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Thanatos
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Empire of Ethiopia
We see no reason why Rome cannot still be on friendly terms. The alliance is merely one of defense. So long as Rome does not seek war in the east no harm will come to our friendship. We are willing to go at great lengths to seek friendly relations with our neighbors. If there is anything we can do to help relieve any damage we have done, our state will certainly consider it.
Sorry about that! I missed the PM in the shuffle. As to the factions, see below.Birdjaguar said:@Perfectionist: I have one unanswered pm that will help with orders and no news about my factions.
Don't worry, you've plenty of competition on that frontStarlife said:I kind of want to join this... but I will need the referee's permission to ask tons of annoying questions every now and then.
Oh, plenty of freedom generally, but it's likely that in this particular case Delhi won't give Bengal much of a choice.Starlife said:Is that pretty much what I must do as Bengal? What kind of freedom do I have with these nations?
Not as such, no. There are other things there, but Southeast Asia and Tibet are black because I don't want anyone playing them.Starlife said:Sub-question: Does Siam or Tibet not exist in this universe?
Not yet, sorry. I'm trying to finish a TL summary but other things keep getting in the way.The Farow said:OCC: Is there a link to the history of this NES? If not that is fine just will help with some context.
Try taking Zabid. They're strong, but small and sort of isolated (but not) and you're pretty free to choose your path; all you have to do is keep the Egyptians bottled up while cementing your position and keep half an eye on Mecca.
The Basileus Rhomaion would look favorably upon a mutual treaty of friendship and protection, including an elimination of customs duties between our nations.
I think it's a little peculiar that there is not a single established marriage alliance in Europe at the moment, and not a single heiress with the possible exception of Yaroslavl. I seriously think some of those married princes and princesses should be married to each other.
Well, you don't specifically know they're not. I think Perfy left that up to us to decide.
Really? I don't think we should be allowed to determine retrospective marriage alliances.
Yes, you get to pick.So do I get to pick whether Lucrezia is married or not, or was the omission of her marital status in the stats unintentional?
And righto.Has to be consensual, chief, and if I've got a choice I'm going with "already married, and not to you".
There are a few marriage alliances that I've thought about - England and Frisia, for instance - but I'm not quite sure of the best way to show them in stats. For the vast majority of cases, however, the heirs are randomly generated, and I haven't thought about who they really should be married to. I could go through and pair them up, if you really want, but it would be pretty much arbitrary and I'd rather not do it that way. If two players agree that they want a couple of their heirs to be married to each other, I don't really have a problem with allowing it. As to the paucity of heiresses, blame the RNG.I think it's a little peculiar that there is not a single established marriage alliance in Europe at the moment, and not a single heiress with the possible exception of Yaroslavl. I seriously think some of those married princes and princesses should be married to each other.
The Almohads are very interesting, though to be honest they're probably going to be dogpiled at some point. Tver's open again, and they're also very interesting.Starlife said:al-Muwahhidun is looking interesting to me, though also a bit intimidating.
To Ygo fan Brussel, Prince of Frisia
From Leofric III, Emperor
Our new ally, with whom it is, you have told us, your pleasure to also be connected to by the alliance of your ally the Emperor, has expressed concern that it should be agreed that, in the new spirit of friendship between the lands of Gaul, you will not allow or condone any embargo in your land to be carried out against Lotharingian merchants, or any other unreasonable hostile trading practices against Lotharingian merchants. Please agree to this reasonable request in the interests of the greatly profitable friendship that may thereby be engendered between our three princes.
Know also, as we stated previously, that you are as ever the most beloved and closest of all vassals, and this alliance with Lotharingia does not by any means prejudice or override our present and firm concord.