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he is the update- o-matic for sure he even surpasses Veld at this pace

(EDIT) wich is like most of you know quite an archievement
 

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Probably skipping some classes at college...

Be careful with Venice. The province itself can yield more than 15000 men.
 

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Things are shaping up very nicely for you. :) I echo the comments to be weary of Venice, especially since you don't have the backing of a mega-powerful king.
 

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But when one is weary of Venice, one is weary of life!

Well-played... and I'm an English major to boot. *facepalm*
 
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Hmm.. what a jumble of replies! :) Let's see if I can answer them in an orderly fashion...


First on the game, and Jestor's fumble :D :

stnylan: Cheeky bastards, aren't they? :D You won't believe what things they ask of Josip later!

Dhimmi: "Josip was most adamant in his refusal".. well I do hope this sentence makes sense in English, it's not my primary language, nor do I study it (much unlike Jestor :b). The law wasn't changed, kept the royal preorgatory thingy, and gained 250 free prestige! WOO! :D

kramari: The province can indeed muster a large force, provided that the ruler and the steward have decent stats, and there's not a disease or something going on, and that they haven't just been in a war... and so on. I will be keeping my eye on on what happens. As Venice is my ally, I get to see everything! ;)

Jon Young: It shames me to say I've never been to Venice, although I don't live that far away from it, just a couple of hours by car probably, so I can not atest to its beauty. But it definetly is a great province to have, especially early on like this. All shall fear the might of Marinovics! But I would never employ the nasty tactic you suggest! Bah, ok, I would. But i didn't this time. :) A very poetic way of pointing out Jestor's mistake. ;)

Jestor: Things are shaping up nicely indeed. How kind of the Pope to excommunicate the kid! Although it would be nice to have the support of a mega-powerful king, its better to be independent then with, for example, Imre. As for the rest, I have only one thing to say... you should be wary of what you write when you are weary. :D


And now the question of my pace (the update-o-matic sounds nice... when do I get to costumize my rank or whatever?):

First off, yeah I do skip some classes. :( But I don't write during that time. I usually write while I am drinking my morning coffee, or during the evening instead of watching some silly TV show. It takes me about an hour per update, providing I have the outline done. An hour a day I can find almost everyday, but sometimes I just don't feel like doing anything else (let's say.. studying for example), so I make it a couple of hours.

I've been actually wondering if I should slow it down a bit. Maybe I am churning them out too rapidly? Although the last few days its been two per day, my average number of updates since I started the AAR is still somewhat less than one per day. It has occured to me that some people really don't have the time to check the forum even once a day, let alone twenty times a day like I do, so maybe I've lost some readers who can't keep up with the tempo.

What would be the optimum number of updates? One per day? 3 or 4 per week? Although the discussion maybe doesn't have any sense anymore, because those of you that can follow the schedule are still here, and I doubt many people would read everything I've written up to now and then give up, regardless of how fast I continue to post.
 

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well about your rank change just pm a mighty mod :p

as for your pace i generally chek out the forum 1s or 2s a day myself so im not complaining :)
 

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Well, you do manage to steal my time quite well and I have to admit I don't read your AAR every day even when you post that often. It happens to me that I have to read two or three updates at once as I couldn't get the time to do it before. Still, I'm fine with you doing so. It's not that important how fast you write if you have the time, I can get to read it someday as well, you just won't have a comment every update.

Now to a properly comment I'll have to say something about the AAR itself too. It's nice to have that many good advisors, given how bad they once have been. With them you should easily be able to recover your debt. Of course Venice would help. (Btw, really nice city. You should go there. Though it gets boring if you were there five or six times like me).
 

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Jon Young: It shames me to say I've never been to Venice, although I don't live that far away from it, just a couple of hours by car probably, so I can not atest to its beauty. But it definetly is a great province to have, especially early on like this. All shall fear the might of Marinovics! But I would never employ the nasty tactic you suggest! Bah, ok, I would. But i didn't this time. :)

And now the question of my pace (the update-o-matic sounds nice... when do I get to costumize my rank or whatever?):
I've been actually wondering if I should slow it down a bit. Maybe I am churning them out too rapidly?

I'm addicted to the seizure of the big cities, purely due to my laziness in raising / gathering regiments. No matter what dynasty I'm playing I tend to carve a bloody path from their starting lands towards Venice / Genoa / Byzantion as soon as possible. As to the beauty of the place I have to say I've never been either :( But I'm due to visit next year for a friend's wedding. Unfortunately the regiment will probably not have been raised when I arrive, so a siege is unlikely.

