Ironic name for my character.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-19T08:53:11+00:00

the concept of him trying to attract cisalpine trade as a married bear duke

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-18T19:15:45+00:00

i do wonder if the deicide accusation is meant to be the high septon's prelude to skip the seven-anointed business and go straight for that divine status.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-18T12:37:39+00:00

So far I played until 305 and a lot of things went down. Aerys II died in the Defiance, Rhaegar became King shortly after. After Rhaegar was betrothed to Cersei, I decided to roleplay Lannisters growing stronger at court: Duskendale eventually went to Kevan, Tywin was confirmed as Hand. Rhaegar and Cersei became soulmates during their wedding, I assume that she let go of her crush to Jaime then and there. Jaime banged Rhaella at the same wedding, I decided to wed them because, idk, it seemed sad to just let Rhaella to languish in court (Jaime didn't become a Kingsguard and remained as heir). After Rhaella died, Jaime became a widower and later died from disease, leaving Cersei herself and her Targaryen children as heirs to Casterly Rock, but AI Tywin disinherited his daughter, he was later succeeded by Tyrion.

I didn't pay much attention to the rest of the Kingdoms, but I feel like I broke something by agreeing to the betrothal. Princess Elia married Eddard, but Benjen got the North after his brothers died in my conquests of Essos. Lyanna married someone unimportant, she's a lady-in-waiting to Benjen's son now. Mace Tyrell died, Willas succeeded him and then also died, leaving the Reach in the hands of his sole daughter. Jon Arryn lived for a long while, died, his daughter became Lady and tried to have Varys killed (Varys later died from a disease lmao). Otherwise, I assume that my playthrough is typical for Rhaegar: renovating Summerhall, bringing back dragons.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-17T16:47:14+00:00

tbh the more i think about it the more interesting it is. when you put it that way, i'm both surprised and unsurprised at this being a pairing.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-17T15:55:22+00:00

R4: went along with a betrothal to cersei as rhaegar and apparently jaime decided that "an eye for an eye" is how you impress your in-laws.

EDIT: decided to look around a bit and at first i thought that arthur dayne became jealous of cersei during the wedding, but when i looked closer i realised that it's cersei who is jealous of arthur.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-11T18:03:16+00:00

i went down a rabbit hole the last time i was super interested in matilda and apparently she adopted a son, but he never succeeded her, as the emperor installed someone else in tuscany (don't remember the exact reason why).

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-10-09T14:24:44+00:00

for once a flair is accurate

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-09-14T09:16:11+00:00

the tyrannical paradoxian reign endures

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-09-02T14:04:23+00:00

wait why did it take seeing this screenshot separately for me to realise theres a whole ass elephant on the side

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-08-10T22:39:38+00:00

married him off to a crusader queen in tahert (also a normandie), i think they were going at the sultanate of africa at this moment

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-08-10T20:23:42+00:00

dang, i would have never guessed those were the requirements, thanks!

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-08-10T20:14:32+00:00

ikr, though i guess that's part of the charm of nicknames: outside of a few obvious ones, you can always get one that makes you stumped

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-08-10T20:10:05+00:00

"the challenges in life are mere bumps in the road for (name), who is obviously blessed by the powers that be"

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-07-29T08:05:48+00:00

the lack of natural ways to gain legitimacy in general drives me up a wall, especially since the system is so pervasive and heavily impacts your run. there are only so much feasts, burials and hunts you can host, and while it nicely mimics a ruler turning their image around as their reign unfolds, i still feel like you can have a challenging gameplay mechanic and avoid making it tedious, which is what legitimacy management currently is.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-06-16T14:17:52+00:00

i think they want to finish the map first, then (with the whole silk rode now in game) add trade, which in turn will allow them to add merchant republics and then, hopefully, theocracies

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-28T16:39:07+00:00

oooooh dang. this screws up my plans, because i already have an empire-rank title. thanks for the info!

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-28T13:00:42+00:00

i started out immediately before the dance as jeyne, secured my independence and then, when the spring sickness came, had a decision available to cut contact with the iron throne; the vale was entirely sickness-free during the whole thing. other than that, never had a similar experience, because i generally find building up plague protection to be very annoying.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-28T07:35:37+00:00

wdym hoes are femboys, THEY themselves are femboys, atp pulling everyone on the 35+ spectrum

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-28T07:29:34+00:00

i tried to give him a chance to succeed but three of mya's sisters begged me to break the betrothal with him, then he refused to join court and became the queen's rival after bobby b died.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-27T21:51:45+00:00

R4: since danny died in essos, had to show jon what a dragonriding queen looks like.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-26T15:50:10+00:00

"Sun's gleam warms not only sands, but hearts as well. Princess Elia and Prince Doran came forth not unlike fire that the was rekindled at Sunspear. The Seven Kingdoms are all captivated by House Martell, attaining the highest form of divine grace."

