Line #158 Characters/KnudKnytlingPrinceOfDenmark


1	!!Main Characters
2	These are the characters whose stories are recorded in the AAR proper. [[EvilChancellor With some]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen exceptions]], all of these are played directly by Phargle.
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6	[[folder:Prince Knud Knytling of Denmark]]
7	->''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment "I'm Knud Knýtling, Prince of Denmark.]] [[StylisticSuck I drew this myself."]]''
8	----
9	* ArchEnemy: His Mortal Enemy, [[TheUnpronounceable Przbyslaw]].
10	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: For Knud Knytling and his real-life counterpart: Did he become beautified because of his advocacy of Christ, or because [[RunningGag he sends all his problems to church?]]
11	* ButtMonkey: To wit:
12	-->''"The enemy suffered twice as many casualties as they had men on the field. We suffered only one."''
13	-->'Commander Is Wounded' Prompt pops up.
14	-->''"[[EpicFail That casualty was me.]]"''
15	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies randomly during the Battle for Rügen in 1088]]
16	%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter
17	* {{Irony}}: Despite hating God and his sending all his problems and bastards to church, Knud Knytling gets beatified.
18	* ShortLivedBigImpact: for the AAR in general, relative to his descendants.
19	** [[spoiler: Also because he dies two pages into the AAR.]]
20	[[/folder]]
21
22	[[folder: Count/Duke Valdemar]]
23	->''"[[EstablishingCharacterMoment I'm Valdemar Knýtling, son of Knud.]] [[GenreShift I'm not as funny as he was and my adventures are tales of]] [[TheConqueror conquest, triumph,]] and sex."''
24	----
25	%%* BastardBastard
26	* BerserkButton: Being poor and/or spending lots of money.
27	* CerebusSyndrome: Unlike Prince Knud's comedic entries, Valdemar's chapters involve more bloodshed than one can wave a stick at.
28	%%* CharacterDeath:
29	%%* TheConqueror
30	* FromNobodyToNightmare: His expansions led to Danish rule across the western coast of the Baltic.
31	%%* ManipulativeBastard
32	* ThemeNaming: "[[ThePrince The Machiavellian Adventures of Count/Duke Valdemar]]"
33	* [[spoiler: OnlyMostlyDead: He manages to hang around as a ghost for the rule of Knud II and King Rolf.]]
34	* [[PerpetualPoverty Perpetual Debt]]: Managed, at one point in time, to become ''700 ducats'' in debt due to continuous warfare.
35	%%* ReallyGetsAround
36	* [[spoiler: SpiritAdvisor: Becomes one to the later Knytling rulers.]]
37	[[/folder]]
38
39	[[folder:Duke Knud/ Kund II]]
40	->''"I'm Knud Knýtling, the 2nd Duke of Skåne. Valdemar was my great-uncle."''
41	->''"My turn-ons include getting my hair done and [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense giving away my money to poor people.]]"''
42	->''"My turn-offs include war, bald men, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick it being illegal to kill my wife.]]"''
43	----
44	* CharacterDeath: Of old age. [[FridgeLogic At the age of 46.]]
45	%%* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The quote above.
46	* InadequateInheritor: Unlike Valdemar, Knud II likes to spend/give away a lot of his money. [[spoiler: [[OnlyMostlyDead Valdemar]] is not pleased.]]
47	-->''"I drop 500 ducats on a fine castle in Kalmar Län. What's that rattling sound coming from [[spoiler:uncle Valdemar's tomb]]?"''
48	-->''"My vassals are unruly so I give them some ducats. 100 ducats for you, 100 ducats for you... Did anybody else hear that crashing sound coming from [[spoiler:Uncle Valdemar's crypt?]]"''
49	** SuperiorSuccessor: Later develops into this. [[spoiler: Confirmed on his deathbed by the ghost of Valdemar:]]
50	--> ''[[SurpassedTheTeacher "You conquered a ton of Swedes, fought an enemy that should've beaten you, learned to love many women, and become Duke of lots of places that weren't yours by right.]] [[spoiler:I had nothing left to teach you.]]"''
51	%%* {{Metrosexual}}: Shows shades of this.
