MTW2 Multiplayer Campaign Diplomacy thread.

[Csargo]

I will gladly accept your offer King Roger.

[FactionHeir]

King Roger wishes to express his gratitude and will be sending his daughter Matilda to initiate contact with Emperor Heinrich at Bologna the next year.

[Ramses II CP]

Poland is pleased to offer an exchange of trade rights and maps with Germany and is open to further discussions if required.

[sirnoob]

King Malcolm of Scotland wishes to offer an alliance with the holy Roman emperor.

[Ferret]

The Grand Duke of Novgorod wishes to form an alliance with the mighty King of Denmark

[_Tristan_]

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OOC : I had not taken a good look at the save before posting...

[_Tristan_]

To Malcolm, King of Scotland :
We gladly accept your offer of alliance, hoping to get rid of the english scum...

To Emperor Heinrich, Last of the Romans :
We hope you will find profitable to accept the offer of alliance of King Malcolm of Scotland. Know that we add our offer of alliance against the Anglo-Dane axis of evil...
A marriage might even be arranged with our reknown and beautiful daughter Constance...

To King Wladyslaw of Poland :
We thank you for giving birth to the great hope of a Catholic League. France will join gratefully the League if the Anglo-Danes appetites for destruction can be sated in blood...

To the King of Spain :
We would like to extend our hand and hope we can agree on a status quo or maybe an alliance, as we have enough on our plate at the moment and Spain being free from northern threats can then turn its might to defeating the Moorish infidels...

Lastly, to William, King of England :Hell will freeze over before we give you any apology for any insult your heir might have suffered...
Know that your son Robert is at our mercy, being besieged in the forts that should have helped him delay our forces in retaking Angers... Moreover, your son is now isolated in enemy territory as our forces have taken Caen from English hands, thus making Normandy once again a vassal of France...
Surrender Angers to our forces and we will allow your heir safe passage to England... Otherwise, the Gates of Hell will open and its minions will greet their new plaything...
Ask the counsel of your son Robert as is now "wary of the French"...

[Csargo]

I graciously accept your offer, though we see no reason at the moment to wage war on the English people.

[Ignoramus]

As much as we despise your terms, Philippe, we shall agree. But this is not a truce. In return, none of us shall enter each other's lands for 2 turns. I trust you agree.

William, by the grace of God, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Maine.

[_Tristan_]

OOC : Two turns might not be enough to get your heir out of the country, let's make it two turns once he has embarked to England...

I promise you on my honor, may God be my witness, that no harm shall befall your son and his men until he's reached Albion once again...
However shall he ever set foot again on French soil, no plea will ever save him, our mercy is not limitless...

Do you wish us to have a ceasefire or would you rather remain in a state of war ?

[_Tristan_]

I graciously accept your offer, though we see no reason at the moment to wage war on the English people.

We're glad of your agreement, we had no wish to lead you to war with the English unless you wanted to expand northwards...

[_Tristan_]

Hail to you, Lords of Christianity,
From the northern frozen wastes to sun-drenched southern lands, from the western Isls to the eastern steppes,

We call on you to be witnesses to the agreement between William, King of England, and Philippe, King of France,

The agreement stands as this :

William, King of England, will call back to England all troops on French soil and promise not to return until four years (OOC : 2 turns) after they have reached the sands of Albion. The Castle of Angers will be returned to the French crown.
We, Philippe, guarantee the safe passage of said troops to England and promise not to bear arms for said four years against England.

May the Lords of Christianity and His Holiness be witness of that agreement.

Should any party fail they should incur the wrath of all Christianity...

[_Tristan_]

Messengers go out to the kings halls:

My Lords, the Kingdom of Denmark's new advisor, pevergreen, announces that aid will come to their allies, England. Any attack against England will be an attack against Denmark.

Hail, King Knud,

You might want to reconsider your position as England was the agressor in this war and is now on the losing side...

Wishing good advice from our Lord,

King Philippe

[_Tristan_]

King William of England,

One last reminder :

Be sure to leave our castle of Angers in the pristine condition you found it in, should any building be razed or burned to the ground, we would consider our agreement null and void and your men will be fair game...

[Ramses II CP]

King Wladyslaw the Chivalrous is pleased to issue an invitation to King Knud of the Danes to officially join the Catholic League (And exchange trade rights and maps).

In the name of avoiding accidental conflict the King further instructs me to announce the following:

A lovely Hungarian princess has wed his son and called a permanant alliance into being between Poland and Hungary; any attack on the Hungarian people will be regarded as an attack against Poland herself.

The village of Breslau has submitted to Polish rule and the lands there-about are under the King's protection.

Acts of provocation from rebels in Prague have led to the King laying siege there with the intent of bringing their rebellion to an end.

[Ferret]

The Grand Duke of Novgorod wishes to form an alliance with the mighty King of Denmark

The offer still stands

[pevergreen]

My dear friends, I wish to extend my gratitude to those who have put forward wishes to the Danes.

To the Duke of Novgorod, our apologies for missing your message. It is accepted, let us now figure out which one of our delegates will contract this alliance.

To the French and Scottish: You have beaten England in a fair fight. All is well now.

To Wladyslaw, your invitation must be turned down at this point. I am christian only to a level. My people are still not fully converted to the true faith. Once churches spread the land, the offer will be accepted.

[Ramses II CP]

Understood King Knud, your people are always welcome so long as they fall within the guidelines. King Wladyslaw wishes you good fortune in bringing your people to the light.

