Well, decided to play Crusader Kings 2 again after quite some time.
So here we are. The year is 1107, and the reign of King Inge I the Great ended in 1101 with the monarch dying a broken man in his bed, leaving his oldest son Algot to be crowned King Algot I.
The former king's vassals had little faith or loyalty to their new leige, and it only took a few months before Algot's uncle Bishop Gustav, who had long been a foe to King Inge, attempted to assassinate the young king. King Algot, not taking any excrement, immediately tried to arrest the treacherous Gustav, but failed. In response, Gustav rebelled against his true lord, breaking the Duchy of Finland, which King Inge had just conquered from the pagan heathens before he died, away from the kingdom.
But something else that Inge the Great had done, was greatly improve the strength of his personal army, and the other vassals were loyal enough to Algot to join him in his fight against his uncle. The war ended after two years with the capture and beheading of Bishop Gustav. Now the aristocracy was in chaos, however, and Algot attempted to please at least some of them by giving them more fiefs and titles by conquering the northernmost part of Finland, which was under control of a crumbling Norway. The fractured, bruised and disorganized Norwegians quickly surrendered, and the war was won, despite a sudden civil war between some of the Swedish nobles.
Sweden is now rebuilding from a long time of war, training troops and upgrading her defences. Her next objective is to, join together her eastern and western halves by conquering Lappland and the last remnant of Kvens, all while attempting to spread Christendom to the Norse and Sumonesko pagans. But it is all just a stepping stone in the grand dream: a single Northern Kingdom. A grand Scandinavian empire united under a single banner. And King Algot I does not plan on letting the grumpy old men he calls vassals stand in his way.
Wow, got a little excited there. In short, I finally understand the game, and now it goes smoothly and I really like it
Also, no, I did not cheat myself to that money. I ripped off the Germans