Pooh, well that should certainly be enough to make the empire crush the pope. Think they dodge a bullet wasting 80k men and money on another crusade though.
The Song of Wessex
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Lots of frustration, martial designs, the word ‘Holy’ now a dirty word? Sounds like time to beat up on the HRE one last time! 
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Perhaps not a terrible comparison, but I can say at least there won't be six wives.
To all - So on the big news there at the end, it was one of those screaming at the computer times. I had tried so many different ways to combat the Muslims from straight on war to small hit and run battles (which were more effective but did not gain much ground) and finally said, screw it - I'm building the largest army I possibly can so that I'm not constantly losing to larger forces. Finally got them there and it started looking effective and that's the moment Sixtus gave up! If I could have, I would have declared against the Papal States and sent those 80K directly to Rome. Alas, no valid claim to do so. So I went home instead. Terribly frustrating.
Especially because I didn't know what I was going to get out of Eadward. He has the slow trait and his stats are not too great. In the next post, you'll see that his younger brother Anselm actually inherited the good ones. That said, I decided to portray him as more than just "slow" because in the end, I was still controlling him and the decisions he and his council will make (like assisting his mother in Castille and this last attempt at crusade.) It turned out that slow trait really didn't have too much impact but I thought it was interesting enough to mention.
Indeed, this Sixtus V is a far cry from Celestine III. I'll speak more on it below, but that move right there really angered me (and so Eadward.)
Heh.Anger issues, pontiff troubles, eating and drinking way too much... Are there a dozen wives waiting at the other end of this tale and a religious revolution to boot?
Perhaps not a terrible comparison, but I can say at least there won't be six wives.In the long run, you are probably right but it was frustrating.
But of course.Lots of frustration, martial designs, the word ‘Holy’ now a dirty word? Sounds like time to beat up on the HRE one last time!
To all - So on the big news there at the end, it was one of those screaming at the computer times. I had tried so many different ways to combat the Muslims from straight on war to small hit and run battles (which were more effective but did not gain much ground) and finally said, screw it - I'm building the largest army I possibly can so that I'm not constantly losing to larger forces. Finally got them there and it started looking effective and that's the moment Sixtus gave up!
If I could have, I would have declared against the Papal States and sent those 80K directly to Rome. Alas, no valid claim to do so. So I went home instead. Terribly frustrating.Especially because I didn't know what I was going to get out of Eadward. He has the slow trait and his stats are not too great. In the next post, you'll see that his younger brother Anselm actually inherited the good ones. That said, I decided to portray him as more than just "slow" because in the end, I was still controlling him and the decisions he and his council will make (like assisting his mother in Castille and this last attempt at crusade.) It turned out that slow trait really didn't have too much impact but I thought it was interesting enough to mention.
Slow is just an opinion really. Other characters think he's slow. He might be genuinely mentally Ill, have a learning disability or be slothful, or it could be mean propaganda.
After all, people die of 'consumption' and 'lunacy' in this game too.
After all, people die of 'consumption' and 'lunacy' in this game too.
Consumption is another word for tuberkulosis, so that's not weird in this time period.
The medieval world thought it was hereditary and contagious. I always viewed the ingame illnesses as what the dr thought you were dying of, rather than what actually happened. Consumption rather than TB covers lots more causes of sickness.
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Mostly, I think the trait shows up in his stats that are less than stellar.
No doubt and could definitely kill you. Even in the 19th century, it was still being listed as cause of death as in the case of Doc Holliday
My favorite cause of death is "severe stress" which happens to a lot. I assume that means heart attack.
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The Song of Wessex
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1429 to 1439
1429 to 1439
Emperor Eadward was 19 years old in 1429 and we have seen, had found a deeper purpose after the events of the failed crusade. In this one year alone, the Emperor would imprison Captain Aubrey of the White Company after his excommunication from Holy Church, fire his Lord Chancellor, the deceitful Lord Raymond of Leinster and replace him with the Earl of Briefne and finally renew the long held animosity towards the Holy Roman Empire. In this last example, there was really no difficult choice at all to make. In October of 1429, the small region of Calatayud in Iberia revolted against the German Kaiser Georg. They were joined in this fight by the King of Bohemia and Duke Pol of Gascogne. Based in Armagnac, Emperor Eadward saw a brilliant opportunity. For many years dating all the way back to before the formation of the Empire of Britain, Kings and Emperors had slowly chipped away at the Holy Roman Empire’s holdings within France. Here was a chance to gain at their expense without actually having to war with the German Kaiser.
