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You decide to learn how this all happened.

Ysa retells the tale much like Leath; she bumped at him in the temple area and, seeing in him someone wealthy, she robbed him of his coinpurse. But she underestimated him and after a long run through the alleys, Leath caught her and demanded the return of his money. Apparently out of his good heart, he decided to at least buy her a meal, and then Ysa fell for the prince's charm-

"You fell for him? Leath told me you stole his heart." The girl hmphs.

"I dunno, but did you hear him play th' lute? He be a divine musician, my liege. Is worth fallin' for!"

You then move on to the important part - did the two have sex or not? Ysa's face burns vividly just as Leath but she is much more cooperative in this matter.

"He insisted to buy me a night's stay at an inn, and uhhh, I felt... indebted." The guards snicker and your wife, who arrived few moments prior to hear most of Ysa's confession, rubs her forehead in consternation.

A) "Not only a commoner but also a whore! You shall not marry my son! Guards, to dungeon with her!"
B) "You two are worth of each other. You will become his wife."
C) "How much money would it take for you to leave Methiant indefinitely?"

You ask him what he is planning to do with Ysa.

"I will marry her, be the father of her children, and help her live a life she never had before!"

A) "Insolent brat, you do want to bring ruin to our family! To the dungeon with you!!"
B) "Fine, but you will do that as a commoner yourself and outside the palace!"
C) "No no and no! You will marry a noblewoman for benefit of our family and Kingdom!"
D) "Fine, but I'm going to replace you as a heir with Ustwelf!"
E) "Do that if you want, even if I really can't endorse this union!"

You decide that vineyards could be good, bu they have to find a better way of doing it before you consent to anything.


That time of the year again.

Happiness: 5
Population: 8
Economy: 4
Army: 6

You rub your noble chin. Not much to work here with.


While you're reading the daily herald's scroll about happenings in capital and nearby, one of your courtiers, a known diplomat, arrives in your chambers.

"Sire, do you have a moment?"

"Mm."

"It's about Leath."

"Mm?"

"He wants to marry a commoner."

You slowly put down the scroll and look at the diplomat.

He explains that, few days ago, Leath apparently met this Ysa, and she's is a pickpocket.

If Leath's story is to be believed, he was walking through the temple area, and then Ysa stole his coinpurse (literally), and after he caught her, she stole his heart (metaphorically), and at an inn during the night, she stole his virginity (Leath didn't want to cough up details here, so your courtier is skeptical about this one) as well. And because Leath might've read too many fantasy books, he believes he is obliged to marry Ysa and become father of her kids.

"Where is Leath and this Ysa girl"?

"Leath is in his chambers, under guard that Advisor placed there on my recommendation. We haven't found the girl yet." This is a potential disaster to your prestige and dynasty!

In regards to Leath...

A) Release him from his chambers as you have to talk with him.
B) Keep him under guard and lock for now.

In regards of the heart-stealing Ysa the Thief.

A) Have the guards find her.
B) Ignore her for now.

//Remember, no split votes.

You decide to sponsor all the other important faiths. But how?

A) Donate to renovate their temples and sponsor new shrines.
B) Write royal letters to their temples, and thus, their faithful.

You decide to write the letter in form of a suggestion.

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Later on you learn that your suggestion has been 'thought over' and he will consider shifting some expenses for renovations, but promises nothing.


You receive a letter from the Arch-Patriarch of Alldivine Cloisters.

In the lengthy letter, he first attempts to mellow your incoming wrath with praises of your wise leadership and magnaminous conquests.

Then he quickly descends into your latest inability to deal with the rising new threat to the harmony of Methiant, the threat being of course Enyntheism. While he understands your need to pursue the ancient and sacred policies of tolerance that always been prominent in the region, he feels that you are simply blind to the potential danger of this new cult that equally stirs all three major faiths of Methiant.

Therefore, he demands that you, the King of Methiant, take the steps to preserve the Kingdom, or otherwise he will have no other option but no longer consider your family worthy of Alldivine attention - in other words, he will excommunicate you!

This will not only annul your marriage with Esta, but also stir up both fellow adherents into action as well as give opportunities to those who would profit from your misfortune.

A) Well, I always wanted to become...
AA) an Enyntheist.
AB) a Singularist.
AC) a Pantheonist.
B) This is terrible, but I cannot simply change the course of the river of fate! Clearly I have to convince the Patriarch.
C) Maybe I should seize up some Enyntheist troublemakers to soothe the Patriarch's mind?
D) So be it - it's time to forcefully stop Enyntheist influence and growth!

//If you want to have Cyl (and his immediate royal family) switch religions, please type AA, AB or AC instead of just A.

You decide to send a letter to the governor, asking him to, well...

You gnaw on the quill because you're conflicted - you meddled in religious matters with the COuncil yet wish to maintain neutrality! How you should compose the letter, because you feel either way something might go wrong. And possibly will.

A) It will be a polite suggestion not to stir zealotry of opposite faith with that temple project.
B) It will be a request to not sponsor the grand temple of such young cult in such important city as Luathbas.
C) It will be an order to cease construction of the temple to help maintain peace and harmony within the Kingdom.

You decide to let Undar go. After he finishes up seventeen other more or less experienced warriors, he decrees the kingdom 'not worthy' and leaves for some other place to bother.

Your wife slams the door in front of your face when you come to share the bed with her, and, after unsuccessfully arguing that it is your bed, you decide to sleep on the royal couch tonight.


Enyntheism grows stronger day by day. Just now, the adherents of the young cult has gained a prominent ally in the person of governor of Luathbas himself, who decreed that he will sponsor construction of grand new Temple, upsetting other religious leaders who had the town's budget allocated to renovation of their shrines.

Do you avoid it this time? Of course not! The upset high clerics of Singularism, Pantheonism and Alldivinism has come in person to you, demanding you curb this violent and subvertive new faith.

A) I won't, and neither will you!
B) I can try something? A letter maybe?
C) Stop bothering me and do it yourselves!

2a
5b
5c

Tie again v;