At King Philippe's noble suggestions I believe the first conclave of the Catholic League will be held in the coming year (OOC Just have to write the post really) with the intent of establishing a more noble goal for our Christian brothers than warring amongst themselves in the form of a Crusade. At the moment I believe France and Sicily are the only nations which have, in principle, accepted the Catholic League Charter and will be invited to attend.

(OOC: Sicily appears to have excellent influence with the Pope and there's no real reason to wait for the diplomats to get together and make it official except to avoid mishaps like accidental crusade ambushes. From a gameplay perspective a crusade will definitely spice things up as armies become intermixed and cross borders. Of course it all rests with FH really, so we'll see what King Roger has to say )

[_Tristan_]

I think it might still be a bit early... Maybe a few years more might be in order to settle a few things first...

[FactionHeir]

OOC: Sicily's influence is so high because of an alliance with the pope

IC: A crusade may be interesting considering that there is little space in Europe for my nation to expand to, as we already hold all of southern Italy, its isles and parts of Africa. I wish to delay such an announcement until the conference however, as some foreign troops have recently made landfall on one of our isles and in the event of war, I wish to call the crusade against them.

[Ramses II CP]

We would appear to have a clear consensus to wait a few more years (OOC a turn or three, no reason to hurry IMHO) before calling the conclave. Perhaps this will give more nations the chance to join the League and possibly influence the outcome?

[_Tristan_]

Emissaries are sent to each Christian court bearing the same warning :

To all Christian Rulers,

Be advised that allying yourself with the Duke of Milan will be considered as a declaration of war against France.

Know that the deep invasion of our soil from the Milanese shall not go unpunished and any supporters of those attacks will incur the wrath of France.

Philippe
By the Grace of God
King of France

[Ignoramus]

To all the courts of true Christian kings.

Let it be known that I, William, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Maine, am absolved from my agreement with Malcolm, King of Scots, to hand over the castle at Nottingham, due to his un-Christian behaviour in the eyes of His Holiness and God.

I call upon all true Catholic kings to withdraw their support from the Scottish king, and support the true champion of the Christian faith in the lands of Britain.

William, by the grace of God, King of England, Duke of Normandy(titular), Count of Maine(titular).

[_Tristan_]

My Lords, True Followers of the Cross,

I prevail upon you not to be dragged in a unjust war against Scotland...

William, our unruly vassal, wishes to make you forget that he himself is not far from excommunication, dragging us to the brink of Hell's domain mainly through the war that he himself started against us and that has seen him almost defeated... His ruin is only a prolonged issue...

Now he adds parjury to his many sins and he the King of Sinners wishes to lead you in a "Holy War" in nothing but name...

Let wisdom rule your decisions as I know it will

Philippe
By the Grace of God
King of France

To all the courts of true Christian kings.

Let it be known that I, William, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Maine, am absolved from my agreement with Malcolm, King of Scots, to hand over the castle at Nottingham, due to his un-Christian behaviour in the eyes of His Holiness and God.

I call upon all true Catholic kings to withdraw their support from the Scottish king, and support the true champion of the Christian faith in the lands of Britain.

William, by the grace of God, King of England, Duke of Normandy(titular), Count of Maine(titular).

[Tran]

The King of Denmark accepted the trade rights but rejected the alliance and marriage proposal offered by the dubious King of England. Unless you settle your quarrel with Scotland, our peace-loving kingdom cannot accept your offer for alliance. We shall no longer support any dubious King and proof of English treachery worried us more than ever.

[Ramses II CP]

With the first crusade underway it does not seem necessary to call a conclave for the Catholic League (Re: None of us seem involved enough to make it interesting), so King Wladyslaw urges the members of the League to join the crusade and to assemble their spare priests at Constantinople for a grand mission into the lands of the infidel.

[FactionHeir]

King Roger is pleased to announced that His Holiness has sanctioned His request for a crusade towards Antioch.
He hopes that the other members of the Catholic League will join Him in His quest to reclaim the Holy Lands from the infidel.

[_Tristan_]

King Philippe of France is proud to announce that his son Louis is leading the French crusaders to Antioch as we speak.

[Tran]

By the Grace of God King Knud of Denmark,

His Majesty King of Denmark would like to make it known that from now on, any aggression toward our Scottish ally will be seen as an act of war against Denmark as well. In respond to the attack by William’s army against the Scottish populace, the King has dispatched several ships to clear the sea from English pirates, which we have done tremendously.

Know this King of England, London is no longer yours, and Nottingham will follow the same fate. Together, Danes, French, and Scottish shall crush these English dogs and clean the world from such dubious creatures.

Onward to battle and victory!

[Ramses II CP]

King Wladyslaw is pleased to offer alliances to the Holy Roman Empire and France in the spirit of cooperation in the progression of the Crusade (i.e. even if you don't want to join the Catholic League, which Germany hasn't commented on, it's best not to have crusade armies able to ambush one another by mistake ;)) and the addition of a member to the Catholic League at their request (The French).

Alas, the Polish crusade army has met with unfortunate circumstances as it encountered and was forced to bring to battle a Byzantine army under their Emperor which was intent on the capture of Sofia from our forces, the very castle from which our crusaders began their long journey. God was gracious and granted Poland victory (5:4 odds in my favor, but their general was superior by 3 stars. I was worried.), and the Byzantine leader now sits on a boat in a port blockaded by the Sicilians.

Attempts will be made to negotiate with the Byzantines for the peaceful passage of our noble warriors, but if such cannot be had then any men of Byzantium who stand between us and the target of the Crusade shall be destroyed.