Thanks for the well wishes! I really appreciate the support.
Thank you! I looked back and yeah, there are *a lot* of chapters hah.
I am almost certainly biased, but I think you can read from the start of a reign. With each character I try and have a self-contained story of their reign and the troubles/actions of that person. There will be mention of previous points in the history, as it’s done in the same style as a non-fiction book you’d read for studying, but usually in passing.
If I can recommend characters, I would, again with bias, suggest Havel first. It’s his reign you get the foundation of the Empire itself, lots of warfare and legends, law codes and his (in-universe) legendary expedition to Byzantium.
For a personal favourite, I would suggest Konrad I. He was the most fun I’ve had with a character: stuck between two massive empires, humiliated by one and disliked, he leads to the humiliation one, the utter destruction of the other AND he has a cute cat. He centralises the empire through administrative means and the blood of the innocent and guilty alike; in universe, Konradian' became the 'Machiavellian' of our world.
So I think it’s possible to pick and choose. I’ll admit one thing I fell behind on is the century summaries but I’m hoping to do a big ‘state of the game’ summary soon and it’s not 100% vital to understand what’s happening with regard to the Gryfita dynasty.
And yeah, feature creep is real lol. It’s ballooned and had numerous delays, but I’m so happy to see people still wanting to give it a read. ^^
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