The Hupoldinger Unification
The War with Hungary was a great success for Slavomir of Bohemia. He and his people returned homw, awaiting for the end of Hungarian menace by their German Emperor. Stability seemes to have rekindled in the Empire at last.
The Eagle`s wife, probably as a symbol of an upcoming age, gave birth to her husband`s Heir. Unfortunately, young Kristyna is not a boy, though her parents still have time to make a brother for her.
Grand Prince Rostislav of Kiev declared his independence of the Rurikid dynasty, renaming his family into "of Turov", moving the capital into Turov and changing his Kingdom to "Grand Principality of Turov" altogether.
God, as it seems, does not favour paulicians, as Shahanshah Hovsep II of Armenia loses in a war against a much more powerful force - the Behradid-Seljuk Empire, losing the demesne of Azerbaijan to the turks.
On the seventeenth of September, year 1125 of Christ`s birth Kaiser Waldemar and King Lajos sign a peace treaty of Steiermark: hungarians lose. The war is finally over.
Emperor`s ambition for a unification of Germany under Hupoldinger dynasty is almost fullfilled. The last question is one of Lombardy`s independence, which Duke Orbeto refuses to give up. All of Germany rallies to Milano under the Kaiser`s flag.
With his homeland successfully defended against Hungary, his brother`s remains long lost and his new child born, Slavomir`s long deppression is finally at its end. He yet again starts showing interest in women, too...
Of course, a single Duchy cannot stop the allmighty German Kaiser. The war is swift and the punishment - as well.
At last, the old Empire is reunited in its old borders. (Rus lacking, obviously)
The invitations, as such, are sent and vassals set off on their long roads towards Rome.
The Polish King brought his young sixteen-year-old daughter with him, to the coronation. Slavomir is stunned by her beauty and falls in love immedeately.
Kaiser officially recieves his regalia and, thus, finishes the Empire`s restoration. Old glory of Salian in Hupoldinger hands. Long may Emperor Waldemar live!
Right after the ceremony, instead of returning home, to his wife and daughter, the Eagle rides to Krakow, where, during one of the balls, he first gets aqcuainted with Kazimiera and, secondly, makes her his. Both become a happy pair of lovers, not unnoticed by Slavomir`s spouse.
Two old women stand before the Bohemian King. They came to ask of him.
- We beg you, Prinz Slavomir...
- I said no.
- But, your mother...
- She was NOT my mother! A true mother never leaves her child.
- These were the circumstances...
- Does not matter. I won`t be visiting her grave.
- As you wish, Sire. May your days be short and miserable.
- Leave now, if you don`t want any trouble.
Christina`s body was in the snowy Denmark`s ground.
To prove that the Hupoldinger dynasty will be the German one for a long time, Emperor Waldemar wages war onto Josselin of France. One county, but much prestige with it...
Battle of Auxerre is a solid smash of sixty thousand Imperial soldiers into the French King`s face. The First French central army is altogether destroyed by the invading forces.
The "Auvergne march" is a loss on the French side, too, with more than fifteen thousand troops dead.
However, it is not all bright for the germans. Sun of the Holy Roman Nation and a son to Hupoldinger dynasty, Waldemar of the Greater German Reich dies in that battle. He will be forever remembered as "The Restorer". The war is not yet over, but the invader suffered the worst of all losses.