Thank's everyone for the tips.

Posting this from school on a free hour, and the memories of what exactly happened are sketchy, i'll be updating later, but the Pope has died from an illness. Joy of joys. Unfortunaetly I was beating on the Sicilians when the new Pope came to power. He warned me off, then being an idiot I thought it said wait two years before attacking, after two I sunk a Sicilian galley, now i'm Excomm. again. Pay attention.

No worries. I have a five valor assassin somewhere.

In other news the Cumons Novgorods and Lithuanians have launched attacks on my eastern borders. I would have killed everyone taller than a wagan's wheel in Eastern Europe but the Golden Horde has arrived. I think i'll send my good wishes to the Khanate. If only I could send several thousand pounds of Florins too. In case you're wondering where i'm getting all this money, I am the sole trader within the North and Mediterranean Seas, as well as the Hanseatic League Established.

French have regained their strength and are pushing into Ile de France. Frogs. Not a problem. I'll just go Conan on them. It really is fun being the meanest sonuvabitch in the Valley of Death.

Unfortunaetly Unknown Guy my people are for whatever reason extremely touchy when it comes to being excomm. they usually rebel several years in a row and will not let up. I'm posting their head's on spikes but it appears that they have some particularily zealous preachers.

BTW What do I need to get the second tier of knights? I think it's Chivalric knights, but I'm not sure.

Like Feudal Knights, but High Period Knights.