Welcome back to the tales of Bizarro Uberpoland (assuming that there's anyone actually reading this, of course).
Now, if I want to reform the Holy Roman Empire I'm going to need more of its territory. To aid with that, I choose to pick on the Prince-Archbishopric of Franconia, which is weaker than the Krakow levy and incapable of gaining allies because bishops can't marry (and the only alliances in CK2 are between family members). The chancellor is dispatched to Bamberg posthaste
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In April the duke of Modena complains that the dungeons aren't to his tastes
◊. Because I'm in a forgiving mood I decide to keep him under house arrest instead.
The next thing to happen is rather unfortunate
◊. The Republic of Lombardy passes to Prince Strasz, who I believe is my brother. At any rate, he hates me because he has a claim on the Polish throne, so his revolt risk is dangerously high. He's temporarily mollified with some money, but his revolt risk will be a constant problem for most of the update.
Another day, another Italian province converted back to Catholicism
◊. By this point most of the green is gone from my Italian holdings in religious mapmode.
Later on, Trojden decides that being mean really sucks, and subsequently atones
◊. In the spirit of his newfound kindness, I decide to release the duke of Modena
◊ (the fact that his opinion is now high enough to be positive also had something to do with it).
Later in the year, I get my Normal City Taxes back
◊. Unfortunately the opinion bonus for minimal taxes was helping reduce Strasz's revolt risk, so he's now back to being a slight threat.
I decide later on to hold a Christmas feast
◊ (you can also see a war over the leadership of Thuringia/Saxony in the background). I do have an ulterior motive here, of course, and that has to do with Strasz's lingering revolt risk.
I decide that the firebreathers I could hire for the feast aren't worth the money they're offering
◊, because my treasury is rather empty at the moment. I do, however, think that spending as much as possible on food is worth the price
◊.
Anyway, once the preparations are done, it's time to send out invitations
◊! Admittedly, we missed the mark on the whole "Christmas feast" thing, but whatever.
This guy decided that he was going to rudely refuse the invitation I sent out
◊. He was the only person who refused, though, and the feast began only a month and a half behind schedule
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This guy decided that the feast was the perfect place to hold a duel to the death
◊. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
Apparently disappointed that I didn't let him kill one of his rivals, Mayor Piotr decided to murder one of my servants in broad daylight
◊. I bribed the servants to shut up about it, which somehow made me Just.
Anyway, the feast ended without having the desired effect on Strasz's opinion of me. I was eventually able to fix the problem by killing some rebels for him, though.
My third child is born later that same month
◊, and she's pretty impressive. She was born Quick, slightly enhancing all her stats.
In March of the same year it's time for my son and heir to be educated
◊. I have my steward do the educating in hopes that he'll turn out to be a high-quality administrator.
Later on my uncle starts demanding that I give him land
◊. When this comes up I usually tell the petitioner that he's not ready, though it's usually more that I don't have anything I'm willing to remove from my personal demesne.
A year later my chancellor's work in Bamberg is successful
◊. The Prince-Archbishop of Franconia is promptly informed that I am taking his land
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In 1197, someone gives Trojden a book, which he decides to study
◊. I cropped the screenshot here to show off a rather unusual situation: the Prince-Archbishop of Franconia holds his court within my realm, specifically in a bishopric in Weimar. That one bishopric is his entire personal demesne, too, which means he can't raise any of his personal levies due to how the game mechanics work.
Before the month is out, Trojden has finished studying the book, which is, in fact, terrible
◊. He does, however, gain an appreciation for literature from this sequence of events, becoming a Scholar.
A year later, Strasz comes to me complaining about the taxes
◊. I respond by giving him more money than I actually have, which sort of hurts but I really wanted to avoid having to lower taxes again. For some reason this leads Trojden to contemplate borrowing some money
◊, but he ultimately decides against it. The debt wasn't really meaningful anyway.
In late March, Trojden tires of his old Bible-thumping ways
◊. Having lost the Zealous trait, he loses some Martial skill (unimportant because I don't have him leading armies anyway) along with a monthly Piety bonus.
The loss of the Piety bonus proves completely unimportant, because Trojden dies before it would've had a chance to make a difference
◊. Long live King Siemowit!
Next time, I'll try to pacify all the vassals who are now suddenly about to revolt.
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