I imagine lots of tiny and blue wieners during the winter
One of the countries who should indeed be "too cold to be an Adamist"
How you manage to keep losing the crusades though?
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One of the countries who should indeed be "too cold to be an Adamist"
How you manage to keep losing the crusades though?
Hahaha
...yeah.
Welcome!
Very much so.
True. Too true. The crusades are lost because even when I send a 160k troops stack to meet the enemy, there's suddenly 3-4 70k stacks coming out of the fog. Each frikking time. The Muslims are sneaky.I imagine lots of tiny and blue wieners during the winter
One of the countries who should indeed be "too cold to be an Adamist"
How you manage to keep losing the crusades though?
And I need to be on par with numbers to win, even with all techs researched. I have no idea what your Normans are made of...- 1
True. Too true. The crusades are lost because even when I send a 160k troops stack to meet the enemy, there's suddenly 3-4 70k stacks coming out of the fog. Each frikking time. The Muslims are sneaky.
Simple
Around 12 000 of various man-at-arms, with 12 counties full of buildings that make their stats go boom, total 42 knights, with effectiveness of 475%, plus several with prowess of at least 20+. And marshal that keeps on improving them knights. And well, breeding generals with 40+ martial skill help quite a lot as well. As I said, simple - 1
Your skills far surpasses mine, I bow in reverence.Simple
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Chapter X - Arnoul I “the Scholar” (1417-1448)
Arnoul I “the Scholar” (1417-1448)
The first two years of Emperor Arnoul’s reign was spent warring in Norway. The Norwegian king had no chance of victory and in 1419 he finally admitted defeat. Norway was now proper Catholic again and under Holy Frankian authority.
Soon, Pisa and Bohemia was both invaded, further adding to Arnoul’s Empire. The fight for Bohemian lands were won with a huge battle in the north of the country, and their king admitted defeat shortly after.
Then came renewed war with the Holy Roman Empire, which again was won handily. Upon finishing the war, Emperor Arnoul founded the university of Padua, before sending his armies towards Tuscany to claim their lands.
When that war was won, he ordered the founding of the university of Siena, and then he went to war with the duchy of Augsburg and the kingdom of Croatia, demanding both to submit as vassals. Neither lasted long, and soon their lands were added to that of the Empire.
Still in the area, the duchy of Ravenna was targeted by Arnoul, and before long they too were vassalized. Upon the conclusion of the war, he then ordered the university of Bologna founded.
Now on a roll, Emperor Arnoul I then went to war against several countries, demanding their forced vassalization to the Empire. In short succession Spoleto, Venice, the kingdom of Sardinia and Ancona and Orvieto were vassalized.
With this, another Empire title was added to the realm. The Empire of Italy was now part of the many crowns of Emperor Arnoul I. But this time, the Pope was not invited. Emperor Arnoul himself placed the crown on his own head.
Why this was so, would be revealed soon. The Emperor decreed that all of Italy was his by right, including the lands of the Papacy and Rome itself. Stunned, Europe watched as Arnoul waged a double war, both on the Holy Roman Empire, which ended soon when the Holy Roman Emperor Andreas was captured in battle again. But also, on the Papacy, which was swept away in mere weeks by the Empire’s mighty armies.
The Pope promptly excommunicated the Emperor, of course. But Arnoul didn’t care. He proclaimed he knew he was in the right and denounced the Pope as a weak and evil man.
He knew, after all, what Europe did not know. That the Pope was an unbeliever, an agnostic at best, an atheist at worst, playing theater for all Europe to see. He used this knowledge to blackmail the Pope, who soon rescinded his excommunication, proclaiming from his new home in the Crimea that the Emperor was, after all, a man of God and welcomed him back into the Catholic fold.
The last act of Emperor Arnoul I was renewed war on the Holy Roman Empire, which now consisted of only modern-day Austria and little more. Emperor Andreas, the poor creature, was captured in battle again and forced to relinquish even more lands to the Holy Frankian Empire.
But all men die, and Emperor Arnoul I also had to meet his maker. Seventy-one years of age, having ruled for 30 years, he died in his sleep on February 14th, 1448. His son Gargamel V, aged 44 at the time, ascended the throne.
The first two years of Emperor Arnoul’s reign was spent warring in Norway. The Norwegian king had no chance of victory and in 1419 he finally admitted defeat. Norway was now proper Catholic again and under Holy Frankian authority.
Soon, Pisa and Bohemia was both invaded, further adding to Arnoul’s Empire. The fight for Bohemian lands were won with a huge battle in the north of the country, and their king admitted defeat shortly after.
