave no hope of heir with his wife past the childbearing age. Only King Laszlo seemed blessed with fertility and kept the family strong.


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State of the Realm over ages​
( excerpts )​

I. World in 1086

(...) The Kigdom of Hungary enjoyed good relations with its catholic neighbours at the time and there were no immediate problems to be addressed. No records were found of any teritorial or other claims against titles held by the crown or its vassals. The king was respected among his peers. Nevertheless the region itself could not be called peaceful. There was civil war in the Holy Roman Empire, Poland got involved in the crusade and Byzantium got nearly overrun by Seljuk Turks. Written sources indicate that situation was regarded as full of possibilities, but on the whole to violatile for the good of the land. That was probably the dominant force behind the efforts of the king and Crown Prince Andras in the following years (...)
Situation in the wider world was of lesser interest to the nobles concerned with the problems in the kingdom, but for sake of completeness following facts should be mentioned :

*) Kingdom of Castillia and Leon, united under wise rule of king Jimenez, enjoyed much growth and prosperity in Iberia controlling over half of the peninsula and having Muslims there in general retreat. Dwarfing the crowns of Navarra and Aragon it seemed certain it would annex them in the future.

*)The Scottish involvement in crusades backfired spectacularly with heathens of Zirid in firm control of half of former great Scottish kingdom. It seems that only alliance and support from Norway keep the crown of Dunkelds afloat. Nevertheles Zirids got themselves mauled by the crusaders and their fortunes overall were on the wane.

*) The great war between Viking nations of the north ended inconclusively with neither king gaining from the fight. All three seemed to be exhausted by conflict and thus Baltic coast has seen little changes thus far.

*) As a result of protracted war with Kingdom of Poland over Red Ruthenia Principality of Kiev collapsed in dramatic fashion. Princes of Pereyeslav and Novogrod seemed to have gained most of the spoils from that event and now share control over the Rus.

*) Advance of Seljuks seeed impossible to stop for a while. Georgia and Nubia have been erased, Byzantium all but fell, with Constantinople conquered and emperor hiding on Cyprus. Fortunately for christiandom sultans got bogged down by rebelions in Asia Minor, and could not concentrate effort in a single push to finish the job.

*) First crusade broke the star of the Fatimids but overall has seen suprisingly little progress given the effort. Only Alexandria and bits of Tunesia were liberated recently.

*) 16 christian rulers had the right to call themeselves rex.

II. The Land

Kingdoms treasury still did not pay off the debts from the last war, but deficits were manageable and shrinking with each month. Yearly Crown income was estimated at 200 marks of silver, which represented much improvement since Salamon ascended the throne, but it was attributed to increase in population rather than investment in infrastructure or economical acumen of the late king. That was probably also the reason behind increase of army size to around 20 thousand. Most of the lands was split between dukes, with crown fiefs limited to land around capital, bihar prowince and fresh gains in Moldau considered to troublesome to give up to vassals. New King, as his precedesor was interested mainly in military matters, it was to be expected then that poor infrastructure would not see much improvement and resarch efforts would remain chaotic.

III. The Church

The church enjoyed a lot of freedom and priviledges at the time. Lay investiture was revoked some years ago as a result of papal pressure. As a direct consequence clergy obtained priviledges exempting them from tax and military burdens. All crown vassals were catcholic, as was most of the land, but territories aquired from pechengs remained stubbornly pagan.
 

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Hmm, I think the royal demesne could use some new lands. And *sigh*, another utterly forgettable crusade that takes a few provinces and then tapers out.:eek:o Maybe one day the Arpads can lead a proper one and show Christendom how it's done.;)
 

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On the version of the game im playing the family is "Arpardy" rather than "Arpard".
I was musing with playing a game as Lazlo Arpard, I dont like Salamon very much I always view him as the spoilt brat cousin who stole the throne from under Geza and Lazlo's nose.
Although historically they betrayed him along with Lampert and got the crown back :)