Crusader Kings 3 - Part 14 - Don't Lose Your Head

[@davididiart5934]

"Duchess Ylva was needed elsewhere, in another realm..." Space Sweden Stellaris Campaign When!?

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

I literally started a viking like campaign on Stellaris because of this xD best decision

[@ghostofcountolaf4580]

She's needed here in Valhalla. We're all having too much fun partying, fighting and raiding with the Empress of the Valkyries.

[@Cygnus_MC]

@@ghostofcountolaf4580 hows the ale over there

[@suborbitalprocess]

No, she just woke up in Doc Mitchell's house

[@lurkingllama8364]

This would be awesome!

[@Ethan_Burke]

jon immediately marrying his heir to someone related to him thus creating inbreeding in the dynasty is the most jon thing ever

[@noahb-e8106]

Can’t wait until a few episodes down the line when nearly the entire dynasty is irreversibly inbred and Jon has to desperately try and un-purify the bloodline with Ylva II... I really would watch a TV show based on these series.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

... Oops

[@link7162]

@@ManyATrueNerd THIS WEEK ON 'THINGS JON GOT WRONG' incest.

[@IrelandsAntichrist]

@@link7162 or got right 🤷‍♂️

[@ManyATrueNerd]

Orvar's life has featured a worrying amount of incest. The man has issues.

[@internationalfailure9997]

"I can drain him dry by selling him all of his children back" I love Jon quotes

[@Z0nK89]

also the "he is stupid cose he loves his douther" xD

[@melnewdemon4873]

@@Z0nK89 daughter

[@Z0nK89]

@@melnewdemon4873 sorry not a englisch main

[@melnewdemon4873]

@@Z0nK89 English

[@Z0nK89]

@@melnewdemon4873 not in german ;*

[@Calder90]

*The Evening Before the Battle of Läckö* "End this folly, dearest brother, and return home," said Tord, his soft and somber tone belying his giant stature. He leaned forward in his chair, the wood creaking under his massive musculature, concern wrinkling around his bright blue eyes. "You plunge Sweden into war. Kinsmen killing kinsmen. You even threatened His Majesty's daughters... King Arnbjorn is a good man. Soft, but good. And you have broken him. The wolves are baying. They have gathered around Sweden and are salivating at the chance to oppress us once more, to undo all that Duchess Ylva did in her life. Mother gave everything to make this land and our people strong, to make us pleasing to the gods. She would not have wanted this. Please, my big brother, end this." Orvar winced as his massive younger brother called him "big brother." Even when the lad was but 12 and Orvar a man grown, Tord towered over him. Orvar still remembered a feast from back in those days. Orvar and Tord had been standing next to each other, and Count Valdemar had loudly proclaimed "Look at the little big brother!" Orvar could still feel the heat in his cheeks and the dryness in his throat as the whole court had laughed at him. "Ah, come on, lad, it was just a joke!" Valdemar had guffawed, clapping him hard on the back. Orvar remembered looking to his Mother, for her to step in or to say something, but she would not even meet his eye, instead turning to talk to the person next to her... Orvar both loved and hated Tord. The love had been there from the start, from the day that big-headed, blond baby had entered Midgard. But the hate... the hate had been born that day. Sucking in his cheeks, Orvar shook his head and steepled his long, willowy fingers. "I spent my whole life trying to do what Mother wanted. Years, decades, living in her shadow. My entire youth wandering the entire country, killing and maiming men in duels so that she might finally recognize me. Decades pushing her papers and administering her lands, while the two of you raided and adventured together..." Orvar trailed off, his voice breaking at the end. Tord reached across the small table and clasped his brother's hand in his own. "She loved you, Orvar. Dearly. And she was proud of you. It's just... Mother knew what she was. She knew how much she overshadowed every man she stood next to. Literally and metaphorically. And so many men resented her for it, hated her for it. So many felt shamed by her mere presence. Why do you think she had so many husbands after father?" Tord chuckled and took a sip from his drink. Then his tone became serious once more, "And her biggest fear, dearest brother, was for you to see her that way. She wanted to give you the space to become your own man. Seek your own destiny." Scoffing, Orvar pulled his hand away. He picked up his tankard of mead, and though he sloshed it around idly, he did not drink. "You're a terrible liar. She was ashamed of me. It never mattered how many duels I won, how many rebellions I quashed in their infancy while she reaved, and hunted, and battled, and bonded with you. I shamed her. My life wasted chasing affection from a woman who did not know how to give it back. I will not forgo my destiny any longer for the sake of that woman. Besides, you did what she wanted, and look at you. Nothing but a petty duke of a backwater island." Tord Gren bristled, "I was happy to serve. Am happy to." Orvar sneered across the table. "Then you are a fool, Tord. Gods damn it! Look at yourself. A giant of a man, the greatest warrior in the realm, a warrior worthy of Thor himself, descended from the most powerful woman who ever walked Scandinavia. And here you come, like a beaten bitch, to plead the case for a man whose head you could rip off, a man softer than even the softest of Christians. You could have been the best of us. You should have." He looked deeply at his brother, and for a brief moment there was a feeling of genuine fondness between the men. "Join me," whispered Orvar. "What is Arnbjorn to you but distant cousin? You are blood of my blood. Join me. Lead my armies, our house's armies! Foster Johan, make him strong like you. Like Mother. Please, Tord." A tear rolled down Tord's cheek. "I love you with all my heart, Orvar... But I cannot. Mother would not-" The table flipped, untouched mead and dinner crashing all over the floor as Orvar leaped to his feet and flung over the small table that had been laid out between the two sons of Duchess Ylva. "Do what Mother told you like a good little boy, then! A now it falls on me to secure the legacy of our family and our people! Don't you see? I have to do this. Now begone, I have heard enough from you! Begone from my tent!" His chest heaved and spittle flew from his mouth. His clenched fists shook. Tord had not stirred one inch during his brother's rage. Now, he wiped the tears away from his eyes, slowly got to his feet, and paced past his brother out of the tent, giving him a deferential nod as he passed. However, he stopped at the door, and without turning around, spoke a final time. "Do not look for me on the field, Orvar. I will not search for you, but if you come into my path... I will kill you." Orvar swallowed nervously, and hoped Tord did not hear. And then wiped away a tear of his own.