Then came renewed war with the Holy Roman Empire, which again was won handily. Upon finishing the war, Emperor Arnoul founded the university of Padua, before sending his armies towards Tuscany to claim their lands.
When that war was won, he ordered the founding of the university of Siena, and then he went to war with the duchy of Augsburg and the kingdom of Croatia, demanding both to submit as vassals. Neither lasted long, and soon their lands were added to that of the Empire.
Still in the area, the duchy of Ravenna was targeted by Arnoul, and before long they too were vassalized. Upon the conclusion of the war, he then ordered the university of Bologna founded.
Now on a roll, Emperor Arnoul I then went to war against several countries, demanding their forced vassalization to the Empire. In short succession Spoleto, Venice, the kingdom of Sardinia and Ancona and Orvieto were vassalized.
With this, another Empire title was added to the realm. The Empire of Italy was now part of the many crowns of Emperor Arnoul I. But this time, the Pope was not invited. Emperor Arnoul himself placed the crown on his own head.
Why this was so, would be revealed soon. The Emperor decreed that all of Italy was his by right, including the lands of the Papacy and Rome itself. Stunned, Europe watched as Arnoul waged a double war, both on the Holy Roman Empire, which ended soon when the Holy Roman Emperor Andreas was captured in battle again. But also, on the Papacy, which was swept away in mere weeks by the Empire’s mighty armies.
The Pope promptly excommunicated the Emperor, of course. But Arnoul didn’t care. He proclaimed he knew he was in the right and denounced the Pope as a weak and evil man.
He knew, after all, what Europe did not know. That the Pope was an unbeliever, an agnostic at best, an atheist at worst, playing theater for all Europe to see. He used this knowledge to blackmail the Pope, who soon rescinded his excommunication, proclaiming from his new home in the Crimea that the Emperor was, after all, a man of God and welcomed him back into the Catholic fold.
The last act of Emperor Arnoul I was renewed war on the Holy Roman Empire, which now consisted of only modern-day Austria and little more. Emperor Andreas, the poor creature, was captured in battle again and forced to relinquish even more lands to the Holy Frankian Empire.
But all men die, and Emperor Arnoul I also had to meet his maker. Seventy-one years of age, having ruled for 30 years, he died in his sleep on February 14th, 1448. His son Gargamel V, aged 44 at the time, ascended the throne.
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I would have to play way beyond the time limit for that. Already in 1448, and I ended the game in the 1460s IIRC.
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I can reveal I got to the point early in the next reign to restore the Carolingian Empire, but during the war the decision disappeared. I finished the conquest in mid 1450, so I guess that 1450 is the cutoff year for that decision.
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That is one Kaiser who really can't run, apparently
And devious thing with the Pope!
And devious thing with the Pope!
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Is the Pope ruling from somewhere different than Rome? That is one Big Blue Blob! God Bless, my Emperor!
Heh, yeah he's been captured since he was like 9.That is one Kaiser who really can't run, apparently
And devious thing with the Pope!
The Pope thing was just so PERFECT!Crimea, on that thing that pops out into the Black Sea.
No, I believe the next one was not Ruthenian.
The intrigue system. Got it through an event IIRC.
Yeah, I'm happy with the result - thus far!
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Chapter XI - Gargamel V (1448-1474)
Gargamel V (1448-1474)
The last of the Emperors of the Holy Frankian Empire before the Age of Exploration started a new age dawned, was Emperor Gargamel V. His reign would see an immense enlargement of the Empire, all the way into the far North and even Russia.
He started his reign as so many Frankian Emperors before him with a war on the Holy Roman Empire. This would prove to be the second to last war ever waged between the two. He won handily.
After his victory, he proclaimed himself rightful king of Bavaria. Which coincidentally also was all that was left of the Holy Roman Empire. To everyone’s surprise and many people’s disgust, he didn’t adhere to the truce he got with the Holy Roman Emperor Andreas and declared a new war on the remains of the Empire mere months after the previous war was over.
This war would make Emperor Andreas a wandering homeless man, for the rest of his life seeking shelter in the few courts that would dare host him. A sad end to the once mighty Emperor of a reduced, yet still large Empire.
But while the Holy Roman Empire was gone, it was not gone for long. Mere days after Andreas’ deposition, Emperor Gargamel V proclaimed himself rightful Holy Roman Emperor in addition to all the other Empire titles he held. Rome was not yet dead. He even held Rome itself, he reminded people.
