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Principia Robballi, or "The Beginning of the Robball" in Late Latin, is a map game beginning in the final days of the Middle Ages in Robballia.

Announcements[]

THE GAME IS OPEN!

Map[]

1444 Map PR

Signups[]

Europe[]

Northern Europe[]

  • Denmark (Kalmar Union (dynastic) with Norway and Sweden)--
  • Norway (Kalmar Union (dynastic) with Denmark and Sweden)--
  • Sweden (Kalmar Union (dynastic) with Denmark and Norway) --
  • Saami --

Western Europe[]

Eastern Europe[]

Southern Europe[]

  • Aragon --
  • Castille -- Adolf Coffee
  • Genoa --
  • Granada --
  • Navarre --
  • Papal States -- Curmudgeonly yours - Crim 09:09, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Portugal --
  • Provence --
  • Venice --

The Middle-East[]

Arabian Peninsula[]

  • Beduin Nomads --
  • Fartak --
  • Jysan --
  • Oman --
  • Yemen --

Near East[]

  • Cyprus --
  • Georgia --
  • Karamanid --
  • Ottoman Empire --
  • Persia --
  • Saffavid --
  • Timurids --
  • Trebizond --
  • White Sheep Turks --

Africa[]

North Africa[]

  • Berber --
  • Hafsid Tunisia --
  • Mamluk Sultanate --
  • Marinid Morocco -- Allegheny Asparagus (talk) 00:51, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Tuaregs --
  • Zayyanid Algeria --

West Africa[]

  • Akon States --
  • Benin--
  • Borgu --
  • Igala --
  • Kanem Empire --
  • Kwararafa --
  • Mali --
  • Mossi States --
  • Nupe --
  • Siine --
  • Songhai--
  • Takrur--
  • Wolof--


You may add smaller tribes to the list in black (unexplored) areas

Add nations as needed

Rules[]

  • REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN!
  • It's just a game
  • If Robball decides what happened just accept it (for algos for example)
  • Absolutely no bullying or harassment or you will be banned
  • Members of the "TSPTF" and known troublemakers need approval to join as major nations
  • basically generic map game rules that are obvious apply
  • Robball reserves the right to make up new rules
    • Any loopholes discovered to be unfair will be patched.
  • absolutely no "Soft Butterfly Effect" bs
  • Signups around Europe are preferred

Rules of Expansion

  • Vassals
    • Players may "influence" a nation to make it become a vassal. This is done by writing you influence them in your turn. The length of time required to succeed depends on the size of their nation and of your nation.
    • INFLUENCE ALGO: (Their Pixel Count / Your Pixel Count * 100) + (1/(Number of Nations You're Currently Influencing)) = Number of Turns
    • You may influence more than one nation at once, but for every nation you influence you will be slowed
    • You may only influence nations you border and/or have a sea connection to.
    • Influencing nations weakens your economy and therefore effects the algo. It is not done for free.
    • Once influenced fully, the nation becomes your vassal. You may now control their foreign policy and they will aid you in algos, however, if you act against their national interest they could rebel
    • Annexing a vassal may be done after 50 years minimum, then more depending on their relative size to you. You will then have to work on annexing them over many turns.
    • Nations that have reason to be enemies with you may reject your influence or rebel against you
    • There is no hard limit to the number of vassals you have, but superfluous vassals may demand annexation
    • If your vassals total area OR population is considerably larger than your own at any point you may experience major rebellion
    • You must post as subordinate nations below the post for your main nation
  • Colonies
    • If you have a port you may send colonists out into the unclaimed land
    • Colonies take time to build and grow
  • War
    • We will use a Robballian Algorithm for determining the outcomes of wars.
    • Algos will be posted on talk page by moderators

THE ALGO[]

