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Nothing Special, Just a normal Byz day.
the white part is the Varangian Guard.
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They're doing not badly there for an 867 game, though. That's quite expanded borders. No comment at the Cyprus, question though, are you playing the ERE and gave the Varangians land, or did they grab the land on their own? (I have seen Captains ofthe Varangians prepare invasions, they can if Germanic)


"These societies are likely to have more members than the others, being a union of high ranked Chieftains and the likes, and not just anybody able to hold a sword"- ck wiki, from memory

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Being able to hold a sword might nonetheless be of advantage
 
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Varangian Guard is helping one of the revolt to claim the Basileus, I don't know why the predecessor Basileus gave them land...
They are Orthodox now, only the first captain is Germanic, pretty sigh.
2 revolts are the emperor claimer, 1 revolt is at war against tyranny, to overthrow the emperor. LOL
And there is another Islam Khazer adventurer attacking the Byz for a duchy.
1 Empire with 4 Emperor, such historically accurate.

And warrior lodge have more chance to be killed than the demon warship.
Sometimes was slashed by some random person, sometimes was inflected and dead by wounded.
Making friend only for the high tier members, Low rank member is just for the entertainment using.
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So, I started a new campaign with the DLCs I recently purchased and wanted to do some achievement hunting. Decided on a low key start as a Lombard and going for that achievement of having a kingdom after 1300. As you can probably tell from the mess France is in, Charles did not get Magne. In fact, he got dysentery, then his brother died as well, and now there are two Karling barons somewhere in that border gore. Catholics have a difficult time with constant rebellions, Byzantines are iconoclast and christening tribes all over, and not pictured is a Denmark who reformed the Germanic faith and is close to forming Scandinavia.
On the local front:
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This is daddy dearest. As you can see, immediately after his death he was proclaimed blessed and brought fame to the family. I would like to know if I can influence making him a saint in any way possible. See, what the pope and others did not know is that daddy was actually a secret Shia Assassin who used his money and Spymaster position in the Lombard court to get as much titles as possible, usurp the duchy of Lombardy from the King and getting me in a prime position to dethrone the king, of course as revenge for imprisoning my father.
 

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She's not even ambitious but she couldn't wait for her father to die before pushing her claim for his throne!

And a non-related issue:
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Just how?!? Is it some sort of bug?
 

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And a non-related issue:
View attachment 463221 Just how?!? Is it some sort of bug?

Is part of your realm still tribal or was she pagan ? If yes to one of them they she might have been in a warrior society and got selected as target for duel for blood. Admit I never paid attention if those are always in diplo range.
 

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And a non-related issue:
Herleve seems to have been very good at duels. She has been picked as opponent for Hougu's legendary journey into your realm, you should feel honoured! Perhaps you will send a bear after him next :p. Legendary journeys always target a big realm, and there's bound to be one Eagle Warrior in your diplo range (not sure if that matters).

Two screens from my Han Africa game:
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Somebody tries to convert Xinfu to his own faith :confused:.

And it turns out the pope didn't really condemn the fourth crusade, which caused Makarios to clone himself plenty of times:
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First time I got this event; is this Pre or Post HF?
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Is part of your realm still tribal or was she pagan ?
No, nothing of the two. I started as the duke of Apulia is 1066 and have always been feudal & Catholic.

...there's bound to be one Eagle Warrior in your diplo range
Since all nomads can be Eagle Warriors, then yes, there are several nomadic realms nearby (in their usual place around the black sea). The girl was also my court tutor at some point and a large (lots of kids) Orthodox Pecheneg family of nomadic origin was living in my court. So maybe one of her former pupils that got rivaled with the Conclave education event was the connection?
 

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"Killed in a spectacular duel" refers most often to fights which are part of the Legendary Gathering quests. I'd guess that Eagle Warrior was on a legendary quest targetting your realm, and the game decided this woman would be the fitting challenge for him.
 

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My last comments on the subject because I don't want to derail the thread:
"Killed in a spectacular duel" refers most often to fights which are part of the Legendary Gathering quests. I'd guess that Eagle Warrior was on a legendary quest targetting your realm, and the game decided this woman would be the fitting challenge for him.
I know I'm very much in the minority here but I still haven't played much with pagans (especially after HF) so I'm not at all familiar with these new warrior lodge mechanics. So it seems extremely weird to me that a gathering of heathen warriors decided to target my totally non-pagan realm and courtier for one of their murderous quests. And it's especially puzzling that I can do nothing about it. I mean, what if they had targeted my ruler when I still had no heir?!?:eek: I hope I find the whole affair more plausible when I play the other side. o_O

Always been feudal and catholic yourself doesn't prevent you relive from not been. =p
No part of my dynasty (or realm) was ever anything else until then. Only random courtiers of invited or refugee status were ever anything other than feudal-Catholic.
 

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In short: When the society has filled a percentage bar it can activate a "Legendary Gathering" decision (The up to four present members in "Hero"-rank can, to be precice).
They will then embark on a travel to some major, distant and typically "infidel" realm, attempting to fight the finest warriors present there.
I'm not sure if there is any trigger in the code preventing a pc from being targetted as duel opponent, or to prevent wannabe heroes from killing your nieces for epic bloodlines.