Ireland - CK II - AAR - Part 3

October 29^th, 880

there are good things, even in times of constant war. My daughter needs some one to tutor her. Some one that will make life so good for me. I could choose some one who excels in a certain area. Like some one really good at knowing the ins and outs of politics. Or some one who knows the laws really well. But my princess deserves better then that. She deserves a well rounded education. Some one who is a jack of all trades, so that my princess will know everything really well. That is why Bishop Bruide of Con Doire will educate my daughter.

February 3^rd, 881

I love Peasants. They are the best tools of war, especially when they rise up against our enemies, and pave a way for us to sneak in behind them to conquer and win this war. This war that's been going on forever.

February 28^th, 881

I spoke to early in the early days of this month. The peasants had more horses then I expected and jumped my army. They attacked me. All I did was try and win a simple war.

December 12^th 881

I just realized going back, that in 880 I wrote down the wrong date. I am really sorry about that. I hope who ever is reading this. Whenever they are reading it doesn't hold it against me. Anyways I think I may found a way around this war of mine. Boats. Simple easy I don't know why I didn't think of it before today. Its a great way to win a war. Now I just need to attack and win. That might be a bit harder said then done.

Before February 19^th, 882

My spymaster died. I didn't even remember his name. Now I need to figure out who to replace him the problem is that I don't have any one that's even half as good as he was. So I am going to have some second rate man as my spymaster. I have decided on Fiachnae. Hes the best man for the Job.

September 30^th, 882

Okay so Bishop Bruide of Con Doire, is trying to convince me that since he was such a good choice to be the Guardian of my elder princess, that he would also make a Better court Chaplion then my current one. Who happens to be my half-brother. The Half-brother who's son got married behind my back. My half-brother who deserves to rot in on a burning roof. Of Course I will choose Bishop Bruide of Con Doire over my dim half wit moronic loser of a brother.

November 17tth, 882

My half wit half dumb half-brother now wants to be my spymaster. While he is better at the job then my current one. I like Fiachnae, hes a good guy. So I will give him a chance. Give him a shot. I will hope the half forgets about it, thought that is highly unlikely.

November 11^th, 883

This has been a dull year. Besides turning the tide in the war. Starting to win a long war, nothing has really happened this year. Unlike other years where ever little simple thing went wrong. Well Finn ally winning this war. Just got to keep the moment on my side, and win it harder. The enemy almost won this war. It was really embarrassing. Now though, Now I am winning.

On top of that, I need to pick a tutor and guardian for my son, He has a good strong head on his shoulder. I think I want him to be my elders son marshal so I will give him to who ever is the best fighter in my entire realm.

February 22, 884
OW OW OW OW. This year is not turning out good for me. This war is just going on way to long for anyone's good. Its so bad, that I know got an Arrow to my elbow. You got any idea how hard it will be to hold a scepter? Go on a hunt? Do anything that a good ruler is suppose to do now that my Elbow has had an arrow through it? It will be damn near painful. I cant believe this is happening to me. Me at the age of 57, just when my luck changes for the better it doesn't change at all.

July 9^th, 884

It still hurts, this arrow through the elbow has certainly changed my life. I would say for the worse here. I wanted to gorge on all the lovely food the cook made for no apparent reason then I was depressed. I will have to eat just bread and water. I want to gorge myself but I'm still in pain. My cook is a good man over all. I cant blaim him for me getting hurt in the throws of war. I'm not giving him a raise though, he makes to much as it is.

May 15^th 885

Oh god, First the Elbow arrow injury, and now I feel sick. I don't want to go on living. This feels like a war zone in my body. This is what hell must be like. I am glad I christian catholic. I will go to heaven where I belong, where all good holy belong. I . Sorry I just convulsed again This sickness is winning the war, just like my enemy's are winning the war on the outside.

August 3^rd. 885

This stupid injury wont go away. But at least I feel alive, and can walk around the palace. Once again. So now that the war has turned against me once again. I need to figure a way to defeat the enemy army, and conquer the land that I need to achieve my goal for my daughters. How I love my daughters, They are just the greatest things that have been in my life. Why just the other day my youngest asked me where babies come from. This made my day, I am attributing this question to the reason why I am no longer sick.

August 30^th, 885

YES! Today is a great day for me. My enemy died! I am alive and one of my prisoners just so happens to be the next in line for the throne. What a way to win a war! Through the stress of war! I guess the Seven Year Northern Ireland War was too much stress for my rival. It just proves that I am the better man. That I was destined to rule his land.