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Duchess Marguerite Knytling (née de Nevers)]]
55	->'"This is Bjørn Knýtling, the 3rd duke of Skåne. He is the son of Knud Knýtling, the 2nd duke of Skåne, who was the adopted heir of the first duke, Valdemar Knýtling and the great-grandson of Valdemar's father, Knud Svendson Knýtling, prince of Denmark. It's a complicated story. ''
56
57	->''[[BaitAndSwitch "It is also not his story. Why?"]]''
58
59	->''"Because he is not me."''
60
61	->''"I am Marguerite de Nevers, the boy's mother and the widowed duchess of Skåne.[[WomanScorned Knud got me pregnant. Then he died, which was probably the nicest thing he ever did for me."]]''
62	->''"[[RevengeAgainstMen This is the story]] [[SinsofOurFathers of how I destroyed everything Knud ever loved.]] [[ThisMeansWar This is the story of my revenge.]]"''
63	-----
64	* {{Antithesis}}: To both Prince and Duke Knud.
65	--> ''"[[RussianReversal I send all the churches]] [[TheInquisition to my problems.]]"''
66	* BecomingTheMask: Originally planning for the destruction of Duke Knud's legacy, she becomes increasingly Knytling-like over her regency.
67	-->''"[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've been waiting to use this particular Knýtling saying for a long time]] - Marguerite de Nevers, you're a genius!"''
68	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies in exile in Picardy]]
69	%%* EvilChancellor/[[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God Save Us from The King's Mother!]]
70	%%* ManipulativeBitch:
71	%%** ThemeNaming: See above.
72	%%* SanitySlippage: See BecomingTheMask above
73	* SuccessionCrisis: Instigates one to depose King Bjørn in favor of his legitimised bastard brother Torben.
74	%%* [[spoiler:VillainExitStageLeft: After her failed rebellion.]]
75	%%* WomanScorned
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder:King Bjørn]]
79	->''"I'm Bjørn, king of Norway and Sweden and duke of Skåne, son of Knud, adopted son of Valdemar, son of Prince Knud, son of the king of Denmark."''
80	->''[[VestigialEmpire "By "King of Norway", I mean that I don't rule Norway and never will."]]''
81	----
82	* BlackComedy: Due to his morose nature, most of his entries come off as this:
83	-->''"A horrible disease strikes me down. I must inform my advisors so they can plan for the worst."''
84	-->[[CrossestheLineTwice A bishop recovers from depression.]]
85	-->''"[[DeadpanSnarker They seem to be taking the news in stride.]]"''
86	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies from pneumonia in 1201.]]
87	* CivilWar: Faced a continuous series of rebellions since his inauguration, as well as [[spoiler:after his mother's exile.]]
88	%%* TheCynic
89	%%* TheEeyore
90	* PokeThePoodle: To [[spoiler: his mother in exile]]:
91	-->''"I try to pen a snarky letter to [[spoiler:Marguerite]], but everything I write comes out awful. So I just order some soldiers to sail to Picardy and [[FlippingTheBird give]] [[spoiler:Marguerite]] [[FlippingTheBird the finger.]]"''
92	* ThemeNaming: ''Morose'', for his grim personality.
93	* VestigialEmpire: King Bjørn struggles to reunify the realm for his full reign.
94	[[/folder]]
95
96	[[folder:King Knud I/ Knud III]]
97	-> ''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment Ooohhhhhhhh...]]''
98	-> ''[[MajorGeneralSong I am the very model of / a just and wise crusader king...]]''
99	--> - First stanza of King Knud's introduction.
100	----
101	* CharacterDeath: Of Old Age in 1222.
102	** [[spoiler: Valdemar helped by having sex with Knud's wife from beyond the grave.]]
103	* TheConqueror: King Knud III added England, Finland, Lithuania and Wales to the list of Kingdoms under him.
104	** AllohistoricalAllusion: To the attempted invasions of England by OTL Harald III and Saint Canute.
105	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?235468-Knud-Kn%FDtling-Prince-of-Denmark-(and-other-assorted-tales)&s=0eabbd2145714ca0207b33e9e8b9ff43&p=5563825&viewfull=1#post5563825 His introduction is a]] ''MajorGeneralSong''.
