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#New or reworked text for patch 1.3;x
#Text with minor changes is still in its original files. This is for changes to the number of interpolation parameters (percent signs).;x
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#Chances are...;x
#Note that a double percent sign converts to a single percent sign. This is because the percent sign is normally used for changing color (see Notes.txt).;x
CHANCE_SURETHING;little doubt;x
CHANCE_VERYHIGH;a very high chance;x
CHANCE_HIGH;a high chance;x
CHANCE_MED;a medium chance;x
CHANCE_LOW;a low chance;x
CHANCE_VERYLOW;a very low chance;x
CHANCE_NONE;no chance;x
#;x
POROLLSEND;There is §Y%s§W they will accept our offer.;x
DIPROLLCHANCE;\n§WThere is §Y%s§W they will accept our offer.;x
#This text was too long to fit chances underneath.;x
AWEXCHANGE;We will ask %s to exchange all their discoveries with us (provinces with settlement and sea zones).\nThey will share %d provinces and sea zones with us. We will share %d with them.;x
#Add "here" to autosend text;x
COT_AUTO;Autosend merchants here;x
#New strings explaining movement attrition;x
LU_ATTRITION_I6;+%d (minimum attrition while moving);x
NU_ATTRITION_I9;+%d (minimum attrition while moving);x
#Add sign to blockade attrition (can't just write +%d because blockade attrition is a define);x
NU_ATTRITION_I2;%s%d Blockading\n;x
###New rebel tags###;x
REB;Peasant Rebels;x
R01;Aristocrat Rebels;x
R02;Religious Rebels;x
R03;Cultural Rebels;x
R04;Colonial Rebels;x
R05;Nationalist Rebels;x
R06;Pirate Raiders;x
BRR;Barbary Pirates;x
INR;Indonesian Pirates;x
PRR;Buccaneers;x
SMR;Somali Pirates;x
VBR;Victual Brothers;x
WKR;Wokou;x
NDR;Dutch Rebels;x
USR;American Rebels;x
###New rebel popup text###;x
#Note that this is per rebel type, not per rebel tag. That is, two peasant rebel tags will have the same description text.;x
#The rebel tag is inserted into REVOLT_2 but is not otherwise used.;x
#For religious and cultural rebels, the religion/culture of the province in which they are revolting is an additional parameter into _4.;x
REVOLT_1;%s;x
REVOLT_2;%t,;x
REVOLT_3;%s\n§Y%s;x
REVOLT_4;%s;x
REVOLT_5;;x
REVOLT_6;;x
REVOLT_LOG;%C in %P are revolting!;x
REVOLT_RAID_LOG;The peaceful citizens of %P are being raided by %C!;x
REVOLTOTHER_RAID_LOG;The province of %s in %s is being raided!;x
REVOLT_REBELS_1;Revolt in %s!;x
REVOLT_PEASANTS_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_PEASANTS_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, there is a risk that it will spread to other provinces.;x
REVOLT_ARISTOCRATS_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_ARISTOCRATS_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, there is a risk that it will spread to other provinces. They may even march on our capital in an attempt to force concessions in their favor.;x
REVOLT_RELIGIOUS_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_RELIGIOUS_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, they could try to conquer other §W%s§Y provinces and may declare independence.;x
REVOLT_CULTURAL_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_CULTURAL_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, they could try to conquer other §W%s§Y provinces and may declare independence.;x
REVOLT_COLONIAL_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_COLONIAL_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, they will seek to take other colonies and form a new nation.;x
REVOLT_NATIONALISTS_3;have taken arms!;x
REVOLT_NATIONALISTS_4;If we do not suppress the revolt, they are likely to try to form a new nation or defect to a preferable ruler.;x
REVOLT_RAID_1;A raid in %s!;x
REVOLT_PIRATES_3;are scouring the coast!;x
REVOLT_PIRATES_4;If we do not drive the raiders back, they will sack the towns and cost us valuable gold.;x
REVOLT_ALIENS_3;are terrorizing the locals!;x
REVOLT_ALIENS_4;Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they want?;x
# New strings for estimating value of buildings #;x
ALERT_DEL_IMPROVEMENT_VALUE; (§Y%.2f§W$ monthly/§Y%.1f§W$ yearly);x
BUILDING_EFFECTS_LOCAL;§YLocal Effects:§W\n;x
BUILDING_EFFECTS_COUNTRY;§YCountry Effects:§W\n;x
BE_NOEFFECT_LOCAL;No local effects\n;x
BE_NOEFFECT_COUNTRY;No country effects\n;x
BE_MONTHLYTAX;Monthly tax: %.2f$\n;x
BE_MONTHLYPROD;Monthly production: %.2f$\n;x
BE_YEARLYINCOME;Total yearly income: %.1f$\n;x
BE_CENSUSTAX;Yearly census tax: %.1f$\n;x
BE_MANPOWER;Manpower: %.1f\n;x
BE_REVOLTRISK;Revolt risk: %s%d\%%\n;x
BE_INFLATION;Yearly inflation: %s%.3f\%%\n;x
BE_ARMYBUILD;Army build capacity: %s%d\n;x
BE_SHIPBUILD;Ship build capacity: %s%d\n;x
BE_POPGROWTH;Pop growth: %s%.1f\%%\n;x
BE_FORTLEVEL;Fort level %s%d\n;x
BE_INVESTMENT;%s investment: %s%d$\n;x
BE_PROD_EFF;%s%d\%% prod. efficiency\n;x
BE_TRADE_EFF;%s%d\%% trade efficiency\n;x
BE_STAB_COST;%s%d\%% stability cost\n;x
BE_COLONISTS;%s%d yearly colonists\n;x
BE_NAVY_SUPPORT;%s%d naval support limit\n;x
BE_ARMY_SUPPORT;%s%d army support limit\n;x
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#New 1.3 events for the Age of Timur scenario.;x
EVENTNAME26000;The Acciajuoli Conquer Athens;x
EVENTHIST26000;In 1379 another force from the Iberian peninsula, the Navarrese Company, moved on from its efforts to conquer Albania and attacked the Catalan Duchy of Athens in concert with a Florentine force led by Nerio I Acciaioli. Finally, in 1388 the Florentine army defeated the Catalans in a decisive battle at Kaledes (a.k.a. Peritheorion or Anastasioupolis), at the far end of Lake Vistonis on the road from Xanthi to Komotini. Following this defeat and the subsequent loss of their Duchy, the Catalan Company disbanded.;x
ACTIONNAME26000A;We can't do anything;x
ACTIONNAME26000B;Fight them!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26001;The Compromise of Caspe;x
EVENTHIST26001;In 1410 the Aragonese king Martin the Ecclesiastic died - according to legend, from laughing at a joke told by his court jester - without naming an heir. He had been the last legitimate male of the ancient House of Barcelona, his sons having predeceased him, and a new king had to be chosen. The primary candidates were Louis d'Anjou and Jaume d'Urgell, but soon enough Ferdinand de Trastámara - brother of the Castilian king Henry III - became interested in the possibility of obtaining the vacant crown, and Martin's bastard grandson Frederic de Luna - his only living male descendant - put himself forward as a claimant and had himself declared legitimate by the Aragonese Antipope Benedict XIII. Unable to find a solution and confronted with the possibility of a civil war ('ad evitandum rupturam manifestissime imminentem') the parliaments of the three sub-kingdoms (Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia) decided to appoint nine representatives (three for each kingdom) to meet in the Aragonese town of Caspe in 1412 to choose the new king. The Aragonese voted for Ferdinand, the Valencians voted two for Ferdinand and one abstention, and the Catalans voted one for Ferdinand and two for Jaume d'Urgell.;x
ACTIONNAME26001A;Accept the decision and crown Ferdinand de Trastámara as King;x
ACTIONNAME26001B;No, Jaume d'Urgell will be King!;x