  • Location (Goes by capital city)
    • at the location of the war: 5
    • next to the location of the war: 4
    • close to the location of the war: 3
    • far from location of the war: 2
    • other side of the world: 1
    • Antarctica: 0
  • Tactical Advantage (may stack)
    • Defender has high ground: +2
    • Larger nation: +4
    • Tribal ambush/unconvential warfare: +2
    • Amphibious attack: -2
  • Nations per side of war (Stack for all your allies)
    • Leader nation: +4
    • Military aid: +3
    • Supplies: +2
    • Vassal nation: -1
  • Development
    • Number of turns you've posted in the last 15 turns (+ 0-15)
    • Number of turns spent influencing in the last 20 turns, divided by 2 (- 0-10)
    • NPCs automatically get 7
  • Motive (Each side's reason for war, then averaged)
    • Economic: 3
    • Aiding ally: 3
    • Attacking to enforce political hegemony: 5
    • Attacking/aiding for ideological reason: 6
    • Reclaiming lost territory (lost in last 50 years): 7
    • Defending new territory (owned less than 20 years): 4
    • Defending old territory: 6
    • Defending core territory (like your capital area): 10
  • Chance (Random number 0-9)
  • Number of Soldiers
    • +1 for every percentage point that the larger army is larger, divided by 5
  • Population
    • Attacker is at least half the defender: -5
    • Attacker is about equal: 0
    • Attacker is at least double the defender: +5
    • Defender is at least half the Attacker: -3
    • Defender is about equal: 0
    • Defender is at least double the defender: +8
  • Episcopology (Effects Non-Old World nations)
    • Contacted in last 20 years: -20
    • Contacted in last 50 years: -10
    • Contacted in last 100 years: -5
  • Technology (Robball will grade each nation on a scale of 0-20)
  • Economy (Robball will grade each nation on a scale of 0-20)
  • Bonuses

Calculating Result

  • Use the following equation to determine your score: ((((y/(z+y))*2)-1)(1-1/(2x))*250), with x=number of years you've been at war so far, y=winner's score, z=loser's score
  • Score caps at 100

You may spend your points the following way:

  • Economic and access:
    • Reparations (+0.5 bonus in algos for the next 10 years, -0.5 in algos for defender for the next 10 years, may stack up to 20 times) = 1
    • Humiliate (+5 bonus in algos for the next 25 years) = 10
    • Show Superiority (+10 bonus in algos for the next 25 years) = 20
    • Enforced military access (allows you to march through their territory for the next 25 years, also gives you +2 bonus when attacking nations that they border) = 15
    • Enforced fleet basing rights (allows you to use their ports for the next 25 years, also giving you +3 bonus when attacking nations by sea if the losing nation is between you) = 25
    • Transfer trade power (gives you between +1 and +5 bonus in economy for any algo in the next 25 years, while they suffer a subtraction of as much for the next 25 years) = 30
  • Hegemony:
    • Make vassal (If they are bigger than you, add Them/You to price) = 50
    • Make personal union (only when applicable) = 60
    • Release their vassal as independent = 10 + (Size of vassal / 1000)
    • Transfer vassal to you = 20 + (Size of vassal / 1000) per vassal
    • Annul treaties (cancels alliances or military access, cannot be diplomatically remade for 25 years) = 10 per treaty
    • Change government (Install allies/change ideology) = 40
  • Religion
    • Enforce religion = 50
  • Territory
    • Regaining core/claimed territory (in home continent) = 1 per 50 pixels
    • Regaining claimed territory (around the globe) = 1 per 40 pixels
    • Seizing territory (in home continent) = 1 per 10 pixels
    • Seizing territory (around the globe) = 1 per 5 pixels
    • Seizing loosely settled colonial territory = 1 per 75 pixels

Moderators[]

Wall of Shame[]

This list is for users currently prohibited from participating in the game.

  • User:Arceus The God of Pokemon:- permanent ban for sockpuppetting
  • User:Eldwolf: permanent ban for deleting the entire page and replacing it with profanities.
  • User:FirstStooge: harassment and intimidation
  • User:False Dmitri Harassment


The Game[]

1444[]

A truce begins between France and England as a peace is negotiated. A treaty awaits final approval, in which Henry VI will marry Charles VII's neice Maragaret, and England will transfer Maine to France.

A French army under the Dauphin numbering 30,000 invades the Swiss in support of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.

The Crusade of Varna continues. Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Bohemia, and others remain at war with the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman sultan initiates peace negotiations, but the crusader leadership largely remain determined to continue the war.