106	* TheGoodKing: Reunified the realm lost by King Bjørn. And went on to expand further.
107	* ShoutOut: To Creator/GilbertAndSullivan, Music/{{Queen\|Band}}, Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}}, Music/DireStraits, {{Music/ABBA}} and more.
108	* ThemeNaming: "The ''Musical'' Adventures of King Knud".
109	[[/folder]]
110
111	[[folder:King Erik of Norway]]
112	->''[[TheChainsOfCommanding Ruling land is hard]]''
113	->''[[BeigeProse Like a breeze in the Highlands]]''
114	->''[[SophisticatedAsHell Kingship really blows]]''
115	----
116	* BeigeProse: He would really be at home in the LaconicWiki.
117	* CharacterDeath: Assassinated anticlimactically.
118	* {{Haiku}}: All his entries are like this.
119	* [[OneSceneWonder Two-Chapter Wonder]]: He dies three years after becoming king.
120	** ThemeNaming: There's a reason his chapter is called "The ''Momentary'' Adventures of King Erik".
121	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The departing statements, made by King Niels:
122	-->"And I would have liked to have known you/ But I was just your kin.
123	-->Assassins murdered you before/ Your legend could begin."
124	[[/folder]]
125
126	[[folder:King Niels I]]
127	->''"[[FromBadToWorse The greatest kingdom in Christendom is jacking my backside like I'm a Turkish prostitute]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere while my armies are betraying me]] [[SkewedPriorities and you're complaining about stress?]] [[CatchPhrase Hhhnnnnnngggggg.]]"''
128	----
129	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Illness from gangrene.]]
130	* EscalatingWar: The Kingdom of Burgundy declares war on his brother Valdemar, Duke of Norfolk. King Niels brings about 25,000 troops. ''Then '''eighteen countries and four duchies''' proceed to get involved.''
131	** FromBadToWorse
132	* HopeSpot: After the war with Burgundy and his civil war with his brother, he conquers Ireland, goes to war in Russia and despite treasons and desertions, wins half of Russia, he gets wounded, but recovers [[spoiler:only to die of a second infection from gangrene.]]
133	* PyrrhicVictory: His civil war with his brother Valdemar:
134	-->''"Once, Valdemar was the heir to the thrones of the north."''
135	-->''"Now he's a lousy spymaster, whereas I am in Russia... on a litter... suffering from blood poisoning... hmmm."''
136	-->''[[LampshadeHanging "Guys, maybe we didn't win that civil war."]]''
137	* RunningGag: One personal to Niels I is the bombardment of diplomatic messages he receives. Or as Niels puts it: ''"The Irish strategy."''
138	-->''"Salerno falls. We prepare to......oh, no. Guards! Quick! To the battlements! Stop the..."''
139	---> ''cue screen full of peace offers.''
140	* SelfDeprecation: Has a tendency to do this.
141	-->''"[The Germans]] run around shouting, "The Knýtlings are coming! The Knýtlings are coming!"...which is half as much as my future wife will say it."''
142	* StepThreeProfit: To secure his heir is a Knýtling:
143	-->''"[[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough Step One: Invade]] [[UsefulNotes/KievanRus Russia.]]"''
144	-->''"Step two: Knýtlings only."''
145	-->''"[[LampshadeHanging Hang on a second, why did my plan even have a step one?]]"''
146	* StrongFamilyResemblance: To Prince Knud.
147	* ThemeNaming: ''"Molimenic"''
148	** ViewersAreGeniuses: ...meaning periodic symptoms discomfort associated with the stress [[{{Squick}} preceding or accompanying menstruation.]]
149	* ToiletHumor: Plenty of mentions of Niels I being perennially constipated and/or suffering stomach discomfort.
150	[[/folder]]
151
152	[[folder:King Rolf]]
153	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide after being pushed too far by the possession of Valdemar's spirit.]]
154	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Given his coronation at age ''six'', this was to be expected.
155	-->''"Azur tells me that my ancestor Knud cried during every important thing that happened to him, including something called 'consummation.' Everybody laughs, but I just cry."''
156	-->''"Some ladies in the court think [[AccidentalInnuendo "marching down the Volga"]] is funny, and then they touch their girl parts when they think I am not looking. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It must hurt]] because [[TheImmodestOrgasm they keep making noises.]]''"