ACTIONNAME26001C;Our dynasty comes first - Frederic will be King!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26002;The Revolt of Jaume d'Urgell;x
EVENTHIST26002;The defeated candidate of the Compromise of Caspe, Jaume d'Urgell, has organized a revolt...;x
ACTIONNAME26002A;Damn!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26003;The Florentine Duchy of Athens;x
EVENTHIST26003;In 1379 another force from the Iberian peninsula, the Navarrese Company, moved on from its efforts to conquer Albania and attacked the Catalan Duchy of Athens in concert with a Florentine force led by Nerio I Acciaioli. Finally, in 1388 the Florentine army defeated the Catalans in a decisive battle at Kaledes (a.k.a. Peritheorion or Anastasioupolis), at the far end of Lake Vistonis on the road from Xanthi to Komotini. Following this defeat and the subsequent loss of their Duchy, the Catalan Company disbanded.;x
ACTIONNAME26003A;So be it;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26004;Support for the Pisan Papacy;x
EVENTHIST26004;Disdainful of the bickering Avignon and Roman pontiffs, most of Christendom turned to the new Pisan pope, Alexander V, as legitimate head of the Catholic church. Though the Scots and Aragonese refused to recognize Pope Alexander, many thought that a 'neutral' third party would be able to heal the wounds caused by his two predecessors.;x
ACTIONNAME26004A;Support the Pisan Papacy!;x
ACTIONNAME26004B;He is not the Vicar of Christ!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26005;Support for the Avignon Papacy;x
EVENTHIST26005;During the time of the Great Western Schism, support for the Papacy was undermined by the emergence of various antipopes who squabbled over legitimacy, nationality and whether it was permissible for the Pope to be based outside of Rome. The Avignon candidate was Pope Benedict XIII, an Aragonese nobleman whose chief claim to papal legitimacy was the fact he was the only surviving cardinal ordained by Pope Gregory XI, the last undisputed Pope. With the exception of the King of Aragon, a patron and close ally of Pope Benedict, most rulers chose to support the Pope who was most advantageous to their current schemes.;x
ACTIONNAME26005A;Support the Avignon Papacy!;x
ACTIONNAME26005B;My allegiance is to Rome!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26006;The Council of Pisa;x
EVENTHIST26006;In 1409, a group of cardinals and bishops called the Council of Pisa to address the ongoing schism and its resolution. Both of the reigning popes, the Bishop of Avignon and Bishop of Rome, chose not to attend the gathering. After having given two months for the pontiffs to appear, the Fathers of Pisa took a most unprecedented step. The Patriarch of Alexandria, Simon de Cramaud, declared to the gathered assembly, 'Benedict XIII and Gregory XII are recognized as schismatics, the approvers and makers of schism, notorious heretics, guilty of perjury and violation of solemn promises, and openly scandalizing the universal Church. In consequence, they are declared unworthy of the Sovereign Pontificate, and are ipso facto deposed from their functions and dignities, and even driven out of the Church. It is forbidded to them henceforward to consider themselves to be Sovereign Pontiffs, and all proceedings and promotions made by them are annulled. The Holy See is declared vacant and the faithful are set free from their promise of obedience.' After over a week of consultation, the gathered cardinals elected unanimously Cardinal Peter Philarghi to take up St. Peter's throne as Pope Alexander V. In short order, the Pisan pope was recognized by the majority of the Church.;x
ACTIONNAME26006A;Third time's the charm?;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26007;The Council of Constance;x
EVENTHIST26007;Called by the German King Sigismund, the main purpose of the Council of Constance was to end the Great Western Schism. At the time of the conference, three different individuals claimed the heritage of St. Peter. On 4 July 1415 the Prince of Malatesta (proxy for Pope Gregory XII) announced the resignation of the Pope and the deposition of the other two anti-popes. Two years later, Martin V would take the throne of St. Peter and was proclaimed the Pope of all Christendom.;x
ACTIONNAME26007A;The breach has been healed!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26008;Manuel travels to Western Europe;x
EVENTHIST26008;In the late 14th century, the growing presence of the Ottoman Turks threatened not only the prosperity of the Byzantine Empire, but even its existence. In a desperate act, Emperor Manuel left the country and traveled to Western Europe, where he was to beg for the support of the foreign courts in his fight against the Turks.;x
ACTIONNAME26008A;We might find friends there;x
ACTIONNAME26008B;Nothing good can come of this;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26009;Manuel's Return;x
EVENTHIST26009;First of all, the Emperor visited Italy. In Milan he was lavishly endowed, but the local duke was shocked by the poverty of the Byzantine heir. He then visited the courts of Charles VI of France and Henry IV of England, where he was treated with great dignity and offered jousting tournaments and gifts, but he never received the firm support for a Western-backed crusade against the Turks that he had been hoping for.;x
ACTIONNAME26009A;It's good to have him back!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26010;A Bridge in the Atlantic;x
EVENTHIST26010;In the early 15th century, the colonization of the Canary Islands by Castile began. That venture, sponsored by Henry III, was undertaken by two French cavaliers, Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle, in the King's name. On the 1st of May of 1402, the squadron left the port of La Rochelle headed to Cádiz, and from there to the Canary Islands. It was to be the start of the colonization race that took Castile to lands never before seen...;x
ACTIONNAME26010A;We are an Empire!;x
ACTIONNAME26010B;Steady on...;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26011;The Accession of Henry V;x
EVENTHIST26011;Being constantly in dispute with his father, having probably organised plots against him, 'Prince Hal' was not really the ideal chivalrous noble shown by Shakespeare and contemporary authors. Having finally accepted to wait for his turn (his father's illness helped him to be patient), Henry was crowned in 1413. England was not really in a good situation, but after the constant struggles and rebellions known during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, it appeared that the new King was luckily in a far better position: he was of age to rule, his legitimacy was not contested (though his father had been viewed as a usurper, the younger Henry was not), and his chief rivals were dead. For the first time since Edward II, almost a century earlier, a succession didn't cause major troubles: the new King could therefore focus on active policies, firstly against Wales and the Lollards, and later against France...;x
ACTIONNAME26011A;Destiny is all!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26012;The Assasination of Louis, Duke of Orléans;x
