He is my brother, banished three decades ago he has returned. An army of 7000 soldiers is in on Irish shores, four times more of what i have left. My spymaster informs me some one in the council is trying to kill me.

I am told and adventurer is trying to force his claim on my land soon. I use Byzantine’s alliance and defeat neighboring tribes one by one. My brother is no longer the heir to the throne, gets upset and tries to kill my son.

Few years later she gave birth to a son (oh…glorious day). Immediately got married to the princess of the byzantine empire making the Emperor of Byzantine my father-in-law. I started out as an independent tribal ruler in Ireland. Here is an example of one of the characters in my bloodline. In the words of T.S.Elliot “The journey, Not the destination matters…” The ill-fated Duke of Ireland But this type of open-ended gameplay is what Paradox is known for. You do get a ‘score’ at the end but it just tells you how prestigious and pious your bloodline was compared to other historical blood lines. There aren’t any defined goals or win screens, the game ends at 1453 AD. Your ultimate goal is to keep the throne or perhaps a throne in your bloodline as long as you can. Don’t be fooled though, advanced players soon find out that it is far more nuanced than it looks. In combat it is mainly just a matter of who has the bigger army. However, there is no “Total War” style of strategic battleground battles or Civilization style individual unit building here. But, like everything else with CK II there are always other means of monetary gain available to you. You do this by spending money that you accumulate through monthly taxation to your vassals and subjects. Also Construct castles, walls, keeps and stables in your lands directly held or under your vassals.

To survive as a ruler in these brutal, middle ages world it is necessary to build up your army or ‘levies’ as they are called here.

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