TRYING TO BE JUST AND PIOUS IN CRUSADER KINGS III PART I

Yes, yes, I know, I know. Crusader Kings III is a game that practically begs you to be cruel, self-serving and just generally evil. But I’m going to lean hard into the alternate history angle, and try to avoid falling over. What if, unlike the real medieval leaders, I really wasa king that had everybody else’s best interests at heart? Was all that aggression and backstabbing really necessary in the grand scheme of things? Can’t we all just get along?

I HOPE MY PLAN TO GET GOD FIGHTING IN MY CORNER WORKS OUT

I decide to jump into the Anglo-Saxon shoes of King Harold II. Taking stock of my situation, I realise that I haven’t exactly made things easy for myself. I’m already at war with both King Harald IV, and Duke William II ‘the Bastard’. In terms of family, my parents had eight children including me, because Netflix hasn’t been invented yet. My brother Tostig hates me so much that he’s my nemesis. He’s clearly far beyond my powers of persuasion, which makes me very sad.

My mother, I’m shocked to find, has a slightly negative opinion of me. I don’t