The Cleric's Sworn Report
A cleric returned from the far coasts stands on the quay with a report sworn before God and notary. He has seen the city, Target Character says: from a hill at dusk, at a distance he refuses to specify; a city larger and fairer than any in the Indies, its doorways worked with turquoise. He did not enter, explaining that to do so would have been imprudent for a man alone. The men find the report thrilling. The officers, however, privately consider how much of it rests on one hilltop and one sunset.
Fired by
Search for the Seven Cities of CibolaExpeditionFrom on start · right away
Trigger
Expeditionexpedition_leader exists
Exact conditions
Create character: Culture: RootCulture · Religion: RootReligion · Birth location: RootCapital · Estate: 
Clergy · Create in limbo: yes
Clergy · Create in limbo: yesAge
3050
Exact script
- This may bring us closer to uncovering what we seekExpeditionChange variable
- Name: leads_found
- Add: 1
- Target Character sails with the expeditionExpedition
- Set variable
- Name: cibola_friar_aboard
- Value: 1
- Set variable
- Name: friar_character_var
- Value: Target character
- Set variable
- Clergy gains +10% Estate Satisfaction
Exact script
- The Expedition will be less likely to stallExpeditionIfDoes NOT have Variable: expedition_receives_guides_and_porters_variableThenSet variable: expedition_receives_guides_and_porters_variable
- Clergy loses 10% Estate Satisfaction
- Not shown in the game's tooltipTarget character dies
Exact script
Changes 1
- ClergyOption 1, Option 2
References 1
- ClergyAs soon as it happens
Triggered by 1
- Search for the Seven Cities of CibolaWhen it starts
Scripting 7
Requires 1
Grants 4
Variables
- cibola_friar_aboardOption 1
- expedition_receives_guides_and_porters_variableOption 2
- friar_character_varOption 1
- leads_foundOption 1
References 2
- estate_satisfaction_mild_bonusOption 1
- estate_satisfaction_mild_penaltyOption 2
type = country_event
title = seven_cities_cibola.10.title The Cleric's Sworn Report
desc = seven_cities_cibola.10.desc A cleric returned from the far coasts stands on the quay with a report sworn before God and notary. He has seen the city, Target Character says: from a hill at dusk, at a distance he refuses to specify; a city larger and fairer than any in the Indies, its doorways worked with turquoise. He did not enter, explaining that to do so would have been imprudent for a man alone. The men find the report thrilling. The officers, however, privately consider how much of it rests on one hilltop and one sunset.
historical_info = seven_cities_cibola.10.historical_info Fray Marcos de Niza went north from Culiacan in 1539 with instructions to observe and report, and returned swearing that he had seen from a distance a city called Cibola larger than Mexico-Tenochtitlan. He had wisely not approached it. The report electrified New Spain, and the viceroy assembled the largest land expedition yet mounted in the Americas on the strength of this one report. When Coronado's soldiers finally stood before the adobe walls of Hawikuh a year later, the general wrote that the friar had not told the truth about a single thing he reported. Whether Marcos lied outright, misjudged the gleam of the setting sun on plastered adobe, or simply reported what an anxious colony demanded of him has been debated ever since.
outcome = positive
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_home_departure
}
trigger = {
scope:expedition = {
exists = expedition_leader
}
}