Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Rowan]

Taking the save.

[Rowan]

Cleared siege of Aleppo. Save is here.

[Smowz]

taking the save.

[Smowz]

Report for 1147:

At last news of the despicable Moors, one of our esteemed diplomats was in talks with the far off nation of Portugal in Iberia when news came of the death of their Monarch at the hands of these fiends. It would seem the 'reconquista' is struggling to build momentum out there. Furthermore, the Moors have captured Lisboa and we do not yet know the status of the Christians living there. I am now doubly resolved towards meeting this foe on the battlefield and have boarded a ship near Athens with the express desire to do so.

The latest emergency session of the senate ended in confusion, fellow senators do not be alarmed. Our heroic Caeser continues to march towards the final forces of the Fatamid Caliphate, he has my full backing on defeating this foe once and for all.

Meanwhile the Order continue to prepare for the assault in Damascus, I pass on my best wishes towards the grandmaster and his brethren on this task. Speaking of the Seljuks, we have been able to find the source of their fading power in far off Baghdad. It is here where their current weak leader young Sultan Salem resides with a large but poorly equipped army. The Seljuks continue to hassle our outlying settlements, a medium size force now approach Yeveren.


Priorities:

Pavlos Chrysovergos has 4 out of the 10 PUs available. Work is now finished on the Priortised Leather Tanner in Tblisi.

The work on the City Walls continues as the late Basilues Aleksios Komnenus priortised.

His son, the recently crowned Basilues Ioannis Komnenus has all of his 2 of 2 PUs available.

Armatos ek Naksou has 0 of his 10 PUs available, following the recruiting of 3 more Byzantine Cavalry in Tortosa. Work had begun on the Priortised Ikoners Studio in Antioch, a shining beacon of Orthodox Christianity.

Ioannis Kalematros has all 8 of his 8 PUs available.

Senator and family announcements:

Andrinikos Komnenos moved east in Anatolia, has joined the main Tblisi-Dyardikar road and should make Tbilisi soon. Yet another candidate has offered himself up for adoption, after I rejected the last one.

Domestikos Zigavinos Vasilakios has taken a small armed force and moved up towards the assumed rebel raiding bases on the shores of the Black sea.

Comes Vissarionas ek Lesvou continues his journey toward the final Fatamid settlements Mecca and Medina as he travels through the arid lands of the Sinai.

Building:

The public gets what the public wants in Scopia, a formal Brothel has been set-up. It is said that underworld agents such as spies populate such places and we could do with more eyes and ears on our western borders.

Meanwhile, in Trebizond the fortifications have been upgraded a wooden wall is being built.

I am delighted to report that the Castle at Corinth can soon be upgraded to a mammoth Fortress. It was one of my ambitions this term to create strongholds in the west, this will prove a nice step in that direction. A smaller castle in Belgrade has finished work on a leather Tanner, a similar building has been completed in our eastern stronghold at Tblisi.

The west continues to improve its settlements with an administrative building in Thessolonica, a new wooden wall in Durazzo and a financial institution in the Basilues' very own Nicaea.

Word of our faith contunes to expand its appeal with larger churches in Bucherest and Dongola.


Misc:

A second Keivun Rus princess has come of age, I am sending a diplomat to discuss on here availability. I myself have no ambitions above my station to marry into royalty, however we do have some unmarried royal family members to potentially ask for hands in marriage.

The council of nobles have asked us to blockade Mecca.

There is a small rebel force to the north of Bucharest, there is another in between Sinop and Trebizond, a second has sprouted up here. I have asked my lord Zigavinos to intercede he has left Markinopol to race up and deal with this scum.

The save is here:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1149.rar

I will be taking the save back on Friday 10th October at 1800 GMT

humbly,

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

[Ituralde]

Taking Save.

[Ituralde]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1149-1.zip

Moved Adronikos Komnenos just East of Tblisi and equipped him with an army capable of capturing Baku.
Moved some reinforcements from Tblisi to Yerevan to deal with the Turks approaching.
Could the Megas move the priest around Yerevan further to the East within the province so that enemy movement is spotted earlier?

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

http://rapidshare.com/files/152271594/LOTR-1149-2.zip

Moved Ioannis and army towards Dardanellia, and reduced tax rate in Nicaea.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Moved Stavros and his army on land near Acre.

