The Orthodox religion was growing, even into lands I did not control, this was good, perhaps I could mend the Great Schism.īut this was not to be, I didn't have time to persuade all rulers to adopt the Orthodox religion, I needed strong allies to help in religious wars, I converted back to my families original religion of Catholicism, the realm soon followed suit, the Byzantine Empire would now be Catholic. With succession laws changed, my family could rule the empire unless there was a serious rebellion to cause them to fall out of power, but gold is power. Gold was now something I was getting in larger amounts, I did not spend wildly, I kept hold of a lot, it would be valuable for upcoming rebellions and religious wars, as there is a lot of border friction. Yes, I also took Rome and all the land in Italy from the Pope, he wasn't afterall, my religious leader anymore! Below is a fairly early map, I own Italy and the small part of Ireland, I always go for a foothold in Ireland, often proves helpful!īy some chance, the Byzantine Empire had become Elective Succession, crazy but it allowed me to eventually hold the title without even trying or thinking about it! I didn't go in with the intention of a great empire, but run it I did and my goal, to change the succession law! Also, because of the brutal and torturous nature the family became, I decided to rename them to Bolton. I took many screenshots of this game, I can't possibly fit them all in here! But I shall begin with a screenshot to show how I dealt with rebels, of any age.Ĭastration! Or for the female rebels, blinding, age was no factor, strike fear and they shall not rebel! Although, I suffered from many early rebellions, mostly demanding Elective Succession, all ended in victory for me.
Being a vassal meant that I didn't have to put as much thought into external factors and could just focus on home soil, the ruling family became Greek and Orthodox, to fit in with the empire (and get the options to blind/castrate prisoners). I went into a game of CK2 with the intention of starting from beginning to end, I wanted a fairly relaxed run so planned to just play as Lombardy (to become Italy) as a vassal of the Byzantine Empire.
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