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This be my 131st post here. 
still a long way to go if you want to subdue the globe...
still a long way to go if you want to subdue the globe...
If You Can't Do It, Nubia Can!
King-Emperor Qalidurut I, the Conqueror
1261-2
My six year old daughter is sick. She grows weaker by the day, and cannot get out of bed. The Queen is very worried, which I spend every spare minute, few as they are, at her bedside.
I don’t know why this is happening. Why is God doing this to me?
Despite my daughter’s illness, I continue to restore the realm. More vassals are realizing that independent life isn’t all they thought it would be. In addition to Isaac the Patriarch of Alexandria returned.
The sickness is spreading. What am I doing wrong? What more does God want from me?
So this is why Isaac was so eager to come back. Seems he’s run afoul of the Mongols. (By the way the southern Mongol/Cuman group appears to have conquered, so the Horde are the only ones left). My spies tell me that despite only controlling a single province, the Horde contains 80,000 men. Given that they only showed up with 20,000 I am forced to conclude the Mongols are part rabbit.
While 80,000 were more than I was expecting, Nubia can field over half a million troops, so the balance is in our favor.
Maybe this is what God wants. Perhaps destroying these pagans will restore his favor to my family.
Fighting this war will require large numbers of soldiers. Unfortunately, the northern territories have been devastated by recent wars, requiring the troops to come from father away.
I’m traveling to Kurdistan to take command of the army there. It pains me to leave my sick daughters, but in a conflict like this I need to lead from the front.
Thankfully Mungke seems to have gotten on lots of people’s bad side, including his former liege the Khan of the Cumans. So while he may have 80,000 soldiers, he’s facing the two largest armies in the known world.
Even better for us, it looks like he’s moving to attack the Cumans now.
Sometimes people feel they need to prove themselves. Sometimes this leads them to do stupid things, such as this situation. Huddan is the new Prince of Armenia. He was promoted after fighting for the old prince when he was a count. This has left him with a drive to show his loyalty any chance he gets.
So rather than wait for reinforcements, he charged into battle with the Mongols.
With predictable results. Huddan was lucky to survive. Now the Mongols are besieging a Cuman fort, giving my forces time to concentrate. I think I will make a two pronged attack, striking at both their army and their home.
Yesterday I received a report that my darling Ann had died. I was crushed. I thought I was doing God’s will, but now I don’t know.
Last night I could sleep. Then I heard Ann’s voice, telling me it was okay. She wasn’t in pain anymore. God had called her home so He could use her to talk to me.
And He has a plan for me…
A story with lots of pictures and plenty of words
King-Emperor Qalidurut I, the Conqueror
1261-2
My six year old daughter is sick. She grows weaker by the day, and cannot get out of bed. The Queen is very worried, which I spend every spare minute, few as they are, at her bedside.
I don’t know why this is happening. Why is God doing this to me?
Despite my daughter’s illness, I continue to restore the realm. More vassals are realizing that independent life isn’t all they thought it would be. In addition to Isaac the Patriarch of Alexandria returned.
The sickness is spreading. What am I doing wrong? What more does God want from me?
So this is why Isaac was so eager to come back. Seems he’s run afoul of the Mongols. (By the way the southern Mongol/Cuman group appears to have conquered, so the Horde are the only ones left). My spies tell me that despite only controlling a single province, the Horde contains 80,000 men. Given that they only showed up with 20,000 I am forced to conclude the Mongols are part rabbit.
While 80,000 were more than I was expecting, Nubia can field over half a million troops, so the balance is in our favor.
Maybe this is what God wants. Perhaps destroying these pagans will restore his favor to my family.
Fighting this war will require large numbers of soldiers. Unfortunately, the northern territories have been devastated by recent wars, requiring the troops to come from father away.
I’m traveling to Kurdistan to take command of the army there. It pains me to leave my sick daughters, but in a conflict like this I need to lead from the front.
Thankfully Mungke seems to have gotten on lots of people’s bad side, including his former liege the Khan of the Cumans. So while he may have 80,000 soldiers, he’s facing the two largest armies in the known world.
Even better for us, it looks like he’s moving to attack the Cumans now.