157	* {{Determinator}}
158	* DoubleEntendre: His war with Burgundy goes like this:
159	-->''"Like the arms of a unwelcome lover, my lands wrap around Burgundy from both sides and slowly bend her over Bohemia. I will penetrate her in two locations."''
160	-->''"Alamanno is very big down south, and I am struggling to keep his mighty peninsula well in hand."''
161	* FunnySchizophrenia: [[spoiler: Once Duke Valdemar comes back. Again.]]
162	** [[HarsherInHindsight Not So Funny Schizophrenia]]: When the resulting paranoia [[spoiler: induced by Valdemar]] makes him [[OffingTheOffspring kill his son Erik.]]
163	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After the murder of [[spoiler:Erik]]:
164	-->''Rolf: "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have I done?]]"
165	-->''[[spoiler:Valdemar]]: "Where's your moxie now? Where's your moxie now?"
166	-->''Rolf: [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope "I...I pledge myself to your teachings.]] [[TheDarkSide To the ways of the Knud.]]"
167	-->''[[spoiler:Valdemar]]: [[ShoutOut "Henceforth, you will be known as...]] [[Franchise/StarWars Rolf Vader]]."
168	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His invasion of Hungary, [[spoiler: prompted by Valdemar]], makes him the last Christian king of Europe, setting the stage for instability in King Niels II's rule.
169	* OhCrap: When the Golden Horde arrives.
170	-->"Wait a second, I have enemies? Apparently, the answer is yes. [[ZergRush Forty thousand of them.]]"
171	-->[[{{Understatement}} "This is not the way to enter puberty."]]
172	* RefugeInAudacity: Attempts to make an alliance ''with the Golden Horde.'''
173	-->''"[[RuleOfCool You have to admit, it would have been cool,]] [[LampshadeHanging wouldn't it?]]"''
174	* ThemeNaming: "The Moxie of King Rolf"
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:King Niels II]]
178	-> ''"[[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu For did not Sun Tzu tells us, "Fighting with a large army is no different to fighting with a small one as long as]] [[{{Squick}} the chain-yanked hand juice is injected]]"?"''
179	----
180	* BalkanizeMe: From the moment King Niels II takes the throne, massive declarations of independence occurs.
181	* TheQuest: Upon realising that his son Bjørn is an InadequateInheritor, he divides the Pax Knýtlinga into several Kingdoms, and at the same time searches for the Scion of the Knýtling dynasty.
182	** [[spoiler: He finds it in Magnus Knýtling, descendant of Sigfred Knýtling, Prince Knud's ''legitimate son''.]]
183	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The first chapter of Niels II's rule has his Regent Holger quit. Of course, he comes back later.
184	* ShoutOut: Niels has a tendency to attribute quotes to [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu]]. [[RuleOfFunny Badly.]]
185	-->'' "Sun Tzu said, "The outcome of a whore usually determines the Irish dearth of your subjects and the Arab surprise of the nation.""''
186	-->''"[[InsaneTrollLogic With these words in mind, I make Fiachra the duke of Antioch.]]"''
187	* ThemeNaming: ''"Motificated"'', meaning humiliation.
188	* VestigialEmpire: The reign of Knig Niels II sees his realm reduced back to the traditional borders of Denmark, as he begins his search for the Scion of Knud Knytling.
189	** [[FromBadToWorse Which promptly falls into Ylving hands after his death.]]
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Duke Magnus The Scion]]
193	* CharacterDeath: While leading troops in Lenister. '' Stationary troops.''
194	-->'' This Scion cannot even get quite right''
195	-->''A simple solitary victory.''
196	-->'' This is pathetic.''
197	-->'' Agh! I die!''
198	* TheChosenOne: By Niels II to restore the true bloodline of Knud Knytling.
199	* RagsToRiches: From a Duke of Leinster with one Count to Duke of a larger demesne.
200	* [[ShoutOut Shout Out To]] Creator/{{Shakespeare}}: Magnus' chapter takes on the form of Shakespearean scripts.