EVENTHIST26012;As Charles VI's madness began to slip greater into insanity, factions emerged in a bid for control of the throne. As brother to the king, Louis of Orléans had a strong claim to head the regency and guardianship of the royal children. On the other side was his uncle, Philip of Burgundy, who had appointed himself regent in 1392. Their fight to control the royal treasury would outlive the both of them. Philip's son, John the Fearless, also managed to have himself appointed guardian of the Dauphin, following his father's death in 1404. Soon John and Louis began making threats on each other's lives. When, in 1407, Louis was hacked apart by a mob of armed men, none doubted that John was to blame.;x
ACTIONNAME26012A;Insanity takes a toll on us all;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26013;A Confucian State;x
EVENTHIST26013;The establishment of institutions of Confucian learning was given top priority in Joseon times in order to institute a homogeneous Confucian state. A college and five municipal schools were set up in Hanyang, and local schools were established in all the magistracies. From these schools, Confucian-oriented scholar-officials were recruited for government office, and by the turn of the century the Joseon kings had formally converted from Buddhism to Confucianism.;x
ACTIONNAME26013A;We must change our religion;x
ACTIONNAME26013B;We should maintain the old order;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26014;T'aejo II's Land Reforms;x
EVENTHIST26014;In T'aejo II's time, the 'Kwajonpop' (rank land law) was instituted, providing not only land for him to distribute but also the power to rule the country. He and his cabal were well aware that the ability to bring order and to end the decadent Koryo Dynasty lay in the land tenure system. Under the terms of status land system, land was ordinarily distributed for life only, on the basis of one's status or rank. Recipients were given the right to collect rent, while the peasant was given the right to cultivate their lot. The customary rent amounted to half the crop and was usually paid as rent-tax to the state. Since the peasant, as tenant, was guaranteed land tenure in terms of cultivation rights, not subject to confiscation, his livelihood was improved.;x
ACTIONNAME26014A;Institute the 'Kwajonpop';x
ACTIONNAME26014B;No, we're fine;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26015;Promotion of Confucian Studies;x
EVENTHIST26015;In order to enhance Confucian learning, movable metal type was cast for the printing of Confucian classics and historical literature in 1403. Typography was developed and improved by the repeated casting of new fonts as a means of promoting Confucian studies for the welfare and prosperity of the state.;x
ACTIONNAME26015A;Yes, we must;x
ACTIONNAME26015B;No, invest in the military;x
ACTIONNAME26015C;We require no investments;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26016;The Approach to Lollardy;x
EVENTHIST26016;Repression of the Lollards began under Richard II but escalated during the reign of Henry IV, as the usurper needed the Church's support in order to consolidate his legitimacy. The first Lollard martyr was William Sawtre, a rector from Norfolk, in 1401. Royal decrees forbade the use of English versions of the Bible, and anyone who made the mistake to discuss the reality of transubtantiation was immediately accused of heresy. Forced with such restraints, the Lollard movement was forced to move underground.;x
ACTIONNAME26016A;Time to hang some heretics!;x
ACTIONNAME26016B;What harm can they do?;x
ACTIONNAME26016C;Embrace their teachings;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26017;The Ottoman Interregnum;x
EVENTHIST26017;After the death of Bayezid I, a massive host of Ottoman pretenders began to vie for head of the Sultanate. Bayezid's oldest son, Suleyman, ruled in Adrianople, his second in Bursa, and his youngest at Amaysa. Later in the civil war, another of Bayezid's sons, Musa would enter the fray with the support of his Karamanid allies.;x
ACTIONNAME26017A;This won't end well...;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26018;The Start of the Colonial Race;x
EVENTHIST26018;In the early 15th century, the Portuguese wished to upgrade their commerce of wine, fish and salt to more lucrative goods such as as slaves, gold and spices. Their first objective in this military and commercial imperialism was to be the fortified city of Ceuta, near Tangiers, where a large Berber Muslim community lived. This 'crusading' campaign, organized by King John and led by his son Henry 'the Navigator' in 1415, resulted in success for Portugal. John chose to keep this strategic location rather than razing or abandoning it, as it could be used as a staging point for future invasion or colonization.;x
ACTIONNAME26018A;We are an Empire!;x
ACTIONNAME26018B;Steady on...;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26019;The Death of Timur;x
EVENTHIST26019;While preparing for a campaign against the Ming dynasty of China, Timur came down with a fever and died in Otrar in February, 1405. Although Timur had chosen his skilled grandson, Pir Muhammad, to succeed him, the succession was inevitably disputed. Supported by none of his relatives, Pir Muhammad found it impossible to hold onto the throne. After five years of warfare, his uncle, Shah Rukh would become undisputed ruler of the Timurid Empire.;x
ACTIONNAME26019A;All good things must come to an end;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26020;Armagnacs and Burgundians;x
EVENTHIST26020;Following the murder of Louis, Duke of Orléans in November 1407, his supporters (the Armagnacs) began a civil war with those of his murderer, John the Fearless (the Burgundians). This conflict, headed initially by Bernard of Armagnac on one side and John himself on the other - until his own murder in September 1419 (largely a reprisal for Louis' assasination) - dragged on for the best part of 30 years, with hostilities flaring up intermittently, often in tandem with the ongoing Hundred Years' War between England and France. An important arbiter in this conflict was the King of England, whom both sides sought as an ally against the other. Henry IV initially erred towards the Armagnacs in an effort to uphold the fragile peace treaty with France, whereas his more belligerent son Henry V threw his lot in with the Burgundians in order to divide and weaken opposition to his own claim to the French throne. Following the deaths of both Henry V and the insane Charles VI in 1422, and the subsequent Treaty of Arras in 1435, the victorious Charles VII definitively put an end to the bitter rivalry between the Armagnacs and Burgundians. By the end of the Hundred Years' War in 1453, many of those involved in the initial dispute were long dead, and France's ultimate victory had buried the rivalry along with them.;x
ACTIONNAME26020A;Support the Armagnacs;x
ACTIONNAME26020B;Support the Burgundians;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26021;The Regreg War;x