[@ChoccyMilk954]

Holy crap, you should be an author!

[@istvanturke-siklody1367]

This was so exciting to read man Cheers

[@agnarrwow]

dude, if you ever decide to like, write this entire playthrough with such a passion and depth, id LOVE to buy a copy :D that was brilliant

[@jamesmnaylor]

Bravo, Bravo.

[@AABatterykun]

Late to the scene here but dude this is so good. Thank you for sharing this.

[@ChengTeoh]

This episode should be titled "Ylva and her loyal subjects meet again in the afterlife to rip more heads off together" ... goddam that Duke Tord is a beast of a berserker ripping off three heads in one battle!

[@Raycheetah]

"It's Good To Be the King, or, The King Is A Fink." =^[.]^=

[@lvht1948]

Tord should have been the successor. He's much more like his mother than poor Orvar. I can just see him ripping off heads "This one's for mom! And that one too! All the heads for my mother!"

[@Zeenix2]

*in rage after realising that his mother chose his brother over him, he ripped of the heads of 3 of his brothers knights

[@ChengTeoh]

@@lvht1948 lol, when you said "all heads for my mother" it made me think that Tord would fit in perfectly in the Halloween series as Jason while Ylva is Pamela Voorhees.

[@MCYonazz]

Man, Jon was getting a bit too used to the cheat code that was Ylva, wasn't he? Also, shoutout to Tord for focussing on his stat line in a losing effort. Talk about getting out of a mess with a clean reputation.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

He wiped out an entire generation of Owland nobility :(

[@MrMighty147]

@@ManyATrueNerd Well this could be considered a rejuvenation campaign.

[@berlindude75]

@@ManyATrueNerd Whenever you have land to give away, ideally land your best knights with martial education so they can spend their lifestyle perk points and become even better knights like Tord.

[@ghostofcountolaf4580]

Orvar, you make your ancestors proud. While you may not be a giant like your mother or a berserker like much of your family, you have earned a shiny hat nonetheless.

[@kierangorman3052]

A bigger and shinier one than you ever had by the way...

[@CyberController-]

@@kierangorman3052 How dare you insult Great Papa Olaf!

[@kierangorman3052]

@@CyberController- He deserves it! He should have been nicer to Adlvard. His son did keep together four powerful alliances after all.

[@CyberController-]

@@kierangorman3052 And then Ylva defeated the H.R.E. And Orvar just took over all of Sweden. Making sure a couple other pricks are happy seems like a small feat when compared to that, hmm?