Took the ships and moved myself to west.

New Save: http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1149-3.rar

[Rowan]

Taking save.

[Rowan]

Moved Bart to Tortosa.
LOTR-1149-4

[TinCow]

Taking the save for housekeeping.

[TinCow]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1149-5.zip

Three RBGs queued for Dafuge in Thessalonica. The one he chooses will be teleported to his desired starting location.
Alexandria title removed from Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng) and given to Nikolaos Aristenos (YLC).
Stavros ek Amarinthou (Dafuge) killed off. Torotosa title CANNOT be transferred to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) because his retinue is full.
Philippos Eirinikos (Ichigo), Tarasios Sarantinos (Byblos), and Anastasios Neokaisareitis (The Lemongate) killed off.
Privy Seal ancillary given to Andronikos Komnenos (woad&fangs).
Lord High Chancellor ancillary removed from Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus) and given to Apionnas Vringas (AussieGiant).
Lord High Steward ancillary given to Pavlos Chrysovergos (Ituralde).

NOTE: I have tested Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus) and I believe that his Authority stat is indeed bugged. When I manually removed all of his + to Authority traits, his Authority stat suddenly jumped to 10. I cannot find any reason for this in the game files, and the only thing I can think of is that it is a leftover bug from the stripped out BBB Civil War system. From now on, unless someone can prove that the Authority stat being displayed for Ioannis Komnenos is correct and not bugged, his Authority will be calculated by adding up the + and - listed in his traits and retinue. Accordingly, Ioannis Komnenos' Authority is currently 5, and CA E3.2 passed.

[Cecil XIX]

Taking save.

[Cecil XIX]

The save.

Had all available soldiers in the Acre Region begin moving north, Armatos fired his tax farmer and gained the "Duke of Tortosa" ancillary.

Also, I noticed Makedonios still has the privy seal, so there are two now. I didn't check the other two, but it seems they aren't unique.

[_Tristan_]

Taking save

[TinCow]

Also, I noticed Makedonios still has the privy seal, so there are two now. I didn't check the other two, but it seems they aren't unique.

Apologies for missing this. Could the next person to take the save please fix this? The proper console command is (case sensitive):

remove_ancillary "Makedonios Ksanthopoulos" privyseal

If there are two Lord High Stewards out there as well, the one that is not on Pavlos Chrysovergos needs to be removed. The proper command for that is (case sensitive):

remove_ancillary "NAME" steward

[_Tristan_]

New save :

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1149-7.rar

Used the Red Sea fleet with Megas' permission and attacked the Fatimid fleet and reduced it. Our fleet then proceeded to blockade Medina's port.

Attacked the family member-led stack outside Medina and managed to defeat it. Ransomed the family member and some of his men from 3200 florins approx. He retreated in the vicinity of Medina.

Medina is now under siege.

EDIT : didn't see your post TC until after I saved and uploaded the game so the retinues are still there...

[Smowz]

taking the save - I will try your console command TC.

[Smowz]

Report for 1149:

I come with a report of a Natural disaster in one of our new provinces in the lands to the south. Here the ground shook severely in what my advisers are calling an Earthquake - some citizens were killed as was a high ranking missionary work. Let us pray for them.

I bring good news and congratulations once again to the Caeser Methodios Tagaris, whose brave acts have rewarded the whole empire extracting a ransom demand. This ransom has helped pay for some mighty walls in the Basileus' city of Nicaea. The Caeser has the so called holy city of Medina under siege and despite facing huge forces I am certain will bring back more glory for the Roman Empire.

The Seljuks are proving a nuisance pestering our villages in the outlying settlements of Tblisi and Yeveren a large force under a useful general have based themselves here. Meanwhile a second now slightly larger force have Aleppo under siege. I only hope the Order can sally a force to control this region soon.

Sadly I have misjudged the logistical operation of hunting for the Moors, after some months at sea I realised I needed further ships to supply us for the voyage and have return to Athens while I continue to prepare personally for the assault on the Moors.


Priorities:

Pavlos Chrysovergos has 4 out of the 10 PUs available. Work is now finished on the Priortised Leather Tanner in Tblisi.

The work on the City Hall has now finished and will serve as a fine memory to the late Basilues Aleksios Komnenus who priortised this.

