Okay, so a quick back story:
Current game is as Kaiser Christoph von Hohenzonnier. Earliest start (743?). I deciced to do some early game save editing because I wanted the Founder of the Dynasty to be a man of legend. Starting as a Germanic Pagan in Sorbia, I rapidly expanded to the east and south. Within about 15 years I'd founded the Kingdoms of Pomerania, Poland, and Lithuania. I got pulled into a war with Saxony against Neustria and Austrasia. Luckily I had also married the daughter of the Bavarian King and had him as an ally as well. I swept through the Karling holdings. Austrasia collapsed nearly entirely and I'd established the Kingdom of Frisia from the counties I'd taken from Neustria.
By the end of 770, I'd also managed to found the Kingdom of Ruthenia and ally myself with the Dukes of Svithod (Svíþjóð) and Sjaelland. Then again Neustria, Lombardy, the remains of Austrasia, and now Bavaria, invaded me and my Germanic allies. The Kingdoms of Saxony and Bavaria managed to hold the western front while I pushed east further and secured the Crimea from the Byzantines. My son, now serving as Duke of the Crimea, had married an Avarian princess, bringing Avaria into the war. Bavaria took Verona, I took Dalmatia from the Byzantines. Saxony took the rest of Austrasia and some other territories. All in all things were shaping up well with my Legendary King.
Then something weird happened. My wife died while pregnant. But then a month later gave birth (never experienced that before or since). That final child was a daughter, whom I'd raised as a shield maiden. She seduced me. And had a son. Now this son had managed to take nearly all the same traits as I had, with the exception of him being inbred. Fuck. So I sent him to the front. By the time the war was finally over with Neustria, I'd basically conquered the entire Holy Roman Empire and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth north of the Alps (notably excluding my Saxon and Bavarian allies). I'd married off my inbred son to a duke in Gascony just to get him out of my realm.
I'm working on upgrading my realms in the East when suddenly I'm declared war on by the King of Aquitaine. It's about 790 now and I hadn't been paying much attention to France or Iberia. Turns out my inbred son was also a Genius, and was a 4 star martial leader. He'd somehow called me into a war for him to control the Kingdom of Burgundy. Fuck yeah! Jumped on that shit, crushed Aquitaine (Neustria wanted in too and gobbled Toulouse). Established the Kingdom of Burgundy in the peace. Then my eldest son killed my inbred child king of burgundy and things got hectic. I eventually ended with the crowns of Burgundy, Austrasia, Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, Ruthenia, Crimea, Bohemia, and Lombardy. Figured that since I was still Germanic, I'd take Bavaria. Took until 820 but I had Bavaria. Then I flipped the script and went Catholic. SURPRISE PAGAN FUCKERS! turned my entire army onto Saxony and took that title for myself as well. Then I established the Empire of Germania. And a year later was prompted to accept the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Its now approacing 850 and Christoph has outlived all of his children... and several of his grandchildren.
Current game is as Kaiser Christoph von Hohenzonnier. Earliest start (743?). I deciced to do some early game save editing because I wanted the Founder of the Dynasty to be a man of legend. Starting as a Germanic Pagan in Sorbia, I rapidly expanded to the east and south. Within about 15 years I'd founded the Kingdoms of Pomerania, Poland, and Lithuania. I got pulled into a war with Saxony against Neustria and Austrasia. Luckily I had also married the daughter of the Bavarian King and had him as an ally as well. I swept through the Karling holdings. Austrasia collapsed nearly entirely and I'd established the Kingdom of Frisia from the counties I'd taken from Neustria.
By the end of 770, I'd also managed to found the Kingdom of Ruthenia and ally myself with the Dukes of Svithod (Svíþjóð) and Sjaelland. Then again Neustria, Lombardy, the remains of Austrasia, and now Bavaria, invaded me and my Germanic allies. The Kingdoms of Saxony and Bavaria managed to hold the western front while I pushed east further and secured the Crimea from the Byzantines. My son, now serving as Duke of the Crimea, had married an Avarian princess, bringing Avaria into the war. Bavaria took Verona, I took Dalmatia from the Byzantines. Saxony took the rest of Austrasia and some other territories. All in all things were shaping up well with my Legendary King.
Then something weird happened. My wife died while pregnant. But then a month later gave birth (never experienced that before or since). That final child was a daughter, whom I'd raised as a shield maiden. She seduced me. And had a son. Now this son had managed to take nearly all the same traits as I had, with the exception of him being inbred. Fuck. So I sent him to the front. By the time the war was finally over with Neustria, I'd basically conquered the entire Holy Roman Empire and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth north of the Alps (notably excluding my Saxon and Bavarian allies). I'd married off my inbred son to a duke in Gascony just to get him out of my realm.
I'm working on upgrading my realms in the East when suddenly I'm declared war on by the King of Aquitaine. It's about 790 now and I hadn't been paying much attention to France or Iberia. Turns out my inbred son was also a Genius, and was a 4 star martial leader. He'd somehow called me into a war for him to control the Kingdom of Burgundy. Fuck yeah! Jumped on that shit, crushed Aquitaine (Neustria wanted in too and gobbled Toulouse). Established the Kingdom of Burgundy in the peace. Then my eldest son killed my inbred child king of burgundy and things got hectic. I eventually ended with the crowns of Burgundy, Austrasia, Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, Ruthenia, Crimea, Bohemia, and Lombardy. Figured that since I was still Germanic, I'd take Bavaria. Took until 820 but I had Bavaria. Then I flipped the script and went Catholic. SURPRISE PAGAN FUCKERS! turned my entire army onto Saxony and took that title for myself as well. Then I established the Empire of Germania. And a year later was prompted to accept the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Its now approacing 850 and Christoph has outlived all of his children... and several of his grandchildren.