Terrible news from Alberto. Only a season's march away from the Holy Land and our enemies, the Hungarians, are already upon the Holy City.
Because we are, of course, not allied, we will not be able to besiege the city with them. Alberto would have come so far and with nothing to gain after all these years...
I must prepare Alberto to mobolize his men to the closest Egyptian settlement, preferably down south, in order to not be left stranded.
Elsewhere, another war is brewing as well. Soldiers from the island of Sicily is on its way to Florence, where I am planning to launch my attack on the city of Venice.
The Hungarians have already besieged the city before Alberto reached there. Things are looking bleak for Alberto.
Fortunately for me I had good news to cheer me up. The Doge of Venice was left isolated by his soldiers in the castle.
The new and foolish Doge of Venice is dead! And I have a valuable position that isolates the city of Venice from the rest of its provinces and allows me to levy troops to fight against Venice.