EVENTHIST26021;The turn of the 15th century saw the territorial apogee of the Majapahit Empire, with numerous client kingdoms under its sway and holding a virtual monopoly on the lucrative East Indies trade routes. Despite this vast material wealth and geopolitical influence, it suffered from recurrent succession crises, and the state itself was an ineffectual bureaucracy that rarely enjoyed any kind of cohesive strategic leadership. Perhaps the single most destructive event in Majapahit's history was the Regreg War, in which the Emperor Wikramawardhana, based in western Java and Sumatra, was challenged by his eastern vassal Bhre Wirabhumi, a powerful Javanese prince who wished to influence imperial diplomacy towards his backers in Ming China and away from the Emperor's preferred allies in Southeast Asia. This civil war did immense damage to Wikramawardhana, already weakened by a moribund foreign policy and having designated his daughter Suhita as his heir. Following the deaths of Suhita and her brother Kertawijaya, Majapahit would finally collapse.;x
ACTIONNAME26021A;Support the Western court;x
ACTIONNAME26021B;Support the Eastern court;x
ACTIONNAME26021C;Learn to live with our decline;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26022;Distant Shores;x
EVENTHIST26022;By the early 15th century the neighboring kingdoms of Portugal and Castile had begun to live a relatively peaceful coexistence after decades of mutual mistrust, and having been on opposing sides in several wars of succession. The rulers of both kingdoms knew that commercial and colonial interests overseas provided much greater opportunity than intermittent border wars, or being caught up in the dynastic schemes of foreign crowns. Initially, these enterprises were focused on Jean de Béthencourt's conquest of the Canary Islands for Castile, and Gonçalo Velho's discovery of the Azores for Portugal. Following these two events, numerous explorers and merchants offered their services. The Age of Discovery had begun...;x
ACTIONNAME26022A;We sail on to glory and riches!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26024;The Welsh Revolt;x
EVENTHIST26024;The Welsh Revolt was the final coordinated large-scale rebellion by the native Welsh against English rule. Led by the charismatic Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales, the rebels managed to unite most of the country and storm several English castles, from which successive raids and skirmishes bolstered the rebel cause and swelled their ranks. Though Glyndwr himself was never killed or captured, his rebellion was put down over a ten-year period from 1400, and the future Henry V - then heir to the throne - earned his spurs fighting rebels across both Wales and Northern England. By 1415 the rebellion had died out, English control of Wales had been restored, and the new king had set his sights on matters in France.;x
ACTIONNAME26024A;Crush Glyndwr!;x
ACTIONNAME26024B;Let the Welsh rule themselves;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26025;The Ming Conquest of Dai Viet;x
EVENTHIST26025;The late 14th century had been a time of unprecedented calamity for Dai Viet, and saw it ravaged by plague, famine, rebellion and repeat invasions by the neighboring Champa kingdom. By the turn of the century, the ruling Tran dynasty had been overthrown by the short-lived Ho dynasty, whose attempts at bringing stability and establishing peaceful relations with China would prove futile. To make matters worse, exiled members of the Tran dynasty lobbied the Yongle Emperor to intervene on their behalf, believing that the Ming dynasty would safeguard a restored Tran dynasty if they were favorably disposed to China. The matter was finally decided in 1406, when the Yongle Emperor sent his favorite general, Zhang Fu, at the head of 200,000 Chinese soldiers to conquer Dai Viet. Zhang Fu's army was undoubtedly the most advanced on Earth at that time - his forces were equipped with thunderclap bombs, multiple kinds of cannon, handguns, grenades and rudimentary rocket artillery.;x
ACTIONNAME26025A;Make them a province of China;x
ACTIONNAME26025B;Maintain them as a client state;x
ACTIONNAME26025C;Our interests lay elsewhere;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26026;The Revolt in Beta Israel;x
EVENTHIST26026;The ancient Jewish communities of Beta Israel had lived in the lands of the old Axum kingdom since time immemorial, and the Solomonid dynasty claimed descent (and thus its legitimacy to rule) from the eponymous King Solomon and the legendary Queen of Sheba. Originally, a number of local rulers in East Africa practised Judaism, but over the centuries war, trade and diplomacy had seen them adopt the emergent faiths of Christianity and Islam - or in rarer cases, revert to local pagan beliefs. By the end of the 14th century, the few remaining non-Muslim realms in the region were limited to the Coptic kingdoms of Nubia and the Oriental Orthodox Empire of Ethiopia. The remaining tribes of Beta Israel - such as the old royal family of Gideon - continued to lose power and influence owing to their refusal to convert, and over time were pushed further west. Though sporadic rebellions occurred, they were generally small in scale, uncoordinated, and posed little threat to the ruling Solomonid dynasty. The final major revolt took place in Gonder during the reign of Dawit I (1382-1413), after which the Beta Israelis were forcibly converted and assimilated into Ethiopian society.;x
ACTIONNAME26026A;Force them to bow the knee;x
ACTIONNAME26026B;Leave them in peace;x
ACTIONNAME26026C;Embrace the faith of the Beta Israelis;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26027;The Ottoman Revival;x
EVENTHIST26027;Though the civil wars which characterized the Ottoman Interregnum would drag on for another eight years, the death of Timur in February 1405 led to a brief respite for the beleaguered Turks, whose armies - like everyone else's - had been repeatedly smashed by Timur's. The great warlord's unexpected death led to the first of many civil wars, in which - as at the death of Alexander the Great - various relatives and renowned generals fought for control of his vast empire. These internecine struggles in Central Asia led to the outer edges of the Timurid realm making their bids for freedom, and by 1413 Bayezid's fourth son Mehmed had consolidated power in Anatolia and overseen the Ottoman Revival.;x
ACTIONNAME26027A;Vengeance is mine!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26028;The Samogitian Uprisings;x
EVENTHIST26028;The mostly pagan region of Samogitia had been ceded to the Teutonic Order in 1398 by Vytautas the Great of Lithuania as a means of pacifying the region. The acquisition of Samogitia also connected the southern (Teutonic) and northern (Livonian) branches of the Order's territories, and allowed Vytautas to call on the Order's aid in future Lithuanian military campaigns. Resentful of the German crusaders who now ruled them, the local population instigated several major revolts against the Order, and even called on Vytautas to send Lithuanian soldiers to come to their defence. The first uprising took place around the turn of the century, whilst the second - which began in 1409 - quickly escalated into a major conflict between the Order and an alliance of Vytautas and his liege, Wladyslaw II of Poland.;x
ACTIONNAME26028A;Crush the Samogitians!;x
ACTIONNAME26028B;Grant autonomy to the Livonian Order;x
ACTIONNAME26028C;Sell Samogitia back to Lithuania;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26029;The Ming-Kotte War;x