As far as updates go, you needn't worry. Most folks on these fora will check for updates quite regularly and personally I love finding that I've missed a few installments as reading them two or three in a row is better than one at a time... If you're wondering whether you're updating too fast then I envy you!
 
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Dhimmi: Hmm, maybe I'll do that. You don't mind if I steal your idea?

CSK: Yeah the advisors I found are great. Not to mention how much better Josip is than Domagoj. The debt will be repaid soon, even without Venice. As for going to Venice, I'm hoping to do some major travelling this summer, maye I take a trip over there.

Jon Young: I don't mind playing with poorer provinces as a start and upgrading the economy, but I do jump on the richer ones when the opportuinity arises. Its maybe best the Venice regiment isn't raised when you get there, I heard they tend to be big! :D

Well I am really glad all three of you like the pace of the updates. I know what you mean about coming and seeing there are several updates you haven't read and you can go on a reading spree. Just don't fall too much behind! :)

Here's one coming up right now!
 
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Of Heresy And Lunacy

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter VI: Of Heresy And Lunacy





Castimir of Split, who had been exiled to Split twelve years previously due to his disagreement with the Church on some dogmas, and had served as the diocese bishop for the dukes of Dalmatia since then, was finally branded a heretic by Pope Manuel in March of 1233. Josip was unwilling to remove his teacher from his position, especially since he did not have a suitable replacement at the court, but he was spared of having a falling out with the Pope himself, as Castimir died of old age in August.



Not much else of note happened in the duchy during the larger part of that year, with the duke and his council mainly concentrating on repaying the treasury's debt. This was finally accomplished in September, and soon the economic growth of the duchy continued. In January a mine was commissioned in Split, a library in Reggio in March, and new windmills in Napoli in June, to replace the ones sold off earlier. In April the duke had been informed that his wife Gyorgyi was pregnant again, and in May his daughter Mihaela was given to the nannies to be raised.



Wishing to strengthen his ties to the branch of the Zachlumia family still living in Split, Josip's cousin Lucija Marinovic, daughter of Domagoj's brother Trpimir, was married in September to another cousin of his, the younger of the two Tvrtko brothers (from now on we shall call them Tvrtko Sr. and Tvrtko Jr. for the sake of brevity), who was a very talented soldier. As Lucija finished her education, the duke was even happier with having decided that she remains in Split, for she turned out to be a competent young lady.

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In November the mine in Split was completed, and the construction of a new forestry was started, to replace the one that was sold right at the start of the war with Imre. A month later the ex-marshal Tvrtko Kotromanic recanted his heresy, but was still not accepted back into the folds of the Church, even when Pope Manuel passed away and was succeeded by Gorm, previously the Archbishop of York.



On January 4th of the year 1235, Gyorgyi gave birth to a son and she and the duke named him Galasso. But the last few months of the pregnancy had been very difficult for her, and she displayed signs of stress even after it ended.

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Josip's wife Gyorgyi's condition took a turn for the worse, as in April her stress deepened into outright madness. That was not the only bad piece of news for the Marinovic family at the time, as Josip's niece Letizia and nephew Seslav both fell ill. His son's illness was quite stressful to the duke's brother Slavac, and even though Seslav recovered shortly afterwards, Slavac did not. The only good tidings at the time were the increased land productivity in Lecce, and the start of the construction of a monastery in that province.



In June Split's neighbor, the bishopric of Zadar, rebelled against its excommunicated liege, the Venetian doge. The Venetians asked aid of their ally Josip, but he refused.


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The duke went even further and offered his protection to the bishop Jimeno of Zadar in return for an oath of allegiance, as he felt that Zadar should be part of the duchy of Dalmatia. But Jimeno did not agree, and raised the army to face Venice on his own.



The windmills in Napoli, the forestry in Split and the library in Reggio were finished in August, September and October respectively. At that time the province of Reggio recovered from the poor governance of the Shaheens, and its economy was set to normal. The duchy's income was now the double of what it was at then end of Domagoj's reign, and it amounted to almost 40 gold ducats per month. Josip continued the industrial strengthening of his demesne, with a spinning mill being commissioned in Split and a smithy in Foggia.



In April of 1236 a message arrived from Kazimierz Subislawowich, the count of Al Hasa and vassal to the king of Poland, in which he asked that Sitara of Varazdin, the widow of Josip’s brother Zdeslav, be wed to his son Adil. The duke accepted this offer, but it also meant that his nephew Stjepan, who was second in the line of inheritance, left Split for that faraway county.