And so to start 1430, Eadward declared war against the small Duchy of Gascony and within two years had won. In July of 1431, Auch would fall to his forces and the very Duchess of Gascogne, Margarete von Oldenburg was captured and held as prisoner. With this victory, the south of France was nearly won in full with only the remnants of Gascony holding out. They would remain at war for another three years with the Holy Roman Empire finally winning, but Emperor Eadward had taken from the German Kaiser with hardly any effort at all.
In response to this victory, the Emperor would hold a grand tournament in Westminster in 1433 that was missed by few and especially allowed many at the court to first view Eadward’s brother Anselm as an adult. This younger brother had come of age in 1429 and was styled King Anselm II of Scotland. Not being much of a martial talent, Eadward had only witnessed the many activities at the tourney, but Anselm had participated and excelled. In fact, it is said that this is where Anselm met his future wife. A lowborn courtier named Ela, the two would eventually marry and settle once more to the north in Scotland. The brothers were not particularly close and the differences between them being so stark, it may have been this tourney that also eventually soured their relationship. It did not help that within the next year of 1433, factions began to develop looking at King Anselm as an alternative for Britain. To counter this, Eadward found opportunity when his Earl of Briefne died to then appoint Anselm as his new Lord Chancellor and then later as the High Almoner to the Emperor. Sadly, these attempts to reward King Anselm did not have their desired effect.
Yet before we look to the brother of the Emperor, we must first look to the women in his life. In 1433, Empress Alice gave birth to a healthy child and a daughter named Eleanor. Within this same year, she became pregnant again. And in March of 1434, she would give birth a second time and once again to a female named Elizabeth. While these two children would give Eadward the heir required (as prior to this, his brother Anselm had been second in line to the imperial throne) it did not assist matters in both France and Wales (which by this date had also changed their laws only wishing a male heir to inherit.) In both of these Kingdoms, Anselm remained the heir apparent as long as Eadward had only daughters. This younger King of Scotland would also go on to have two children, the first a girl named Maud and then finally a son named for himself. It seemed in every way that the younger brother was better at everything. Yet while this game of issue was going on, there was the other woman in their lives. Their mother Queen Velasquita of Castille and Brittany. In 1432, she was at war with neighboring Aragon and requested Eadward’s assistance once more. This he did and for two years, his soldiers fought alongside those of Castille eventually to victory as Castille gained the region of Asturias de Santillana. Eadward was not close with his brother, but he was very close with his mother and this would prove out in the events that happened in 1437.
In the previous year of 1436, Emperor Eadward decided to pick a useless fight. While there were many factions at this time, most of these revolved around his younger brother. Yet there were the cousins to Lancaster that desired changes in the law in both succession and crown authority and even an odd one centered around his aunt Princess Mathilda who was now Dowager Queen of Navarre. It is difficult to know why this one member of House Wessex caused him such angst. Lord Eustace II of Norfolk (as well as Champagne and Ulster) was not involved in any of these plots or factions. Yet he was one of those that felt disdain for the Emperor and at 48 was not shy about his opinion. As mentioned, any hint of dishonor from a vassal would cause great pain to Eadward and so he sought to see his cousin Eustace killed. Two different plots were considered and then failed and this only made matters worse. Lord Eustace would die in 1437, but of natural causes leaving his first born son Lionel as Duke (who was a bastard but legitimized.) However, this known plotting by the Emperor caused Anselm to push ahead with his own.
It is said that not soon after Duke Eustace II died, the Emperor entered a new plot to see his own brother removed. The tenor of their relationship had grown so soured, that King Anselm fled north to Stirling in the middle of the year. Eadward sent a force to follow his brother so he might be compelled to return and when he did not, the Emperor tried to imprison Anselm. The King of Scotland did not accept this either. In November of 1437, his Scotland and the northern highlands rebelled. Eadward sent word to his mother in Castille and she agreed to join in the efforts to contain this revolt and against her second born son. As mentioned, King Anselm was the one to inherit the martial genes of his house and led his own soldiers in the rebellion, but in the end this would prove fruitless. By March of 1438, battle was seen and won near Glasgow and then again to Maybole. By October of that year, Lord Gregory of Meath was at siege to Stirling itself alongside the brothers stepfather King Teobaldo of Castille. It fell in January of 1439 to be followed by Edinburgh in July of that year. The rebellion was soon over. King Anselm was brought before Eadward finally and though it is said a tear was shed that day, the elder brother and Emperor sentenced his younger brother and King to the Tower for life. Within a year, Anselm would die in his prison leaving his young son named for him and at only 2 years old as King of Scotland. The threat was ended but shows just how far Emperor Eadward would go to thwart any and all perceived enemies. Slow or not, Eadward remained ruthless.
