CK2 - Aragon (and Jerusalem!): Nation (Empire?) of Destiny - COMPLETE!

[Abe Sargent]

Crusader Kings 2 w/ Sword of Islam, The Kingdom of Aragon

I've been wanting to play CK2 for a long while, but something else has always gotten in the way. Today, we end that, and I get my first chance to play the sequel for my 4th favorite game of all time (according to my Top 30 Video Games Dynasty). Let's get my feet wet!

In 1035, Aragon was made into a kingdom after Sancho III of Navarre died, and his realm was split among his heirs. It's a very small parcel of land, but historically, it becomes very important. The Kingdom of Aragon expands militarily and dynastically. By its height, not only has it added jewels in Iberia such as Valencia and Barcelona to its Crown, but it also has land in Greece, half of Italy, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Isles, and other small holdings in the Great Sea. It's my hope to turn this small, young one province nation into a nation with a similar parabola, with conquest in Iberia against the Moors and later in the Mediterranean.

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thanks!

I apologize ahead of time for spelling errors. 'm typing this on my new laptop as I play the game in front of me. I havent gotten used to the ne keys and such yet, and I miss them more often than I usually do.

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Our first and only province is Alto Aragon. We have 5 military, 9 economy and 11 culture in technology. Our Holdings include the Capital of Jaca, with a fort level of 4.5 and 6.5 taxes; the Barony of Loarre, with 4.5 fort level, and 6.5 gold in tax income; the Bishopric of Barbastro with 8.8 tax; and tthe City of Huesca, 13.4 tax and 0.4 fort. We have 913 troops in our levy. The holdings are new to e, ,and I just have to hope I can suss through them.

King Sancho is 24 and maried to 15 year old Isabel of Aragon. With no children, his heir is his sister. King Sancho is Cruel, Lustful, Gluttonous, Diligent and a Flamboyant Schemer. He has 7 Diplomacy, 7 Martial, 6 Stewardship, 12 Intrigue, and 7 Learning. Not bad scores at all. Queen Isabel has 5, 6, 6, 6, and 1, and since he gets half of those, shes not vey inspiring as either a wife or as the mother of my children.

King Sancho is King of Aragon, Duke of Aragon, Count of Alto Aragon and Baron of Loarre. The King title includes de jure the Duke of Barcelona, which is next to me and rocking four provinces. I am in the same house, House Jimena, as the King of Navarra, King of Castille, King of Leon and King of Galicia.

We have an Agnatic-Cognatic Gavelkind succesion. Limited Crown Authority, Free Invstiture, normal feudal levies, no feudal taxation, normal city levies, taxation, and church levies, with minimum church taxation. This all seems like a good place to be right now, and I am content to not switch anything around until I get my feet wet with the settings.

Several people have a claim on my throne, and most like me a lot. One is Princess Sancha of Aragon, who is in my court, and my sister. She liks me +56. Garcia, my Bishop of Barbastro is sitting at +19 and my brother. My half brother and Marshal is Sancho Ramirez, an he's just +9. Finally, my current heir, sister Urraca is the one who doesn't like me at -54. She's ambitious, and that accounts for a -50 on her record.

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My current council is:

Chancellor Esteban de Ayerbe, 11 diplo
Marshal Sacho Ramirez, 13 martial
Steward Mayor Enrique of Heusca, 15 stewardship
Spymaster Prince Garcia of Aragon, and Bishop of Barbastro, 4 intrigue
Court Chaplain Muno de Alquezar, 4 learning

I need a bump with my spy and chaplain when I can.

I emphasize infantry melee weapons, trade practice, and noble customs

I can choose from four ambitions, have son, daughter, amass wealth or become exalted. I can also chooe the plot to slay my wife. I do have a poor choice as a wife, but I don't know the plot system yet, so I'm going to go with have a male heir as my ambition.

I'm sending my steward out to collect taxes, my spymaer and chaplian to work on tech. With all of the Iberian Kings liking me, I send my Chancellor to France to improve relations. I don't care about anyone else right at the momnt, since i expect to blast the Duke of Barcelona at some point in time when I'm strong enough and I already am on good terms with my other neighbors. Finally, I send my Marshal to train troops, because I expect to hit someone fast if possible. I always like to hit as quickly as possible, adn the one proince Zaragoza Infidels are right next door and looking like a solid expansion arget. I would love to free my fellow Catholics from the yoke of their Moslim masters, and begin my own personal Reconquista.

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Oct 1, 1066 - Barcelona has declared war on Zaraoza, so I have to strike quickly . I assemble my troops in my nation and declare a de jure war for Zaragoza. It looks like a Holy War wil bring in a bunch of Islamic allies on their sid,e and I don't want that. Let's play this smart. In march my troops. I am not calling on allies.

Oct 8 - Battle begins! Our 906 troops are fighting their 271 troops.

Oct 9 - They call in aid from an ally, Calatayud. They muster another 280 troops to join the battle.

Oct 20 - Navarra and Najera, an independant county here are now in war as well, and we are not the onl one loking to strike quickly.

Oct 29 - The allied troop join their forces in the Battle of Zaragoza.

8 Nov - We end the battle and begin the siege with 682 troops surviving. Their army marches off. They have 284 defenders.

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17 Nov - I join a Holy War request by Galicia against Cadiz. I also marry one of my courtiers to King of Leon. I gain some money from it.

29 Nov - I marry another courtier to King of Castille

30 Nov - A failed sally by the defenders increasess the speed of our successful siege in Zaragoza.

18 Jan, 1067 - Anotehr failed sally by the defender.
My wife has matured well, she has become a grey eminance, and I promote her to spymaster.
21 May - Zaragoza falls

June 23 - Their forces arrive to push us out

July 15 - We rout and destroy their army.

5 Nov - After ping ponging with their ally's army for a while, Zaragoza surrenders to us. I dissemble my forces.


Zaragoza - Castillean, and Catholic, this province has the county capital of Zaragoza, which makes very little right now. It also has the Mosque of Caspe, whih makes 11.1 taxes, and a 1 fort, plus City of Alagon, 16. taxes and level 0.8 fort. Techs are 5, 12 and 10.

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With their army lagely destroyed by us, I decide to push and I declare de jure war on Calatayud. I reassamble my troops and order them in. My 674 troops move to their 125. I want to hit them while they have few troops, missing an ally, and the other Muslim nations are proccupied with a losing war against several major nations to the west.

Dec 3 - Battle begins

Dec 9 We defeat them and initiate a siege.

1 Feb, 1068 - Galicia won teh Holy War

3 Fe - An ally of the enemy arrives to dislodge us from Calatayud.

24 Feb - We win

10 March - They begin a siege of Zaragoza

15 June - They win a sally

15 July - We are struck by bandits

29 Aug - THe Queen is pregnant

2 Oct - Catalayud falls to us. I order my forces to clean up teh siege in Zaragoza.

30 Oct - We lift the siege of Zaragoza

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5 Nov - King Sancho the 1 is now known as The Fat

30 January, 1069 - We join another Holy War call by Galician King.

We also quick assaulted and took one of Catlayud's ally's towns today. LLeida

29 March - We have a son, Sancho II. I have fulfilled my ambition. I choose to have a daughter.

13 April - I disband my unit for a bit to reload and save some cash. Their units are all destroyed.

27 May - A prisoner I captured deamnds better treatment, so I relent and give him a house arrest. Christians are merciful.

I appoint Prince Garcia my Court Chaplain with a 9 learning.

22 June - The Paris mission is successful as a noblean there takes to us.

29 June - The Pope has died and been replaced with Felix IV

3 July - Our Marshal creates an event to give us even more reinforcemet in our cptial province for the next year

10 Novemeber - I'v played ping pong with a few small armies that arose from th besieged provinces aafter I caled my army back up, and finished them off. I have a ne courtier with an 18 martial stat and I make him my new guy,

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2 January 1070 - We join the King of Leon against his rebelling vassals.

I just noticed that Navarra took that small province they warred against earlier.

3 March, 1071 - After a quiet year, I order a town market in the city of Hucsca

2 February, 1072 - I revoke the Mayor of Alagon, in Zaragoza, a Moslem gentleman, from his job, and he accepts.

4 May - Our wife is pregnant again

21 June - A great courter named Muno comes with a learning of 15 and he becomes my new Chaplain

20 July - The King of Leon won his war against his rebels

9 Sept - I make the pissed off Sancho Sanchez, who really doesn;t like me, Mayor of Alagon, becasue it doesn't have enough power to threaten me.


5 December - A daughter is born to us, Ermesinda - I finish my ambition

I choose the only ambition left, Amass wealth

22 January, 1073 - More good news from paris and my diplomat there

Apr 23, 1074 - We take Calatayud, finally.

Calatayud - Castilian, Catholic, Capital of Calatayud with 5.7 tax and 4 fort, CIty of Alhama de Arago, 17.7 tax, 0.8 fort, and Mosque of Piedra, 11.9 tax, 1 fort. For some reason, the Emir has remained in charge of this province, and is my vassal, which is unlike what happened with Zaragoza.


Time to consolidate my holdings. I want to slowly remove my Moslems from places of power in the various Holdings.

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9 May - Another Holy War we were in has ended.

3 Aug - We get some cash from an event triggered by our Steward.

I will not be telling you abot tech advances, because they happen one province at a time.

1 Dec - I order work on Huesca's Guild Hal

16 January, 1075 - We get another call to arms, this time from Castille, and I join their Holy War.

My wife has become stressed so I appoint a new spymaster

23 Feb - The Duke of Barcelona was captured in war with a nearby Moorish enemy.

25 March - Wife is pregnant

9 Apr - I make myself Sancho II's guardian

29 Aug - My spymaster died of leprousy, my wife wants to beome it again and she's no longer streesed, so I agree

21 Septemeber, I revoke the Mosque of Caspe and turn it back into the Bishopic of Caspe in Zaragoza.

12 October - I ransom a pair of prisonersfor 50 gold

24 October - Meet Ramiro, our second son

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7 January, 1076 - I upgrade Zaragoza castle to low stone wall and our captial, Jaca, with ashallow castle moat.

6 May - My guys are losing the war against Toledo, so I organize my troops and march them to Castellon to besige them.

10 June - My son, for whom I am the guardian, gains gained gregarious.

7 Aug - Our siege is increased by an enemy in the midst, and I think Toledo is moving our way after capturing a Leonese province, becuase they are backtracking their hugh 2. k army ito their territory and I can only suspect it is to relieve the siege.

18 Aug - Sorry, they actually ere going in the opposite direction. I misread it


11 Sept - The Mayor of Heusca passed, and left my Steward position open. Replacing is a great guy, who has a 20 martial score! I appoint Garcia as my Steward, and I grant Caspe, the Bishopric in Zaragoza to my Marshal, who really liked me already. This clears up my Marshal for my new guy without hurting the feelings of my good marshal, who loses 20 happiness with me due to the remvoal of his marshal but gains 20 for the barony. I also get a very loyal vassal in the same place as my unloyal brother in law who has the city there.

30 Dec - A giant Moslim army arrived in Valencia and is moving to my siege to protest it. I wait until two ays bfore they arrive and disband my army. It did what it needed to do, distract them. Meanwhile,the King of Navarra catured one of the Muslim provinces, but Leon itself fell to them, so it's very much in heir side, and I hope I helped in a small way (I won;t fight and lose and reduce the war score any further).

14 Feb, 1077 - They defeated the Navarra army in their province of Molina but didn;t even bother to retake it and move back to the real front.

17 May - I order a moat in Zaragoza's captal.

29 July - Leon is recaptued by our team

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10 March, 1078 - Our new Steward, Prince Garcia, has brought peace to our realm.

20 Apr - I recall my Chancellor to sow dissent in Urgell, vassal of the Duke of Barcelona

27 Apr - After a victory in a jousting tournament, Sancho the Fat has become a duelist, and gained a Martial score.

2 June - 100 Toledo troops arrive in my newest province to begin a siege. I order 300 troops assembled in Zaragoza to move to oust them.

26 June - They ran away.

24 July - They arrivin Castellon again to bei another siege, but this is a small army I just want to annoy the enemy with

3 October - Sancho II gained Cynical and gained an intrigue in addition.

13 Oct - Our alliance just ended the capture of a Leonese province by Toledo

9 Dec - I have my wife becoem guardian of our daughter

10 Feb, 1079 - 900 rebels just appeared in the nearby one province Emirate of Albarracin

11 May - I declare war on Albarracin and try to capture it since it's under serious problems it seems - we claim a de jure casus belli on it.

I order troops to converge on it.

We have 1296 troops from Aragon province, 200 from Zaragoza. I leave the others alone for now.

2 June - The Holy War vs Toledo is won by Leon and Castille and us.


2 July - We defeated the rebels and have 1120 troops left to besiege Albarracin.

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15 September - I join another Holy War from Galicia.

2 February, 1080 - The Caliph calls for a Jihad in Sicily.

20 Feb - We win our siege.

I disband the Zargoza and ours,to move them to our captial.

6 June - I order a Castle Village in Jaca.

12 Dec - My son, Sancho II gained Patient

6 Feb, 1081 - My wife is with child again

8 Sept - Say hello to Isabel, our daughter.

17 Sept - Jihad for Sicily was successfl (secretly I'm happy)

2 Nov - I make myself guardian for my seond son.

5 Dec - Sancho II gained Charitable

6 Jan, 1082 - Sancho II gained Honest, which is not that good, because of the loss of intrigue.


I order a Castle Village a Zaragoza castle as well

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10 May - My oldest son is Ill.

31 July - Our CHancellor reports success in Urgell fomenting dissent

19 May, 1083 - I'm going to skip teh traits gained by my 2nd born son such s Gluttonous and Gregarious, and just concentrate on the primary heir.

12 Sept - I move my Marshal to work on tech instead of trainign armies

24 November- King Sancho the Fat has been wounded in battle against smal group of 50 moors that had tried to assault Zaragoza.

28 Nov - More distrust sown between Urgell and the Duke of Barcelona.

2 jan, 1084 - We order a Cstle Town in Loarre, in Alto Aragon.

25 July - After seeding a few small gifts and some honorary titles, all ofmy vassals have positive relations with me. Why, because after we get to peace, I want to switch my heritage.

8 Sept - Our son is no longer ill.

10 Feb, 1085 - The wound healed, leaving behind scars

Most of Leon has ben captured by Moslims

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March 30 - My son hs become 16 and an Elusive Shadow. This gives his a very powerful slae of some abiltiies. Here he iis:

Sancho II - Elusive Shadow, Gregarious, Cynical, Patient, Charitable, Honest,

Diplomacy - 17 - Amazing
Martial - 8 - Solid
Stewardship - 2 - Uh oh
Intrigue - 18 - Amazing
Learning - 3 - Wow

So, he ended up very two note. I need to marry him to somone with a very high stewardship to counter this. In the meantime I am making him my new Chancellor.

Let's find a wife. THis is our first opportunity to select someone to carry on the line. I want to make a perect choice

Ater looking and looking hard and finding nothing but one person who is hands and tails above the rest, I'm going to gamble.

Say hello to Alpais, a simple Courtier in Tulousse. Here she is, stats first!


Age 16
22, 6, 11, 11, 11

Grey Eminance, Genius, Kind, Just, and...

Homosexual

We'll gamble that the infertility hit with her won't be too bad. She's perfect otherwise

11 April - The marriage is agreed to, and I take some gold.

Their combination in diplomacy will be staggering. If they have a good Chancellor watch out!

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Now, something interesting happened while we were waiting for our bride to arrive. The two province Islamic nation of LLeida has split into two and each has gone their seperate way. This gives me an opening to exploit.

15 April - We have taken Albarracin after they offer to become our liege.


Albarracin - Castillian, Catholic, Holdings - Albarracin - County Capital with 4.5 fort, 5.9 taxes; City of Temel, 21.6 tax, 1.2 fort; Mosque of Hijar, 1.3 tax, 1.5 fort


Our new vassal comes in with a 20 positive relationship with Sancho the Fat

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20 Apr - I move to medium crown authority, so I can revoke infidel titles - but I can't get it pased - it seems that those in teh de jure crown of Aragon can vote gainst it, such as the Duke of Barcelona.

24 May - I cancel it.

4 July - Galicia lost their Holy War a lot of land in teh east went to the Moors, and I gained a ton of courtiers flocking from the area. I take a look at the new blood. I have a 23 diplo guy I make my new Chancellor and I move my son to Spymaster.

Now that I have no wars, it's time to move my inheritance. I check, but i can;t I need a higher crown authority to move to primogeniture. Ah well.

5 October - This is a call to arms from Galicia, against Castille and a Sultan, for claims against Leon. I don't join them - the rest of Leon has been absorbed by Castille. I don't want to war against Castille.

I revoke the money plot and get one to revoke the Count of albarracin

I begin my plot, and gather allies - first I gather Bishop Julian of Caspe. Next I talk with Mayor of Huesca. Both join me.

9 Oct My son joins my plot.

13 Oct - Prince Garcia joins me

I send an Ultimatium to the Count with a letter.

18 Oct - The Count won't back down. We go to war.

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2 Dec -We win in Albarracin

5 March, 1086 - Welcome our grandson, Sancho III

24 August - We win the siege

12 Oct - The Mayor o Huesca died I appoin a new Marshal. Julian has the post agan

24 Nov - My youngest daughter is a genius, and she has become trusting.

2 Dec - Urgell declared independace. It's currently in war with Barcelona. I order my Chncellor to Najera to sow dissent there.

17 January, 1087 - Sancho the Fat has passed away at the age of 44.

Sancho II has taken over. This means a couple of changes are in place. First of all, his brother takes over as Count of Zaragoza, since the titles split. Secondly, the war is over and Albarracin is back in the fold like nothing happened. I was hoping I could force them out faster thi way than revking the title, but I see that's not likely.


The old Marshal is no longer in our court since he was in Zaragoza, so we need a new one an a 17 marshal is found - Alonzo. We need a new Spymaster, and go with Pedro, who ha an ambition to become a spymaster and is at 13.

Our new ambition is to have a daughter, since the oldone was fulfilled to have a title.

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28 Sept - We accept a call to arms for Leon/Galicia after being attacked by the Moors.

19 March, 1088 Castle Village ordered i Albarracin's capita

11 Mar - Leon and Garcia crowns have been joined and a few province shifted to Galicia in peace with Castille.

17 - April I upgrade to a Portculliz in Jaca and arrow slits in Loarre

10 May - Meet our daughter, Rosa - ambition fulfilled

I decide on a Revoke Albarracin title, but I try to actually revoke it to see what happens. no actual plot or anything. It woked, we get the county to us, and gained one permanent point of intrigue. Now I send a couple of gifts to disappointed vassals.

I order a City Bazaar in Teruel in Albarracin

I chose the prestige ambition

13 Sept, I give my youngest sister to my mother to raise.

28 Sept - We accept a call to arms for Leon/Galicia after being attacked by the Moors.

19 March, 1088 Castle Village ordered i Albarracin's capital

23 July - Two provinces have already been aptured from the Leon/Galician King, and their army is in the 6500 range.

1 Dec - Militia training ground ordered in Jaca

6 Dec - My sister became a grey Eminance. Just like her mother.

18 January, 1089 - We have bethroed our sister to the King of England, who is 15. We gain some prestige from marrying their house.

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17 March - 6 provinces are now under the ownership of the Moslims

2 Sept - Leon/Galicia lost and the Muslim Almoravids took five provinces from what was once Galicia.

18 Oct - The marriage occurs

20 Feb, 1090 - Lleida is captured by Barcelona, which is not good news, because I wanted it first before I attacked Barcelona

I need to grab Taragona before anyone else does - it's the last small Islamic state near us.

I declare war on Tarragona, with another de jure CB.


27 March - I have combined my forces from Alto and Alba... into one army of 1500 and move it into Tarra to fight the 400 defenders.

1 April - Bad news on the Day of the Fool as we find out that a major state allied with Tarragona


23 Apr - We win in Tarragona

2 July - I risk an assault and we win, capturing teh province.

24 Aug - I defeat their army remnants in Zaragoza and they flee

26 Aug - The Pope has declared aCrusade for Sicily

5 OCT - We crushed their allies as they arrived to break off the conquest of Tarragona

2 Dec - We finish offboth armies in Albarracin

25 January, 1091 - The Tarragonians surrenderto us and don;t stay in charge. It's wierd.


Tarragona - Catalan, Sunni, Tarragona county capital, 4.0 fort, no tax right now, 4.2 base tax; , Bishopric of Sant Cugat, 1 fort, no tax base tax is 8.4; City of Tostosa, 23.4 bas tax, 25.7 righ now, 1.2 fort

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Iberia in January 25, 1091

While our personal Reconquista is going along fine, the rest of Catholic Iberia is suffering badly. My original plan was to get to six and the challenge Barcelona at four provinces and slowly take it's lands. Now we are each at 5, so a battle is not as likely to stick. The Duke of Asturias, to the east of Castille is the remannts of the Leon/Galicia Kingdom that was just smashed. Theres been too much war by the Catholics. Their men are in smaller and smaller armies as they wage war too muh, and then you add in the devastating wars between each other, and they can't hold off the Moors. My issue is what happens when the Moslims stop chewing through most o Iberia and smash into me. Even if I'm sitting at 8 or 9 provinces after successfully gobbling much of Barcelona's Duchy, I'm still having an issue with manpower. I need holy orders or mercenaries or something. think I'm going to save some coin for emergency mercenaries.

So, 25 years in, and we need to get some more expansion to protect us long term.

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30 Apr - I appoint Muno, my Court Chaplain, Bishop of the new Bishopric in Tarragona.

