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You walk through the dusty corridors of old library at Epieros castle, long since fallen into dis-repair. The flashlight of the team-leader for this dig sweeps the floor and walls, searching for anything worth selling -- there's a good market these days for old artifacts. You turn into a side room, away from your companions; something has caught your eye. It is a jewel, embedded into a book cover. You go to pry it out, but something compels you to open it instead. Noting several other books nearby with the same jewel, you then open it up; the ink on the author's name has faded, but the date clearly states 1765. This is the Choniates Books, the untold story of the House of Choniates, the Medieval family that for many years resided in this very castle. The one you have picked up states in massive silver-encrusted letters: The Book of Leon Choniates, made Count of Epieros in the year of our lord 1,066.

Prologue - The rise of Leon Choniates

Our tale begins in the year 1,066 of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ, the year that William the Bastard drove the dastardly Northmen from England, and the year that Leon Choniates inherited the County of Epieros. Epieros itself had a powerful history in ancient lore, being home to one of ancient Rome's most formidable enemies: Pyrrhus of Epirus, a distant relative of Alexander the Great, whose campaign against the newly-empowered Republic had resulted in such loss of life that, despite tactical victory, he had to withdraw for not being able to sustain such casualties -- thus the term "Pyrrhic Victory" was coined. Pyrrhus went on to briefly rule Sicily, until Rome--allied with Carthage--drove him out. He is alleged to have died during a street-by-street battle in the city of Sparta, when an old woman stood atop a building and--recognizing her son as the one under assault by Pyrrhus--tossed a brick at him, and killed him.

Far from being a relative of Alexander the Great, Leon Choniates was from poor Noble birth. Wise beyond his years, he was always noted for honourable conduct, reserved intellect, and a respectable tough-guy personality that truly inspired men to follow him. He also had a severe lisp, and no fewer than six noblemen had met their death at the hands of a duel, for making fun of this fact. Throughout his youth, he had grown accustomed to being invited to the current count of Epieros' hunting expeditions. An old man, even when Leon was young, the Count was Harold Apaxos, a half-Macedonian/half-Austrian noted for his aloofness to Epirote history, culture, and customs. He was also noted for his odd--some might say horrific--family life. His wife had dissapeared under unknown circumstances, but it was generally believed that he had slain her. That he had slain his seven sons, however, was a matter of public record. He was not a good leader himself, but he was aware of his inabilities. He was dismayed when none of his sons--once they became full-grown men--surpassed him in terms of being good leaders. In the end he had them all slain by his castle gaurd, on the terms that the gaurds could keep anything they took from the dead sons.

It was this desire to leave behind a successor that surpassed his own self that led Harold Apaxos to take an interest in Leon Choniates. From an early age, Leon was being unknowlingly groomed for succession; a supposition which far surpassed Leon's own assumptions that Harold merely wanted him as a retainer. All of Leon's knightly training was paid for by Harold, all of the Choniates family debt that had fallen upon Leon was also paid off by Harold. Anything that could have been done for Leon was done, and Leon was never spoiled by it.

It comes as no surprise, then, that on the night before Harold Apaxos' latest Hunting Expedition he proclaimed Leon Choniates his official heir. The news spread like wildfire accross Epieros. By this point Leon Choniates was well-known around the county. The peasants liked him, and the Nobleman--whether sincere or not--gave him an almost unanimous nod of approval. The clergy and burghers, however, were not so well decided. Leon was well-known for his honor and valour, but just how religious he was could not so easily be divined. Under Harold Apaxos, who had not imposed religion of any kind on Epieros, the Burghers had flourished, and the clergy had become increasingly problematic. Both sides had alot in stake with the newcomer. In any event, the announcement was supposed to be well in advance of the succession. Nobody could have predicted what happened during the hunt.

It was a foggy morning when the expedition set out for the hunt. Over one-hundred well-armed noblemen on horse-back; one would think you'd need to be insane to assault such a group, yet that is exactly what happened. Three hundred bandits, roving northwards from some greek province or another, beset the Noblemen. A furious battle ensued, in which Leon was credited with no less than 40 kills, and not a single bandit survived. On the other hand, 20 of the roughly 100 Nobles had been slain, including Count Harold Apaxos. The hunt was over, and the rest of Spring was the calm before the storm...

As Spring drew to a close, and Summer came over Epieros, things were coming to a head. On one hand, there were the forces of the succession, led by Leon Choniates himself, backed by the peasants and to some extent the Burghers, as well as a small portion of the Nobility. On the other hand there was a bastard some of the late Count named Romanus Apaxos, who had gathered support of the Clergy by promising to set up a strong religious--almost theocratic--regime, and through the Church he had managed to gather most of the Nobility as well.

