Sigurdr Snake-in-the-Eye and his Descendants: (A CK2 Old Gods AAR)
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I doubt that will happen...
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I got a response from the guy who made the AAR, I feel honored
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Sigurdr 'Snake-in-the-Eye' Chapter VII - Fairhair: (880-881)
Well, you know how I said we would be going to war with Norway, it seems that Harald Fairhair wants some land that is technically part of the de-jure land of Norway and thinks that Sigurdr is in a weak enough position to the land out from under him. Well I for one am happy to oblige him with war.
On the face of it Fairhair has the advantage in numbers. it’s a good thing however that I have over 500 prestige in reserve allow me to call up as if by magic 2500 men to push the war in my favour in terms of manpower. HA try that on for size you blonde twit!
It does not take long for us to find the main enemy force and beat the crap out of it with our superior numbers before chasing down the remnants and slaying them as well. By pure luck 2400 men utterly wipe out 300 unlucky enemy forces into the ground after catching them. We then siege Vestfold and Akershus before bringing the war to the end with a victory for the Danish, thus ended the first war against Norway.
Well, so concludes the war with Norway, don't worry we will return in the reign of Knud to bring them to heel.
Well, you know how I said we would be going to war with Norway, it seems that Harald Fairhair wants some land that is technically part of the de-jure land of Norway and thinks that Sigurdr is in a weak enough position to the land out from under him. Well I for one am happy to oblige him with war.
On the face of it Fairhair has the advantage in numbers. it’s a good thing however that I have over 500 prestige in reserve allow me to call up as if by magic 2500 men to push the war in my favour in terms of manpower. HA try that on for size you blonde twit!
It does not take long for us to find the main enemy force and beat the crap out of it with our superior numbers before chasing down the remnants and slaying them as well. By pure luck 2400 men utterly wipe out 300 unlucky enemy forces into the ground after catching them. We then siege Vestfold and Akershus before bringing the war to the end with a victory for the Danish, thus ended the first war against Norway.
Well, so concludes the war with Norway, don't worry we will return in the reign of Knud to bring them to heel.
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Haha trust me its fine if you want more.
I'll try and get the next chapter out this weekend. (Once I get my New Vegas mods fixed on my current save.)
Sigurdr 'Snake-in-the-Eye’ Chapter VIII - Land grabbing, claims and marriage: (881-885)
Out of the blue, Bagsecg usurps the Jaraldom of Jylland from Sigurdr which causes me to use the wide range of expletives at my disposal. I dually try to revoke the Chiefdom of Jylland from him only for him to rise against me. (Sigh, right raise up the levies again!)
So enraged am I by this usurpation that I raise another tribal army to make sure I win this civil war and imprison Bagsecg, his forces are quickly caught and beaten the hell out of and the rest of the year is spent sieging his three holdings, while also receiving news of having fabricated a claim on the country of Rogaland in Norway before 882 ends.
The war ends before the year 883 is out and I have ended up in debt which results in the people disregarding Sigurdr’s divine right to rule. (Yay I do love higher revolt risk!) On the plus side we are able to pass high tribal organization by August 883 forcing tribal vassals to pay Sigurdr taxes and provide him with actual levies while also allowing us to ramp up the centralization law and only for -20 vassal opinion. (How long is high tribal authority going to stay in place? Start placing bets!)
We push our way into 884 and Knud returns from the Varangian Guard, with the homosexual trait… Ah well so be it its really just the RNG gods that you must put your trust in when you send your kids off like this. Either way let’s move on.
Time to get Knud married. I pick a brother of a Norwegian chief with some pretty good stats plus the quick trait. (Once she comes of age she become a skilled tactician.) Either way they are hitched by the end of 884, and a raid returns with a great amount of coin in April 885 boosting the coffers of Denmark greatly.
You know for being homosexual. Knud ends up having quite a large brood later on...
Out of the blue, Bagsecg usurps the Jaraldom of Jylland from Sigurdr which causes me to use the wide range of expletives at my disposal. I dually try to revoke the Chiefdom of Jylland from him only for him to rise against me. (Sigh, right raise up the levies again!)
So enraged am I by this usurpation that I raise another tribal army to make sure I win this civil war and imprison Bagsecg, his forces are quickly caught and beaten the hell out of and the rest of the year is spent sieging his three holdings, while also receiving news of having fabricated a claim on the country of Rogaland in Norway before 882 ends.
The war ends before the year 883 is out and I have ended up in debt which results in the people disregarding Sigurdr’s divine right to rule. (Yay I do love higher revolt risk!) On the plus side we are able to pass high tribal organization by August 883 forcing tribal vassals to pay Sigurdr taxes and provide him with actual levies while also allowing us to ramp up the centralization law and only for -20 vassal opinion. (How long is high tribal authority going to stay in place? Start placing bets!)
We push our way into 884 and Knud returns from the Varangian Guard, with the homosexual trait… Ah well so be it its really just the RNG gods that you must put your trust in when you send your kids off like this. Either way let’s move on.
Time to get Knud married. I pick a brother of a Norwegian chief with some pretty good stats plus the quick trait. (Once she comes of age she become a skilled tactician.) Either way they are hitched by the end of 884, and a raid returns with a great amount of coin in April 885 boosting the coffers of Denmark greatly.
You know for being homosexual. Knud ends up having quite a large brood later on...
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Nice to see this back. Seems like most of my fav AAR writers have been taking extended breaks lately lol
Why do people gain The homosexual trait if they are packed off to the Varangarian Guard? And what's this gaining 2500 troops for prestige thing?