EVENTHIST26029;The Ming-Kotte War was a conflict between a naval expeditionary force of the Ming explorer Zheng He and forces of the Sinhalese kingdom of Kotte on the island of Ceylon. The war broke out in 1410 when Zheng He's treasure fleet arrived at Kotte and his forces overthrew the reigning king Alakeshvara, installed a rival puppet king in his place, and attempted to force Kotte to become a tributary of the Yongle Emperor. Once the new regime had been put in place, Zheng He's fleet left Kotte to map out other areas of South East Asia and destroy various pirate networks threatening Ming trade routes. Once his fleet finally returned to China, Zheng He was tasked with leading a return voyage to Kotte with the aim of capturing Alakeshvara and installing the Emperor's ally Parakramabahu as king.;x
ACTIONNAME26029A;Launch the expedition to Kotte;x
ACTIONNAME26029B;Accept their apologyy and reprimand Zheng He;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26030;The Lam Son Uprising;x
EVENTHIST26030;The Ming dynasty had conquered Dai Viet in 1406 and annexed the state into China as Jiaozhi Province. Despite the ruthless devastation carried out by the Ming armies and the relative swiftness of their victory over the defending Dai Viet, the Vietnamese lands would prove extremely difficult to pacify. Initial resistance was provided by supporters and exiled nobles of the recently overthrown Tran dynasty, but by 1418 the provincial warlord Le Loi had begun orchestrating a series of larger rebellions against Ming rule. Whilst the Yongle Emperor dispatched a number of senior generals with large armies and hoped to put the rebellion down quickly with a decisive pitched battle, Le Loi divided his forces into smaller regional partisan groups and favored using guerrilla tactics to wear down and demoralize the occupying Chinese. Though the superior Ming armies were initially successful and in 1422 Le Loi had sued for peace, by 1428 his relentless campaign of attrition and coordinated surprise attacks had exhausted the Emperor's resolve. In April 1428, with the defeated Chinese having finally withdrawn from the country, the victorious Le Loi declared himself Emperor of Dai Viet and restored his nation's independence.;x
ACTIONNAME26030A;Keep the Vietnamese in chains;x
ACTIONNAME26030B;Release Dai Viet as a vassal state;x
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EVENTNAME26031;The Great Frisian War;x
EVENTHIST26031;The Great Frisian War began as a dispute between the East Frisian chieftains Keno II tom Brok and Hisko Abdena, eventually boiling over into open warfare and resulting in the formation of two opposing power blocs: the Fetkeapers - led by the tom Brok and van Bronckhorst families - and the Skieringers - supporters of the Abdena clan. Though various domestic issues such as the rights of the Frisian nobility ('haadlingen') were used as a pretext, the war was primarily a blood feud between the two ruling families, and a series of battles were fought across Middle and East Frisia over a nine year period (1413-1422). Despite being a civil war confined to Frisia itself, two notable foreign interventions were made by the German king Sigismund on behalf of the Fetkeapers, and the Bavarian duke John III in support of the Skieringers. To complicate the situation, John - who was also count of neighboring Holland - decided that since he'd been called in to lead the Skieringer forces, he may as well claim Frisia for himself. He subsequently brought in mercenaries from both Holland and Bavaria, and erected fortifications at strategic points along the Frisian coast. Ultimately, as neither they nor the Fetkeapers wished Frisia to become the vassal of a foreign ruler, the Skieringers revolted against John and by 1422 had made peace with one another and forced John out of the country.;x
ACTIONNAME26031A;Support the Fetkeapers;x
ACTIONNAME26031B;Support the Skieringers;x
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EVENTNAME26032;The Scutari Wars;x
EVENTHIST26032;The First (1405-1412) and Second (1419-1423) Scutari Wars were conflicts fought between the small Principality of Zeta (originally a vassal of the Serbian Empire) and the Republic of Venice over control of the Dalmatian coast, with various Albanian and Serbian rulers involving themselves intermittently. A primary catalyst for the dispute was the pro-Venetian policies of Zeta's ruling prince Durad II (1385-1403), who had sold Scutari and several other trading towns to Venice in 1396, having previously also converted to Roman Catholicism as a gesture of good will towards the Republic. Durad's widow, Jelena, was the sister of Stefan the Tall, the Despot of Serbia, and a devout Orthodox Christian. Following Durad's death in battle against the Turks in 1402, his seventeen-year-old son Balsa III became Prince and Jelena his regent. Now in control of Zeta's affairs, Jelena promptly reverted the state religion to Serbian Orthodoxy and entered into an alliance with her brother, thereby provoking the Venetians into seizing further towns along the coast. Balsa responded by waging a ten-year war against the Venetians, dividing his loyalties between the Serbs and the Ottoman Turks as the political narrative shifted. By the time he died in 1421 the war had ground to a stalemate and Balsa - who had no sons - had named his uncle Stefan as heir to Zeta, which meant the Principality reverted to the Serbian crown and the war - now led by Stefan - would drag on for another two years.;x
ACTIONNAME26032A;Return to Orthodoxy and oppose the Venetians;x
ACTIONNAME26032B;Uphold Catholicism and placate the Venetians;x
ACTIONNAME26032C;Convert to Islam and seek help from the Turks;x
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EVENTNAME26033;The Gihae Expedition;x
EVENTHIST26033;By the early 15th century, wokou (Japanese pirates) had been raiding Korea's coasts for around 200 years. Similar to the Barbary pirates in Europe, they sacked coastal settlements and took plunder, cattle and locals to sell as slaves. The Joseon court's response to these sporadic attacks was often confused, and usually by the time a fleet had been assembled the wokou had long since fled Korean waters in order to carry out attacks along the coasts of China and Japan. Though the wokou had many bases throughout East Asia, their main fortress was on Tsushima Island in the straits between Korea and the Japanese island of Kyushu, and it was there to which the Joseon court dispatched a military expedition in 1418. Led by the Korean general Yi Jong-mu, the Gihae Expedition - known in Japan as the Oei Invasion - was tasked with destroying the pirate bases on the island and rescuing any captives. The result of the attack - which met surprisingly little resistance - was a significant decline in wokou attacks on China and Korea, with many of the surviving pirates instead raiding north up the Japanese coast until the wokou were finally stamped out by Japanese anti-piracy patrols in the 17th century.;x
ACTIONNAME26033A;Prepare to invade the Wokou pirate haven;x
ACTIONNAME26033B;Focus on bolstering our coastal defences;x
ACTIONNAME26033C;Negotiate bilateral action with the Japanese;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26034;The Joseon Invasion;x
