AD 1052: Dr. Frankenstein and Korpskommandant Sephiroth von Niebelheim announce that they've managed to draft up and thoroughly test a set of Cavalry Tactics, and that they will begin developing a Siegecraft doctrine for future wars that might come up. We can now train Knights!
Graf Blaze Injun von Thun sends a message to Ben Beinbrech, Herzog von Schwyz, that he has established a Spice Trader in Thun....
This firmly establishes the Swiss Confederacy as a great Merchant State. As if to emphasize that fact, the Amber Trader in Bern produces another Shipment of Amber bound for the capitol.
Near the end of the year, Danish Berserkers who'd been sneaking through the forests and fields attack the town of Lucerne without warning, slaughtering a veteran Sword company to the last man... Thankfully, the fighting alerted the town's defending Mercenary Guard company, who rushed into the breach. In the vicious fighting that followed, TWO COMPANIES of Danish Berserkers were wiped out, earning the Swiss Mercenaries the same reputation that they had in another world, and earn promotion to Veteran status....
As soon as the fighting is over and the town is secure, Comte Gamezrule de Lucerne writes a letter for Herzog Beinbrech and sends it out with a messenger on a fast horse... The Swiss Confederacy is once again at war with the Kingdom of Denmark!
AD 1054: Comte Gamezrule sends out an elite Archer company stationed in Lucerne, which hunts down and kills the last remaining Danish Berserkers fleeing the Canton. Herzog Beinbrech, having recieved the letter several days ago, sends a company of Swordsmen to reinforce Lucerne.
At Thun, Graf Blaze Injun leads a Mercenary Guard company out and jumps a Danish Berserker company attempting to pillage our Spices. The Mercs wipe out the Berserkers and are promoted to veteran status.
The last Danish Berserker company in Swiss territory is wiped out by a veteran Mercenary Guard company from Zürich.
Zürich also gains national recognition, when Graf Bucky Rea christens the first Schweitze Marine Schiff (Swiss Navy Ship), the Galley
SMS Rosenrot, which departs on a journey of exploration.... While the ship is leaving port, the sailors can be heard singing:
Sah ein Mädchen ein Röslein stehen
Blühte dort in lichten Höhen
Sprach sie ihren Liebsten an
ob er es ihr steigen kann....
(A girl saw a little rose
It bloomed there in bright heights
She asked her sweetheart
if he could fetch it for her....)
AD 1058: The Gold Mine in St. Gallen sends a Shipment of gold to Schwyz. Meanwhile, Herzog Beinbrech trades Grain and Amber to Queen Isabella of Castile for Honey... Now we can establish a Honey Trader!
Elsewhere, all is quiet on the Western Front (for now anyways....)
AD 1060: Dr. Frankenstein announces that he and Korpskommandant Sephiroth have completed research on Siegecraft, which has led our great nation into a new era: the High Middle Ages!
In addition, thanks to this breakthrough, we have gained knowledge of Crop Rotation, which allows our workers to clear Forests. Herzog Beinbrech tells Dr. Frankenstein to start researching Trade Fairs.... The goal is to get City State (one of, if not THE best government in the entire game) around the time our Golden Age ends...
The war picks up again late in the year with several Companies of Danish Berserkers pouring into the territory near Lucerne.
AD 1062: Graf Marius von Bern completes work on the Domesday Book, giving a HUGE boost to the Confederation Treasury!
The Salt Trader in Basel sends a Shipment back to Schwyz.
The Swordsmen from Lucerne wipe out a company of Danish Berserkers threatening a Worker gang outside the city. An Archer and Mercenary Guard company head North from Thun to hit the isolated Danish town of Kaupang... One way or another, Denmark is losing that territory before this war is over!
Later in the year, more Danish Berserkers pour into the territory near Lucerne, while a Longship lands a company of Berserkers outside Zürich!
AD 1064: Miss Tifa Lockheart, our Cultural Adviser, informs the Herzog that the Swiss Golden Age is over... The Herzog and his military aren't overly concerned with this, as Korpskommandant Sephiroth's troops continue to kick ass and take names...
The elite Archers who've been stomping invading Danish troops continue the trend by mopping the floor with some Berserkers harassing the livestock South of Lucerne. One of the Mercenary Guard companies in Zürich wipes out the Berserkers that landed outside the city. In the first OFFENSIVE action of the war, a company of Swordsmen from Lucerne enters Danish territory near Odense and defeat a company of Berserkers in battle.
They are forced to begin withdrawing when a huge horde of Berserkers starts moving up from Odense!
AD 1066: In light of this latest development, Korpskommandant Sephiroth von Niebelheim orders all companies that are at less than full strength to begin retreating back to the closest town.
Herzog Beinbrech allocates money from the Treasury to hurry training of our first Knight companies in Lucerne and St. Gallen.
