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    The History of Westeros

    The War of Conquest




    In the century following the Doom of Valyria, known as “the Bleeding Years”, the last remaining possession of the Freehold was its western most outpost, the island and fortress of Dragonstone. The island was ruled by House Targaryen and the then head of the family and Lord of Dragonstone, Aegon Targaryen. The ambitious Aegon had a desire to conquer more land but rejected a call from the Free Cities of Essos to reunite them and become the leader of a new Freehold on the continent. However, Aegon did join with the Storm King, Argilac, Braavos, Tyrosh, Myr and Lys in a war to break the domination of Volantis at the end of the “Bleeding Years”, but he had no long term plans for the region. Instead, he set his sights on grabbing conquests in the continent of Westeros.

    In Westeros itself, Harren the Black, the King of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, was nearing the completion of his vast castle near the lake of God’s Eye. He called the castle Harrenhal and it was to be the largest fortress Westeros had ever seen. The building of this castle highlighted Harren’s ambitions and it was believed the Iron King was looking for further conquests to add to the Riverlands. The King of the Stormlands, Argilac Durrendon, had grown afraid of Harren and decided to propose an alliance with Aegon in an attempt to create a buffer zone between the Stormlands and the Riverlands. Argilac offered the hand of his daughter, Argella and a considerable area of dowry lands, although much of the land was in the Riverlands and, infact, in the possession of Harren. Aegon refused as he was already married to both of his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys, but instead offered the hand of his best friend and reported half-brother, Orys Baratheon. Argilac took this for a grave insult and not only refused Aegon’s offered, but had the hands of his envoys cut off and sent back to Aegon with the message, “These are the only hands you will receive”. Aegon was infuriated. He called his banners to the fortress of Dragonstone and took war council with them and his sister-wives. He then sent ravens to all the rulers of the seven kingdoms calling on them to bend the knee and save their people and titles or face a horrible war and certain defeat, stating “There will be only one king”.


    Aegon Targaryen and his two Sister-Wives, Visenya and Rhaenys

    He received an offer of marriage and alliance from the Queen Regent of the Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale, Sharra Arryn if Aegon named her young son his heir. He also received a message from Mariya Martell saying that she would be his ally against the Storm King but she would not swear fealty to him. Aegon rejected both offers and no other rulers in Westeros would submit.

    He ordered the building of the Painted Table in the main hall in Dragonstone, seeing all Westeros as one land despite the fact it was split into seven kingdoms. He was now determined to unite the continent.

    Aegon landed at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush beside three hills with his two sister-wives and a host of less than 2,000 men. Upon the highest hill, Aegon ordered the construction of a temporary motte and bailey, his first holding on the mainland of Westeros. Aegon’s sister-wives crowned him as king. They moved quickly to claim the allegiance of the local lords. Most notably the lords of Massey’s Hook and Rosby swore fealty to Aegon.

    Aegon and his host then moved south to take revenge on the Storm King. Argilac, hearing of Aegon’s landing and marched north, living up to his nickname of “the Arrogant”. He raised his levies and gathered an army of 26,000 soldiers and marched north, leaving the shelter of his fortress of Storm’s End to meet Aegon in open battle. His idea was to surround and annihilate Aegon and his host and gain the reputation for defeating the last Valyrian.

    The two armies met each other in the county of Galemont. Argilac led his army himself from the front under his banner of the crowned stag on a field of gold. Aegon’s army was led by his bastard brother, Orys Baratheon and his uncle, Daemon Velaryon, Lord of Driftmark and fought under the Targaryen banner of the three-headed red dragon and a field of black. The numerical superiority of Argilac soon began to tell as he quickly began to surround the Targaryen host, but Aegon himself was nowhere to be found on the battlefield. Just as his host was reaching breaking point, Aegon revealed his most powerful and hidden weapon. For the first and only time, Aegon and his sisters unleashed all three of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes. Together the fire of all three dragons burned 7,000 men, including Argilac himself. The Storm King’s army was sent fleeing and Aegon had won his first victory in the Battle of Dalemont.


