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Bonafacio: Run to the hills!

Dhimmi: Well actually, its the first appearance of the Il-Khanat. :D And I really don't know about their drinking habits, but them all falling off their horses and breaking their necks would be useful.

CSK: Nice stats on Galasso so far, that's true. As for the Mongol threat... well the next update will make some things clearer concerning them.

stnylan: The Golden Horde probably sent a telegram home saying: "Oh look, if we capture more than two provinces, they don't kick us out that easily. Why don't you guys try it as well?" .. and so they did.

Jestor: That would be really nice.

jordarkelf: Thank you for the compliment, and welcome aboard! Just out of curiosity... how long did it take you to read it all?

Well it is rather late. I got stuck in a bar a bit. :D But I couldn't go to bed without making an update.. so here it is.
 
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Of The Military Infrastructure

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter XI: Of The Military Infrastructure





For the next year several years not much of interest happened in the duchy, except for the many building projects that went on. In April of 1242, as the smithy there was constructed, a training ground was commissioned in Napoli, being the last in the series. As the training grounds were being finished in other provinces, the construction of an extensive road network started in Split, schools were funded in Lecce and Foggia, and near the end of the year a monastery in Zadar as well. The training ground in Napoli was done in February of 1243, and a reconstruction of the civilian harbor started, for it had been damaged greatly in a fire after the Venetian war.


By this time all the regiments had almost fully recovered from that war, and the duke could summon over thirty-eight thousand soldiers if needed, as compared to about twenty thousand that were at his disposal before Veneto and Zadar were taken.

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Josip decided to further strengthen the military by building templar houses throughout the duchy. The building of the first one started in Reggio, and then later that year in Foggia and Lecce as well.



By September of 1243 the duke's reputation was still rather blemished, and the spymistress Laura de Montpellier, Josip's stepmother, also expressed the desire to serve someone who was better thought of by the rest of Europe. Josip was rather upset by this, and unlike Klaudija whom he had bribed to stay, he told Laura that she was free to leave. She went to the county of Oleyshe where she joined the court of Gizella of Marmaros, the countess who was said to have the ear of the Pope. The duke surprised many people by appointing one of the Muslims from Reggio, Jaida of Madaba, as the new spymistress.


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At about the same time, Tvrtko Sr. of Zachlumia complained of not having a more important role in the court. As he was not skilled enough to hold a seat on the council, Josip refused to give him one. But as the duke did not want to loose the man who held the claim to the county of Zachlumia, he managed to convince Tvrtko to stay and do nothing, and as a result the man would grow lazy and even more useless.



In November the duke's reputation took another hit as he proclaimed that he was the rightful Duke of Venice. A month later, as if by punishment, malaria arrived to the province of Reggio. Another bad event occurred in April of 1244, with Josip's brother and marshal Nikola falling ill. That same month, as the monastery was finished, the construction of a templar house was started in Zadar. In August a new school was commissioned in Split, and Josip also granted the request that the templars had repeatedly made to him and his father.


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Later that year the construction of the last templar house in the duchy would be funded in Napoli.



As the duke's heir Galasso was growing up, it became more and more apparent that he had fallen under the cultural influence of the duchy's Italian inhabitants and had estranged himself from his Croatian heritage. It occurred to Josip that he could try to establish the Croatian culture as the dominant one in his capital of Split at least, but he chose not to act on that idea at that time.


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In November Josip gathered the reports from the east on the Mongol situation. The Tribe of Il-Khanat was still bottled up by the combined efforts of Byzantium and France, who had a strong presence in the area. But as the French king was also busy fighting the Almohad over his possessions in Iberia, and the Kwarizm in the east as well, and it was questionable how long he could keep the Mongols at bay.


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Imre Arpad had, rather surprisingly, managed to expel the Golden Horde from the Black Sea area and had forced them to sign a peace, but he would die the following year and would be succeeded by his son Zsolt. After being thwarted by the Hungarians, the Horde had continued their expansion northwards against the Russian principalities. The rebel duke of Pest, Szilvester of Csanad, who had held much of Russia, lost all his possession but the county of Heves in Hungary to the Mongols, and his son would re-pledge his family's loyalty to the Arpads a few years later.


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So both Hordes appear to be alive and threateneing - and the Golden Horde growing in strength too.

Otherwise seems like quite a quiet time.
 

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maybe it would be nice if you helped those poor russians against the mongols it would save you alot of troubles later on in my own opinion

btw about those drinking habits most all of the mongol invasions where stopped due to mongol leaders drinking themselfs literally to the point of death :p
 

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Shuma said:
jordarkelf: Thank you for the compliment, and welcome aboard! Just out of curiosity... how long did it take you to read it all?

