Luciano Grazini is now grown up, and now he must steer the Ship of State across the rest of the Renaissance.
A Reforged World (NO SV, You are King of Italy, in a Greatly Changed World)
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Book 3: Chapter 1: A New World
Magoose
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Book 3: Chapter 1: A New World
Where a Boy King, becomes a Man, and all that entitles.
Where a Boy King, becomes a Man, and all that entitles.
You were struggling to find a simple way to gather your courage. That itself was not a truly brave thing. You knew that everyone would have that moment when getting out of bed was something that was difficult. "Your Grace, it is time to get up."
But you knew that, as a child, you could get away with sleeping in. Not anymore, because at this moment… You could only feel… tiredness. "Let me sleep longer. Your king demands it." You stated as you turned on your bed and placed the pillows over your head.
"Luciano, get out of bed, or I will make sure that the paperwork will not get done by another assistant." The voice of your tired, and very much weakened mentor, awoke you, and you sat up.
You could see that, despite Macheveli's best efforts, hiding his affliction and stress with some makeup, scented perfume from the east, and bright colors that he could afford in his position, he still looked as if he had aged decades. His once bright and vibrant hair was as grey and wispy as an old man's, and his eyes, despite having the white powder covering his face, could not hide the large, thick, and black bags of exhaustion that had shown his commitment to Italy.
You saw the Chambellan standing beside him, trying his best not to seem scared at your annoyance. He was still getting used to the… changes that your position carried, and the simple fact you were still not very good at the whole King business.
Even the simple fact that people were pretty much at your beck and call, and you still tried to do everything yourself was honestly something more akin to a King of France, than to this new Italian Nation.
You curled out of bed before looking for some pants. "I was at the forge last night, seeing the last of the finishing touches being… made." You sighed before you stretch, and looked at the Chambellan having your clothes and shoes ready. "Thank you."
Another thing that most of the courtiers noticed, was you're unwavering politeness at them. You had not been in certain situations, but you were just a regular boy before becoming king. There was a sense of respect among them.
As you got dressed, you looked at Machieveli, who was quietly looking around your room. "You have been reading The Prince, haven't you?"
"I have Master." You said quietly, as you slide your shirt on. "A good read, one that has been helpful for me, during these times?"
"I am glad you find my advice useful." He responded as you put on your pants. "Are you almost done, we have much to do today."
"I am moving as fast as I can master, and I can say that the Senate has never really been one to enjoy my presence." You replied.
"A fresh house with a fresh election, the first of its kind has just taken place all over Italy, where citizens and subjects elected their first representatives of this new body, and you do not think they will enjoy your presence? The boy who unified them?"
"You unified them Master, and no one will ever forget that." You stated with a shrug. "And you won your seat unanimously, and were chosen as a minister."
"To think that this dream of mine was but a thought all those years ago." He sighed. "I know this may sound-"
"Don't talk like that Master, you are plenty young enough as it is." You smiled, trying to make the old man laugh. But instead, he just looked down.
"You know I'm not strong enough to keep going until I die. You will have to find someone else you can trust in your government, and even one that you don't so that this nation can thrive."
"Yet I can still see that you will be the one who-"
He held your shoulder, and you stopped. "I know. But that will not be your choice, my boy."
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As you walked forward to the assembled Senate, they all removed their hats and allowed you to see their faces. A few were soldiers and survivors of the Sicilian campaigns. Cosmo was among them, still smiling as he noticed you helping Macheveli.
A few of Fredirico's Naval veterans were there as well, so bright and colorful from the great victories and the loot. They all were there for their success, battle hungry and hardened. They were drunk on victory and hoped to continue it.
And finally, there were the Republicans, the least well-dressed of them… but they were all prepared for their service.
Do you say something?:
[]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
[]No. You will let your Master speak.
