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Interlude: The Family

Finally, the weavers have completed the tapestry portraying my dynastys glorious ancestry! They've left out the kids though, since first of all, more are being born all the time, second you could only have silhouettes of most of them (the little buggers can't sit still for the painters), and third it'd be huge! Maybe one day...



That Rhys fellow over thereon the top left is just a dead great-uncle. The Rhys that's my Diocese Bishop now is related to me (or so i'm still told), but he's not on this tapestry since we don't know how he's related to us. Sorry, mate.
 
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Chapter 8: The Irish rebellion of 1079

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So, I figured out Brycheiniog would be easy to add to my ever-growing realm, since they're a natural part of the Duchy of Morgannwg, and are ruled by a 3-year-old.
But. He threw a tantrum and didn't want to play with me.


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This inspired Herewald to do the same. Again.
*Bangs on door* Come out already, you're the spymaster, do you really think that's proper behaviour for a spymaster?


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Nevertheless, my realm is going along quite nicely, efficiency is up due to me being a Duke now. I even have some claims I might consider enforcing in the near future (Argyll, Ustrad Tyvi, and Brycheiniog).


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We even discover art!


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Herewald comes out of his room, but asks for some money. I tell him we don't have any to spare, it's going towards building a shrubbery or forestry, I can't remember which.
It's my wifes idea, and she's my steward. Or did I make Gormflaith my steward? Probably. Anyway.


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Despite being decent stewards, the Irish apparently have very strange ideas on how to raise fosterlings: this one came back with a lousy education and pneumonia, and he's even a sceptic. I take pity on him and arrange him a wife, but he soon passes away.


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I knew I had forgotten some of those cousins. Ok, so their surname is Aberteifi and not Bendew, but I remembered correctly that he was a relative.
That list of my courtiers really was written shoddily, probably by my relatives to hide how many of them were living off my money.


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Herewald comes to me one day and says that he's all better, but all those bouts of crazy really taught him all sorts of things about intrigue. Naturally, he gets to stay as my spymaster. He hasn't tried to backstab me so far, despite wild rumors of his disloyalty and, you know, the time he went totally insane. Not enough bats in the steeple. All that.


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Efe asks for some money too, and threatens to leave otherwise. I tell her that since I didn't give my crazy, disloyal spymaster who was prone to pull out a knife at any moment that I didn't have any money to spare for him, but that it was instead going to a good use, what does she think my reply is?


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Rhys refuses to die, despite intestinal worms and a dueling wound. He gets even more sick. I didn't think it would be possible.


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Herefords daughter Ascelin is already living in my court (and just started school there), so he sends me one of his sons as well. Naturally, I accept. The de Breteuils will always be favored by the house of Morgan. Other normans beware.


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Hm. I wonder if the problem is that they don't have enough beer or not enough sheep?


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William the Dastardly has apparently passed on, and some Serbian duke is now the papal controller. I hold a feast at court to celebrate his passing. Plus, you know, lots of food and drink are always great - I find it hard to get up the following morning, and am thus unable to meet with the envoy from the new King. What a shame.


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Apparently the Irish become even more outraged due to my treatment of the new King of England, don't ask me why.

Unfortunately, the local garrison has been weakened to 48 men due to rebels and widespread looting.

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One of them is killed twice, or maybe that was just a counting mistake because my marshal ran like a girl before the advance even started.

*sigh*

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In other news, someone REALLY fancies their luck over in Spain.


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Yes, i'm sure the population really seems to be settling down.

They're in control of the province and sieging my local headquarters, I guess that's settled down compared to running around the place looting and robbing.


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Apparently, you win some, you lose some on the child-raising front.


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I declare my own crusade against those infidel rebels, abandoning their right and justful liege.
Just as soon as I get that forestry underway.

Hopefully this'll keep King Roberts attention elsewhere.


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Yes he has. Surprisingly. Maybe it's because I never abandoned him in his time of need either. The rumours of his disloyalty are quieted somewhat.
 

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Oh, devasalizing so soon... a daring feat...;)
 

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Sorry for posting while somewhat drunk...