  • Duchy of Burgundy/Burgundian State: Seeking to maintain peace with France and Charles VII, Philip the Good remains cordial with them, but is always at the ready in case of threat. Noticing the Swiss could become a considerable obstacle to Burgundy, he asks the Swiss for an alliance and good relations, pledging to not attack the Swiss Confederacy or expand at their expense, and to purchase their services in matters of war. Patronage of the arts reaches a high as Burgundy seeks to create amajor artistic center. Burgundy sets its sights on the lowlands. Sensing an opportunity to strike against a rival, Savoy is invaded with 30,000 soldiers, many of whom mercenaries.
    • County of Holland - A Hollander leads a small expeidtion south of Portugal, exploring the coast of Africa and the atlantic before returning to Europe
    • County of Flanders
    • County of Nevers
    • Duchy of Brabant
  • Poland: The Polish King, Wladyslaw III, continues to support the Christian effort to drive the Ottomans out of Europe. He does this in an attempt to increase his own glory and prestige, which he hopes will be useful in creating alliances in the future. He begins considering interference with the Holy Roman Empire, sending an offer of alliance to the Burgund Duke, who he sees as an ambitious man likely to succeed in Europe. He also begins building up the Polish army in anticipation of Polish interference in the Holy Roman Empire and to aid the Crusade south of Poland.
    • Lithuania: The feudal nobles of Lithuania begin to discuss forming a council to manage Lithuanian affairs. They claim that they have no intention of undermining royal authority, but this is still seen as suspicious by Wladyslaw, who resolves to let the situation calm down before doing anything.
    • Mazovia: Władysław contemplates annexing Mazovia directly to Poland, but he decides that's a bad idea - instead, it is used as an area to train soldiers in. The people of Mazovia are not happy about this. Wladyslaw justifies this with a comment that "it's a city called Warsaw. That should amuse the English". This does nothing to help his approval rating.
    • Hungary: The people of Hungary anticipate the glory that will come when they win the Crusade at Varna, which they see as inevitable. Some Hungarian nobles harbor dreams of a great Balkan empire, but none of them are brave enough to do anything that might appear like they are contemplating revolt.
    • Croatia: The Croatian nobles also harbor dreams of empire, but their nobles have decided to wait until the Hungarian nobles make a move, seeing strength in numbers. For now, the Croatian nobles merely meet in utter secrecy under the cover of complete darkness.
  • Swiss Confederacy The failure of the republic to safeguard against invasion leads to political crisis, with the confederacy election a paramount chief as a temporary strongman to repulse the French and Austrian invasion. They settle on Jano Jori, a reichsfreiherren from Zürich who had defected to the Confederate side. He begins installing loyal men all across government and military positions. Elsewhere, he raises the Swiss army to lay siege to Greifensee and retake the town, but otherwise orders his men to refuse battle to the French and to harass their supply lines where possible. Jori sends marriage requests to the nations of Brandenburg and Hesse in the hopes of securing aid for the nation. An alliance is proposed with Burgundy, citing the nations' mutual rivalry with the French crown. The nation of the Three Leagues, Ravensberg, and Konstanz begins to be influenced. Please is proposed with the nations invading the Confederacy (Mod response needed).
    • Mod response: A peace treaty will be accepted if the Swiss cede Kyburg to Austria, in exchange for the lands around Zurich.
    • Burgundian Diplomacy: The alliance is accepted.
    • Swiss Diplomacy: The nation agrees to this peace.
    • Brandenburg diplomacy: The marriage request has been accepted. See below in section.
  • Byzantine Empire: Emperor John VIII is the leader of the extensive Palaiologos Dynasty, balancing power between his younger brothers Theodore, Constantine, Demetrios, and Thomas. Of these, Thomas is appointed as the Despot of Morea, with Theodore acting as his regent. Constantine has been nominated as John's imperial successor, and has shared power as dual emperor for a few years now. However, it is the brother Demetrios who poses the greatest threat. Demetrios leads the faction of nobles who oppose John's decisions, in particular his intentions to unify the Catholic and Orthodox churches. John secretly hires a group of assassins to dispose of Demetrios while he is governing a land near Mystras (mod response for success). John continues to maintain close relations with Pope Eugene IV in Rome, which John had visited a few years earlier. At the Council of Florence, the Platonic philosopher Gemistos Plethon negotiates on behalf of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and also shares his knowledge of Greco-Roman philosophers to the eminent wise men of Tuscany. However, foremost on John's plate is the current conflict with the Ottoman Empire, as all of Christendom has invaded from the north to liberate Bulgaria. First John reaches out a secret negotiation to the Crusaders at Varna, telling them to hold the line at Varna until he can send reinforcements to aid them. John then proceeds to raise 10,000 Byzantine troops at Constantinople, and immediately dispatches them as his contribution to the Battle at Varna. John delivers a great and inspiring speech in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch and Co-Emperor Constantine, saying "some of you may perish, but that is a sacrifice I will bear for the good of Constantinople". John reaches out to the allies of the Crusade, especially Burgundy and Poland, asking for an additional 10,000 troops to rendezvous at Varna (response). John further reaches out to other potential nations who could send aid in the war, even in a token mercenary force of a handful of men, to the closest friends of the Byzantines: the Margrave of Montferrat, the Principality of Albania, and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy (response). This military intervention is, in effect, a rebellion of Byzantium against the Ottomans, who had oppressed them by treaty in previous conflicts, but is more properly a reclamation of Byzantium's old territory that they were forced to lose since the war of 1422.
