Potatoes? BAH! I have Land!!! ~An Irish Minor AAR

[Aliasing]

So to explain the Title I'm going to be playing as an Irish Minor hellbent on Colonization. Because hell who wants to be Irish! Pssh! (No I'm being sarcastic please don't hate me D: )

I might kill time by taking Ireland but still.
(Also the minor I'm going to be playing as is a secret).

TABLE OF CONTENTS
•Prologue: Ireland Before it's Prime
•Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Unification
•Chapter 3: The Azores; It is a wedge of itself that splits the oak
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Prologue: Ireland Before It's Prime

The Father of Ireland


Long ago before the time of Munster, Leinster, Ulster, Connacht was Formed Ireland was merely a sparse land dotted with monasteries. But before then, before the Viking raids of old there was nothing. Nothing but a single Celt and his Sheep; A man of mystery and hype, but also of knowledge and strength. The father of Ireland they called him. When the others came from the main Isles he greeted them with a smile and showed them the abundance of the land. As the old land was ravaged by the Saxons the Celts found a home for themselves in the 'Land of Ire'.

The man taught the Celts to make use of the land responsibly, and told them the best places to build their homes. All of over the 'Ire' Celtic peoples arrived and formed settlements; and for all the Townships that sprung up the 'Father' was there to greet them and give them his blessing.

Eventually the Island united itself symbolically under his guidance and peace lasted for decades. But the Man had grown old and confined to his home; his sheep attended by the people in the village around his home. No longer could the man Provide his advice and the People of Ire became complacent without his knowledge of the land. But people took advantage of his sickness and vied for power in the Ire.

Infighting became common in the Irish society and eventually a civil war broke out. The Connacht clan was the Belligerent, claiming that the Father of Ireland is dying because of the poison the Munster clan's would spit into the air. As the Connacht-Munster war progressed the Leinster and Ulster clan took arms against each other as well. Eventually the lines between the allegiance of the fighters blurred to the point where a battlefield was stained with the blood and innards of fallen soldiers. Eventually all four sides prepared for a battle to end all battles. The Irish civil war was about to end with the 'Battle of Serg's Field'.

Serg's Field Before the Standoff

The standoff was fierce and each commander boasted of his strength before the battle. But just as the four clan's were about to converge on each other, a sickly man stepped onto the battlefield. As his meek body struggled to arrive at the center he started spouting old poems written by children. He stood in the center of the field; the meek man now stood tall and strong, silver hair flowing in the fierce winds that accompany his anger. He took his walking stick and jabbed it into the ground, focusing his weight on it. With all his strength he spoke with a booming voice "The people standing here today are scum! All of you wage war in my name but does no one ask me what I think of this bloodshed!? I helped you found this land and I will have nothing to do with this war. And so and so forth I the so called "Father of the Ire" am leaving this rock in search for a people who will listen. Goodbye." And so the man walked off the field in a fury of anger and was never seen again.

The Years following the war the People of Ireland were at peace, although still fractured the lived in Harmony (Harmony, Oh love) and relative peace. Although despite this people are still waiting for the Father to return. That is the one quality all Irishmen share.

 

[naggy]

Infighting became common in the Irish society

Infighting in Ireland? Never!!!

 

[Aliasing]

Lolo Naggy thanks for the comment

 

[Cross]

Nice Ireland! Will follow!

 

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Chapter 2: The beginning of the Unification.

(I should have stated earlier that I can't find my savegames folder and my screenshots folder doesn't save my stuff so this will mostly be an AAR by Second Hand information. So The chapters try to detail specific events if not more. So what I'm saying is this will be more of a Fan Fiction than AAR.)

The date is 1436: The Kingdom of Munster* is formed from the cities of lower Ireland.



Two decades later the Kingdom begins it's conquest of the Ire. . .


People were gleefully dancing around Maypoles. Children twisting the ribbons around the pole and pure maidens weaving around in the wind. The smell of the dew on the grass was still fresh in the air (also the stench of liquor) and the celebration continued on it's course. The representative of Connacht walked up onto a stage and raised his stein into the air, invoking a cheer so loud from the crowd it could mask any noise. The Connacht Rep. yelled at the top of his lungs "We are here to celebrate Peace!" the crowd repeated loudly "Harmony!" The crowd did the same for that too. But when the Representative went to speak another word he was interrupted by an arrow piercing his stein and then his eye socket.

The Maypole dance before the disaster

Blood splattered all over the stage as the crowd began to act frantically. Guards began to look for the sniper*, but people blocked their way. A small sized portion of the people didn't flee they just stood there, smiling. A guard approached the one at the Center of the group and asked, "Who 're ye? Cit'zens of Connacht?"

A blade pierced the guard's chest; wrenching the last breaths from him as he fell to the ground. All around the area from alleys, behind merchant stands, and from out of liquor barrels came hundreds of men. All wearing the banner of Munster and all having appeared from out of nowhere. The Citizens froze in fear as the Munster soldiers rounded them up in a small circle in the square as the guards dropped their weapons. Out from the crowd a maiden, not older than 15 stood up to a soldier. Slapping him in the face. Spouting "You will not touch me!", biting the soldier in the arm until he bled. The soldier pushed her away and held tight to the wound. The Maiden made a break for it as she headed towards an alleyway on the west side of the square.