During the summer of that year, Zadar was captured by the Venetian forces, but the rebel bishop was still not completely defeated, as he still had the province of Aukshayts under his control. Josip offered him vassalization then, but Jimeno refused once again. The monastery in Lecce was completed in October, and the construction of an extensive road network began, while in January of 1237 a dye-works was commissioned in Split, upon the completion of the spinning mill.



In March of 1237 grave news arrived from the east. The Horde was back.

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Luciya may be competent, but she looks permanently upset about something. What on earth did Duke do to earn that expression looking at him all the time? ;)

The Horde, well, I was waiting for that. Will Hungary be able to do it alone?

In terms of pacing, I find your current pace fine for me, but then I spend silly amounts of time on the forums so I am perhaps not the best judge for what would work for a wider audience ;)

Oh, and as regards custom title, iirc, it is 2500 posts or being a member for 550 days, whichever comes first.
 

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I have been reading this AAR for some time with great gusto and vigour, and I must say that I absolutely love your update schedule. The Daily updates are a great aspect of this AAR, and the fact that I can look forward to an update pretty much every time I sign on to the forums is a great boon to me, and, I expect, to all of us. Great AAR. Please keep it up.
 
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stnylan: Lucija and Tvrtko jr. both have a sour face. Maybe they both weren't happy with the match? ;) The re-appearance of the horde was expected, that's true. Eles Bagratuni, their prievious vanquisher was dead by this time. Imre will actualy do well for a while, with the Khazarian and southern Russian regions changing hands many times. But more on that when the time comes. I'm glad the pace suits you, but I expected you to say that. :D And I guess my costum title is far away for now.

Phoenix Dace: I always wonder how many lurkers I have reading the AAR! The view counter doesn't seem that useful. Thank you very much for taking the time to post! I will continue with this update schedule for as long as I can, and I hope that you, and all the other readers, will continue to enjoy my work.... and post comments occasionaly! :D


Well I made the most silly mistake. Well two actually. I guess I was too eager to get to the following events, so that I skipped a whole year! The horde came again in 1237, not in 1236, and certainly not in 1226 like I wrote at the end of the last update. The events of the missing year have been edited in, and the horde reference corrected. Thankfully, there wasn't much going on that year, so only two paragraphs were inserted. So check out the previous chapter again.

Also, you'll note that Josip now has his nickname. I was having difficulty deciding between "treacherous" and "deceitful", but the former one prevailed. Although his usurpation of his father's title, the rebellion against Imre, the events in the following update and some later on in his reign are always explained in the way that most suits the duke, I'm sure someone watching from the outside would characterize them as outright treachery.


The update is on its way. Don't be confused by the fact that both the Venetian and the Dalmatian territories are shown in white. :)
 
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Of The War Preparations

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter VII: Of The War Preparations





In early June, a plea for help in the face of the Mongol invasion arrived from Mislav Marinovic, the count of Kuban and Southern Ural. The duke was surprised to find that Mislav held both of the eastern counties. Mislav's brother Drzislav, who was the count of Southern Ural, had died four years previously, but he had had two sons. It turned out that they had both died within the past year, and while Kresimir's death was probably due to an illness he was suffering from, Stanislav's was nothing but suspicious. In the light of these findings, and taking into consideration that there wasn't much that he could do against the Horde anyway, Josip informed Mislav that he was on his own.

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The duke had plans of his own anyway. At about the same time as Mislav's plea arrived, news came that the Republic of Venice had captured Aukshayts as well and had forced Jimeno of Zadar to give up his titles. Josip proclaimed that he would not abide for a part of Dalmatia to be held by his excommunicated ally, and laid claim to the county of Zadar. With Venice weakened from its civil war, now was the time to act.


All of the Italian regiments were mobilized. Josip himself took command of the Lecce regiment and sat sail with it for Split, his brother and marshal Nikola raised the Reggio soldiers and embarked on a trip to the Aegean Sea, while the over 10000 strong combined troops of Napoli and Foggia were ordered to move to Padova. This army accounted for a half of the duchy's manpower, but it was commanded by two of the most inept commanders. The duke's stressed brother Slavac, who had not yet finished his military education but was a talented commander nonetheless, was in charge of the Foggia regiment, while the ill Tvrtko Sr. Of Zachlumia, who was renowned for his cowardice, led the Napoli regiment, as well as having the overall command.

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As the duke arrived back in Split with the Lecce soldiers in August, news reached him that the Kingdom of Jerusalem had been recreated, and was ruled by Henri Isa, a Frankish nobleman. Sadly, that month his competent cousin Lucija died while giving birth to the child of Tvrtko Jr. of Zachlumia, and the baby was lost as well.