Sometimes people feel they need to prove themselves. Sometimes this leads them to do stupid things, such as this situation. Huddan is the new Prince of Armenia. He was promoted after fighting for the old prince when he was a count. This has left him with a drive to show his loyalty any chance he gets.
So rather than wait for reinforcements, he charged into battle with the Mongols.
With predictable results. Huddan was lucky to survive. Now the Mongols are besieging a Cuman fort, giving my forces time to concentrate. I think I will make a two pronged attack, striking at both their army and their home.
Yesterday I received a report that my darling Ann had died. I was crushed. I thought I was doing God’s will, but now I don’t know.
Last night I could sleep. Then I heard Ann’s voice, telling me it was okay. She wasn’t in pain anymore. God had called her home so He could use her to talk to me.
And He has a plan for me…
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Thank you. And don't worry, in Nubia craziness is never far away.
I'm glad you like it. I too enjoy the sense of continuity.
This be my 131st post here.
still a long way to go if you want to subdue the globe...
That is true, but there are still 191 years to go.
I would love it if Qalidurut's "hearing God" actually did lead Nubia to even greater greatness. It would be so quintessentially Nubian.
Ah, gotta love it. The Dongolas certainly make sure that life's never boring for long... Or under control, for that matter! :rofl:
I'm looking forward to seeing how you play this - the way you put it here
I'm looking forward to seeing how you play this - the way you put it here
sounds really promising
God is always too lazy to talk to anyone.
That is why anything can be done in his name, since he does not care.
That is why anything can be done in his name, since he does not care.
I'm surprized it took this long. I was expecting Kemaladin to go crazy a century ago.
Only the Greatest of Emperors get Insane...
Their greatness is more than their mortal minds can take.
The nice thing about Nubia is that its so big it has a lot of inertia, so even some bad mistakes will result in more setbacks than disasters. And having 500,000 soldiers helps too.
Ah, gotta love it. The Dongolas certainly make sure that life's never boring for long... Or under control, for that matter! :rofl:
I'm looking forward to seeing how you play this - the way you put it here
sounds really promising
Thanks, I was still figuring out how to play/write his depression and now this. You're right, the Dongolas make sure things don't get stale.
God is always too lazy to talk to anyone.
That is why anything can be done in his name, since he does not care.
I think that sums up Crusader Kings nicely, since everyone in it thinks they are doing God's will, even when they are opposed to each other.
Not as bad as it could be. Qalidurut had good stats, so even as a schizephrenic his plus his chancellor's diplomacy is 19, for example. So the realm isn't going to fall apart tommorow. At least not without more things going wrong
I hope so anyway.
If You Can't Do It, Nubia Can!
King-Emperor Qalidurut I, the Conqueror
1262
Alright, time for another battle with the Mongols. Nubia has six times the troops it had last time, but we are still outnumbered almost eight to one. I think they are going to get slaughtered, but Ann tells me their sacrifice has a purpose.
Well what do you know; the entire Mongol battle plan is based on fear of their numbers. When Joseph and his men refused to break, despite suffering horrible casualties, the Mongols began to lose heart. I would never have predicted this, but Ann knew.
Now this isn’t the type of victory we can afford to win often, but this is a lot better than the alternative.
Let’s see if we can push home the advantage before the horde regroups.
The Khan is thinking the same thing. While Nubians have been defending his territory from the Mongols, he has been besieging their home. It should fall any day now.
And so it does, but not to the Khan. I don’t know what kind of leader leaves a siege at the last minute to go elsewhere, but that’s what the Khan did. And when the Prince of Armenia showed up with a small Nubian force, the Cuman general let him take command of the province.
“It’s all part of the plan,” Ann tells me, “You are to control the province.”
Since God wants me to have the province, I ask Huddan to turn it over to me. He is less impressed by God’s plan and thinks the province is proper compensation for the loses he suffered.
I point out those men died because of his stupidity, and stupidity deserves no compensation. He gets red in the face and leaves.
I’ll deal with him later, but first I have to write the orders to demobilize all the southern troops I raised to fight the Mongols. Due to the Khan’s quick action many did not even leave their home areas.
