I'm not very willing to take over Novgorod, I will have a very busy semester if not a whole year and I want to limit hotseats not to join any or take such a huge faction, I would prefer if there were someone else to take over Novgorod.
I can possibly take Novgorod, if I can get a cleared save to evaluate the situation. Also, I can't guaranty the time rule since each turn may require lots of actions; again, i need to evaluate this first.