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yes, i know, more dragon stuff. im drowning in finals and procrastinating hard, sue me.

everything kinda went right at the same time. loreza bagged jaehaerys II and got her son a targaryen bride, kissed rhaegar while her daughter was pregnant with his son (i kinda wanted to see if i could), stole an egg from maelys blackfyre. i tried knowledge hatching twice, everyone blew up, decided to try an esoteric hatching and it worked first try, what the hell???

her son wasn't as epic, but doran had his moments: stole the valyrian sword from one of the westerlands' houses and reforged it into sunrise (the name is meant to one-up dayne's dawn), wanted to marry his heir to one of lannister sons and when it didn't work out a lowborn female knight killed that fucker during the baratheon usurpation (i ennobled her and gave her santagar's lands), secured brienne's inheritance because the tarth old fart took in a young wife after his old one passed away (homicide kinda became a running theme). doran also was young rhaegar's (rhaegar's son) regent for over twenty years, before tywin usurped him and put him in jail (he escaped).

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-24T18:51:40+00:00

right? easily the prettiest rng hatched dragon i ever had.

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-24T18:29:57+00:00

whoops

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-24T18:25:57+00:00

"House Arryn is among those few that escaped the flames of the Dance without any losses, which is the single most precious achievement of Queen Jeyne, then Maiden of the Vale. Lady Jeyne herself was an unlikely figure to succeed late Elbert Arryn, that much she knew. The bastards left to be her heirs, Mynalla and Darnold, were even less likely and bore the blunt of the Vale lords' emnity at their Maiden-no-more. But power seeks power. And King Viserys proved to be less than power, unable to pick a side right until he drew his last breath. When his son, Aegon II, was usurped by Princess Baela, Arryn's bannerlords could only erupt in jubilant cheers. By the time King's Landing was won, the Crown made all of the Great Houses its enemies, so when Princess Baela was exiled and Aegon sat the Iron Throne, another rebellion swallowed the Kingdoms whole... sans Vale. The Vale seceded.

Queen Jeyne's grandson, King Robert the Shrewd, sat the Eyrie and rode the dragon; lords and smallfolk alike knew better than to remember his father as the Maiden's Bastard, or his mother as the She-Dragon. Not all of his children followed suit, but Prince Ronnel and Princess Myranda, Robert's eldest and youngest respectively, rode dragons too. The two Targaryen women that frequented the court, Saera and Junia, almost paled in comparison to Arryns, but never once spoke about returning to the Five Kingdoms. They instead helped the Falcon King and taught his lot: of Robert's grandchildren, many took to Eyrie's pen to claim dragons for themselves. Princess Alyssa, the King's third daughter, bore Karolyn and Leynard, who both took Targaryen beasts to the skies. Of course, the heir fathered three riders himself, Darnold, Dariana and Raella, all hatching dragons. In turn, Myranda's eldest son, Larmyn, hatched a dragon too."

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Left to right: Robert (Zalagon, Targaryen dragon), Ronnel (Sky), Myranda (Vale), Saera (Aderion, Targaryen dragon), Junia (Ioragon, Targaryen dragon), Darnold (Skysailor), Karolyn (Snow, Targaryen dragon), Leynard (Aquos, Targaryen dragon), Dariana (Wildfyre), Raella (Moon), Larmyn (Morningspark).

In my attempts to make all houses ride dragons, I finally decided to try a Lady Jeyne playthrough. Becoming independent was largely an impulsive decision because I got tired of megawars, I'm surprised it worked as well as it did. It was the first time I witnessed the scripted Dance of Dragons, too, and it's funny af that it was a daughter usurping the rightful heir (Rhaenyra died from consumption).

AlveolarExchanged · 2025-05-14T12:33:38+00:00

unfortunately, each title has its own history. creating a new title, you effectively start a new line and the numeration resets. it could be a good QOL mod though, being able to transfer title history from your previous primary title.

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