[@kierangorman3052]

A couple of other pricks with massive armies that protected owland for decades thank you very much! And let’s not forget which duke it was that near enough doubled the amount of vikings in the world and killed countless heretics!

[@wingshad0w00982]

John: Orvar is gonna have to do a lot to live up to Ylva Orvar: Ok. Fine. I'll just take over sweden then.

[@couplingrhino]

And how many heads have you ripped off today, you lazy sod? Tord got three before breakfast!

[@ShadowTzar]

I can imagine ylva cheering on tord as he murders half of jon’s champion.

[@carlhoellein6672]

The only son she really loved, lol

[@Jtretta]

You can't be mad with Tord here, after all look at his mother. The man is just doing what comes naturally to him, violently ending people in the name of Thor!

[@giverdend1416]

The conversations between Valdemar and Ylva must be funny though. "Wait, your son did _what_ to my grandson?!!" Also, Odgrim was such a trooper. He raised your heir's martial up to a decent level and ensured he got a good education with his last breath.

[@theprofessionalfence-sitter]

Jon, remember that the people you used the hook on will only vote for your kid for the next five years. Given your level of intrigue, you might want to consider a more... permanent way to ensure no one else is inheriting Sweden.

[@thomaskole9881]

YES. A king so skilled at intrigue as Orvar shouldn't have to entertain enemies to the throne in his own realm. The line of Arbjörn needs to be snuffed out forever more, and with them all who would dare support a usurper. The pretender is gone, long live the king.

[@CyberController-]

We may want to consider murdering them to death, just saying.

[@shotgunshells2]

Wouldn't a murder plot cause stress due to the Generous trait?

[@MadTurnip]

@@shotgunshells2 Not if you pay a handsome amount to the assassins xD

[@thfab4831]

March is a great contract, its meant to be given to your vassals on the borders so they can easily defend against raids and expand. Think of the Marcherlords fending of the welsh.

[@noahb-e8106]

I can hardly believe Jon didn’t notice the inbreeding at 6:06. The game gave him a special notice with a little exclamation point and everything... Ah well. I suppose seeing how things develop despite Jon’s perception is truly a lot of the fun of this series! Keep up the good work, man!

[@Kaarl_Mills]

because he plays by rolling his head on the keyboard until it makes good sounds

[@giverdend1416]

To be fair, he didn't intend for the marriage to go through anyways.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

@@giverdend1416 in this instance no. But had he not realized that as dynasty head he could claim the title he might have

[@Landrassa1]

The game gives that notice a lot, but unless you marry a sibling or spend several generations marrying cousins the risk really isn't all that great.

[@josephshearsmith1055]

Im wondering when Jon will realise increasing levies at the expense of gold in the contracts will simply create giant armies he cant afford

[@TheCoal27]

"250 gold. That's fine." He says while only having a little more than 300 gold while actively losing money in the middle of a war "It says Count... Oh, you're just the Husband of a Countess. Well that barely even COUNTS." Accidental Jon puns.

[@rm0986]

Poor Ödgrim, he was around for decades fighting with Valdemar and Ylva, then he does his best to give on his knowledge to your heir and DIES literally 2 days after he's done it, only for you to not even realize that. Shame! I demand Ödgrims bastard daughter be legitimized and given the lands of her father! (Or in the very least married to it's new vassal ruler lol)

[@thehulkster9434]

I've found that in CK3 I am much more likely to run a deficit with my army raised. I've found it is just easier to build up a war chest between wars and then blow through cash during the conflict rather than trying to have the infrastructure to support the massive armies you need for kingdom or empire scale warfare. The difficulty of getting to primogeniture also plays into this because you can lose so much on inheritance, and counties that were once big producers often end up going to a different child.

[@carlhoellein6672]

Fabricating claims on vassals to revoke without tyranny pretty much solves problems of good counties going away. For the most part I like how this game strips players of primogeniture, but provides many ways to work around it.

[@iancrane5705]

I really hate primogeniture being locked away so deep into the tech tree. Maybe it's just me but I hate being forced to micromanage claims throughout the entire game. CK2 just let it be an option (i.e. don't move inheritance away from gavelkind). But with CK3 you just have to do it

[@thehulkster9434]

@@iancrane5705 I'm not sure on it myself. It does force a different play style though. I've been conquering like a madman every time a ruler dies to try to continue to have decent counties to draw taxes from. It's probably been the single greatest driver that led me from the Sahara to conquering India. CK2 sometimes was a bit too easy to force your way on. That said, I would not be surprised if inheritance laws get overhauled in a future expansion.

