EventAcross the pillars
The Black Legend
It has been brought to our attention that our colonial rivals spare no effort blackening the name of Country. Pamphlets and tales portray our conquistadors as bloodthirsty tyrants and our colonies as realms sustained only by cruelty. As the accusations spread quickly throughout Europe, we are prompted to react to these slanders and jealous inventions.
Historical event
- Is
Castile - Date: 1550–1836
- Monthly chance: 1%
Trigger
- Has DLC:
Across the Pillars - Has Global Variable: battle_for_the_strait_winner_country
- Religion:
Catholicism - Any subjectIs subject type:
Colonial Nation - Any rival
- Religion: NotCatholicism
- Any subjectIs subject type: Colonial Nation
- Religion: Not
Exact conditions
- Gain +15 Prestige
- Gains Colonial Reputation Slandered for 20 years
- +10 towards
Belligerent
Exact script
- Lose 15 Legitimacy
- +10 towards
Conciliatory - Though we might be able to save our reputation, many may interpret our response as an admission that we have been deceived by their lies and inventions
Exact script
Requires 4
Religions
- CatholicismTrigger
Subject Types
- Colonial NationTrigger
Countries
- CastileTag
DLCs
- Across the PillarsTrigger
Grants 1
- Colonial Reputation SlanderedOption 1
Changes 1
- Belligerent vs ConciliatoryOption 1, Option 2
Scripting 5
Requires 1
References 4
Script Values
- legitimacy_severe_penaltyOption 2
- prestige_severe_bonusOption 1
- societal_value_move_to_leftOption 1
- societal_value_move_to_rightOption 2
type = country_event
title = flavor_cas.142.title The Black Legend
desc = flavor_cas.142.desc It has been brought to our attention that our colonial rivals spare no effort blackening the name of Country. Pamphlets and tales portray our conquistadors as bloodthirsty tyrants and our colonies as realms sustained only by cruelty. As the accusations spread quickly throughout Europe, we are prompted to react to these slanders and jealous inventions.
outcome = neutral
fire_only_once = yes
historical_info = flavor_cas.142.historical_info From the 16th century onwards, Spanish colonial rivals — mostly Protestants — started engaging in a defamation campaign that would later be called the Black Legend. Although they themselves participated in comparable practices, they sought to demonize Spain by emphasizing its brutality in the Americas and re-publishing Spanish works, such as those written by Bartolomé de las Casas, with many exaggerations and things taken out of context in order to damage the reputation of the Spanish crown.