I also send him to convert that populace

Toledo has declred war on Barcelona and I don't think they can stand if Toldo smashes them hard. I check my armies. While Barcelona's forces are out, I may want to hit and take Barcelona.

8 June - THe Mayor of Tortosa in Tarragona converts to Catholic.

8 Sept - Barcelona is hammered by Toledo (The Dhunnunids). I DOW THem for Barcelona.

8 Oct Our King gains Brave

11 Oct - Siege of Barcelona begnas

Dec 22 - Toledo capture Lleida

4 Feb, 1092 - Wife pregnant

11 Mar - I will be my son's guardian

14 Mar - Urgll falls

25 July - Son gains Pride

29 - July - Barcelona fall to us

3 Sept - We begin the siege of Rosello

12 October - Meet my second son, Ernesto

29 April, 1093 - Rosell falls to us

14 My - I will raise Rosa myself

2 June - After being freed by Castillean allies, we begin to siege Urgell

13 Aug - A quick siege and assault captures a place sieged and captured twice already in the past year.

Barcelona - Catalan, Catholic, Barcelona - County Capital, 5.9 bse tax, 4.5 fort; Barony of Osona, 5.9 base tax, 4.5 fort; Bishopric of Vic, 8.4 base tax, 1.0 fort; Barony of Manresa, 5.9 base tax, 4.5 fort;

I order a Castle Town in Barcelona proper

The provinces we had are freed, so their war score drops with teh Moors, and Castillian army of 2200 is currently beseging LLeida to free it.

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24 August - Sancho III is now Patient.

13 October - LLeida freed and battle is about to ensue between their two big armies.

11 Dec - Castille loses but brings the Moslem nation to 2000

6 August, 1094 - Successful Crusade in Sicily.

3 September - The Barcelona war is just give and take. A land is capture, and then freed.

9 December, 1095 - After a quiet year in which the only news was about my daughter, the Catholics have pushed back the Dhunnunids (Toledo) from Barcelona. This creates an interesting possibiity. Assuming that they push into the Toledo area to start capturing provinces, I am in an interesting place. If Castille, Barcelona and myself all attack Toledo and grab a province or two - We're going to be in a good place. I have more than 650 gold for mercs if I need them. So if I go to war against them and a quick peace ensues and I am isolated, I still have a chance for victory. I can buy a few thousand troops to keep the fight on. Meanwhile, with the complete failure of Catholics in the west against the Moors, by joining the war against Toledo, I also help to distract and plit up the forces of them, and hopefully to allow Barcelona or Castille, especially Castille, to take some land.

I want to consolidate my holdings, but I am also an opportunist. Plus, every province captured thus far is in the King of Aragon de jure, so there've een no major issues, no rebels, nothing.

I want to consolidate my holdings, but I am also an opportunist. Plus, every province captured thus far is in the King of Aragon de jure, so there've een no major issues, no rebels, nothing.

Since my main army did a few sieges and an assault, it's down to about 870 soldiers. Those from my other provinces will be about 1k in troops total.

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Jan 1, 1096 - A large army of troops from Provence comes to assist us against the Muslims. I declare Holy War against Valencia, because I can take more than one province that way.
I decide to go ahead and pick up some mercs now. I hire 3000 troops just 225

Feb 6 - I begin a small siege of Molina, with a small amry of 680 people, to keep the pressure on our foes -
7 March - Valenca has been captured by Navarra and Castille, and Castellon is under siege by Provence and Barcelona, and we have begun a siege of Denia. Leon captured Cuenca a couple of months ago, bu they just recapturd it. I move my large army to Cuenca, to take out their main army f 1700.

Hopefully, this is our Catholic push to reclaim momentum.

17 April - We win a major battle and slay 1200 of their foes in Cueca, and I order my troops to follow their army remnants to La Mancha.

12 May - We win in La Mancha and I order my mercs to Valnecia to follow their army while I split off the rest of my forces to join he siege in Molina.

6 May - I begin a small siege of Molina, with a small amry of 480 people, to keep the pressue on our foes -

29 May - Peace is made and now I am soloing a war with Toledo. I'm glad I have those mercs already here.

1 June - We arrive at Valencia and begin to attack their forces here.

11 June - We win and I order our mercs to Castellon to follow them

2 July - We've captured some prisoners, and won in Castellon. I order our mercs to keep on their army

7 July - A one province Moslim Emirate joined Toledo in their war against me

5 Aug - We have routed their last army in Calatayud, and order my mercs to Castellon to begin a siege.

17 ug - Molina falls and I order my forces to Cuena to siege them.

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7 Sept - A large army of 3000 Moors has been merged against us, so I order my armies to combine in Valencia and break off the siege to face it.

10 Nov - I get a gift of gold from teh Pope of hundeds of credits.. I buy another batch of 3000 mercnaries.

20 Dec - After a long battle, we win in Cuenca.

12 Jan, 1097 - I split my army to have one half one run after the losing foes and the other half to siege.

10 June - We've been ping ponging many of their armies while I siege La Mancha and Valencia with my other two armies.

11 Sept - Valenica falls and I order those troops to Castillon

23 Sept - We marry our sister, Isabel to the 16 year odl King of Croatia

25 Sept - La Mancha falls to our mercs.

17 Nov - We assault and take Calatrava with our new merc army

5 Dec - We defeat another army they managed to rally of 1850 in Granada as thyr fled and I chased them

31 January, 1096 - I assaulted and captured Toledo with my new mercs.

12 Feb - Valencia falls to us

15 Apr - After an assault, Denia falls to us

5 May - Their final province falls to my new army and I now have every province of the Dhunnunids


7 May - They offer peace, and I have won a holy war. I have gained three provinces, and expanded massively. Now let's look around and se where we are. By the way, we ended the war with 149 gold, so we really worked that gold. I disband my mercs

Denia - The farthestmost province in the three province Duchy of Valencia, Andalusian and Sunni, Holdings - Captial is Denia, base tax f 4.2, fort of 4; Elx Bishopric, 8 base tax; Alacant CIty, 14.9 base tax, 1.2 fort. This province is south of Valenica, northeast of Murcia, and east of Almasa, right on the water.

Valenica - The eye of the area, Aldalusian, Sunni, holdings - Valenica Capital - 4.2 base tax, 4 fort; City of Gandia, 17.9 base tax, 1.2 fort; Bishopric of Xativa, 8 base tax; Barony of Alacus, 4.2 base tax and 4 fort.

Castellon - Andalusian, Sunni, Castello Captial - 4. bse tax, 4.5 ort; Nules Bisphoric, 8 base tax; City of Alpuente, 17.9 base tax, 1.2 fort

All of these provinces I own everything. I have a bajillion to many holdings.

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20 May - I ransom some prisoners for credits.

I give Denia to one of my courtiers, Vela Vermudez. I am giving him the County and all lower titles as well . That pulls several off my radar.

I give my Marshal the City of Gandia, in Valencia. The City of Alpunte in Casellon is given to an older courtier. I hand Nules, the Bishopric from V to an old courtier who is very loyal to me already, and I appoint a new Marshal with a 19 martial skill, and I grant him th Bishric of Xativa as wel.. This dropped me to 9 holdings in my desmesne, and I have nine max.

Map time

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You can see several major changes to the area after the Catholics fought back. We are now at the farthest extent that Aragon expanded into the Moors in Iberia. Add the rest of Barcelona and the Balearic Isles to our and, and we have everything Aragon had, and that's everything Aragon has in its Kingdom - save for one province of Barcelona in France.

Expansion so far has been easy with the de jure claims against various foes. But to take additional land we nly have Holy War cb, and that brins in a lot of other Sunni enemies. as you can see, we have sevearl future expansion opportunites in Marrakech and along the coast the south west.

On western Iberia, you an see where France came in and too a province, and another province falls to the Catholics as well, and the powerful Islamic state broke up and is fighting a war against its daddy. This is exactly what we need to see. As of right now, with these three provinces, we are undoubtedly the strongest Catholic power in Iberia. Castille has been invloved, but it hasn' been expanding massively or anything.

I ned to consolidate my holdings, convert some provinces to Catholic, and so forth. This will only happen with time. I don't have the forces to fight others, so I need to focus on upgrading and growing. These lands taken were done due to opportunity no and an eye towards weakening the Moors for later.

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6 June - I reject a Call to Arms request from Castille against Leon and various Catholci wars. We have to stop tis internecine fighting and focus on the bad guys.

14 August, Barcelona is trying to revoke rosello's barony and a internal war started.

4 Nv - THe Bishop of Hijar has passed. I decide to give it and all of the county of Albarracin to my really good ad loyal Chancellor who becomes the Count of Albarracin.

I begin sme upgrades in Barcelona's two castles - Arrow Slits in Osona and Archery Range in Barcelona proper

29 - Nov I appoint Prince Garcia as the Guardian for Ernesto.

6 Dec - I move my Chancellor to sow dissent in Murcia against Marrakech.

A Holy War broke out against Barcelona and several smaller nations - the Amirids in the Balearic Isles.

11 Mar, 1099 - Navarra arrived and drove off the Amirids from BArcelona.

With a destroyed army, this is the time to attack the Amarids, but I am consolidating, not growing.

22 April - I order Guard Quaters in Osona (Barcelona province)

8 June - Our King has fallen Ill

22 June - Here comes 4000 troops from the Aftasids to join teh Holy War against barcelona.

17 July - A book is pressed into my King's hands, and he gains 20 piety after saying Hey Wait!

28 July - I have read the book and become a Scholar.

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13 August - The Catholic forces of Barcelona have been destroyed by the Aftasids.

6 Oct - The Illness has passed

1 Nov - Revolt in Calatyud - 1800 peasants are attackign the captial. I assemble my armies and march there.

25 Dec - As a Christmas gift, the rebellion has been defeated.

13 Feb, 1100 - We order Low Stone Wall in Valencia's capital, and Alacuas Barony there as well.

1 Mar - I have a tough event with my daughter I'm raising I can choose to give her Zealous and I ose Cynical, or not. Cynical drops your Piety monthly, but it also gives one two intrigue. Tha's a nice bonus, and at 354 piety, it's not like we're hurting. If this were my primary heir, I'd do it, but it's not so I'm keeping Cyncial.

31 - March - Sancho III gains Brave

1 April - Rosllo falls to Genoa. Castille has joined Holy War against Toledo a few months ago and are being besiegd in Soria by troops counting 3200. I wish there were a diplomatic action to offer to join them. Wait, I check, and there is. Awesome. I join their war, and I buy som mercs so I don;t hve to fight this fight on my own.

7 May - They've captured Toledo province itself. I send my 3000 troops along with 1440 of my own in Alto Aragon to relieve the Siege in Soria.

10 July - Battle begins between our forces and theirs.

16 AUg - We crush them and our King, gains prestige for leading this glorious battle. We reduced their army to 259 fom 3200 and we stil have 3700.

3 Dec - -We capture Cuenica.

19 Jan, 1101 - We crush their army in Valencia, and I led my armies back and just chase with the mercs.

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12 May - Conversion of the populace in Tarragona to Catholic. I send my Chaplain to Castllon.

11 June - We capture Molina, and then I disband my mercs. Hopefully that helps Castille!

4 July - Revolt in Valenica

14 Sept - Revolt ended

15 Oct - Pregnant wife.

17 February, 1102 - With our aid, Castille has gained the thre provcnes so fthe Duchy of Toledo - Toledo, Cuenca, and Molina. With a strong Castille between me and the Moors, I feel a lot more comfortable.


5 March - Sancho III became 16 and is an Elusive Shadow like his father

Sancho III

Dip - 13; Mar - 9; Stew - 5 Intri - 19; Learning - 6

Brave, Ambitious, Kind, Proud, Patient,

Seems a lot like his father - we make him my new Spymaster

Wife time. My favorite choice is a Countess, so if I marry my heir to her, he goes to her court. I don't like that.


22 March - My son is married and I take the gold

Gyrid Olafsdatter, 20



15, 10, 18, 5, 9

Fortune Builder, Quick, Just, Gregarious, Proud, Kind, Charitable

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23 April - I take a Call from Arms from Duke Olf I of Ostlandet against some random

16 May - Our third son is born - Nuno

15 Aug - I demanded that Count Muhammad of Calatayud convert to Catholicism and he agreed

5 oct - Rosello wwas captured by Genoa

20 October - My wife is again pregnant

19 March, 1103 - I order a Medium Stable built in Barcelona

10 May, Princess Rosa became an Elusia Shadow like her father and tutor, and is now 16. I did this so she can be a nice spymaster for her husband. I betroth her to the grandosn of the Duke of Provence, who is 15.

21 May - Meet my 2nd daughter, Violante

15 Aug - My mother, the Queen, has died.

18 Aug - That war in Scandinavia has ended

2 Oct - A son is born to my heir, they name is Fadrique

18 Dec - I appoint Mohammad my Chancellor, with his 26 diplomacy skill

2 Feb, 1104 - I order Medium Barracks in Osana (Barcelona)

7 Mar This year, we've ended some plots, and stolen technology from the Moors with my son spying on them.

29 Apr - The marriage between Rosa and Bertran goes forward

9 July - I have gained Kind after offering the warmth of our house to a mentally challenged knight.

[Alf]

As an son of Aragonese family, I'll follow along !

[Abe Sargent]

As an son of Aragonese family, I'll follow along !



Awesome and welcome!

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1 September - We have rebuilt my forces from previous escapades, and I am mulling over some nice targets. The Isles? Barcelona? I don't want to expand eastward until I have all of my ducks in a row with the Duke of Barcelona.

I have a way of doing that. I have a 50 year old courtier with a claim on the Duke of Barcelona title. I can press his claim, take Barcelona in one stroke, and gain three provinces. I can't wait on him fo much longer, as he ould die anytime. I was waiting until the war with the Balearic Islaes was over, but that does not look like its happening.

15 Sept - I push his claim for the Duke title against his brother, Duke of Barcelona

I do not call on any allies

I send 1300 troop into Urgell from Alto Aragon. I will move my 1600 troops from Tarragona and Barcelona into Lleida.

23 Sept - I join a war between Galicia and a Sultanate on teh east side of the Peninsula.

11 Oct - We defeat them in LLeida and initiate a siege after capturing and ransoming two prisoners.


1 June, 1105 - After a quiet year of besieging, my Chaplain has converted Castellon, and I send him to Valencia

I also give the County of Castellon t my son.

8 Oct - LLeida falls to us - I order my troops to Empuries

22 Nov - I create som additional armies in Zaragoza and Albarracin to support our forces in the field

13 Feb, 1106 - We capture Urgell

17 Nov - We capure most of Empuries and they offer peace. We install Duke Berenguer Ramon as Duke of Barelona, and he gets teh three proinces from the Duchy


Urgell - Adjacent to Alto Aragon, this Catalan Catholic province is Urgell Proper, a castle with base tax of 5.9 and 4 fort; City of Pallars with base tax of 17.9 and 08 fort; Barony of Puigerda, 5.5 base tax and 3 fort

Empuries - Captial is Empuries with 7.9 base tax and 4.5 fort; City of Girona rocking 20.4 base tax, 0.8 fort; Barony o Cerdanya, base tax of just 4 and 3 fort. Catalan and Catholic

Lleida - Also Catalan and Catholic, Lleia is captial with 5.7 base tax and 4 fort; Cervera, city with 12.4 base, 1.2 fort; Bishopric of Solsona with 8.2 tax and 0.5 fort.

We finish the war with 509 coins.

We do have a claim on Rosello in case we want to make it later. The Duke is happy right now, but really wants both Tarragona and Barcelona, which we currently have to oursleves. That will displease him later.

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6 Feb., 1107 - I end a plot to assassinate the Duke of Barcelona by his brother

A ton of internecine strife in the Moslim world right now.

21 Feb, 1108 - Valenica converts!

I send our Chaplain to Denia

3 May - I press a de jure claim against Mallorca, and declare war against them. I want to push their conflcit.

2 June - We begin the siee of Mallorca with 1822 units

I will be educating my 3rd son

29 Sept - Conversion of Denia!

12 Oct - Prince Ernesto became a Scholarly Theologian

22 May, 1109 - We have captured Mallorca, and we take it frm them permanetly.

Mallorca - Andalusian, Sunni wit Acudia as the captial wit base tx at 7.9 nd 4.5 fort; Bishopric of Palma, base tax of 8; and City of Eivissa, with base tax of 23.8 and 2.1 fort. I make my second born son Bishop of Palma here. I send our Chaplian here as well.

I give my daughter to my wife to raise

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24 July - Stole some more tech with my Spymaster in Moorish Lands

What I'm doing now is preparing for the big push later. I want to grab the stuff I need to now, so that later, I have nothing to flank me, surpise me, or anything else.

I just finished selling some more ransoms after the battle we captured, and i puchase a new Holding in Alto Aragon. We order a new city built.

13 October - I request and am granted Guardianship of my grandson, Fadrique

Genoa has delcared Holy War versus Minorca, the last province out here in the Balearic Isles. I'm tempted to break the truce to get it first. I have to war with Genoa for Rosello later, so I don't want to do one, then wait, then do the other. If I break the truce, I lose 20 relations with Moslim leaders and 100 prestige. That's not that much.


Let's do it



25 Oct - We defeat the local army and begin the siege

22 Dec - We have captured Minorca with Genoan assastance and take it


Menorca - Andalusian, Sunni, Ciutadella is the capital with 4.2 base tax; City of Mao with 23.6 base tax. The city has a Mayor that serves us.

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20 Feb, 1110 - We are granted a 200 gold gift from the Papacy.

19 March - the Mayor of Tortosa died.

7 Apr - The Pope has died and we ave a new one Urban II

25 Apr - I have a new grandson

3 May - Fadrique gained Greedy

18 July - The Duke of Galicia won independance against the Moors.

25 Dec - Mayor of Eivissa has converted to Catholicism

5 Jan, 1111 - Portcullis ordered for Loarre


9 Apr - Provence was just taken by the HRE from France

Just as an FYI, Our old Duke married young and has spit out two boys

26 May - Fadrique is now patient

24 July - We stole more tech

In Alto Aragon, teh City of Alquezar is complete. It has a base tax of 12, and i apoint Jaime de Albarracin as the Mayor.

1 Aug -Mayor of Gandia passed. Our new Mayor is amazing. He's a Genius, Scholar, Brillant Strategist, and I appoint his 23 martial skill as y new Marshal.

1 Nov - I put a Large Archery Range in Loarre

(I get about 150 gold annually)

[Abe Sargent]

10 Feb, 1112 - A Successful Jihad for Anatolia

19 March - The Cathar Heresy appeared in Calatayud.

8 April - I get a new courtier with a stewardship of 17 nd I appoint him my Steward. I also give teh Barony of Osona in Barcelona o one of my lesser courtiers

1 June - I order a Small Barracks in Jaca

27 June - Fadrique became envious

26 July - The Mayor of Eivissa passed Andres, the new one, is a two note character, with 16 marshal and 12 stewardship, but 1 or 2 in the other three stats.

14 Sept - Pope Urban II passed and Pope Leo X as ascended

1 Jan, 1113 - Knights of St John are formed. That's a huge weight of holy order I can call on. I easily have the Piety to call on them. I can get 7700 troops from te St. John order if I'm fighting Muslims or othr non-Catholics.

That's worth it

Time for that Holy War, before someone else grabs them

You see, Marrakech captured Almansa province some time ago, and now I can take both with war. The Almoravid Sultanate has taken it, and they won the wars with the Moslims in N Afrca, and they are huge. I could DOW Holy War for Murcia, to get both provines. Bring out the Knights for nohing but piety, i have 600 coin for the war and mercs, call on some Catholic allies to assist and blast the Sultanate.

It's jumping through a lot of hoops for just two provinces, but here they are - Murcia's three holdings have a base tax of 42; Almansa of 38. As a comparison, Denia is 26, Valencia, with four holdings is at 49, Castellon is at 32, Barcelona's four at 36. This is a very wealthy amd rich area. I'd like to expand my influence alonng the coast to places like Almeria and Granada afterwards.

Is it time yet?

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What I would need to do is strike hard and fast - take our targets without fear. The Almoravids stretch from th edge of Mali up the entire African Coast to Constanine and Bizerte just west of Tunis. They have all of that land, and then they also have the provinces in west Iberia south of the Cathlics and where the old Galicia is, plus the two provinces adjacent to me. If we could both hit them hard, it would be amazing. But in additon to the large oppoent we'd run into, we'd also have to face the possibility of allies joining them.

And it would all be for just two provinces. Murcia and Almansa.

The other possibility is to DOW the Dhunnunids and take the three provinces of Cordoba. Just one of those three has a lot of value. It's just th Knights are a great resource for someone with a lot of piety and fighting non-Catholcis and that's me.

When I declare war, I always do it with plans, and schemes and with a certainly that I will win, but I'm not certain here at all. It's a HUGE risk to fight a big foe who may ally up.

Let's do it!

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1 January, 1113 - I declare Holy War on the big bad for Murcia.

I spend 165 Piety to "hire" the Knights of St. John - Ther force of 7700 arrives in Alto Aragon. I join them with troop in Alto Aragon for a force of 9315. I order them to Tarragona. Meanwhile, I assemble my entire fleet to meet them there. 92 ships will rally in Tarragona, after ferrying troops on the coast to Denia, a launhing point for invasion into Murcia.

16 January - Castille joins our war

27 Jan - Asturias joins our war

5 Feb - Our merc + King army is loaded up, but I don;t take them to the siege, but to North Africa, to raid down there The Knights and King are to keep them occupied.

