well i guess i just go with "its poofed" then... even though it would be more fun if it would be "somewhere stored away" or so and you could try to get it back... sort of like the lord of the rings ring... or the character artefact quests of warhammer total war...it might get lost for a while, but you get info where it ended up at and you could try to get it back with plots or conquering the land its in or so. not sure about the lore of the ring... if humans would just quickly destroy it or if its quite a powerfull magic artefact (well it IS as it makes him immortal) that its not that easily done and its more stored away.
i had the event with lying in bed with no dreams over daylight with a "...." choice and the next event box was about a thief and the ring away or so. i am not even sure if it showed who took it.
and a bit later i got the "good news the ring is gone" message.. what was quite weird as carstein... how is it good news? haha but i guess its more a "world event message" hey the ring is gone or so.
it also sais "he has not managed to retrieve it" what makes me think there would be a way to do that to get it back once its gone too.
that while its gone you are vulnerable to die, but if you manage to get it back you are sort of safe again till someone manages to steal it again or it gets lost and you have to try to find it again.
also i think since the ring is gone (or not sure since when actually) i dont have "subjugation" as option for "declare war" anymore, but now have "claim" and "imperial reconquest" options.
at first i got events about conquering stuff like ostermark, talabecland (took them over) and then middenland (i had to white peace out of that one) and later tried to subjugate reikland then (not event) but lost that war.
also the message box about if people surrender right away or "serve in death then" etc...
well and now i noticed the change that there is no subjugation option anymore for some reason.
oh and that the military armory lvl 1 just gives negatives feels weird too... why would you even build it if it just debuffs everything? i know lvl 2 is pretty good and gives everythign a positive.. but still arent you better off not building it till you can just jump to lvl 2 if it makes everything till then around 10% worse?
the text sais its just crap equipment... but i would guess even a crap sword, spear or shield is better than no weapon atall and its a place to store equipment... so it should have some positive for it being build. it feels way weird like: here i got 100 militia... now i build a armory to store crappy equipment for you guys.. and you all fight 10% worse now.
i dont know... it feels weird