Later in the year, the huge horde of Berserkers enter our territory South of Lucerne, in hot pursuit of our Swordsmen. Traveling merchants stop by the palace and inform Herzog Beinbrech that Aragon is building the Theodosian Walls (Great Wall)...
AD 1068: SMS Rosenrot, exploring along the Southern coast of Europe, makes contact with Grand Duke Jogalia of Lithuania. Elsewhere, St. Gallen's influence expands again, giving us access to a source of Wines.
Later in the year, Danish diplomats come begging for an audience, due to the fact that our troops have reached the outskirts of Kaupang, but Herzog Beinbrech tells them to shove it! We aren't even going to consider talking until we have control of that city!
We also hear rumors that Aragon has started work on the Book of Kells.
AD 1070: The Varangian Guard in Schwyz finishes training its first Varangian Guard unit... Now we can free up our regular troops in Schwyz to go attack the enemy!
Marius Schatten, Graf von Bern also informs the Herzog that a Honey Trader has been established in the city.
The Dye Trader in Zürich sends a Shipment to Schwyz.
In the Northwest, the battle of Kaupang begins. Our elite Archers wipe out a company of Spearmen, but lose half their men in the process. A company of Veteran Knights from Lucerne charges into the city, wiping out the last company of Spearmen, capturing the city along with 6 Gold.
Our troops attack the Berserker horde South of Lucerne. A company of veteran Knights is lost, but we wipe out two companies of Berserkers.
Satisfied that Denmark has been taught a lesson, Herzog Beinbrech makes peace with King Canute, who agrees to renounce any claimst to Kaupang as part of the agreement.
AD 1072: The Dye Shipment form Zürich arrives in Schwyz. Later in the year we receive word that Denmark and Castile have started work on the Book of Kells (Wonder that doubles research in city).
AD 1074: Dr. Frankenstein informs the Herzog that Trade Fairs have been established in the Confederacy, and that he's now working on Guilds... We can now build Marketplaces in our towns and cities. One of the various traders in St. Gallen sends a Shipment back to Schwyz.
AD 1078: Construction of the Hagia Sofia is completed in Schwyz, making it one of the most religiously significant cities in the world.
AD 1080: Workers finish extending a road to the Wine country outside St. Gallen, allowing us to establish a Wine Trader now!
In the far South, the
SMS Rosenrot sinks a Veleti Galley off the coast of the Aragonese colony of Perpignan.
AD 1084: Horrors! The Black Death hits Zürich! All military units and Graf Bucky Rea move outside the city to escape the contagion!
Later in the year, Aragon demands Wool and we give it to them... For now.
AD 1086: The territorial influence of Thun expands again.
Later in the year, another Veleti Galley attacks the
SMS Rosenrot and gets sunk for its trouble.
AD 1088: A Wine Trader is established in Bern, right before the Plague hits Bern and Schwyz.
Herzog Beinbrech, Graf Marius and all troops evacuate the cities until the Plague dies down!
AD 1090: Dr. Frankenstein comes to Herzog Beinbrech's camp outside Schwyz and informs him that he's established regulations for establishing Guilds and he's now prepared to start delving into the techniques for running a City State.
We can now build Guild Halls (buildings that boost production by 25%) in our towns and cities!
AD 1092: The Spice Trader in Thun and the Amber Trader in Bern send shipments back to Schwyz. The town of Winterthur establishes the first Guild Hall in the Confederacy.
AD 1094: Another Varangian Guard unit is recruited in Schwyz, and a message from the
SMS Rosenrot informs Korpskommandant Sephiroth that the citizens of the Lithuanian city of Minks are dying from the Black Plague.
AD 1096: The citizens of Thun begin dying from disease borne from the swamps around the city, ironically, at the same time the Plague finally ends in Zürich, Schwyz and Bern.
AD 1098: St. Gallen's Gold Mine sends a shipment back to Schwyz. Workers complete a road to Kaupang, and once more, all our cities are connected to our sprawling trade network.
Later in the year, due to the
Rosenrot being forced to shelter from a storm offshore near Trakai, Grand Duke Jogalia sends a nastygram to Herzog Beinbrech demanding that our forces leave at once. The Herzog sends a letter back informing the Grand Duke that the
SMS Rosenrot was merely passing through and that the Grand Duke should take a chill pill.
AD 1100: Due to the population of Kaupang becoming mostly Swiss, the town is renamed to its German equivalent of Minderstadt.
Later in the year, word reaches us that SICILY has started work on the Book of Kells.
So it is, with another war successfully fought and the size of the Swiss Confederacy increased, that this chapter comes to an end.
Map of Switzerland in AD 1100, black dotted lines indicate borders of Cantons:
(no offence to the swiss among us 
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(gets worried)