His son, the recently crowned Basilues Ioannis Komnenus has all of his 2 of 2 PUs available. As Basilues it is my understanding that he is allowed a Priortised building or two. His announcement in the Senate for the priortising of a Stone Wall has been accepted of course and is now being built in Nicaea.

Armatos ek Naksou has 0 of his 10 PUs available, following the recruiting of 3 more Byzantine Cavalry in Tortosa. Work had begun on the Priortised Ikoners Studio in Antioch, a shining beacon of Orthodox Christianity.

Ioannis Kalematros has all 8 of his 8 PUs available.

Senator and family announcements:

Andrinikos Komnenos has yet another candidate has offered himself up for adoption, after I rejected the last one.

Meanwhile his younger brother Isakkos Komnenos has sired a fourth child. This one is a girl named Efsevia, a beautiful name.

Domestikos Zigavinos Vasilakios has taken a small armed force and attacked one of the two rebels camped on the shores of the black sea between Sinop and Trebizond. This was summerly defeated and now he will move to destroy the second of the two.

Comes Vissarionas ek Lesvou continues his journey toward the final Fatamid settlements Mecca and Medina he now is about to entire the enemy territory.

Building:

I can only but admire the achievements of our beloved Caeser, in recognition of his fine work I have commisioned the improvements to transport links to Cairo. The roads in this area will be now paved.

As work continues on castles in the west with Belgrade now building some stables and the completion of a Practice Range in Corinth, the East has not been neglected the stronghold of Tblisi is working on a Blacksmith as the troublesome Turkish forces approach.

I have continued to expand the administrative facilities of some of the empires riches settlements. These provide the lifeblood of our treasury and must continue to function so that we may fund our armies. Thessolonica and Iconium are now building Council chambers and a Town Hall respectively. Whilst these style of buildings have been completed in Athens and Alexandria (Council Chambers) and also a fine City Hall in Consinantinopel itself.

Another Brothel has been authorized in the Anatolian port of Smyrna.

The troubled town of Aleppo can now guard itself better as it will soon be recognized as a large town. This as the farming improvements in Adana and the Orthodox Chapel is completed in Acre.

I am hoping to take advantage of the soon to fall Fatamid Caliphate by siezing the trading oppurtunities near Dongola. I think that the richer citizens of the empire will pay a fine price for Ivory, I am less keen on the slave trade oppurtunities however. A grain exchange has been completed in Arta. This will help stimulate markets for this type of industry.



Misc:

The council of nobles have asked us to blockade Mecca.

There is a small rebel force to the north of Bucharest, there is another in between Sinop and Trebizond. My lord Zigavinos will soon eliminate the scum near Trebizond.

The save is here:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1150.rar

I will be taking the save back on Sunday 12th October at 1800 GMT

humbly,

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

PS. I do not know how to do the console thingy, i admit it should be easy enough to do - I just simply do not know how and did not have enough time to read through the stuff to work out how to do it. my apolegies I hope someone else can do it.

[Cecil XIX]

Taking the save.

[Cecil XIX]

Save returned.

Continued moving forces up north, moved Armatos eastward towards Aleppo, moved men from Tortosa to Antioch to keep the city form rioting. Moved Aleppo ancillary from Armatos to Theophylaktos. Removed Privy Seal from Makedonios.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save.

Never mind. I can't upload it to mizus. because of some error. Continue with the Cecil's save.

[AussieGiant]

Taking the save

[AussieGiant]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1150-2.zip

Moved Apionnas towards Sofia.

Moved the Basileus to Dardanellia as requsted by Ignoramous.

[Ramses II CP]

Taking the save to move V.

[Ramses II CP]

Here is the save:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kk01zv...OTR-1150-3.zip

A curious event; in order to move V a bit faster I split him from his infantry which resulted in him merging with a company of Styks that were obviously meant to reinforce Methodios. It is not my intent to sieze those men so I hope I can give my permission here for Methodios or the Megas to move that company out of V's stack as they like.

The company in specific is the one with double bronze chevrons as opposed to the one with the armor upgrade (It'll be extremely obvious because one of them is out of movement and one is not).

[TinCow]

Taking the save.

[TinCow]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1150-4.zip

Efthymios ek Herakliou (Dafuge) teleported to Alexandria.
Other two spawned RBGS killed off.