    Orys Baratheon leading the Targaryen army at the Battle of Dalemont

    After the battle, Aegon secured the fealty of all the lords of the Stormlands and declared Orys as Lord of Storm’s End and the Stormlands as a reward for his valor and loyalty. Argella Durrendon, the daughter of Argilac, declared herself the Storm Queen and continued to hold Storm's End. Orys and a small force laid siege to Storm’s End but the garrison immediately surrendered and handed Argella over to Orys. She was brought to Orys naked and in chains. Orys then ordered her execution to end any dispute to his lordship of the Stormlands, thus ending the Durrendon dynasty.

    Following this victory, Aegon immediately moved forward. In an attempt to secure his rear and flanks, Aegon marched south with his dragon, Balerion, and Orys as well as 1,500 troops from Dragonstone and 8,000 levies of uncertain loyalty raised from the Stormlands to subdue Dorne and add it to his conquest. Mariya Martell had heard the stories of what had happened to Argilac and was determined to avoid the same faith. She put her castellan, Lord Tremos Gargalen in charge of her forces. She ordered him to raise her levies and have them gather at Yronwood. Her plan was to ambush the Targaryen forces in Stoneway and defeat them before their dragons could be brought to bear.

    However, a mix up in communication between Prince’s Pass in west Dorne and Sunspear in east Dorne led to a lot of confusion and meant that the Dornish forces got split in half in the Red Mountains. As Aegon and his forces moved south through the mountain pass they encountered the first Dornish contingent and made short work of the disorganised army. Moving further south they clashed with the second Dornish force in Yronwood. The second army put up a stronger fight than the first but it too was then overwhelmed.


    The disorganised Dornish forces were no match for Balerion the Black Dread

    With the Dornish military in full rout and totally scattered, Aegon pressed on his advantage by marching his army east, straight for Sunspear. He had been informed that Mariya Martell was in the city and wanted to force her to surrender before she could gain control of her forces once more.

    It took the Targaryen forces several weeks to cross the Dornish desert but when they finally reached Sunspear, the Martells were still inside the city. The siege went very quickly with no hope of relief. When the city fell, Aegon found Mariya inside and forced her to swear fealty. She agreed and Dorne was added to Aegon’s kingdom.

    Further to the north, Aegon had sent his two sister-wives along with 2,500 men to capture the Vale of Arryn. The Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale was ruled by Ronnel Arryn who was just a young boy as the time of Aegon’s invasion. His mother, Sharra Arryn, ruled as Queen Regent at the time in his stead. As the Targaryen forces marched into the Vale, Sharra, fearing for her son and the Arryn dynasty, sent a massive army to the Bloody Gate and locked herself, her son and her most trusted knights in the Eyrie. Seeing this, Visenya simply rode her dragon, Vhagar, past the gates and straight into the courtyard of the Eyrie. Upon hearing this, Sharra Arryn rushed out to the courtyard to find her son seated upon Vhagar. When he saw his mother he told her that Visenya promised him he could ride the dragon and asked his mother if it was ok. When the regent saw this, she acknowledged King Aegon's supremacy and swore fealty to the Targaryens.

    With the east coast of southern Westeros under his control, Aegon decided that the time was right to move against the vast riches and manpower of the west. He gathered all his forces on the Blackwater and decided to make a statement by marching north-west and taking on Harren the Black and his new fortress of Harrenhal. When Harren Hoare heard of Aegon’s attack, instead of submitting he decided to call his banners thinking that the combined might of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands would be able to defeat Aegon. But when he sent ravens to the lords of the Trident he found that many of them had ignored his call and sided with the Targaryens instead. Surrounded and with no chance of victory, Harren snuck out of Harrenhal just before Aegon’s forces began to lay siege to it and retreated to the Iron Islands. There, he raised an army of Ironborn and any Riverland lords that still followed him and marched back to Harrenhal to face Aegon and relieve the garrison.

    Harren’s forces landed at Seagard and sailed down the Blue Fork of the Trident to catch Aegon’s army unawares. However, with 5,000 reinforcements arriving from the Vale and ferocious fighting from Orys Baratheon and his troops from the Stormlands, the Iron King’s troops were overwhelmed and defeated. Following the battle, the garrison in Harrenhal surrendered to Aegon. Harren fled back to the Iron Islands but was unable to regain his former strength. He still refused to bow to Aegon but died a natural death a few months after the battle. His son Harwyn inherited his rule and decided to bow to Aegon’s rule. In return, Aegon decided to appoint Harwyn as lord of the Iron Islands. In the lands of the Trident, Aegon created a new title. The Lord of the Riverlands and granted that title, Riverrun and Harrenhal to Theomar Piper, one of the first of the River lords to swear fealty to Aegon.