Even with the Split regiment still not mobilized, the army maintenance amounted to over 200 gold ducats a month, and that expense and the cost of the shipping of the troops resulted in the treasury having a debt of over 800 ducats by September. The duke was forced to call the estates general and ask for a large contribution, once again gaining the reputation of an arbitrary man, but gaining over 600 ducats.


In October everything was ready. The Split regiment was also raised and the command given to the grieving Tvrtko Jr. The duke then declared war on his ally, the Republic of Venice, an action that was a shock to most of the European nobility. This, and Josip's abandonment of his vassal to the Mongol horde, resulted in his reputation being irrevocably damaged.


The Lecce and Split regiments marched on Zadar. Gaining this province was the duke's primary goal, and thus he was leading the attack himself.

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The forces under the command of Tvrtko Sr. and Slavac set out from Padova for Venice. Their instructions were to keep the main enemy army pinned there for as long as possible, and to capture the province if the opportunity arose.

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The Reggio soldiers led by Nikola set sail for Naxos. Josip was certain his brother would be able to capture the island, so that it could be used as a bargaining chip when the peace negotiations started.

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And a treacherous seems especially appropriate now. Abandoning vassals, hitting enemies when they are down - he's really earned that epithet!
 
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Of The First Venetian War

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter VIII: Of The First Venetian War





The first engagement of the war occurred on October 18th of 1237 as the Dalmatian forces entered the province of Venezia. Although they were poorly led, they did have a slight numerical advantage over the enemy army, so it seemed that the outcome of the battle might be in their favor, especially as the Venetian marshal Berenguer Castracani wasn't really a military genius either.

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Just a day later Josip entered the province of Zadar. The local Venetian regiment was led by one Rurik Rostislavich. Seeing that his soldiers were outnumbered over 3 to 1, Rurik withdrew northwards without engaging the Dalmatians, in the hope of connecting with the Istria regiment, and possibly that of Venice as well. The city itself surrendered rather quickly, on October 30th, after just eleven days of being under siege, and the duke immediately set out towards Istria.


Meanwhile, the fighting still went on in Venezia. On November 20th Tvrtko senior's courage, or rather the lack of it, finally manifested itself as he broke off the engagement and fled towards Padova with the Napoli regiment. Slavac remained behind and covered his retreat, leading 1800 Foggians against the 5200 remaining Venetians. He managed to hold on for another week in which his army suffered 1200 casualties, after which he too moved after Tvrtko. In total, the Dalmatian forces lost 6000 men in the Battle of Venezia, with the defenders losing 4500. More importantly, Berenguer's march towards the Republic's holdings on the eastern Adriatic coast was delayed until November the 28th.


While on the march northwards, Josip received an envoy from his cousin Mislav, who had lost the Southern Ural province to the Horde by this time. The Count of Kuban repeated the demand that he and his brother made several years ago, that the ruling law be changed to feudal contract, and once again he was flatly refused.

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On December 2nd, Josip and Tvrtko Jr. with their 7300 men met the combined forces of Zadar and Istria in the province of Senj, led by Rurik Rostislavich and Stentore di San Bonifazio and numbering 3000 soldiers. The Venetians first presented an offer of peace by which they would cede Zadar to Croatia, but Josip refused and the fighting started. It went on for a fortnight, and resulted in the loss of 500 Dalmatian troops as opposed to 2000 enemy casualties. By that time Tvrtko Sr. and Slavac had regrouped in Padova. Seeing that Berenguer had left the Republic's capital, they once again marched on it and invested the city on December 23rd.



The Lecce and Split regiment arrived in Istria on January 10th of 1238. They found Berenguer waiting for them with the 5000 remaining soldiers from Venezia. The Venetian marshal offered Zadar again in return for peace and was refused. And so the decisive battle of the war started.

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The fighting was long and bloody. In mid February Stentore's Istria regiment fell on the Dalmatian rear, and while leading the defense against this new attack, Josip received a heavy blow to the head, resulting in several of his teeth being dislodged, but no permanent damage aside from that.

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The Battle of Istria finally ended on March the 19th as the Venetian army was routed. Dalmatian casualties were 4300 men in total and Berenguer lost over 5000 troops. More importantly, during that time the city of Venezia fell to Tvrtko Sr. and Slavac, and the island of Naxos was occupied by marshal Nikola. Seeing that there was no hope of them recovering from these losses, the Venetian council offered terms which were accepted by the duke of Dalmatia.

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With Venice in the bag your financial woes should soon disappear!

And how well is Josip talking now? On the basis you made no mention of it I presume he got through without a Speech Impediment?