The Tale of King Maurikios: A Short Fable of the Dangers of Kingship
King Maurikios was Elected in 12 March in the Year of our Lord 870. Being a dirty, damned to eternal suffering Norse Pagan, despite having illustrious Greek blood pumping through his veins, He ordered a commissioning of a runestone in his Father's name.
His relatives Dorothea, Martha, Zenon, and Sergia, the blessed conspirator, arrived shortly thereafter.
On the 23 of May in the same Year, the Runestone was raised.
On the 12th of September, War was declared on the Neighboring Tribe of Lithuania, a small Baltic Pagan Tribe who could not withstand the onslaught of the Magyar troops. They capitulated in less than a Year.
In joyous celebration, including blood-drinking and ritual sacrifice (Pagans!), Simonis, daughter of Maurikios and (Undeserving of the Title) Queen Hypatia, was born on the 28th of September.
On the 13th of October, the Lithuanians were mercilessly slaughtered by Magyar invaders. Good riddance to all who died, I say.
On the 17th of March in the Year of our Lord 871, following the fall of Vilnus' major stronghold, the Lithuanians surrendered control of the province to the Magyars.
With the main Magyar force free from War, they moved to crush a Rebel uprising. On the 4th of August, the rebels were routed entirely.
On the 28th of December, Maurikios was... "blessed" with the birth of a son, whom he named Pelagios. Pelagios would have an important role to play in the coming years, although not of his own volition.
During the peaceful time of Maurikios' reign, money was actually spent rather wisely, as improvements to the strongholds under Maurikios' control were improved. The provincial rule of his brothers was also renovated, and his brothers were grateful for the provincial grants.
On the 1st of May, in the Year of our Lord 873, war was won against the Crimean Tatars, in a push to gain further control of the Black Sea. Magyars claimed the old provincial linings of Antiquity in the declaration of war, and the Crimeans had little troops to combat the Magyars, let alone both the Magyars and another force to the East.
On the 2nd of May, the Principality of Cherson, a minor province on the tip of the Crimean Peninsula in open revolt against the Basileus of the Eastern Roman Empire, was declared the target of conquest by the Magyars. Magyar troops quickly moved into the province.
On the 8th of October, Sergia's plot to kill the King of the Magyars, Maurikios, succeeded. Maurikios was diverted into the woods, and brutally murdered by men hired by Sergia. He was 26.
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