Holy Fury: Pope sending letters to prestigious heathens!

[Goodis]

I'm going to start off my suggestion with this letter which was sent to Mehmed II of the ottomans from Pope Benedict XV right after the conquest/fall of Constantinople.

An insignificant trifle can make you the greatest, the most powerful, the most famous of living mortals. You ask what it is? It is not hard to find; there is no need to go far in search of it. It can be found everywhere: a little water with which to be baptized, to be converted to Christianity, and to accept the faith of the Gospel.

Once you have done this there will be no prince on the whole earth to outdo you in fame or equal you in power. We shall appoint you the emperor of the Greeks and the Orient... All Christians will honor you and make you the arbiter of their quarrels... Many will submit to you voluntarily, appear before your judgement seat, and pay taxes to you. It will be given to you to quell tyrants, to support the good and combat the wicked. And the Roman Church will not oppose you... The first spiritual chair [the Pope] will embrace you in the same love as other kings, and all the more so accordingly as your position is higher. Under these conditions you can easily, without war or bloodshed, acquire many kingdoms...

We [the Papacy] shall never lend aid to your enemies, but on the contrary call on your arm against those who sometimes usurp the rights of the Roman Church and raise their horns against their own mother.

What am I getting at? Let me put it simple.

If a ruler has more than X amount of provinces and one/two of these are christian prestigious/holy cities(such as constantinople/jerusalem/rome/whatever), the ruler get's an event(Letter) from the current pope.

This event should request the player to convert to Christianity and if accepted should lead to new chain of events. If the player accepts, internal conflicts could start in the form of rebellions, uprisings or a modification for internal faction supports, essentially make the realm more vunerable for X amount of months, at the same time maybe demands from the pope for the player to show his devotion to the new faith and church.

It could be followed by religious events in which the player tries to convert his population to follow his example of the new faith.

The religious head of the previous religion could perhaps kick off some events too? Maybe invite the player to dinner, try to assassinate him in creative ways, maybe convince him to still practice his former religion in secret?


I feel like the possibilities are endless and it could lead to fun scenarios. In case of the Turks maybe this could lead to the player finally getting the "Kayseri-Rum" title(Ceasar of rome, if i recall corectly).