    • Principality of Achaea (vassal): Raises local troops and remains on high alert for the Crusade
    • Polish response: King Wladyslaw III agrees to send the extra troops, seeing this as an opportunity to show his piety.
    • Algo note: That will be a total of 40,000 troops including the historical military at Varna
  • Crown of Castile: King Henry II continues his reign from afar, not attending to the needs of the various kingdoms, leaving most of the affairs to his wife and the courts as his hunting games continue in León. During this time Duke Alonso The Bastard from Toledo married Rosita de Coimbra. Administering the Kingdom of Toledo, he began renovating the Alcazar and establishing express routes within the Kingdom to Murcia. In the meantime, Prince Henry heads south to Seville where he resides for the year. During this time, he befriends Captain Ernesto Varguez of the garrison within Seville and they become traveling companions. During a banquet in Cordoba, Ernesto sneaks away with Isabella de Mérida, a cousin of the prince and the king's niece. Memories of the events that follow remain to be left unclear but they both go missing. A watch party is sent out to El Alcaide where the pair were last seen. Lady Isabella had been found dead but Ernesto was nowhere to be found. Assuming the worst, a search party was sent out with the Prince's companion a suspect in the murder. It is only later revealed that he had been kidnapped and is now held for ransom by a group of moorish mercenaries that had gone unpaid by the House of Trastamara. With only a week to pay up, Prince Henry calls upon the Duke of Toledo to help ambush them during the exchange. Meanwhile, the King of Castile in the north has yet to hear news of the events in Seville-Cordoba.
  • Papal States: In the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy spirit, amen. Greeting, the grace of our lord jesus christ, and the love of god, and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all. I confess to almighty god and to you, my brothers and sisters, that i have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what i have done and in what i have failed to do. Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore i ask blessed mary ever-virgin, all the angels and saints,.and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the lord our god. Have mercy on us, o lord, for we have sinned against you. Show us, o lord, your mercy and grant us your salvation. You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. You are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us: Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. May almighty god have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, lord god, heavenly king, o god, almighty father. Lord jesus christ, only begotten son, lord god, lamb of god, son of the father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. COLLECT PRAYER DESCRIBING The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. READINGS AND PSALMS. The papacy of Eugene IV has met countless turns and twists. He came to power in 1431 in the middle of an ecumenical council meant to bridge the Great Schism and finally, perhaps, deliver a final end to the Hussites. This Council of Basel first convened in 1431, but had since moved to Ferrara and finally to Florence to avoid outbreaks of the plague and to provide the Byzantine with easy access to coastal Italian ports. Mending these relations meant compromise, and after being moved around for years, the German delegation had grown impatient. In 1438, the count of Savoy was named antipope Felix V. The antipope had very little recognition outside of Aragon and Switzerland. The king of France had even taken to banning attendees of the Council of Basel from France, snubbing both holy fathers in the process. The Council of Basel was the ultimate culmination of the conciliar movement and, though France had distanced itself from the papacy in Rome, this move against the Council of Basel would ultimately lead to its dissolution and the eventual end of the conciliar movement. On the matter of Felix, Burgundy had made its opinion on the matter quite clear: an antipope was unacceptable. Their invasion of Savoy galvanized many in the Council of Basel (now Florence) to officially denounce Felix V and affirm Eugene IV as pope. Seven out of the twelve bishops sent to the council were Savoyard, and though they maintained a majority, they had lost an immense amount of standing with the remaining bishops at the council. Eugene IV officially endorses the invasion of Savoy and requests that Felix V, also count of Savoy, be handed over to Roman authorities for trial. On this pretense, 10,000 Italian mercenaries are sent to invade Savoy from the south and link up with Burgundian forces. They would land at Genoa and besiege Turin. Because Aragon has declared support for Felix V, the Papal ally of Ancona is instructed to prepare for any invasion from the south by way of Naples, and Papal troops in Rome prepare for the same possibility. Eugene IV remains in Florence while this takes place. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvatione came down from heaven, At the words that follow, up to and including and became man, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. It is truly right and just, our duty and salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word through whom you made all things, whom you sent as our Savior and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin. Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he stretched out his hands as he endured his Passion, so as to break the bonds of death and manifest the resurrection. And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare your glory, as with one voice we acclaim: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. To you, therefore, most merciful Father, we make humble prayer and petition through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord: that you accept and bless + these gifts, these offerings, these holy and unblemished sacrifices, which we offer you firstly for your holy catholic Church. Be pleased to grant her peace, to guard, unite and govern her throughout the whole world, together with your servant Eugene our Pope and our Bishop, and all those who, holding to the truth, hand on the catholic and apostolic faith. Remember, Lord, your servants XXXXXXX. and xxxxxxx and all gathered here, whose faith and devotion are known to you. For them, we offer you this sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear to them, for the redemption of their souls, in hope of health and well-being, and paying their homage to you, the eternal God, living and true. In communion with those whose memory we venerate, especially the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, and blessed Joseph, her Spouse, your blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, (James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude: Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian) and all your Saints: we ask that we ask that through their merits and prayers, in all things we may be defended by your protecting help. Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation of our service, that of your whole family; order our days in your peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen. Be pleased, O God, we pray, to bless, acknowledge, and approve this offering in every respect; make it spiritual and acceptable, so that it may become for us the Body and Blood of your most beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT: FOR THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT: FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the blessed Passion, the Resurrection from the dead, and the glorious Ascension into heaven of Christ, your Son, our Lord, we, your servants and your holy people, offer to your glorious majesty, from the gifts that you have given us, this pure victim, this holy victim, this spotless victim, the holy Bread of eternal life and the Chalice of everlasting salvation. Be pleased to look upon these offerings with a serene and kindly countenance, and to accept them, as you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just, the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith, and the offering of your high priest Melchizedek, a holy sacrifice, a spotless victim. Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with our Pope our Bishop and all the clergy. member also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,* with the blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ.
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg: Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, also known as Frederick Irontooth, having grown weary of ongoing tensions with the Duchy of Pomerania, receives Jano Jori's proposal for marriage in earnest. Frederick Irontooth's younger brother and joint ruler of the Margraviate, Frederick of Altmark, is eligible for marriage. Interested in securing an alliance with the Swiss Confederation by marriage, Frederick Irontooth proposes that Frederick of Altmark become betrothed with one of Jano Jori's daughters.
  • Landgraviate of Hesse: Having recovered from his ordeal from the previous year, during which he was mauled by a large dog belonging to his brother-in-law, Henry of Brunswick, Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, celebrates his 42nd birthday. He starts going for long walks to improve his health, but on one of these walks tripped over a tree branch and broke his leg. In bed, recovering, he takes to reading voluminous books, but ceases this activity after receiving a multitude of paper cuts. Later on in the year, a great calamity befell the Hessian court. Just two weeks after the unfortunate death of his wife, the Landgrave's cat died, apparently having choked to death on a piece of fish. As a result, the court was plunged into mourning, and an atmosphere of gloom settled over the Landgraviate of Hesse. The Landgrave, Louis, wrote in his diary, "My beloved Bustoph-Fettekatze-Johannsson der Dritte collapsed shortly after midnight... his lifeless body was found at first light, his wasted carcass devoured by the escaped fish that we would eventually had fed him. It is times like these that I am reminded of my own mortality, and my insignificance in the grand scheme of things... in a few hundred years, who will remember Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse? Nobody. Nobody at all." His self-esteem ruined, Louis attempts to fall on his own sword but finds it is blunt and only leaves him with some painful bruises on the abdomen. Then, one day he discovers a mysterious book, "How to win friends and influence people". After reading the book and learning how to influence people, Louis I decides to try his hand at influencing Waldeck and Gottingen. His confidence having now returned, the Landgrave offers to marry his nephew, Louis "the Long" (so-called because of his exceptionally verbose way of speaking) to the queen Jano Jori (whom he envisages as extremely beautiful) or alternatively, to a relative of hers. He also offers to send a few troops to help the valiant Swiss as soon as possible after the funeral of Bustoph. Now in a better mood, the Landgrave Louis successfully starts the construction of a statue in the town square of the city of Hesse, which he admires from afar in order to avoid falling slabs of stone. Unfortunately, his good mood is shattered by the unexpected visit of his brother-in-law, Henry of Brunswick, whose dog he is mauled by, resulting in him returning to bed to recover.