That’s when Ann tells me those troops are mobilized for a reason, and shows me where I should move them to further God’s plan.
I was in the middle of working on God’s plan when some courtier I didn’t remember interrupts me to ask if he can retire. I threw something convenient at him while yelling that since I can’t retire, no one will retire!
I also decide to shake things up at the next royal banquet. I think my new entertainment will become a big hit.
The troops are in place and it is time for war. God wants me to punish those who attacked Nubia. Though I only declared war on two provinces, it is His will that many more Turks lead themselves to destruction.
But I’m ready, and order the attack along multiple fronts.
Is this truly God’s will? Will Nubia be successful? How do the nobles feel about serving a crazed king? Or getting slapped with fish? Find out with If You Can’t Do It, Nubia Can!
A story with lots of pictures and plenty of words
King-Emperor Qalidurut I, the Conqueror
1262
Alright, time for another battle with the Mongols. Nubia has six times the troops it had last time, but we are still outnumbered almost eight to one. I think they are going to get slaughtered, but Ann tells me their sacrifice has a purpose.
Well what do you know; the entire Mongol battle plan is based on fear of their numbers. When Joseph and his men refused to break, despite suffering horrible casualties, the Mongols began to lose heart. I would never have predicted this, but Ann knew.
Now this isn’t the type of victory we can afford to win often, but this is a lot better than the alternative.
Let’s see if we can push home the advantage before the horde regroups.
The Khan is thinking the same thing. While Nubians have been defending his territory from the Mongols, he has been besieging their home. It should fall any day now.
And so it does, but not to the Khan. I don’t know what kind of leader leaves a siege at the last minute to go elsewhere, but that’s what the Khan did. And when the Prince of Armenia showed up with a small Nubian force, the Cuman general let him take command of the province.
“It’s all part of the plan,” Ann tells me, “You are to control the province.”
Since God wants me to have the province, I ask Huddan to turn it over to me. He is less impressed by God’s plan and thinks the province is proper compensation for the loses he suffered.
I point out those men died because of his stupidity, and stupidity deserves no compensation. He gets red in the face and leaves.
I’ll deal with him later, but first I have to write the orders to demobilize all the southern troops I raised to fight the Mongols. Due to the Khan’s quick action many did not even leave their home areas.
That’s when Ann tells me those troops are mobilized for a reason, and shows me where I should move them to further God’s plan.
I was in the middle of working on God’s plan when some courtier I didn’t remember interrupts me to ask if he can retire. I threw something convenient at him while yelling that since I can’t retire, no one will retire!
I also decide to shake things up at the next royal banquet. I think my new entertainment will become a big hit.
The troops are in place and it is time for war. God wants me to punish those who attacked Nubia. Though I only declared war on two provinces, it is His will that many more Turks lead themselves to destruction.
But I’m ready, and order the attack along multiple fronts.
Is this truly God’s will? Will Nubia be successful? How do the nobles feel about serving a crazed king? Or getting slapped with fish? Find out with If You Can’t Do It, Nubia Can!
Well, beating up the Turk certainly is a conceivable God's will in this time, even outside Qalidurut's head.
Mmm, the Mad Qalidurut does exactly the same thing as the Sane Qalidurut...
In Nubia, sanity is a relative thing.
Nay, because mad Qalidurut does what sane Qalidurut would do, only cranked up to eleven!Mmm, the Mad Qalidurut does exactly the same thing as the Sane Qalidurut...
I was expecting madness, but even I didn't expect to see Qalidurut pick a fight with the Turks fresh off a fight with the Mongols. Granted, I've started fights just after a successful war simply because my troops were in the area (to the strangled cries of my Steward as my treasury cracks under the strain of ANOTHER war), but usually not against an enemy that could raise 30 000 men armies that weren't even their entire armed force. Though, granted, I've fought the combined armies of a personal union between Poland and Hungary...but I didn't start that fight!
Still, I expect the Turks are suffering a manpower shortage right now. The only question is, by what percentage, is that number enough, and can they rebound back?
...does that count as three questions?
Regardless, I'm liking the new mad Qalidurut. Ann justifies anything! Oh the ins-Ann-ity!