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[Karlito]

Good so far, though I'm only about 15 years in.

Turns out I only got to play a few more years after this. Standby for update.

Note: My videocard is slightly below minspec, so Coats of Arms and various other things might look a little off.

Spoiler: The Reign of Butavas II 992-1010 (click to show/hide)

Already well into middle age by the time he took the throne, Butavas II had made a name for himself as a scholar and a diplomat, not a leader of men. Nevertheless, he would spend much of his reign leading his army marching from one end of the empire to the next.


And a long march it was. Thanks to the conquests of previous of Butasas's ancestors, the Wendish Empire had no rival in the civilized world. To the south and west the Kingdoms of Christendom were occupied by wars both within and among each other. The only real threat was to the east, where barbarians ruled the steppe.


And even their time was coming to an end. Only a few months into Butavas's rule, Seljuk completes his first conquest.


As winter retreats Butavas holds a great festival to commemorate the beginning of his rule.


Butavas I's conquests of the Baltic coast was not complete; additionally a bizarre inheritance results in a pair of independent chiefdoms in the center of the Empire. Butavas II's first act is to deal with these enclaves. Not yet feeling secure enough in his rule to call upon the levies of his High Chiefs, Butavas leads the campaign at the head of his personal troops.


Just before setting off from the capital, Butavas acquired a book filled with mysterious writing. It is several weeks into the march before he finally deciphers the 'secret'.

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It takes near 4 years before the wars are all concluded, the intervention of the King of Denmark and the need to deal with several minor rebellions in addition to the original four targets lengthen the campaign significantly, but at last the empire is whole!


As news of Seljuk's second conquest reach him, Butavas becomes concerned with the security of the empire. The flanks of the Wend's western border are secured by the Baltic to the north and the Carpathians in the south, but many of the Empire's eastern counties are dangerously exposed.


After more than a year of careful thought and planning, Butavas in convinced of the need to secure the Western Bank of the Dnieper. He takes advantage of a Cumanian civil war to strike at a the Tengri chiefdom of Moldau.


Butavas commemorates the coming of the new millennium with a small ceremony, crossing the border into heathen lands on the first of January.



Unfortunately, the horsemen settle their internal differences before Butavas's conquest is complete, and his army is forced to retreat.



Butavas is forced to summon the levies of the High Chiefs for the first time, and later at the head of a new, larger army he beats back the Cumanian horde and brings a swift conclusion to the war.


Unfortunately, Butavas's victory allows Seljuk to easily move in and sweep up the the entire Cumanian Kingdom! The need to secure the eastern border is more great than ever.


Leading his personal retinue, Butavas moves against the remains of the Cumans, at last securing the Dnieper's western bank. The eastern border of the empire is now securely anchored at one end by the Black sea.


So that he can focus the entirety of his attentions on the threat to the east Butavas grants his second son the Kingdoms of Bohemia and Pomerania, naming him the Guardian of the West. Though the crossmen have not posed a significant threat since his grandfather's day, Butavas wanted nothing to distract him from the more dire threats to the east. However, before he can formulate a plan to guard against the Turk, he receives some disturbing news...


This landless brigand Vilamos had managed to gather a massive host. For the second time Butavas summons the levies of the his High Chiefs to meet this threat.

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Though Vilamos's army is vast, it consists mostly of rabble and is poorly led. Forces led by Butavas manage to route them even before all the levies of Wend have gathered.


Though he had just turned 50, Butavas mounts a horse and joins his cavalry in pursuit of the fleeing brigands. He strikes down several with his sword when his horse trips and throws him from the saddle. The aged Emperor strikes the ground hard and is killed instantly.

Save: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bycn6hxk5veqfj/Wendish_Empire1010_05_09.ck2

[FritzPL]

Any tips you people have for me? I might pull off some stupid shit like convert if you don't stop me

[Dutchling]

Well, we're already reformed, so converting isn't really necessary. Other than that, just don't lose the empire to your brother or to the Seljuk .

[Digital Hellhound]

Ah, those Seljuks are looking wonderfully threatening. Time to expand west and crush the decadent Christian kings of Europe?

EDIT: Our Coat of Arms has changed. Again. And it appears to have done so in the previous update as well. Oh, the humanity!

[PanH]

Hasn't it always been 2 boats ?

[Digital Hellhound]

Hasn't it always been 2 boats ?

Look at the images in the various AARs. I don't think it's stayed the same for longer than two rulers.

EDIT: It was the same for the first three, after that it's kept changing. Weird.

[Karlito]

Save link posted.

[Dutchling]

Hasn't it always been 2 boats ?

Look at the images in the various AARs. I don't think it's stayed the same for longer than two rulers.

EDIT: It was the same for the first three, after that it's kept changing. Weird.

CoA DLC are odd like that. Just ignore it .

[PanH]

I have portrait and coat changes while loading my own saves sometimes, so yeah. Or even with the ruler designer : You had a beard ? Well, since you're count, we shaved it.
I think I have the 2 first coa dlc, but not the third, or something like that.

Edit : Just read that there's a bug that change your coat if you reform a religion.

[FritzPL]

When I load the save, nothing appears. Nothing. Just a black map with no nations, no characters and no color. I think it might be that I have wrong version(1.10), I'd like it if someone could reassure me of that.

[Dutchling]

Maybe you don't use the Steam beta patch? Or maybe you do? Not sure if that could even be a problem.

[Wiles]

I'm guessing The last save game was probably saved with v.1.02, so that might be the problem.

Also at this point I guess we should decide whether or not to use the beta patch, otherwise we might run into issues with people playing different versions.

[Karlito]

Yeah, I used 1.102 to play the save.

[FritzPL]

Yeah, it was the patch, I downloaded it and it's all good now.

So the first thing I did after making sure that Vilmos' host really doesn't have a chance to win, was reform the council.

This is the council as it looked when I picked up the save:

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And this is the council after assigning new people:

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Moments after this, Vilmus is beaten and all troops part from retinues are disbanded and return home. I really wanted to build some things in Vilnus as well, but I see that you already maxed everything out there. I'll keep playing until something interesting happens.

[FritzPL]

So I had a little bit of a civil war with me trying to take the Grand City of Trakai, winning, and then realizing that it's the wrong type of holding.
At the same time, I saw factions that wanted to overthrow me and install my brother, King Kantibutas on the Wendish throne.

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Imagine the frustration of the faction leaders when said claimant left their faction, decreasing it's strength from 35% to 5% instantly.
All I had to do for that to happen was give him the county of Trakai, which I couldn't do anything with anyway, and our relations went from 40 to 82 from that. I don't think that faction is going to succeed.


FAKEEDIT: This just in.

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Primogeniture, here I come.
Conquered Drove by a county on our borders and decided to take it. Made some minor tech upgrades. Crushed factions without unsheathing a sword.
I also managed to get on good terms with Seljuk thanks to our chancellor, so even though we're an infidel and he's zealous, our relations with him are 37 right now. Sent our religious advisor to convert Pommerania, recieved news of Stettin Szczecin embracing Lithuanian culture, and one of our two counties on shores of the Black Sea converted to Romuva.
So nothing significant happened.

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I'm going to take a little break from CK and continue tomorrow, if that's alright with you all. I try to cover all the interesting events as well as I can, and my abilities are... not the finest. Expect posts that don't really do any roleplay and just tell you what happened.