1 Jan, 1141 – I have cash of 412 and my army is mostly rebuilt at 5114 and I have prestige of 1052 for war against Circinn. I’ll wait a few months until my cash is above 500 and then DOW them in my final window.
I spend 610 Piety to claim Norway’s coastal Duchy of Gulapingslog. This will pass down to my son.
8 Feb – I get a Know Thyself event, I will die in a year of natural causes. When I die the alliance with England will break, so I’ll need to DOW Circinn before then.
10 May – Blanche, my Antiquarian passes and I hire the average 42 year old
Iliana
6 July – I have 505 cash and am ready for our final war of our High King’s life!
The Ireland/Circinn War
I spend 500 Prestige DOWing Circinn and then 350 bringing in England so I have left 238
I order my troops to rally in our capital
20 July – 5122 troops are rallied and I send them to Circinn’s capital of Gowrie
29 July – Lennox is under siege by them – it should fall in 4 months, I order my men here
My cash is losing 3.0/month
11 Sept – They flee Lennox when England nears them
16 Sept – We land and begin battle with them
5 Oct – We win and get a massive +50 warscore! I head to Gowrie
11 Oct – My great grandson has turned 16!
Brangen – Catholic Irish, background of Thrifty Clerk, stats of 9/12/16/7/8 prowess of 12, traits of Lustful, Content, Honest and then Intelligent inherited trait
28 Oct - We arrive and begin to siege Gowrie and it should fall in 9 months. England are next door in Dunfermline which should take 5 months
3 Nov – Duke Murchad is not swayed
10 Dec – Since I am about to die, I spend 350 piety and drop relations with the Pope by 20 to get a cash gift I get 360 cash
18 Jan, 1142 – Dunfermline falls and our warscore is +94
30 Jan – Our High King Buaidbeo passes! Mael-Michil takes over!
Mael-Michil – Age 55, this won’t last long, stats of 21/9/8/8/7 prowess of 10, Catholic and Franconian, Adequate Bargainer educational background, traits of Temperate, Fickle, Compassionate.
With my 8 Stewardship I can only hold 5 provinces. I hand Ceredigion to Gwynedd and get +40 relations with him
I need a new Council. Our Archbishop’s relations are a nice and healthy +54 and thus he endorses me and we still get that cash.
Who are my others?
My new council:
Martial – Duke Murchad of Connacht with 17 – relations of 0
Steward – Duke Oddr of the Isles with 15 – relations of +23
Chancellor – Duke Gospatric II of Lothian with 17 – relations of +84
Spymaster – Duke Lulach II of Moray with 21 – relations of +63
Key Vassals:
Duke of Gwynned Cagwgan II is +36
I sway scheme Murchad
If you’ll recall, Mael-Michil was the Court Musician. Is he still? Nope!
I hire the Princess Ciar – 42 years old, average – to that role
I hang his Hare Hide in the court in an open space
21 Feb – Duke Murchad started a plot to replace me with himself. Duke Madog II of Powys created an independence plot. Madog II is a +56 relations and not a key vassal.
5 Mar – A Gaelic Populist faction is created against me from Galloway – Duke Elair has joined them +22 relations he is in the Isles Duchy as a reminder
8 Mar – Duke Oddr of the Isles joins them and they have enough to make demands.
I send a gift to Duke Elair of 176 cash and we have +100 relations. Will that pull him out? I send a gift of 150 to Oddr to make nice and our relations rises to +100 too. Will this stop the Gaelic Catholic Populis t support for independence?
27 Mar – They are still in and Duke Lulach II with a +68 joins.
1 April – Our Culture discovers Battlements!
10 April – We renew our alliance with England so I can bring them into our upcoming Civil War. King William II is 69 and will die anytime, but I need to keep this alliance for defense.
29 April – We sack Gowrie for cash of 23 have a warscore of 100 and then I go for peace so I can focus on the upcoming war.
Here’s a pic:
I spend 140 prestige, disband my army
Prince Michael of Scotland – 0 relations, Gaelo-Scots culture, Catholic faith, 52 years old, traits of Calm, Fickle and Arbitrary; stats of 17/13/15/10/6 – prowess of 7, background of Adequate Bargainer. Note he has great stats and will eventual be a key vassal.
Circinn grabs:
Mearns – south of Moray’s Buchan, east of Angus – 3 Baronies, 2 Plains, 1 Hills, controlled by Earl Duncan III, 100 control Gaelo-Scots culture, Catholic faith, 9 development
Gowrie – Capital, center, 60 control, 9 development, 3 Baronies all Hills, Catholic and Gaelo-Scots, controlled by Prince Michael,
Fife - Southeast of Gowrie, south of Angus, north of Linlithgowshire – 3 Baronies, landmasses of Plainsx3, control of 60, 9 development, controlled by Prince Michael, Catholic and Gaelo-Scots
Strathearn – West of Fife, south of Gowrie, south of Atholl, northeast of Lennox – 3 Baronies, two Hills and one Plains, 100 control, development of 8, run by Prince Michael and then Gaelo-Scots and Catholic
Atholl – West and north of Gowrie, north of Strathearn, 100 control, 2 Baronies both Hills, Gaelo-Sots and Catholic, development of 10, controlled by Earl Walter.
Nice adds! I now control every province in Scotland. Even England just has Northumbria next to me which is in their Kingdom. But…can I keep it?