[@francinemcloughlin6096]

Tord was the true son of Ylva While his scheming brother cowered in his castle profiting off his commanders hard work, Tord was on the front lines defending his king against his own brother ripping off the heads of his childhood friends for his king and the realm. What a legend.

[@thomaskole9881]

But Tord, like a true warrior, was able to admit defeat when he had to. As such he bowed his head to the rightful ruler: Orvar of house Gren, first of his name, king of Sweden and protector of the faith, by the will of Odin.

[@carlhoellein6672]

My story is that Orvard always knew that Ylva loved Tord more. He ran about dueling people to prove to mom that he could be a good fighter too, even if he wasn't a giant berserker. But it was never enough, so he focused on the one trait he had over his perfect little brother, cunning. Honeyed words to his mother about how great Iceland is and how it'd be another great duchy to add to the family line cleared the path to his goal of power and influence. He tortured and murdered and fought against his instincts in pursuit of his lofty ambitions. Finally his beloved mother died, his brother gone to Iceland. All the most prosperous territories firmly within his grasp, Orvard could finally set his sights on the only way to finally make his mother love him: Accomplish the only thing she couldn't, become king. Never realizing, unlike Tord, that it wasn't that Ylva couldn't, she just didn't want to.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

Here's one for things Jon got wrong, it's not your men at arms you can't afford, it's your levies.

[@ModernWhoFan5B]

So Jon, about that whole "being suspicious about marches because it looks too good to be true"... It's actually true. In fact, all the Special contracts have bonuses for the vassal, and they can be used as bargaining chips for other things. Scutage reduces the cost at Men-at-Arms in exchange for fewer levies and higher taxes, and palatinate reduces the vassals taxes and levies, and makes the vassal extremely popular with other vassals of the same liege. March is arguably the best though- less taxes to the man, and more troops for you.

[@gamerk316]

FYI: When you have that big a numerical advantage, SPLIT UP THE DAMN ARMY. No reason to send an 8k doomstack chasing a 2k army. Also doubles how much you siege down.

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Ah the things Jon never learned to do. Including splitting armies into chunks so he's not playing a massive game of whack a mole along with Siege and Counter Siege trading.

[@gregconen]

If you want more Dread, you should probably be executing your unransomable prisoners rather than just letting them go. You even have Human Sacrifice!

[@sagecolvard9644]

Orvar gains stress from executing people.

[@gregconen]

@@sagecolvard9644 I don't think so. Generous causes stress for torturing, but not executions (I just double-checked in-game). Honestly, though, even if I'm wrong, I'd just go ahead and take the stress to get to 100 dread. Since he's got all the Torturer perks, it won't decay from there (and he shouldn't need that many executions to get there).

[@adelaide2511]

Petition to call it Bipoland instead of Mega Poland

[@carlhoellein6672]

Thank you.

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

petition to call it 'beepo land' similar to anger man land

[@Tori-wt7dy]

"I don't know if murder is something I can get arrested for." - Jon 2020

[@tomboedeker8479]

Succession tip: Click the green crown above the Army icon on the right, there is a dedicated succession tab that is WAY easier to understand than hovering over each title separately in the character screen.

[@legendlink196]

It's my birthday So thx for the present Jon I'll probably get crusader kings III with the b-day money Love the series Jon, keep up the good work

[@edgarvanes6258]

Happy birthday

[@Tori-wt7dy]

Happy Birthday!

[@J0hnzie]

Are we not gonna talk about the cursed bit of Byzantium just east of Poland?

[@Ma_Zhongying]

Fun fact: KZbin notifications always put the new episode of CK3 at the top as soon as it comes out. They know that I'll immediately click.

[@chriswoodend2036]

Duchess Ilyva was needed, called to heaven by Thor, to kill a lot of people there too presumably.

[@couplingrhino]

As if they weren't dead enough, Ylva has arrived to kill them all over again!

[@shotgunshells2]

Thor's hammer arm was getting tired from all the frost giants, so he called in a giant of his own for backup.

[@domi2612]

The son of the king of poland is inheriting both kingdoms because the kingdom of france has a special succession law (male only) applied to it which makes it kinda ignore partition. Not sure about the exact mechanics involved but it seems like if you have multiple titles of the same tier and you apply any succession law to all of them you get something that resembles primogeniture with some hiccups

[@IncognitoAtreides]

Tord must have so many skulls to drink from.

