Thanks for the welcome and the info!

I've been playing more and I am right near the end. Only the pope (he came back again) and the Sicilians are left on malta. I can move in for the kill at anytime I feel like but I married two of Sicilian princesses and I want to try to inherit his island by accelerating their demise

As expected the pope returned and I emptied the province of all men and buildings to let him sit surrounded by superior forces until the end of the game.

I accidentally left two spies and an assassin followed an emissary in and the province rebelled with about 1500 peasants with a 4 star general who pushed the pope into the fort he just built. The irony in it was so fantast yet I felt kind of sorry for him. On the other hand, it serves him righ for disrespecting my authority! Bwahaha!

He has two years to get himself out of the situation. I will probably end up hiring the peasants after its all said and done.

I am hoping against my intuition that their will be an ending video. I miss the videos from Shogun even though I eventually would just skip through them.

Thanks again for the tips and welcome.