Crusader Kings III RP: Jesus Returns!

[vcczar]

Jesus turns 100 years old! He's been infirm since age 85 and somehow keeps living. In addition, he and his 46-year-old wife are somehow pregnant with what is likely to be their last child, who will be younger than dozens of Jesus's great-great grandchildren. Jesus has outlived almost every child from his first marriage, by the way. 

The Byzantine Empire is currently the only large nation. 

As you can see Jesus's Christianity is now greater in size than Catholicism. 

[10centjimmy]

11 minutes ago, vcczar said:

Jesus turns 100 years old! He's been infirm since age 85 and somehow keeps living. In addition, he and his 46-year-old wife are somehow pregnant with what is likely to be their last child, who will be younger than dozens of Jesus's great-great grandchildren. Jesus has outlived almost every child from his first marriage, by the way. 

The Byzantine Empire is currently the only large nation. 

As you can see Jesus's Christianity is now greater in size than Catholicism. 

What does the realm mapmode look like?

[10centjimmy]

Also you can look at his family tree by going into the dynasty viewer,  that should let you track down those secret descendants

[vcczar]

Just now, 10centjimmy said:

What does the realm mapmode look like?

Basically exactly the same as it did when he was 87 (last time I took an image of the map). Byzantine Empire might be slightly larger, but that's about it. 

[vcczar]

1 minute ago, 10centjimmy said:

Also you can look at his family tree by going into the dynasty viewer,  that should let you track down those secret descendants

I don't know if I'll sift through 700 descendants. 

[vcczar]

Jesus is now 106 years old, almost 107. This is the world map at this point. He has over 750+ descendants. If he makes it about 5 more years, he'll likely live to see Great-great-great grandkids. 

[vcczar]

Jesus of Nazareth dies at age 108! He leaves almost 800 descendants and has spread his intended Christianity worldwide, reducing corrupted versions, such as Catholicism, Orthodox, and Coptic into regional religions. 

Upon realizing he was near death, Jesus had a cross built and layed upon it on the ground. He then nailed his own hand on one end, then realized he couldn't nail in the other hand, and then uttered, "My God! I know not what I do!" and then died. 

There was a hushed quiet. 

He leaves behind about 30ish of his 111 children. The oldest is a daughter Scolaster, aged 74, and the youngest is Bustenai, aged 8. His widow, who never converted to Jesus's form of Christianity, is 54. 

Jesus ruled for 75 years. 

There are rumors he will return again. 

[vcczar]

Jesus's heir, Shanoi of Nazareth, is the new Duke of Palestine. Some are calling him Shanoi Christ. 

He's unlike his grandfather and not very Christianlike. 51 year old and gout-ridden. He's murdered 3 uncles and has not been faithful in marriage. 

His wife, Shonlin, is 50 years old and also his cousin. Their son, Michael, aged 28, is heir. 

Shanoi of Nazareth is said to be ambitious and it is believed he will use aggressive means to convert. 

 

[vcczar]

Some facts about Shanoi:

• While Jesus was 100% Ashkenazi and spoke Israelite and learned Arabic, Shanoi speaks Israelite and Georgian, the latter because he lived the entirety of his life until his grandfather's death in Georgian-speaking lands. Genetically, he's 25% Ashkenazi, 25% Bedouin (Arabic), 25% Georgian, and 25% Sindhi (Indian). 
• His son and heir, Michael, also speaks Israelite and Georgian. He's also club-footed and married to a cousin.
• His heir's eldest son, also named Shanoi, is inbred because his parents are married cousins and his grandparents are married cousins. 

[vcczar]

Shanoi of Nazareth was murdered after only 40 days rule! All he did was name two advisors and sanction one marriage before his demise! Michael of Nazareth is now Duke of Palestine!

[vcczar]

Michael of Nazareth immediately begins wars of conquest. He easily defeats two small Arabic states, but he is facing certain defeat in his invasion of Cyprus. Additionally, it has been revealed that he had murdered his own father!!!! It had been a mystery how he died for about a year. 

He's also increased crown authority, something Jesus never did. 

Ultimately, Michael of Nazareth loses the war for Cyprus. 