[@ThePrinceofParthia]

Odgrim knew he was dying and passed his knowledge onto your son before he departed for Valhalla. Best vassal ever.

[@neobarbarus]

3:30 based on my experience that “mess” is what the whole map will look like in about a generation or two

[@claytonweyl4135]

Honest, humble, and generous really hold your character back really disproportionately!

[@pyromaniacmariner]

it's fun how the tenets are now small scale murder, large scale murder, and being good at murder

[@joshuahunt3032]

Wow. Your son’s tutor did said tutoring with his dying breath! What a sacrifice!

[@lou1958]

Jon to get and keep fresh blood you need to spam invitations for Knights and unless your physician is top notch, spam that one as well. You don't have to hire everyone, but you can build a deep roster.

[@ishill85]

the super power play with reformation is you take communion and make yourself religious head, cause then all rulers of your faith start paying you piles of gold to forgive their sins.

[@tomfitzpatrick8303]

True, but when there are lots of rulers seeking indulgences, the spam is awful.

[@KashouWannabe]

I'm in the middle of the Rome Reborn series again, I'm watching this series, and I'm thinking of watching a New Vegas playthrough again. I have Many a True Addiction, I think.

[@ardains7041]

You could just remove the selection law with prestige, its the "remove law" button in realm window. That way it reverts back to whatever partition you have. Thanks for the entertainment though, cheers!

[@Lolavs]

Oh god he got his characters head chopped off, didn't he.

[@librarianseth5572]

Don't forget the inbreeding before that...

[@kalumbailey5103]

Nope he picked a fight with his brother, the one who more closely resembles Ylva, and he proceeded to rip the head off half Jons best champions

[@MadTurnip]

This becomes more and more like a Scandinavian saga: a mighty parent, two brothers at war with each other, taking over a kingdom... The problem is, people like Orvar rarely do well in these stories.

[@Durmwind]

Also Jon. The flags with the flames on them. They are the capitols, thats where the leaders are hiding.

[@KAATgroup]

Both of Ilva's sons fought this episode to carry on her legacy. Tord by ripping off heads and Orvar by conquering. long may she reign.

[@thumper8684]

I was seriously impressed with Tord. I would love to get to know some backstory. What was going on with those brothers?

[@carlhoellein6672]

My story is that Orvard always knew that Ylva loved Tord more. He ran about dueling people to prove to mom that he could be a good fighter too, even if he wasn't a giant berserker. But it was never enough, so he focused on the one trait he had over his perfect little brother, cunning. Honeyed words to his mother about how great Iceland is and how it'd be another great duchy to add to the family line cleared the path to his goal of power and influence. He tortured and murdered and fought against his instincts in pursuit of his lofty ambitions. Finally his beloved mother died, his brother gone to Iceland. All the most prosperous territories firmly within his grasp, Orvard could finally set his sights on the only way to finally make his mother love him: Accomplish the only thing she couldn't, become king. Never realizing, unlike Tord, that it wasn't that Ylva couldn't, she just didn't want to.

[@thumper8684]

@@carlhoellein6672 I love that. Thank you.

[@claytonweyl4135]

@@carlhoellein6672 I love it!

[@kokosan09]

this series genuinely makes me look forward to the start of every week, thank you so much for the phenomenal entertainment ❤

[@Centimeteres]

Omg how dare you make me wait more than a minute for the next episode of what is now my life purpose

[@jaguarstar7426]

I didn’t know there was gonna be a CK vid today. Thanks for making my day Jon☺️

[@dem0nfr0g39]

I feel like Jon should have just executed the whole prison and died in a stressful blaze of glory

[@inventsable]

Honestly considering the heir is only like 18, this is probably what I would do. Orvar gains stress whenever extorting or torturing, would be awfully easy to push him over the edge

[@Stumpy-tp4gn]

That feeling when you refresh KZbin and ManyATrueNerd has a new CK3 episode out! *Sharp inhale* YES!!

[@TheGrinningViking]

Jon not shuffling perks for profit was very much a "got wrong" thing. Jon thinking about getting along with Christians instead of keeping the ability to raid in his violent religion that had previously sustained it's economy with raiding was a thing Jon got very, very, wrong though.

[@lou1958]

Jon, your excellent videos once again have compelled me to buy another game. And except to watch your videos, I can't stop playing it.