21 Feb - Navarrra joins our war, and we arrive at Al Djazair and begin a siege

I order my fleet to return, and I purchse some mercs to send back out now


4 Mar - The Siege of Murcia has begun

10 Apr - Siege of Almansa begins

18 Apr - Mercs loaded up and I send them across Africa as well, to Beni Yanni, where the siege begins in 29 Apr

10 Sept - A giant force arrives in Murcia, and I have to break off the siege in Almansa to lend aid.

4 Oct - We capture Al-D's first Holding

22 Oct - We win in Murcia, capture two pirsoners who I ransom for cash, and don;t have enough troops to keep up two sieges so we concentrate on Murcia

29 - Nov - Navarran troops defeat the fleeing army from Murcia.

8 Dec - We win the second siege in A-D

18 De - I assault the 3rd holding and capture it in Al-D

9 Jan, 1114 - We capture th first holding in Beni Yanni

12 Jan 0 We capture th first holding in Murcia

22 Jan - I assault and take teh seond hoding in Beni Yanni

30 Jan - We take the 2nd holding in Murcia

3 Feb - We capture the final holding in Al-D

12 Feb - We fully capture Murcia and Beni Yanni.

13 Feb - We get a peace proposal from the Muslims. they surrender, and we have won!

Murcia - Andalusian, Sunni - this is not in th crown of Aragon, but instead under the Crown of Andalusia and the Duchy of Murcia. Murcia proper is captial with 7.9 bas tax and 4.5 fort; Cartagena Cit is 18.3 base tax, 2. fort; Lorca Bishopric, 8 base tax

Almansa - Andalusian and Sunni, Almasa is capital with 5.9 base tax and 4.5 fort, Albacete City, 12.8 base tax, 2.1 fort; Hellin Bishopric 8 base tax; Barony of Tobarra, 4 base tax and 3 fort

I hand the Barony of Tobarra and the Cities and Bishoprics to my courtiers. I have to pay for some courtirs to join my court, because I ran out


I make my Steward Count of Menorca, and that drops my desmesne to enough to work with

We had a few deaths, the Count of Calatayud and my Chancellor died, as well as the Duke of Barcelona. Post ransoms, I have 13 gold left after all of that. A Jihad was called for Armenia. I suspect it's

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MAP TIME!!!


I thought we would have more opposition that one 4000k army in Murcia, but perhaps they were fighting in the Castillean front, or they had not had enough time to recoup after that big war with their co-religious buddies.

Anyway, as you can see, this map shows Castille's move into Toledo, ours into Barcelona, the Balearic Isles, and Murcia. Castille has gobbled more Catholic lands in the northwest. I'm not sure where my future expansion plans lie. Grenada perhas, as I go along the coast. Maybe that one Genoese provinces of Rosello which is the final de jure provinces belonging to my crown.

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2 March - We stole more tech from the Moors

22 April - Prince Garcia has passed.

16 May - Count of Denia has passed

3 June - Castille begins a Holy War for Cordoba and ask for asssist, which I grant, sinc ethey just helped me.

8 Aug - Baron of Manresa (Barcelona Province) died. The new guy is really strong

I make Mayor Abdallah, of Gandia in Valencia in chanrge of the Barony in Valencia as well - This was teh guy was was a Scholar Genius yadda yadda, who is also my Marshal

30 September - Fadrique is Temperate now


1 August, 1116 - The War is getting a bit back and forth betwween th epowers.

4 Aug - Fadrique is now Brave

13 Feb, 1117 I order Medium Stable in Jaca

15 Aug - Castille is moving to the losing side, so I summon a few armies and move to besiege La Mancha

18 September - Menorca converts! Becasue he's 79, I replae my Diocese Bishop with another and send Blasco to brng back the Heretics in Calatayud.

13 January, 1118 - The Knights Templar have been formed

That's a nasty duo, both have 7700 men if you have the Piety for both (I Do).

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30 Mar - We were driven out of La Mancha badly and I return my armies, having lost roughly 66% of my troops - Castille you are on your own, sorry.

16 May - My third born is an Elusive Shadow and now 16. I have appointed Nuno the successor to the Bishop in Valencia when the 75 year old passes.

17 June - I order a Medium Stable in Vanencia proper

1 Nov - Rebellion in Castellon

4 Dec - Rebelllion vanquished

1 Feb, 1119 - I marry Nuno to a Priestess of France while he's waiting for the Priessthood

15 February - At the age of 49, King Sancho II has passed. King Sancho III has become the leader.

At his death, he had over 700 piety and 3000 prestige

Chaplain is there woking on it, so I don;t recall him to end it. I get a new Spymaster, and go with the other three advisers that my father had.

Everyone of the 25 vassals likes me right now. No plans for gifts or anything.

Sancho III

32

Four sons - Fadrique, Sancho IV, Antonio, Felipe

Dip - 5, Mar - 7, Ste - 4, Intr - 18, Lea - 4

Elusive Shadow, Proud, Patient, Kind, Brave, Content, Paranoid

I choose to have a daughter as the only eligible ambition

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13 March - Castille lost her Holy War vs their foe, which is now the Casarids,

25 May - Have a a few plots ended by me. Also, my sister Violente is of age. Grey Eminance she is. I marry her to the Duke of Sjaelland, whose father was the King of Denmark, so as a Prince, we lose no prestige to marry him.

19 July - Bishop Muno of St. Cugat has passed and we have a solid repalcement, with a learning of 16. Well make teh new guy my Chaplain after my current guy finishes ending the heresy in Castellon.

9 Aug - We steal more tech from the Moors.

20 Sept - I send my 3rd born Antonino to alma to be educted by my brother Ernesto.

2 Oct - My son, Fadrique is now 16. In this last year, after the death of his mentor, I sent him to me wif,e in the hope we would gain her skill in stewardship In fact, this worked, and he is Midas Touched.

Fadrique, 16
Diplo - 4, Mart - 6, Steward - 17, Intrig - 13, Learning - 7

Midas Touched, Greedy, Patient, Envious, Bave, Temperate

Time to discover a wife!

I really enjoy the diplomacy the Duke of Orleans wife has. i also like 18 year old Henrike von Veldenz in Lyon, but at the day, its Marie de Blois, f House de Blois in Orleans.

14 October - They are married, I take teh gold.

Marie de Blois, 16

Dip - 25, Mar - 4, Ste - 10, Intr - 5, Lear - 9

Grey Eminance, Just, Charitable, Kind, Patient



I also order a New City built in Valencia

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19 Oct - I lost Content with an event

26 Jan, 1120 - I uncover a plot by Count Pedro of Albarracin, my chancellor, to lower crown authority in Aragon. I choose to imprison him.

6 Feb - rebellion in Valenicia.

12 Mar - Put down

I appoint Fadrique my new Steward

28 May - I found my son was stealing from the treasury and he wants me to be just in treating him, so I choose to put him in prison.

27 June - I release him from prison

16 July - I ransom teh Count and release him from jail too

18 Sept - The Baron of Tobarra has passed and Sancho III reinherits it. I give it to one of my courtiers

29 Nov - I get n event to do Force Conversion n Castellon and I take it it wil have inreased revolt risks for a year. I change Chaplains and send the new guy to Calatayud to fight against the Cathar heresy there

9 Jan, 1121 - I order Medium Bararacks in Jaca, our captial in Alto Aragon.

2 Mar - Fadrique approaches me for a fief of his own to rule, but I tell him he's not ready yet

4 Aug - I order the construction of a medium stable in Loarre in Alto Aragon.

17 Oct - Our new city is built - the City of Chiva in Valenia, with a bas tax of 12. I give it to a nice courtier who owns about 350 gold himself, to improve it. I think he was a Count somewhere else but came to my court.

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This year, about four people have contrated Consumption among my vassals

10 Dec - Fadrique has become Ill

11 Feb, 1122 - I end a plot to slay my uncle, the Count of Zaragoza

13 April - I side with Cunt Tifilwit of Calatayud against my haplian, who accused him of being a heretic. His family hs been very loyal, never rebelling when they were Sunni and converting when I asked. I have no desire to see them gone now.

5 May - Sad news. After his illness spread, Fadrqiue passed. My heir is now Sancho IV . I appoint Andres, Mayor of Eivissa as my new Steward

19 June - Time for war

I want to take the one province next to me in Almeria. I declare Holy War. I want to take it in one quick go.

9 July - Sancho IV became Patient

7 Aug - Fadrique, dead, has a girl named Anderquina

7 Sept - We win in Almeria

10 Oct - Some f my armies take to the Casarids, who have bee brought into the war

25 Jan, 1123 - We captur the first holding in Almeria

24 Feb - After childbirth and despression, Marie de Blois, wife of my dead Fadrqieu, has passsed as well

1 Apr - Small Pox has broken out in Empuries

14 Apr - I assault and take teh second holding in Almeria

18 Apr - Successful Jihad for Armenia

16 June - The town falls in Almeria and we take it, and the war has ended


Almeria - Andalusian, Sunni capital of Almeria, 7.9 base tax, 4.5 fort; Bishopric of Motril, 8 ase tax; City of Baza, base tax of 18.3, 2.1 frt.


I order my brother, Nuno to the Bishopric here. I make a nice guy he Mayor here as well

We finish the war with 660 gold after ransoming three folks we captured

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2 July I join a Holy War with France for Leon on Spain

The construction of Large BArracks in Jaca has been ordered

5 Aug THe Mayor of Huesca has passed.

10 Aug - Sancho IV gains Charitable


12 Oct - the Mayor of Huesca ded of pneumonia - new guy sucks

28 Oct - The Count of Albarracin has passed. Teh new Count is solid

11 Nov - I decline a cll to War by Castille as one of their people tries to depose teh King - I'm not getting involved in internal squabbes

1 Jan, 1124 - I get anotehr Call from Navarra entering Civil War, and I refuse their cival matter as well.

2 March - I am now a Guardian for my 4th born son

8 July - I order small barracks in Loarre's Barony in Alto Aragon

27 Aug - A crusade has ben calld for Jerusalem

24 Sept - Unfortunately,Sancho IV has gained Chaste

2 Nov - The French cptured Salamanca province and the Hoyl War has ended

10 Mar, 1125 - Teh Cathar Hersy is ended in Calatayd by our Chaplain, and I send him to Murcia

2 May - Revolt in Almansa

10 June - Put Down

15 July - Sancho IV has come of age and is an Intricate Webweaver

Diplo - 20; Mil - 5; Stew - 4; Intri - 8; Learn -2

Intricate Webweaver, Proud, Just, Honest, Kind, Chaste, Patient, Charitable



He has those great abilties, and very little stats to show for it. His base is 10, 4, 2, 5 and 0. He is a shadow of his brother. But he survived.

Time to find a wife - maybe I can find one that is fertile

All of the possibilities are weak save o ne. I bethroth him to Almodis Taillefer, a genius 13 year old i Gascoigne

It has been agreed to. If she develops right, she's a queen

I make Sancho IV my new Chancellor

[Abe Sargent]

2 De - Sancho IV asked me for a Fief of his own. I tell him he is not ready yet

13 Dec - I order Medium Barracks in Loarre

10 June 1126 - We steal tech from Cordoba again

16 Oct - The Navarran War is over and she is back to three provinces.

I declare holy war against teh Casarids for Granada. Castile is in Holy War for Leon, and they are allready fighting, so if we both win...

31 Oct I offered to join Castille in tehir war and they accept, a four province Moslim power joins our targets

25 Dec - Forces begin t otrickle into Granada and the siege begins

10 Mar, 1127 -Our full army of 7784 people is pushing Granada

6 June - Another 1500 troops of ours arrive i Cordoba to begin asiege

24 Oct - Meet Sancho IV's new wife:

Almodis Taillefer, 16

Dip 16, Mar - 19, Stew - 15, Intri - 9, Learn - 21

Mastermind Theologian, Genius, Wroth, Ambitious, Honest, Zealous, Lustful

The Theologian drops her fertility 5% but Lustful increases it by 205, so she'sa good choice for that reason alone. Is she not a courtier worth a King's attention? Is she not a worthy queen?

(I took th edowry gold)

One of their armies arrived in Cordoba, so I split off some of hte sieging rmies in Granada to slip over and assist

[Abe Sargent]

10 Nov - They beat us before relief arrives

15 Nov - We steal a tech from Sevila

30 Nov - We defeat their army.

5 Jan, 1128 - The Pope has passed, teh new oe is ope Anacletus II

22 Jan - We take the first holding in Granada

19 Feb - After a quick assault, we take the second holding, a city

12 May - Mayor of Tortosa died

6 July - The first holding in Cordoba falls

15 July - The 3rd one in Granada falls too

15 Aug - I give Anderquina to my mother to raise

24 Jan, 1129 - We captured the 4th holding in Granada

2 Apr - Baron Manresa passed

2 May - I capture a holding in Cordoba

15 May - We capture the final holding in Granada

21 May - We stole some more tech from Sevilla

22 May - Peace with our foes for our targets.


Malaga - Maghreb and Sunni, Malaga is capital with 8.1 base tax, 5.5 fort; Barony of Tamisa with 4.4 tax, 4.5 fort; City of Benalmadena, 21.8 base tax, 2.1 fort; Mosque of Antequarra, 11.1 base tax, 1.5 fort, still has Moslim ruler reporting to me.

Granada - Andalusian, Sunni; Granada Capital has 8.1 base tax, 6.5 fort; Barony of Bacza has 4.2 base tax and 4 fort; City of Elvira, 21.8 base tax, 2.1 fort; Bishopric of Jaen,, 8 tax,; and City of Gaudix, 21.8 base tax, 2.1 fort

I order another city built in Granada.

[Abe Sargent]

I need to give away some stuff.

I create the Duke of Mallorca position. I set my son up as the Count of Mallorca and give him all holdings there and then I make him Duke of Mallorca.

I give away all cities and baronies in conquered territories, but I hold onto the two Bishoprics. I need to get rid of one more holding. I give the County of Tarragona and all within it to the Duke of Barcelona, sine it is a part of his realm, technically.

10 June - Castille won the War for Leon and gained the province of Zamora


14 September - Prince Antonino is a Master Theologian, and appoint him as the Bishop of Jaen in Granada


While their backs are turned in crusading

18 Oct - I declare de jure war for Rosello

1 Nov - Measles outbreak in Denia

18 Dec - We capture the first holding in Rosello

2 Jan, 1130 - Count of Zaragoza passed

18 Jan - I assault and take the second holding i Rosello

28 Jan - I assault and take the third - we have fully captured it.

31 Mar - We defeat the Genoese when they end a 3500 army to dislodge us

19 May - After defeating their army twice more, we took Rosello

Rosello - Catalan, Catholic - county capital (which is a city, not the normal barony) is Coillure, with 30.6 base tax and 1.2 fort - Barony of Perpinya with 5,9 base tax and 4 fort; Bishopric of Cuixa, 10.1 base tax and 2 fort.

8 June - A large stable is ordered in Jaca

2 September - I'd say it's time for a map

[Abe Sargent]

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[Abe Sargent]

Here's the map. France has been teh big winner They took three provinces here, and have Tunisia, Sicily and southern Italy. You can see Castilean expansion has been slow. The Almoravids are to our immediate west in the south. I don't really want to gobble up the Casarids right now. I prefer expansion into richer areas.

You can see where we just took Rosello to the northeast, and our expansion in the coastal area. We have six provinces there that are Muslim and not giving us any taxes or levy any troops. We need to convert them. In order to speed up conversion, I may give away one or two lower valued ones so a local Count can focus on his Chaplain working on them.

There are a lot of places I can look for expansion before I go east to the Mediterranean. Corsica and Sardinia have been taken by Genoa. Maybe I go for Malta, its owned by a one province Moslim nation.

My hope is that Castille absorbs the interior stuff, and I take a few more coastal provinces. Having the point would be nice. Castille has several vulnerable places around it, like the Casarids and the two brown provinces.

[Abe Sargent]

1 Jan, 1131 - Castille calls for me to join their Holy War for Cordoba. That's how soon they strike. I join them of course.

16 Mar - Several others have joined the Holy War on the Moorish side.

23 May - The City of Huelma, with base tax of 12, has been built in Granada

24 June - I join the 2nd French War for Tunis

4 Jul - We steal more tech from Seville

28 Sept - The Moors captured two Castillean provinces, but things might be changing

29 Jan, 1132 0 Count of Zaragoza has been found in a plot to replace me as the head of Aragon. We fail to imprison him and he goes rogue. I order my troops to smash him

18 Feb - We defeat his army and begin the siege

22 Apr - We assault and take the first holding

14 May France took the rest of Tunis

8 June = We take the second holding

20 June - And th 3rd, we have fully captured Zaragoza

We have imprisoned him and the revolting province is back in the fold

I banish the father, take a ton of gold from him, and

I give Almeria to one of my courtiers to be the new Count, and I keep Zaragoza for a while to help build it up. I order a city built here

[Abe Sargent]

21 Aug I don;t join France;s war to take Santiago from Catholics.

11 Mar, 1133 - Sancho III is now known as The Great

15 June - We assassinated a Chancellor from Foix caught trying to manufacture documents on me.

2 Jan, 1134 I lost Brave

20 Feb - Prince Felipe became an Intricate Webweaver.

24 June - City of Epila in Zaragoza is built. I order a Town Market nd then turn it over to a courtier

12 July - Crusade for Jerusalem failed

16 Dec - I strip the Mosque in Maaga of its Imam and place and give it to my son, Felipe.

23 Feb, 1135 - A new Pope - Pope Innocent II

30 June - I order a new City built in Zaragoza

14 Sept - Mayor of Alagon died to syphilis

1 Feb, 1136 - Rebellion in Murcia.

1 May - The Rebellion has been crushed

[Abe Sargent]

12 Jan, 1137 - A major rebellion is striking Castille as Leonese seek independence.

3 July - Say hello to the City of Ejea, in Zaragoza. Base tax 12, and again I order a market and then turn it over.

21 Sept - I technically join France against the Duke of Calabra who has declared independence against France.

5 Nov - France lost and Calabria is now free. That was fast. Yay!

9 Nov - Rebels in Almeria

I declare war against Malta

23 Nov - Castille failed to take Cordoba.

9 Dec - Whie leading a battle against rebels, King Sancho III died.


King Sancho IV, 28

Dip - 20; Mar - 5; Stew - 4; Intri - 8; Learn - 1

Intricate Webweaver, Gardener, Honest, Kind, Patient, Charitable, Chaste

Pregant wife, three daughters

I give Castellon to a nice courter as a County. I also give Rosello to the Duke fo Barcelona

[Abe Sargent]

14 Dec - We defeat the rebels

23 Dec - We win in Malta and begin a siege - the defenses are to good so I get some more troops to ferry over

24 Jan, 1138 - My grandmother has passed

22 Feb - More troops arrive in Malta.

5 June - Prince Felipe passed due to complications of his maimed injury.

11 July - We have a son, Ramiro

12 Aug - I marry the 16 year old Anderquina to the Count of Medelpad

24 Aug - I hand my 2nd daughter to my wife to raise

22 Sept - We stole more tech from the Moors

25 Sept - Mayor of Eivissa passes

4 Oct - I discover a plot by the Count of Minorca to lower crown authority. I imprison him, and then ransom him out. I use the money to help me fund a new city in Mallorca

30 Oct - I begin a plot to slay my wife, before she has more sons.

11 Nov - My Spymaster joins me

25 Nov - A Count joins me

12 Dec - Two counts and my brother Bishop have joined me

16 Jan, 1139 - By now I have many additional folks, including the Duke of Barcelona

I send out a few gifts to folks to sway them to my side

24 Jan - We capture the first holding in Malta

12 Feb - Bad news, my wife is pregnant - I'll hold off for now, to see if it's girl or boy

1 Mar Baron f Osona haspassed away today

8 Jun - Malta has fallen and we take it


Malta - Meghreb and Sunni; Sliema is the capital, with 8.1 base tax, and Medina is city here, with 21.8 base tax and 2.1 fort. I order a Temple here, a Castle Town in Sliema, and give it away. I make my Chancellor the Count of Malta

[Abe Sargent]

21 Aug I give my 3rd bor daughter to my wife to raise as wel

14 September - My wife gives birth to 4th daughter

24 September - Castille just lost a major war, and are still fighting agaisnt Leon. they have been reduced in size to two provinces. France took Astorga, The Almoravids took Zamora, and the Aftasids grabbed Toledo, Cuenca and Molina. Then Leon's thre eproivinces are in rebellion, and that's two left.

6 Oct - Leon just won independance

With Castille knocked down, my plans have changed. Two of the provinces taken by the Moslims are Castillean and Cathlic - Toledo and Molina. Cuena is Catholic, but still Andalusian.

I prepare for war. I want to hit them before they can regather. Castille can no longer grab the internal provinces and me the coastal ones. I have to make mysef th primary Iberian ower, period. And that means taking the Duchy of Toledo.

I grab the Knights of St. John and move them to the border.

25 August , 1140 - I decare Holy War for Toledo

I order the Knights into Cuenica

[Abe Sargent]

2 Sept -Navarra joins my call and comes t us

8 Sept - Meet Formentera, the newest city in Mallorca

27 Sept - Siege of Cuenca has begun

30 Oct - Siege of Molina underway

12 Nov - We capture all three holdings in Molina, A large army i marching from Toledo to Cuenca so I order my army to support the Knights there.

