Always squabbling, even in the face of the Turkish Hordes. The Empire needs order, so you can defend it against the Heathens! Of course, order also means you take their lands and armies, but that's incidental...
Well, you need to become Herzog von Bayern to end the Wittelsbacher ambitions. Und König von Böhmen!
5 years before the next war, the general was a true medium.
Always squabbling, even in the face of the Turkish Hordes. The Empire needs order, so you can defend it against the Heathens! Of course, order also means you take their lands and armies, but that's incidental...
[...]wait until we reach the titanic struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism in Germany staring in 1560...
It's interesting to mentally map these types of writing with what was likely happening in game. Of course, the game doesn't tend to have as many human motives happening, but it's pretty fun to add those in when crafting a story, too. Makes it far more interesting, that's for sure.
Idhrendur said:I demand plenty of anti-protestant rhetoric.
Interesting long view in the final paragraph there.
Great, now Machievelli will make his book about Steinegger.
Sounds like generations of future statesmen have their idol that they will pretend to emulate whilst failing miserably to do so
Now that is some stronk Burgundy and a monstrous Münster!
A forty years' war?! And I thought real history was bad enough on that front.
Interesting :ninja:
Ah, the reformation! Surely that won't sow chaos everywhere.
Hugenots ahoy!
Since there is no mention of the religion of Burgundy, I assume Burgundy will cease to exist before the reformation hits.