Hi Guys, long time listener, first time caller.

Playing my first M2TW campaign with England on M/M. I never really paid too much attention to agents in previous TW games but as the new game seems to rely on them heavily, this is something I'm gonna have to change but I have some questions...

At the moment I'm fighting Milan but I can't remember the last time they assaulted one of my castles without the gates already being wide open. Filthy spies waging there dirty underhand war! But how do I stop it??

Also no matter how tall and impressive my Churches get I don't seem to be able to employ anything better than a standard priest yet other factions have Cardinals etc, do I have to level them up somehow?

Merchants seem to have no purpose, none of them seem to be able to cover their own upkeep never mind actually make me a profit, regardless of where I stick them. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.