 

[vcczar]

Michael goes on another expansionist campaign. He defeats two more small nations in war, losing to another one. His record in warfare is now 4-2, but he gets the better end of the deal. He's never lost territory. Following this latest expansion, he also usurps the Duchy of Amman and vassalized a small nation he surrounds. 

Michael then declares himself King of Jerusalem, I title not used by his father or great-grandfather. 

He also found the Holy Order known as Knights of the Chalice. 

As he is culturally Georgian, as was his father, as both were born and raised there, there may be a populist result among the Ashkenazi population. 

Soon after, with the death of his grandmother, he also inherits the county of Lori, where both he and his father were born. 

 

[vcczar]

King Michael of Jerusalem waits about 3 to 5 more years to go on another expansionist campaign. He wins one war, but then is maimed (an arm was cut off!) and captured as he invades the Sinai. 

After the second war ends in defeat, he's released, but he's ailing. 

Less than a year later, he presses some claims by unlanded nobles of his religion and goes on another expansionists run at four smaller nations. 

Stay tuned. 

[vcczar]

His latest expansionist attempt last several years with about 30 nations involved. He wins two of the wars and loses four of them. In the process, he marries his dwarf daughter to the current Byzantine Emperor (a cousin) to get him to join the war, while he marries his club-footed, inbred son and heir to a Serbian princess for the same reason. A few years later he marries off his second daughter, this one club-footed and inbred to a Georgian noble man. 

The war expands. King Michael ends up winning a war the expands Byzantine territory while in the process of losing another war. With one war remaining, he's on the verge of defeat, but allied reinforcements show up in the last moment, and the one-armed King of Jerusalem captured the enemy monarch, ending this war in victory. 

Here is the potical realm after these wars. The greatest beneficiary was definitely the Byzantine Empire. Almost everyone hates King Michael, who is in ailing health and might not make it to 50. His son, Shonlin (strangely named after his father he later murdered), is 17 and likely to be King soon. 

The Kingdom of Jerusalem is actually split into three fragments: Palestine, Egypt, and Georgia. This will possibly lead to some issues, unless these areas are connected. 

[vcczar]

King Michael dies of war wounds within weeks of embarking on a new expansionist war. King Michael was only 47, but he had ruled for 19 years after having murdered his father. His son, strangely named after the father he murdered, is now King Shonlin of Nazareth. He is only 19 years old. 

Shonlin may actually be better adept at warefare than his father, who lost as many wars as he fought and died of the injuries to prove it. Shonlin is somehow both inbred and a genius. And he's considered a brilliant, aggressive strategist. Shonlin is genetically about 50% Ashkenazi, 25% Romanian/Magyar, and 25% Georgian. He's culturally Georgian, but he speaks both Georgian and Israelite. 

His heir is currently his 2-year old daughter Vardo, who is inbred and amazonian. 

 

 

[vcczar]

King Shonlin of Jerusalem is able to win all the wars begun by his father, winning all of them. It took 5 years and required an enormous alliance network. Here is the regional map. Note that the Kingdom of Jerusalem is split into three parts. 

Shonlin vows to fight only one war at a time, unlike the halfhazard policy of his father. 

 

[vcczar]

King Shonlin reigns in relative peace for several years as he's preoccupied with having a male heir. He ultimately has 4 daughters before having a male heir, who he names Andronick. Andronick is recognized as a genius at birth and heraclean. At a day old, he has "average" prowess and "average" learning!!!!!!

Shonlin vassalizes some smaller nations peacefully during this time. Following some vassalizations, he names himself King of Egypt, along with his title of King of Jerusalem. It's expected Egypt will go to a second son should he have a second son. 

He ultimate wages war on a small nation in the region. He has a 2nd son named Adarnase, also a heraculean genius. He is given the title Duke of Cairo. 

Here is the religious situation:

 

[vcczar]

Just as 31-year-old King Shonlin declares war on two smaller nations in the Georgian region, in an attempt to create a 3rd Kingdom for a future son, he is afflicted with some sort of unknown illness. His haggard physician does her best to save him. 

After about a year King Shonlin feels better and his Serbian-born wife, Lovorka, produces another child: Sumbat. He is less impressive than his older brothers, but he's also herculean. The prospective Kingdom of Georgia will be for him.  

[vcczar]

The war is successful. Here's the map as is. He might wait to divide up his Kingdom just because his sons are young, but he might be compelled to divide it up earlier since this is going to be hard to defend. 