AN: Enjoy everyone, and Welcome to A Reforged World, The Long Awaited Sequal to Rebirth of the World (NO SV, Welcome to the Renaissance), where you are Lucian Grazini, former gunsmith of Florence, through the work of his master Machiavelli and many others around him, have placed him on the Throne of Italy, a responsibility that he was not ready for, but he has succeeded marvelously in his short regency.
Now he is a man grown, who must guide the ship of state, through the rest of this crazy century.
Also @Randino Treviani you asked me to pin you when it finally posted... so I have.
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Luciano
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Name: Luciano Graziani
Description: A young man, with dark and striking eyes, and near Berber-like skin, with a memorable birthmark across the left cheek in the recognizable shape of a cross.
Titles: King of Italy, Master of Rome. The Unifier.
Age: 21
Height:5.9"'
Hometown: Florence, Italy
Birthday: 14 February 1500
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nicknames: Luke.
Allies: Niccolo Machevili. All of Italy calls you master. The Senate view you as the man who will respect their authority.
Enemies: Unknown to you. But you are now part of the most dangerous game in Europe, Politics.
Public Reputation: 15 (The King of Italy, you are now considered the Lord and Master. May the World understand that you are not like others.)
Family Reputation: 8 (Your Family was one of Italy's foremost craftsmen, maybe even Europe. With them gone, many look at you to continue the legacy of excellence that they have given you. You have also become the first member of your family to become a Monarch of a nation, which has given you a grand and brilliant reputation.)
Stats
Composure: 15 (Throughout life, conflict, war, and battle, you have learned, without exception, that there is one thing you can control. Yourself. You have moments of weakness yes. but never of doubt)
Military: 5 (You are not a soldiering king that most of Europe have. You are a craftsman, a builder, and above all else, a figure of stability.)
Charisma: 13 (You have never been the most magnetic... But every now and then, you have been able to seize the moment)
Decorum: 12 (You have never been one for court)
Stewardship: 3 (Same for governance, and finance. Others have been placed through who know how to handle the money)
Intelligence: 17 (You are among the brilliant minds of the world, though you belive it is just because men want to have their day at court, and flattery is a good way to gain it)
Subterfuge: 6 (You know that daggers exist in the dark)
Command Skills
Command: 16 (You know what it takes to lead men into battle)
Calvary Command: 8 (You know what cavalry can do to a man foot)
Infantry Command: 11 (You have shouldered a rifle and stood in a line)
Artillery Command: 14 (But always felt the most comfortable with the artillery)
Grand Strategy: 8 (You are a novice in strategy.)
Civil Skills
Engineering: 25 (You are, without question, the foremost engineer, inventor and architect in the world. Da Vinci, your master of sciences, says that if you were not a king, you would have followed his path, and built a better world)
Education: 14 (You are well educated, having been taught by Machiavelli to always have a great thirst for knowledge and learning)
Logistic: 7 (You do not have a mind for logistics, besides the basics)
Manual Labor: 19 (You have worked in a forge most of your life. You have a great love for honest work)
Law: 8 (You are a novice of law, save for your duty as King. Other men can do that.)
Administration: 8 (You are not an administrator, and you hate it.)
Combat Skills
Marksmanship: 15 (You are a decidedly above-average shot, having mostly practiced when creating firearms for your customers)
Swordsmanship: 8 (You do not know but the basics of Swordsmanship)
Athletics: 10 (You are in average shape)
Hand to Hand: 5 (You can't throw a good punch)
Traits:
For The Love of Man: You believe, with all your heart that the greatness of humanity, in God's Kingdom, is discovering the world around them, and building relationships with others. To make the world better for all of us. (For every friend you have, with a relationship above a 5/10. Gain +5 to all rolls.)
Description: A young man, with dark and striking eyes, and near Berber-like skin, with a memorable birthmark across the left cheek in the recognizable shape of a cross.
Titles: King of Italy, Master of Rome. The Unifier.
Age: 21
Height:5.9"'
Hometown: Florence, Italy
Birthday: 14 February 1500
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nicknames: Luke.