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To be continued...
To be continued...
Unlucky on those brothers - Anslem would have been a really good ruler to play with! Ironically, he had the skill potential to be a true heir to the old, original Eadward, but twas not to be.
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To all - And so now we come to the moment, ladies and gents. 1066 to 1453...the finale follows.
It was approaching the end of the game and I wanted to make sure one of my daughters inherited. I might not have done so had I more time to play.
That he does.
I did all I could to keep this Anselm around but he would not stop plotting so had to take decisive action. I agree. A real shame because he indeed had fine stats.
To all - And so now we come to the moment, ladies and gents. 1066 to 1453...the finale follows.
The Song of Wessex
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1440 to 1453
1440 to 1453
Throughout Emperor Eadward’s reign we have seen how his many enemies at court and elsewhere attempted to challenge him. We have also seen how he responded to those threats. By 1440, there would be another great Lord that would come into play. It may be remembered that the previous Duke Gilchrist of Burgundy had died to the Tower in 1417 after a poorly decided rebellion against Emperor Arthur II. His son Alfred had inherited the Duchy and was now 40 years old. Burgundy was one of the most prosperous parts of France and this Duke was powerful. In one of the few moments of Eadward’s reign, the Emperor did not take the harsh tactic. There was a meet between the Emperor and this powerful Lord, but it is believed that a deal was struck. What that was, we do not know, but the Duke was not put to the Tower. He would instead cease his factionalism and then within a month, make a declaration of war against the Kingdom of Navarre.
The Duke of Burgundy was joined in this endeavor by the Lords of Norfolk and Valencia and made rather quick work of the main goal of taking Najera within Navarre. The current King of Navarre was named Ewen II and called ‘the Drunkard.’ It may be remembered that this King’s grandfather of the same name was married to Emperor Eadward’s aunt Mathilda Princess of Britain and Dowager Queen of Navarre who was still alive at this date. In 1442, she was eventually caught and imprisoned by Lord Alfred and this shows one more aspect of the Emperor. He lifted not one finger to assist her. It may be that other matters at hand for Eadward caused him to look the other way, or it may be the supposed deal made with the Duke of Burgundy. However there was one great matter that occurred in 1441. It was in that year that the great Dowager Empress Velasquita, Queen of Castille and Brittany passed on to God and Eadward would inherit her lands and titles.
The long ago gambit by Emperor Anselm and his wife Empress Adelheid had come to fruition and the Empire’s lands within Iberia nearly doubled at a stroke. The Emperor would travel to Palencia to be crowned for these Kingdoms and then move to his next matter. Some few of them, in fact. For one, Eadward would take on a mistress in 1442. She was lowborn and named Ela and would eventually bear him a daughter of the same name. This child was never recognized as legitimate. Eadward already had two and was considering their future. In this same year, he was able to change inheritance laws within Wales so that Princess Eleanor could inherit. And when the Duke of York, Lord Humphrey died leaving his Duchy to a young son Ralph of Wessex at age 9, Eadward began looking to a potential betrothal for his eldest daughter. Yet his biggest concern was an age old one for the Empire.
In 1443, the Kaiser Georg of the Holy Roman Empire was 52 years old. He only held one heir, a son of the same name that was just a newborn. We cannot know if this was the work of the Emperor, but it had been done in the past. Regardless, this infant was found smothered in the crib in April of 1443 and the German Kaiser blamed Eadward. So much so, that in May of that year, he was able to get Emperor Eadward excommunicated by Pope Evaristus II. As we have seen, Eadward would react with extreme measures. Just as Lord Alfred of Burgundy was winning his war against Navarre (which would eventually lead to that land becoming part of the Empire and Eadward declaring himself the King of Navarre), Emperor Eadward decided to declare against the Holy Roman Empire. The claim was ostensibly over the area of Marsan in Gascony and the war would last from 1443 to 1448. Once again, over 80,000 levies were called forth and battle was seen from the north all the way to the south in Iberia. It would take until 1444, and a new Pope Formosus II, to see the excommunication lifted and eventually the fall of Julich in 1445 in which Prince Karloman was imprisoned at only age 13. But it was truly the death of Kaiser Georg in 1446 that led to the end of the war. The war continued after the election of Prince Rudger to Holy Roman Emperor but when Marsan finally fell to Britain in March of 1448, the new Kaiser could hold out no longer. Once more victory was found.