15 Nov - One of those in my cadre to assassinate the queen acted on their own and slayed her

I offer marriage to a nice 40 year old courtier

19 Dec - Their large 8000 army stopped coming at Cuerca, and wih 15000 troops I quick assaulted all of the holdings and grabbed all three

I order my forces to smash their army in La Mancha

27 Jan, 1141 - We win and send my forces to chase them

22 Mar - We defeat them in Toledo.

29 Apr - The Pope send gold

30 May - The Duke of Barcelona passed

3 June - We captured two holdings with the Knights in Plasencia

20 June - We capture the 4th holding in Plasencia

24 June - We assault and take the first holding in Toledo

17 July - We took the other three holdings in Toledo.

13 August - We take the first holding cereres wit an assault

11 Sept - We take the 2nd holding in Cer - a massive army attacking my forces in Badajoz so I send the army to support there

12 Oct - It arrives and we blast their army, but we have to combine forces into one arm on our end now.

5 Nov - I ransom my prisoners

1 Dec =- Smallpox has broken out in Almeria

29 March, 1142 - After captured two holdings in Badajoz, we get the victory

We have 890 gold at the end of the war

Molina - West of Calatayid, this Castilian Catholic province sees a county capital of Molina, 4.2 base tax and 4 fort; City of Cabanillas del Campowith 12.6 base tax and 1.6 fort; Bishopric of El Pedregal with 8 base tax

Cuenca - Andalusian, Catholic - Cuenca is capital with 4.2 base tax and 4 fort; Sigunx Bishopric rocking 8 base tax; Guadalajara is the city with 12. base tax and 1.2 fort

Toledo - Toledo capital, 7.9 base tax, 4.5 fort; Madrid City, 12.4 base tax with 1.2 fort; Barony of Illescas with 5.9 base tax, 4.5 fort; and Bishopric of Talavera, base tax - Castilean and Catholic

I give away the Bishoprics first, to some nobles i bring in. Then the cities and Illescas are granted to another as well.

I order a Large Barracks in Mallorca. I give away Almansa to a new Count. I do the same for Murcia. I then make the Duke of Murica title. I give the Duke title to Velasco of Murcia, who was in Almansa

I grant the County of Molina to my Spymaster, and now I'm back down to where i should be desmesne wise

[Abe Sargent]

29 Apr- The Count of Denia has passed

My land looks like a wild beast about to eat the Duchy of Cordoba, so that's my next expansion plan

26 July Count Albaracin has died

1 Jan, 1143 - Rebellion in Malta

19 Mar - Defeated

7 Apr - The Baron of Baeza has passed on

9 June - The Duke of Barcelona has died as well

20 July - I kid you not, my 43 year old wife is pregnant

20 Jan, 1144 - I order a city built in Toledo

21 Feb - My idiot wife has a son, Sancho V

11 July - I will be the guardian for Ramiro

Castille has ceased to be, but the Queen of Leon claimed Castille as her title. Leon has become Castille. It's a mess in the north. Vescaya i independent, Navarra is in a war with ther Catholics, Asturias is still independent, Navarra has two provinces, Castille or Leon three, and the County of Burgas has two provinces. I owe it to my Catholic brethren to unite these idiots.

19 August - the idiot King of France just got himself Excommunicated. The Excommunication bomb has been changed significantly You can't use it to take lands, but simply to force an abdication

I could spend 500 piety, request an invasion of France, and if I win, I get the following: I keep all occupied territory, and I become a new King of France. If I win, I win BIG. Change this whole dynasty big. It's a nice opportunity, and I would like to force France out of Iberia, and this would allow me to do it in one war. But it's not what I want to do this time out. So no go

[Abe Sargent]

10 October - I decline a war between Navarra and Castille/Leon

15 Dec - A Great Stable is underway in Jaca, capital of Alto Aragon

8 Apr, 1145 Ramiro gains Zealous

14 April - The Count of Malta has passed, and left an open Chancellor spot. The Cout of Denia wil fill it.

1 June - Revolt in Granada

19 Aug - I actually lost in Granada

5 Nov - My Marshal and Mayor of Gandia and a Barony has passed.

16 Dec - The rebellion wa quashed

1 Jan, 1146 - I declare Holy War on the Casard for Cordoba. I hire the Kights of St. Jhn and order them to Calatrava. I create three armies to attack all three provinces simultanesouly.

[Abe Sargent]

24 Jan, 1146 - The city has been built in Toledo - Fuensalida. I hand it to a courtier.

28 Feb - Battle begins in Calatravia

3 Mar - The Pope sends us money

5 Apr - After a long campaign, we emerge victorious

19 Apr - The Knights run down their army and rout it completely

22 May - My eldest daughter came of age and looks bad

16 Sept - After an assault, the first holding of La Mancha falls

29 Oct - The first holding of Calatrava falls

1 Nov - The second holding of La Mancha is ours

30 Nov - The 2nd holding of Calatrava s ours as well

Dec 18 - A large battle ensues in Cordoba. They have 7500 men

31 Dec - We drive them off

7 Jan, 11 47 - I ransom a few prisoners

17 Jan - The first holding of Cordoba is ours

29 Jan - I am offered peace, which I accept.


La Mancha - Andalusian and Sunni, 8.1 county capital of Tarazona with a 6.5 fort, 8 base tax in La Roda's bishopric, and 12.8 bas tax is the city of Alarcon

Calarava - Andalusian and Sunni, Calatrava is the county capital with 7.9 and 5; Barony of Almodovar del Campo, 5.9 and 4; City of Villa real, 12.8 and 3.1 and Bishopric of Caracuel, 8

Cordoba - Andalusian and Sunni, many holdings, get ready - capital of Alcolca, .9 and 4.5, City of Cordoba, 12.8 and 3; City of Lucena, 12.8 and 3; Bishopric of Cabra with 8 and Barony of Andujar, with 5.9 and 4.5

I grant the city, bishopric and barony titles, and then I give the County of Cordoba to an courtier. I then give away Calatrava to a Count, and La Mancha to a count I then create th Duchy of Cordoba and give it the Count of Cordoba. Duke Ponce is m newest Duke

I finish the war with 503 gold

[Abe Sargent]

13 February - i marry my daughter to teh Duke of Cyprus

18 March- I accept war against Vicaya with Navarra

9 Aug -I hav fabricated a strong claim on Viscaya.

15 June, 1148 - We steal tech from teh Moors

24 July - Another of my ugh dauhters has hit the right age. The first was an Amateurish Plotter. The second is a Indulgent Wastre. Let's marry her off..

31 July - The Count of Menorca has passed. I need a new Steward. I grab the Duke of Cordoba.

5 Aug - My daughter is married to the Duke of LEsser Poland

2 February, 1149 - Cordoba has converted

23 Feb - I order a new city in Castellon

17 July - I push through moving us to Medium Crown Authority.

29 Aug - Another silly war between the northern Catholi powers which I reject

9 Sept - The Count of Minrca died

2 Jan, 1150 - I order a Castle Keep in Jaca

(I make about 275 gold annually)

3 Mar - I give Sancho V to my brother, the master theologian, to raise

11 Aug - Our son in law in Poland passes

I offer for my daughter to return home, and she does. I marry her off again. She will marry the Duke of Epirus on the 25th

[Abe Sargent]

2 Mar, 1151 - The new city of Alcalate is up and running in Castellon

1 Aug - Smallpox breakout in Rosello

15 Aug - A major problem in Castelon has broken out The Count has become Cathar and forced his people to be Cathar

29 Aug - He agrees to come back to Catholicism

28 Sept - He converts his Bishop back to Catholic

Castille has just been attacked by Moslims in a Holy War. I ask to join, but we can't We are still technically at war with them from their conflict with Navarra. They'd better end that soon, and get ready.

Here's how I have huge piety with my leaders. A successful Holy War gives a ton of piety. Paying for the Knights is 160, so I still get piety from the war, but just less. I have more than 700 right now.

Part of me wants to declare Holy War for Seville from the same guys going after Castille and then hit them in the side to relieve pressure on the Catholic side of the peninsula. But the enemy is the Almoravid Sultanate, and they have vast swathes of land to draw forces from as well as not being at war with anyone other than Castille. I can't strike them until I'm ready.

13 Jan. 1152 - We gain a claim for Valladolid via my Chancellor

10 June - An army of 8000 French, who joined Castille, were just blasted by a 12000 strong army of the Almoravids. That's why I'm staying clear. While I'm big on a map, a bunch of my territory does not give me men or money.

20 June - The Count of Burgos has joined the Duchy of Asturias. Meanwhile Castille/Leon has lost Valladolid.

I order two markets in the two cities in Toledo

[Abe Sargent]

13 Nov - Ramiro gained Brave

5 Dec - Peasant rebellion in Almeria

10 Jan, 1153 - The Count of Denia passed while fighting rebels

16 Jan - Rebellion defeated

18 Feb - A famous writer wants to write my biography, so I spend some cash, give him patronage, and gain some prestige - I gain Proud.

15 June - The second province in Castille fell

8 July - The Arabs took both provinces in peace, and Castille is don to one province. They grabbed Valladolid an Asturias de Santillana.

5 Aug - Navarra lost her war against Castille and Viscaya. Viscaya rejoins them, and puts their own person on the crown.

We now have the Moors all the way on the north coast of Iberia. It's clear that I need to take a more active hand here.

I am the only thing stopping the Moslims right now.

11 Jan, 1154 Ramiro became Charitable

4 Mar, 1154 - After working on it for years and years, we have finally converted Grenada. I order my Chaplain to Malaga

13 Apr - The Duchy of Asturias rested the title King of Castille from the old old who had it. Now the one province of Castile is the Duchy f Leon.

18 July - My son is 16. Here is the next King

Ramiro ,16

Dip - 8, Mar 20, Stew - 10, Intri - 6, Learn - 1

Brilliant Strategist, Zealous, Brave, Wroth, Charitable

Trickster, Heavy Infantry Leader

He looks like he's been built for war. Wroth gives +3 martial for -1 each in intrigue and diplomacy - not a trade I'd usually make. Zealous gives +2 martial and +10% damage. Brave is +2 martial and +10% morale defense . Trickster and Heavy Infantry Leader are both great for battle, and Brilliant Strategist gives him 9 martial. This is a guy who only has a 4 natural martial skill, and yet I've accidentally made an amazing general. I would have preferred a sneaky guy, but he'll do. I appoint him as my new Marshal.

Time to find a new wife

I want a wife who is really good in intrigue and diplomacy to make up for her general husband. My son's base stats are 6 in dip, 4 in martial, 8 in steward, 5 in intrigue and 2 in learning.

I love this 16 year old chick named Peronelle with 22 diplomacy, but just 7 intrigue. She's a genius, and her base stats are 6, 4, 4, 6 and 7. That's not bad overall, but I'd prefer the 7 to not be in learning.

Another genius is 18 year old Iren Arpad in Pecs. She has 17 diplomacy, and 14 intrigue. He bases are 5, 5, 4, 4, 6. Again, not that hot, but her stats are really strong to help the King.

I am temped by the Princess Ana of Navarra, with a weak claim on the crown that can be inherited. Her bases are 5, 5, 6 5, 4.

Let's do that.

19 July I take the dowry money

Princess Ana of Navarra, 18

Dip 9, Mar 8, Stew 8, Intr 15, Learn 5

Elusive Shadow, Envious, Greedy, Temperate, Diligent, Honest

I use the dowry money long with some savings to construct a city in Cuenca

[Abe Sargent]

21 July - My other son, Sancho V, is slow. That's not physically slow but mentally slow.

25 July - Valladolid has gone independent and I have a claim on it.

I declare war on Valladolid to take it with my claim, this means that other Sunni nations aren;t necessarily going to jump in due to its Holy War status

26 August - The siege begins

19 Oct - I now have 8000 troops besieging them.

27 Oct - I assault and take the first holding

9 Nov - I just took the other two - I force peace and take it


Valladolid - Castillean and Catholic, this province is north of Toledo and Cuerna, west of Soria, south of Leon and Burgos, and east of Salamanca and Zamora. The county capital is the barony of Valadolid, with 10.6 base tax and 6.5 fort. With Mosque of Segovia still in place with 8 base tax and City of Tordesillas, 12.8 base tax and 1.7 fort level.

Because I have medium crown authority, I revoke the Mosque and Mayor because they are Sunni. At first I suggested conversion, but neither seemed interested - they both relent and give me their titles and I distribute them.

I hand the Barony of Loarre, in Alto Aragon, to my son, Ramiro. Now I can keep Valladolid i my possession for now.

[Abe Sargent]

25 Nov - One of Castille's men is breaking away, and I refuse to get involved

12 Dec - We have a rebellion n Seville against the Almoravids

31 Jan, 1155 - My Spymaster discovered plot where my n was trying to slay me. I tell me to knock it off and he does

19 Apr - The Duke of Cordoba has passed and I lost my Steward. I appoint one of my Mayors in his place

19 May - Prince Sancho V has become wounded due to an accident

4 July - Rebellion in La Mancha

2 Aug - While fighting on the battlefield, the King has gained Craven. Blast!

5 Aug - We finish the bandits

19 Sept - My 4th daughter has matured. She is much better than her sisters, as a charismatic negotiator. But she's also Homosexual, which hurts fertility. And she's Ill i I marry her to the Duke of Orkney

27 Sept - The Count of Molina has passed and I need a nw Spymaster.

25 Oct - I get word that my daughter has become the Spymaster of Orkney

12 Nov - I get a claim in Soria.

[Abe Sargent]

I need to unite these folks. I DOW Castille Because we are allies, I lose 50 prestige and have only 1726 left... go for Soria

22 Dec - The siege has begun

11 Jan, 1156 - We assault and take the first holding

28 Jan - The second one falls to my 7700 troops. This place was just taken by the rebels, so it's weak

2 Mar - We assault and take the final holding n Soria. I order my troop to Burgos

2 2 May - big battle begins in Vallidolid

16 July - After an epic campaign, we win

24 July - The City of Mota fel Cuervo is up and running in Cuenca

16 Aug - I accept peace for Soria


Soria - Castillan and Catholic, Barony of Soria is capital with 7.9 tax and 5 fort; City of Almazan is 21.6 tax base d 1.2 fort; Bishopric of Osma or 12.1 base tax and 3.5 fort

I order a town market in my new city

I give away the County of Cuenca, now that I've built it up some. Now i can hold onto Soria

[Abe Sargent]

15 Sept - At the age of 74, my mother has passed away

9 Nov - I order a large archery range in Valladolid and Cabellero Training Ground in Jaca

15 Nov - The Mayor was my Spymaster has died. I appoint a new one.

6 Jan, 1157 - The Almoravids are at Holy War with Castille again. They will smash Castille. I'd rather grab lands from the small Christian armies than the big Moslim nation getting bigger. I'm going to wait for a bit, get his troops commuted, and then dealre Holy War for Seville. In preparation, I bring in both Holy Orders. Actually, I can;t Castille has the Knights Templar, so I grab the Knights of St. John. I order them to Cordoba and then to hold

16 Jan - My son, Sancho V has passed away after complications due to his injury

19 May - They arrive in Cordoba. And I wait. A 10000 strong army was seen a few weeks ago heading up, and I wait to wait another couple of weeks before beginning war

8 June - I want to declare Holy War for Seville against the Almoravids, but here is eiher another 10000k army marching to Seville from Algiers, or the same one, so I bide my time more

31 Aug I declare Holy War for Seville

I order the Knights to Seville. I assemble every army I have, even bringing over the forces from Mallorca

I order forces in nearby Grenada and Malaga to join the Cordoban army ad the Knights in Seville. other forces will rally first in Cordoba.

[Abe Sargent]

19 Sept - We smash aside some minor defenses and begin teh siege of Seville

30 Oct - I have 9300 troops in Seville continuing a siege, with 1200 defenders, so it'll take some time

France has 12000 troops in the north fighting the forces there as n ally to Castille in her war. I see 11110 Moorish troops assaulting Leon. It's bloody.

13 Nov - I redirect some of my troops to help with the ,large armies I'm seeing to my west.

21 Dec - Siege in Algeriras begins, as I want to cut off their ability to send troop across the strait

13 Jan, 1158 - I catch a small army unprepared in Badajoz

19 jan - Defeated it

26 Jan - I have 8843 in Algiers, 9700 in Seville and an army of 8500 chasing down smaller units.

17 Feb - I break off most of my army in Algiers to hit a 4000 strong army across the straight.

22 Mar - We defeat them and I send my army back to Algiers, after destroying about 2500 of their folks

23 May We capture the first holding in Algiers

11 June - The second holding falls before us.

Up north, the Moslims are losing to France, the Knights, and the combined forces of Castille, Leon, Navarra. 3 Moor provinces have been captured, and no Catholic ones are currently under their enemy's yolk

[Abe Sargent]

24 June - We capture the first holding in Seville

25 June - And the 3rd in Algiers

6 July - The 4th and final holding in Algiers is ours - I order them to Cadiz

12 July - The 2nd holding in Seville has fallen to us

1 Aug - The 3rd is ours

I ransom a few prisoners

25 Aug - We take the 4th holding

18 Sept - The 5th and final holding in Seville is ours. I order my troops to reinforce us in Niebla.

5 Oct - The Moslims go to peace with us. We have taken Seville


Seville - Andalusian and Sunni; Barony of Seville, 8.3 base tax, 7.5 fort; City of Moron, 12.8 base tax, 2,5 fort; City of Ecija, 12.8 base tax, 3 fort; Barony of Utrera, 4.4 base tax, 4.5 fort; and Bihopric of Carmona, 8 base tax. A huge settlement.

Algeiras - Maghreb Sunni, Barony of Gilbraltar, 7.9 base tax, 5 fort; Barony f Tarifa, 5.9 base tax, 4.5 fort; City of Algeiras, 21.8 base tax, 2.1 fort; Ronda Bishopric, 8 base,

Cadiz - Maghreb, Sunni - Cadiz barony, 8.1 and 6.5; Arcos Barony, 5.9 and 4.5; City of Medina Sidonia, 21.8 and 2.1; Jerez Bishopric, 8

Aracena - Andalusian and Sunni, Aracena Barnony 8.1 and 5.5; Italica Bishopric, 8 base, City of Almonaster la Real with 12.8 and 3

Niebla - Andalusian and Sunni. Barony of Huelva, 8.1 base, 6.5 fort; Bishopric of Lepe with 8; City of Almonte with 21.8 and 2.5

[Abe Sargent]

I give away all Baronies, Cities and Bishoprics

I create a better spymaster who is a Mayor of Huema, so I appoint the guy my new sneaky dude.

I make the Duke of Barcelona very happy by relinquishing him Barcelona province. He now has everything in his de jure area. It was nice, and it gave me my third largest army in my demesne, but I need to clear up some guys.

I give away the County of Aracena. I then hand over Niebla as well.

Here are the provinces currently in my demesne -

Alto Aragon - have to keep
Mallorca - wealthiest need to keep
Valencia - centrally located, second most forces
Toledo - On battlefront, building up very nicely, with decent money and military
Valladolid - Want to build up
Soria - Want to build up
Granada - Recently converted, working on building up economy
Malaga - Currently trying to convert.
Algieras, Seville, Cadiz - Recently captured, want to keep to help along
Zaragoza - Trying to keep building up, gives me second largest amount of dollars

I have to drop two. It's rough, but I decide to get rid of Malaga. I hand it to a new Count. It wasn;t making me any money or troops, and I have too many of those in my areas. I also send away Valladolid. It's the weaker of it and Soria.

I lost my Chaplain and Steward, so I get more and order my new oneto begin conversion of Seville.

I use ransom money and a Papal donation to purchase a city in Soria

I'll give you a map in six years, for the 100 Year Review

[Abe Sargent]

14 Dec - Sancho IV is now known as The Noble

22 June, 1159 - I've been watching the Holy War with keen interest. I was wondering if the Moslims would send their troops up now that their war with me is done and they are marching troops through my territory to get north. A province in Badajoz's Duchy is rebelling against the Aftasid

1 Aug - Rebellion in Castellon

30 Aug - Ended

18 Sept - I order training grounds built in Jaca

20 Oct - The Almoravids have lost their Holy War.

7 Jan, 1160 - I don't know who he has been hanging out with, but the 50 year old Sancho IV has become leprous

9 Oct - Our new city is built, and it's called Covaleda. I order a Town Market there.

3 Apr, 1161 - I order three town market upgrades in Granada

13 May - La Mancha converted

19 July - After having leprosy for a year and a half, at the age of 52, and with more than 2000 prestige and 1300 piety, King Sancho the IV has passed.

King Ramiro, 23

11 Diplo, 20 Martial, 10 Steward, 4 Intrigue, 1 Learning

Brilliant Strategist, Zealous, Wroth, Brave, Honest, Charitable

Trickster, Heavy Infantry Leader

Two sons, one daughter. Pedro, age 5, Ramiro II age 4, and Aragonta age 1, respectively.

I send out a few gifts to keep people happy

My new Marshal is the Count of Castellon - everyone else is kept. I like giving Loarre to the new kid, as a holding, because unlike a County or Duchy, they don't have established courtiers i the middle of things you have to interrupt. So the conversion mission to Seville continues, for example

We have a demesne of 11 instead of 10, and the extra Barony of Loarre fits in fine.

Luckily we had a lot of cash from the Barony for gifts. I usurp the Kingdom of Castille title, so I am now the King of Castille. I will use this title to help me absorb the rest of the Castillian possessions in the de jure Kingdom.

[Abe Sargent]

10 September - The Almoravids have Holy Warred for Asturias, a one province Duchy at the top of Iberia. I join them.

30 Sept - I will be the tutor for my son, Pedro

1 Feb, 1162 - Rebellions i both Cadiz and Malaga have broken out

15 Feb - The Rebs in Cadiz slain by Moorish troops coming through - thanks guys!

22 Feb - France has joined the War

3 Mar - The other rebellion ends

10 Mar - Pedro gains Just

9 Sept - I gain Ambitious after taking my wife's advice for intrigue, and I get +2 intrigue for five years as well. I can now have 12 demesne

18 Oct - An army of 22000 passes my territory and heads north

30 Jan, 1163 - I send my second son to learn from my uncle the Master Theologian

19 Apr - My son, Pedro, is now Patient

2 Aug - I order a City in Seville

25 Sept - Mallorca has become Castillian!

2 Jan, 1164 - The Count of Castellon has passed and I need a new Marshal.

1 Feb - Seville has converted and a revolt begins in Valencia - send him to Cadiz next

14 Mar - Rebels gone

I order Town Markets in Algecieras and Cadiz towns

14 June - My wife is pregnant

[Abe Sargent]

10 Sept - A new Crusade is called for Jerusalem.

I hire the Knights of St John, and we'll send them to Jerusalem

21 Sept - We have officially been conferred permission to join the Crusade

You know what? I bring out some of my troops too. My fleet is assembled off the Coast of Valencia. I am a great military leader, so I make sure I'm in charge of our army. I only use my troops, and not others.