201	* SurpriseIncest: [[SubvertedTrope Magnus wore a mask to avoid sleeping with his steward Thyra Knytling, while Thyra wore a mask to avoid sleeping with Magnus.]] [[spoiler: [[DoubleSubversion In the end they slept with each other anyway.]]]]
202	%%* TangledFamilyTree
203	* ThemeNaming: "Malapropos"; See above.
204	[[/folder]]
205
206	[[folder:Prince Knud Skytte/Knytling of Aragon; later King Knud]]
207	->''[[CallBack "I'm Knud Knýtling, Prince of Aragon. My court painter drew this himself."]]''
208	----
209	* CallBack: His chapters hark back to the style of the first Prince Knud.
210	* ChocolateBaby: His son Nasir. Who happens to adopt both local customs and skin color.
211	-->''"Either my wife is cheating on me, or I'm a colossal retard.'' '''[[TakeAThirdOption Or my wife is cheating on me]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and]]'' [[TakeAThirdOption I'm a colossal retard.]]"'''
212	-->''"[[TheGoodPrince Little Nasir is a strong, smart, quick, diligent]], [[SelfDeprecation and my wife is almost certainly cheating on me.]]"''
213	* DeadpanSnarker: Slips into this sometimes:
214	-->''"That Sune guy arrives in court. He's [[HollywoodAtheist sceptical]] and [[SevenDeadlySins lustful]]; [[SarcasmMode obviously, we are in the presence of a master theologian.]]"''
215	-->''"[[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood I sent]] [[TheUnfavourite Elin]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood off to be taught by the master theologian.]]"''
216	* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even]] BlackHumor [[EvenEvilHasStandards Has Standards]]: When his wife gives birth to a stillborn child:
217	-->''"In a story that has made fun [[LongList of]] [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]], [[BringMyBrownPants diarrhea]], [[BlackComedyRape rape, child molestation]], [[ParentalIncest incest]], [[ToThePain torture]], minorities, and retardation, I think we've finally found our limit."''
218	-->''"[[MoodWhiplash There's nothing funny about dead babies.]]"''
219	* OvershadowedByAwesome: His son Tyke becomes King of Norway at the age of ''eleven'', fulfilling Knud's supposed role of Scion.
220	-->''"You know, [[LampshadeHanging there's a line between being proud of your children and being totally humiliated by them.]] There's a line, and Tyke has crossed it."''
221	* TangledFamilyTree: And he marries Magnus's sister Sophie, to boot, tying the two lines of the Knytling bloodline tighter.
222	** And to the point where inbred children, like his daughter Elin, start appearing.
223	* ThemeNaming: "Myriadigamous"; someone who is willing to marry all kinds of people.
224	** [[SerialSpouse It shows.]] [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} Especially when he marries his grand-daughter]].]]
225	* UnexpectedSuccessor: To the title of Scion of the Knytling bloodline, considering his distance from the bloodline of the first Prince Knud via his eldest daughter Bodil.
226	* UnfortunateNames: [[GreekChorus As the spirits of the previous Knytlings put it during the interlude introducing him]]:
227	-->''Spirit of King Bjørn: [[LampshadeHanging "With a weary sense of dread at the inevitable display of what passes for humor to you, we all know you want to say it."]]''
228	-->''Spirit of Duke Knud: "Hee hee, okay. [[PunnyName 'I'd love to skytte all over his knuts.']]"''
229	* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid "Tyke"?]]
230	-->''"I've got a baby coming down the pipe and we'll need a priest around to baptize the little tyke."''''
231	-->[[GilliganCut "names his newborn son Tyke."]]
232	[[/folder]]
233
234	[[folder:King Tyke]]
235	->''"I'm Tyke Knýtling. '''<pronoun> <verb, past>''' this '''<reflexive pronoun>'''."''
236	----
237	* AbelAndCain: Gets into a feud with his brother Nasir.
238	%%* CharacterDeath: By old age.
239	* CensoredForComedy: Most of the stuff left out serves as this:
240	-->''"All this work making people my <medieval profession, plural> is tiring. I'll just take a break to see how <adverb> Italy is <verb ending in -ing>. Even that <noun> from Corsica who became my <noun that means woman> is <verb ending in -ing> them."''
241	* LastWords: [[PartingFromConsciousnessWords Of the "falling into unconsciousness" type.]] In madlibs.