His eldest child, Vardo, a daughter, is married off at age 16 to a Persian ruler. 

Sumbat is made Duke of Abkhazia. 

After a brief conversion to Judaism, King Shonlin converts back to Jesus's Original Christianity. 

Membership of the House of Nazareth has fallen to 607 from a high of about 755 during the time of Jesus. 

Shonlin vassalizes the Emirate of Hashimid and one smaller nation. Following this Mecca's ruler abdicates and the Kingdom of Jerusalem inherits Mecca. As such, Shonlin now creates the Kingdom of Arabia and seeks a 4th son. In 9 months, he gets one named Bakur, who is unfortunately inbred. Regardless, he plans to make him King of Arabia. 

Eventually King Shonlin divides up his Kingdom, with his eldest son remaining to take over Jerusalem on his death. 

He will devote the rest of his reign to conversion attempts, unless he's pulled into a war. 

This is the map before the division of the Kingdom. 

 

 

 

[vcczar]

In more recent events, Bakur dies aged 10 of inbreeding. His brother, the King of Georgia absorbs Arabia. 

Since last post, several small nations have been vassalized. 

King Shonlin is considering a war to link Jerusalem to the Kingdom of Georgia. 

[vcczar]

Prior to his planned invasion, King Shonlin goes on a vassalizing spree to compel weaker nations of the same religion to join him, often by bribing them before offering vassalage. In the process, Shonlin declares himself Emperor of Jerusalem!

 

[vcczar]

Emperor Shonlin with renewed ambition launches a multi-front war in Northern Africa, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and the Caucauses. Meanwhile his son and heir, King Adronik of Georgia, is facing a Civil War. 

Shonlin gains the name "The Foolish" at some point. I didn't note when, possibly for dividing up his kingdom and then deciding to expand to become Emperor. 

He intercedes in the Georgian Civil War and helps Andronik maintain power there before crossing back over into his multi-front war. Fortunately, he has so many marriages, allies, and family members in power that he had the luxury to do that. 

His allied forces continue to wrack up victories despite him personally losing some battles from time-to-time. As he gathers more territories, he awards the land to unlanded members of the House of Nazareth, regardless of how distantly related they are to him, although all of this will probably just increase inbreeding as they'll marry their children to people of the same rank and faith. Emperor Shonlin is inbred himself. 

The war takes several years and is ultimately successful. As he's now an Emperor, he passes on his Kingdoms titles: 

 

 

[vcczar]

I keep calling him Emperor Shonlin, Shonlin was his mother's name. Emperor Shanoi has been engaged in a few wars to end the Caliphate in Mesopotamia. 

During this time, he's created two more Holy Orders (3 total now), and he's increased crown authority. 

Is overarching issue is that rebellions keep threatening to break out or they do break out, fortunately without success at the moment. 

Also, unlike his predecessors, he's been spending a lot of time building up the city of Jerusalem. 

Following the defeat of the Caliphate, he makes his son, Sumbat, King of Persia.

I'm not sure if this Kingdom will be sustainable as allies are starting to dislike Emperor Shanoi's constant expansion.

 

[vcczar]

Emperor Shanoi is clearly ailing at the worst possible moment. He's been dealing with continuous rebellion, all of which he's quashed, but he's now become possessed as another broke out! 

Within a couple weeks of being diagnosed as possessed, he dies of a seizure, age 66. He was on the throne for 48 years. 

The new Emperor his 37-year old son, Andronik of Georgia. While a genius, Andronik is a craven coward and a deviant. Genetically Andronik is Ashkenazi, Georgian, Greek, and Serbian and is Bedouin-Georgian in culture. Queen La is Georgian. The heir, Prince Zviad, is probably better fit to rule than his father, but he's only 6. 

Shanoi's Empire is likely to collapse under his son. 

 

[vcczar]

Emperor Andronik in desperation releases his major vassals, primarily those in outlier regions as a means to stop constant rebellion and preserve the House of Nazareth ruling the expansive area, as most of the newly independent Kings are of the dynasty or married to it. 

Emperor Andronik's policy is to not get engaged in war or do anything risky that could get himself killed. 

Here's the map of Andronik's collapsing Empire.