Quiche Lorraine - Introduction
Hello and welcome, after the unfortunate deletion of my previous AAR I decided instead of mourning my loss I would start another one. Like in my Tuscany AAR I will attempt to be humourous and will have the same style however unlike the Tuscany one I won't delete all the saves in a illness induced rage, now to answer some questions you may have:
1) Why are you playing as Lorraine?
For a few reasons; one, I like to play as nations nobody has really played as before so that I don't steal there thunder. Two, I like to play in Europe and Lorraine is a pretty central point in Europe. Three, I always seem to like playing when there's risky neighbors like Milan in Tuscany's case and Burgundy and France in Lorraine's.
2) What does the title even mean?
Quiche Lorraine is a kind of quiche which is a kind of eggy pastry thing, as for why I named this AAR after it, puns including the word Lorraine are difficult to make and this was stuck in my head. I guess it reflects the deliciousness of this AAR!
3) What goals do you have?
Now before we start if you want to enjoy this to it's fullest you may want to make sure you read "The Tuscan's Envy", this is almost a sequel. Here's a link if you haven't:
---> Tuscany <---
Don't worry it's not very long.
Now that that's done, let's get this going!
Contents:
King Charles the hook:
1) Lorraine's first steps - below intro
2) Barly A Fight
3) The Thrones of Lorraine
King René the fatherless:
4) The Prologue to René
5) The Inheritance
King René the similar
6) An End to the Peace
7) Expansion
8) Ascension
T1) Getting Settled In
T2) Domination
9) The Last Piece of the Puzzle
10) The Other Inheritance
King Léopold the seer
11) The Short Reign of Sight
Chapter 1 - Lorraine's first steps
Here is the king of Lorraine:
He just inherited this country from his father, his name is Charles de Metz.
Charles painted a map on his country drawing lines with the point of his hook:
Well that's pretty pathetic, he called in his advisor, Friedrich Albatrante, "Look at this map Albatrante, what do you see?"
"I see our country sir."
"Yes, so do I, what do you notice about it?"
"It's... um... on the smaller side?"
"Yes, yes it is, so what do we do?"
"I think you have a plan sir."
Charles hooked his paint palette and pulled it over too him, he dipped the tip of his hook into a colour and put a dot on the map, he kept doing this with different colours until he had this:
"Sir, what do the colours mean?"
"Well first off the cyan symbolises our allies, Alsace and The Palatinate say they will help us in a war. I trust the Alsatians but The Palatinate wants more of a one-way alliance - we help them, they don't help us."
"And the red?"
"Potential threats, Burgundy is the biggest but France and Austria could wipe us out if they wanted too."
"The lime-coloured countries aren't looking to good for themselves."
"Exactly, I've marked them as doomed to destruction by Burgundy."
"And what's the last colour, the black spot on Baden?"
"I've marked them to be land that's part of our country, I've claimed their throne Albatrante, we're attacking tomorrow, Alsace is going to help us, The damned Palatinate won't, Liege has strangely said they'll help us though."
"Why would they do that sir?"
"Probably to get our help when Burgundy turns on them."
"So will we accept their help?"
"Sure why not."
Charles was leading the siege against Breisgau and Alsace was sieging Baden, Ansbach and Ulm had come to help Baden, they would be dealt with soon. The siege was done, the sturdy walls of Breisgau had fallen but until Baden had fallen to Alsace no peace was made, Charles led his army to Ansbach, maybe he could gain more than just Baden's throne in this war.
Ansbach had fallen, and Charles decided to make them a vassal of Lorraine, the same was done to Ulm whom Alsace had sieged.
Charles was celebrating his glory waiting for Baden too fall when Albatrante entered excitedly.
"Sir, Baden has fallen to the Alsatians!"
"Great, bring me the king of Baden"
"Of course sir."
After a few minuutes two soldiers walked into the room with the King of Baden, he looked scared. "Baden, we of Lorraine have a rightful claim to your throne, and if you die, we inherit it."
"So I have to die."
"No, I'm going to give you two choices, I imprison you and say you are dead or I kill you, your choice Baden."
"I'll choose imprisonment Charles."
"Take him to the dungeons, I'm going to Baden to claim my crown."
And Charles left the room.
In Baden castle Charles stood making another map, he had achieved a good start for his nation, as the map showed:
Two vassals and two crowns and all connected, a good start in his opinion.
