SirFozzie
02-07-2007, 12:11 AM
Greetings, fair reader. I am Alvaro de Souza, loyal Chamberlain to his most royal and August majesty, Juan II of Castile. It is the year of Our Lord, 1453.
I have recently been appointed to this position, and it is a sign of his Majesty's trust and confidence in my skills that he allows me to keep this diary, for future generations to read and understand.
Our situation is good at this time, we are questionably the largest and undoubtedly the greatest of the four nations that make up this section of the world.
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2338/startnn2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
We of course, are the land in the royal color of yellow. We have the greatest part of this section of Europe. Our loyal allies of Aragon are colored red on this map, and the provinces of Portugal are in green to our west.
That leaves one major nation to talk about, and that is the one that causes no amount of grief at the court. And that is our neighbors to the south, the Moorish nation of Grenada.
There are very many in our court who consider it an insult that this section of Europe has not fully converted to Christianity, and having a Sunni nation to the south, especially such a large one as Grenada, is an insult to our faith.
Of particular wroth is the King's religious advisor, Tomas de Torquemada who has declared that with nearly 100,000 souls in Moorish lands, we must think heavily about bringing them into our burgeoning lands, the better to convert them to the True Faith. I believe that his majesty is listening to him, and we may be headed for the dark days of war. I pray for our soldiers sake, that our victory is complete, total, and quick.
http://www.nndb.com/people/257/000111921/torquemada-1-sized.jpg
Tomas de Torquemada-Advisor to the King.
We have much to do in the next days. While his Majesty raises regiments for the campaign, he has asked me to hire those who would provide benefit to the Castillian court, as well as manage our burgeoning trade empire.
There are many long days ahead. May the most holy God bless and protect our land.
OOC:
Our goals
Short Term
1) Weaken the Moorish influence on the European continent. While Grenada as it stands is too big for us to swallow in one gulp, by taking Gibraltar (preventing the Moors from bringing allies from the south) and Almeria under the Castillian banner would isolate Grenada from all support and succor.
2)Form an alliance with Aragon to our east. As the two largest nations in the area, we must band together and dominate the continent!
Long Term:
1) Try to form Spain by diplomatically annexing Aragon (or becoming a Personal Union)
2) Guide our government into finding the new world. The Old World may have hundreds of nations influencing it. let the New World be Castillian! (or Spanish)
I have recently been appointed to this position, and it is a sign of his Majesty's trust and confidence in my skills that he allows me to keep this diary, for future generations to read and understand.
Our situation is good at this time, we are questionably the largest and undoubtedly the greatest of the four nations that make up this section of the world.
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2338/startnn2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
We of course, are the land in the royal color of yellow. We have the greatest part of this section of Europe. Our loyal allies of Aragon are colored red on this map, and the provinces of Portugal are in green to our west.
That leaves one major nation to talk about, and that is the one that causes no amount of grief at the court. And that is our neighbors to the south, the Moorish nation of Grenada.
There are very many in our court who consider it an insult that this section of Europe has not fully converted to Christianity, and having a Sunni nation to the south, especially such a large one as Grenada, is an insult to our faith.
Of particular wroth is the King's religious advisor, Tomas de Torquemada who has declared that with nearly 100,000 souls in Moorish lands, we must think heavily about bringing them into our burgeoning lands, the better to convert them to the True Faith. I believe that his majesty is listening to him, and we may be headed for the dark days of war. I pray for our soldiers sake, that our victory is complete, total, and quick.
http://www.nndb.com/people/257/000111921/torquemada-1-sized.jpg
Tomas de Torquemada-Advisor to the King.
We have much to do in the next days. While his Majesty raises regiments for the campaign, he has asked me to hire those who would provide benefit to the Castillian court, as well as manage our burgeoning trade empire.
There are many long days ahead. May the most holy God bless and protect our land.
OOC:
Our goals
Short Term
1) Weaken the Moorish influence on the European continent. While Grenada as it stands is too big for us to swallow in one gulp, by taking Gibraltar (preventing the Moors from bringing allies from the south) and Almeria under the Castillian banner would isolate Grenada from all support and succor.
2)Form an alliance with Aragon to our east. As the two largest nations in the area, we must band together and dominate the continent!
Long Term:
1) Try to form Spain by diplomatically annexing Aragon (or becoming a Personal Union)
2) Guide our government into finding the new world. The Old World may have hundreds of nations influencing it. let the New World be Castillian! (or Spanish)