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Hail fellow megacampaigner!
After planning on looking at this many times I finally have, and it was brilliant!
Your New World in particular is really, really cool.
After planning on looking at this many times I finally have, and it was brilliant!
Your New World in particular is really, really cool.
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Well, I kind of lied -- had a couple unexpectedly busy nights, but the update will be soon in coming! Thanks for waiting 
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I was wondering what happened.Well, I kind of lied -- had a couple unexpectedly busy nights, but the update will be soon in coming! Thanks for waiting
Absolutely fantastic aar!
Can not wait to see the conclusion of your megacampaign!
I recently bought EU4 on steam sale and i have to say that it is even better than CK2
Can not wait to see the conclusion of your megacampaign!
I recently bought EU4 on steam sale and i have to say that it is even better than CK2
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Glad you're enjoying it! Finally typing up my update tonight... Darn that whole "real life obligations" nonsense...
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The Greek Hammer
1673 - 1677 AD
Gregorios' Revolt
The ascent of Empress Eudoxia II as the first Lechowicz to sit on the throne of Byzantium was a source of great internal controversy for the empire. The Byzantines were marked by a great deal of pride in their ancestry and the longevity of the empire under Greek rule, and accepting a half-Polish, half-Greek Emperor of a foreign house was a difficult thing for many to accept. Particularly in Constantinople and the western end of the empire, both military and political leaders were quietly bitter about the change in rule. Eudoxia's rise, however, brought with it powerful alliances with the Wendish Empire and Russia, placing Byzantium in what seemed to be an unstoppable position. With the promise of power ahead, most of those who opposed the Lechowicz rule held their tongues.
That alliance, however, did not bring the invincible prosperity that it had seemed to promise. The Western Alliance thwarted the Lechowiczes' attempts at expansion, casting doubts on the advantages of their reign. Their influence was shaken, but not broken -- until, that is, the disastrous collapse of the Empire at the hands of Italy and Spain. Faced with two separate wars, the Byzantine army broke, and Italian and Spanish troops succeeded in occupying over 3/4 of the entire imperial realm. At the end of the war, Emperor Eugenios was forced to hand over two critical trade ports and large areas of colonial land, further eroding the faith of the people in the Lechowicz line.
The peace agreement was concluded in 1673, and just a few months later in that same year, the Empire split inward on itself. General Gregorios Antonopolous gathered soldiers, politicians, and civilian volunteers loyal to his cause, and, proclaiming himself Emperor, took control of Constantinople.
At the same time, his supporters took up arms in Adrianople and Abydos, assembling a rebel army designed to prevent the loyal forces stationed to the south from returning to the capital. Emperor Eugenios, who had fled when Constantinople fell to the Italians, was forced to remain in hiding while his few remaining soldiers fought to quell the rebellion. But in March of 1674, scarcely a half-year into the rebellion, Eugenios was assassinated by one of his aides in Cilicia. His daughter and heir, Ioanna I Lechowicz, proclaimed herself the successor to her father's authority and hired a force of mercenaries to press her claim on the throne.
Ioanna's hired army proved ineffective against Gregorios' loyal Imperial Army, and after a string of defeats she was pressured into abdicating to Gregorios in November of 1675, after he had maintained control in Constantinople for two years. Ioanna traveled to Constantinople to formally surrender her reign to Gregorios; the newly self-proclaimed Emperor, however, made it clear that he neither needed nor desired her consent. When the Lechowciz Empress journeyed to the imperial palace to make her formal surrender, she was imprisoned by Gregorios' guardsmen and banished into the royal prison.
The successful coup saw a change in the Byzantine Empire's climate -- a military man, Gregorios brought a strong, authoritative military rule to the throne. Previous Emperors had worked to increase the local autonomy of several of the outlying regions, but Gregorios strengthened and expanded the office of Strategos, consolidating more political power into the hands of appointed military men. He also enacted an imperial ordnance forbidding members of the royal family from marrying non-Greeks, effectively preventing the future transfer of the throne to another foreign dynasty.
