November 1272:
Little Ermenegilda tells me that she would like to be raised in a foreign court. Who am I to argue with a little girl's whims? In a few years, I'll send her away.
December 1272:
Hmmmm...
Can't even trust your own horse to remain a horse.
May 1273:
In my defence, she said she was a man.
July 1273:
The old crone running the Gavelkind faction just died of old age. My powers know no bounds!
September 1273:
BETRAYERS AND SPIES! BETRAYERS AND SPIES!
November 1273:
Well then.
Late November 1273:
The gavelkind faction has finally come to make their play. My hands are tied; I would attempt to bring vengence to these traitors, but I cannot even trust Glitterhoof; how am I to run a war without my loyal steed?
December 1273:
Oh Glitterhoof, you know I can't stay mad at you! Keep trying, you magnificant creature!
Christmas Day, 1273:
My second daughter was born today. Clearly she is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ himself; there is nothing for it but to name her appropriately.
Of course, her birth means that my empire will be split upon my death. This cannot stand. Either I have a single male child, or I kill and eat one of my daughters.
Of course, there is an obvious moral quandary here; White wine, or red?
28 April 1274:
NOOOOO!!!! GOD HIMSELF WILL ANSWER FOR THIS INJUSTICE!
7 May 1274:
GLITTERHOOF RETURNS!
PRAISE BE TO GOD!
Glitterhoof, thou shalt rule in my stead. And your first duty will be to exile Jesusina from this land; she will have no claim to her sister's realms.
August 1274:
My wife is pregnant again. I'm beginning to suspect that I'm doing something wrong here...
September 1274:
I've inherited a few titles from that old troublemaker I appointed years back. I didn't realize Savin of Mecca was my father. I thought Father was my father. Oh well.
November 1274:
Is his name Garak, by chance?
December 1274:
Garak almost killed me. Nice. I talked him into teaching me and Glitterhoof a few things.
March 1275:
Wife died while producing another girl child. I will send her to be raised by the wolves.
May 1275:
Yes, I've found some nice wolves to care for Bernice. She's been arrested by Glitterhoof II and sent out.
(CRAAAAP I misclicked on execute instead of banish. Uh. I guess that works? I'm never going to get my vassals to like me...)
June 1275:
Ow.
While fighting against the HRE for the Pope, Duke Fiorello II died in the chaos and fog of war.
Good News, Ermenegilda!
Here's the save.