By 1449, Emperor Eadward had reigned for 30 years and many no longer considered him slow but rather all powerful. Factions and plots from all over were finally ended after seeing his victories and Eadward knew it. He considered himself all powerful and while he still lacked the male heir he desired, he remained with two promising and strong daughters in Princess Eleanor and Princess Elizabeth. He would request a divorce from his wife Empress Alice in this year, but it would be months before he found a suitable replacement, and that candidate was not but a lowly courtier serving the ambassador of Pisa named Carola. He seemed in no hurry to find a male heir and instead looked to the future prospects of his daughters. Princess Eleanor was already of age and in 1449, she was married to the 16 year old Ralph of Wessex, the Duke of York. And then after Lord Mark of Lancaster died, who was guardian to the Princess Elizabeth, this younger Princess was returned to court and eventually when she came of age in 1450 betrothed to the heir to the Kingdom of Leon, Prince Salvador who was 13 at the time. Not ceasing there, Eadward was able to pass through law in France the inheritance of that Kingdom for his eldest daughter Princess Eleanor in 1451. She would inherit everything but then tragedy struck.
In 1452, Princess Eleanor and her husband Lord Ralph of York would have a daughter named Emma. The child would live for mere days and the Princess herself only for some few days after. Eadward was struck with grief even though he still held his other daughter Princess Elizabeth. It was this Elizabeth that proved her worth in the days and weeks ahead. She was now heir to the entire Empire and her betrothed had already inherited the Kingdom of Leon yet was still only 15. She was instrumental when the latest Pope Hilarius II once again excommunicated the Emperor and within a month, this was lifted due to her words sent to the Holy Father. In short, no matter what occurred to the future, this Princess Elizabeth was already showing her ability.
It is perhaps the death of the first born daughter Eleanor that caused it, or perhaps a look back at his life at his now 43 years, that Emperor Eadward retreated from public life. It is said that he grew ill. So ill that a regency was discussed. The current Lord Chancellor Duke Bohemond of Leinster should lead it, but he was opposed by the Lord Marshal Duke Gregory III of Meath. Yet it was the inspired work by the master of spies, Thomas of Paris that was able to thwart both of these candidates and instead proclaim Princess Elizabeth as caretaker and regent for her father. She was 17 years old and a shrewd young woman. And so, when Eadward passed to God in 1453, she was readily able to take the reins of power as Empress Elizabeth of Britain, Queen of England, France, Wales, Ireland, Castille, Navarre, Brittany and Aquitaine. Her intended husband King Salvador of Leon and Portugal was 15 and controlled another third of Iberia. Yet this would never come to pass. Elizabeth would instead break the betrothal herself as Wessex would not inherit all. She would eventually never marry so that a man or woman of Wessex would always reign within and without Britain. It was an Empire build for over 400 years starting in the south of England and eventually extending across most of western Europe.
The line could be traced back all the way to King Alfred the Great and before, and included such lights as King Eadgar II, King Eadward IV, Queen Anne the Great and Emperor Arthur I, known as ‘the Just.’ It also included the many lows in the reigns of King Æthelric and Queen Mary the Ill Ruler, as well as King Æthelræd the Unrædy and Emperor Arthur II. Yet the two she most patterned herself after were the Confessor, King Eadward III and Emperor Anselm I of Britain. She never allowed the great tome written so many years before by the monk, Brother Nylan to leave her sight. In that, it detailed the early years of the great Wessex Kings of England after the turn of the millennium and she felt it her duty to continue that expansion and further greatness of her House, her Kingdom...her Empire. Empress Elizabeth has so many exploits, that it must be explored in a new book. Yet we can say here that she was a member of House Wessex in every way. And in her 61 year reign, she would defeat the Holy Roman Empire many times over and expand France, continue the conquering of Iberia started by her great-grandfather Emperor Anselm and even once more attempt crusade in the Levant. This last was one of the only things she could not accomplish and so, in 1492, she would pay for an explorer out of Pisa to travel to the west. At her death in 1513, this exploration would provide for the greatest expansion of the Empire and she was honored when the first colony in this new world discovered was named for her...the Virgin Queen, Empress Elizabeth the Great!
