Xilaw

House of the Rising Sun?

Can someone tell me the ranking system of the catholic Church? Who would be the chief cleric in a small duchy like ours?

@Xilaw

Pope Cardinal Bishop- You'd have a Bishop although depending on the time we could be protestants Priest- All of the others lords would have a priest but all depends if you are protestant or Catholic. Monk Clergymen

@LordZell

Thanks! Bishop it is, then. I don't know. I'm still thinking what to do with the religion. We're going to be catholic for quite a while. Protestantism doesn't arrive until 1500s. Islam, on the other hand... haha Anyway, I haven't yet figured out what would a family gain by having a high ranking clerics. Prestige maybe? Some money as well, I suppose.

House of the Rising Sun?

Start an affair and throw yourself at their feet quick that way a foreign lord invades and starts beef!

@Enalais

If it helps us, why not :D But seeing we are threatened by Austria from the very start it would be very smart to make some friends right off the bat. We're poorer and smaller in number compared to the Austrians by almost three times.

House of the Rising Sun?

Can someone tell me the ranking system of the catholic Church? Who would be the chief cleric in a small duchy like ours?

House of the Rising Sun?

If we get a marriage and we marry the eldest daughter then we'd kill all the trueborn sons till she would become the heir and wait for the Duke to die.

@LordZell

Sounds easy enough. Unlucky for you, there's no single women in my family at the moment and those born in the main branch are most likely going to be wed to monarchs of other countries ;)

House of the Rising Sun?

You might not but others my especially if married into the family.

@LordZell

Haha you plan on killing yours or mine?

House of the Rising Sun?

Well that could be done but I meant like for the backstory how our houses/families came into contact with your house and became the Lords

LordZell

Yes, I will add some in my family history. Most likely those that will be given control of counties will be mentioned as supporters of the Duke at the time of breakdown of Austria. I plan to have the breakdown some 50 years prior to the start of the RP so that there's a bit of history between. Perhaps I will fit in a war of Austrian aggression in attempt to recapture it's lost territories, etc. so some prominent knights or nobles that fought against the Austrians were awarded land etc. I won't name families in that so whoever wants to take that route in writing their family history can do so. As for royal marriages with my family, it's possible although it's most likely going to be possible only for the most prestigious and strongest royal families. Now, since I don't plan to kill my royal family this means those that marry with me will probably not going to inherit anything. On the plus side they are more likely to be awarded new land and will be somewhat preferred in conflicts between noble families. If both families have intermarried with me then I will be neutral in the conflict.

House of the Rising Sun?

So will you tie in our family names with yours?

LordZell

Do you mean royal marriage between my family and yours?

Quite a few. You're really going in depth for this.

Durandel

Actually, it's not that many. About 10-15 are historical and most of them do not get us involved at all. But many are relatively nearby and could potentially lead up to our involvement depending on how we Roleplay. For example, Ottoman tour through the Balkans. Doesn't affect us directly but it will be mentioned because of potential problems in the future and the fear of Muslim expansion into Central Europe. I got some more history in store :)

House of the Rising Sun?

Well, I felt bad about not doing anything so I just started working on a list of events. I have around 60 at the moment. More will be added, of course.

House of the Rising Sun?

Sorry guys, RL caught up with me and I didn't do much work the past two days other than add all the villages and a few abbeys/monasteries to the map. I plan on finishing the map tomorrow 'cause I'm tired right now and also start writing the family history. My family tree has 9 generations so it's kind of lengthy to write about.

House of the Rising Sun?

Wait so do we just send you our house name or make an app?

LordZell

Just send me a name of either Slavic, Hungarian or preferably German surname that you want your royal house to be called. This is just so I can choose who will have title of a count, which i will reveal when I post my family history. After that I will start accepting applications which will include Family Name, Family history, Family tree and perhaps a Coat of Arms, although it's not necessary. Note that German nobility would bear the prefix "von" in their name as a proof of their noble roots. "Von" literally means "of" so for example Edmund von Lieberau means that his family possibly comes from a place by that name.