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    We started testing the multiplayer aspect, now that we've advanced pretty far, and I thought it might interest people here to read some AARs

    The main thread can be found here, I think it should be open to even non-registered users. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...t-MP-Test-Game

    Here's the AAR for the first session of our second MP Game

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    And here follows the account of Aeric, Arch Duke of Boeruine, and rightful Emperor of Anuire:

    The Arch Duke was a stern man. Neither loved, like the Avans, or feared, like the Taels, but he was stern. The Throne was his by right; descended from a sister of Michael Roele himself, his claim was far stronger than even the fabricated documents showing a distant imperial ancestry of the Avan line. It was his by right, and he would have it. It shocked the Arch Duke, therefore, when the Avans moved in on the Imperial City itself and placed their usurper on the Iron Throne:



    For now, however, there was little to be done. There was no stomach amongst the rulers of Anuire for a fight with Avanil, and the Arch Duke had easier targets to take first: The goblins of Thurazor, and the outlaws of the Five peaks:



    Rhuobhe was also swiftly driven from his lands, but an invasion of Dhoesone was halted when the feared Gheallie Sidhe arrived with their 2500 cavalry to turn the tide.

    Soon however, the Five Peaks and Thurazor were added to the Arch Duke's realm:



    Just then, however, Gavin Tael of Ghoere was attacked by the Gorgon: He was married to the Arch Duke's only daughter, so it was only natural that Boeruine would come to their aid. Enlisting the formal support of the Mhor of Mhoried, Boeruine's armies rushed to the field of battle, but were initially routed:



    Now other Anuirean rulers joined in with the collective defense against the Gorgon, and even the haughty Avans could no longer stand aside without being accused of cowardice and losing their already-tenuous claim to the throne.

    Elsewhere, rumors reached the court at Seaharrow that a descendant of the great El-Arassi himself was trying to reform the ancient Khinasi Empire, and that the dwarves of Baruk-Azhik had taken the lands of the Chimaera and driven this mad awnsheighleen into exile. Rhuobhe, rumors also say, had briefly joined hte court of the Gorgon, but had fallen in battle rather swiftly afterwards.

    As for the future?

    The Iron Throne belongs to the Boeruines, of that there can be no doubt. The Arch Duke (blessed with long life from his blood line, as are the Avans and Taels) is in this for the long haul. No matter how long it takes, his eye is fixed on the city of Anuire and the Imperial Palace. Avanil will stumble, and over-reach. Such is the fate of all prideful usurper dynasties.

    Ghoere will hopefully remain an ally, and in return, they shall be overlords of the Heartlands and Eastern Marches.

    Boeruine hopes for good relations with the dwarves also, perhaps even offering them mountain provinces in return for gold.

    If the descendant of El-Arassi is a man of honor, then perhaps an accomodation can be reached with him too to check the advances of the Gorgon.

    But the Avans - they may be allowed to keep their ancestral claims to Avanil, as that is without a doubt their right, but the Arch Duke vows to have Darien Avan as his royal court jester one day, forced to live each day madly proclaiming that he is the true emperor before the iron throne, to the mocking laughs of all visitors, high and low. So it shall be... because that is right. That is just.

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    And now the second session, the gruesome finale:

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    Here follows the account of the downfall and ruin of Arch Duke Aeric Boeruine, last hope of Anuire, and as the true heir of the Roele bloodline - also the last best hope for mankind.

    It was 1544, and the star of Boeruine was in the ascendant. The subjugation of the Five Peaks, Thurazor, Dhoesone, and parts of Tuarhievel were complete and the gates of the northlands were now knocked wide open:



    After the conquest of Stjordvik, a small county called Yvarre stood in the way. Thinking nothing of it, the Arch Duke sent in his men. Yet it turns out that these lands belonged to a mercenary company called "The Swords of Avanil", and their captain was related to Darien Avan himself.



    Outraged, Darien Avan declared war, a war for which Boeruine was unprepared:



    With 14,000 men, Darien Avan attacked the undefended southern border of Boeruine while its army was in the north. Soon enough, however, battle was joined in earnest for the first time in years between the two major imperial claimants:



    It was a smashing victory for the Arch Duke, and Avanil lost half its men. Flush from victory, Arch Duke Aeric II decided that now was the time to end this once and for all! He had claims on both Taeghas and Brosengae, and if he could press these successfully, Avanil would be crippled:



    Little did he know, however, that the faithless Avans had married into the family of El Arassi of Ariya. Apparently, Ariya had at some point also sent an emissary to offer to marry a son of that bloodline to a daughter of the Boeruine line, but the Arch Duke had no recollection of such an event. It was possible that he had mistaken the ambassador for just another dusky traveling spice merchant, and sent him away with harsh words... if so, that had been a fated decision with wide repercussions, for Ariya was a fast rising power, rival to Boeruine and Avanil both in terms of wealth and strength of arms.

    Battle was joined once again, but this time, Avanil had hired every available mercenary, and the Arch Duke's forces were defeated, and his claims on Taeghas and Brosengae were lost:



    An eerie period of calm settled over Anuire after that battle; Boeruine and Avanil were evenly matched, and it seemed that only the Grand Baron of Ghoere could break the deadlock by pleding his support to one side or another. Break the deadlock he did, but not in the way that was expected... the Gorgon, styling himself "Prince Raesene", had apparently converted to the Haelyn faith. The claim was ludicrous of course, but it gave the cruel and powerhungry Tael dynasty of Ghoere just enough opening to make their push for power in the heartlands. They swore fealty to the Gorgon, and opened wide the gates of Anuire to conquest of the Gorgon:



    What promises or lies had been told this story does not say, but the event shocked the free folk of Anuire to their foundations. Arch Duke Aeric II and Prince Darien Avan hated each other with a passion few could match, but this - this was an attack on the very soul of the Empire, and attack against its very core and existence. It could not be allowed to stand. Their rivalry seemed petty in comparison to the thought of the Gorgon sitting on the Iron Throne, lording over the proud tribes of Andu for all eternity as an immortal godking tyrant. They met for common council, and although the air between them seemed as frosty as the depths of the great ice sea, they shook hands. Slowly at first, then more firmly. A single nod was all it took to seal their new alliance. There was no need for words between old enemies, come to such a pass.

