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Journal of Konrad IV


I spent hours scouring our ledger to find the locations of heretics. They are way more numerous that previously thought. This makes me uneasy, There is much work to do. I do not wish to sit idle, however it not a good decision to go into war without proper preparations.

Surveying our regiments I have learned that not all of them are at full strength. This will give me ample time to plan the cleansing of more heretics while the regiments return to their full strength so that they can bring glory to god and Alsace!

It has been made clear to me that we do not possess any coastal provinces. If we were to create a small navy, this would allow us to convert heretics in distant lands! There are whole continents of heretics!Soon the world shall bow to god!



Hour of searching through maps and other documentations has revealed to me a target of our conquest. The nation of Candar If we are able to gain a province in that territory it would allow us to start the creation of a navy. Perhaps then we could sail to Africa where the heathens frolic in sin! If their allies oppose us, they too shall feel the steel of god!

The troops will have to march far to reach the battles but god will protect them!

The armies of god march onward! Like angels from heaven!

We have been insulted. To set a good example and to improve relations with our subjects we have followed the example of Jesus and turned the other cheek.



With our armies on their border war is declared on Candar! Their allies Yemen shall feel the wrath of god as well!



We have troops in several of their provinces and we have won a few small skirmishes. Their main army is a fraction of our army. They refuse to fight us in a straight engagement.



Due to divine intervention we were able to ambush their forces right before they left the province.

Within a few months we have the rats cornered in their fortresses. Stone walls will now save them from god.

Candar provinces fall into our hands one by one. I feel gods gaze and know that he is pleased with our accomplishments.

Candar is under our control! The heathens shall kiss the earth as the bow to their new god! These are the terms we negotiated.



We have acquired most of their provinces! This will allow us to send missionaries and will act as a base of operations and naval base for campaigns vs heathens in the south and Mediterranean. God smiles upon Alsace this day!



Missionaries have been sent, soon they will worship the one true god.

Yemen is still at war with us and refuses to accept a white peace. However they are too far away to combat from the land alone, We will bide our time and be on the lookout for their attacks.

I fear that I may not see the great armada that our nation can produce in my lifetime as the newly acquired provinces are not a core part of our nation. However they will still prove useful in fighting wars against heretics in the southern part of the known world.

The former citizens of Candar are ungrateful that we saved their souls. Several rebellions have been put down already.

There is potential for a holy war of the likes we have never seen. There is a vast alliance of heretics in these lands. We shall prepare both of and our allies for a grand war of which has not been heard of since biblical times.

Ordering for more troops to be trained, and several current regiments to be sent to our new southern provinces I make plan for war.

France now controls the Holy Roman Empire! This is grave news indeed.



When the troops are in position we shall go to war with Syria and their allies. For the glory of god!

War has been declared! We may be outnumbered but we have god on our side!



They outnumber us in Cavalry however they cannot match our artillery!



We have agreed to White Peace with Yemen which will allow us to focus on our war against Syria.

Laying siege in several provinces, we attempt to engage their main army with ours while setting up more sieges throughout their lands.

We are able to engage one of their main armies and annihilate it. Chasing it down to the next province we deal as much damage as possible. However most of the sieges have been broken by small parties. This war will not be easy. I am confident that with god out our side we can achieve victory!



We are outnumbered by these savages however with god and our technology We can achieve victory!

There is a large Persian army that is said to be 30,000 strong nearby. We are playing cat and mouse with them, If we can engage with all of our forces we should be able to defeat them. We cannot let them pick of our smaller armies one by one as this would spell the end for us in this war.

I have been recruiting primitive infantry from our new provinces to bolster our ranks as any man who can lift a weapon will be helpful in this war.

We have lost our information as to the location of the Persian army. This makes me uneasy.

Attrition is taking its toll. Soon I will send the weaker regiments to our new provinces so that they can resupply and regain their morale.

A horde of heretics has been spotted on the war front! After issuing a tactical retreat, I offer a prayer to god.



We will fall back to our forward provinces and resupply so that we may turn the sands red with their blood! Reinforcements are also arriving from our beautiful homeland. How I miss the lush fields and lovely maidens of Alsace. I grow tired of the sand, It is always in my boots and anywhere else one can imagine. This is what god wants me to do, I am his servant. When I reach heaven, I shall ask him why he created this wretched landscape.

The war is not in the favor of Alsace, Once the regiments are at full strength and the troops morale is restored we shall run our enemies through!



It is a new year, Celebrations have ceased and moral is at a high, It is time to strike.

Reports show there is an army 30,000 strong on the border of our lands, Our troops almost double theirs, This shall be the bloodiest battle if it takes place.



We need to damage their armies while we can, It is hard to sustaine large armies in enemy territory. If we split them up they will be picked apart by the heretics. This is why we must do as much damage as possible to their armies early on.

Catching the enemy army unaware we have superior numbers! Their morale falls quicker than than a raindrop in Alsace.



They route quickly and we give chase, but not before leaving behind troops to siege the fortress.

We engage their army once more! We are outnumbered but have the upper hand due to morale.

The battle has been won! They flee like cowards and we pursue them to ensure that we do not have to deal with them later.

God is for sure on our side! 1,000 brave men held their ground against 5,000 heretics! It is a sign!

We are winning skirmishes across the land, We have yet to finish any sieges though.

Our soldiers are vastly superior to theirs. As long as we keep our morale and manpower up This war is ours. However the peasants are getting tired of the war. Hopefully we can occupy some provinces soon so that we can negotiate.