242	-->''"And so the House of Knud <verb ending in -s> into the <noun, plural> of a Western Slav."''
243	-->''"[[TheUnpronounceable Bretislav]] will have to be his own [[ArchEnemy <adjective> <noun>.]]"''
244	-->''"[[PrecisionFStrike <Expletive>.]]"''
245	* MadlibsDialogue: '''All''' of his entries are like this...
246	** NoodleIncident: ...leaving a lot to one's imagination.
247	-->''"<medieval profession>. Is there anything they can't <verb>?"''
248	-->''"It's like a being a <sex-trade profession> with no <important body part>, but without all the <plural noun>."''
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder:King Bretislav]]
252	->''"My name is Bretislav Knýtling. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment I will offer no pithy comments regarding who painted this,]] [[SeriousBusiness because I don't think it's funny.]]"''
253	----
254	* ArchEnemy: Appears to be this to the Knytling dynasty. [[spoiler: And to ''Emperor Adolf Knytling'' during their brief war.]]
255	* CharacterDeath: Dies during the march to Halland [[spoiler: to restore the Knytling legacy.]]
256	* FlatWhat: In response to seeing Germany unite and toss out their excommunicated King Michael in favour of a military tyrant. ''[[spoiler: '''Adolf Knytling.''']]''
257	-->''"This has got to be the most ridiculous thing I've seen in my entire life."''
258	* InadequateInheritor: Oversees the destruction of his obligations to the late King Tyke, by having wrecked the invasion of Sweden, having the to-be heir of Sweden die, and manages to [[{{Squick}} screw his cousin to death]].
259	* InTheBlood: Spends a lot of time trying to resist the Knytling urges to send his problems to church or display other Knytling urges.
260	** [[spoiler: He succumbs to the Knytling bloodline near the end.]]
261	%%* JerkAss
262	* LastSecondWordSwap: Tends to do this to resist other Knytlingsque phrases.
263	-->''"Bruno da Ponte. [[ArchEnemy My morta...]][[SubvertedTrope ician.]] My mortician. [[BlatantLies He, uh, takes care of my corpses.]]"''
264	-->''"Bretislav Knýling, you're...[[SubvertedCatchPhrase not going to use this particular phrase.]]"''
265	[[/folder]]
266
267	[[folder:King Sambor]]
268	-> ''When King Bretislav kicked the bucket - it sucked''
269	-> ''His Western Slav son (little Sambor) was plucked''
270	-> ''From Norwegian obscurity where he was tucked''
271	-> ''To assume the position for royal conduct!''
272
273	-> [[RoyalInbreeding Like any good Knýtling, he married within]]
274	-> To twin with his kin, if you know what I mean
275	-> So he twinned her, he spinned her, he pinned her, and then -
276	-> ''We're PG-13, but you know where he's been!
277	----
278	* ThemeNaming: The ''[[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Musal Musal]]'' Adventures of King Sambor.
279	* TakeThat: [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/knud-kn%C3%BDtling-prince-of-denmark-and-other-assorted-tales.235468/page-102#post-8647050 One chapter]] is written in the format of [[Music/CelineDion "My Heart Will Go On"]] following a reader's comment and ends with this:
280	--> phargle: I officially hate each and every one of you.
281
282	[[/folder]]
283	[[folder:Queen Judith]]
284	-> This ''Swedish'' count serving a ''Catalan'' king of ''England'' in ''France'' surrender to me, a ''Polish'' Queen of ''Spain'', without a fight.
285	-> [[GoodBadBugs I'm beginning to understand why my armies are confused about who they are supposed to attack.]]
286
287	-> "In a far-away land in a far-away time, there lived a princess. In her sun-lit kingdom, the beautiful princess was never expected to do anything awful like expel Jews from Spain because [[EvilChancellor her uncle Blazej is some sort of hateful man-troll.]]"
288	----
289	%%* AccidentalInnuendo: Prone to this.
290	* ArchEnemy: Her step-uncle Blazej, who also happens to be her EvilChancellor. [[{{Squick}} Also potentially her suitor.]]
