Interesting little wrinkle

[IvyJohn]

I was playing as my Irish king (basic, I know), and I decided to get myself a new set of armor, so I invited an armorsmith. He arrived at my court, but before the event chain could continue, my ruler died, having been a bit up there in years. Oh well, it happens, I wasn't too fussed since his daughter had good traits too. Still, I wanted that armor, so I waited for the next part of the event chain to fire. It didn't. In hindsight it makes sense considering the chain was for the specific character. I found out I could take the "Search for a Smith" decision again, which I eventually did a bit later since I'm lazy.

The interesting part is that when I checked my court shortly after, the first armorsmith, who usually disappears into the aether after fulfilling his purpose in life, was just kind of...there. Chilling. He couldn't marry or move courts since the game wouldn't let him, but he was just a random courtier with a good Stewardship skill hanging out in my court, where he's stayed for the 20 years since then, currently my Designated Regent. Maybe I'll give him some random county just to see what happens some time.

Not really anything super notable or exciting, just one of those little moments where something unlikely enough happens that there isn't a specifically-designed conclusion to it. Who knows, maybe he's been staying in Ireland for all these years out of loyalty to his late patron. Yeah, I think I'll go with that.

 

[Geglash]

"For twenty years, I`ve been waiting for the king to send for his armor... But he never did."

 

[Rags17]

I love stories like that.

Playing in England in the 10th century (starting in the 935 Iranian Intermezzo mod start date) I once had a petty courtier who had some decent military skills so I made him a Commander. He turned back a massive Viking invasion so I gave him a gift, a wife and some honorary titles. Later on he beat back some rebels so I gave him more gifts and honors before making him my Marshal.

Time passed and his son came of age and thanks to his dad's good genes and some decent education by myself he too was a good commander. After winning his own glory I married him to one of my daughters before giving him hos own County. Generations later the original character's dynasty was one of the most powerful in the kingdom with Duchies and Counties all over the realm.

I like being part of some random nobody's foundation story !

 

[IvyJohn]

"For twenty years, I`ve been waiting for the king to send for his armor... But he never did."

This is my favorite explanation. "Hey, did anyone remember to tell Ailbe?" "Tell him what?"

I love stories like that.

Playing in England in the 10th century (starting in the 935 Iranian Intermezzo mod start date) I once had a petty courtier who had some decent military skills so I made him a Commander. He turned back a massive Viking invasion so I gave him a gift, a wife and some honorary titles. Later on he beat back some rebels so I gave him more gifts and honors before making him my Marshal.

Time passed and his son came of age and thanks to his dad's good genes and some decent education by myself he too was a good commander. After winning his own glory I married him to one of my daughters before giving him hos own County. Generations later the original character's dynasty was one of the most powerful in the kingdom with Duchies and Counties all over the realm.

I like being part of some random nobody's foundation story !

I love doing that, my favorite is to pick a random bastard from my dynasty, wait until I have a holy war or something, and give him the duchy I won so he makes his own little cadet branch.

 

[Masternachos]

"For twenty years, I`ve been waiting for the king to send for his armor... But he never did."

Feels like one of those "explains the premise of the show" intros where he then mentions how he's been helping people while he waits. And each episode is just him helping somebody out in some way.