1445[]

YOU MAY POST IN THE PREVIOUS TURN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!

The Portuguese establish a trading post on the island of Arguin, and sails past Cap-Vert.

After the defeat at Varna, the Ottoman Empire is open to a peace that is favorable to the crusaders.

  • Duchy of Burgundy/Burgundian State: The war against Savoy continues into its second year.
    • County of Holland - A second expedition is launched which reaches the coast of Africa (Senegal) and some islands nearby
    • County of Flanders
    • County of Nevers
    • Duchy of Brabant
  • Byzantine Empire: Emperor John VIII is saddened with the news for the death of his brother Demetrios. He proceeds to adopt Helena, the infant daughter of Demetrios, as his ward. Gennadius Scholarius, the great Byzantine philosopher and writer, is appointed to be her guardian and tutor. In the wake of Demetrios' death, John VIII proceeds to subvert the power of local nobles and appoint his closer allies in key positions throughout Constantinople. In Tuscany, Gemistos Plethon continues to negotiate connections between the Roman Church and Constantinople. In Bulgaria, the military of Byzantium and Poland arrives to join forces with the Crusaders at the Battle of Varna. The added troops from both sides should equalize with the Ottoman forces, while drawing in more allies to the Crusade (Looking for mod responses for Montferrat, Albania and Moscow).
    • Albania is already at war with the Ottomans in a separate war. Montferrat and Moscow both decline.
  • Poland: The Great King Wladyslaw III is open to peace talks with the Ottomans and sends diplomats to indicate that. He believes that the various participants in the Crusade should enter negotiations in a single city and offers Budapest as this meeting place. He believes that the war against the Ottomans is already won and wishes to wrap up the whole affair. Wladyslaw agrees to send more troops to Varna if the Ottomans are feeling defiant, and he will lead these troops himself. He also sends a message to Burgundy reaffirming his desire for an alliance (player response needed). Emissaries are also sent to Bohemia, where they seek to influence the nobles into being receptive to Polish rule.
    • Lithuania: The nobles of Lithuania officially form a Council and begin debating what they should do next. Few are in favor of breaking their union with Poland completely, which they see as counterproductive to their goals. Many are simply in favor of sending to Wladyslaw stating their concerns. Many Lithuanian nobles express an interest in expanding their Grand Duchy eastward and northward - into the Baltic and Russia.
    • Mazovia: Mazovia is used as a training ground for soldiers, especially those that are going to go embark on the Crusade at Varna. A few Mazovian authorities look to the situation in Lithuania with great interest, seeing a potential to break their Polish chains...
    • Hungary-Croatia: The nobles of Hungary begin to consider who they want to elect as a potential successor in case Wladyslaw dies on the Crusade. Many see a victory in the Crusade as an opportunity to gain power in the Balkans. The nobles, however, want to make that they retain their power, seeing the centralization efforts in countries like France. They worry that the Polish monarchs might attempt to take independence in similar centralization campaigns and fear this outcome.
    • Byzantine Emperor John VIII asks Wladyslaw to reconsider, and that one more battle could prove a decisive blow for Christendom. He reminds Wladyslaw that he is taking a big risk to defy the Ottomans from behind and hopes to have a substantial gain from doing so.
    • Polish response: Wladyslaw's diplomats clarify that he will continue to fight against the Ottomans and expects large gains for Christendom from the Crusade. He's just open to a peace, but he wants it to punish the Ottomans a lot - preferably to kick them out of Europe (OOC Note: That's ridiculous, of course, but it's what Wladyslaw wants in character).
    • Feel free to create a peace offer based on the number of points you have. Otherwise, the Ottomans offer to withdraw from Albania and Serbia, and to pay reparations to Poland and Byzantine (5x each)