    Following Harrenhal’s surrender, Aegon led his army, now numbering 25,000 with reinforcements from the Vale and the Riverlands, west towards the Westerlands and against King Lorren Lannister. Just like Harren, Lorren, feeling that Aegon needed to be stopped, refused to bend the knee to Aegon and instead sent a message to Mern Gardener, the King of the Reach, asking to form an alliance. Mern agreed and between them they managed to raise 60,000 troops between. Regardless, Aegon brought his forces west, straight towards Casterly Rock. However, while marching through Oxcross the Targaryen army ran into an army of 20,000 coming south to join the main Lannister and Gardener forces. Aegon defeated this first Lannister army. Two more times between Oxcross and Goldshire the Targaryen forces, with the help of Aegon’s dragon Balerion, defeated the combined armies of the Westerlands and the Reach. Realising that he could not claim victory and seeing the destruction of his lands and killing of his people through constant battles, Lorren Lannister decided to kneel to Aegon and become his vassal. Aegon allowed Lorren to stay as lord of Casterly Rock and the Westerlands and appointed him Warden of the West.


    Lorren Lannister and Mern XI Gardener surveying their army before a battle in Goldshire

    Aegon then led his army south to finish off Mern and his forces. With the Reach surrounded by Aegon’s kingdom and with Mern as the last free Andal king in Westeros, Mern decided that he could no longer fighter against the Targaryens and their dragons so he agreed to accept Aegon as his king. In return Aegon allowed House Gardener to stay as kings of the Reach and appointed Mern as Warden of the South.

    In Oldtown, the High Septon had been fasting for seven days and seven nights under the dome in the Starry Sept. When he was finished, he announced that the Faith would not oppose the Targaryens because the Crone had shown him that to do so would mean the destruction of Oldtown in dragonflame. When Aegon and his army arrived at Oldtown, the gates were wide open and they were welcomed to the city which submitted totally to him. The High Septon then anointed Aegon and proclaimed him as King of Westeros, cementing his rule in the south.

    Following his coronation in Oldtown, Aegon flew north on Balerion along with his two sisters. The King in the North, Torrhen Stark, realised that he could not fight Aegon and instead bent the knee in submission. Aegon accepted this and made Torrhen lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, completing his conquest of Westeros.


    Torrhen Stark, "The King who knelt", granting his sword to Aegon and accepting him as his liege, completing Aegon's conquest of Westeros


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    Your art man? If so, very nice; if not, still a nice read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Omar Nelson B. View Post
    Your art man? If so, very nice; if not, still a nice read.
    Definitely not mine mate, I struggle even drawing stick men Think they're from HBO

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    What game is this?
    The AAR itself is based on a game of Crusader Kings II using the Game of Thrones mod that I'm currently playing. I'm also throwing in a few screenshots from Mount & Blade Warband, which is what the screenshot in the first post is from


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    Targaryen Kings


    Aegon I Targaryen

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    Following his coronation in Oldtown and Torrhen Stark’s capitulation, Aegon now moved to consolidate his conquests. His primary task lay in deciding on the capital for his new kingdom. While in Oldtown, the High Septon had told Aegon that, in a vision, the Mother had said if Aegon build his seat of power in Oldtown the Seven would bless all the Targaryen rulers who ruled from there. However, the Septon also claimed that Aegon’s dragons could not stay in Oldtown for fear of destroying the city in flame. Aegon also considered keeping his capital at Dragonstone, but the idea of not having his seat on the mainland made him decide against the move. In the end, Aegon returned to the place where he had first landed on the continent of Westeros, the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. The motte and bailey he had built there still stood and Aegon decided to expand on the small wooden keep and founded the city of King’s Landing. He would make this his capital, heavily fortifying it. He built his castle, the Red Keep, at its centre and continued to work on increasing the cities size until his death. Aegon also had the swords of his defeated enemies melted together by the fiery breath of his dragon, Balerion, and made into a throne which he dubbed “The Iron Throne” and placed it in the great hall of his keep