It came to a head at the Battle of the Bridge, in late August. A fierce wind had picked up, and storm clouds gathered overhead as the armies marched towards one another. Between the two armies, lay a surging river, and accross that river lay a powerful stone bridge. As the armies came within range, the archers let fly with their bows--only to find that the wind blew their arrows off-course. Not much later, it began to rain; making bow-strings impotent in short order, and turning the ground to mud. In a show of solidarity with the footmen in his force, Leon Choniates got off his horse--practically daring the other nobles in his force to join him on the ground--and led the charge accross the bridge. The casualties were horrific, at over 75% dead and only 2% coming through without serious wounds. All the fighting took place on the Bridge, Romanus Apaxos finally fleeing when night fell, leaving the rest of his men to surrender when day broke, and they discovered the bastard child had fled.

And so it came to pass that the only true obstacle to Leon Choniates' rise to power in Epieros was beaten. By December, the county was firmly in his hands, and he was coronated as count Leon the First. This is where the tale of the Choniates dynasty begins.
 

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A AAR of a count, always interesting to see how that goes.

One small remark, you say this

the year that William the Bastard drove the dastardly Northmen from England

While William was in fact a Northmen (Normandier), he drove the (Anglo-)Saxons from the English throne :)
 

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Veldmaarschalk said:
A AAR of a count, always interesting to see how that goes.

One small remark, you say this



While William was in fact a Northmen (Normandier), he drove the (Anglo-)Saxons from the English throne :)

I'm aware of that. To this religious chronicler in 1765, however, they were just more vikings. ;)
 
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And Pyrrhos died in Argos, not in Sparta, but that is far from essential to the story ;)

Looks good so far. Are we going to see the Choniates family rise to great heights? :D
 

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Leon's First Actions as Count
Chapter One, December 1066 - August 1067

There was much hurrying in the month of December, year of our lord 1,066. As a busy Nobleman, he had never taken much interest in women. It was always his policy that there was always time later in life for them. As the Count of Epieros, however, things were changed. It was all but imperative that have a wife, not to mention retainers and a court full of courtiers, doing what it is that courtiers do. Messangers were sent to several dukes and counts who had daughters of a ripe marriagable age, but it would be some time before any of them replied.

The first candidate for Leon's court was Christina Choniates, an attractive thing of 17 years whose brilliance with money was legendary throughout Epieros. She was a distant cousin of Leon, related more or less in name only. Aside from being good with money, she was also well-respected by Leon for her ability to decipher political intentions, and formulate political plots. It was largely due to her good advice that Leon won the brief civil war in Epieros. She was promptly appointed steward, a post which she excelled at. She made it known often; however, that she would rather have a post of political influence.

Sadly, that was the only courtier immediately at hand. The Choniates family was small, and Leon's star had risen rapidly from practically nothing. There were few Hangers-on and no Retainers worthy of the Court. A message was circulated all around Epieros: "Lord Leon Choniates, Count of Epieros, is seeking skilled men and women for service." Astoundingly, few people cared, and even fewer acted on it.

One of the people who acted on that message was Ioannes Bardales, a fifty-five year-old ex-military man who had led a Mercenary group in his youth. It was not known to Leon at the time, but he had been run out of his own group for Cowardly conduct, and before that he had been notorious among his men for making reckless and almost suicidal tactical choices. In front of Leon Choniates, however, he appeared as a tough and grizzled old warrior who knew the trade. He was given the position of Marshal, in Leon's Court.

The other man to answer the call was a far sturdier investment. Staurakios Pistophilos, a thirty-two-year old Nobleman from Rhodes, who was in Epieros when the message went out for Courtiers. A man of staggering intelligence, Staurakios sold himself off as a man who would be invaluable in political manouvering. It did not take much to convince the straightforward-thinking Count that Staurakios was the man for the job.

Now, one must understand, all of this courtier-gathering took the better part of the 1,067th year since the death of Christ. It was late July when the marriage inquiries came back to Leon's court. All had been rejected but one: The Eldest Daughter of an obscure Hungarian Count, named Margit. She was nearly thirty years old, and a staunch Catholic (whereas Epieros was predominately Orthodox). She came to deliver the response to the marriage inquiry herself, and managed to win over Leon with her wit and looks. Despite her comparitive maturity, plans were made for the Marriage in early August. In fact, Leon's infatuation with his new bride was so complete, that Staurakios was given the new task of Spymaster for Leon, so that Margit could be Chancellor, like she wanted.

And so all the pieces were in place, and Leon ready to rule his land.
 