I have arranged for all regiments less than 400 strong to be sent home to resupply. They are useless in that condition.

God has made it clear to me that I should cease this war. Their hordes are too strong. We shall try and reach a favorable or a white piece by occupying 1 province to give us the edge. The war is currently in our favor but only slightly.

Our troops and peasants need a break from the horrors and stress of war.

We are not victorious, but we have not failed for we will be back again and we will be stronger.

Their hordes march towards us, We cannot reach means for peace. Our troops are battered and beaten, This is a grave situation indeed. (I knew the war was not the best idea, I just wanted to do something interesting :p)

We shall hold our ground and hope to persuade them via winning skirmishes.

I refuse to give tribute for peace!

The final battle shall take place in Mus, We overpower them as of now but they have 24,000 troops en route. All of our troops are making haste, however I am unsure whether they will get their in time. Perhaps It is gods will, that we lose this war.

We won the initial engagement, Their reinforcements decided not to come. This is good news indeed.

White Peace has been reached with Iraq, This is the first step to ending this god forsaken war.

We have reached peace with Persia as well. Perhaps we could continue to fight this war since the enemy hordes have been thinned. We are only at war with Syria and their vassals. However the peasants grow weary of war talk.

Syria launches a surprise attack on Mus! If we can win this I will mount a quick and powerful counter offensive to punish them for their insolence



The battle is won! We shall chase these rats until there are no left. With most of the heathen nations out of the war we can do a great deal of damage to Syria.

Hunting their main army down, we besiege as many provinces as possible. I feel gods gaze focused on Alsace once more!

Alsace loses several skirmishes, I put an end to this war for the time being. The heretics can wait, I feel peace is in the best interest of the children of god that reside in Alsace.

Even in times of peace, I am still finding sand strewn about my chambers as well as within my wardrobe. How can those heretics live in such a hellish landscape.

It has been a while since the war and things are starting to turn to normal. I am still weary of France however.

One of our best generals died, Not in battle as he would have liked. He died peacefully in his home land however.

I have received good news that some of the heretics have accepted the word of god! God be praised!

Surveying a map of religion throughout the known world worries me. Heresy still runs rampant outside of Europe. I hope that I live to see the world purged of Heresy and united under the one true god. It is no coincidence that these two maps align the way they do.

The printing press is revolutionizing the spread of information. Because of this we have gained a lot in the way of technological advances.

Gold flows from the coffers as freely as the wine. Things are going well for Alsace. However there are many nations that have not heard the word of god. I must now turn my attention to these heretics.

Hopefully what we gain from the conquest of heretics will help us if we ever need to go to war with the powers of Europe.

There is an island in the Mediterranean that does not share our beliefs. It would be trivial to conquer it, if we had ships to bring our troops there. I feel that we cannot conquer heretics until we are able to conquer the waves.

I have been told be god that Alsace is to claim the last lands of Candar. The people in these lands worship god but are being ruled by heretics! This cannot continue. We shall free the children of god from oppression!

It would appear I have made a grave mistake. I was informed that Candar only had 1 ally, Yemen, However Yemen has called upon their allies to aid them in this war. For god and country!

We quickly crush the Candarian army and besiege the fortress. Now we must turn out attention to the west where the true enemy lies.

Fighting outnumbered our valor and piety carries us to victory in this bloody battle!

Our other large army moves to intercept them as they flee into the sunset.

Rumors of our unrelenting aggression in the name of god has spread throughout the lands!

We have fought their main army again and again across several battlefields, Our numbers dwindle as well as do theirs but Their morale is worsened as they are being defeated by inferior numbers!



When this war is won it shall be a glorious day!

The crimson sand scorches the flesh of the wounded men that lie strewn about. We are vastly outnumbered but not yet beaten. This is the battle that will see if we have god's favor. A thick cloud of smoke bellows across the desert making it hard to breathe. The cacophony of the battle makes it difficult to think. We have reinforcements in route, I pray that they arrive in time.



Their cavalry tore our men to shreds. I wonder if god has turned his back on us. Battered and beaten we retreat once more.

Once the Candarian siege is complete, I will try and make peace with these heretics, Their numbers are too great.

I order the troops back We need to be on the defensive until we can complete the siege of Candar.

The heretics are upon us! They are attacking our forward camp in Mus! Reinforcements for us are on the way but they are two provinces away. God help us on this day.

After a bloody battle we are able to force our enemies to flee. We are victorious on this darkest of days.



They attack our war camp once again, Reinforcements are closer in this battle. The men are confident that god is watching us. After a brutal fight we push them back once more.



We have won the siege of Mus! This is a great victory and will help us greatly in the negotiations.

Further investigations reveal that we are not too far behind in troops.

They have thrown away thousands trying to attack our troops in Mus. Our troops have a new found will to fight with our recent victories. Perhaps I will take this war further.

7 times they have tried to break us in Mus. 7 times they have been repelled.\

We have been winning the majority of the battles and we have a presence in many provinces. However the war has yet to be decided.

We have gained control of most of Syria and have beaten most of their armies. With our armies spread thin, we must proceed with caution

They heretics are too many. We are too few. I have decided to concede defeat in order to preserve lives of our soldiers. In order to defeat these heretics I feel it would be necessary to bring troops down from the homeland.

Sorry if some of the pics are messed up. I had to do them in 2 parts cause of imgur, this made it really confusing.