glad you're enjoying it, aye they get everywhere. The screen for 'my relatives' in the ledger is huge and they've got to most of Europe. If one is called Mstislav, don't let him near a baggage train /QUOTE]
:rofl: where is that in the ledger?
Good stuff, Vladimir proving once again that a place in heaven can be brought. A reincarnated Kettu sounds promising. I think after this update, I'll ever walk warily past any blind person using a cane, worried that it is infact a swordstick!
I'm not quite caught up yet, but this really brightened my night. I daresay the tester can stand some improvement: this AAR has made me laugh, entertained me in general and features characters that I can empathize with. None of these things a Dan Brown book has done for me (for shame, I actually read that Da Vinci drivel some years ago. I also tried one of the earlier books but had to put it down when I finished the half-page hagiography that was the description of a main character - Dan Brown seems utterly unable to create a believeable character: you know, the type that isn't either a slavering monster or an übermensch superhero).
Good to know there is still space in hell.
Very nice update. However, what the...Harry actually snared someone for once? I get a premonition that things are about to go very, very badly...
:rofl: where is that in the ledger?
Blind Fury, that 1989 gem starring a slumming Rutger Hauer?!? Bless you for that reference!
Caught up and thoroughly in awe at the utter implosion of Russia. That was something else...
Looks like Harry's run out of luck in the management department, ironically just as he's bagged two additions for Hell in a row. Fitting for his style, though, that even when things are looking up for him, there's something to make sure it all ends in tears.
A spectacular fall for the Kingdom of Russia...and a seemingly spectacular rise once more (fuelled, of course, by many marshalls losing numerous limbs and a great many heroic baggage raids!)! Excellent stuff.
That is an impressive rebound, after the near-total implosion. Life is not dull in Russia. Short, brutal and nasty, yes, but not dull.
What if the mongols return?
Going back one update:
I think that was a bit harsh on Mikula. He only killed one nephew (and he wasn't even a very good one). He should have just planned ahead and put together a team of crack theologians to develop a just war-style defence for family assasination.
Note: He needed a team of crack theologians, not the A-Team in theological mode (which wasn't realy their greatest strength)
I'm a little puzzled by Harry's rejection of Vseslav. He's a hypocrit, a liar, and isn't one of Harry's honorifics 'Prince of Lies'? Oh well, I can't see Harry's method to his madness, nor do I feel confident that he'll succeed, but at least he's content with his lot and that counts for something, right?
It is a shame you cannot kill disloyal former vassals after you conquer them. They don't deserve more.
It is a shame you cannot kill disloyal former vassals after you conquer them. They don't deserve more.
If they rejoin the Rurikovich Empire, they can be easily killed; simply declare war on someone and raise the regiments your disloyal vassal has. He'll end up dead, alongside half a dozen other marshals within mere minutes of the first battle!
I know who Marvin is, but that doesn't do me any good. Nothing ever does.
Pure Hilarity!
I assume you refer to Marvin the Paranoid Android, but a quick troll through Wikipedia gives alternatives such as Marvin the Martian and Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse...
Nice to see Ukko make another appearance - a position in the clerical temporary office pool seems a fitting afterlife for him.
I must say that the amount of ill that befalls your commanders is always awe-inspiring. That poor Ivan suffered THREE injuries in one campaign! I don't know how the man still managed to hobble into battle, but the sight of him coming back for more ought to be enough to scare off the most ferocious attackers.
I think Ivan may be related to the Black Knight. "Its just a flesh wound".