About four hours, as I had to do it in between my job ^.^


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Hmmm.... Russia looks interesting. Are you awaiting the breakup of the horde to jump in and grab lands?
 
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stnylan: Yes both the tribes are alive and here to stay, with the Golden Horde especially expanding nicely. But the Hungarians have managed to push them back, so no cause for me to worry yet. It's true it's very quiet in my immediate surroundings, which was very good because I could get all that construction done.

Dhimmi: Bah, let the Russians deal with them. At this point I still hoped that someone else, Poland or Hungary for example, would manage to push them back. I was not ready to get involved yet. Hmm, I'm not sure about the leaders drinking themselves to death, but I'll take your word for it. :D

jordarkelf: Well actually, I couldn't care less about Russia. In this game I wasn't going for expansion just for the sake of expansion itself. I was trying to play it so that I go after meaningful targets. My only reason for keeping track of the Mongols is to be aware of a possible threat to me before it occured.

An interesting thing I failed to mention in the AAR so far, is that the Kingdom of Wales had been created by the of Dyfed family! Weird!


I just thought I'd let you all know that I will be extremely busy for the weekend, so it is unlikely that there will be an update before Monday. Maybe this will give more people a chance to catch up!
 

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A very peaceful time. How are the plans to recreate Croatia going? Any new claims on this land? The Mongols seem not that bad, but then again they have the habit to just come again until it works out for them. Hopefully until then the Marinovic family will be ready to stand against them.

And I don't know, but I guess we can trust Dhimmi. After all they conquered Russia. ;)
 

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ahahahah very true :D

maybe you could write an event: mongol leader dies because off wodka OD :p
 

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once again nice update, and god bless the heroic Magyars, their possession of the Ukraine keeps the balkans secure :cool: and at least the Ilkhanate has its hands full.
 

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Sorry I haven't replied in a while Shuma but I told myself I wouldn't read your AAR until I got back to work on my own and we know how long of a sabbatical I took on that.

Anyway, glad to hear that you shook off your liege, one of the first things I try to do in a game, seeing as how I prefer Duchies over Kingdoms. Too bad about the mongols staying and bringing in some of their friends, that's just bad, I remember one game as Georgia I had blocked their southern advance so they just went along and ate up all of eastern and central europe, and by the end were on the verge of destroying france. Remember, mongols are never just the russians problem because Ogedei is immortal in CK.
 
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CSK: No new claims. Josip still has no prestige to speak off, been spending most of it on grabing the Venetian titles, as those are the only ones I can hope to grab at the moment. The Mongols won't need to come again, because they won't be kicked out, but no cause for me to worry yet!

Dhimmi: Yup, CSK has a good point! :D And that event would be very useful at times.

Bonafacio: Thank you! Yes, I am very lucky that the Magyars in Russia, and the French and Byzantines in Persia are keeping the Mongols busy. I am not ready for them at all!

Janus Rook: Welcome back! I'm glad both that you are back working on your AAR and commenting on mine. I hope it didn't take you too long to read through all that I have written in the last month! The Hungarians were ditched at the opportune moment, and the Mongols.. well.. I know they are not just the Russians' problem, but I hoped they wouldn't be mine for a while yet ;) And yeah, they could have made an event in which the Horde disappears to go squabble over succession :D



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I just thought I'd let you all know that I will be extremely busy for the weekend, so it is unlikely that there will be an update before Monday.

Well I didn't lie! I didn't say there would be one on Monday! I was too lazy yesterday. :D

The next update is picture heavy. Just to show people how the event packs add some nice flavor to the game. :)
 
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Of Josip's Affair

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter XII: Of Josip's Affair




What follows would be called an unimportant event by many, but it was well documented in the duchy's histories because of the upheaval it caused, and therefore I mention it here.


Gyorgyi of Lukomorie, the duke's cousin through her mother Bernarda Marinovic, and the sister to steward Klaudija, had arrived at the court a few years previously after her home in Yaik was captured by the Golden Horde. She grew up to be a very competent woman, and was sought after as a bride by many a nobleman in Europe. But Josip refused all the advances, for he wanted to keep Gyorgyi in Split so that she could take up a position in the council if the need arose, and he often said he would change his opinion only if a duke offered to marry her. But Gyorgyi was a young woman with a young woman's needs, and in January of 1245 she approached the duke, stating in a private conversation that she wished to find a husband before she grew old and nobody craved her company anymore. Josip, although he did not hold great love for his wife, also named Gyorgyi, had nevertheless remained faithful to her even in the days of her lunacy. But as his young cousin, who was much prettier than his wife and infinitely more skillful, spoke to him about her need for love, he chose to respond in a very unorthodox way.