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Bravo, BRAVO! This story, going over so many years, have been a pleasure and an honor to follow. I was so lucky as to get going merely some 3-4 chapters into the first book, and have enjoyed this amazing ride since then. It has truly been a pleasure, and I am sure I am not alone in regarding this to be one of the finest stories to be told on these boards. Thank you so much for writing this, @coz1 - when you are rested and ready to start a new project, rest assured I am ready to get back onto the train!
This story, going over so many years, have been a pleasure and an honor to follow. I was so lucky as to get going merely some 3-4 chapters into the first book, and have enjoyed this amazing ride since then. It has truly been a pleasure, and I am sure I am not alone in regarding this to be one of the finest stories to be told on these boards. Thank you so much for writing this, @coz1 - when you are rested and ready to start a new project, rest assured I am ready to get back onto the train!
Interesting times like ahead with all the big colonial powers aside from Portugal under one banner already! The modern world is going to be much more anglophone than even our own.
I do wonder what lies next. Obviously the colonial game for the next century at least is going to be utterly dominated by brittainia. This will inevitably lead to a great delay of wealth but if not handled correctly, also economic ruin. This could well be the thing that splits the empire.
If however they avoid that, the house of wessex will utterly dominate europe and indeed the world for the next 200 years at least. Nothing short of a huge internal or colonial rebellion is going to shake them, unless the aforementioned economic disaster does. As for industrial times, that is too far in the future to predict.
What an epic saga this was, especially for a basic ckii game. The oncoming release of ckiii adds some poignancy to this ending as well. This story was began around the same time as I joined the forums in the first place, and here now it ends.
I do wonder what lies next. Obviously the colonial game for the next century at least is going to be utterly dominated by brittainia. This will inevitably lead to a great delay of wealth but if not handled correctly, also economic ruin. This could well be the thing that splits the empire.
If however they avoid that, the house of wessex will utterly dominate europe and indeed the world for the next 200 years at least. Nothing short of a huge internal or colonial rebellion is going to shake them, unless the aforementioned economic disaster does. As for industrial times, that is too far in the future to predict.
What an epic saga this was, especially for a basic ckii game. The oncoming release of ckiii adds some poignancy to this ending as well. This story was began around the same time as I joined the forums in the first place, and here now it ends.
Indeed, the saga finally ends. From October of 2016 to now April of 2020, I've been working on this project. A lot of writing, a lot of time spent thinking about it and a lot of effort by you, the readers, to follow this as I posted nearly every day. I cannot possibly thank every person that gave comment but I would like to give some specific thanks...
Over 4 different AARs and a ton of words, there have been some mainstays every single time. It will not come as a surprise that @stnylan has commented the most on these stories (because he's so good at it and also one of my very best friends that I've discussed this with often) but there are so many more! To @TheButterflyComposer , @Nikolai , @Bullfilter , @Asantahene , @JabberJock14 , @Specialist290 , @Idhrendur , @tpmcinty , @The Number 9 , @volksmarschall and @RhaegarTelcontarTargaryen - most of you have tried to stay current and keep up with my furious pace. Those of you that did not have at least let me know you wanted to. I don't know how many words I've written since 2016, but the lot of you have read quite a few! I cannot thank you enough!!!
There are a lot of others that I cannot single out here (for accounting purposes) but I want you to know that I value and appreciate every one of you! Every single comment made to this thread or the three that preceded it helped me move forward. I've said it so many times, but I do so for a reason...I could not have done this without your support and encouragement. It has been my pleasure to bring entertainment to this forum and also my pleasure that I knew others were interested and maybe even excited to read what I wrote! Thank you, thank you and thank you again!!!
I'll speak more to comments as they come, but one little thing - obviously Eadward IV did not reign for 89 years. That was due to me fiddling about with the save games and trying to get him on the throne. And it was a little disappointing not to see Eadgar and Uhtræd in that list. Also, I don't quite know why this Eadward has such a low score and is still called The Great? Yet, he did what he could and was definitely a scion of House Wessex.
This entire enterprise was based on the very first version of the game of CKII. No DLCs or anything else. I cheated a bit (as I've told you) to make the story fit. I'm proud of the gameplay but more than that, I'm proud of my writing here. Every single bit of it was fun. The game and the writing. And most especially your appreciation of it! I really cannot say it enough...THANK YOU!!!