    Aegon's Red Keep in King's Landing

    Early in his rule, Aegon also founded his own order of personal bodyguards and build a new tower in King’s Landing to house them, known as White Sword Tower. These were called the Kingsguard and, in theory, they were to consist of seven of the greatest knights in the realm that would devote their lives to the protection of the king, forsaking all titles and families of their own. They were to wear all white armor with a white cloak to represent their purity and loyalty to nothing else but the King. However, in practice, the Kingsguard would remain as a sham of what it was trying to be for many years after its founding. Many of the greatest knights of Westeros had been killed during the War of Conquest and the remaining knights were land owners or heirs and refused to give up all they had to protect their new king. The embarrassment of the Kingsguard was clear to see when a charming man called Perkin was named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. It soon became clear that the man was a paranoid lunatic with stories of him walking through White Sword Tower wearing nothing but his belt and sword and stealing from the Kingsguard coffers. It later emerged that Perkin had fabricated his knighthood. He was stripped of all his titles in the Kingsguard and banished to the Wall but he drowned himself in the Blackwater Rush before he was forced to take the black.


    Lord Commander Perkin

    Aegon would rule for 33 years following his conquest and while the realm as a whole would stay peaceful, a few small, local conflicts affected many of his vassals. In the Iron Islands, House Hoare suffered a loss of reputation after the Riverlands rebellions and their defeat by Aegon. This resulted in a number of rebellions against their rule in the Iron Islands. Harwyn Hoare was murdered in 8AL. His son, Fralegg, would rule for just two years before the islands would break into an all-out civil war for another two years. Fralegg Hoare managed to win the war and take back control of the Iron Islands. He ruled the islands for six years but after several attempts to murder him he left gave up his lordship and joined the Night’s Watch to save his own life. He left no heirs so it fell to Aegon to appoint a new Lord Paramount to the Iron Islands. He gave the title to the next most powerful family, House Harlaw and their head Emmond Harlaw. He would hold the Iron Islands for the next nine years until Mhaegen Hoare, Fralegg’s aunt, would take advantage of the succession crisis between Emmond’s many children and claim the Iron Islands for House Hoare once more.


    The chaos of the Iron Islands

    Towards the end of his life, many people began to question Aegon's sexuality as rumours began to swirl around of male concubines. Regardless, by the time of his death, Aegon had strongly cemented Targaryen rule in Westeros. After his conquest he never suffered any major rebellions and ruled in peace. His first son and heir, Aenys Targaryen, would die of a series of illnesses at the age of 14, leaving his second son, Maegor Targaryen as his successor.
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    Maegor I “the Fireknight” Targaryen

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    Maegor Targaryen, the First of his Name, was the second King to sit the Iron Throne after succeeding his father, Aegon. Maegor was born second in the line of succession after his older brother Aenys. However, when he was fourteen, Aenys was stuck by a serious of illnesses and died, leaving Maegor as Aegon’s sole remaining son and heir to the Iron Throne. Among the small folk it was commonly said that Aeny’s death, while tragic, was a blessing in disguise from the Stranger. While Aenys was attractive, he was physically weak, a glutton, reckless and showed none of the skills that his younger brother had portrayed. Meanwhile, Maegor, at a younger, had already shown himself to be physically strong and to have great swordsmanship. He was broad of shoulder and tall, even bigger than his father giving him a strong authoritive nature. Maegor had also tamed his own dragon, named Aegon after his father, while Aenys showed more interest in pursuing women at a young age than bonding with dragons. Many felt that, in its infancy, the realm needed a strong ruler like Maegor to hold the kingdom together.

    In his youth, Maegor was made by his father to squire for Lord Commander Monford Crabb of the Kingsguard. Crabb was considered the greatest knight in the realm by many and the first man truly worthy of a position on the Kingsguard. However, a joke soon emerged that the Aegon’s greatest knight was the only one not knighted, referring to Maegor and making a jest of the Kingsguard. Maegor would soon find himself being anointed with the seven oils by the High Septon on his 16th name day in a ceremony in Oldtown. Much of the city as well as the more powerful lords throughout Westeros showed up to see the future king be given the title of “Ser”. Maegor was dubbed “the Fireknight” for being the first Targaryen to ever be knighted.