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And Pyrrhos died in Argos, not in Sparta, but that is far from essential to the story ;)

Looks good so far. Are we going to see the Choniates family rise to great heights? :D

There are two or three accounts of Pyrrhus' death. As for the Choniates family? Well, my last experiment with a County wound up in defeat, but i'll certainly do my best.
 

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Ahh what fun as a count, the little victories and small defeats. Good start.
 

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did you edit in leon choniates, i would just check on the 1066 scenario but..

sounds good though, what's the wider picture like - byzantium et al

Nay, this is unmodded 1.04-something, I forget which beta. As for the wider picture? I'll stick some input about it in there when it concerns the Choniates family, but until the Choniates Dynasty gets more important on the international stage, most things will be on an equally small scale.
 

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Margit's Crusades and the Nikaean Rebellion
Chapter Two, January 1068 - July 1069

The Clergy of Epieros, a devoutly Orthodox population, had stood against Leon during the Epirote War of Succession in the summer of 1066; not out of particular dislike for Leon, but for a like of his opponent. Roman Apaxos, the Bastard Pretender, had promised a Theocratic Government to the Clergy and thus gained their support. Due to their lack of particular dislike for Leon, they had been a docile population since the uprising, and all seemed forgiven. This was not to last, however.

A principle reason for the long decline in relations between Leon Choniates and the Clergy of Epieros was Leon's wife. She had Leon wrapped around her thumb, letting her do what she pleased. While Leon himself was not planning on forsaking his Orthodox beliefs, her didn't lift a finger to his wife bringing in Catholic missionaries from her homeland, infringing on the territory of the Clergy. Before long, this would be a serious problem.

Outside of Epieros, in the greater realm of Byzantium of which Epieros was a part, things were becoming problematic. A series of intense border skirmishes were occuring between the Muslim States and Byzantium, and none of them were going in favor of the Byzantine troops. If that didn't make matters worse, relations between the Theodore Laskaris, Prince of Nikaea and the Emperor of Byzantium were becoming strained. Civil War was becoming inevitable, and it was no sure thing that the other Princes would follow Theodore's lead and refute the authority of the Emperor. In anticipation of just such a conflict, Ioannes Bardales -- Leon's Marshal -- was sent to Theodore Laskaris' Princely capital of Prusa; both to ensure the protection of Epirote interests in such a war, and to serve as an Observer for the sake of furthering Epirote military technique in the event that war broke out.

As the year 1,068 began drawing to a close, affairs surrounding Margit took a turn for the worst. Pilgrims from her homeland began immigrating to a small Catholic Hamlet she had founded, and the neighboring Orthodox communities were not fond of this. As the hamlet got bigger and bigger, so too did the opposition from the native population get more and more restless. It all culminated in the disaster of the thirtieth day of october, in the year 1,068. Spurred on by the supposition that Margit was spreading Catholicisim throughout the land, the pilgrims felt they had the approval of the Count and the Countess when they led an assault on another Hamlet, burning the church and killing 30 people. When Leon heard of this, he was horrified. Calling for the formation of several hundred soldiers, he then led a march to the Catholic hamlet, burned it to the ground, and had all the men, women, and children killed. Catholic Pilgrims were from then on turned back at the border of Epieros. As for Margit? This was far from her intentions. Upon hearing of this, she took ill; becoming bed-ridden.

Two months later, once again moving into the affairs of the outside world, the situation in Nikaea came to a head. Theodore Laskaris, Prince of Nikaea and Count of Prusa, was a man of spectacular cunning, yet astoundingly poor strategic thinking capacity. Like a weasel suddenly expected to play chess, he was in over his head when he decided he had a fair claim to the Throne of Byzantium. This was, of course, his biggest mistake. Had he merely claimed independance, it would very likely have started a chain reaction as all the Principalities that make up the Empire of Byzantium broke off and claimed independance. Instead, by claiming the throne for his own, he sealed his fate. He was not a well-liked man, and the current emperor was far more preferable. So when he formally declared a state of war with the Emperor, he was all alone. Nikaea is a decently large chunk of the Anatolian Peninsula, consisting of the counties of Prusa, Nikaea, and Kyzikos. While not a small Principality, it was also just not big enough to hold its own against the entire Empire.

Now, Leon Choniates knew what he was doing when he sent Ioannes to Prusa. Not long after the fighting broke out, messages began reaching Epieros with observations and advice. Here I have one example of just such a letter that has survived the ages:

To my Lord Count, Leon Choniates:

In my observations of the fighting thus far, one fact of the fighting in particular has caught my attention, and that is the prolific use of bows and arrows, and their effectiveness compared to those troops using slings. I have sent along with this letter a sample of the bows and arrows used by both sides. It is my opinion that we should consider arming our troops with such weapons.