Allies: Niccolo Machevili. All of Italy calls you master. The Senate view you as the man who will respect their authority.
Enemies: Unknown to you. But you are now part of the most dangerous game in Europe, Politics.
Public Reputation: 15 (The King of Italy, you are now considered the Lord and Master. May the World understand that you are not like others.)
Family Reputation: 8 (Your Family was one of Italy's foremost craftsmen, maybe even Europe. With them gone, many look at you to continue the legacy of excellence that they have given you. You have also become the first member of your family to become a Monarch of a nation, which has given you a grand and brilliant reputation.)
Stats
Composure: 15 (Throughout life, conflict, war, and battle, you have learned, without exception, that there is one thing you can control. Yourself. You have moments of weakness yes. but never of doubt)
Military: 5 (You are not a soldiering king that most of Europe have. You are a craftsman, a builder, and above all else, a figure of stability.)
Charisma: 13 (You have never been the most magnetic... But every now and then, you have been able to seize the moment)
Decorum: 12 (You have never been one for court)
Stewardship: 3 (Same for governance, and finance. Others have been placed through who know how to handle the money)
Intelligence: 17 (You are among the brilliant minds of the world, though you belive it is just because men want to have their day at court, and flattery is a good way to gain it)
Subterfuge: 6 (You know that daggers exist in the dark)
Command Skills
Command: 16 (You know what it takes to lead men into battle)
Calvary Command: 8 (You know what cavalry can do to a man foot)
Infantry Command: 11 (You have shouldered a rifle and stood in a line)
Artillery Command: 14 (But always felt the most comfortable with the artillery)
Grand Strategy: 8 (You are a novice in strategy.)
Civil Skills
Engineering: 25 (You are, without question, the foremost engineer, inventor and architect in the world. Da Vinci, your master of sciences, says that if you were not a king, you would have followed his path, and built a better world)
Education: 14 (You are well educated, having been taught by Machiavelli to always have a great thirst for knowledge and learning)
Logistic: 7 (You do not have a mind for logistics, besides the basics)
Manual Labor: 19 (You have worked in a forge most of your life. You have a great love for honest work)
Law: 8 (You are a novice of law, save for your duty as King. Other men can do that.)
Administration: 8 (You are not an administrator, and you hate it.)
Combat Skills
Marksmanship: 15 (You are a decidedly above-average shot, having mostly practiced when creating firearms for your customers)
Swordsmanship: 8 (You do not know but the basics of Swordsmanship)
Athletics: 10 (You are in average shape)
Hand to Hand: 5 (You can't throw a good punch)
Traits:
For The Love of Man: You believe, with all your heart that the greatness of humanity, in God's Kingdom, is discovering the world around them, and building relationships with others. To make the world better for all of us. (For every friend you have, with a relationship above a 5/10. Gain +5 to all rolls.)
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The Government of Italy.
Magoose
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The Prime minister:
His CAbinant:
TBA
Court:
TBA
Name: Senator Randio Travioli of Venice
Description: A Young Man of a Northern Complection, pale as he had spent more time in the seminary, than that of the sailor, but he is good enough for a dark-haired man. His scars from the war say everything.
Titles: Consul of Italy, Prime Minister of the Senate, Head of His Majesty's Government
Age: 25
Height:5'7"'
Hometown: Venice, Italy
Birthday: 12 March 1491
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nicknames: Randio. Randy.
Allies: Niccolo Machevili, your former head of State, Members of the Moderates.
Enemies: Members of the Grazini's view you with disdain and hatred. A Senator has wished to kill you.
Public Reputation: 6 (As a Member, nay, The Member of His Majasty's Government, you are the representative of Italy on the World Stage)
Stats
Composure: 11 (Moments of Doubt come to you on occasion… but you never let it destroy you)
Military: 10 (You are well versed in the art of war, as you are among the veterans of the Naval War with the Ottomans.)