1446[]

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Mehmed II is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by janissaries, after the unsatisfactory campaign in the Balkans.

  • Duchy of Burgundy/Burgundian State: The war against Savoy concludes this year.
    • County of Holland - A third expedition is launched which reaches the coast of Africa (Senegal) and some islands nearby
    • County of Flanders
    • County of Nevers
    • Duchy of Brabant
  • Byzantine Empire: Emperor John VIII has fully subverted control over Constantinople, establishing his fully autocratic rule under an elite hierarchy of his friends and allies. With success in the Crusade in Varna, Emperor John VIII congratulates the Polish and Papacy for liberating the people of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. The demands placed on the Ottoman empire are as follows: 1) Release Bulgaria from vassalization (3000 px/1000 + 10 = 13), and 2) Pay reparations for the war (8x0.5 = 4). Emperor John proposes to make his younger brother, Thomas Palaiologos, as King of the independent Bulgaria (Polish response). Emperor John sends the Platonic philosopher Plethon to negotiate with Pope Eugene IV to finalize the union of the Eastern and Western churches at Florence (Papal response). Emperor John also begins sending diplomats all over Europe to improve his international relations, even as far away as Spain, with hint of a future marriage proposal (Castile).
    • Polish diplomacy: Władysław agrees, but he wants a cut of the reparations from the Ottomans. He also proposes an alliance against Ottoman aggression between Poland, Byzantium, and the newly-independent Bulgaria. Other nations will be allowed to join this pact if they wish, as well.
  • Poland: Władysław continues training soldiers. He proposes to the Polish nobles a new and novel idea - Poland will have an army even in peacetime, so that Poland can defend itself even if it is attacked by surprise. The Polish nobles are interested in this idea, but none of them want to commit to it just yet. Wladyslaw also continues to send messages to Bohemia explaining the value and benefits of Poland's "protection" (influence).
    • Lithuania: The Lithuanian nobles meet in Kaunas, forming an unofficial council. They begin considering what they want, as they plan to send a list of their concerns to Wladyslaw in the future. There are many different ideas proposed at this council, but it has not reached any decisions yet. Wladyslaw sees this council as a formation of nobles that is planning to give him demands, but, since he has not seen any of their requests yet, he plans to hold off on any action. He does send secret messages to certain Lithuanian nobles he sees as loyal to him, requesting that they send him word of the different factions at the council, hoping to divide and conquer the nobles if they attempt to seize more power than he is comfortable giving them.
    • Hungary-Croatia: The Hungarian and Croatian nobles rejoice at the news of Christendom's victory at Varna, but they wish to receive some of the reparations that Wladyslaw is likely to get from the Ottomans. They are also suspicious of Wladyslaw's proposed alliance with Byzantium and Bulgaria, which they see as a way for Poland to gain influence in the Balkans and keep Hungary and Croatia in its sphere of influence, which they believe will undermine their sovereignty and the election of their monarchs. They don't do anything about this yet, but a few nobles begin discussing secret plans to... "deal with the situation".
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