Megas Logothetes' Report for 1095

1093 was a year of recruitment, building and integration.


Domestic Affairs:

The three priests in Anatolia have boarded ship to be moved to Antioch. Two priests are active in the Balkans and will be joined by a third. Six churches have been completed this year, so further missionaries will be available for Anatolia.

The remaining three flotillas of Dromons have docked at the port of the capital for repairs.

Zagreb has finished building roads. I urge that roads be finished as soon as possible around Belgrade so our western frontier is connected to the rest of the Empire.

Construction continues in all settlements. I have also recruited heavily to bring garrisons up to muster and in as many places as possible to relieve bodyguards from directly guarding the walls. Two regiments of militia from Constantinople have been dispatched to Bucharest for garrison duty and replacements recruited. The same has been done in Nicaea to garrison Sinop.

Comes Savvas ek Militou is now officially Despot of Arta.


Foreign Affairs:

A diplomat from the Order of the Knights Templar approached us at Belgrade. In exchange for 1000 florins we have granted them an exchange of maps and trade rights.

Princess Anna nears the capital after her productive trip north.


Military Affairs:

Imperial Army:

I am garrisoning Bucharest until the militia contingent from Constantinople arrives.


Order of St. John:

The Order remains in Antioch. A force of Templars lingers on the border to the south.


The Asteri:

No action.


The Komnenodoukai:

Senator Pavlos Chrysovergos has taken Sinop. The Turks have retreated east after we claimed it.

Senator Ioannis Kantakouzinos continues to monitor the Polish siege of Iasi.


The Tagamata:

No action.


The Tepaki:

No action.


Unaligned:

Senator Methodios Tagaris moved west to build a watchtower, he has returned to Zagreb. The Hungarian army remains in the vicinity.

Comes Markianos Ampelas has turned around and is retracing his steps, heading toward Thessalonica.


Here's the save for 1095 (SS turns are 1.5 years): http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/LOTR-1095-0.zip

Feel free to download the save to familiarize yourself with the state of the Empire heading into the Senate Session, but do not do anything with it until the Session is over and a new Megas Logothetes declares the save open.