26 Oct - My army of 12750 leaves.

1 Dec - We arrive off the Coast of Palestine

6 Dec - Our troops land. 6000 Papal troops are already here. I order my troops inland to Jerusalem

13 Dec - I gain Piety and Prestige for being at Jerusalem - I have gained the Crusader trait as well. It gives me +2 to my Martial skill, which was already really high - I now have a Martial skill of Twenty Four!!!

The Siege has begun. They have 2500 defenders, so this will take a while

28 Dec- Genoa and Oriel have landed small 1500 size forces to assist the Papal siege of Darum

3 Jan, 1165 - An army of 5000 closes.

I order some more troops assembled, so we can send in reinforcements, it looks like they are needed

15 Jan - We have a daughter

17 Jan - We steal tech from the Moors

23 Jan - Failed sally by defender

14 Feb - We assaulted and took Mirabel in Jerusalem and I gain 100 each prestige and piety.

15 Mar - More Genoan troops are unloaded

22 Mar - Granada has become Castillian

23 Mar - 4322 troops unloa at Joffa

21 April - With both armies, we assaulted and took another holding in Jerusalem

Nothumberland troops have arrived

[Abe Sargent]

5 May - I spy 8000 troops in the south, near the Pope

7 May - Ulster reinforcements have arrived, and Cornwall is on the way

4 June - The big Arabic army is breaking up a siege in Ascalon by several small European forces

14 June - I load some more troops and send them over

21 June - Pedro gains Honest

25 June - The Crusaders lost 2500 men against their big army

1 July - The Holy War for Astrias is over and the Almoravids have lost

18 July - The Papacy have captured the first holding of Darum

25 July We unload thousands of troops in Jaffa. i pay for some mercs

4 Aug - City of La Algaba in Seville

6 Aug - With new bloods, we assault and capture the 3rd holding in Jerusalem

23 Aug - We assault and take the 4th holdings

30 Aug - The 5th and final holding in Jerusalem is now under our control

[Abe Sargent]

I have 12800 forces still there with 5000 mercs on their way

10 Oct - The Papal army lose badly in gaza, but my forces arrive and defeat their army. I send half of my troops to chase the 2500 losers that survived - 5000 mercs begin a siege in Ascalon

31 Oct - We win in Negev against their forces

25 Nov - We defeat their army again

1 Dec - We assaulted and took the 2nd holding of Darum

30 Dec - We defeat their army again and routed it I order my army to head back to Darum and finish off the final holding


4 Jan, 1166 - I have converted the populace of Nielba via a courtier

14 Jan - Tha final holding falls o us I send the Knights to Ascalon to assist our siege and the rest of the forces are to move to Negev

10 Mar - Ascalon falls

26 Mar - The Crusaders in Beershub took the first holding, we defeated an attack on Jerusalem with the Negev army I had to move up

12 Apr - We defeat their army in Jaffa - I send some of my army to follow them, and the rest stay here in Jaffa

28 Apr - We defeat their army in Acre, and I am no longer Charitable

12 June- After some pin pong, we finish off the army and i order those 1330 troops to Ascalon to help us in that siege

16 July - We take the next holding in Ascalon

27 July - The Crusaders combined force in Beershub defeated a huge Arabic army of 10k+

3 Sept - We capture the final holding in Ascalon and now a huge battle rages there

7 Oct - We win the huge battle ad capture some people. I ransom them, plus the other 7 people I've captured. this army is down to 3k so I order them to Jaffa to join our siege there

I'm at 950 gold by the end of October - a lot of these guys ransom for more than 25.

10 Nov - Along ith some European allies, we assault an take the first holding in Jaffa

25 Nov We capture the second holding in Jaffa and give the Crusade a 100 war score

29 Nov - The Crusade has ended, and we have won! We contributed the most to the Christian victory. In fact, we sent over 22,000 troops including 5400 mercs and 7700 Knights of St. John.

We have been named King of Jerusalem, and our prestige and piety shoot through the roof (6500 prestige and 3000 piety)

[Abe Sargent]

Time for the 100 Year Report


Due to our successful Crusade and King of Jerusalem title, a lot of things have change numbers wise. Let's look at the Levant first:


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Its hard to see, because the map is obscured by all of the European forces in the way. All of the Aragon Brown is ours. The Kingdom stretches from the Negev and Gaza up through Acre. Some of the provinces to the east are part of the de jure Kingdom of Jerusalem, I can expand a bit if I want.

[Abe Sargent]

Alright, here's Iberia:


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As can be seen, we have expanded deeply into Iberia. With the loss of Castille, we are the only manpower here, although France has the weight to expand if they really wanted to. I expect to go north before west, and to absorb land that actually makes me money before moving to other lands. My son has a claim on Navarra, so I can go that way then. I want to take Catholic lands before I go elsewhere.

[Abe Sargent]

A formal count of my lands:

Duchy of Barcelona ---
Rosello
Barcelona
Tarragona
LLeida
Empuries
Urgell

Duchy of Aragon ---
Alta Aragon
Zaragoza
Albarracin
Calatayud

Duchy of Toledo (Unclaimed) ---
Toledo
Cuenca
Molina

Duchy of Cordoba ---
Cordoba
La Mancha
Calatrava

Duchy of Seville (unclaimed) ---
Seville
Cadiz
Algecieras
Niebla
Aracena

Duchy of Mallorca ---
Mallorca
Menorca

Duchy of Murcia ---
Murcia
Almansa

Duchy of Valencia (unclaimed) ---
Valencia
Denia
Castellon

Duchy of Granada (Unclaimed) ---
Granada
Malaga
Almeria


Valladolid
Soria

Malta

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Safed
Beirut
Acre
Tyrus
Tiberias
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Ascalon
Darum
Negev
Beershub
Hebron


Three King Titles - Castille, Aragon, Jerusalem

[Abe Sargent]

I'm trying to get through High Crown Authority. Let's suss out Jerusalem. I give out all of my provinces save Jerusalem itself

I create the Duchy of Galilee and hand it to the Count of Tiberis. Tiberias, Beirut, Safed and Tyrus are under it. I can;t usurp the Ascalon Duchy, the owner is at war. I gave away everything save Jerusalem

All provinces are Shia. All are a Levantine culture save Darum, which is Egyptian.

Jerusalem - Capital of Mirabel, 10.6 base tax and 6.5 fort: Barony of Rammala, 5.9 base and 5 fort; Bishopric of Jerusalem, 8 base tax; City of Nablus, 12.8 and 2.5; City of Sint Samuel, 12.8 and 1.7

I'll skip the long and boring list of the rest. I order a Barony built here and a Town Market in St Samuel. I send my Chaplain to convert the population to Catholicism

[Abe Sargent]

5 Dec - We pass High Crown Authority - this is good because now I can move to a Primogeniture inheritance in the future

26 Dec - Almeria has been converted to Catholicism

19 Jan, 1167 - We have vassalized the County of Burgos. Its in the realm of Castille and it was beaten again and again by Moslims, and we've just done something marvelous, so I pushed and got him to join our crown

Burgos - Castillian and Catholic, north adn west of Soria and Valadolid, east of Leon, west of Navarra in Najera, and south of Vescaya, and the two Asturias provinces. It's county captial is Palencia, 10.6 bae ta, 6.5 fort; Barony of Castrobarte, 5.9 and 4.5; Barony of Carrio, 4 base tax, 3 fort; City of Burgos rocking 21.6 and 2.5; and the Bishopric of Silos with 12.1 and 3.5. It's a nice province to inherit.

The HRE is fighting for Sardinia with our Arabic a neighbor. I DOW de jure for their Asturias province. I order my troops to Zamora.

[Abe Sargent]

13 Feb - Almansa converts

3 Apr - The first holding of Zamora falls

10 May - The last two have fallen

I discovered a plot by the Count of Menorca to lower Crown Authority. He agrees to knock it off

1 Au g- I decide to hire the Knights Templar to help my war

22 Sept - The Knights of St John were granted land in Safed and will now make that their permanent home

17 Nov - We capture the first holding of Branco

1 Dec - Rebellion in La Mancha

10 Dec - My Chancellor ha created claims in Salamanca

23 Jan 1168 - We take the next holding

25 Jan - Beersheb has converted, the first conversion in Jerusalem!

28 Jan - Rebellion ended

30 Jan - The final holding is ours

1 Fe - Rebellion in Gibraltar

20 Mar - Rebels crushed

26 Apr - We steal tech from Badajoz

29 May - We capture the first holding of Lisboa

[Abe Sargent]

22 June - Safed has converted

19 July - Murcia has converted

7 Sept - My father's second wife passed away today

28 Sept - Pedro is now Temperate

6 Oct - We grab the next holding in Lisboa

17 Oct - Darum converts

21 Oct - We besieged and took the next holding in Lisboa and now control the whole provinces

9 Dec - The Barony of Jericho is established in Jerusalem. I want to rely on this province giving me many troops, so that's why the Barony

8 Jan, 1169 - We convert Tiberias

26 May - We win a battle in Gibraltar

18 Jul - Beirut converts

3 Aug - We have taken out a few smaller armies

30 Aug - The first holding in Evora is ours

11 Oct - An assault gives us the next holding here

27 Jan 1170 - We assault the last two holdings in Evora and take it too

22 Feb - They give us our province


Asturias de Santillana - Castillian and Catholic, I revoke the people here and make them Catholic. Castle Santillana del Mar has 10.6 base tax, 6.5 fort; Laredo's Bishopric, 8 base tax; City of Santander, 18.3 and 1.7. This connects us to the sea on the north. I order a city built here and hand it to another

[Abe Sargent]

27 March - Jihad called for Syria

1 May - I find another plot by the Count of Minorca, and thats it. I gave him one chance time to toss him in jail - it works. I execute him, I'm not giving him a second chance

30 May - I have an ambition to gain wealth

17 Sept -Duke of Barcelona passes

13 Apr, 1171 - I refuse to join a Navarran Scottish war

1 May - Smallpox outbreak in Murcia

1 June - Rebellion in Acre. I send Mallorcan troops over

24 June - I have amassed wealth and i gain a Stewardship for that

I Hold a Great Tournament

28 Aug - The Tournament Begins for the next two months

31 Aug - A Courtier died in the tournament

3 Sept - Rebellion ended

22 Sept - My son, Pedro, is of age and a Brilliant Strategist as well. We'll come back to him in a bit

18 Oct - Winner of the Tournament is Artal de Benavides, Baron in Burgos County. Second Place to Carles d'Empuries; and 3rd place to Fruela de Tarazona.


8 Nov - We got a claim in Astorga.


Okay, time for


Pedro, 16

Dip 9 (base 5)
Mar 15 (base 9)
Stew 13 (base 6)
Intrigue 5 (base 4)
Learning 1 (Base 0)

Brilliant Strategist, Craven, Just, Patient, Honest, Temperate
Organizer, Aggressive Leader

Craven is a real issue here and we need to get rid of it somehow.

I make Pedro my new Marshal.

Time to find that wife

I'm gambling. There are no good wives,but there is one with amazing potential. We offer a Betrothal to Aignes nic Iacob, who already has a 12 intrigue, and is being tutored by an Elusive Shadow (You are very likely to get what your tutor has)

21 Nov - The betrothal is called for

22 Dec - The Jihad has ended in shame

12 Mar, 1172 - The City built in Asturias del S. is Camargo

27 May - The marriage occurs, and I take the dowry

Aignes nic Iacb, Irish Catholic, Dip - 3, Mar - 11, Stew - 3, Intri - 21, Learn - 4 - Deceitful, Wroth, Cynical, Elusive Shadow. Base stats are 4, 6, 4, 8 and 4. She'll be a great Spymaster for him

I give my son the Barony of Loarre

[Abe Sargent]

1 Aug - Ascalon has converted to Catholicism

8 Aug - Jaffa joins them

30 Sept - Prince Ramiro II is a Master Theologian and of age. I find him a wife that they can talk with and such - she's a Maghreb from Tunis, Catholic, from the French lands there

21 Oct - I order a large stable built in Mirabel, Jerusalem

3 Nov - I have become Ill

15 Feb, 1173 - I offer to join Leon's Holy War against the the Moslims, who have attacked them , and they have agreed. They have grabbed both Holy Orders.

1 Mar - Measles outbreak in Murcia

France is attacking the County of Asturias de Oviedo to claim them. So we have two powers trying to gobble up land here

I begin to assemble soldiers

17 Apr - The fever is gone which is good because I'm at he head of an army 13000 strong

6 May - France took it

12 Aug - We defeat a Moorish army

France has joined us against the Moslims

I really appreciate France helping us out time and again with them

I declare Holy War against the Aftasids to the Duchy of Badajoz. I give orders to troops and we begin the war

[Alf]

Interested to see how the stuff around Jersualem evolves.

[Abe Sargent]

7 Nov - We won several battles as small battles are fought s we get our troops in position

5 Dec - We won a major battle in Badajoz

15 Dec - Holding 1 in Alcantarra is ours

2 Feb, 1174 - We capture the first holding of Carares and defeated a large army in Aracena

8 Feb - Leon won the Holy War, and its over

1 Apr - Typhus broken out in Ascaon

3 Apr We capture the first holding in Plasencia

20 May - We capture another holding in Caceres

12 June - We finish taking Caceres

16 June - We take the 2nd holding i Alcantara

2 July - The last two holdings there have fallen

1 Aug - The next holding in Plasenci goes

We have taken Badajoz and won the Holy War

All four province are Andalusian and Sunni

Badajoz - 4 holdings, Castle of Badajoz, 13.8 base tax and 7.5 fort; Merida city, 12.8 and 3; two bishoprics, Jerez de los Caballeros and Fuente del Maestre, both 8 tax. I give the first to my second son, Ramiro II.

Caceres - Castle Caceres with 7.9 tax and 4.5 fort, Trujillo City with 12.8 and 3; and Guadalupe Bishopric, 8 base tax

Alcantara - Castle Alcantara, 7.9 and 4.5; Barony of Ceclavin, 4 and 3; Coria Bishop, 8; City of Moraleja, 12.8 nd 3.0

Plascenia - Barony Plascenia with 5.9 and 4.5; City of Hervas, 12.8 an 3; and two more bishoprics, Talayuela and Jaraiz, each with 8 base tax

I give al four provinces away, create the Duke of Badajoz title, and give it to the Count of badajoz.

One other item of business, during the war, the Count of Negev plotted against me, and today I imprisoned him

[Abe Sargent]

Interested to see how the stuff around Jersualem evolves.

Me too!

[Abe Sargent]

1 Aug - Rebellion in Plascencia

11 Aug - I order a Great Stable in Jerusalem's Mirabel

21 Nov - We defeat the rebs

22 Dec - A Jihad has been declared for Andalusia. I now have to defend what I've taken in Iberia

The first thing I do is hire the Knights of St. John, and I combine them with 1300 troops led by our awesome martial King and order them to a central location. Total size of the Knights plus troops from Alto Aragon is 10800


it may be the time to pay the piper
I assemble troops from all over and begin to move them to make some armies. We need to be prepared now

[Abe Sargent]

5 Jan, 1175 The Duchy of Leon offered to join us

16 Feb - A large army is assembling in Tangiers.

19 Feb - One of my armies, at 9711, in Granada, is ready

9 Mar - Troops arrive and land in Niebla, and initiate a siege - I order the Granada force to oust them

16 Apr - We defeated and routed them

My next army is 10660, and I order it to hold in Almansa

6 May - The Knights arrived in Algiercas, and will hold here, preventing any crossing.

21 May - My Granada army got a bit of reinforcement s is at 11500 now

28 June - I order my Knights and King to Niebla to take out some more troops that have landed

9 July - Duke of Murcia passes

26 July - We win against their forces

28 July - The Pope sends me some cash

31 July - Toledo joins the Jihad, so I order my forces to Faro to begin a siege If I can go on the offensive, perhaps I can make the warscore too much.

30 Aug - The Knights and King crush a 1500 strong army. Siege begin. It will take while, so I relocate the Granada Army to Seville.

27 Sept - My daughter has come of age. I marry her to the Duke of Saxony

[Abe Sargent]

13 Jan, 1176 - I accept offers from France and Navarra to join us against the Jihad

2 June - Troops have arrived in Malaga and Almeria and I order my forces to drive them out of Iberia

20 Aug - I defeat both armies and have finished off about 8000 Moslims between the two

28 Sept - We have finished off remnants of both armies

3 Oct - The first holding of Faro tumbles

1 Jan, 1177 - We defeat 8500 troops in Niebla and a rebellion in Aracena occurs which is easily put down by my assembled folk

7 Feb - The Pope has pass,d and the new one is Pope Leo XI

9 Mar 2nd holding in Faro falls

16 Mar - 8850 strong army tumbles to us

29 Apr - 5600 troops land in Granada

15 June - We defeat that force and begin to chase the rabble that lost

1 July - We drive out a small force of 3250 that landed in Cadiz

26 Aug - The 3rd and final holding in Faro is ours and I order my forces to Silves

5 Feb, 1178 - I accept aid from the Duke of Brittany as well. I haven;t told you about the small 1000 strong armies, or the ransomed people I've grabbed. I'll keep this to the big stuff

8 March - The King has Tyhoid Fever

11 Mar - We defeat a 5500 army and chase down the flock now

1 June - Smallpox breakout in Almeria and rebel breakout in Negev, I order my backup Mallorca and Malta armies to assist - kept them in my back pocket for this reason

It looks like typhoid Fever has spread to about 15 of my provinces.

25 June - The Papacy sends me more cash

[Abe Sargent]

1 July - The first holding in Silves is ours

19Aug - Our King has lost Typhoid Fever

17 Nov - After fighting a few small foes, we capture the second holding in Silves

8 Dec - Ramiro is now known as The Great

9 Dec - Seville has become Castilian

19 Apr, 1179 - Silves #3 holding falls

5 May - I assault and take the final one and Silves is ours

17 Aug - We defeat a force of 3340 in Cadiz

I wish we hadn;t been at this major war, because our foe, the Almoravids have been hemorrhaging vassals an being i a lot of wars. We could really have expanded. Maybe the Jihad will end while I still have my forces assemble and with a window.

14 June, 1180 Small stuff nothing major to update or report, but the three French provinces at the corner of Iberia have just gone independent as the Duchy of Galicia

1 July - Rebellion in Acre, which I'll put down the same way as last time

31 Oct - I have a plan and shift my forces around

7 Nov - Badajoz converts

23 Dec - The 4 province nation of Evora has split off from the Almoravids and are attacking them. I moved two of my armies over. My plan is to Holy War them and take their land. But i can't do it with raised levies. I forget about that. Sucks. So I send my troops back to their normal positions

29 Jan, 1181 - I marry my second daughter to King Henri III of France

4 May - We've had a 100% war score in our favor for a while. France has been blasting small forces in Rosello and Empuries and currently has 5500 troops stationed in Foix. Another 8000 is in Iberia proper with us

I just checked and I could have gone for peace any time but I didn't think to. I force peace, and the Jihad has officially ended My Prestige is 8968 and my Piety is 4409 - ie through the roof! I have 1436 in gold from small amounts made over time.

Alright, time to do some bad stuff

[Abe Sargent]

I'm a bit disappointed that I've been paying for a war with all of my armies active and such for years, and it's hurt my economic and military development, and i haven't gotten anything out of it. So I'm going to dismiss all of my armies, save for the Knights, declare war, and then reassemble them. That way I can get some territory out of this.


4 May, 1181 - I declare Holy War on the suddenly independent Emirate of Lisboa

I order the Knights into Mertola to being a siege, and I order my troops to assemble.

5 July - Tyrus has converted

7 July - My besieging army is now at 9746 and I am assembling other armies

11 July - We have a major problem. My grandson is an imbecile. That gives him -8 to all stats. I convince my son to send him to a Mastermind Theologian to give him a good church scholarship, and in a few years, we can send him off to a Bishopric while we focus on his second son - Diego Perez

20 July - We win a major battle in Evora against their army

1 Aug - Revolt in Alcantara where I have an army stationed, it wil be defeated in a few days

10 Aug - The Typhoid Fever has apparently ended in most places

25 Aug - Their losing army is finally evicted from life.

[Abe Sargent]

5 Sept - The Duke of Barcelona has passed.

15 Sept - We assaulted and took the first holding in Evora

19 Sept - I am finally able to usurp the Ascalon Duchy title away and I grant it to the Count of Ascalon

20 - Sept - We take the first holding in Mertola

1 OCt - The second holding in Evora is ours

25 Oct - We take the 3rd holding in Evora

3 Nov - The final holding falls and Evora is fully ours

14 Nov The second holding in Mertola falls before our assault

29 Nov As does the 3rd

16 Dec - All of Metola is now ours.

30 Jan, 1182 - The first holding in Alcacer do Sal is ours

31 Jan - My wife has died.

4 February - I marry a daughter of the Emperor of Byzantium

12 Feb The first holding in Lisboa is ours.

We have won the Holy War

I order a new city in Lisboa. Here are the provinces we captured

Lisboa - Andalusian and Sunni, Castle of Lisboa has 10.8 bse tax and 7.5 fort, City of Setubal has 25.8 base tax and 3 fort and Bishopric of Alcobaca has 8 base tax.