    Monford Crabb, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, died bedridden and paralysed

    The joke soon became justified. Only a year after the ceremony in Oldtown, Maegor would break four lances against Ser Podrick Westford of the Kingsguard in Goldshire, before unhorsing Westford and going on to win the tournament.


    Maegor "the Fireknight" waiting in the lists before he won the tourney of Griffin's Roost

    Aegon I would die in 33AL, making Maegor the new king. The transition was completely peaceful and he suffered no rebellions. Even the Faith had decided that due to his professed belief in the Seven and his knighting, Maegor was a worthy king despite objecting to his marriage to his sister, Princess Daena, since incest was forbidden by the Faith.

    Maegor didn’t have to deal with any rebellions during his rule. However, in the Riverlands, House Tully, which had been raised to Lord Paramounts of the Riverlands after the turmoil of House Piper, proved to be very ambitious and sought to gain several titles. Particularly under the rule of Edmund I Tully, the family developed a serious taste for new land. Edmure married the Lady Paramount of the Westerlands, Genna Lannister. Within two months of their marriage they had a son, Hendry Tully, heir to both the lordship of the Riverlands and the Westerlands. Following Hendry’s fourteenth name day his mother, Genna Lannister, died after a period of whooping cough. This left Hendry as the new Lord Paramount of Westerlands.



    Edmure and Hendry Tully after the death of Genna Lannister

    With his son secure on the seat of Casterly Rock and the support of the Westerlands guaranteed, Edmure Tully moved once more to expand his family’s power. Through his mother, Alysanne Stark, Edmure had a claim to the seat of Winterfell and lordship of the North. This also made Edmure an older cousin to the infant Lady Paramount of the North, Elyana Stark. Edmure called his banners in the Riverlands and also, as regent to Hendry, raised the levies of the Westerlands and marched north, first conquering the castle of Oldstones and then moving up through the neck.

    Edmure would move swiftly and conquer most of the southern Stark lands. With many of their armies defeated and almost nothing standing between Edmure and Winterfell, Elyana Stark’s regency council chose to surrender the North to Edmure, making him Lord Paramount of the North.


    Edmure conquers the North



    Edmure and Hendry after conquering the North

    Despite his vast and striking victories, Edmure Tully would die in his early forties still during the reign of Maegor I of a natural death. Although, many suspected his death was a result of foul play, as it occurred untimely and very soon after rumours of his desire for the Iron Throne became widespread.



    His death left Hendry Tully as Lord Paramount of the Westerlands, the Riverlands and the North. Despite their expansion in power, House Tully would never dare to move against Maegor Targaryen.

    Maekor I Targaryen would die in 62AL of a natural death having successfully secured the throne his father won. During the finally years of his rule, Maegor continued to expand the Red Keep, successfully rooted out banditry in the Crownlands and competed in several tournaments all the way into his late fifties and early sixties, further adding to his reputation as “the Fireknight”.


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    Well if this isn't an interesting read! Nice game choice, and thanks for writing about it as I don't even have the game to begin with. Its UI looks a little bit like Napoleon Total War, but that's fine. Great writing, and I hope to see more soon!

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    Aenys I Targaryen

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    Aeny Targaryen, First of his Name, was the third King to sit the Iron Throne. Named for his uncle, Aeny was one of only two children born to Maegor I and his wife Daena, and their only son. His only sibling was his sister, Rhaenys, who many suspected to be a bastard because of her brown hair.

    Aeny himself resembled his father, Maegor, in a number of ways. He was tall and authoritive looking. He even kept his hair short and was clean shaven, just like his father. However, he was thin and slender. Unlike Maegor, he was not broad of shoulder and could not be described as muscular.

    Maegor wished his son to have the same childhood as he had and so, in his youth, Maegor took on Aenys as his own personal squire. It was also believed that Maegor had taken the paralysis and death of Lord Commander Monford Crabb, who he had squired for, very hard and wished to protect his son from the heartbreak of losing two father-like figures.
    It became clear at a young age, however, that Aenys would never become a formidable fighter. While he was by no means weak, he struggled to keep up with other squires his age and it was evident that he preferred learning in the maester quarters rather than the practice yard. Aenys tutoring was also somewhat limited as his father had to focus on ruler the realm. Although rumours were circulated that Maegor lost interest in his son when he failed to show skill at arms.