Anyway, it doesn't devassalize you, just sets your loyalty to 0, allowing you to declare war (if you have claims), make alliances, or pledge allegiance to someone else (which I didn't do).

This is something which has bothered me slightly (in general, not just this game), since if you're playing a king, especially a multi-kingdom one, your vassals tend to declare independence and even war constantly, even though they theoretically might not even have claims on you or anything. As a human vassal of the AI, I don't believe it's possible to become independent at all through events; the only ways are to declare yourself king as well, or fight a war with the AI king, and go for white peace or better (and you'd need a claim to start the war yourself).

P.S. Well, actually there is the declare independence event, but it doesn't seem to fire that much, even for a rebellious vassal... eh, good night.
 

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Chapter 9: War. War never ends.

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Build me... a forestry! With a nice path down the middle. What? The war hasn't started yet. It's going to be a real pain, I need to enjoy myself while I still can, before all the bloodshed, wailing and gnashing of teeth.


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After building the forestry, I had to borrow money to send for that transportation fleet to Ireland. Do I look like I have any spare?


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The captain of the fleet is apparently still confused as to the missing islands of the Hebrides. But at least the fleet is finally on the way to crush those rebels.


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!!! I thought lieges were supposed to protect their vassals, instead of threatening their very existence! So I refused to aknowledge that he was my rightful sovereign... it's not like he asked for troops or money that I refused to give him, i've been within my legal bounds as a vassal!


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I offer to be his vassal again and behave this time, but he refuses.
Completely unreasonable, those normans.


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I forgot to mention earlier that I had allied with the Duchess of Brittany, but it doesn't really matter, does it? She's not coming to my aid, despite the King of England having 3 demesne provinces bordering hers in Normandy.


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Apparently some Scots want to join my List of Shifty People Not To Ever Trust, Besides the Normans That Is. And seeing as my liege has decided to attack me rather than protect me...


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Two days after she comes home from foster care, some envoy already arrives, asking for her hand in marriage. I refuse, citing more urgent matters than weddings right now. I'm still also quite annoyed at those treacherous Scots. We shouldn't forget that I have claims to Argyll either, since i'd hate to depose even distant relatives in the future, when I get over this little scuffle with England. It just wouldn't feel proper.


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Et tu, Roger? Owain seems to be winning this initial skirmish with the English vanguard, though.


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I can't exactly remember when my wife got stressed, but those Englishmen have apparently also brought some disease into my fair lands.


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Roger spawns over 3000 reinforcements from somewhere, and snatches victory from the jaws of defeat. And hands defeat to me. I'm even fostering two of this children. This is a sad day indeed. Will I ever be able to coexist with the normans, even the de Breteuils, anymore?


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Despite having his entire army killed to the last man at least twice over, Owain still finds a retinue of two to bring the bad news to Morgannwg.


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Meanwhile, I crush those Irish rebels. I begin to suspect a conspiracy between the peasants of Ulaid and the English crown.


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Yes, I was separated from the church by a norman king, unjustly I might add. I am already in debt, so I don't try to postpone the inevitable.


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I appeal once more to the better nature of King Robert, and the Duke of Lothian, but they seem intent on destroying me utterly.


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Thus, Gwent falls into norman hands.


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Meanwhile, after being refused about 3 times, I did manage to find a husband for Nest, Iestyns daughter. This may be the last joyous occasion in my court for a long time, so we make the most of it.


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My wife has apparently caught pneumonia. The barber-surgeons say it doesn't look good. I don't know what to say. William excommunicated me without cause, but now that Robert is on the throne, God seems to have truly abandoned me and mine.


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God and Steffen, or at least he threatens to. I feel sorry I haven't found him a wife, but I felt he was too old for Nest. I suppose her aunt Efe might've made him a good wife back in the day, when they were young, but it's too late now.


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As Morgannwg, too, falls to the English, even the Irish half-man, half-crow duchy declares war on me.


But, i'll tell you something: things look bleak now, with nothing to encourage optimism in the future, but this will not last. In my next tale, I shall bedazzle you with some truly ingenious diplomacy, and then Morgannwg will rise again!
 