I've found my gay characters seem to be pretty good at siring heirs, gay or not lol. I suppose it was a case of do your duty and think of England (or Norway, or Denmark or whatever haha)
Why do people gain The homosexual trait if they are packed off to the Varangarian Guard? And what's this gaining 2500 troops for prestige thing?
I've found my gay characters seem to be pretty good at siring heirs, gay or not lol. I suppose it was a case of do your duty and think of England (or Norway, or Denmark or whatever haha)
Going to Constantinople to join the Varangarian Guard can end in several ways. 1) The character comes home with gold and military knowledge. 2) They come back homosexual becase reasons... or 3) they come back dead. Still the character always come back with the Varangarian trait which gives +2 martial and a boost to vassal opinion.
As for gaining 2500 troops for a loss of prestige that's a very handy tribal mechanic that is useful for getting some extra men in wartime.
As for Knud and his brood he's sired 4 sons and two daughters I think. Gavelkind is so going to screw with my gains.
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It's only just occurred to be that I forgot about my goals of keeping myself Pagan and reforming the faith. In fairness by about the year 900 the moral authority of the faith was 19%! At the current year I have played to (I think 907) Knud have become Catholic and Fedualised. So for those who wanted to see a reformed Norse game sorry.
It seems I will have to quickly start that Norse Pagan AAR that I am planing to do.... (I would do it a lot quicker if someone payed me to do it.. really, being old and having a real life responsibilities sucks big time.)
Yeah sorry I forgot got carried away wanting to become feudal, and converted to Catholicism cause the Norse Faith was in the gutter.
Well its nearly 1am, on the 25th December (So Happy Christmas, even though to me it does not feel like Christmas) I will try and do the next chapter on Boxing day.
I will try and do the next chapter on Boxing day.- 1
Sigurdr 'Snake-in-the-Eye’ Chapter IX - The last years of Knud: (885 – 890)
The chief of Telemark kicks the bucket, and the county defaults to Sigurdr giving him another county to boost his power. (Insert diabolical laugh here)
In other news we declare war on Norway in order to grab the county of Rogaland in 886, and strike a powerful blow against them on Telemark soil wiping out the majority of their forces.
A streak of good fortune quickly slams into the ground, since the King of Lothringia wants Holstein and I have no intention of going to war with angry Germans who shall slay the forces of Sigurdr with sausages and beer. So within ten seconds I have made a decision.
The war for Rogaland drags into mid 887 but it at last and with a victory for Sigurdr, I promptly make the duchy of Vestlandet for some much needed prestige. Also a few months later in October 887, Sigurdr is getting his knickers in a twist over his son’s wife, resulting in me the all-powerful overlord of this man laughing at the whole scenario.
We move into 888, and nothing of interest occurs until July when Knud and Sigrid have their first son, whose name I promptly change to Ragnar because it radiates awesomeness. A few months later we also make Sigurdr magically grow an awesome beard simply every Norseman needs one. We wrap the year by upping the centralization of the realm.
11 months later, or thereabouts, Knud and Sigrid have their second son Einarr well Gravelkind is surely going to split the realm now…
Moving into 890 Sigurdr’s raiding band promptly returns with some gold to boost up the coffers and a large chunk of that gold is used to build a rock… which Sigurdr promptly decrees shall speak of his Zealous nature. It is duly raised and thusly Sigurdr ‘snake in eye’ the first and last Norse king raises a Runestone…
Well, that's going to wrap up AAR chapters for this year. See you readers in 2016…
The chief of Telemark kicks the bucket, and the county defaults to Sigurdr giving him another county to boost his power. (Insert diabolical laugh here)
In other news we declare war on Norway in order to grab the county of Rogaland in 886, and strike a powerful blow against them on Telemark soil wiping out the majority of their forces.
A streak of good fortune quickly slams into the ground, since the King of Lothringia wants Holstein and I have no intention of going to war with angry Germans who shall slay the forces of Sigurdr with sausages and beer. So within ten seconds I have made a decision.
The war for Rogaland drags into mid 887 but it at last and with a victory for Sigurdr, I promptly make the duchy of Vestlandet for some much needed prestige. Also a few months later in October 887, Sigurdr is getting his knickers in a twist over his son’s wife, resulting in me the all-powerful overlord of this man laughing at the whole scenario.
We move into 888, and nothing of interest occurs until July when Knud and Sigrid have their first son, whose name I promptly change to Ragnar because it radiates awesomeness. A few months later we also make Sigurdr magically grow an awesome beard simply every Norseman needs one. We wrap the year by upping the centralization of the realm.
11 months later, or thereabouts, Knud and Sigrid have their second son Einarr well Gravelkind is surely going to split the realm now…
Moving into 890 Sigurdr’s raiding band promptly returns with some gold to boost up the coffers and a large chunk of that gold is used to build a rock… which Sigurdr promptly decrees shall speak of his Zealous nature. It is duly raised and thusly Sigurdr ‘snake in eye’ the first and last Norse king raises a Runestone…
Well, that's going to wrap up AAR chapters for this year. See you readers in 2016…
And a Merry Christmas to you as well
Also, nice to see the Danes continue to go from strength to strength. Hopefully the potential dynastic issues will not raise their ugly heads for some time yet.
Also, nice to see the Danes continue to go from strength to strength. Hopefully the potential dynastic issues will not raise their ugly heads for some time yet.