EVENTHIST26034;My Lord, the Joseon court of Korea have threatened to launch an invasion of our southern island of Kyushu in order to eradicate the pirates they claim we give sanctuary there. Not only have these thieving wokou risen up and begun raiding the province, but the Joseon fleet may soon be on its way!;x
ACTIONNAME26034A;We must prepare for invasion!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26035;The Wokou Negotiations;x
EVENTHIST26035;My Lord, the Joseon court of Korea have opened negotiations with us on the matter of stamping out piracy in the region. They suggest a marriage alliance between our royal families, and a joint policy on dealing with the wokou who continue to raid our coasts.;x
ACTIONNAME26035A;A small price to pay for peace;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26036;Terra Mariana;x
EVENTHIST26036;Terra Mariana ('Land of Mary') was the name for the lands carved out by the Teutonic Order in pagan Livonia during the Lithuanian Crusade of the 13th century, which they subsequently colonized and converted by force. By the early 14th century Livonia had been caught up in the struggles between the pagan Samogitians and newly-baptized Lithuanians to the south, and in 1409 the Teutonic Order invaded Poland - the result was a series of minor skirmishes followed by a truce before the end of the year. However, in 1410 the combined forces of the Polish king Wladyslaw II and his Lithuanian vassal duke Vytautas launched a surprise attack against the Order at Tannenberg (Grunwald), scoring a decisive victory and killing much of the Order's leadership in one of the largest battles ever fought in Europe. Though comprehensively defeated on the battlefield, the Order's remaining forces stubbornly defended its holdings and withstood the siege of Malbork Castle, thereby denying the Poles and Lithuanians any major territorial gains in the subsequent Peace of Thorn (1411). Had the battle had a different result, or had the Order taken the initiative and attacked first, its future may well have been very different. As it was, Tannenberg confirmed Poland and Lithuania as the dominant powers of Eastern Europe, and finally halted the Order's territorial expansion.;x
ACTIONNAME26036A;We will smash the Poles! Now!;x
ACTIONNAME26036B;Sell Gotland to Denmark in exchange for support later;x
ACTIONNAME26036C;We are not yet strong enough for this;x
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EVENTNAME26037;The Order Reignites the Lithuanian Crusade;x
EVENTHIST26037;My Lord, the duplicitous Grand Master of the Teutonic Order has broken our recent truce and declared war on both us and the Lithuanians! Let us assemble the infantry, and hope these warmongering Germans are more monk than knight.;x
ACTIONNAME26037A;We must prepare for invasion!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26038;The Order Reignites the Lithuanian Crusade;x
EVENTHIST26038;My Lord, the duplicitous Grand Master of the Teutonic Order has broken our recent truce and declared war on both us and the Poles! Let us muster the cavalry, and hope these warmongering Germans are more monk than knight.;x
ACTIONNAME26038A;We must prepare for invasion!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26039;The Order Reignites the Lithuanian Crusade;x
EVENTHIST26039;My Lord, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order has sought our aid in his crusade against the Poles and Lithuanians. In exchange for selling Gotland back to us, he asks we enter into an alliance with his Order and provide assistance against his enemies. Gotland is surely a valuable prize, but do we dare support such an ambitious venture?;x
ACTIONNAME26039A;Buy it and support the Order;x
ACTIONNAME26039B;Buy it but avoid making any promises;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26040;The Future of the Kalmar Union;x
EVENTHIST26040;The last ruler of the ancient House of Estridsen, Margaret I was the youngest daughter of Valdemar IV 'Atterdag' - whom she succeeded as ruler of Denmark in 1375 - and the wife of Haakon VI of Norway. Following the deaths of Haakon in 1380 and their son Olaf in 1387, Margaret was Queen of both Norway and Denmark, and in 1389 she was invited to become Queen of Sweden following the deposition of Albert of Mecklenburg. To cement her rule and bring stability to her domains, in 1397 Margaret issued the Treaty of Kalmar, in which the three realms were formally united into an 'eternal' personal union. Though the three kingdoms retained their distinct legal traditions and were never merged, the newly-forged Kalmar Union remained more or less intact until Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden in 1523. During the end of her reign, having secured the succession for her great-nephew Eric of Pomerania, Margaret considered a marriage alliance with a number of European powers in order enhance the Kalmar Union's prestige and provide it with external support in the event of a rebellion against Eric's rule. One option considered was a double marriage alliance with England - in which Eric married Henry IV's daughter Philippa and his sister Catherine married Henry's son, the future Henry V - but this was deemed likely to drag Margaret's realms into the Hundred Years' War, and in the end only the marriage between Eric and Philippa went ahead.;x
ACTIONNAME26040A;A dynastic union with the Plantagenets;x
ACTIONNAME26040B;A dynastic union with the Stewarts;x
ACTIONNAME26040C;A dynastic union with the Wittelsbachs;x
ACTIONNAME26040D;Avoid foreign entanglements by rewarding local nobles;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26041;The Ayutthayan Occupation;x
EVENTHIST26041;The Khmer Empire had battled with a number of neighboring states since its foundation in 802 by Jayavarman II, and by the 14th century its chief rival was the Ayutthaya Kingdom of Siam. Following persistent Khmer raids into Siam, the imperial capital Angkor had been captured by Ayutthayan forces in 1353 and again in 1394, each time resulting in Siamese princes ruling the Khmer state as an Ayutthayan vassal. The final Siamese overlord of Khmer was In Reachea, son of the Ayutthayan king Ramesuan, who was assassinated in 1405 - after which his forces fled the country. Following a brief period of anarchy, the native Khmer warlord Ponhea Yat declared himself king as Borom Reachea II, ruling until 1431 as the final Khmer king, and subsequently until his death in 1463 as the first king of Cambodia.;x
ACTIONNAME26041A;Throw off the Siamese yoke;x
ACTIONNAME26041B;Do not provoke them until we are stronger;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26042;The Age of Timur;x
EVENTHIST26042;My Lord, our victorious armies have smashed the decadent Mamluks and Ottomans into dust, and the foolish pretenders of the Steppe who would call themselves Khan have at last been brought to heel. With our enemies on all sides now subdued and held in vassalage, it is time to ride the horde west into Europe and teach the fat, arrogant Franks a lesson they will not soon forget!;x
ACTIONNAME26042A;We hold the world in chains!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26043;The Bahmani-Vijayanagara Wars;x