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Ah, so it was all part of a cunning plan?:p:D
 

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I just finished editing the next batch of screenshots, and this is probably going to be THE update for a while, at least in terms of the excitement in-game. I was literally on the edge of my seat when playing it, and had to pause for a while to figure out what had just happened afterwards.

But. It's 2 AM here, and I have lectures from 10-16, so i'm afraid you'll have to wait until the afternoon, or maybe my lunchbreak. ;)

I'll give you a teaser: one more duchy joins the "let's tear Morgannwg into pieces"-game. They will all pay. One day.
 

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Oh, at the moment, yes. But the Grigor defense and acquiring the money for it is a part of the dealings. As to what's already happened in the updates so far, I did try the Grigor Defense several times on England, but they weren't fooled. I haven't included the screenshots of failed peace negotiations in the updates (and mostly likely won't either, not screenshots at least, although I will refer to them). And if England is coming for me, the others don't really matter in comparison.
 

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Chapter 10: Diplomat extraordinaire!

So, we left off with the Morgannwg, the glorious Land of Plenty at war with some of the who's who of Britain and Ireland, and mores to come. How will it all end up?


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Well, first off, I sold Morgannwg to Connacht. I can take it back later and make a profit! Plus, this gives me some money, so I can pay off my debt and still have some left over to bribe those other bastards.


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Yes, I have 45 gold. You can't have them, Steffen! Go away!

Seriously, it's like he smelled it or something. Then again he used to ask for money even when I was in debt...


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Although i'm at peace with everyone in Ireland now, the Scots, in the form of the duchy of Lothian, have started besieging Ulaid (as you can see further up there, my demesne in Wales has already been conquered). They'll be a while with that though, we still have time to maneuver.


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I guess they never really clicked with Rhys. Poor Rhys, all alone, besides his intestinal worms that is.


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I find him a new, gentle and trusting wife to nurse him to better health (I hope).


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Ah yes, I was going to try the Grigor defense on the Scots. They don't buy it, and i'm being literal here.


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What the?! What is wrong with these people? You will pay!


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Well, it seems i'm the one who paid this time, but this isn't over. They must've heard rumours I was handing out gold to any aggressors. Although the Irish actually paid me... ah, whatever.


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Oh look, he made a vow of celibacy at some point. So the crazy man is canonised, and his tolerant, just and prodigal liege just gets excommunicated. Am I the only one who sees the injustice in this?


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Since I just gave all my money to the duchy of the Western Isles, I raise all the taxes in my realm as high as they go. These are emergency war levies, not permanent. I need more funding for the Grigor defense.


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Lothian is taking his time in Ulaid, i'm glad I chose to build that forestry in Gwent rather than Morgannwg, and a de Breteuil causes me trouble again, this time a foster child. I forgive her though, she doesn't know any better. I'd like to hope Roger didn't attack me of his own volition, but was forced to do so to preserve his own standing among the nobility of England.


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Just as my wife is inspired to have more children, she dies to pneumonia. Rhys joins her soon after. It seems the combination of stress, disease, intestinal worms, an 8-year-old dueling wound (has it really been that long?), and a fresh bride was finally enough to bring him down.


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Steffen gets to be my diocese bishop instead, maybe that'll keep him busy.


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After a short period of mourning, I decide that the time is not right for grieving about personal matters, so I find myself a new wife. A true French noblewoman. I also get some more funding for the Grigor defense from the dowry.


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I enter new negotiations with King Robert (the Grigor defense still has had no effect), throwing him offers of everything I can afford to lose, namely my independence, money, and Ulaid.


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Here comes the sneaky part, in retrospect the true genius of these peace negotiations. Lothian has just conquered Ulaid.


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They then take Ulaid and the same money i've already offered Robert, after which Robert says ok to the peace deal, making me borrow some money in the process, but also taking Ulaid for England, from Lothian. I have used the same land and same gold as bargaining chips in two separate peace treaties. Ok, so I actually do have to pay the gold twice, but it's not that bad...


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I like to think i'm the King in the picture, and the two bickering people are the Duke of Lothian and the King of England, fighting over one province in Northern Ireland. I am a just and fair lord, I rule in favour of balance.


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Here's a map of the new holdings of England, excluding the southern coast and Normandy.
 