The next few years, the Emperor spent waging war in Africa, while his vassal the king of Maghreb went north and claimed the Swedish throne. Much of Sweden was ruled by the kingdom of Bjarmaland, however, and Gargamel V declared war on that kingdom to claim his vassal’s birthright. The king of Bjarmaland was soon captured and removed from his Swedish lands.
Then Gargamel V declared himself Emperor again. On August 5th, 1462 he crowned himself Emperor of Scandinavia and laid claim to the entirety of the Northern Wastes.
Not long after he claimed all of the kingdom of Bohemia in war for a vassal, before doing the same for another vassal with the kingdom of Poland. His Empire was growing, fast. Not content yet, he warred against Novgorod for the Baltic Sea coast, then he sent his armies towards Hungary for additional claims for a duchy there.
Then, on September 9th, 1467 he crowned himself again, this time as Emperor of the Southern Baltic Empire. But he didn’t rest. He went to war against Bjarmaland for even more lands de jure belonging to him now that he was Emperor of Scandinavia and the Southern Baltic Empire, and soon he did the same for lands belonging to Novgorod.
His last war would be for his claim for the region ruled by Bacs close to Hungary. After that, he celebrated his many victories with drinks, wine, beer, and more wine. His heart couldn’t hold it, and on September 15th, 1474 Emperor Gargamel V’s life ended in a drunken stupor. He was the last Emperor before his son and heir Emperor Arnoul II, at the time aged 42, would lead the way into the Age of Exploration and the discovery of America.
But that is another story.
The last of the Emperors of the Holy Frankian Empire before the Age of Exploration started a new age dawned, was Emperor Gargamel V. His reign would see an immense enlargement of the Empire, all the way into the far North and even Russia.
He started his reign as so many Frankian Emperors before him with a war on the Holy Roman Empire. This would prove to be the second to last war ever waged between the two. He won handily.
After his victory, he proclaimed himself rightful king of Bavaria. Which coincidentally also was all that was left of the Holy Roman Empire. To everyone’s surprise and many people’s disgust, he didn’t adhere to the truce he got with the Holy Roman Emperor Andreas and declared a new war on the remains of the Empire mere months after the previous war was over.
This war would make Emperor Andreas a wandering homeless man, for the rest of his life seeking shelter in the few courts that would dare host him. A sad end to the once mighty Emperor of a reduced, yet still large Empire.
But while the Holy Roman Empire was gone, it was not gone for long. Mere days after Andreas’ deposition, Emperor Gargamel V proclaimed himself rightful Holy Roman Emperor in addition to all the other Empire titles he held. Rome was not yet dead. He even held Rome itself, he reminded people.
The next few years, the Emperor spent waging war in Africa, while his vassal the king of Maghreb went north and claimed the Swedish throne. Much of Sweden was ruled by the kingdom of Bjarmaland, however, and Gargamel V declared war on that kingdom to claim his vassal’s birthright. The king of Bjarmaland was soon captured and removed from his Swedish lands.
Then Gargamel V declared himself Emperor again. On August 5th, 1462 he crowned himself Emperor of Scandinavia and laid claim to the entirety of the Northern Wastes.
Not long after he claimed all of the kingdom of Bohemia in war for a vassal, before doing the same for another vassal with the kingdom of Poland. His Empire was growing, fast. Not content yet, he warred against Novgorod for the Baltic Sea coast, then he sent his armies towards Hungary for additional claims for a duchy there.
Then, on September 9th, 1467 he crowned himself again, this time as Emperor of the Southern Baltic Empire. But he didn’t rest. He went to war against Bjarmaland for even more lands de jure belonging to him now that he was Emperor of Scandinavia and the Southern Baltic Empire, and soon he did the same for lands belonging to Novgorod.
His last war would be for his claim for the region ruled by Bacs close to Hungary. After that, he celebrated his many victories with drinks, wine, beer, and more wine. His heart couldn’t hold it, and on September 15th, 1474 Emperor Gargamel V’s life ended in a drunken stupor. He was the last Emperor before his son and heir Emperor Arnoul II, at the time aged 42, would lead the way into the Age of Exploration and the discovery of America.
But that is another story.
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And there we have it, folks! The end of the story! Thanks for following, and please ask if there's anything you want clarified or mapped.
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That is one impressive France. From Iceland to Kanem Bornu. From Canaries to Lapland. About the size of the Roman Empire, but quite different shape.
Wonder how the French conquest of the New World would turn out...
Wonder how the French conquest of the New World would turn out...
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