Event
Our Status Under the French Crown
Though decades have passed since the Plantagenet kings last ruled from Rouen, the shadow of their legacy lingers over Country. Once the heartland of cross-Channel kings, the Flavor Rank now stands as a prize and a provocation — claimed by one crown, desired by another.
With tensions rising between France and England, the question of our future returns to the fore. The French heir, Target Character, newly vested with authority, must now either reaffirm his/her claim to France Flavor Rank or signal a new direction — one that may embolden the very rival who threatens them most. Country is more than land. It is memory, ambition, and inheritance. And as war looms, its fate is no longer merely symbolic.
FranceCountrytrigger
NormandyCountrydynamic historical event.tag
Hundred Years' WarSituationtriggerDefinitionin_game/events/situations/hundred_years_war.txt:2557
2558type = country_event
2559category = situation_event
2560title = hundred_years_war.219.title Our Status Under the French Crown
2561desc = hundred_years_war.219.desc Though decades have passed since the Plantagenet kings last ruled from Rouen, the shadow of their legacy lingers over Country. Once the heartland of cross-Channel kings, the Flavor Rank now stands as a prize and a provocation — claimed by one crown, desired by another.
With tensions rising between France and England, the question of our future returns to the fore. The French heir, Target Character, newly vested with authority, must now either reaffirm his/her claim to France Flavor Rank or signal a new direction — one that may embolden the very rival who threatens them most. Country is more than land. It is memory, ambition, and inheritance. And as war looms, its fate is no longer merely symbolic.
With tensions rising between France and England, the question of our future returns to the fore. The French heir, Target Character, newly vested with authority, must now either reaffirm his/her claim to France Flavor Rank or signal a new direction — one that may embolden the very rival who threatens them most. Country is more than land. It is memory, ambition, and inheritance. And as war looms, its fate is no longer merely symbolic.
2562outcome = neutral
2563historical_info = hundred_years_war.219.historical_info Normandy was once the cornerstone of the Anglo-Norman realm, ruled by English monarchs ever since William the Conqueror claimed the English throne from these very lands. Its strategic and economic importance made it a constant point of friction between England and France. Though reconquered by the French crown under Philip II in the early 13th century, the English never fully relinquished their claims. At the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War, these old grievances resurfaced, with English kings asserting their right not just to the French throne, but to territories long lost — Normandy foremost among them. The region's dual heritage placed it at the center of dynastic rivalry and made it a flashpoint in the conflict to come.
2565image = "gfx/interface/illustrations/situation/hundred_years_war.dds"
2566fire_only_once = yes
2567dynamic_historical_event = {
}
2574major = yes
2575major_trigger = {
2576OR = {
2577tag = ENG
2578tag = FRA
}
}
2582trigger = {
}
2587immediate = {
2588ruler_or_regent ?= {
2588save_scope_as = target_character
}
}