    Avanil had long prepared an invasion of the Heartlands (subjugation CB, once per lifetime) and it was agreed that the armies would march together. Reports proved heartening. Together, Avanil and Boeruine could muster some 45,000 men outnumbering the reported numbers of the Gorgon, which stood at 30,000. Despite the darkness of the hour, the hearts of the people of the south and west were high. No more kinslaying, no more fighting for petty ancient rights that the commoners could never understand - this was a war of good against evil. This was a good war, a just war.


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    Fair were the knights and banners that rode to battle that day, and mighty were the armies assembled. Not as fair, perhaps, and not as mighty as when Michael Roele marched against the Gorgon 500 years ago to his doom, but certainly it was the greatest mobilisation of Anuirean might since the days of the Empire.



    Finally the armies were assembled: 18,000 men under the lions banner of Boeruine, and 19,000 men under the dragon banner of Avanil. Each led by the finest commanders of their generation, their blood powers giving them an edge that mere mortal generals could not match. Surely, such an assembly of steel, magic, faith and divine blood was enough to stop a single monstrous being and his army of slaves and foul allies.



    The beginnings of the largest battle of the age came swiftly:



    The enemy was sighted.

    With Avan holding the center, and Boeruine the left flank, battle was joined:



    Knights charged, archers let loose a hail of arrows, and brave men held the line against the great army of darkness. Yet it quickly became apparent that the estimates of the Gorgon's strength had been grossly under-estimated. Instead of Avanil and Boeruine outnumbering him, they were in fact outnumbered! Lightning struck across the battlefield as the mages did their work, and flashes of divine energy filled the air as divine bloodlines were extinguished by the dozen. Seeing the Gorgon charge his flank and his men wavering, Arch Duke Aeric II bravely road forth on his great steed, his divine aura radiating more brilliantly than ever before, but it was to no avail, and his bright light was cruelly extinguished by a sweeping cut of the Gorgon's massive sword:



    The proud armies of Avanil and Boeruine were shattered that day, and the best blood of Anuire was spilt upon the plains of Ghoere. Of the great many companies assembled to turn back the advancing tide of evil, only a handful of battered survivors made it to safety. Let historians judge whether or not the brave Aeric II was a more worthy heir to the Empire than the more "prudent" Darien Avan, who fled before the Gorgon while his men were slaughtered by the thousands. With the Arch Duke dead, Boeruine fell into ruin swiftly. His son, Derwyn, had been a great man like his father but had died a few years past. His son, the Arch Duke's grandson, was a lesser man by all accounts and many were unwillign to follow him in this time of great crisis. A massive rebellion sprung up:




    It mattered not, in the end, for the Gorgon was now master of the fate of Anuire, and did not hesitate to press his advantage:



    Histories of this time will no doubt be rewritten by "Prince Raesene", or "Emperor Raesene" as he will no doubt style himself, but it is certain that in the chaos that followed, what remained of Boeruine was swiftly swallowed up. Darien Avan, ever "prudent", was quick to bend the knee:



    A Boeruine still sat at Seaharrow, now only Duke of Boeruine, but it was certain that for their resistance those lands would soon be forfeit. The dwarves still resisted, and had become a mighty force under the leadership of Grimm Graybeard, but they could not stand against the Gorgon. The sole hope for Cerilia now lay with an incapable ruler of Ariya, grieving for the loss of his wife, seemingly doomed to stay in his chambers for his long years weeping and not caring for the affairs of the world. His realm was still very powerful, well under way to uniting the Khinasi, but it was highly doubtful that it could resist the Gorgon for long with the armies of Anuire at his command.

    A new age of darkness had begun, and Aeric II of Boeruine, last best hope for mankind, had fallen and was no more. It now came to lesser men to try and pick up the burden, and restore some sanity to the troubled continent, despite the great odds against them.

  5. #45
    We're still working on it, and getting closer and closer to a (as far as possible) faithful interpretation of the Birthright rules into Crusader Kings II

    Now all provinces have their proper province-ratings, and where you can spend large amounts of gold to upgrade them via very expensive province level buildings, whose effects are then implemented via province modifiers with fancy new event modifier graphics to represent their level so it can be seen at-a-glance:














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    The Chamberlain looks like a really haggard old man!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thelandrin View Post
    The Chamberlain looks like a really haggard old man!
    There are only 3 levels of age portraits in CK II - young, middle age, and old age. The chamberlain being over 50, gets the old-age one

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    Alright, if possible, can someone give the current link? Every link I've gone to so far has said that the file does not exist.

    EDIT: Found it. https://www.sendspace.com/file/pnwiff
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    And.... I can't seem to load it even after installing it to the Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\Mod section. It shows it under Mods, but as soon as I click it and (with /everything/ else disabled) click run, it just kind've dies out and doesn't load. Unclick the mod and the normal game loads.

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    It might simply be taking a very long time to load or it might be that your computer just can't handle it. Don't forget to check the mod's required DLCs, in case you're disabling something essential.

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