After dealing a devasating blow to the Holy Roman Emperor, the Hochmeister redraws territories from his 'imperial' realm. This wasn't seen very favorably by many of the powers in the HRE, but in the end, who cares about them?
Message arrives from the Pope.
"Dearest Hochmeister, I am pleased you dealt with the firebreathing Latvians, we have decided that you are worthy of the title: Defender of the Faith". Konrad smirks, it is a prestigious, but there will usually a string attached to it. Konrad replies "I will accept this honour". The legate replies "Good, and as your first duty, we have declared a crusade against the Mamluks", Konrad nods, "We want you to reestablish the Kingdom of Jerusalem." Konrad was surprised at this request, "You know that that is on the otherside of the world, right?". "Indeed! The Pope expects nothing less!" the legate states. The Hochmeister rubs his chin, "Alright, prepare the ships! We are going to war!"
Konrad leading an almighty force of 10k troops, traveled the breast of Europe to arrive at the Middle Eastern lands. "Alright we need a strategy.. Mamluks would not be expecting an attack from us. We shall have navy cut off their forces at Diamante. We shall move the other forces down from the North and quickly take the Holy Land, then reunite with the advance guard to assault Egypt." The plan was a success! The Mamluk heatherns main forces were trapped, allowing the Hochmeister to control the Holy Land. What was surprising that the neighbours of the Mamluks sensed their weakness and decided to decend upon them with their unholy wrath. The Timurids, Hedjaz, Ethopia, Tripoli and Morocco threw their forces into the fray, obliterating the amassing Mamluk forces. After a bloody war, the Popes will was done. The Kingdom of Jerusalem has been reestablished and the Pope relieved the Hochmeister of his duty, stating that his soul has been saved.
It also appeared that not only the Pope was grateful.
After some time, the Pommerian people decided that the Teutonic Order should simply govern on behalf of their incompentant leaders. Their wisdom now means that all of their base are belong to us.
The Hansa have been a pain in the military funding of the Teutonic Order for some time, the Order decided to make 'Danzig' the new capital, and establish a center of trade there as well. This greatly increased the monetary income of the Order, and it was about to increase more. The Hansa played with fire and got burnt, now they are excommunicated. This is an opportunity the Order couldn't back away from, Destroy the Lubeck/Hansa trade league!
After a shortlived battle, since the Hansa has been reduced to an OPM by the other powers in the area, the Order swept in and conquered them, annexing them for the greater good. With this, the trade league splittered into small pieces, allowing the Order to destroy Lubeck CoT once and for all, making Danzig a major trade hub in the Baltics and for the German people.
Bohemia decided it is time for a rematch, bringing in the elector, Brandenburg as an ally. A long and glorious war was fought, but the superior numbers and firepower of the Teutonic Order lead to Bohemia retreating with its tail between its legs, and Brandenburg becomming a vassal of the Order. Brandenburg was later integrated into the Teutonic Order and been made the Nation Focus for any future leaders.
[Unfortunately, didn't get a screenshot of this ><]
The Death of the Hochmeister left the Order in a strong position as a Major European power. It is time for Heinrich to take the reins and lead the Order to further Greatness.
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