A soldier stepped out of the darkness, bringing out his sheathed sword he smacked her over the head with the leather covered blade. She fell to the ground, cold; The soldier lifted her over his shoulder and signaled a few other soldiers to bring something to them. Out of a main street came ten knights surrounding a prison cart. The cart stopped five feet shy of the soldier. A knight stepped off his horse in order to unlock the cart. "She'll be'a prize f'r th' king to se' 'aint she?" The knight said with a smirk. "Ye she shall" the Soldier replied, loading the unconscious girl onto the cart and stepping out of it.

The Armies participating in the Massacre of Connacht dressed as actors in 'The Odyssey' a play being performed at the Connacht royal theater.

Trails of citizens were escorted into the square by dozens of soldiers as it became appeared to the residents that they had been occupied. Every tenth person of the trails were pulled away and loaded into prison carts; dozens of them had been brought into the square by the Munster soldiers. The atmosphere had changed completely as the celebratory environment they had experienced minutes ago had ended in an instance, replaced with dread and woe.

The people were done being loaded onto carts and they were trucked away. From a distance they could hear the Sergeant calling "Ready!" Women and children began to cover their ears as it continues as so. "Aim!" All the captives stayed silent as the men and women alike braced themselves for the next order. A lone child began to cry for his mother, screeching "Mama!". "Fire!" All went silent in the carts as they left the city on the way to Munster.


[*#1: I do not know when the Kingdom of Munster was founded so this info may be off.]
[*#2: Just a tidbit is I use class descriptions from Final Fantasy to describe archers and such a lot so you'll see some references.]​

 

[Ivir Baggins]

That last screenie is of Hoplitai Haploi from EB. Good choice of game!

 

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Yes I thoroughly enjoyed that game. . .Crap I'm having flashbacks

 

[blsteen]

But where are the Potatoes????Oh right in AMERICA! Good luck

 

[Aliasing]

Yeah in the next chapter it details how I started colonizing after spending almost all my money on loans and trade tech.

 

[blsteen]

loans...the inevitable consequence of being a minor that lacks the good start of a COT or gold mine

 

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Good thing is when I unite Ireland in about five years I get Munster as a COT

 

[Memento Mori]

I wonder where did the "Father of Ireland" go...

... but if you will be preoccupied with colonisation and exploration, I guess you will find out sometime

Oh, one more thing...

Long ago before the time of Munster, Leinster, Ulster, Connacht was Formed Ireland was merely a sparse land dotted with monasteries. But before then, before the Viking raids of old there was nothing. Nothing but a single Celt and his Sheep

If the clans of Munster, Leinster, Ulster, Connacht existed simultaneously with the "single celt with his sheep", then you missed out the monastery era.

Or perhaps the chronology is messed up, and the monasteries existed until the raids of the Celts, Saxons and Vikings burned them and slaughtered the monks, except for one lone survivor, who began to heard sheep, while waiting for new inhabitants to appear

 

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I'll explain that later I found that out and was wondering if I should just edit it in :\

 

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Chapter 3: The Azores; It is a wedge of itself that splits the oak

After the enslavement of several thousand Connacht residents and the capture of the kingdom. Munster began to look elsewhere for land; An uncharted land more specifically. Portuguese explorers years earlier had found an island a ways away from their homeland. But the ill equipped crew of the vessel weren't tasked with colonization or even exploring. Due to the recent Embargo chain from Castille (which spread from Ireland (me), to England, to France) the Irish began to dig into the files of several of Castille's neighbors in hope of getting something onto them for a war declaration.

Since Munster's trade unions were somewhat lacking the government took out a 5000 ducat loan from various sources in order to invest directly into the trade business. This of course in long terms will put Munster into a debt in which it may take a while to repay. This upgrade was supported by various tax fees from the rest of the Kingdom (especially Connacht who was punished with High Taxes for not joining them after the first war).

Connacht Peasant after Occupation

Many eager young people were extremely impatient for the chance to go off to adventures and whatever accompanies them. So a single vessel was attached with an Explorer and 1000 men led by a Conquistador (named after the armor which was bought by Portugese merchants (which was bought from Spaniards). These men set out to the Island, marked on the map with the words "Terra Incognita".

The Irish were ahead of their times as they created beautiful architecture for the island's residence.

Immediately on arrival the men set out to build a church. Living quarters were not needed as god came before personal comforts. The Irish were careful of the Portuguese who spotted the land and so named the Island "The Azores" after the ship which was destroyed off the coast of Morocco. People quickly flocked to this Colony in hopes of a better life away from the Home Ire.

 

[scholar]

Nice AAR, I'll be looking forward to more.

 

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Shameless Bump

 

[IrishKaiser]

keep this AAR going it's pretty interesting so far, and good choice of mods with EB

 

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The problem is I lost the save.... Had to reformat computer and I've got a Divine Wind AAR up now (it's in my sig)