Okay, Now to fullfill my plan I need money, lots and lots of money. I think I can call an army of tribesmen together, plus my own people and loot my neighbours. I think there churchs should have more then enough money for me to fill my coffers and achieve my goal. I will do what I need to do, to achieve my goals of dukedom.

Ireland - CK II - AAR - part 2

January 1^st, 874

I am so proud for my son, whos finnaly come of age. He can now offically wreck shit and I wont be footing the bill. Good boy, he will make a good admininstator. I just have to makes sure he has a vast land to rule over. That should be easly to do. Just loot some neighbors, and conqouer some other people, and clang my son has a vast territory to rule.

January 14^th, 874

Good Good. My noble and wise councilor has managed to do what we pay him for. Fake a claim to another county. This will be awesome. I just got to build a sizable army and clang this guy wont know what hit him. But I will. Oh boy will I know what hit him, the cold end of my armys sword as we wampa stomp his tiny ace back to the dark ages. The look on his face would be so priceless, I cant wait to see it. But time to prepare needs to be delt with. Maybe I will loot his ass before invading. Only time will tell. Only time will tel..

January 24^th 874

I am so glad I have not let that rapscallion of a half brother breed. Now I will have to send my son into hidding just to keep him out of deaths hand. Death dealt by my half brother. Who will be dealt with in a just manor, for is there really any other way to deal with terrorists then in a just and fair manor, nay I say Nay. But to be safe, my son must go into hiding. He must not die, for he is the future of the Isle, the Future of the County, the future of me. He is my legacy, my descendant. I cant let him die.

February 8^th, 874

Thankfully my half-brother is not a complete moron. He understands that when your leige tells you to stop plotting, you stop plotting. Which means I can bring my son out of hidding, He will be so happy to be a free man, well as free as a man who is getting married in ten years can be. His bride is still too young, but it will be a glorious marrage and a glorious union of two great people. I am assured.

February 13^th, 874

The nomads in the mainland have decide that being nomads are not there thing anymore. Who am I to care what a bunch of nomads do? Who am I to care about some King in a far off land. I am still a nomadic tribesmen. I still move with my people, and hunt with my people. This doesnt concern me, why did that stupid messenger even thing of bringing this up with me. I will never know.

March 29^th, 874

My damn witch of a wife. Okay shes not a witch. Shes way to diplomatic to ever even be considered a witch. Anyways shes pregnant with my daughter. Okay if its not my daughter there will be some hell to pay, and I wont be the one that has to pay Charon the boats man of the River of Styx. Nope that will be my dead wifes job, for if I dont get a girl it will be off with her head.

June 23^rd, 874

Mark it on the Calander boys, this year is a good year to be us. Our good old friend Councilour Muiredach is a great man. Already got us a claim on another county. I believe this is a means to celbreate. I know the best way to celberate a good council persons job well done. That is to make sure all my council are married and happy. Hell I am in such a good mood my cranky half brother will get a wife. All good Celtic women of course. This will ensure a great future for our two counties. Today our neighbor tomorrow Scotland!

September 8^th, 874

I had to make a hard choice again today. The cook out did himself today, made everything one could in a feast fit for Ceaser himself. That was the problem, I had to make the choice weather or not to gorge myself on all this food. The temptation was great, but then I remembered that one must know when to hold there vices in check and simply eat bread and water. My will has never been stronger then it was today as I eat my bread and drank my water.

September 9^th, 874

I am glad I didnt gorge myself on food yesterday. Today I welcomed home a long lost lord who disapeared in 867. seven years ago almost to the day. Lifes weird like that, gone seven years to the day and shown up again. But as I have said in the past, I am always happy to see our fellow nobles come back and not be dead in a swamp somewhere. It shows hope that the people of this land are truly good people.

October 28^th, 874

My wife is good to me, too good. She gave me what I wanted the most in the world a daughter. Its due to my daughters birth that I summoned my most trusted men to me. I swore to them that I would be king of All of Ireland and be the force to reckon with. I would be unstopable in my war to gain all that is ungainable. To not stop tell I was King of the greatest island to be given to this earth. That I would be the King and my daughter our greatest princess the land had ever seen. My princess Tomnat would be a real princess that would be showered with anything she ever could want.

December 1^st, 874

As I said before, or ment to say, 874 has been a busy. How was I to know that at the end my whole world would be shattered; I, the future King Of Ireland was wrong. The very first peasent I said was innocent, just ended caught in the act. Which makes me think maybe the second one made sone sort of demon pact with each other to wipe out all there enemys. Strangers in a barn type of situation here, wouldnt surprise me to say the least. I hope the arrows through his stomach hurt like hell before he died. That would suit him

October 31^st 875

So Merchants think they can just push there wears whereve and however they like. They dont realise that pushing there wears, no matter how well done they are, make people angry. I am tempted to punish them, but I realize that most of my income comes from my Kingdom. Without money makers they are no ways to have income so I need to just avoid the merchents for a while cool down, and relax.

