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Enewald said:
Heh, but the dad is dead now, right? :p
Palaiologoi won't be good for the Empire...
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Yes the dad died in his sons Principality.

Also Prince Nikolaos Juvanos is the current heir to the throne but i think i am going to edit that out as i don't want to be the Emperor, just yet.
 
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Tonight will come a new update where you will see an unexpected growth of Byzantium and a pagan tribe.
 
Not so happy news

It was year 1079 and Nikolaos began to show interest on his siblings doings. He hoped to hear that they would be well but instead he found out that his sister had died in the childbirth the previous year or at least that is what they told to him. Nikolaos had his feelings that Alexios brothers who had recently joined the Kingdom of Nubia better known as the Kingdom of Crete as Nubia had lost its lands in Nubia and retreated to Crete, had killed her sister.
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Nikolaos also wanted to know about his bastard brother who apparently had killed himself after the birth of his son.
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Delphinas Juvanos the son of Theodoros lived in Mozhaysk with his mother.
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Then there was Marina, Nikolaos mother who had been living in Novgorod but had moved to Vladislav after the pagans had invaded Novgorod. She had died a year after the invasion.
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Few years passed and Hermione and Nikolaos were expecting another child but unfortunately Hermione died in the childbirth.
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Nikolaos quickly remarried with an Gaelic girl from Ireland.
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Fear of pagans helps the Empire to grow

In 1083 the Russian Princes approached the Byzantine Empire asking for protection against the Pagan Kingdom of Finland led by the fearsome Chief Tarvas of Finland. This King of Finland had gained the trust of the Finnish High Chiefs as well as the Wends and the Lettigallish Chiefs.

Emperor accepted this and declared himself as the King of Rus. Not all were happy about this and rebellions broke out again. The young Prince of Kiev was the first one to rebel though he was also the favorite heir to the throne.
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Kiev was soon retaken and Emperor Georgios turned to east where the Orthodox Kingdom of Georgia was overthrown and replaced with an Muslim Sultanate of Georgia.
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Subscribed. keep up the good work.
 
Dear God!

The Fins are always the source of all evils!

Punish them!:D
 
Enewald said:
Sweet Finland!!!
Eat the slavs, make them slaves!!!
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And the Finland is ruled by Finnish pagan in Finland. It is amazing that a Pagan Chief has manage to make such an big kingdom.


Kurt_Steiner said:
Dear God!

The Fins are always the source of all evils!

Punish them!:D
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I have no power to punish them, it is all up to the Emperor to punish them or the Swedes(Tre Kronor: Sweden, Norway & Denmark) who are at war with them.
 
Tonight i shall give you some updates about the Kingdoms of Europe. You will see strange things in Iberian Peninsula, France in turmoil, England in Sicily and other things.
 
Union between Juvanos and Kommenos

In June 1085, Nikolaos eldest daughter was married with the eldest son of Alexios Kommenos and Helene Juvanos.
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Gennadios leaves the court

Some of Nikolaos closest friends knew about the bastard son of his and there were many schemes to get rid of him. So soon after the marriage of Nikolaos II to Kallinike Kommenos, Gennadios fleed the castle with his wife Sebastiene Kommenos.
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Forming friends

Nikolaos II knew that his father in law would be the emperor one day and keeping close relation with him was needed in order to survive.
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New vassals

In 1086 Nikolaos gained new vassals from southern Greece. First one of them was Count of Atheniai.
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Few months later Countess of Euboia joined.
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Nikolaos II Count of Corfu and Arta

Now that Epirus had vassals again, Nikolaos son Nikolaos II started to question his fathers motives about not letting him have his own land. Nikolaos answered this by granting his son the Titles of Corfu and Arta.
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Kingdom of England

Ruled by William de Normadie currently controls England, parts in Normandy as well as Sicily in southern Italy.
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Kingdom of Aquitania


Ruled by Guillaumed d´Aquitanie is the successor state of France, even though France still exist in the north ruled by de Vlandeers. Aquitania was the one to liberate Jaffa-Ascalon under the Muslim hordes but after serries of revolts lost it to the Duke of Jaffa-Ascalon, Hugues.
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Kingdom of Aragon

Rules the northern parts of Iberian peninsula and is constantly fighting the berbers and moors. This Kingdom is ruled by the Catalan dynasty of de Steiner and it's current ruler is Kurt Ramon de Steiner.
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Kingdom of Scotland

Rules the northern parts of the Isles as well as Ireland.
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Holy Roman Empire

Ruled by Konrad von Franken, still holds the majority of central Europe and parts of France. Constantly deals with rebellious vassals.
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Eastern Kingdoms

Seljuk Turks dominate the landscape in the east by controlling mostly everything. Minor kingdoms in the area are Sultante of Fatimids in Egypt, Kingdom of Nubia in Crete and Duchy of Jaffa-Ascalon in the holy land ruled by Hugues de Lusignan. Of course in the north there is the Byzantine Empire.
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Kingdom of Sweden

Sweden has taken Norway and Denmark under it's wing and is currently recovering from a civil war which ended in the victory of Gustav av Lind.
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Yeah, France is gone!:p

Emperor Ike said:
Rules the northern parts of Iberian peninsula and is constantly fighting the berbers and moors. This Kingdom is ruled by the Catalan dynasty of de Steiner and it's current ruler is Kurt Ramon de Steiner.
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You really left me at a loss of words here... :D
 
Kurt_Steiner said:
Yeah, France is gone!:p



You really left me at a loss of words here... :D
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I said that you would feature in my next AAR:p

And also i think that France is still alive in Dutchland ruled by some German dude or at least they were at war with HRE
 
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Isaakkios dies

In July 1093 Isaakkios, Marshall of Epirus passed away.
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Alexios Komnenos Emperor of Byzantium

It was October when Alexios Komnenos was crowned as the Emperor of Byzantine Empire. This was the day that many had been waiting and Nikolaos didn't hesitate to acknowledge his new liege.
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And when in December Alexios asked Nikolaos to help him against those who rebelled Nikolaos joined the effort, for the Empire.
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Well done! Now, to enlarge thy demesne.
 
Enewald said:
Well, now is time to gain a lot more vassals. :D
Alexios has a bit too many prince tittles. :rofl:
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Well he gained most of the russian prince titles as there were a Rurikovich before him and you know how they are all related and then they die and i had to make sure that i won't be the next Emperor for many years though i think my turn is next.
 
The Rurikovich's always find a way into the line of succession. Partly because half the kings of Europe have Rurikid mothers.
Good to see the Spanish Christians are kicking Moorish butt but I've never seen the Finns do so well.

Also:

Enewald said:
Sweet Finland!!!
Eat the slavs, make them slaves!!!
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Where do you think the word slaves came from?
 
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