Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Ignoramus]

Report for 1124:

The Germans have stormed Jerusalem. The Holy City is now in Christian hands. Unfortunately, it appears that the city's inhabitants are already rebelling against their new masters. Also worrying, is the presence of the large French army in Anatolia with no clear objective.

My brother, Isaakios came of age, and is with his father near Constantinople. My other brother Andronikos, also had another noble ask for his patronage. I refused.

The Seljuk Jihad decided to overcome their fears and turned again towards Constantinople. They are still at a reasonable distance from the city.

[Ignoramus]

http://rapidshare.com/files/137026876/LOTR-1125.zip

[TinCow]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1125-1c.zip

Changes:

Added 3950 to treasury for Crusade upkeep.
Removed Pagan Magician from Ioannis Komnenos.
Gave Duke of Scopia ancillary to Methodios Tagaris.
Removed Duke of Belgrade ancillary from Anastasios Neokaisareitis and gave it to Nevoulos ek Philadelphias. (The Lemongate is now considered inactive.)
Removed Duke of Yerevan ancillary from Pavlos Chrysovergos and gave it to Ioannis Kantakouzinos.

*Updated in 1a version*
Changed Methodios' queued siege engines from towers to rams at his request.

*Updated in 1b version*
Koulianos Vourzos was somehow still alive, when he should have been killed off long ago due to withdrawal from the game.
Thessalonica ancillary added to Ioannis Kalameteros.
Isaakios Komnenos moved inside of Constantinople. New avatars benefit from 'education' if they spend their time inside the Capital. He spawned outside the capital due to a full garrison. Room was made by killing off Koulianos Vourzos.

*Updated in 1c version*
University traits added.

Ioannis Kalameteros (Deguerra): Trait AcademyTrained
Level Academy_Trained
Effect Command 1

Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus): Trait Pragmatic
Level Mostly_Rational
Effect Authority 1

Iakovos ek Kallipoleos (YourLordandConqueror): Castle Education (Castle_Edu)
Level 1 – Squire
Effect MovementPoints 10

Nathanail ek Korinthou (BananaBob):

Level Slave_to_Superstition
Effect Piety -2
Effect Authority -1
Effect TroopMorale -2

reduced to

Level Superstitious
Effect Piety -1
Effect TroopMorale -1

Note that the "Squire" trait has a bug in it. On mouseover, it displays Increased Piety instead of Increased Movement. This is an error in the text description only. The trait gives the proper bonus of 10 movement points. The text description will be fixed whenever I release another version of LotRmod.

Please inform me if anyone else wants a retinue removed before the Influence votes are counted. Also inform me if there are currently errors in who possesses which settlement title.

[Privateerkev]

1125:

Emperor, Caesar, and Senators,

The election is finally over. The tally is complete and I am, as of now, starting my term as Megas. A few things first to get out of the way.

We are very near a financial crisis. The Crusade will be over soon. When that happens, it will no longer become self-funding. Add in the fact that there will have to be multiple private armies created overnight, and we will simply run out of money. I am therefore asking for your help.

1.) If you have extra units under your control in an army/garrison/fort, please disband them.

2.) We have far too many mercenaries. By my count, there are 14 mercenary units. These are a drag on our finances. 11 are in House Komnenodoukai alone. I ask that these be disbanded immediately. I will recruit cheaper replacements for the private armies.

3.) We need to raise taxes. I can not finance buildings with no money. I ask that everyone set their taxes as high as possible or allow me to do so.

4.) Since we have little money, I will make very clear that expensive items will not be financed. And, with no money, we have little need for new military buildings. Please do not put military buildings at the front of your build queues.

With the disbanding of extra units, and the raising of taxes, we can get at least 5000 more florins out of our economy next year. With that money, we can build the infrastructure we sorely lack. Together we can move the Empire in a new direction.

Now on to some finer points of bureaucracy.

For now, the entire navy is under control of the Office of the Megas.

The same goes for all agents of the Empire.

The Armenian Cavalry that is currently with the Caesar, has been seized by the Office of the Megas. That unit is not to be moved.

The spear militia that is currently with Michail Arianitis, has been seized by the Office of the Megas. That unit is not to be moved.

The units currently with Aleksios ek Ikoniou are now part of his private army. Those units are now his and can only be moved by him or someone he designates.

God speed and Good Luck,
Megas Makedonios Ksanthopoulos

The save is now open!