EVENTHIST26043;The 14th century saw a number of wars between the Bahmani Sultanate and the Vijayanagara Empire, with the two states - one Muslim, the other Hindu - fostering a deep rivalry until their collapse in the 16th century. The Bahmani sultan Furuz Shah (1397-1422) led several campaigns south into Vijayanagar, scoring notable victories in 1398 and 1406, but suffering a major defeat to his great rival Deva Raya I (1406-1422) in 1419. During this period territorial exchanges between the two empires were common, and the wealthy spice port of Goa changed hands several times. Border raids and ad-hoc battles were fought with increasing regularity, and peace treaties including slaves, jewels and elephants as tributes were signed - and broken - in order to bring peace to the mostly Telugu borderlands between the two realms.;x
ACTIONNAME26043A;We shall conquer Vijayanagara;x
ACTIONNAME26043B;Let us befriend Vijayanagara;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26044;The Death of Margaret of Flanders;x
EVENTHIST26044;Margaret III of Flanders was the last-surviving heiress of the house of Dampierre, and as such one of the wealthiest nobles in France. As the only legitimate child of Louis II of Flanders, with his death in 1384 she would become countess of Flanders in her own right. In 1355 Margaret married her first husband, Philip I of Burgundy, thereby becoming duchess of Burgundy and countess of Artois, Auvergne and Boulogne by marriage, but when Philip died at only 15 his liege John II of France claimed Philip's titles for the crown. In 1369 the widowed Margaret was subsequently married to her first husband's successor as duke, Philip II of Burgundy, who had been given the appanage by his father, John II of France, five years earlier. With her father's death in 1384, Margaret and Philip II inherited the counties of Flanders, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, as well as the imperial county of Burgundy (Franche-Comté). Margaret's death in March 1405 meant her vast inheritance went to their eldest son, John I of Burgundy, who then became ruler of a large, exceptionally wealthy patchwork of territories stretching from the Swiss border to the North Sea. John's successors would continue to expand the so-called Burgundian State further into the Low Countries and the former territory of Lotharingia, eventually opting to style themselves 'Grand Duke of the West' and mount a serious challenge to the Kings of France for supremacy of the region.;x
ACTIONNAME26044A;The Burgundian State flourishes!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26045;Tokhtamysh's Rebellion;x
EVENTHIST26045;The decisive battle of the great war between the Golden Horde and Grand Duke Vytautas' coalition of Eastern European crusaders was fought at the banks of the Vorskla River in August 1399, in which Edigu - the Khan who had reunified all of Jochi's former lands across the Steppe - slaughtered the crusaders with a combination of superior numbers and a series of feigned retreats and encirclements carried out by his nephew Timur Qutluq. The battle resulted in the deaths of several leading crusaders, including the rulers of Polotsk and Moldavia, and Vytautas himself barely escaped alive. One of the crusaders' senior commanders was none other than Tokhtamysh, a Borjigin prince who had ruled the Horde before Edigu and previously fought both for and against the great Mongol warlord Timur. By 1400, having escaped Edigu's forces fighting in Russia, Tokhtamysh proclaimed himself Khan of Sibir and raised a rebellion in the eastern flank of the Golden Horde.;x
ACTIONNAME26045A;We must focus on the Timurids;x
ACTIONNAME26045B;We should deal with the Lithuanians;x
ACTIONNAME26045C;We shall crush Tokhtamysh first;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26046;The End of the Venetian Renaissance;x
EVENTHIST26046;Venice had prospered for much of the 14th century, acquiring a string of ports and colonies throughout the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, and successfully securing its possessions from the increasingly aggressive Turks. Crete was subdued in 1368, the Genoese fleet had been devastated in 1381, and by the end of the century a number of towns in the Veneto had been annexed, leaving the Republic free to continue its expansion along the Aegean coast into Dalmatia. Venetian control over Dalmatia was considered essential for the Republic because it would allow a land connection between its territories in Istria and Albania, which otherwise could only be reinforced by sea. In the early 1400s the Hungarian civil war between Ladislaus of Naples and Sigismund of Luxemburg provided the opportunity Venice needed: Ladislaus had all but lost the war and held only Dalmatia and parts of Slavonia, which he could ill-afford to supply and reinforce. Before returning to Naples in 1409, Ladislaus sold his territorial rights to Venice, allowing the Republic to quickly conquer its way down the coast.;x
ACTIONNAME26046A;Offer to purchase Dalmatia from Ladislaus;x
ACTIONNAME26046B;Crush the Genoese and divert their trade;x
ACTIONNAME26046C;Smash the Turks whilst they're in turmoil;x
ACTIONNAME26046D;Lead a crusade against the Mamluks;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26047;Venice Offers to Purchase Dalmatia;x
EVENTHIST26047;My Lord, the Doge of Venice has offered to purchase Dalmatia from us. Unless we wish to push further into Hungary then the province is useless to us and will simply drain our resources. Should we accept the Doge's offer?;x
ACTIONNAME26047A;Yes, it is too costly to defend;x
ACTIONNAME26047B;No, it is ours by right;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26048;Naples Agrees to Sell Dalmatia;x
EVENTHIST26048;My Lord, the King of Naples has agreed to sell his conquered territories in Dalmatia to us. It is now up to us to fortify the region and defend it from the Hungarians.;x
ACTIONNAME26048A;Excellent!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26049;Naples Refuses to Sell Dalmatia;x
EVENTHIST26049;My Lord, the King of Naples has refused to sell Dalmatia to us. He must not yet be ready to give up his claim on the Hungarian throne - though we could still conquer the region ourselves.;x
ACTIONNAME26049A;Damn!;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26050;The Many Crowns of Sigismund;x