    As he grew older, Aenys real ability became more and more obvious. As he began to reach adulthood, Aenys received great praise for his uncanny ability with numbers. Whereas Aeny his martial ability had been poor in comparison to his father, his stewardship and financial acumen far outshone Maegor’s so much that on his eighteenth name day, Maegor not only named his son Prince of Dragonstone but also Master of Coin for the Iron Throne. Many of the smallfolk joked that Aenys had amassed such a great treasury on the island fortress that he planned to turn the stone dragon sculptures there to gold. Despite this, Aenys began to develop more and more erratic with age, with those around him reports random outbursts of insanity.

    Aenys showed a great determination to improve himself as he grew older and took his duty as crown prince seriously. When Aenys was 32, his father died making him King. The transition and coronation itself would remain peaceful but his reign would see the biggest conflict in the Westeros since the War of Conquest.

    Rumours of Aenys madness had spread all across the seven kingdoms. In the North of Westeros, Hendry Tully had consolidated his strength following the death of Maekar Targaryen and just two years into Aeny rule, he would march south with the help of allies in what would be known as the Roaring Trout Rebellion. Underestimating Aenys, Hendry would march straight for King’s Landing ahead of all the armies of the North under his command. Aenys would lead a host of soldiers from the south of Westeros and, with the help of his second cousin and best friend Aelix Targaryen, would defeat Hendry at the Battle of Hayford and put an end to the rebellion in one fell swoop.



    After the battle, Hendry Tully was captured and brought before the king in Hayford Castle. He was stripped of all titles and banished to the wall, where he would eventually become Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. With the realm at peace again, Aenys tried to ensure it lasted. He divided Hendry’s titles up back to how they had been after Aegon’s conquest. In the North, he bestowed lordship and title of Warden of the North to Jon Stark, the son of Elyana Stark. In the Westerlands, he returned House Lannister to Lord Paramounts, giving the title to a distant cousin of Hendry, Tybolt Lannister. The Riverlands needed more consideration. Aenys wished to keep the title in the hands of House Tully as they had given stability and strength to the region. However, all remaining members of House Tully had been active members in the rebellion against the throne. In the end, Aenys granted the title to Hendry’s unborn child, eventually called Addam Tully, under the regency of some of his trusted courtiers.

    Despite his handling of the rebellion, the remainder of Aenys’ rule would be a bitter sweet one for the Iron Throne. His amazing ability with currency meant the realm prospered. Aenys used this wealth to host festivals and tournaments on regular occasions. Because of this he was loved by the small folk and many lesser lords.

    However, Aenys was still subject to lunacy and suddenly, long lasting outbreaks. He was known for replacing his small council members on an almost annual basis. Aenys would die at the young age of 55, leaving seven children. Towards the end of his life, Aenys episodes of insanity became worse and more frequent, such as claiming the Stranger had come to end his life on a number of occasions. This left Aenys in comas and unable to perform his duties as king. Because of this, much of the management of the kingdom was left to his Hand of the King, Aelix Targaryen.

    Despite his mental problems, Aenys followed his predecessors in securing his families place as rulers.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Swaeft View Post
    Well if this isn't an interesting read! Nice game choice, and thanks for writing about it as I don't even have the game to begin with. Its UI looks a little bit like Napoleon Total War, but that's fine. Great writing, and I hope to see more soon!
    Thank mate! Never noticed before, but yeah it actually does look a good bit like Napoleon.

    Unfortunately, with each new update, the screenshots will become less and less. Also, I've only a few more updates to give. The mod itself has been updated a lot since I started this game with a lot of features and fixes that I was hoping for. The save games aren't compatible though so I stopped playing. Might do another AAR with the same mod after this, depends if my college will relax on all the damn work they are giving us


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    Ouch. But these things happen. Tell me about Skyrim crashing to my desktop every 10 minutes. I actually press the quicksave button every 20 seconds. Painful.

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