As a show of his strength, Gregorios dispatched a large army force to crush a Sunni Muslim uprising centered in Damascus, demoralizing and annihilating the rebels in short order. Gregorios eventually came to be known as "The Greek Hammer" for his radical ethnic pride and ruthless military tactics -- he became the first of a new order of Byzantine Empires who sought to 'purify' the realm in identity and strength.
Brittany the Bold
The Bretons had survived against all odds, fleeing Europe to establish a new country in North America. Through the 1600's, Brittany continued to expand out westward, subduing and assimilating native peoples into itself as it grew. The Breton Prime Minister Branoc Riualtr was elected in 1676 on a platform of aggressive expansion. He had vocally expressed his belief that it was the destiny of the Breton people to fully subdue North America -- a rhetoric that gained him the popularity of his own, but strained relations with Brittany's lasting allies in New Italy. Riualtr lived up to his campaign promises, expanding to the northwest.
The Bretons completely integrated the Kiowa Native Americans and took almost the entire holdings of the Blackfoot tribe, as their borders stretched closer to the Pueblo tribe and to the Spanish colony of Oregon. Even as Italy subdued the Iroqouis in order to expand their vassal republic of Powhatan natives, Brittany continued to grow faster than any power in the region. With no Native American tribes large enough to offer effective resistance against them, and with weaker neighbors like Mexico vying for power, many of the local nations began to aggressively curry favor with Riualtr's administration, each hoping to find their place as an ally of Brittany -- and thus, in theory, safe from its expansion. It was only a matter of time, however, before the Bretons would have to clash with Byzantium or Spain, each with potentially far-reaching consequences.
1673 - 1677 AD
Gregorios' Revolt
The ascent of Empress Eudoxia II as the first Lechowicz to sit on the throne of Byzantium was a source of great internal controversy for the empire. The Byzantines were marked by a great deal of pride in their ancestry and the longevity of the empire under Greek rule, and accepting a half-Polish, half-Greek Emperor of a foreign house was a difficult thing for many to accept. Particularly in Constantinople and the western end of the empire, both military and political leaders were quietly bitter about the change in rule. Eudoxia's rise, however, brought with it powerful alliances with the Wendish Empire and Russia, placing Byzantium in what seemed to be an unstoppable position. With the promise of power ahead, most of those who opposed the Lechowicz rule held their tongues.
That alliance, however, did not bring the invincible prosperity that it had seemed to promise. The Western Alliance thwarted the Lechowiczes' attempts at expansion, casting doubts on the advantages of their reign. Their influence was shaken, but not broken -- until, that is, the disastrous collapse of the Empire at the hands of Italy and Spain. Faced with two separate wars, the Byzantine army broke, and Italian and Spanish troops succeeded in occupying over 3/4 of the entire imperial realm. At the end of the war, Emperor Eugenios was forced to hand over two critical trade ports and large areas of colonial land, further eroding the faith of the people in the Lechowicz line.
The peace agreement was concluded in 1673, and just a few months later in that same year, the Empire split inward on itself. General Gregorios Antonopolous gathered soldiers, politicians, and civilian volunteers loyal to his cause, and, proclaiming himself Emperor, took control of Constantinople.
At the same time, his supporters took up arms in Adrianople and Abydos, assembling a rebel army designed to prevent the loyal forces stationed to the south from returning to the capital. Emperor Eugenios, who had fled when Constantinople fell to the Italians, was forced to remain in hiding while his few remaining soldiers fought to quell the rebellion. But in March of 1674, scarcely a half-year into the rebellion, Eugenios was assassinated by one of his aides in Cilicia. His daughter and heir, Ioanna I Lechowicz, proclaimed herself the successor to her father's authority and hired a force of mercenaries to press her claim on the throne.