Over 4 different AARs and a ton of words, there have been some mainstays every single time. It will not come as a surprise that @stnylan has commented the most on these stories (because he's so good at it and also one of my very best friends that I've discussed this with often) but there are so many more! To @TheButterflyComposer , @Nikolai , @Bullfilter , @Asantahene , @JabberJock14 , @Specialist290 , @Idhrendur , @tpmcinty , @The Number 9 , @volksmarschall and @RhaegarTelcontarTargaryen - most of you have tried to stay current and keep up with my furious pace. Those of you that did not have at least let me know you wanted to. I don't know how many words I've written since 2016, but the lot of you have read quite a few! I cannot thank you enough!!!
There are a lot of others that I cannot single out here (for accounting purposes) but I want you to know that I value and appreciate every one of you! Every single comment made to this thread or the three that preceded it helped me move forward. I've said it so many times, but I do so for a reason...I could not have done this without your support and encouragement. It has been my pleasure to bring entertainment to this forum and also my pleasure that I knew others were interested and maybe even excited to read what I wrote! Thank you, thank you and thank you again!!!
I'll speak more to comments as they come, but one little thing - obviously Eadward IV did not reign for 89 years. That was due to me fiddling about with the save games and trying to get him on the throne. And it was a little disappointing not to see Eadgar and Uhtræd in that list. Also, I don't quite know why this Eadward has such a low score and is still called The Great?
Yet, he did what he could and was definitely a scion of House Wessex. This entire enterprise was based on the very first version of the game of CKII. No DLCs or anything else. I cheated a bit (as I've told you) to make the story fit. I'm proud of the gameplay but more than that, I'm proud of my writing here. Every single bit of it was fun. The game and the writing. And most especially your appreciation of it! I really cannot say it enough...THANK YOU!!!
Bravo! A masterpiece reaches its conclusion. The final cadence in the Song of Wessex.
And thus we end with the image of an Elizabethan Age about to begin. A fine fine way for this AAR to sink into the sunset.
In my many years reading AARs I have come across some truly excellent depictions of characters. But I have to hand it to you my friend in Arthur you produced one of the most finely crafted characters I have ever read here. I ragged on him, I railed against him, I very much thought of him as the villain in this story. Indeed, I would go so far as to say the Dark Lord won (as it were) and that there is something very dystopic about this tale. He was (and is) the character I love to hate - and he was (and is) one of your greatest achievements in all the years I have known you.
Thank you for making him. And letting me into your confidences.
In my many years reading AARs I have come across some truly excellent depictions of characters. But I have to hand it to you my friend in Arthur you produced one of the most finely crafted characters I have ever read here. I ragged on him, I railed against him, I very much thought of him as the villain in this story. Indeed, I would go so far as to say the Dark Lord won (as it were) and that there is something very dystopic about this tale. He was (and is) the character I love to hate - and he was (and is) one of your greatest achievements in all the years I have known you.
Thank you for making him. And letting me into your confidences.
Also, I don't quite know why this Eadward has such a low score and is still called The Great?
The naming system in CKII remains a mystery to me. Why was Galahad 'the Wise'? Why was a bloodthirsty tyrant 'the Dove'? Why was the saintly queen 'the Bloody'? I suppose history really coloured their perceptions or in-game, their personalities and reputations are a lot different than we think! Eadward clearly had someone do some great marketing for him, or someone in the future really wanted to big him up for some reason...dare I say possibly some revisionist with an agenda trying to say the man before the great empress did all her work for her? I suspect something quite like that, sadly.
But who am I to say really? I suspect I've done enough speculation on this literary classic.
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Oh wait,
Actually, everyone go read that thread. Such positive energy.
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And so it ends - part of me is in a state of suspended belief! The Song of Wessex sung for the last time. I wonder whether you now have another project in mind, or will be taking a restful pause? You won’t know what to do with that extra time that’s suddenly available!
Anyway, by ‘tradition’, here are some comments on the final instalment (not sure how I missed the previous one).
Seems harsh but Wessexian, I suppose.
Thank you for the ride @coz1, it has been a grand one.
The Song of Wessex sung for the last time. I wonder whether you now have another project in mind, or will be taking a restful pause? You won’t know what to do with that extra time that’s suddenly available! Anyway, by ‘tradition’, here are some comments on the final instalment (not sure how I missed the previous one
).That must have been satisfying, just before the game ended!
Mwahaha - I bet it was!
Seems harsh but Wessexian, I suppose.Tragedy, but finishing with an Elizabeth, a little before her time? It fitted very nicely.
Thank you for the ride @coz1, it has been a grand one.