Evora - Castle of Evora rocks 10.6 base tax and 6.5 fort, Bishopric of Ouguea has just a 4 base tax and a 3 fort; Bishopric of Avis rocks 8 base tax and City of Portalegre is 12.8 and 3 - also Andalusian and Sunni

I hand away all four counties, and later, when I can claim the Duchy tile, I'll hand it over as well.

I disarm all of my armies save the Knights. We are not done yet

[Abe Sargent]

23 February - I declare Holy War against the two province Silves. I order my 5600 Knights into Silves and my forces to again assemble.

7 Mar - I accept joining the Holy War against some Turkish nation with our new Byzantine allies

1 July - Rebellion in Safed in the Holy Land, but i have enough troops built up there now that we can handle it in house

10 July - The first holding in Silvs is ours

24 July 0 The second goes by quickly

3 Aug - We have accepted peace and taken both provinces:

I disband all of my troops

Silves - Andausian and Sunni, 13.8 base tax is the Capital of SIlves, with 7.5 fort; Barony of Almodovar has 4 base tax and 3 fort; Lagos city rocks 15.8 an 3 and the Aljustrel Bishopric has 8

Faro - Andalusian and Sunni, i order a new city built here. Capital of Faro, 13.8 and 7.5; Loule Bishopric has the expected 8 and 0 and City of Tavria with 25.8 and 3

I create the Duchy of Algarve. I give away both counties and the Duchy title

And now I'm done, having taken most of the lands in Iberia still in Moslim control. The only lands left are five provinces controlled by our regular enemies the Almoravids. Other than that, the rest of the land is under control of France, Navarra, Leon, Galicia and us. Soon we'll be turning our eyes north.

[Abe Sargent]

24 Sept - Rebels in Safed are down

I purchase the Knights Templar and send them to the Holy Land. Because of this Holy War with Turks, we qualify as fighting infidels, and will pay no upkeep.

14 Oct - Malta has converted

12 Nov - I order a Castle Donjon in Jerusalem's Mirabel

27 Dec - Good news - Jerusalem has converted to Catholicism - I send my Chaplain to Algiercas

2 Jan, 1183 - The Knights Templar stand at Jerusalem

10 Feb - I declare de jure war for Madaba and order the Knights Templar in

14 Mar - the Byzantines agree to join my war

27 Mar - The Byzantines won their Holy War

19 July - Byzantine forces arrive at Monreal and establish a siege

1 Aug - Silves has converted

22 Sept - We take the first holding in Madaba

16 Aug - The next holding s ours

13 Nov - The Byzantines take the first two holdings in Monreal

15 Nov - We are at peace, having taken Madaba, but the Sheik in charge still answers to us


Madaba - Levantine and Shia, Madaba has 10.8 and 7.5; Mosque of Um ar-Rasas, 117 and 4.5; City of Sahab 25.6 and 3; and finally the Barony of Qastal, 8.1 and 6

[Abe Sargent]

19 Nov - I sent the Sheik a gift and then asked for conversion and he agreed

I dismiss the Knights Templar

It was nice to fight a war with just the Knights Templar my allies.

9 Dec - I order a castle in Malta

15 Feb, 1184 Town of Tomar built in Lisboa

I usurp the Beja Duchy title and give it to the Count of Lisboa

I order a Castle Keep in Jaca (Alto Aragon) and Medium Barracks in Zaragoza

4 Mar - I volunteer to assist the Duchess of Galicia in Holy War against the Almoravids

12 July - I assembled a quick army to strike at 1600 enemy troops marching across my territory and we hit them twice.

10 Aug - City of Olbao in Faro is built - I order a market built ere before I turn it over.

28 Aug - Duke of Barcelona passes

29 Dec - I order City in Barcelona

[Abe Sargent]

18 Mar, 1185 - The population of Alcacer do Sal is now true Christian

25 Mar - I order a Large Stone Wall in Mirabel, Jerusalem

17 June - My wife is pregnant

2 July - Medium Stone Wall ordered in Soria

4 Sept - Holy War lost by Asturias. The province of Astorga falls into the hands of the Moors


15 December - I order a Wooden Palisade in the new Barony in Malta, Mgarr. I then hand it away.

20 Dec - We have another major Typhoid Fever outbreak in the area. It looks like at least ten provinces are suffering. The outbreak is so bad that our King, Ramiro, with 10198 prestige and 4806 piety contracted it again and this time, passes at the age of 48

King Pedro, 30

9, 22, 13, 5, 1

Brilliant Strategist, Just, Patient, Honest, Temperate, Proud, Zealous
Aggressive Leader, Organizer

Another good warrior. He has inherited his mother's weak claim on Navarra, and you can expect me to move on that if an opportunity presents itself.

I need to drop a province, and I know where and what. I hand the County of Soria away. I then create the Duchy of Castille. I give the Duchy to the Count of Asturias de Santillana

I usurp the Duchy of Outrejordain and hand it to the Count of Madba, This removes the very ornery Count of Negev from my worry. Two more provinces are in that de jure area, but we do not control them,

My children are Pedro II who is craven and an imbecile, and Diego Perez, 9 years old.

[Abe Sargent]

18 Jan, 1186 - A daughter was born to my father's second wife, my half sister Blanca

5 Feb - Several others are dying of the Fever

7 Mar - Algeciras has converted to Catholicism. Acre has also converted. I send my Bishop to Cadiz

16 Mar - The Pope has died. The new one is Gelasis II

18 Mar I send my Chancellor to sow dissent in Navarra. Maybe we can manufacture the problems that will enable me to attack.

1 May - Measles outbreak in Denia

24 May - I fulfill my ambition to amass wealth. This gives me an extra Stewardship, which allows me to hold an extra holding in my demesne. My next ambition is to be a Paragon of Virtue

20 Sept - I took a looksee and between measles and Typhoid Fever, we are in a real mess in some places

1 Nov - I order a Portcullis in Gibraltar and a Medium Stone Wall in Loarre

1 Jan, 1187 The City of Provencana is built in Barcelona. I order a Town Market built and hand it over.

24 Jan - Madaba has converted

[Abe Sargent]

2 Mar - With the Almoravids involved in a major project in the south against another nation, I decide to make a move

This is a Holy War for Portucale - four provinces.

Here we go

I assemble much, but not all of my forces

25 Apr - We win a battle in Castelo Branco

19 June - The first holding in Castelo Branco is ours. They're besieging Lisboa.

13 July - The next holding falls as well

1 Aug - AS does the 3rd and we have the province now

18 Sep - 5000 troops are moving to assist their friends here

26 Oct - We defeat the large army

7 Dec - The first holding in Coimbra fall

26 Dec - The first holding in Braganca is ours too

6 Jan, 1188 - We assault and take Coimbra holding #2 I'm doing a lot of assaulting because they are bringing up a 11000 strong army.

16 Jan - The next holding in Cimbra is ours

29 Jan - Holding #4 at Coimbra and we have the full provinces

1 Feb - 2n holding i Braganca falls

21 March - Their army arrived and was smashing a 8k army of mine but I moved my other 7k army an it arrived on 1 Mar, and we fought a nasty battle. At the end, we broke their major army, and dispirited, we get peace for the Duchy of Portucale


Porto - Maghreb and Sunni, Porto is Capital, with 7.9 base tax, 5.5 fort; City if Guimaraes, 21.8 and 3; Barony of Moncao, 4 an 3; Barony of Viana do Castelo 7.9 and 5.5 and finally Braga Bishopric, 8

Braganca - Portuguese and Sunni. Braganca is the capital with 10.6 and 6.5; City of Vila Real with 12.8 and 2.5 and two Bishoprics, Azinhoso and Chaves

Coimbra - Maghreb and Sunni - Coimbra is the capital and gets 5.9 base tax and 4.5 forting; Barony of Penela has 5.7 and 3.5; City of Avein with 21.8 and 3 and the Bishopric of Viscu, 8.

Castelo Branco, Sunni and Portugese, Castelo branco is the capital of the county with 7.9 and 4.5; Guarda Bishopric 8; and Covilha CIty with 12.8 and 3 fort

I hand away all provinces, create the Duchy of Portucale, and give it to the nw Count of Porto

During the war, France reabsorbed a one province county. The Almoraids have just three provinces left - Santiago, Zamora, and Astorga. each is in a different duchy and thus each will need a separate war or claim

[Abe Sargent]

17 May - I gain the Scholar Trait

1 Aug - Peasant rebellion in Porto

29 October - I become a Paragon of Virtue after accumulating 500 piety. I will know be known as The Holy

I choose having a daughter as an ambition

3 Nov - Rebellion over

Major news today. Coruna, the empty province that was absorbed by France has rebelled and now fighting a war against them. I can take it.

I declare myself King of Galicia

I declare war on Coruna, with a de jure claim

Because of their revolt, all forces will be our enemy, French or Corunan, but it's worth a shot. Let's arrange a huge army


11 Jan, 1189 - We defeat their army.

10 Feb - We take the first holding

20 Feb - The second one falls and we take the peace terms with 100 war score. We have gained Coruna


Coruna - Portugese and Catholic, this province has three holdings under the control of the Countess that was already in control. A Corunna is the cap with 8.1 and 6.5; Bishopric of Mondofiedo with 10.1 and 3; and finally city of Lugo with 30.6 and 1.6

We struck quickly and took it before France could get it back. I'm very happy with that.

[Abe Sargent]

12 Mar - I order a Castle Keep in Jerusalem's Mirabel and Medium Stone Wall in Gibraltar

16 May - We steal tech from the Almoravids

15 June - Good news, Cadiz has converted.

16 Oct - Algeciras is now Castilan

1 Dec - Rebellion in Aracena

17 Dec - Castello branco is converted

19 Mar, 1190 - Rebellion done

1 Aprl, 1190 - Rebellion in Coruna

20 June- That rebellion is ended as well

I order a Bishopric built in Molina

8 July - The Duke of Acalon passed and I gain the title back. I get the 600 or so god the guy had. I order a City here. Then I give teh County away and the Duke title to the Count of Darum rather than Ascalon, because I feel the young teen would be a better choice long term.

I don;t know how, but I've gained Irbid in Jerusalem. It's a county next to Madaba, Safed, Tiberias and Tyrus. The Duke i charge has even converted to Catholicism without my assistance. I don't know what happened. I have to believe that if this was the Knights, they would have placed a European in charge of the province. Oh wait, never mind. It's my Duke in Madaba. He must have conquered Irbid and I'm not sure how. Well, good for him!

[Abe Sargent]

2 Jan, 1191 - This time I order an Expanded Keep in Mirabel Jerusalem; I also order a Large Stone Wall in Gibraltar

10 Feb - Coimbra is now Catholic

21 Apr - Plascencia has converted as well

(I make roughly 500 gold a year, and more than 40 a month)

26 Apr - We steal more tech from North Africa

11 July Pedro II of Aragon is now 16 and a Tough Soldier. With imbecile, his stats are 1, 0, 0, 0, and 0. I have ordered a Bishopric built, and will move him to it when things are done.

8 Oct - Irbid converts

14 Oct - I gain Kind after agreeing to house a slightly off or crazy knight

1 Jan, 1192 - The Pope has created the Teutonic Order. Also, Typhus broke out in Acre

31 Jan - Alcantara has converted

I hand my half sister her mother for raising

1 Fb - Rebellion in La Mancha

28 Feb - Ended

[Abe Sargent]

22 Apr - Navarra is attacking de jure Viscaya from the Duchy of Leon

I decline a war offer

May 1 - Rebellion in Darum

26 May - Taken care of by my large army in Jerusalem

26 June - The Bishopric of Olmeda in Molina is complete, and I appoint my son Bishop.

It won't work, I can;t disqualify my heir by making him a Bishop. I just ive it to a normal Bishop and I need a new plan

I don;t have a plot option to kill my son. I'm just going to try to assassinate him. It's not like he;s good enough to block it. It's risky. I spend 350 and I have just a 13% chance of discovery and 43% chance of success.

He was slain in a suspicious accident - we were not discovered. Very nicely done

14 July - Semsem is the newest city in Ascalon. I hand it over.

3 October - Our Court Chaplain passes, and I appoint Bishop Flain of Xativa with a 19 learning, as my next guy

1 Nov - Prince Diego is now 16. He's bit...not that great. It's obvious that I didn't work on him for years, and here he is


Diego, 16
Dip - 4, Mar - 14, Stew - 6, Intri - 6, Learn - 3

Brilliant Strategist, Homosexual, Humble, Craven, Wroth
Flanker, Inspiring Leader

Well, as you can see, he has few good traits. Only Humble is an good, and he was not developed a I want my heirs to be. His base stats are 5, 4, 4, 5 and 4. Very little of worth there.

Wife time. 19 year old Margot de Rethel is strong, and that may be inheritable plus she has good stats in several major areas. Her base stats are poor though.

Nevermind, I found my wife. She's old - 22. Her are her base stats - 4, 8, 8, 8 and 4. Tat's ery marriable. Say hello:

Romylia Makrembolites, 22

Dip 11, Mar 15, Stew - 10, Intri - 22, Learn - 7

Elusive Shadow, Diligent, Charitable, Ambitious, Envious, Brave

Not a bad wife at all, you have to admit

I take a huge dowry.

I order a City built in Cadiz

[Abe Sargent]

11 Dec - I want to link my possessions, so I declare a de jure war against the Almoravids for Santiago

5 Jan, 1193 - I defeat a major army

30 Jan - In three weeks I capture all four holdings in Santiago - I order my 11000 troops on

May 2 - We take Santiago


Santiago - South of Coruna, north of Porto and Bracangra, this Portgese and Catholic province has four holdings. Santiago is the capital, with 8.1 and 6.5; Barony of Pontevedra with 8.1 and 6.5, Tuy Bishopric rocking 8 an the City of Vigo, with a Moslim Mayor, 21.6 base tax and 2.5 fort I order the person to leave. I order a Market in Vigo and Church Town in Tuy - I'll hold onto this province for now

[Abe Sargent]

22 July - I join a Holy war vs Tunis by France

1 Sept - The Teutonic Order has been granted land in Croatia in the County of Sarkel

18 Sep - Large Keep ordered for Jerusalem

9 Oct - Castle Donjon ordered for Gibraltar

15 Oct - Donation from the Pope used t fund a Large Stone Wall in Jaca

1 Ja, 1194 - I uncover a plot by the Duke of Ascalon to usurp the Crown of Jerusalem - he agrees to end the plot.

16 Fe - My Steward has passed. I appoint the 17 Stewardship Count of Hebon as my new guy

26 Feb - Ten days later, my Bishop has passed - my new one has a learning of 17 as well

1 Mar - Smallpox in Ascalon

1 May - Rebellion in Coimbra

24 June - No longer

14 Oct - Porto converts

12 Nov - The City of Acala de los Grandes is open for business in Cadiz

5 Jan, 1195 - Th Countess of Coruna has usurped the Duchy title from the Emirate, and now is the Duchess of Galicia

20 Feb - Castle Donjon requested in Gibraltar

22 Feb - France won the Holy War for more of North Africa

[Abe Sargent]

19 Mar - Navarra takes Viscaya from Leon, leaving Leon with one province

7 May - A city is ordered in Santiago

1 Oct - Rebellion i Bracanga

3 Dec - Done

26 Dec - get news that the Count of Hebron is trying to oust me. I try to get him to stop but it fails . I tried to imprison him today, and it also failed and he has gone rogue and I order my army in Jerusalem to assemble and move to end this

16 March Hebron's first holding falls

23 Apr - The second one falls and we force peace. He is placed in jail. I banish him, taking his hundreds of gold. I move my Bishop to here to try and convert the folks

I use the money plus some I was holding onto to build a city in Coruna

31 Oct - Negev has converted

1 Nov - Typhus breaks out in Jaffa

16 Nov - Braganca converts

13 Dec - Expanded Keep for Gibraltar

1 Jan, 1197 - Peasants rebelling in Silves

15 Feb - Ended

[Abe Sargent]

10 Mar - The Almoravids are attacking the Leonese in a new Holy War - Leon has the Knights Templar on their side and already captured a holding of the Almoravids

I use this opportunity. I declare Holy War for Asturias, which is one province Astorga

I assemble one army for sieging and another at Algiercas and Gibraltar.

7 Apr - The Knights of St John request permission to join our cause - we agree and gain piety and relations with them.

They built a Barony in Hebron. This is in addition to the normal things there. I thought they were asking for the Holy War, but i goes they were asking for a new castle and territory. It works all th same

19 Apr - We win a minor battle in Astorga

I have a 10000 strong army in Gibraltar daring them to cross. These provinces around me are very rich with men and money

7 May - Say hello to the newest city, Vilagacia in Santiago. I order Large Training Grounds in Jerusalem's Mirabel

21 May - The 1st holding in Astorga is ours

18 June - The next one falls

27 June - The city falls and its all ours

1 Aug - I join France in another Holy War i North Africa. They have most of it by now. They are huge down there.

23 Aug - I begin a siege of Cebta, across the pond from Gibraltar

25 Aug - We win a large victory in Tangier.

11 Sept - Th first holding of Cebta is ours

10 Ocr - The first holding of Tangier is ours.

15 Oct - The next of Cebta falls

25 Oct - They offer us peace .


Astorga - Nestled between Santiago, Braganca, and then Leon, Zamora and Asturias de Oviedoo, this Castillian Sunni land has three holdings - Barony of Poferrada, capital, with 7.9 a 4 fort; Bishopric of Astorga rocking 8 and a city named Bembibre, with 12.6 and 2.5.

I hand Cadiz to one of my courtiers

[Abe Sargent]

9 Dec - The province of Leon is now ours to claim after our Chancellor made some claims.

24 Jan 1198 - i offer to join Leon;s war against the Moors

1 Feb - They accept

The enemy has more than 15000 troops and Leon nothing.

25 Feb = We steal tech from North Africa

2 Apri - The Duke of Portucale passed today of pneumonia, and I was his heir. I get some coin and hand both titles back.

I order a city in Astorga

26 April - The City of Triacastela is open in Coruna

1 May - Rebellion in Astorga begins

17 July - Lisboa has converted

24 July - Leon no longer exists, it was taken by the Almoravids.

17 Aug - Rebels ousted

1Dec - Rebellion in Almeria

14 Dec - Malaga converts

29 Dec - Rebellion has ended

1 Mar, 1199 - Measles outbreak in Castellon

[Abe Sargent]

11 Apr - My Chancellor made claims in Asturias de Ovieno

17 Aug - Death of a Steward. I appoint the 17 ability Count of Aracena

28 Aug - Large Keep ordered for Gibraltar

1 Dec - Smallpox has begun in Tyrus

20 Jan, 1200 - In Mirabel, I order a Small Cabellero Training Grounds

13 Mar - Zamora has declared independence from the Almoravids and is at war with them now

6 Apr - Toreno is the new place to hang out in Astorga

10 Apr - We gained a claim on Salamanca

7 June - Hebron has converted - all f our land in the Holy Land is now Catholic

16 June - Faro has converted as well

12 July - Aracena converts

1 AUg - Rebellion in Castellon

23 Aug - The Rebellion is over

6 Mar, 1201 - The Duke of Barcelona was Excommunicated. I ask the Pontiff that it be lifted.

17 Mar - It is lifted - I used up 50 Piety

30 May - One of my couriers dies to an assassins blade by the Moslims

23 Nov - I upgrade the newCabellero Training Ground in Mirabel, Jerusalem

16 Dec - I gain Honest

23 Jan, 1202 - I marry the Duke of Barcelona to my half sister.

8 Feb - The Holy War for African land is a white peace - too much give and take by them

[Alf]

Time for a picture ;)

[Abe Sargent]

14 Feb 0 I declare war on France by pressing all claim - I want to take Salamanca and Asturias de O and drive them out of Iberia

I order two besiege armies and one main army at Rosello to fight off any French advances ht way

20 April - I have 9500 troops in Rosello, 7000 in Dax besieging on the north edge around the Pyranees

11 May - Holding #1 in Salamanca is ours

18 May - #2 is ours as well

23 May - Salamanca is all ours

7 Jun - Jihad called for Anatolia

12 June - Leon provinces has gone indy a well

17 Aug - We defeated a force of 8000 French with a a large 11000 storng army

26 Sept - Asturias de O... 1st holding is ours

1 Nov - Beershub rebellion

We've been doing a lot of pings pongs with he remnants of their army

8 Nov - Valenica is now Castilian

18 Nov - Their army is routed

26 Dec - Holding #2 in As de O is ours

12 Jan, 1203 - Holding #3 falls

8 Feb - 1st holding of Dax falls

3 Apr - Viscaya declares war against Navarra. This is a powerful opportunity because I can push my weak claim. I push my sieges

16 Apr - 1st holding of Carcassone is ours

24 Apr - Dax holding #2 is ours as well

14 may - Dax #3 falls

Najera also is warring with Navarra

1 May - The final holding in sturias de O falls

I take both provinces and disassemble my forces. (I bring back those in French territory first

We'll look at them later - I was hoping we'd get a chance to press this weak claim on Navarra before I died

[Abe Sargent]

16 June - My armies are all disassemble I declare war on Navarra

I create armies in Allto Aragon and Zaragoza

18 July - I defeat one of the rebelling provinces.

14 Sept - Evora converts

11 Nov - 1st holding of Pamlona falls

25 Nov - 2nd goes

15 Dec - 3rd goes

3 Feb, 1204 - 4th goes

1 Mar - 5th an final ne falls

I am now the King of Navarra, the previous King is now the Duke, and I am to continue the war against these rebelling provinces

24 mar - Holding #1 in Viscaya goes

27 Mr - Holding #1 in Najera falls too

13 May - I capture two more holdings and enforce peace, and all are now in my fold.

We have taken Najera, Viscaya, Navarra, Salamanca, and Asturias de Ovendo

Salamanca - South of Zamora, ad by Valladolid, Alcantara, Plascenciand Castelo Branco. Castilian and Catholic . Salamanca Capital s 8.1 and 6.5; Bejar City, 18.1 and 1.2 Ciudad Rodrigo Bishop with 10.1 and 2 frt

Asturias de Oviedo - Oviedo is the capital of this Cstilian Catholic province. IT ha 8.1 base tax and 6.5 fort. Other holdings inlclude the Barony of Norena, 8.1 and .5; Bishopric of Canga de Onis, 12.1 and 3.5; and CIty of Gijn with 30.6 and 2.5. I order a city here.

