Burgundy: A Feudal Elective

[DKVM]

Jacob Chevalier is elected King

With overwhelming support from the nobles of Burgundy, Sir Chevalier was crowned King. However, he was booed and assaulted with rotten Solanum lycopersicum by Peasants when parading and flaunting around the streets of the Capital city. This could be a sign of an increasingly diverging opinion between the nobles and their serfs.

 

[trexeric]

Or it could be a sign of disrespectful peasants.

 

[Manuss]

@GreekAnalizer I did not get one of those. :c

 

[GreekAnalyzer]

For you Manuss.

Welcome, Young writer, to the land where the strong control all and the weak "cultured" people burn, where the advanced destroy the primitive, where the UN is a tool for world domination, where democracy is just a means of building things quicker while communism is the most effective economy for large empires more often than not, where those who conquer the quickest and than keep control of their spoils are the most respected, where men love to start as cavemen on their trip to the cosmos, the heavens fall twice with incantations of unbelievable power, where the ultimate religious authority is a white, radioactive rock that can burst forth sometimes with the radiance of a thousand suns[1], where the forecast is continued war in a hell-hole of eternal war against Eurasia EastAsia with a 100% chance of mushroom clouds, or have been forced to abandon their own home due to thermonuclear warfare for the stars. All at the dance of those voyaging writers, who place with the lives of trillions for the purposes of their game.

This is Civfanatics. Only The the strong will flourish under its members iron rule and titanium fists. The weak will be perished, the strong ganged on, the cunning survive.
Do you have what it takes, oh maybe wise and definitely greedy writer?

 

[Manuss]

I feel better now

 

[Matt the Czar]

Welcome, Young writer...

Thank you! Also, I,m going to go with DKVM's post as the official one. It adds a good story arc that may climax... oh, about 1793. Thank you for the support, and I hope I can make to the end!

 

[Matt the Czar]

The Rule of Duke Chevalier

The peasantry did not like this new Duke at all. They were aghast when they heard the reasons for electing him:

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Good Hair
Good Beard
Good Clothes
Doesn't Smell Like Fish

Now, he was going to use them as fodder to fight a war that was clearly already over. Chevalier had already banned tomatoes, and the ban was so well enforced that the only tomatoes left were all in the Americas. So they did the only thing they could: Be lazier than anyone had before.

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Meanwhile, the last area of resistance in Paris was crushed, and the army advanced towards the next greatest French city.

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What they found surprised them.

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After the death of Charles the Bald, the kingdom was too unstable and separated into Normandy and Aquitaine.

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Now with nothing to do, the army was recalled and became a police force, while production was shifted to building up the infrastructure.

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Trade with East Francia (now the new HRE) reopened.

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Burgundy was now the second most powerful empire in all of Europe!

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As for Chevalier, he slow grew respect among the common people. He lived long, and fathered three children. One became count of Paris, the middle child became a knight, and the final child was stuck being a priest. He died peacefully in his sleep in July of 930.

Jacob the Redeemed​

851-930​

 

[Matt the Czar]

Council of Nobles, Third Meeting

Jean Chevalier, Count of Paris

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The next in the Chevalier dynasty wants to increase relations with the Roman Empire and their ruler Justinian. He is a polite man, but in his eyes there is fire. He wants to leave a mark on Europe that it will never forget.

Claude Melies

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Melies wants to bury the other countries in the dust. The science funding will go all the way. Monks will submit their writings, and the dark nightmarish forests will make way for new industry.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

I don't think you can remove those forests yet. Can you? Do you have the armor plating tech?

 

[LucarioTheKing]

Jean Chevalier
Sounds like, really good in terms of what should happen

 

[GreekAnalyzer]

Claude Melies

 

[trexeric]

Jean Chevalier

 

[DKVM]

Claude Melies

 

[Manuss]

Claude Melies

 

[TheNoob]

Claude Melies

 

[VGL]

Claude Melies

All hail the monks.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Jean Chevalier

 

[Matt the Czar]

Claude Melies Elected

Claude Melies, no count, but a leader, is elected to the throne of Burgundy. While the forests may still be impenetrable, it will be part of the future.

Tally:
Melies 5
Chevalier 3

 

[Matt the Czar]

The Rule of Claude Melies

Melies was amazed by his land. There was so much potential for improvement. There was also new potential on the seas.

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Trade flourished, and relations with the local powers improved.

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Exploration of Europe increased.

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France was reformed, sadly Paris left.

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While some complained it was quite simple and boring, historians recognized Melies' rule as a precursor to the Renaissance. Then tragedy struck as the lice Melies had had for so long were really ticks, and gave him Lyme's Disease.

Claude the Louse-y​

914-970​