[@tinyman1144]

It was odd how Jon kept saying Ylva was bad at stewardship and he didnt know why they kept giving him steward while he had 18 stewardship, but this time his complaint is valid.(Most likely why they gave him steward this time is because it was the only open council spot and he is a powerful vassal which the ai really wants to have on their council and i dont think they swap positions around at all) Also you're right about the realm priest, that's exactly what happened and here's the kicker, I've not found a way to undo this. Have fun with Johan Oh yeah and jon your low perception is saving you a big headache on selling prisoners

[@Justtograze]

This series has been so fun to watch, I really love it! Long live Ylva! ...and co!

[@polishenglish8356]

Yaaay :D more Ck with Jon!

[@MachinatedGames]

Another thing Jon got wrong: He forgot to read the comments, which would have informed him that he should have reset his perks.

[@iain.sm.c]

You can still rename your religion even though its already been renamed. I think it's only fair that the woman who exemplified it too its fullest extent, who created a stronger and better incarnation, be its namesake.

[@CommissarMitch]

"Everything just changed. A lot of things just changed" Yes. That is what usurping the throne does for you.

[@candouidus]

We're all thinking it: Can't wait for this King to die to see how that other Young King prevails!

[@dexxoh]

I noticed Poland was fighting for the French throne, and I was surprised at how chill Jon was with mega Poland being a thing 20 minutes later, I guess Jon didn't realize that it was actually a kingdom invasion lol

[@BobThebuilder-bh5jz]

This episode is straight out of Vinland Saga

[@ModernWhoFan5B]

I just love the irony of Jon owning most of mainland Sweden, and Sweden's personal holdings being limited to Aland.

[@MrMighty147]

Orvar certainly didn't throw away his shot!

[@tobak952]

Duchess Ylva was too honest and too loyal and galant to take the throne from her friend, but her scheming son was more then happy to kick off a bloody civil war to step out of his moms giant shadow and earn an even better hat

[@polishenglish8356]

Yaaay, megaPoland! :D Poland strong! :D

[@emperorandreas6245]

Polish English (Jack the ripper)

[@lindylou538]

No Arstoska strong

[@suborbitalprocess]

The HRE is the filling in a Polish Oreo

[@emil87th]

This comment will probably get lost among the others but I just wanted to say thanks. These vids have been a huge boost to me over the last few weeks. Lost my job because of the 'Rona and have since fallen into a bit of a depression. I have been consuming ungodly amounts of KZbin and your CK3 vids have been the top series that I follow out of them all. I've been interested in trying CK but always been daunted by the sheer massiveness of the game. So your videos have been most educational in how to (and NOT how to) play the game. But I've also been kinda playing CK3 vicariously through you. All my money is currently going to rent and food and probably will keep on doing that for the foreseeable future so it'll probably be awhile until I can buy it and play it myself. So until that time I just want to say thank you again for providing me with much needed laughter and distraction, keep on keeping on and let the Gren Dynasty flourish!

[@Persuter]

I love that Havard dies so Jon inherits a county, he gives it to some other guy who then promptly dies in the next battle and Jon inherits it again.

[@origulator]

everytime Jon unpasuses the game with empty council positions I take psychic damage

[@rickymcgowen6776]

'This is your reward for not dying.' Jon 2020.

[@CalebChildofHumanityCalder]

The kid you kept saying wasn’t “part of Sweden” the count of Vastmannaland... he is part of Sweden... it literally said right under his name “vassal in your realm” xD

[@jamesseeseiii9633]

Since the Ai is terrible about kids, make sure you educate two generations down Jon! If not, youll end up with terrible family members and heirs

[@smiro2000]

Loving this series ❤️ You could enforce all the hooks and get all the money and the stress could kill the crappy king in favor of the young hot one?

[@djbrouwer7712]

So would it be worth it for him to shut off monthly reinforcement? It costs him around 30 gold per month, what exactly does it do?

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

It reinforces the men at arms when they are below strength. It's a desperation move but I've done the equivalent move in CK2 a few times.

[@BTBSOUNDS]

Okay something strange has happened and I blame you Jon, you silly lil egg you. I never was into CK or any of the Paradox games or grand strategy games in general and syraight up only used these hour long CK videos as white noise to fall asleep to, literally left comments about that on the other CK videos. But. BUT, about 4 days ago I felt this random urge to play CK3. I can't explain it but that's legit what happened and I ended up buying it and played through the tutorial and was left super confused and I have no idea what I'm doing but I keep itching to go back. What in the self hypnosis is this bullshit? It's like that one episode of friends where Chandler tried to quit smoking listening to tapes and ended up turning into a strong independent woman

[@petertrudelljr]

There are plenty of ck3 videos out there to help you with concepts and how to do stuff. You'll spend many hours watching and playing.

