Event
The Brewer of Gent
While France and England prepare to plunge much of Western Europe into war, the cities of Country stand at the edge of a political reckoning. Though nominally bound to our French overlord, the prosperity of Gent, Bruges, and Ypres rests on a far more distant power: the English Wool, without which our looms would fall silent and our markets collapse. Among the Burghers, one voice rises above the rest: Target Character2, a charismatic brewer who commands the respect of both craftsmen and Burghers alike. With war on the horizon, his/her calls to realign our Flavor Rank and the policy of Target Character with the English England Flavor Rank grow louder by the day.
EnglandCountrytrigger
FlandersCountrydynamic historical event.tag
FranceCountrytrigger
Hundred Years' WarSituationtriggerDefinitionin_game/events/situations/hundred_years_war.txt:2625
2626type = country_event
2627category = situation_event
2628title = hundred_years_war.220.title The Brewer of Gent
2629desc = hundred_years_war.220.desc While France and England prepare to plunge much of Western Europe into war, the cities of Country stand at the edge of a political reckoning. Though nominally bound to our French overlord, the prosperity of Gent, Bruges, and Ypres rests on a far more distant power: the English Wool, without which our looms would fall silent and our markets collapse. Among the Burghers, one voice rises above the rest: Target Character2, a charismatic brewer who commands the respect of both craftsmen and Burghers alike. With war on the horizon, his/her calls to realign our Flavor Rank and the policy of Target Character with the English England Flavor Rank grow louder by the day.
2630outcome = neutral
2631historical_info = hundred_years_war.220.historical_info Jacob van Artevelde, a wealthy merchant and brewer from Ghent, emerged as a political leader during the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. Flanders, though a vassal of the French crown, relied heavily on English wool to sustain its powerful textile economy. As tensions between France and England escalated, van Artevelde championed a pro-English stance, securing trade and internal autonomy while resisting direct French control. His leadership briefly stabilized Flemish cities, but his growing power made him a target. In 1345, he would be murdered by a mob in Ghent, accused of attempting to impose English rule too directly.
2633image = "gfx/interface/illustrations/situation/hundred_years_war.dds"
2634fire_only_once = yes
2635dynamic_historical_event = {
}
2642major = yes
2643major_trigger = {
2644OR = {
2645tag = ENG
2646tag = FRA
}
}
2650trigger = {
2653at_war = no
2658character:fla_jacob_van_artevelde = {
2659is_alive = yes
2660owner = root
}
}
2664immediate = {
2665ruler_or_regent ?= {
2665save_scope_as = target_character
}
2666character:fla_jacob_van_artevelde = {
2666save_scope_as = target_character2
}
}