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Sorry about some of the extra-wide screenshots in this one, still getting a feel as to how wide I can make them.

Edit: they're fine with my home comp, but then again, I use 1600x1200, so... Recommendations? How wide is too wide?

Examples: the messagelog screenshots in the latest updates? 3 event windows still ok? (2 event windows + part of a character screen seems the same width as the messagelog) I would assume 2 event windows side by side, or eg. the map just above this post is still ok...

Also playing in 1600x1200, and hard/weakling. I don't think i've mentioned that yet. Next update this evening.
 
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Right.

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Chapter 11: The ashes of war

The war is indeed over, and although Morgannwg was humbled much, it survived, and indeed it's pride is what was hurt most.


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First things first, I lower the taxes back to their previous levels.
While I may be in debt, it's even harder to collect taxes from a province in rebellion.

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Next, I plan for the future. Cai deserves only the best tutors available.
Replenishing my finances and rebuilding my regiment may take a while, indeed.


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What?! This man claims to be a talented negotiator, but any talent he may have lies in the field of fraud and treachery instead. Fitting.


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The teenage Count of Hampshire can't handle not being the only prodigy in the kingdom. I demand recompense. This gives me a claim on Hampshire, incidentally.


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Brave Suenik. Not wise, but brave.


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My new wife shares my concern for the future, so we get to work on producing more heirs, as I only have one son so far.
I don't think I mentioned it yet, but her son from a previous marriage is a count in France.


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Iestyn's oldest son decides to try his luck elsewhere. Even my relatives are leaving me. I bet William is laughing in his grave, right now.


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Here's a comparison of me and King Robert. He's developed a lisp, which I make fun of behind his back.


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Et tu, Steffen?


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...aaand apparently you win some, you lose some, on the child-raising front as well.


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A son! I think Cai will remain my chosen heir, as he is more than 10 years Fychans elder and thus will be better equipped to rule.


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I am justly proud of my ancestry, I have no reason to lie about it, nor need to embellish it.


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Again with international news, Castille seems to be the only Spanish Kingdom left, but they're not doing too badly. The heathens are still splintered.


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My court tutors claim that Cai is not suited for education at court, whereas I am of the opinion he would do well, if not extremely so, in any profession he would want. I humor them though, as I feel now, more so than when Cai was younger, that there will be need of a warrior on the throne in the future as well.


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It is indeed good to have some calm after those months of waiting for the envoy bringing the news that we were utterly dispossessed. For the moment, however, I am set on achieving peace and prosperity.


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Hence I do not wish for new quarrels. Us Bretons and Welsh should stick together, in any case.


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I am not proud, I will take help, if it will increase the situation of my realm.


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Warwick sends a desperate plea for help, after he himself has declared war on England. I have the messenger thrown out; I am in no shape and have no stomach for rebellion at this time.


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My darling daughter Hawis has come of age, and she is quite a talented young woman she is. I want to keep her at my court to advise me, and later maybe Cai, as well as wishing to maintain close ties to the distant branches of my family, so I marry her to her third cousin, the Ednowain Bendew who has already been discussed in these tales. The duty I collect from my subjects to finance the marriage gives me enough of a surplus to pay off the rest of my debts.


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I also officially make her my chancellor, as I feel she is ready for the responsibility. It is sad indeed that the charlatan is the best I have available for the post of spymaster. I do not have anyone able to fill the role of diocese bishop either, now that Steffen has left, as none of the young cousins have finished their theological studies (most of them were educated at court).


So, Morgannwg was humbled, severely so, but now that his finances are in order, his eldest daughter married and the succession ensured, where will Cadwgan the Prodigys eye turn next? Morgannwg still holds a selection of claims, including three in nearby Welsh provinces. Will he continue on the road of peace, or turn his mind to conquest once again?
 

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  • Europa Universalis III Complete
  • Heir to the Throne
  • Majesty 2
  • Europa Universalis III Complete
  • Europa Universalis III Complete
  • Victoria 2
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That was that, a bit of peace after the tense war of nearly-losing-everything.

There will definitely be more updates this week, but i'm not promising anything as to the schedule at the moment.