Hello and welcome, after the unfortunate deletion of my previous AAR I decided instead of mourning my loss I would start another one. Like in my Tuscany AAR I will attempt to be humourous and will have the same style however unlike the Tuscany one I won't delete all the saves in a illness induced rage, now to answer some questions you may have:
1) Why are you playing as Lorraine?
For a few reasons; one, I like to play as nations nobody has really played as before so that I don't steal there thunder. Two, I like to play in Europe and Lorraine is a pretty central point in Europe. Three, I always seem to like playing when there's risky neighbors like Milan in Tuscany's case and Burgundy and France in Lorraine's.
2) What does the title even mean?
Quiche Lorraine is a kind of quiche which is a kind of eggy pastry thing, as for why I named this AAR after it, puns including the word Lorraine are difficult to make and this was stuck in my head. I guess it reflects the deliciousness of this AAR!
3) What goals do you have?
- Gain a port - SUCCESS
- Colonise stuff.
- Defeat Burgundy/France in epic final boss battle.
- Keep my Royal Family - FAILED
- Be the/a dominant power by the end of the game.
- Never have more than three vassals.
Now before we start if you want to enjoy this to it's fullest you may want to make sure you read "The Tuscan's Envy", this is almost a sequel. Here's a link if you haven't:
---> Tuscany <---
Don't worry it's not very long.
Now that that's done, let's get this going!
Contents:
King Charles the hook:
1) Lorraine's first steps - below intro
2) Barly A Fight
3) The Thrones of Lorraine
King René the fatherless:
4) The Prologue to René
5) The Inheritance
King René the similar
6) An End to the Peace
7) Expansion
8) Ascension
T1) Getting Settled In
T2) Domination
9) The Last Piece of the Puzzle
10) The Other Inheritance
King Léopold the seer
11) The Short Reign of Sight
Chapter 1 - Lorraine's first steps
Here is the king of Lorraine:
He just inherited this country from his father, his name is Charles de Metz.
Charles painted a map on his country drawing lines with the point of his hook:
Well that's pretty pathetic, he called in his advisor, Friedrich Albatrante, "Look at this map Albatrante, what do you see?"
"I see our country sir."
"Yes, so do I, what do you notice about it?"
"It's... um... on the smaller side?"
"Yes, yes it is, so what do we do?"
"I think you have a plan sir."
Charles hooked his paint palette and pulled it over too him, he dipped the tip of his hook into a colour and put a dot on the map, he kept doing this with different colours until he had this:
"Sir, what do the colours mean?"
"Well first off the cyan symbolises our allies, Alsace and The Palatinate say they will help us in a war. I trust the Alsatians but The Palatinate wants more of a one-way alliance - we help them, they don't help us."
"And the red?"
"Potential threats, Burgundy is the biggest but France and Austria could wipe us out if they wanted too."
"The lime-coloured countries aren't looking to good for themselves."
"Exactly, I've marked them as doomed to destruction by Burgundy."
"And what's the last colour, the black spot on Baden?"
"I've marked them to be land that's part of our country, I've claimed their throne Albatrante, we're attacking tomorrow, Alsace is going to help us, The damned Palatinate won't, Liege has strangely said they'll help us though."
"Why would they do that sir?"
"Probably to get our help when Burgundy turns on them."
"So will we accept their help?"
"Sure why not."
Charles was leading the siege against Breisgau and Alsace was sieging Baden, Ansbach and Ulm had come to help Baden, they would be dealt with soon. The siege was done, the sturdy walls of Breisgau had fallen but until Baden had fallen to Alsace no peace was made, Charles led his army to Ansbach, maybe he could gain more than just Baden's throne in this war.
Ansbach had fallen, and Charles decided to make them a vassal of Lorraine, the same was done to Ulm whom Alsace had sieged.
Charles was celebrating his glory waiting for Baden too fall when Albatrante entered excitedly.
"Sir, Baden has fallen to the Alsatians!"
"Great, bring me the king of Baden"
"Of course sir."
After a few minuutes two soldiers walked into the room with the King of Baden, he looked scared. "Baden, we of Lorraine have a rightful claim to your throne, and if you die, we inherit it."
"So I have to die."
"No, I'm going to give you two choices, I imprison you and say you are dead or I kill you, your choice Baden."
"I'll choose imprisonment Charles."
"Take him to the dungeons, I'm going to Baden to claim my crown."
And Charles left the room.
In Baden castle Charles stood making another map, he had achieved a good start for his nation, as the map showed:
Two vassals and two crowns and all connected, a good start in his opinion.
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