Ioanna's hired army proved ineffective against Gregorios' loyal Imperial Army, and after a string of defeats she was pressured into abdicating to Gregorios in November of 1675, after he had maintained control in Constantinople for two years. Ioanna traveled to Constantinople to formally surrender her reign to Gregorios; the newly self-proclaimed Emperor, however, made it clear that he neither needed nor desired her consent. When the Lechowciz Empress journeyed to the imperial palace to make her formal surrender, she was imprisoned by Gregorios' guardsmen and banished into the royal prison.
The successful coup saw a change in the Byzantine Empire's climate -- a military man, Gregorios brought a strong, authoritative military rule to the throne. Previous Emperors had worked to increase the local autonomy of several of the outlying regions, but Gregorios strengthened and expanded the office of Strategos, consolidating more political power into the hands of appointed military men. He also enacted an imperial ordnance forbidding members of the royal family from marrying non-Greeks, effectively preventing the future transfer of the throne to another foreign dynasty.
As a show of his strength, Gregorios dispatched a large army force to crush a Sunni Muslim uprising centered in Damascus, demoralizing and annihilating the rebels in short order. Gregorios eventually came to be known as "The Greek Hammer" for his radical ethnic pride and ruthless military tactics -- he became the first of a new order of Byzantine Empires who sought to 'purify' the realm in identity and strength.
Brittany the Bold
The Bretons had survived against all odds, fleeing Europe to establish a new country in North America. Through the 1600's, Brittany continued to expand out westward, subduing and assimilating native peoples into itself as it grew. The Breton Prime Minister Branoc Riualtr was elected in 1676 on a platform of aggressive expansion. He had vocally expressed his belief that it was the destiny of the Breton people to fully subdue North America -- a rhetoric that gained him the popularity of his own, but strained relations with Brittany's lasting allies in New Italy. Riualtr lived up to his campaign promises, expanding to the northwest.
The Bretons completely integrated the Kiowa Native Americans and took almost the entire holdings of the Blackfoot tribe, as their borders stretched closer to the Pueblo tribe and to the Spanish colony of Oregon. Even as Italy subdued the Iroqouis in order to expand their vassal republic of Powhatan natives, Brittany continued to grow faster than any power in the region. With no Native American tribes large enough to offer effective resistance against them, and with weaker neighbors like Mexico vying for power, many of the local nations began to aggressively curry favor with Riualtr's administration, each hoping to find their place as an ally of Brittany -- and thus, in theory, safe from its expansion. It was only a matter of time, however, before the Bretons would have to clash with Byzantium or Spain, each with potentially far-reaching consequences.
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Brittany's fate in this game kind of reminds me of the Third Odyssey mod. I do believe this general will be the reinvigoration that the Roman Empire needs to stay relevant in upcoming times.
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No worries about the delay. The Greek Hammer sounds like he will make the Byzantine Empire a threat once again against Italy. As for Brittany... You should start making colonies elsewhere.
I hope that having a Greek purist on the Byzantine throne means no more uber-alliance.
I always smile when I see that beautiful Brittany. If only it could connect all its pieces.
I always smile when I see that beautiful Brittany. If only it could connect all its pieces.
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I have no idea how the Great Lakes are still hidden... Really annoying.
But yes I'm happy to see the Byzantines ditch the Lechowicz bug and focus on solo power.. Two defeats by the hated Italians will surely light a fire under them.
As for Brittany.. That will be interesting if they decide they want war with New Italy.
But yes I'm happy to see the Byzantines ditch the Lechowicz bug and focus on solo power.. Two defeats by the hated Italians will surely light a fire under them.
As for Brittany.. That will be interesting if they decide they want war with New Italy.
Nice updates! Brittany the bold indeed! Scary what's happening in Byzantine empire though
That Brittany scares me a little... As for the Byzantines good on them for throwing out the polish and solidifying under a Greek soldier.
It's also been a bit since I've posted a political map, so here's a little update on how Europe is looking:
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