CK2 Legacy Attempt #1 - Part 2

[mzyra]

Further to my last post, a reminder of the family of Ryman, of which Birch Ryman is the tribal Chief of Deasmhumhain.

It is now January 779, ten years into the legacy, and Birch does not have an heir because the inheritance laws do not allow girls to inherit at all, and I can't change that (without cheating).

Comments

[scribal_goddess]

A Heir! Gormlaith and Eua turned out pretty - I don't know how this game works, do you end up having control of their husband's kingdoms or just an alliance?

[mzyra]

You only actually control one person at a time (switching to the next landed character on their death, usually their heir unless they become unlanded and a more distant member of their dynasty is landed), and the places you control are only ones they are the Chief/Lord/Duke/King/Emperor of. So we're unlikely to control anything beyond the county of Deasmhumhain until somebody takes over a neighbour, or a spare son marries a woman who is or becomes landed and then their Ryman child inherits that land.

All we have is alliances, which means if somebody declares war on us, we can request that they join us and I think they're likely to accept unless they're also allied with the enemy or entirely wrapped up in a war of their own. It's a good thing about having local allies - one of our neighbours is technically allied with the King of Bavaria which sounds impressive and all, except it's pretty massively unlikely that he's going to be able to come help if they get in trouble...

[scribal_goddess]

Oh, that's good! So getting the girls married off is actually pretty useful in this game. :)

[lauriempress]

Finally an heir! Forbassach, I'm going to take the switch to you if you don't become more honest! ;)

[mzyra]

Learning how to spell these Irish names is hard, man. I kept mentally calling him Fasselbach (which is more German), until I learnt to think of the Forbes magazine, and don't get me started on Deasmhumhain...
I really toyed with leaving him Deceitful though; this family has been really weak with the Intrigue and it could be useful, but I just value Diplomacy more for how it makes everyone (and especially the spouse) like you, so I went against deceitful and he lost it.

[geminiasp]

This is kind of interesting. Thanks for sharing :)

[katrisims]

Whoops, I thought I'd already commented but apparently not! Sorry about that.

Anyway, hooray for an heir! It sounds like things are going quite well, even though I can imagine it's hard to balance.

It was kind of amusing with the army that waited for something war-like to do and then just left. :D But well, it could have been worse I suppose.

Thanks for sharing, and good luck with the challenge! :)