December 21^st, 875

I am training to be a better warrior. I attack dummies every day. Its dull though. Dummies cant fight back. I need a partner. Though it needs to be some one I can trust. Who better for me to trust then my heir, my son. He will help me become a better warrior and I can help him became a good warrior therefore a better leader. There is nothing better to lead then a warrior.

February 27^th. 876

Crap my neighbors are in trouble. The have angried there peasants. They are attacking there lords. I hope my people dont end up hating me like that. That would just be bad for ruleing. Hmm. Though this does mean that they will both be easier to conquer and raid after wards. I like this, I dont like the fact that there is a Nord as my neighbor on this island, but I cant really do anything about this. This island should be for the true celtic people of the island, not some crummy invaders.

November 19^th, 876

My son has brought a very important matter to my attention. Sure its a bit greedy of him, but he is a better business man and Julruller then my current steward, and therefore a better choice for steward of my land. My land that seems to be stalled and not currently expanding. I am just bidding my time. Making sure my army is large enough to stomp out all resistance. This Nord at my door step is currently to powerful to mess with. I need stronger allies before I boot him off the island. I hope my son doesnt disapoint me as I appoint him steward.

March 29^th, 877

My wife is pregnant again. This is good. Another daughter will mean another option to get allies. Allies needed to defeat the Nord on my doorstep. Time to Raid and loot my neighbors. I should have a chance at great profit.

September 1^st, 877

No, just no. There is a reason I didnt want my half-brother re-marrying. I guess I let him eventually due to some one else doing a good job. Okay that might not of been smart in hindsight, but anyways, His son. My Nephew. Will not be married. He is too close to my Family line to awared a wife. I think it would be better for my family. My son, my future grand kids if he took his voes. This way there would be no challenges to my throne. At least not a strong challenge weak challenges can be delt with fast and swiftly.

October 28^th, 877

Shit this stupid wife of mine had a baby boy. Its a stupid fucking boy, that means my land will be divided between my kids. That is not good. That needs to change now. Not tomorrow, not in a week. I need to figure out some way some how to save my kingdom from falling apart. From being torn asunder from my kids inheriting differnent plots of land. There has to be a better swifter way.

July 28^th. 878

I know I disliked my wife for being stupid and giving me a boy but I never wanted this to happen. My wife wasnt well after giving birth to my son. She survived tell today, my wife. My beuatiful young wife is now dead. This is a time to give. A time to think about the future, and the past. A time to reflect on our plans. I need to mourn the loss of my wife.

December 8^th, 878

My nephew is smarter then I gave him credit for. He got married behind my back. This means I should also get married again. Dont want some fake like my nephew on the throne after I am gone.This also gives me an idea. I am a count, but if I was a duke my elder son would rule over my younger son and therefor they wont have to go to war to regain all I have lost. That will be a good thing. All the ladies are too young for me, I dont want to marry some one 36 years younger then me. I think found some one. Shes only 31 years younger then me, I still feel thats a big gap, but my son and daughter need a mother figure in there life so She will have to do. I know that my eldest son is just 3 years younger then my wife, but I and he will have to live with that.

On a side note, all my raiding recently has given me a nice profit.

April 25^th, 879

Damn my luck, everything is not going my way. This war I am losing, I just hurt my son badly with a wooden training stick. Nothing is going my way. Heck my wife is spurning all my advances. Its like the world hates me right now. I had to spend all my money just to have a fighting chance in this war. This is not a good life for me.

October 28^th, 879

I hope my luck is changing with my second wife being pregnant. Otherwise this is just going to go down hill extremely fast.

May 29^th, 890

My Wife is a good person, she gave me the Princess I need, and I have to become a duke for my princess, a duchess is much better then a countess. Her beautiful name is Ben-Laigen, a great name. A name worth of a legend. I just have to figure a way to win this war. I cant afford to lose this war. I might be poor but I need to be able to win this war for my kids. My beautiful kids.

CK II - Game One Part One

Day One

I have started my CK II game of Winter-Een-Mas fame and fortune as the Count of Ulaidb. He is an unmarried man of the age of 40. Over all my character is a good soul, humble, just and okay with where he is in life. He does have a young kid, and a stupid half brother. My first task will be to get married. Lets check out if there’s any local women that will be a good choice.