EVENTHIST26050;One of the greatest and most energetic rulers of the medieval era, Sigismund was a younger son of Emperor Charles IV and the last male member of the Luxemburg dynasty. He became king of Hungary in 1385 following the death of his wife Mary of Anjou - by whose right he had ruled since 1382 - and was elected king of Germany in 1410, before succeeding his elder brother Wenceslaus as king of Bohemia in 1419. Sigismund was supremely ambitious, though less in a personal sense and more as what he perceived as his role in unifying Christendom against common threats - be it the Turks at the Crusade of Nicopolis (1396) or fanatical heretics during the Hussite Wars (from 1419). Sigismund also played a leading role in the Council of Constance - the Vatican's efforts to mend the Western Schism - and fought against Poland and Venice whilst forming alliances with England and Austria. The early years of his reign were dominated by tensions with his brother Wenceslaus, the King of Bohemia, and cousin Jobst (Jodocus), the Elector of Brandenburg, both of whom remained potential threats until their deaths. The other major issue facing Sigismund was the civil war being fought in Hungary between the supporters of Sigismund (who inherited his wife Mary's claim) and those of Ladislaus of Naples, a distant Angevin relative of Mary's who had conquered Dalmatia. Ultimately, Sigismund would prevail and Ladislaus sold his claim to Venice, which later led to wars between the Republic and Hungary. Sigismund's latter years were spent leading Catholic resistance against the Hussites and entangling himself in various alliances across the Balkans and Germany, before finally being elected Emperor in 1433. He died in 1437, undoubtedly the most important ruler of the Holy Roman Empire until Charles V and the height of Habsburg hegemony in the 16th century.;x
ACTIONNAME26050A;Seek peace and strengthen ties with the Habsburgs;x
ACTIONNAME26050B;Bring Wenceslaus and Jobst to heel;x
ACTIONNAME26050C;Enforce submission of the Vlach princes;x
ACTIONNAME26050D;Push Ladislaus' troops back into the sea;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26051;The Guardianship of Scotland;x
EVENTHIST26051;Robert III had come to the throne at the relatively old age of 53 and not been considered a particularly successful king. Physically disabled following a horse-kick that nearly killed him, Robert - who had been named John until he became king - had often relied on the counsel of a select number of key advisors such as the Earl of Douglas, who had been killed leading a Scots army against the English in 1388. With his health failing and his authority ebbing away, Robert's elder son David, Duke of Rothesay, was appointed Lieutenant of Scotland and effectively his father's regent. However, the regency council itself was dominated by Robert's younger brother the Duke of Albany, an ambitious man who wished to sideline the senior Stewart line and claim the throne for himself. Powerless to resist the machinations of his brother and son, Robert retired to his estates and became little more than a figurehead. Matters came to a head in 1401, when Albany had Rothesay imprisoned following a heated argument, and Rothesay subsequently died in prison - likely on Albany's orders. Despite the murky circumstances of Rothesay's death and the fact that Albany was the main beneficiary of it, he was officially cleared of any involvement and nominated as Lieutenant in Rothesay's place. With the death of his eldest son and heir, Robert tried to have his younger son James, Earl of Carrick, sent to the relative safety of the French court, but Carrick was intercepted en route and delivered as a hostage to Henry IV of England, following news of which Robert died in April 1406.;x
ACTIONNAME26051A;Arrest Rothesay and appoint Albany Lieutenant;x
ACTIONNAME26051B;Maintain Rothesay as Lieutenant;x
ACTIONNAME26051C;Strike a bargain with the Douglases;x
ACTIONNAME26051D;Oppose all factions and enforce direct rule;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26052;The Death of John the Conqueror;x
EVENTHIST26052;John V of Brittany (also John IV in French sources) succeeded his father John IV (III) as head of the pro-English Montfort faction in the War of the Breton Succession (1341-1365), continuing the fight against Joan of Penthièvre of the French-backed Dreux faction. Joan ruled alongside her husband Charles of Blois - a nephew of Philip VI of France - who had almost conquered Brittany at the time of his death at the Battle of Auray in 1364, in which John's Anglo-Breton alliance scored a decisive victory. Following the battle, John - dubbed 'le Conquéreur' - clawed back most of the duchy from the pro-French forces and forced the widowed Joan to accept him as Duke. Like many of the Montfort dukes of Brittany, John was also Earl of Richmond and an ally of the English king, whose support had been vital in the reconquest of the duchy. Despite this show of support, the Breton nobility were resentful of the privileges enjoyed by English merchants and whalers, and John chose to pledge his allegiance to Charles VI of France rather than Henry IV of England - fearful of the threat of a French invasion. By the time of his death in November 1399, John had successfully restored the independence of his duchy and managed to balance relations with both England and France, a task which his elder son and successor John VI (V) would find increasingly difficult to achieve. John's younger son was Arthur de Richemont, who briefly succeeded his elder brother as Duke after serving as Constable of France alongside Joan of Arc.;x
ACTIONNAME26052A;Maintain a policy of strategic ambiguity;x
ACTIONNAME26052B;Seek an alliance with King Charles;x
ACTIONNAME26052C;Throw our support behind King Henry;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26053;Vytautas and the Expansion of Lithuania;x
EVENTHIST26053;Vytautas had been Grand Duke of Lithuania since 1392, ostensibly as regent for his cousin and friend Jogaila, who had ruled Poland since 1386 as Wladyslaw II. Both men were the sons of previous rulers of Lithuania, and by the early 1400s had fought together alongside a coalition of German crusaders and Eastern European princes against the Mongols of the Golden Horde. A potential crisis arose in 1399 with the deaths of Jogaila's wife Queen Jadwiga and their baby in childbirth, which left Jogaila isolated and weakened his influence over the Polish nobility. With neither Vytautas nor Jogaila having sons, each effectively became the other's heir, and a series of Treaties of Union were signed which helped bring the two realms closer together and provide for the other's succession in case either ruler died prematurely. Following the Mongol victory at Vorskla River in 1399, Vytautas narrowly escaped back to Lithuania and began plotting his next campaign: one option discussed was a joint Lithuanian-Teutonic invasion of Pskov and Novgorod, whilst another was turning on the Teutonic Order and reconquering Samogitia - Vytautas' ancestral home, which he'd been forced to cede to the Order in exchange for them pacifying the remaining pagans.;x
ACTIONNAME26053A;Confirm allegiance to Jogaila;x
ACTIONNAME26053B;Strike north against Pskov and Novgorod;x
ACTIONNAME26053C;Fight the Order and reclaim Samogitia;x
ACTIONNAME26053D;Invite Jogaila to rule directly;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26054;The Order Returns Samogitia;x
EVENTHIST26054;My Lord, the Teutonic Order have decided that they no longer have the interest or necessary resources to pacify our former lands in Samogitia, and are therefore selling the province back to us.;x
ACTIONNAME26054A;I guess we're stuck with it now...;x
#;x
EVENTNAME26055;The Horde Rides East;x
EVENTHIST26055;My Lord, with our Central Asian foes now destroyed or in chains and the European threat pacified, it is time to emulate the exploits of the great Kublai Khan and expand our domains across China itself. Once the Ming armies have been defeated and their craven Emperor overthrown, the Timurid Empire shall hold sway over the known world!;x
ACTIONNAME26055A;On to China!;x
#;x
#EOF;x