291	* CallBack: Seeing a King of Bohemia named Valdemar, Judith looks up her ancestor Valdemar Knytling. [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/knud-kn%C3%BDtling-prince-of-denmark-and-other-assorted-tales.235468/page-109#post-8702267 Her reaction is appropriate.]]
292	--> I spanked Ulrich hard and then he paid me. Now I've done something that ''isn't'' in Valdemar's hist-
293	--> No, wait. There it is.
294	--> :O
295	* TheGoodQueen: Chaste, a high Martial Score, unified the Spanish Peninsula and expanded into France, Burgundy, Italy and Africa and '''The Byzantium Empire''' and who unfortunately is prone to the occasional AccidentalInnuendo.
296	* MsFanservice: in later chapters:
297	--> [[EvilChancellor Blazej]] is becoming very stressed! It might be because of me. I'm timing my morning bath for when he is likely to walk by. [[CrossesTheLineTwice My plan is to give him a heart attack.]]
298
299	-> "[[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/knud-kn%C3%BDtling-prince-of-denmark-and-other-assorted-tales.235468/page-110#post-8710317 Once upon a time]], there was a beautiful girl. She was blonde and slim, and always wore fine dresses and blank expressions that hid her inner sadness. You see, the girl lived a difficult life beset by many challenges: being a perfect queen; wicked step-uncles pawing at her; age stealing her beauty; hard struggles with chastity; softer struggles with Chastity, an emissary from Lesbos; war; more war; even more war; the burdens of destiny that forced her to do as her crooked forebears wished. For a very long time, she was depressed by her troubles and sought to escape by writing about her life. Her characters were always wonderful and suffered none of her problems, but they never made her happy no matter how perfect she tried to make them. In fact, they just made her more and more sad the more perfect they became, because it reminded her of her own flaws. And so she lived a life of isolation, sadness, and depression. The only bright spot of joy she ever experienced was the news that [[EvilChancellor her wicked step-uncle]] had died in [[NoodleIncident some sort of accident involving a harness, the Duchess of Bergslagen, and three carrots.]] It wasn't until the princess took the advice of a long-dead ancestor, advice hidden deep within a history book, that she found true bliss, and the advice was this: every problem can be solved by killing it or having sex with it. Also, there was a unicorn. The end."
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder:King George/Jirí]]
303	-> This image doesn't fit the storyline at all, so I'd like to remind you that I'm married to a relative.
304	-> We're having sex.
305	-> It's incest!
306	-> My reputation returns to respectability, no doubt because of all the incest I'm having.
307	----
308	* CerebusRollercoaster: Becausing of the changing formats, the chapters switch between comedy and seriousness.
309	* CivilWar:
310	--> ''The start of the civil war in which [[LongList Bristol, Kairouan, Hainaut - which ruled all of Austria, half of Algeria, and half of Italy - Västergötland, Fes, Oxford, Spoleto, Pommerania, Norrland, Morocco, Tejo, Macon, Cornwall, Vermandois, Genoa, Abydos, Leptis Magna,]] [[OddNameOut and a few other assholes]] rose in rebellion.''
311	* ThemeNaming: The ''Mimicking'' Adventures of King George.
312	* DungeonCrawling: [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/knud-kn%C3%BDtling-prince-of-denmark-and-other-assorted-tales.235468/page-116#post-8752041 The chapter "Valdemar Wins"]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It involves a handjob and stairs.]]
313
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder:King Stephen]]
317	* BookEnds: The entries of King Stephen return to the style of Prince Knud.
318	* FromBadToWorse: First, [[DemonicPossession he gets possessed by the ghost of Prince Knud Knytling (the first)]], then he gets an axe in the head, ''then'' [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies he becomes a zombie]]; by the end of the game, [[spoiler: he gets wasted by a descendent of Knud I's first arch-enemy Przybyslaw.]]
319	** [[spoiler: The descendent's name? '''Knud Knýtling'''.]]
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	%%!!Other Characters
323	%%Courtiers, Dukes, Kings, Emperors - These characters are encountered by Knud's bloodline as they progress throughout the game. May or may not be of the Knytling dynasty.
324
325	%%[[folder: [[spoiler: Adolf Knytling]]]]
326	%%* LongList: His titles.

Context Characters / KnudKnytlingPrinceOfDenmark