Viscaya - Basque and Catholic, already ruled by Count Carlos. Inin capital, 81 and 6.5; City of Vitoria, 34.6 ad 2.5; City of Guernica, 12.4 and 08; Bishopric of San Sebastian, 12.1 ad .5

Najera - Basque and Catholic, ruled by Count Luis, Najera capita has 8.1 and 6.5 fort; Calaborra bishopric has 12.1 an 3.5; and finally city of logrono rolls with 25.6 and 2.5

Navarra - Duke Tibalt the Just rules this basque Catholc lands. Pamplona is captial with 10.6 and 6.5 fort; Barony of Tafalla and anher of Estella have 81 base tax and 6.5 fort each; City of Tudela has 34.6 and 2.5 while the Bishopric of Leyre rocks 12.1 in base tx and 3.5 in fort

I hand away Salamanca = I also give away Astorga, which is where my Diocese Bishop is trying to convert folks

I transfer Viscaya and Najera counties to Duke Tibalt of Navarra so everything makes geographic sense.

[Abe Sargent]

There are just two provinces in Iberia which are not mine - Zamora and Leon - both are in Moslim hands

The Almravids have been badly divided and don't control these two small provinces. So let's push

I declare Holy War on both of these small provinces

I hire the Teutonic Order to assist - I'll use them while my forces recuperate

6 June - My Spymaster passes and I appoint my wife to the role

31 Oct - We have captured all six holdings in Leon

11 Dec - All three holdings in Zamora are ours. We take them both and win both wars

Zamora - Castilian and Sunni, Zmra is capital with 7.9 base tax and 4.5 fort. Benavente is a Bishopric with 8 and the city of Toro has 1.8 and 1.7 fort


Leon - 10.6 base tax, Castilian and Sunni, 65 fort, City f Villablino has 12. base tax, 2.5 fort; base tax and 8.1


I order a city in Zamora and then hand it away. I hand away Leon as well. I create the Duchy of Leon and give it to the Count of Leon, who oversees Salamanca and Zamora as well.



I'd show you a map but it's pretty boring. :) This was not my original intent when beginning this dynasty. I figured that I would share Iberia with Castille, Leon, Galicia Navarra and later Portugal. I was going to get the traditional Aragonese silhouette in Iberia, and then move off like they did, as they ran into Castille. That was about to happen here too. But then Castile failed to grow after twice trying to get Cordoba's duchy. And Then Castille lost Toledos duchy. Then Castille stopped being pertinent just before being destroyed.

[Abe Sargent]

11 Dec - I order Medium Barrack in Gibraltar

So, in late 1204 we captured Iberia. Other than that we have just Malta and Jerusalem

I create the Empire of Hispania title. I am now an Emperor


Where do I go now? I mean, for a bit I'll stay here and regroup, but what and where next? France has all of Sicily, Southern Italy, and much of N Africa. The Holy Roman Empire has Sardinia and Corsica. The Byzantines have Cyprus and other smaller island (like Rhodes). So where?
I don't know. But first, i want to consolidate some holdings. Before, as I've kept onto possessions inside of traditional Duchy, I've not created or handed out the Duke title, but now I am. So, for example, the Duchy of Seville has five provinces, three of which currently have a Cout and two of which are under my control. I create the Duchy of Seville title, and then give it to the Count of Aracena. That reduces my vassalage, which is what I'm trying to do. Then I transfer to him the Counties of Cadiz and Niebla, while I keep Seville and Algeciras to myself for now

Castellon, Valencia and Denia are in the Duchy of Valencia. I give it to the Countess of Denia and she also takes Castellon with her. I give the Duchy of Granada to the Count of Malaga. I hand the Duchy of Toledo to the Count of Molina. By doing this, I have reduced by vassals a bit I also spend some cash and gain some prestige.

[Abe Sargent]

1 Jan, 1205 - The Duchess of Galicia passed - This Ambitious Duke s going to be a problem.

21 Mar - he Count of Malta was Excommunicated at the request of the Duke of Sicily.

5 Apr - I get it lifted

1 Aug - Typhus breaks out in Viscaya

6 Aug - Santiago is now Castilian

17 Au - The Duke of Beja has passed and I need a new Marshal. The Mayor of Huesca has a 25 skill so he's my new guy

1 Set - revolt is Tyrus

7 Oct - Ended

[Abe Sargent]

I noticed that Petra, Monrral and Kerak are all now independent one province nation.

I Declare de jure war for Monreal, and for Kerak.

I'll try to fight these wars with just troops from teh Holy Land

21 Nov - We have won two major battles.

1 Dec - I'm chasing around the remnants of an army, the other was destroyed

21 Jan, 1206 - We inherit the Duchy of Leon. The new Duke of Leon will be the Count of Astorga

7 Mar - 1st holding on Monreal is ours

26 Mar - Monreal is now ours and we take it. On to Kerak

15 June - The first holding in Kerak is ours and peace is ours with it. We have taken both provinces. We now have every province in the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Monreal - Levantine and Shia, still has Moslims in charge, Monreal is captial wit 10.8 and 8.5 fort; Mosque of Sela has 13.9 and 5.5. I order a city here

Kerak - Levantine and Shia, also has Moslims in charge Krak de Moab is the capital with 10..8 base tx and 7.5 ort. The City f Kerak is here as well, with 25.8 base tax and 3 fort.


The City of Luarca was built in Astorias de Oviedo. I order a town market built here.

I transfer both counties to the Duke of Outrejourdain

[Abe Sargent]

18 Oct - I inherit the County of Acre and some change. I use the money to build a city and a Large Barracks in Acre's fortress. Then I hand it away.

19 Dec - The City of Polvorosa opens in Zamora

2 Jan, 1207 In Gibraltar, we order the construction of medium archery range

30 Mar - We hold a Grand Tournament

29 May - The Grand Tournament has begun and will run for the next two months

21 July - The Winner is Aznar de San Pawl, the Steward of Malta; Second Place to Count Pedro of Murcia and third place Fruela de Alhama de Aragon, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Granada

I join a internal French war on my King ally's side just to keep him as an ally if needed later


1 Nov - Peasant rebellion in Malaga begins.

26 Nov - No longer an issue

5 Jan, 1208 - I order a small army assembled and moved to the Holy Land. It looks like both of our new vassals are about to revolt.

4 Feb - Our disloyal vassals have revolted. Time to make them pay

Actually, we may not be needed. My Duke hired all three Holy Orders to assist. Man I'm so glad I ordered him to covert and made him a Duke later, because he's gotten me a province and now fighting a war without me

15 Mar - Our 9000 troops have arrived in Jaffa

13 May - I order Large Archery Range in Gibraltar

22 June - Idan is built in Monreal, and I give it to the Duchy

30 Aug - They won;t let me fight with my army, so I disband everything and hope that my Duke wins

29 Sept - The French won their internal war

[Abe Sargent]

28 Oct - City of Athlith opens in Acre, I order a town market built here and hand it to the Count

4 Nov 0 The Emperor has become Infirm

1 Jan, 1209 - Rebellion in Cadiz

27 Jan - After winning against this rabble, I gain Brave


24 Feb - Monreal is lost and in jail

15 Mar - I upgrade the walls to medium in the two Baronies in Jerusalem - Ramala and Jericho

29 June - Emperor has lost Infirm and become incapable

The demense is too big. I hand Hebron to a new Count

I order a city constructed in Jaffa

Empress Aignes becomes the Regent

1 Sept - Rebellion in Faro

14 oct - Taken care of

18 Nov - Our Court Chaplain has perished. Our new one is a guy with 18 learning

12 Jan, 1210 - At the age of 54, the Emperor of Hispania, Pedro the Holy, with 8164 prestige and 964 piety has passed on.

Uniter of Hispania and Finisher of the Reconquista

Emperor Diego of Hispania, 33

Dip - 7, Mar - 21, Stew - 11, Intri - 9, Learn - 7

Brilliant Strategist, Homosexual, Humble, Diligent, Wroth, Zealous, Ambitious, Just
Flanker, Inspiring Leader

Two sons - Pedro Diaz is 11, and Diego II Diez is 8

i give away some gifts to help smooth the transition

With a good stewardship, I am doing better in money, and making a ton more. I'm going to skip all of the minor things I'll be building up here and there. I'll only tell you about major projects - more than 70 gold a month is my income

I make my wife the new Spymaster.

[Abe Sargent]

1 Feb, 1211 - After a quiet year, Smallpox breaks out in Porto and a rebellion in Salamanca

5 Apr - Rebellion is quaffed

9 May -Leon converts

17 May - My wife is pregnant

29 May - The Duke of Badajoz has passed and since he was my Chancellor, I have appointed the Duke of Granada with his 24 diplomacy as my new guy

1 July - The new city in Jaffa is Beit Dejan

5 Oct - Monreal converts. I send the Chaplain to Kerak

18 Dec - We have a daughter, Aragonta. I finish my ambition to have a daughter.

1 Feb, 1212 - Consumption breaks out in Viscaya

1 Jun Typhus in Malaga breaks out

18 Jan, 1213 - A large war has brewed against Prince Tybalt the Just , Duke of Navarra. Six r seven of my vassals are marching toward him. I decide to let this play out

19 Jan - My wife stole technology from North Africa

11 Apr - I order a city in Calatayud

21 May - The Jihad for Anatolia is cancelled

25 Sept - I order a Bishopric in Menorca

10 Dec - Tibalt in Navarra wins his war

4 Feb, 1214 - My son, Pedro II, is now 16. Time to find a wife.

I have my wife, from the Duchy of Galilee

16 Feb - They are married, and I take the dowry

Leonor Ponce, 18

Dip 19 (base 10); Mar 7 (base 3); Stew 6 (base 4); Intri 6 (base 7); Learn 15 (base 5)

Mastermind Theologian, Gregarious, Arbitrary, Honest, Ambitious, Zealous

18 Feb - I have gained a Stewardship after fulfilling the gain wealth ambition

I grant the Barony of Loarre to my son

[Abe Sargent]

25 May - Prince Tibalt just usurped the King of Navarra title. It's not a big deal. I let it stand. It's actually a good idea. I create the King of Portugal title. I grant the King of Portugal title to the Duke of Beja. He has the four counties in his dukedom and the two counties of the Duchy of Algarve


18 July - I order a Grand Tournament held

1 Au - Smallpox in Navarra

16 Sept - The Tournament Begins

9 Oct - Someone was wounded

8 Nov - Winner was Count Ordono of Hebron, 2nd Teobaldo Hudid, Chancellor of Calatayud; 3rd Alexandre de Torrede Moncorvo, Marshal of Braganca

I fought well and gain the Brave trait

8 Feb, 1215 - It reaches my ears that the Khan of Khans has begun assembling in Asia

10 Feb - Zamora has converted

12 Feb - The Duchy of Galicia rebels and declares war against me - I thought this guy was going to be a problem. I have two adjacent provinces, Santiago and A de O.

26 Mar - We crush his pitiful army

15 May - 1st holding tumbles

20 July - The next one is ours

22 July - Astorga converts

We have won and imprisoned the Duke, it is back in our fold

The heir seems like a nice enough fellow. I execute the duke and his heir takes over

[Abe Sargent]

Oct 3 - Bishopric of Es Castell in Menorca. Now I order a city there. I had to build teh Bishopric firs,t because every county needs one of each befre you ca focus on one type

29 Jan, 1216 - Emperor DIego will now be known as The Able

1 Aug - Rebellion in Porto

8 Sep - Taken care of

17 Sept - The great Khagan and his hordes have arrived, set on conquering the Muslim world

I know where I'm going to strike next now. I want to end French expansion in North Africa. They tool Tunis and keep expanding westward. Now they are butting up against the Emirate of Alexandria, so if I move in, take Alexandria, I get a rich province, some chump provinces I had away, and a place I can expand to from Jerusalem if I want, and I stop French Expansion. Alexandria is our target

The powerful Rohaid rules the area, so I need plans. I hire the Knights Templar and a merc unit of 5000 troops. I'll transport them just off the coast, declare war, and then organize my forces and move them in

1 Feb, 1217 - I declare Holy War against teh Rohaids for the four provinces of Alexandria

War is declared. I order my forces into Alexandria, my fleet to return, and my armies to assemble to join these

The Siege of Alexandria has begun

Due to the powerful attrition, split the mercs off the adjacent Al Alamayn

14 April - My second born son, and the Apple of my eye (he's nice) is of age.

21 April - Our 15k strong army arrives off the coast

17 May - Alexandria's 1st holding is ours

13 June - the next one is ours

20 June - The first holding in Al Alamayn is ours

31 July Holding #3 falls in Alexandria

12 Aug - Holding #4 falls

15 Aug - Holding #2 in Al Alamayn is ours

20 Aug - Another 12k troops has arrived from Hispania

25 Aug - We have won the Holy War

Everyone is ordered to stand down.

All of these are Egyptian and Shia

Al Alamayn - west of Alexandria and adjacent to two French holdings, has El-lamein as capital 10.8 and 7.5; Mersa Matruh as city with 25.8 and 3; Bishopric of Sidi Barrani with 8 base tax

Gizeh - Our most inland province, tw away from Alexandria, west of the Nile, Barony of Abu Rowash is captial with 8.1 and 6.5; Gizeh Bishopric has 8 base tax and City Dashur rcks 12.8 and 3 fort level

Buhairya - South of Alexandria, north of Gizeh, between France and Rohaid. County capital is Buhiarya, ,10.6 and 6/5; Qasr Farfra is the local city and has 12.8 base tax and 3 frt; Mut Bishopric, 8 bse tax

And the jewel

Alexandria - County Capital is Abukir, with 10.8 base tax and 8.5 fort. One city - Marabout with 25.9 base tax and 4 fort. Two Bishoprics, Alexandria proper and El-Kanoun, both with 8 base tax and no fort Two Baronies, Burg El-Arab has 8.1 and 6.5 as does Hammam.

I order town markes in most cities. I hand away Gizeh and Al Alamayn.

Anyway, I bet you want a picture of the Middle East!

[Abe Sargent]

Map Time


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The Blue blob to the west is France. You can also see the blue blob's tip of Italy under my picture in the upper left corner. We are both Hispania brownish orangish color. As you can see, I neatly leapfrogged French expansion in the area by taking Alexandria first. I don't expect to expand southerly, but if I can go eastward along the shore to connect to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, that makes sense. You can see the large Rohaid green to the west, east, and south of my various holdings here.

The Byzantine pink s bronk in places, and disjoined in parts of Turkey. Meanwhile, places such as Rhodes, Crete, and Cyprus that make sense for a poor boy like me are all fully Byzanium;s holdings. I'd love to take some islands here. As of right ow, it;s not happening. And France took places that are historically Aragon's, such as Sicily and Italy. So I had to come here, and this made sense.

[Abe Sargent]

12 Oct - The new city in Menorca is named Ferreries

18 Dec - Time to marry my second son

Prince Diego II has 17, 17 8, 9 and 6 as his stats. I marry him to the eldest daughter of the Emperor of Byzantium - this gives me an alliance with Byzantium for now. I want one here.

1 Jan, 1218 - Rebellion in Alexandria

5 Jan Mertola has converted

1 Feb - Peasant revolt in Coruna

12 Mar - Done

27 June - Rebs in Alexandria finished. My Marshal died fighting them. My new marshal is Pedro, my son

8 Feb, 1219 - We steal more tech from North Africa

[Abe Sargent]

26 May Good news - my Chancellor has given us claims against Corsica. I've been working on that for a while now.

I declare war against the Holy Roman Emperor for Corsica

24 July - A force of 15000 folks land at Corsica

28 July - We crush a ground force

15 Aug - We take the first holding.

24 Aug - We take the second and I unload 5000 troops in Sardinia

8 Sept - We fully control Corsica now

25 Oct - First holding n Cagliari is ours

21 Nov - All of Cagliari is ours

16 Dec - First holding of Arborea is ours

30 Dec - The next falls to us

18 Jan, 1220 - We have captured Arborea

1 Feb - I unload my army in northern Italy to continue the siege

14 June - First holding captured

18 June - We defeat a large 8000 strong army of the HRE

19 July After taking two more holdings in the province we were besieging, we have win the war and take Corsica


Corsica - Italian and Catholic, land armies may cross from it to northern Sardinia in Arborea's county. There are four holdings here. Ajaccio is the capital with 7.9 and 5.5. The Barony of Alerica has 5.7 and 3.5; while the Bishopric of Bonifacio has 8.4 and 1 and the City of Bastia has 27.1 and 1.2 fort.

I'll hold on to it for a bit to help improve it. I have a max demesne of 14 and this puts me at that limit

[Abe Sargent]

20 Aug - I join a Byzantine war

24 Oct - Al Alamayn has converted

9 Nov - My second born son has his first son. My first born has had 3 sons, one died very young.

18 Jan, 1221 - Kerak has converted

8 Jun - We stole tech from N Africa

10 July - I order a city in Buhairya

15 Aug - My mother has passed

25 Apr, 1222 - The Duke of Granada passed and my new Chancellor is the Duke of Murica's 21 diplomacy

1 Sept - Measles breakout in Jaffa

2 Dec - Good news - Alexandria has converted.

25 Dec - My wife brings me a Christmas present, new tech from North Africa she stole

1 Jan, 1223 - Revolt in Mallorca

8 Feb - More stolen tech

19 Feb - Rebellion ended

I order a city built in Denia

1 Mar - Typhoid Fever in Terragona

15 July - The new city in Buhairya is called Ismant

28 July - The Pope has passed and the new one is Pope Silverius II

[Abe Sargent]

15 Sept - Several major people are declaring independence in the Mid East, including Sinai, Damietta and two provinces in Petra. Rohaid has lost all of their provinces south of the Caior duchy.

Now is the time for expansion. Do I want Sinai or Damietta? Both connect me.

Damietta is wealthier. I pick up some Knights of St John and order them sent down along with 5000 mercs

28 Nov - The King of Navara tibilt has passed

3 Dec - I declare Holy War against the Emirate. 13000 troops are ordered from the ship to Gabiyaha province

10 Dec - We blow through defenses and initiate the siege

4 Jan, 1224 - Our Jerusalem army arrives in boats off the caots and lads at Damietta itself

16 Feb - The first holding of Gabi is ours

17 Mar - I land 10000 more troops from Hispania and defeat an army of 4500 - Peulisa is under siege

1 Apr- Rebels in Buhairya, so I dispatch some of my army next door to handle tehm

18 Apr - Rebels taken care of

20 June - Holding #2 in Gabi tumble

29 June - the next follows

24 July - Gabi is now ours

17 Aug - First holding in Plusia is ous

8 Sept - As is the second

26 Sept - And the third

18 Oct - We have now fully captured Pelusia

We have won

All of these provinces are Egyptian and Shia

Damietta - Damiettta is capital with 10.8 base tax and 7.5 fort; Barony of Burah with 0.8 and 7.5 as well Bishopric of Saramsah with 8 base tax and City f Burlus with 25.8 and 3

Pelusia - Pelusia is the capital here with 10.8 and 7.5; similar status of Barony of Isma'illa. Al-Salihiyah has 8 and 0 like normal and city of Tinis rocks 25.8 and 3

Manupura - Fve holdings here 0 Bishopric of Bilbays is normal 8; three baronies (Thribiss, Zagazig and Manusura) are 10.8 and 7.5 and the city of Al-Mahallah is 12.8 and 3

Gabiyaha - Rosetta is capital wit 10.6 and 6.5, Barony of Xois rocks 8.1 and 6.5, Fuwa Bishop as expected and City of Sais has 25.8 and 3

I begin by handing away all four provinces and then create the Duchy of Damietta title and hand it to the new Count of Damietta

Now all I need to do is take Sinai later and we'll have that land bridge

[Abe Sargent]

1 Jan, 1225 The Ilkhanate is spreding out by teh Caspian sea. It's still very far from us in Jerusalem

My Duchy of Ascalon have launched a Holy War for Sinai

16 Feb - Sinai was reabsorbed by Rohaid - Ascalon's war has ended as a result.

31 Mar - The Duke of Leon creates the King o Leon title

29 Apr - More tech stolen

29 July 0 I order a city in Negev

23 Mar, 1226 - There are few Almravid provinces left, the nation is dissolving.

2 Jan, 1127 - I order a city in Monreal

1 Ap - Typus outbreak in Cadiz

20 July Haluza is the new city in Negev. I order a Barony built in Rosello

30 Sept - The Byzantine war ended with us lsing

I move us to Primogeniture. The number of holdings I can hae drops to 11, so I have to let go of a few

After spending a lot of money improving it, I hand Algeciras to the Duke of Seville. I usurp the Emirate of Alexandira title, hand Buhairya to my second son, and then ive him teh DUke title. He's really good. He will have th Count f Gizeh and Al Alamayn under him, while I hold onto Alexandria. I then hand Toledo to the Duke of Toledo, because it's in the middle of Iberia, and there's rarely reason to build troops here.

