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Old 08-31-2012, 01:19 PM   #101
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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
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Old 08-31-2012, 05:05 PM   #102
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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.
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Old 08-31-2012, 07:21 PM   #103
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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
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Old 08-31-2012, 07:53 PM   #104
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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
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Old 08-31-2012, 09:23 PM   #105
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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.
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Old 09-01-2012, 12:05 AM   #106
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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!
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Old 09-01-2012, 08:40 AM   #107
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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
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Old 09-01-2012, 01:21 PM   #108
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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
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Old 09-01-2012, 01:35 PM   #109
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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
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Old 09-01-2012, 01:55 PM   #110
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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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
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Old 09-01-2012, 07:26 PM   #111
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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
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Old 09-02-2012, 08:06 AM   #112
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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
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Old 09-02-2012, 08:30 AM   #113
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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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
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Old 09-02-2012, 01:40 PM   #114
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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
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Old 09-02-2012, 03:10 PM   #115
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Old 09-02-2012, 09:41 PM   #116
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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
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:44 PM   #117
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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.
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:53 PM   #118
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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.
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:54 PM   #119
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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.
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:58 PM   #120
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:25 AM   #121
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 09:56 AM   #122
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 10:30 AM   #123
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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.
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Old 09-03-2012, 12:14 PM   #124
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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

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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 01:24 PM   #125
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 03:01 PM   #126
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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!
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Old 09-03-2012, 03:04 PM   #127
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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.
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Old 09-03-2012, 03:06 PM   #128
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 05:19 PM   #129
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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
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 11:13 PM   #131
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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
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Old 09-03-2012, 11:42 PM   #132
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:19 PM   #137
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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
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:43 PM   #138
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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
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Old 09-04-2012, 08:33 PM   #139
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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.
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Old 09-04-2012, 10:38 PM   #140
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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
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Old 09-04-2012, 11:26 PM   #141
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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
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Old 09-04-2012, 11:28 PM   #142
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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
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Old 09-05-2012, 12:10 AM   #143
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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.
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Old 09-05-2012, 12:11 AM   #144
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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.
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As it does, let's review a final pic of all of our holdings.

This is the world in 1239.



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Old 09-05-2012, 12:13 AM   #146
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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.
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Old 09-05-2012, 12:13 AM   #147
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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!
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Old 09-05-2012, 05:56 PM   #148
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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.

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