Slow Game Blog...A Long Alternate History of Ireland...

[antaine]

TURN 28-31
The evacuation of the expeditionary force from Cornwall had been successful. Fiachra was the last to board a ship, staying behind to guard the rest of his men. Rí Antaine oversaw festivities commemorating the dead. In recognition of his accomplishment in uniting the first Christian kingdom since the fall of the Western Empire, Antaine has been able to exert great influence and insure that Leo II was elected Pope. Civil unrest in Caerdydd broke out after the population heard about the prospects being debated by the city council. Rí Antaine has sent his fleet of ships to assist in the evacuation of those who wish to emigrate to Ireland.

 

[AnotherPacifist]

Strictly speaking, being AP resident just means you have the Pope under your thumb just like the Byzantines, Charlemagne and the counts of Tusculum. Your son might be able to be pope though. However, some might even say harlots chose some popes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_selection_before_1059
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum

 

[antaine]

yeah, I was originally thinking it was like the DiMedicis getting every nephew to be a pope, but perhaps it's just representative of exerting undo influence etc...I'll amend the entry

 

[antaine]

TURN 32-34
The quarry in the Burren has been completely constructed, and Antaine has broken ground on a monastery in Teamhair na Rí. The civil disorder in Caerdydd has settled down for now, but the City Council has yet to reach its final decision. The boats continue to sit in the Irish Sea awaiting the results of their deliberations.

 

[antaine]

TURN 34-40
An open borders agreement was signed with Ragnar of the Vikings. Soon afterward, the residents of Caerdydd voted to join the Irish Empire. The city was abandoned and the residents evacuated to Ireland itself.

 

[antaine]

TURN 41-47
Christianity spread in Gaillimh when Fr. Ó Cathain of Ard Macha began holding Mass to the north of the city. Some time later Fr. Ó hÓgáin from the farming community of Caiseal, east of Corcaigh, spread Christianity to that city as well. The scholars have established that the current year is 788 AD, and in doing so managed to fix not only the diameter of the globe but also Ireland’s latitude. There is much to explore! While sifting through ancient wisdom, they stumbled across a concept referred to as “Divine Right.” Rí Antaine has asked them to research this next.

 

[antaine]

AD 808
Ireland continues to enjoy a time of infrastructure building and peace. A manuscript has been circulating detailing the strong economies of the Viking Union and Ireland...something rare in the post-Roman chaos of continental Europe.

 

[antaine]

820 AD
No sooner had all that been accomplished but contact with the people along the Tamais river as severed. A Saxon people have been sighted across the water in northern Cymru and it is presumed that the settlement has been sacked (or at least beseiged) by the germanic invaders.

 

[danjuno]

Great Story!

 

[antaine]

824 AD
After four years, reports seem reasonably sure that the invading Saxons have sacked and destroyed the settlement at Tamais. Attempts to contact the Saxons with overtures of peace have proved fruitless.

 

[antaine]

828 AD
Warriors are landed on Britain in order to help contain the English. The Irish have opened diplomatic relations with Spain and France, although the English still refuse to talk to them. Many consider it necessary to create a permanent settlement in Alba in order to keep the southern half of the island in check. Rí Antaine agrees and begins to make preparations for the project.

 

[BurnEmDown]

Almost 10 days with no update, are you there antaine?

 

[antaine]

The past two weeks have been filled with MA thesis writing and defending, and studying for finals. I'll be back into posting soon, and I'll make up the days with one post.

Thesis defense was successful, btw ::

 

[antaine]

836 AD

Dún Éideann has been refounded in the hills to the west of its original location. This dún, or fortress settlement, is intended to keep the English south of Cumbria and out of the resource rich highlands.

 

[antaine]

840 AD
The Diocese of Dún Éideann has been created to serve the Christian faithful in Alba. Tensions with England continue even though no violence has taken place yet. Rí Antaine makes yet another diplomatic overture to England which is spurned, but an offer of the secrets of meditation allow an open borders agreement to be signed with Queen Isabella of Spain. Increased training has allowed for an archery unit to be upgraded to the new longbows. Dún Éideann itself has become a center for iron ore mining and processing.

 

[antaine]

848 AD

Walls continue to be erected around Dún Éideann, and the Árd Macha monastery of St. Patrick is steadily nearing completion. In an explosion of scholarship and culture, libraries are being completed in Teamhair, Gaillimh and Corcaigh. Learned Irishmen traveling among the formerly Roman cities on the Continent funnel books back home to facilitate their completion. Séamús Mac Godaire, a young fisherman from Gaillimh, who was in the habit of watching the sun set over the western ocean met a young woman named Naomh Ní Braonáin doing the same thing. The pair have begun to meet at the foot of the city wall every other night fostering a romance.

 

[antaine]

852 AD
Anglo-Irish tensions continue, as does the romance between Séamús and Naomh. The pair were married in Gaillimh eleven months before, and are expecting their first child any day now.

 

[antaine]

856 AD
A four-year old Seán Mac Godaire, son of Liam and pride of his eye, helps his father repair his nets by sorting the twine on the floor. His two-year old sister Máire watches with fascination.

 

[antaine]

860 AD
England spreads its influence over much of the countryside of southern Britain. A momentous peace treaty was signed between Ireland and England.

 

[AnotherPacifist]

Why the heck would you not crush the Anglo-Saxons before they fan out and displace your culture from Scotland?