My desmense - Zaragoza, Alto Aragon, Granada, Valencia, Seville, Santiago, Asturias de Oievdo, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Corsica and Mallorca.

[Abe Sargent]

12 Nov - Gizeh has converted

26 Nov - France is losing some folks as war is declared in a few areas. Cyrnaica is one, the Duke of Apulia another, and Calabria the 3rd. That's two in Italy and one in N Africa. It's too bad I don't have any Italian claims

18 Dec - Princess Aragonta is an Elusive Shadow and of age. I seek a mate for her. We marry her to the Duke of Crete

15 Jan, 1228 - My daughter has become Spymaster for Crete.

21 Feb - I order a city in Albarracin

7 Apr - i have gained a claim for Cagliari, the southern half of Sardinia. I order my Chancellor to try in Arborea, if I can get claims there, then I cna push for the entire island in war

21 July - Sicily is now in rebellion vs France a well

I offer to assist Sicily.

4 Aug - They accept my help. I'm going to leak some troops past the Pyrenees to help drive up the war score while France is focused southerly

7 Oct - We have arrived in Dax a begin a siege

8 Nov - The first holding in Dax is ours

24 Nov - The 2nd one falls

14 Dec - All of Dax is ours

10 Jan, 1229 - The new city is Paran in Monreal

16 Feb - The first holding in Carcssone is ours

31 May - Jihad called for Syria

1 July 1st holding in Bearn is ours

7 July - 2nd holding of Carcassone is ours

18 Julyl - Carcassone is full ours

5 Aug - We join Byzantine in defense of the Jihad

16 Aug - Sicily has won its independence. I hand Mallorca to a vassal and the Duke title to him. He will control the Count of Menorca

I hand the Barony f Ceret to the Count of Rosello

[Abe Sargent]

Quattara has gone indy from France, and it's in the Alexandria demesne, so I claim a de jure war against them

23 Oct - 8000 of our troop arrive to assault Quattara

21 Nov - We assault it, take it, and its ours. It goes under my son's title, since it's in his demesne. This was more about taking land from France than it was about anything else


Quattara - This inland province is west of Buhairya, southwest o Alexandria, northwest of Gizeh and south of Al Alamayn. It's Egyptian and Sunni. It comes with Count Rorgues who is Frankish and Catholic. Cara is the capital with 8.1 and 6.5 fort. Siwa is the Bishopric with 8 base tax and no development. There is no room for anything else to be built. Its a very poor province, but again, this was about fighting the French, rather than anything else.

Calabria lost their war for independence.

I order a city in Tarragona

[Abe Sargent]

13 Ja, 1230 - Pelusia has converted

21 Feb - Albarracin city s Calamocha.

22 June - We gained that claim on Arborea.

I can't fight the HRE right now, we are allies in the Jihad

1 Apr, 1231 - Typhus in Murcia

France has retaken Cyrenaica

2 Dec - Tarragona city named Ampost a is constructed

5 Jan, 1232 - A new Horde, the Golden Horde, has been dispatched.

16 Jan - I'm watching as 60,0000 Golden Horde troops arrive at Surgut and two armies of 20,000 each arrive at Yamalia


Apulia was recaptured by France

31 aug - Now Tripoli is trying to win themselves free of Frances yoke

9 Nov - My wife has passed at the age of 62. It was a natural death

18 Nov - We steal tech from my new Spymaster

Meet my new wife (i collect a dowry)

Adriana Dukas, 29

Dip - 9, Mar - 7, Stew - 19, Intr - 11, Learn - 15.

Midas Touched, Scholar, Ambitious, Patient, Just, Deceitful, Charitable

I order a city in La Mancha and another in Caceres

[Abe Sargent]

14 Jan, 1233 - Another death in the family occurs. At the age of 35, my firstborn son, Pedro II, has passed away.

I make my second son Marshal.

My heir is now his first born son,15 year old Ramiro. We'll see him in a bit, but I can;t impact his marriage, because he's a vassal. I could have him marry one of my courtiers, but I have to hope he can do better

He allows me to finish his tutoring


24 Aug - We gain a claim on Palermo, Sicily

16 Apr, 1234 - I don't know how, but France has retaken Sicily


2 May - We steal some more tech from N Africa

1 July - Rebellion i Navara

8 Aug - Ended

1 Oct - Rebellion in La Mancha

6 Nov - Rebellion over

2 Dec - City in Caveres is Alcuescar. City of Jorquera in La Mancha. I order a city in Aracena

7 Sept, 1235 - My wife is pregnant

20 Sept The Waldensian Heresy begins in Seville.

15 Nov - Knights Templar granted a castle in Tyrus and they have arrived.

[Abe Sargent]

23 Mar, 1236 - Today something amazing happened. My Chancellor gave me great news. He has fabricated claims, not for one province but for the entire Duchy of Sicily! Now we have to press that in war before I die, my heirs won't get it But if I can...

I go to war for Sicily

9 Apr - I have a son, Antonio

3 June - 15000 troops arrive in Messina

29 June - 1st holding is ours

23 July - 1st holding of Dax is ours

3 Aug - 2nd holding of Messina falls

8 Aug - 2nd holding in Dax is ours

15 Aug - First holding in Palermo falls

20 Au g- The 3rd holding falls and Messina is ours. I order my troops to Siracusa

30 Aug - Dax is ours

31 Aug - We get a peace offer and take Sicily. France is in a ton of wars right now and can;t handle it.

Messina - Greek and Catholic, I order a city built here. Taormina is capital with 8.1 base tax and 6.5 fort. Lipari's Bishop has 12.1 base tax and 3.5 fort and the beautiful city of Messina rocks 30.8 base tx and 2.5 fort level.

Siracusa - currently under the control of Countess Eleonore, Maghreb and Catholic. Caltairone is the castle admin runs out of with 7.9 and 4.5. Barony of Augusta has 5.7 and 3.5, while the Bishopric of Letini rolls with 10.1 and 2.5 and the town of Syracusa has 30.8 and 2.1.

Girenti - Count Nicolau rules a Catholic Maghreb society out of Caltabelotta, with 10.8 base and 7.5 fort. Also here are the Bishopric of Grigenti (12.3 & 4.5) and City of Butera (38.8 & 3)

Trapani - Catholic Maghrebs work out of Erice making 7.9 base taxfrom a 5.5 fort level castle. They live in Mazara making 30.8 tax ad a 3.0 wall to defend their homes and they worship at Trapani's lovely Bishopric with 10.3 tax level made and a 4.0 defense against bandits or incursions.

Palermo - Meghreb, Catholic. Monreale has 8.3 and 7.5; City of Palermo has 34.8 and 3; Bishop Ceflu with 10.3 and 3; Baron Grateri with 8.1 and 6.5


I grant Palermo s a County to Diego Perez, the really nice looking second son of Diego, the dead first son of mine and my grand son and second heir (and who would be a much better heir than his brother). I hand away Trapani and Messina, and I make DP the Duke of Sicily. This also gives him Malta, in addition to the above counties.

(Diego Perez has these stats:15, 8, 6, 9 and 21. His older brother has these right now: 8, 8, 0, 3, 2 and let's just say he didn't marry well she has 4, 4, 7, 12, and 3).

I started a plot to kill Baron Ramiro of Loarre, my heir and son

[Abe Sargent]

6 Sept - My good son, Prince Diego of Alexandria, has passed. His son, Fernando, is my ward, nd 15 and about to turn 16 in a couple f months will succeed him. He has two more sons as well. My new Marshal is the uneven 14 skill Duke of Oultrejourdain

9 Nov - Fernando gets Brilliant Strategist just like me, is mentor. He is 5, 16, 10, 11, and 6. Not bad, and with the right wife, could get even better.

15 Nov - Before he turns one, our infant son Antonio has passed away. I have now outlived all three of my sons. A lot family deaths recently

My heir has some great abilities - Stutter, Sloth, Content, Arbitrary. (he's also Zealous and a Tough Soldier). He'd be a bad Emperor. I can't get enough people to support my plot. But what if I just assassinated him? It would cost 450 gold, which I have. There is just a 10% chance of discovery, which is really good. There is a 43% chance of success. Let's do it

The attempt works, but we are discovered. I lose Piety, and I have gained Kinslayer -3 to diplomacy and people like me less. But my heir is now the good Duke of Sicily. I'm 60, trh Kinslayer effect won't last long. Now let's just hope that Duke Diego can marry well

[Abe Sargent]

11 Dec - City in Aracena is Galaroza

2 Jan, 1237 - While the Rohiad is distracted, I order the Knights of St. John to assemble and head to the Nile Delta

26 Mar - I declare war for Sinai

31 Mar -The Knights arrive in Farama

18 May - My Jerusalem army arrives in Eilat .

8 June - Jihad of Syria fails and is called off

I hire some mercs to come in and help us, now the Jihad is over. I have plans

31 July - We assaulted and took the first holding in Farama

We are about to be attacked by a large force in Eilat, so I break off most of my army n Farama to head over to assist the Emperor.

11 Sept - A large force of 11000 of our enemy have arrived to oust my 5500 strong army frm Jerusalem with me, a brilliant general at the head. In Sini province, a force of 8000 will arrive in three weeks. Can we hold out long enough?

21 Sept - Ten days in, we've lost a thousand troops, and are beginning to lose our edge. Our foes have only lost 200

28 Sept - Another week later and we are at 3500 men and they are at 10k

4 Oct - Tomorrow reinforcement arrive. We have 2140 troops and just one third of a bar for morale. They have 10k troops still.

18 Oct - We won!

17 Nov - We capture the first holding in El-Arish, its the only one the province has.

21 Dec - The first holding if Eilat is ours

15 Jan, 1238 - We capture the last holding of Eilat

13 Mar - The province of Sinai, wit just one holding, falls to s

13 Apr - the next holding os Farama is ours

18 Apr - We have finished Farama and captured all of Sinai

27 April - We gain Sinai.

[Abe Sargent]

I order all of my non-mercenary troops to stand down and move my mercs to Corsica and a boat off Corsica. Mercs has a decent upkeep, but a stiff sticker price. What I intend to do is to use them against the HRE for my war for Sardinia. I'll look at Sinai later, after I've gotten everything in order.

The other reason I'm pushing Sardinia now is becuase I'm 61 and I lose my claims when I die on Arborea and Cagliari

In the meantime, i create the Duke fo Sinai title and hand everythign away

1 May - Farama converts

20 May = We are ready. I have troops of the coast of Cagliari and troops in Corsica ready to move in - I declare war against teh Holy Roman Empire.

29 May - We swept asidea mdest defense and began a siege in Cagliari

6 June - THe DUke of Alxandria uses this as a chance to declare wwar against me while I am distracted with the HRE. When I'm done here, I'll focus on him.

17 June - Modest victry in Arborea agains their minor forces and a siege beins

29 June - 1st holding of Cag is ours

8 July - #2 falls

19 July - #3 and 4 are ours and the province is with our flag right now

2 Seot - I combine my forces and take Arborea's 3 holdings

Messina's new city is called Torregrota

I assemble my Alexandrian army with me at the head and move to a sieg in EgyptI want tostop

8 Sept - 9000 troops arrie in N Italy to begin taking land from the HRE

14 ept - Our troops from the islands have boarded my fleet - I carry them to another province to take it too

5 Oct - After crushing an army of 10000 Germans in Genoa, we begin a siege

27 Oct - I defeat my son's roops in Pelucia

29 Nv - I combined my armies to take ou a 16000 strong HRE force

Dec 15 - We crush their armies again

Jan 3, 1239 - We take Genoa on an assault

Jan 20 - And the next holding

Feb 15 And the next


Peace is offered for Sardinia and I accept

And now to my grandson, the Duke of Alexandria

[Abe Sargent]

29 Mar - 14000 of my troops (Mercs) arrive and I find that Alxadria is under a Holy War to recapture it. That's what happens when you go solo. One holding is already captured and others under siege.

15 April - I oust the first set of 5000 ish troops from Al Alamayn

27 May 0 I smash the 3500 roops besieging Quattara.

7 July - We capture both holdings of Quattara

21 Aug - 1st two holdings of Al Almayn are ours

23 Sept - We take Al Alamayn.

25 Sept - Realizing he needs to make peace with us, my grandson offers to return to our fold and become incarcerated. We had captured the holdings already taken by the Moslims.

I have to execute my grandson - his personal greed led to him trying to go on his own, killing thousands for it in war, and almost losing Alexandria to the Moslims. I must finish him off.

His brother, 12 years old, takes over

[Abe Sargent]

Sinai: All provines are Shia

Eilat - The levantines here live in eliot city making 15.3 and 1.7 fort and work in teh Castle of Eilat, 10.8 ducats and 7.5 fort

Sinai - Egyptians here work in At Tur, the captial with 8.3 base tax and 7.5 fort

El Arish - Egyptians here wok at Arish, with 10.8 and 7.5

Faramma - The only province that seems like a normal one, the Duke rules from here. Egyptians work in the captial of Farama, with 13.8 base tax and 7.5 fort. The City of Seyan is here, with 28.3 and 3 and the Bishopric of Mustabiq is here as well, with 9.5 base tax


Sardinia: All provinces are Italian and Catholic

Cagliari - Two Bishorpics - Capoterawith 8.6 and 2 and Assemini with 10.1 and 2. City of Ogliastra with 30.6 base tax an 1.2 fort and the Castle Cagliari rules over it with 8.1 base tax and 6.5 fort.

Arborea - City of Oristano is the cap with 34.6 tax, 2.5 fort. The Barony of Sssari is here with 7.9 base tax and 4.5 fort while a Bishorpic rings Catholicim across the island from Ardara with 12.1 base tax and 3.5 frt


I hand Arborea away as well as Corsica and Cagliari. i usurp the Duke of Sardinia title from the HRE and give it to Count Corsica

[Abe Sargent]

I began this game in 1066. Today, in 1239, I truly feel like I've accomplished what I want. I took all of Hispania becuase it was open, and someone had to step up. I moved into Egypt and Alexadria only to stop France, but you can look at my Egyptian and Levantine holdings as similiar in posture to Aragon's Southern Italy and Greek holdings I have fewer islands than Aragon, but I still took the Balearic Isles, Sardinia, Corsica, Malta and Sicily. I resisted the temptation to cross the strait to Tangiers and onward, or to move into France or other mailand provinces. The Mongols aren't anyhere near me right now in Persia, although perhaps in 20 years they could reach the Levant. The Golden Horde has not captured any land at all, and I don;t know where they re or what they are doing.

If I were to play this campaign to its conclusion, I'm just roughly half way through. What would be next? I sent my Chancellor to make claims in Rhodes. The Duke of Sicily has yet to take a wife, so if I died soon, I woud have a chance to choose my own wife. Perhaps I would force Southern Italy with France. Perhaps I would begin to drift meo nto North Africa. At this point, I beleive I have puhed history as far as it can go. All of this is a what if. What if Aragon reached it maximum expnsion in Iberia, and looked out and saw that Castille was shriking and he other powers retreating? What if Aragon took most of the Peninua instead of Castille? What if Aragon used this might to fund troops in a successful Crusade for Jerusalem? But at this point, we've reached it. I just don't see a real life power contining much. Oh I think a real power would still covet more, but we are the Mediterranenean power. We look to be one of the strongest economies in Europe and one of the biggest armies as well. I didn;t touch my own military for most of the wars we just waged, instead usig mercs and holy orders for Sinai, the HRE conflict and the Duchy war. That allows me to build up my manpower. I could call on 109k troops if I needed to, and more than 1000 ships.

[Abe Sargent]

Let's look at the Ledger

By size, we are the second largest realm, only the HRE is larger. We are ninety holdings bigger than the Byzatines in 3rd.

Top ten nations by size:

HRE
Hispania
Byzantium
France
Ruhenia
Egypt
Ilkhanate
Persia
Poland
England


I was hoping to see more about money, but I can't. Because of stolen tech and the more advanced Moslims, we are more advanced than many other nations. Alto Aragon is 8, 16 and 16 with its techs. Paris is 9, 15, 11. Weimar is 9, 8 and 9. Rome is 12, 13 and 9 England has none in the double digits. Krakow is 8, 11 and 8. You get the idea.

Now, add the might to our nation from the economic wealth of the places still Mslim which are not giving us soldiers or money. In 15-20 years after they've been converted and grown, we have more money and men. What would a real life ruler do to better that? Then add in all od those cities that will be built in the lands we took. We can build one city a year with the money coming in. Eventually we can;t add any more, but it'll be a while. We are barely in the footstep of the Mongols, so we have no worries there. Even if they arrived, a full blown war, with 110k troops plus a Holy Order and some mercs and you have nothing to worry about. No one is a threat, and when that happens, nations rarely continue to push, becuase they have arrived at greatness. We are great.

Would I like to see my grandson as the next King an move forward? Sure. But we don't need to. We have no expansion opportunities that are obvious, and no more Moors breathing down our necks or France's shadow cast long over us. We stand on our own.

And thus my dynasty ends.

[Abe Sargent]

As it does, let's review a final pic of all of our holdings.

This is the world in 1239.



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[Abe Sargent]

You can see our color. We are on both sides. Iberia is all ours, and has been for a while. You can see our colors in the central isles of the Great Sea. To the east, you can see our lands, connected, from Beirut and north of it to Alexandria and west of it, we have the whole landscape.

the French Empire is very obvious. Now, add the provinces it has in Iberia and Sicily to it, and you can see how much of an issue our French neighbors were becoming. You an also imagine if teh blue blob ran into Alexandria and Egypt. We had to move in and stop them. I'd be willing to fight and win a war with France if they protested. (The two blue provinces east of S Italy and across the sea are also French).

You can actually see a bit of the Khaganate, the lower Horde. That puce green to the right of Cumania is there. They run down the back side of the Caspian. You can see how far away they run. They are no threat right now to me. They actally end just off the map in the south, and so if they made a beeline for Jerusalem, they would have to enounter the Rohaids, various Persians, and the Byzantines, and you can bet I'd support them in any war against the Mongols.

Another major winner is Poland. You can see them in Denmark, the Baltic Holdings of Estonia and Latvia and in Finland. Along with us and France, they are real winners of this run through history.

My Prestige, Piety and Gold can be seen. When I turn over a land to a vassal, I always spend as much gold as possible to build up things in the provinces before I do. I usually try to build something economic so my vassal will be getting more money.

[Abe Sargent]

Alright, now for the part that is often people's favorite. Abe's evaluation of the new game system he just played. As many of you know, Crusader Kings is my 4th favorite game of all time, and I rate its sequel very highly - it was a great game, and I'll come back to it more, no question.

The ideas of holdings is brilliant. Its more realistic, works as game mechanic, and changes these grand historial games. It took me a while to figure things out (for example, my first few wars I just took the first holding and left. Thats why some of the peaces took a long time to come from the enemy.). Once I did, I was set, and I now have them intuitively in me.

I also love the new traits - they really did a good job on making the aspects of Crusader Kings that appealed, such as marrying, children, and more even better. With all of these new traits, the whole system felt new and fresh.

I also liked some of the minor tweaks. You can make someone a bit happier by sending a gift, but you can't send a bunch of gifts to make them happy, and it onlyworks for a few years. That I enjoyed, because it makes sense and removed a cheese element to the game. I enjoy a low fromage content in my games.

It was harder to keep my realm together in some ways. I could only give one gift, and I felt things such a Ambitious or othe rtraits really played a role in my realm sticking together However, in the old game, a low diplo score hurt your ability to keep your vassals in line, and I didn;t feel like diplo did much in this game with my own realm

I enjoy plots at first, but I had few opprotunities to do any ambitions, and those that I had were boring. I also found myself unable to do plots that I really wantd, such as against certain Dukes. I wish I could tell it to choose a Plot to revoke a title or assassinate a person, and then tell it who i wanted. That's the sort of flexiblity that makes sense.

I felt like my Marshal wasnt that good, because he didn;t automatically go out and lead armies, and speeding up regen rates for you troops in one province by a bit was't a big enouh advantage. The Chancellor was great ,the Spymaster fine, the Bishop needed and the Steward obvious, but the Marshal seeemed a bit underhelming. I'd like more for him to do or for him to do it better.

I still see dumb AI decisions. Why does the Duke of Alexandria go rogue when A), it has about 1500 troops total to draw on because all of its provinces save one are still Moslim, and B). surrounded by Egypt, France or Me, all of which have expansionist eyes and have tens of thousands of troops on call at an moment? Why would any person who is competant and cpable ta that risk. I uld understand it o rinciple - We are Moslems, and die we may, but we are not going to die under the Catholic yoke! I got that, I feel that. But why else, I don;t know. Perhaps they were hoping for international assistance, but who would help them against us? The Byzantines are our allies, the HRE doesn;t care, Egypt and France would rather take them themselves.

I would also like teh ability to see what happened in other countries. I still don't know what happened to bring Sicily back into the French fold after winning independance in a war.

More diplomatic options are great. I like a lot of them I wish I could ask or tell my vassals to knock off their minor petty wars. I wish I could join one of those sides in a war. Once Navarra was attacked, and I wanted to join them and end it immediately, but I wasn't allowed. When my vassals are acting like idiots, I want to get involved

Anyway, my overall view is that it was good. Yay!

[Tellistto]

The marshall didn't lead your troops automatically because he couldn't do that if he was in a province doing a job for you. Just in case you weren't aware of that as the cause of the issue you had.

Tell

[Alf]

A follower also appreciated it.

Salud !

[Abe Sargent]

Thanks!

[Chief Rum]

Fun dynasty, as always. Abe. Congrats on a good run.