Charisma: 13 (You have never been the most magnetic... But every now and then, you have been able to seize the moment)
Decorum: 10 (You have never been one for court)
Stewardship: 18 (Perhaps more than anyone else in government, you are able to see the opportunity that is before you.)
Intelligence: 11 (You are not bright, nor brilliant. But you are you, and that is enough)
Subterfuge: 14 (Politics is like life. A Uniquely damaging skillset that leaves no survivors)
Command Skills
Command: 6 (You are not a leader of men)
Calvary Command: 8 (You know what cavalry can do to a man's foot)
Infantry Command: 1 (You have never stood in a line.)
Artillery Command: 14 (At the Bow of a ship, canon in front, you are a god among all men)
Grand Strategy: 8 (You are a novice in strategy.)
Civil Skills
Engineering: 5 (You are not a good thinker or engineer)
Education: 9 (You are educated enough)
Logistic: 7 (You do not have a mind for logistics, besides the basics)
Manual Labor: 6 (You have a sailors mind when it comes to work)
Law: 14 (You are not a skilled lawyer, but you know your way around the law.)
Administration: 16 (You are among the brighter young men who have entered the senate. The only one after all that managed to maintain a good thing.)
Combat Skills
Marksmanship: 1 (Guns are not a fighting weapons you use)
Swordsmanship: 8 (You do not know but the basics of Swordsmanship)
Athletics: 10 (You are in average shape)
Hand to Hand: 5 (You can't throw a good punch)
Traits:
Prime Minister: You are the Prime minister of Italy, perhaps the most important office in the Kingdom, save for the Kingship itself. You are the elected representative of the Italian People. (+20 to all rolls within the Senate)
A Northerner: You are North of Rome, and the divide that is there will always linger. (When speaking to Southenrs and Sicilians, suffer a -10 to diplomacy Rolls)
Moderate: You are a moderate, a man who does not wish for a republic, but also not an autocracy.
Description: A Young Man of a Northern Complection, pale as he had spent more time in the seminary, than that of the sailor, but he is good enough for a dark-haired man. His scars from the war say everything.
Titles: Consul of Italy, Prime Minister of the Senate, Head of His Majesty's Government
Age: 25
Height:5'7"'
Hometown: Venice, Italy
Birthday: 12 March 1491
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nicknames: Randio. Randy.
Allies: Niccolo Machevili, your former head of State, Members of the Moderates.
Enemies: Members of the Grazini's view you with disdain and hatred. A Senator has wished to kill you.
Public Reputation: 6 (As a Member, nay, The Member of His Majasty's Government, you are the representative of Italy on the World Stage)
Stats
Composure: 11 (Moments of Doubt come to you on occasion… but you never let it destroy you)
Military: 10 (You are well versed in the art of war, as you are among the veterans of the Naval War with the Ottomans.)
Charisma: 13 (You have never been the most magnetic... But every now and then, you have been able to seize the moment)
Decorum: 10 (You have never been one for court)
Stewardship: 18 (Perhaps more than anyone else in government, you are able to see the opportunity that is before you.)
Intelligence: 11 (You are not bright, nor brilliant. But you are you, and that is enough)
Subterfuge: 14 (Politics is like life. A Uniquely damaging skillset that leaves no survivors)
Command Skills
Command: 6 (You are not a leader of men)
Calvary Command: 8 (You know what cavalry can do to a man's foot)
Infantry Command: 1 (You have never stood in a line.)
Artillery Command: 14 (At the Bow of a ship, canon in front, you are a god among all men)
Grand Strategy: 8 (You are a novice in strategy.)
Civil Skills
Engineering: 5 (You are not a good thinker or engineer)
Education: 9 (You are educated enough)
Logistic: 7 (You do not have a mind for logistics, besides the basics)
Manual Labor: 6 (You have a sailors mind when it comes to work)
Law: 14 (You are not a skilled lawyer, but you know your way around the law.)
Administration: 16 (You are among the brighter young men who have entered the senate. The only one after all that managed to maintain a good thing.)