Ambition set to get Married. Picking a nice wife from one of the southern counties in Ireland. She has a claim to the county. This will help me conquer more of Ireland what only having the one County at the moment. Though my military isn’t strong enough to wage wars just let so I need a different focus then war. Seduction might be interesting, but I don’t think it fits my Count. Ruler-ship fits my count. He just wants to be a good chief for his people. Okay hitting play now. Hope this works out.

January 12^th, 867

I got married today. Now I need to see if there is anything else I need to, or want to do. I didn’t realize I started out as a tribal people, that’s kinda sad. I didn’t want a Royal Aid Duty to pay for my wedding. I think that my own wealth or lack of wealth should speak for itself. Since I already have a son, I want a daughter too. This should help me get where I am going. Another thing I am going to do is increase my tribal law, though it will be a while tell I can get it to max. I have to start somewhere. Hmm onward.

April 1^st, 867

Decided to try and raid my neighbor, because he went to war. Then Decided on the sixth that it wasn’t worth it. His army was way to close for comfort.

May 23^rd,

My half brother wants to be married. Now I could marry him and continue my line, but I don’t want competition from him, and he has a kid. I am sorry if your wife died brother, but you should take the vows.

August 3^rd

damn shites. Glad they are way far away from my beautiful Isle. My isle and county. People should stay away from me, and let me be alone. That is what I hope happens

January 15^th, 868

A new year is upon us, and not even the first month is over and something has happened already. What is this here. A man is brought before me. A peasant, His wife and children where found dead with him covered in there blood. He claims to be innocence. Now is this the ramblings of a mad man? Should this mad man be hung and shown the error of his ways or thrown in jail so he can think about his crime? Or is he really innocent, and the real killer on the lose.

Can we commit a man to death, or jail without proof he did the crime? Is that the Just thing to do? No. I cant live with that on my soul. The man is to be set free. If that is the wrong thing to do then time will tell, if it was the right thing then time will also tell us that.

Seeing the problems that stretch across my county, I cant sit here and be content with it. Clearly it is my job to fix that which is wrong.

March 24^th, 868

The legendary band of robbers calling themselves the Band O'Brothers have finally been caught and brought before. If I am to fix that which is wrong, no problem should be beneath me. These criminals will pay amercement, and learn the errors of crime. That Crime never pays in the long run.

April 4^th. 869

This is really truly frustrating. Everything I do, to try and make this a good place to live. A lawful place, a place where people would want to not leave seems to be pointless. Every problem I solve another one crops up to take its place. This feels like there is no point to it at all. There seems to be no end in sight, maybe I should just give up.

No, No, and just no, I cant give up. If I give up the people will look at me and laugh, say hes not fit to rule. Even if my efforts do nothing to fix all the problems, people will look at me and say, there’s a man who doesn’t give up on his problems who just keeps going after them time and time again.

June 4^th, 869

Okay this proves it. Another peasant who claims that he is innocent of killing his family, children and all. This proves that there is an animal hunting family, excluding husbands. They are trying to make me finish there work by killing or imprisoning the last man. I wont do this. I wont finish a killers job. This man is innocent!

December 28^th, 869

My councilor has managed to bring together a bunch of zealots. Now since there is no heathens in the neighbor hood, there is another option. I can go use these men with my own troops to go raid and get me money. This might not work in the long run, but at least they will be besieging a count who is not me, and getting me money. That sounds like an awesome plan. Steal, Pillage, and burn. Steal Pillage, and burn.

November 22^nd, 871

The last time I raided I got a bit of gold. So lets try the Norse men across the straight.

December 9^th, 871

I hear of an army five times the size of mine. I am a smart man. I know when its time to call the order of retreat. RETREAT My men. Which means I need to raise ships so that I can loot some people. Okay my troops should be back here in a month so I will decide what to do Next year, but for now I will pray to god that my troops make it back here safely.

February 12^th, 872

Just what I needed. My councilor managed to fudge a claim on the county I looted a while ago. This should make conquering my poor defenses, and still shambled neighbors easier. Go my troops, and the Zealots I also have. Go and conquer our neighbor.

April 4^th, 873

I think its time, having just conquered that pesky neighboring count. I think its finally time to change my focus, my patient, my drive. While I still want a daughter, I just love the sounds of war. The sounds of Swords hitting shields. Its also the right time to increase our tribal Organization. Yes I feel good about the future.

My son will marry a cute girl when shes of age. The age gap isn’t that bad, shes only ten years younger. Heck my wife still might surprise me and give me a child. The future is a glorious thing that I will not let slowly slip me by. No. I have tasted victory and it is awesome. It is sweet. It is all mine.