Suenik the Beleaguered - a None Too Serious AAR
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Grigor looks like he could be a handful; he's not your heir is he?
Way to promote Ghazi, always good to promote loyalty.
Way to promote Ghazi, always good to promote loyalty.
Didn't realize he's only 33... Oops... shouldn't have said that... he'll probably die next update...
Good aar, but isnt it dangerus to give the former king of Nubia a countship? He has lost everything he had two times.
Hey Iain! Almost time to post again and show off your shiny new Avatar for all to see!!
Watch this space...
He's not - you'll get to meet him in a minute.
Oh, and he's called "Krikor" - what could possibly go wrong?
And Ghazi is proving to be a good, loyal trooper - one day someone will liberate Nubia for him again!
Didn't realize he's only 33... Oops... shouldn't have said that... he'll probably die next update...
Cheers Murm! Next up date follows - let's see if you're a jinx or not!
Nah - he's LOYAL. That means a lot to Aboulgharib.
And now that he's stopped acting like a whinging bitch he's quite good company!
Nah, he never lost his Suenikian benefactor
Not yet...
Your wish is my command! And as for the avatar, I'm rather taken with FtG. Now hopefully they'll get round to releasing the first patch so it'll stop crashing on me.
Once that happens maybe I'll get round to a FtG AAR...
SUENIK THE BELEAGUERED
CHAPTER 44 - A MOSTLY QUIET YEAR
(1145-1146)
CHAPTER 44 - A MOSTLY QUIET YEAR
(1145-1146)
Everything starts off swimmingly. My steward proves that she is worth her weight in gold - quite literally.
The thought of all that lovely gold glittering away in my coffers puts me in a wonderful mood. My wife remarks that she's not seen me this happy since I last hung a batch of traitors in Constantinople.
She's probably right.
Someone else who has cheered up considerably is Ruben, mad uncle Kriokor's supposedly dark messiah.
Realising that he wasn't destined to crush the kingdoms of men beneath his heels was probably what did it.
Sadly for them, the good people of Al Jazira threaten to spoil my mood by rising up, making a lot of noise and generally burning buildings that I'd rather were left standing.
Any guesses as to how I dealt with them?
In fact, for good measure I round up some more riff-raff and the Suenikian gallows construction guild gets another round of lucrative contracts.
This feels almost as good as all of the gold I've just been given.
Almost.
Anyway, for those of you who haven't met him before, here is my son - Krikor.
All things being good he'll one day be crowned Krikor II, although I'm distrubed to see that already he's behaving a little bit irrationally - a little bit like his namesake in fact... I'll keep a close watch on him.
To make life a bit more bearable for my overly serious son I arrange a marriage for him with this foxy little gurgan.
This seems to help a lot, because within pico-seconds she's up the duff.
Well done son. You're a man now.
In celebration I decide to shower some responsability upon him by handing out some land and the traditional Crown Prince's title.
He also gets a sister too.
It's then my turn to have gifts bestowed upon me. The good people of Constantinople first of all clean up all of the mess they've made...
...and then show me a little something that they've built.
You have to realise that I grew up in land-locked Suenik. Anything larger than a fishing boat seems unnatural and scary to me. Still, I smile and say thank you. At least they're not rebelling, eh?
Everything is going well. Can you believe it? A whole chapter without any petty wars, random marauding arabs or disobediant vassals.
I think I might take the time to sit, back relax and...
They never learn do they? That does it! I'm not even going to dignify this disobediance with an update. Instead all I'll say is this...
Order is restored.
Now - how shall we spend that gold?
Can Aboulgharib have a chapter without a war? Will the gold be spent wisely? Will The List be brought out soon? Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Suenik - Land of the Beleaguered!
Onward and Upward Suenik!!
BTW Iain: I too have been thoroughly enjoying FTG (Lithuanian campaign at present) and I too have been crashing often. I need to save every 6 months or so to avoid loosing ground. Going to download HTTT tonight and give it a go!!!
BTW Iain: I too have been thoroughly enjoying FTG (Lithuanian campaign at present) and I too have been crashing often. I need to save every 6 months or so to avoid loosing ground. Going to download HTTT tonight and give it a go!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You've just made "The List" .
For those of you who aren't long time readers of this AAR and have no idea what I'm on about I invite you to consider the fate of Toros, Prince of Armenia Minor...
He also made "The List" and look what happened to him...
These readers, for the following sins, are now on "The List" - pity them!
Hey Eron12! I have an idea. Why not instigate a bastard child, name him Toros and appoint him over Suenik!!! (Sorry Iain! Just a thought!
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Obivously Kanil I'm just messing and this is simply a bit of fun. However, if you want to record the dubious honour you've just received, feel free to pop the following into your signature - you've earned it
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[URL="http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10537231&postcount=392"][SIZE="3"][CENTER][COLOR="White"]Eek! I made [COLOR="Red"]Aboulgharib's List[/COLOR]! Pity me![/COLOR][/CENTER][/SIZE][/URL]I hesitated before posting that, for I knew it was probably not the wisest of ideas...
I'll be sure to watch my back.
I'll be sure to watch my back.
A pet snail and a spot on a list. You really do know how to get rewards, don't you, Kanil?
(Maybe you should get lessons from Aboulgharib, he's been getting plenty lately)
(Maybe you should get lessons from Aboulgharib, he's been getting plenty lately)
WTF? What kind of ruthless despot are you? Gold, while great, is nothing compared to rivers of blood. Pull it together man.
War is good for plenty of things. But Aboulgharib needs to follow the footsteps of the previous king, and lead them in a Time of Peace (tm?). This time of war just cannot last!
Abby is not doing too bad. But I don't buy into her peaceful image... just a tad too many wars for that.
So he survived this update... lucky me or I would have joined Kanil I suppose...
Good dealing with Mess-O-Po-Tamia...
Good dealing with Mess-O-Po-Tamia...