[@ChevronTango]

Jon, if you can get your kingdom level war in before you die you should definitely do that. Might need to push for prestige though

[@Scott_Forsell]

The Allfather is terrified of Ylva. Especially if backed up by Valdemar.

[@berilgenc1]

This was so chaotic.. I love it

[@classicfrog80]

It's painful to watch how Jon manages his armies. For the love of God, Jon, put on your war-glasses! Rorek is doing all the work because he is literally THE ONLY CHAMPION IN YOUR WHOLE ARMY, Jon!

[@gresrun]

The title of the next episode: "0 days since last ax-ident"

[@PlasmaticMink]

Jon, are you not aware that you can change the clerical tradition to "lay clergy"? This allows you to hold temple holdings and make yourself the head of faith. It's very powerful.

[@rlrstrong]

It's not your men-at-arms that are costing you the most money, it's your levies. If you look at the army tab, you'll notice your raised levies are costing you around 15 gold per month. If you split them off and disband them, you'll have a higher quality army made up of only men-at-arms, and it won't cost you nearly as much money. Then if they're led by Tord, they'll dominate everyone.

[@TheFlyingV]

"I've got a ticking clock!" (In reference to needing to die in five years for a rigged election) "Better not use these obligations to both get money and stress out and die!"

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

Duke Tord just can't have enough goddamn heads in his collection!! By Odin's beard, I wonder what would've happened had he been your player character.

[@mattevans4377]

Jon, form Scandinavia first, then you can take whatever you want.

[@24railwaycuttings]

I learned recently on QI that apparently the Vikings were able to woo english women with their cleanliness.

[@kubablaszka]

Jon, you do realise you can siege multiple castles at the same time? They barely have any garrison. Just pull off 250 levies and your doom stack can go off starve itself out of supplies anywhere you want. You dont have to waste 4 months sitting 7k troops on a castle with barely 250 dudes inside throwing insults at you. Which brings me to the second point, supplies... Just split that army in two for goodness sake and you'll never have to worry about it, low supplies lower advantage (including duels - remember all those heads ripped off? they didnt have to be ripped off), not to mention attrition.

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

Jon should split his armies in half more often when there are too many cocking enemies causing trouble all over the place. An overwhelming force of 6000 is a bit overkill when you could just have two armies take care of two problems at the same time.

[@MrOraas]

Yeeeeess, love playing ck3 with these running👍

[@CMDRunematti]

You really should forbid your heir from going into war 🤐 so he doesn't lose his head

[@matthimfsmfs7194]

You have got to play Rebel Inc it's by the same people as Plague Inc and it's a surprising fun and strategical.

[@silentkill3142]

Love all your videos thank u for all the amazing laughs and fun

[@smargio]

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[@cmitchell6849]

Orvar reminds me of Peruns son who became emperor of the Byzantines.

[@kalumbailey5103]

Love how you spent all this time to this point making sure Asatru Champions are invincible, an making sure your family are all genetic killing machines, then you inherit as a weaker human member of your family and go to war with the actual strong giant berserker side of your family who have inherited the throne of sweden so have all the buffs you have and wonder why all your champions got shredded,cant wait till i play this game though Jon makes it look fun, watched a guy who literally paid no attention to the characters or stories just played it like total war and took over the world in 1 or 2 generations it was one of the most boring things to watch on youtube, being a strong count or duke and just pulling the strings behind the scenes without trying to take over the world looks like alot more fun, with the perks and religious features added the mods to this are going to be brilliant

[@shaman9]

Today's mood: "Yes! Screw you fake Valdemar! Fake Valdemar is dead!"

[@Izmir_Stinger]

Jon, you should click on the early-medieval tab on the cultural innovation screen. I don't think the Swedish culture has them all yet and they complete faster now.

[@senrab253]

Safe to say she reached a greater height

[@davidthomas2870]

Looks like the next goal will be getting enough enough territory to become an emporer!

[@grandmaesterwookie]

I was so worried that your son and heir was going to get his head ripped off by you madcappin' brother dude... Shouldn't have let him be a knight in such a terrifying battle lol