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Rumors say that the duke was a very gentle and skillful lover, and that he and Gyorgyi had many a night of passion, but in the end Gyorgyi started feeling guilty about the whole affair.

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Josip sought to lessen her anguish by bestowing expensive gifts on her and satisfying her every whim, much to the decrement of the duchy's treasury.

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But as word of the affair, and the duke's lavish spending of the tax money on his mistress, spread around the court and the duchy, Josip realized he needed to end it, and so he did, in a rather abrupt fashion.

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The arrival of the small pox in Napoli and the fire that destroyed the fishing wharf in Venezia were viewed by many as signs of heaven's displeasure at the duke's actions, and the people of Zadar, whose economy was still struggling from the Venetian mismanagement, raised their voice in protest. Josip sought to remedy this by financing various new businesses in Zadar, and by rebuilding the burnt-down fishing wharf in Venezia once the treasury recovered from the Zadar projects and his affair with his cousin.

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Josip’s aunt and Gyorgyi's mother Bernarda, shamed by her family's actions, asked and received the duke's permission to withdraw to a monastery later that year. Gyorgyi apparently wasn’t much bothered by this development, and in July she once again sought Josip's attention. That time his response was very different.

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Lol, I love that sequence of events, BOPACK is soooooo awesome, although to be honest the events do happen rather frequently.

Has anyone ever been anal like me and edited the save file to have the bastard born of the events parentage match the damsel after ius primae noctis?
 

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It is a wonderful event sequence. Well told.
 

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were can i find thez bopack event pack i really want to try that :)
 
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Janus Rook: True, some of the events fire far too frequently (like the templars looking for Mandylion), but the occasional ones that suprise you make BOPACK worth having. This was actualy the first time that this event fired for a courtier I did not want to loose, so it was the only time I started this sequence. There was no bastard born out of it, so there was no need for the editing you suggested. Althought it is a good idea!

stnylan: Yup it was a very fun sequence. Apart from the wench taking 400 gold. :D I did have some problems connecting all the events into a story, I'm glad you think the effort paid off. :)

Dhimmi: You can find BOPACK here. There's even a BOPACK-SMACK combo on that page now.

Update up shortly.
 
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Of A New Crusade

The Rise of Dalmatians


Part IV: Duke Josip the Treacherous
Chapter XIII: Of A New Crusade




The templar houses in Reggio and Foggia were finished in late summer of the year 1245, and with the ones in Lecce, Zadar and Napoli also nearing completion, the order's presence throughout the duchy was firmly established. And so it was that when on October 13th of that year word arrived that Pope Ulf had proclaimed a crusade to liberate Jerusalem yet again, there was a strong outcry for Dalmatia to join this most holy cause. Much to everyone's surprise, Josip immediately agreed.


It may be argued that he had more worldly reasons for this decision. The duke still planned on recreating the Croatian kingdom, and he felt that a successful crusade would bring him the pope's backing in the inevitable war against the Duchy of Croatia. Another big gain for Josip in this area was the arrival of Stjepan of Usora and his entourage to the court in Split. Stjepan had been robbed of his ancestral lands by the Frankepans seven years before, and since then had been roaming the European courts searching for an ally in taking back his county.

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In addition to mobilizing the soldiers in Split, the duke sent his brother and marshal Nikola to raise the Reggio regiment, which was significantly below its usual strength due to the malaria that was still present in the province. But having so few soldiers under arms, less then 5000 out of the over 30000 available, meant that the duchy's treasury would be able to bear the financial burden of supplying the troops. Josip felt that these numbers would be sufficient to retake Jerusalem and that the crusade would be a short affair, as the city was the capital of an independent sheikdom ruled by Shahin Ayyubid.



While the local regiment was still boarding the ships, Josip took care of some other matters in Split. As the school was completed right about that time, the duke financed the construction of a civilian harbor, which would have made the shipping to the Holy Land much easier had it been built earlier. Although the presence of a Muslim on the duchy's council was tolerated before, with the crusade intensifying the religious animosity many people openly complained about spymistress Jaida and demanded that the duke take action against her.

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In the spirit of his newly found religious fervor, the duke gave her over to the inquisition. Jaida survived the ordeal and embraced Catholicism, but the stress she suffered made her less able to perform her duties.

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Josip replaced her with one of the newcomers to the court, Tvrtko of Southern Ural, while another one, Vojnomir von Karnten, was given the position of the diocese bishop, which had been unoccupied since Castimir of Split died 12 years earlier.

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In December of 1245, as the fleet from Split was well on its way into the Ionian Sea, the Reggio regiment also boarded ships and set sail for the city of Acre, which was the main stronghold of the Hospitaliers Order.

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Yes, somehow I doubt Josip has suddenly found a vocation. But perhaps he will grow into it.