The Knights Who Say NIppon

[soral]

I'm a longtime lurker here on these forums, but finally I decided to make an AAR myself. I'll play The Knights and I'll be embarking on a quest that will bring me to Japan and then conquer it

The game will be played in Vanilla 1.09 and on Normal/Weakling difficulty. I'll also allow myself to move my capital to any province I own, under the following conditions:

(A)The receiving province has to be catholic and
(B)The receiving province has to have an RR of 0 (so no nationalistic feelings).

This is done for story reasons mostly, I was pondering if I should also give myself the culture of the capital but I think it would be too easy then. We'll see

I also gave myself a permanent CB on Japan that will last until 1821 (for story reasons).

Any suggestions or comments? I'm hoping I can post a prologue pretty soon and then a first installment.

 

[coz1]

Welcome from lurkAAR ranks and good luck with the game! Knights are always fun.

 

[unmerged(94521)]

Sounds very interesting!

What's with the sudden influx of AARs these day? let us hope it lasts!

 

[unmerged(19088)]

Good luck with IT Soral... Remember, your Knights can't say that word...

 

[Garuda]

Wow. Five posts since joining five years ago - now that really is lurking .

Good luck with the AAR Soral.

 

[unmerged(145825)]

Indeed, good luck with it, sounds like an interesting premise.

 

[unmerged(18239)]

Ha nice. Very good to start an AAR after five years !

 

[soral]

Thanks for the warm welcome I also had only 2 posts before starting this AAR, so you can say that I'm a real lurker.

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1350s, somewhere in a neighbourhood of Alexandria

A peddler knocks on a backdoor.

The door opens a bit and a voice is being heard "Yes?"
"I'm just a simple christian merchant and I think I've found the a holy artifact somewhere in the Sinai desert"
Door opens, "come on in"
.......

1416, somewhere in Japan

A samurai enters the room of his Lord.
"You called for me, my Liege?"
"Yes, I heard of an artifact of great value somewhere in the West, far away, somewhere near the Silk Route"
"And I would like you and your best men to get it for me"
"It shall be done."

January 1419, Isle of Rhodes, Fortress of the Knights
A knight barges into the room of the Grand Master...
"Sir! Sir! We've been robbed!"
"What do you mean 'we have been robbed'?"
"Well, some black clothed mongol looking people have stolen the Holy Grail!"
"Then arrest them and stop them"
"We can't my Lord, they have escaped by boat and are heading East"
"Then East we shall go, until we've gotten our Grail back. Inform the knights immediately, we soon might find ourselves settling somewhere anew for a while"
"As you command, my Lord"

OOC: So, apparently a Japanese feudal lord has stolen the holy grail and the Knights are going after them. I adapted my save game to have a stab of -3 (losing the holy grail is not good for your stability) and soon the knights will find themselves at war, hacking and plunging through countless of infidels until the knights find the grail back

 

[unmerged(45368)]

wow, now this looks like a good AAR to me! I really never heard any crazier mission before...! But i like it. I wonder if you will get to Japan though... its a long way isn't it?
Also like the intro! Sounds like a good story just a tip: don't go explaining too much at the end of your story. Let your readers in a bit of guess as to what is exactly going to happen. That'll keep them curious good luck!

 

[unmerged(45368)]

still hope this one will be taking off... !