The Downfall of Bigod England and the House of Bigod's Current Resurgence
I
History
My father...
...was King of England and Wales. "Was" being the most important part. Sometime in the middle of this century (I wasn't paying too much attention at the time, to be honest), the Germans and Irish, under the crown of King Konrad the Hun...
...descended in great force upon my father's holdings and England and seized the crowns of England and Wales. The Hun placed one of his petty courtiers...
...on the throne of England. Konrad then set a Welshman on the throne of Wales. That Welshman, however, was poorly chosen. Not that one could find a Welshman worthy of ruling Wales in the whole country, of course. At any rate, he managed only to father one son and I, recalling that my mother...
...was the Welshman's sister, had the foresight and, indeed, the courage to have the child murdered. Having offed the Welsh toddler and heir-apparent, I...
...am the new heir to the Welsh throne, currently occupied by the pretender, Iago of Gwynedd.
Now, all I or my son...
...need do is to go on living in order to inherit the Welsh crown. From there, we shall reclaim our God-given right to rule England.
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The Setting
The Isles of England and Ireland.
Martin is the son of Konrad the Hun. Martin is having a little more trouble governing the kingdoms than The Hun did.
The Continent. The situation in Ireland and Germany has much deteriorated since these maps were drawn.
Of course, one should not assume that Konrad the Hun was a wise king, simply because he managed to unify Ireland, Germany, France, Burgundy, England, Wales and Egypt. He didn't hold on to those kingdoms. The kingdoms of France and Italy, ruled by the Houses Von Sayn (descended from Konrad's first marshal) and Von Urslingen (simply the Dukes of Spoleto and nothing more), respectively, were both established at Konrad's whim. He gave away Egypt to one of his Frankish courtiers and he gave away my father's kingdom to the hideous Bohun family. And gave a Welshman the crown of Wales! The Welsh are not fit to rule themselves. He gave his younger brother, Friedrich, the crown of Burgundy and, had he not died on his second foolhardy crusade in the Holy Land, I'm sure he would have found a way to grant kingship over Ireland to his older brother Heinrich's branch of the family, even as crazed, drunk and heretical as they are.
It is Konrad's legacy of "mercy and generosity" (take note that he was neither merciful nor generous to my family; nor the Hohenstaufens of Germany, Italy and Burgundy; nor the Capets of France) that I shall reverse, assuming Martin doesn't reverse it for me.
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The Game
Version: CK-DV 2.1.
Mods: Only mods are COA mods and Jordarkelf's pledging fix. The Kingdom of Ireland is using the shield from the Carroll family (my family) coat of arms. There are some other changes to COAs, but none of them are important, especially since I can't remember them.
Miscellaneous Notes: I was playing the Oranje-Nassau family until I looked over at Wales and saw that Iago of Gwynedd only had one son and next in line was John the Bigot, son of Henry the Bigot, one-time King of England and Wales. I figured the AI wouldn't take advantage of a situation like that, so I should. And here we are.
As for the title, I just pronounce "De Bigod" as "De Bigot" for my own amusement and John de Bigod looked ugly enough to be a bigot: anti-Welsh, anti-Irish, anti-German, etc. I see John as a pretty bad person, but I hope that doesn't make him too unlikeable or, failing that, un-entertaining. I've never played someone as unscrupulous as him, murdering kids and all that, and I'm interested in his story.
I have a post or three after this one, but I dunno how long this will go or even turn out, for that matter. I've played through one war and a little after, but who knows what'll happen.
Comments are welcome, of course.
Disclaimer: I have nothing against any culture, no matter what John may say.
I
History
My father...
...was King of England and Wales. "Was" being the most important part. Sometime in the middle of this century (I wasn't paying too much attention at the time, to be honest), the Germans and Irish, under the crown of King Konrad the Hun...
...descended in great force upon my father's holdings and England and seized the crowns of England and Wales. The Hun placed one of his petty courtiers...
...on the throne of England. Konrad then set a Welshman on the throne of Wales. That Welshman, however, was poorly chosen. Not that one could find a Welshman worthy of ruling Wales in the whole country, of course. At any rate, he managed only to father one son and I, recalling that my mother...
...was the Welshman's sister, had the foresight and, indeed, the courage to have the child murdered. Having offed the Welsh toddler and heir-apparent, I...
...am the new heir to the Welsh throne, currently occupied by the pretender, Iago of Gwynedd.
Now, all I or my son...
...need do is to go on living in order to inherit the Welsh crown. From there, we shall reclaim our God-given right to rule England.
***
The Setting
The Isles of England and Ireland.
Martin is the son of Konrad the Hun. Martin is having a little more trouble governing the kingdoms than The Hun did.
The Continent. The situation in Ireland and Germany has much deteriorated since these maps were drawn.
Of course, one should not assume that Konrad the Hun was a wise king, simply because he managed to unify Ireland, Germany, France, Burgundy, England, Wales and Egypt. He didn't hold on to those kingdoms. The kingdoms of France and Italy, ruled by the Houses Von Sayn (descended from Konrad's first marshal) and Von Urslingen (simply the Dukes of Spoleto and nothing more), respectively, were both established at Konrad's whim. He gave away Egypt to one of his Frankish courtiers and he gave away my father's kingdom to the hideous Bohun family. And gave a Welshman the crown of Wales! The Welsh are not fit to rule themselves. He gave his younger brother, Friedrich, the crown of Burgundy and, had he not died on his second foolhardy crusade in the Holy Land, I'm sure he would have found a way to grant kingship over Ireland to his older brother Heinrich's branch of the family, even as crazed, drunk and heretical as they are.
It is Konrad's legacy of "mercy and generosity" (take note that he was neither merciful nor generous to my family; nor the Hohenstaufens of Germany, Italy and Burgundy; nor the Capets of France) that I shall reverse, assuming Martin doesn't reverse it for me.
***
The Game
Version: CK-DV 2.1.
Mods: Only mods are COA mods and Jordarkelf's pledging fix. The Kingdom of Ireland is using the shield from the Carroll family (my family) coat of arms. There are some other changes to COAs, but none of them are important, especially since I can't remember them.
Miscellaneous Notes: I was playing the Oranje-Nassau family until I looked over at Wales and saw that Iago of Gwynedd only had one son and next in line was John the Bigot, son of Henry the Bigot, one-time King of England and Wales. I figured the AI wouldn't take advantage of a situation like that, so I should. And here we are.
As for the title, I just pronounce "De Bigod" as "De Bigot" for my own amusement and John de Bigod looked ugly enough to be a bigot: anti-Welsh, anti-Irish, anti-German, etc. I see John as a pretty bad person, but I hope that doesn't make him too unlikeable or, failing that, un-entertaining. I've never played someone as unscrupulous as him, murdering kids and all that, and I'm interested in his story.
I have a post or three after this one, but I dunno how long this will go or even turn out, for that matter. I've played through one war and a little after, but who knows what'll happen.
Comments are welcome, of course.
Disclaimer: I have nothing against any culture, no matter what John may say.
