Crusader Kings 2 - The Road of Queens
Chapter Seven Hundred-Twenty-Five : Death And Poetry
"Guys, I Didn't ASK For Your Help!"
This chapter opens in late February, of the year 917 AD, the Basileus receiving a letter from a Lowborn man called Uchita. Uchita was a member of the Savak-Sangha and wanted advice on his poetry from the Emperor who was seen as a scholar. The Basileus went through the poetry and felt some of the metaphors seemed forced.
He sent a letter in reply saying so. As he waited for a response he looked up where Uchita was from and realized the man lived on the southern tip of India in the Kingdom of Talakad Ganga. Whose new Ruler was a 16 year old Queen?
"Seems to be a lot of female Rulers lately," the Basileus said to himself. "I wonder why?"
Then in March a Hindu Noble was banished from the Mongol Empire. Was their neighbors having a Religious conflict of some kind?
Then the Savak-Sangha asked him to seclude himself for meditation. He agreed, as there was nothing else to do, and placed himself in private quarters.
Around the same time a Noblewoman of the House, a Courtier of the name of Bei, died a natural death at the age of 74. The Basileus wondered if there was anything he could do for her remaining daughters, but as they were both already married and full adults, he felt his help wasn't needed.
Finally, in April, the Basileus received a reply from Uchita. His new draft which he had worked on had greatly improved even though the man still felt uncertain about his poetry.
The Emperor felt the man's work was more than good enough to be published and DID SO! Maybe it was because he had read the second draft while during meditation but it seemed to have become so powerful. It needed to be given to the world!
That same day his youngest daughter, Sibylla, came of age with a proper education as a Scholarly Theologian. Sadly, her future husband, the Doux of Qamdo, was two years behind her.
Then horrible news was brought to him later that month. Euphemia Dysnomia, the newest member of the Dynasty, died. She was just too sickly an infant to live.
The Basileus mourned her in his quarters. The simple surroundings and simple food just seemed to make the news hit all the harder. So we end this chapter with a very depressed Emperor.