Combat Skills
Marksmanship: 1 (Guns are not a fighting weapons you use)
Swordsmanship: 8 (You do not know but the basics of Swordsmanship)
Athletics: 10 (You are in average shape)
Hand to Hand: 5 (You can't throw a good punch)
Traits:
Prime Minister: You are the Prime minister of Italy, perhaps the most important office in the Kingdom, save for the Kingship itself. You are the elected representative of the Italian People. (+20 to all rolls within the Senate)
A Northerner: You are North of Rome, and the divide that is there will always linger. (When speaking to Southenrs and Sicilians, suffer a -10 to diplomacy Rolls)
Moderate: You are a moderate, a man who does not wish for a republic, but also not an autocracy.
His CAbinant:
TBA
Court:
TBA
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Well, folks...
Here we go again.
Here we go again.
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
AVE IMPERITOR! Long live Italia!
AVE IMPERITOR! Long live Italia!
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Time to reforge the Roman empire
We should probaby give up on the western part, to established as fellow catholic kigdoms.
The Eastern part and North Africa on the other hand...
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
Oh boy it's time
Oh boy it's time
Magoose
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Speaking of some of the changes I forgot to mention on the thread.
The Year is 1516, so Luciano is now an adult in the eyes of Europe.
Charles is now fully committed to building up the new world... Much to the Hapsburgs in Europe confusion and horror due to the fact he is creating a succession crisis that could tear Europe apart. So expect that to come up in a bit when Europe goes on fire again.
The reformation is coming and we may have made it inevitable with our handling of the Pope... and showing the weakness of the Church.
And the Arabian and West African Slave Trade has taken a very brutal blow from the Italian Navy having a new personal mission. "Fuck up the Economy of the Entire east while we profit."
And the best way they thought of doing that, was by stopping the slave trade.
Very Based.
The Year is 1516, so Luciano is now an adult in the eyes of Europe.
Charles is now fully committed to building up the new world... Much to the Hapsburgs in Europe confusion and horror due to the fact he is creating a succession crisis that could tear Europe apart. So expect that to come up in a bit when Europe goes on fire again.
The reformation is coming and we may have made it inevitable with our handling of the Pope... and showing the weakness of the Church.
And the Arabian and West African Slave Trade has taken a very brutal blow from the Italian Navy having a new personal mission. "Fuck up the Economy of the Entire east while we profit."
And the best way they thought of doing that, was by stopping the slave trade.
Very Based.
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
Do I hear War of Spanish succession? Or would it be War of Hasburg succession.
Honestly, this was inevitable. It should be fine so long we avoid a 30 years war scenario.
Duke William of
I really need to finish my quests. :V
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
Yay, It's back! Time to go full Iron Man on Europe!
Yay, It's back! Time to go full Iron Man on Europe!
Magoose
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Don't get your hopes up to much my friend. While Italiy is in fact fucking slavers in the ass with their canons and their fun times ahead Italian marines...
We have to worry about other things that will need to be dealt with to end slavery on the planet. Especially since we are doing the stoping of the trade for economic reasons to fuck over our enemies, rather than moral reasons to end slavery.
One: Charles might drink the kool-aid of economic prosperity off the backs of slaves and decide that, yes, importing slaves to the new world to make tons of wealth is a good idea, and we should totally do that. (unlikely, but we should fear that my friend)
Two: The Ottomans are still slavers, and us fucking up the slave trade puts them at risk. So there is that.
Three: We haven't a global empire to stomp on slaver scum to the ends of the earth. Best we can do currently is stop the Mediterranean slave trade and maybe stop the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Either way, Uncle Billy might not approve of our measures, because they don't go far enough.
It would gain a colorful name that takes away the horror of the war that will be fought.
Like Brothers War, or The family Feud.
...
Very very hard to do, the only way you could do that is either have the reformation take over the Empire completely, or for the Reformation to be destroyed in its crib.
BlackBaron
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[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.
[X]Yes: Time to show them you are prepared.