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My vassal republic really seems to like the look of those Breton cities.
 
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Anyhow, fun/odd sequence of events here. I get the "jihad unlocked" big message, it says Mecca has fallen! I think hang on, who could have done that?

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It's...the Nubian tributary kingdom under the Caliph. So he wants to call a jihad to reclaim Mecca, but can't, because it was taken by his tributary.

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Oh well, let's just go beat up some Normans to take out our frustration instead I guess!
 
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Anyhow, fun/odd sequence of events here. I get the "jihad unlocked" big message, it says Mecca has fallen! I think hang on, who could have done that?

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It's...the Nubian tributary kingdom under the Caliph. So he wants to call a jihad to reclaim Mecca, but can't, because it was taken by his tributary.

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Oh well, let's just go beat up some Normans to take out our frustration instead I guess!
It wouldn't surprise me if the Caliph himself even helped the Nubians in their war for Mecca.
 
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I don't know if that happened (probably), but the Caliph certainly helped them when the other Caliph declared his own jihad on them.

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Or...tried to help.

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Seljuks gonna Seljuk. Ah well, so much for that brief moment when Miaphysite MA hit 89.

...but they still have Mecca.

Footnote to this saga: I was poking around the Ethiopian Miaphysite sphere while all this went down and--I've never seen such high intrigue in a regular AI character!

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Not "strange" per se, just amusing. Imagine the look on the Muslims' faces when this Christian uber-warrior shows up to their party and trounces them all. To add insult to injury, this is a party celebrating martial virtue, and the winner is clearly very decadent (drunkard + serial adulterer). And he won despite being nearly bedridden with joint pain.

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What's the unusual part, other than that she's both a giantess and a genius?
 
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Playing a game of Quantum leap (When a character die you get switched to a new, randomly chosen one). I am currently on my third character, first one was emperor of Tibet, second one was the King of Bavaria and last one is a super weak count in Sunni India. Something must have gone horribly wrong in Tibet after I left because somehow an Abbasid inherited it at the age of 3. Now 3 years later he also inherited the caliphate.
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10 pound sledgehammers.

Wonder how many people get that reference?

I believe it's an American speaking to a Scotsman in Germany, unless I misremember the person being replied to.
 
I believe it's an American speaking to a Scotsman in Germany, unless I misremember the person being replied to.

TBH, I don't remember the nationality of the person being spoken to, but it does sound like you know the source. :)