Your dutiful subject,
Marshal Ioannes Bardales

One must understand that at this time, the main ranged weapon of choice in Epieros was the sling. It was easy to make, ammunition was always plentiful, and it had many uses outside of war. Given advancements in armor and tactics throughout the ages, however, slings were becoming less and less useful in contemporary warfare. Thanks to this letter from Ioannes, Epirote soldiers began training with crudely made bows, made poorly as copies of the ones sent by Ioannes. The quality would quickly improve, and while bows were not unknown by any means in Epieros, this was the first widespread use of them.

That is not the only letter from Ioannes that is immediately relevant, however. Three months after the fighting began, the main fortified stronghold in Prusa--a large wooden fort on top of the largest hill in the county--fell to soldiers of the Emperor. As an impartial witness to this action, Ioannes recorded what he saw on the final day of the siege, this is what remains of it:

Rows and rows of men, armed with everything from straight European broad swords, to the Arabian curved sword, to spears, clubs, everything. For this was not to be an open battle, there was no need for tact or strategy. The Catapults had shattered a large section of the palisade the previous day, and a raid by the defenders had destroyed the catapults just last night. The only thing left to do was to send men into the breach. There could not have been more than three hundred defenders remaining within the walls, and here before me, ready to charge the fort, was well over one thousand men. The battle was straightforward enough. The defenders met the attackers at the breach, and they began killing eachother. Sheer weight of numbers broke the defenders' line, and in poured the attacking army. The defenders that did not die in the initial assault were killed by the ravaging imperial force.

Back in Epieros, the Patriarch in Constantinople took notice of the apparent resurgence of the Orthodox faith in Epieros. A wandering bishop in need of a home had caught the heart of the Patriarch, and he wanted to place him in the court of Leo Choniates. Leo accepted, and appointed him as the Bishop for the land. This Bishop in question was Leo Tzefres, a man of fifty-five years. He was a plain man, a publicly devout and quiet man, but within himself he had a secret sceptecism about god, and faith, which had led him to Epieros in the first place. His relationship with the Count, and especially the Countess, was to be an interesting one.

But it would be a crime not to end such a possibly gloomy chapter without a cheery note. Christina Choniates, cousin to the Count, and Steward of the Epirote treasury, was being offered marriages left and right. From January in the 1,068th year to July in the 1,069th, she recieved three offers of marriage from counts, one offer from a courtier, and one offer from a Prince. All were denied by Count Leo, who needed her to remain at his court for her abilities with the treasury. It ended well, however, as she married Staurakios, the Count's much-loved Chancellor, in July of the 1,069th year. And although the war in Nikaea was still going on, despite the capture of Prusa, it showed every sign of ending soon.
 

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Just be careful you don't get annhilated in those Civil Wars.
 

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Before I commit myself too far to this AAR, I'd like to know what you, the people who have taken the time to read it so far, think about it. Advice, Criticisms, "I love it!"s and "It sucks!"s, ect. ect. Both to know what kind of audience I have, and to fix anything that audience feels is in dire need of fixing before we get too much farther along.

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Well first of all I like your writingstyle, I would love to see some pictures between the text, screenshots of the main characters would be enough.

I also like the fact that you as a count keep your obversations on the local level, a count in those days didn't really look at the international picture.

A minor personal issue is the font(size) you use, it is a bit small, for my not so very good eyesight. But that is not a big problem. ;)
 

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Well first of all I like your writingstyle, I would love to see some pictures between the text, screenshots of the main characters would be enough.

I also like the fact that you as a count keep your obversations on the local level, a count in those days didn't really look at the international picture.

A minor personal issue is the font(size) you use, it is a bit small, for my not so very good eyesight. But that is not a big problem. ;)

Ah, Pictures, not a bad idea at all actually. I don't a have any screenies lined up for the next update, but the one after that i'll certainly grab a few of the major characters, and perhaps the international political map. Thanks for the input. As for the font, it's probably a resolution thing. I'm using a lap-top with 800x600, so everything looks bigger for me. :p
 

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Before I commit myself too far to this AAR, I'd like to know what you, the people who have taken the time to read it so far, think about it. Advice, Criticisms, "I love it!"s and "It sucks!"s, ect. ect. Both to know what kind of audience I have, and to fix anything that audience feels is in dire need of fixing before we get too much farther along.
Well your are writing a chronicle of sorts, which is absolutely fine by me. The tale so far has flowed very easily. Just keep doing what you're doing in other words.