Dynastic events

This article is accurate for the latest versions of EU3, Napoleon’s Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind.

Dynastic events are events that revolve around the succession of monarchies. They were introduced with Heir to the throne.

Carnal sins

ID: 9450 Type: Country Could her lips be any redder? Doubtful. Hollow, in the back of your mind, echo the cautioning words of priests and preachers. Is this what the sermons spoke of? The Devil in a woman's body, and the temptations of the flesh? Strange. As devils go, this one looks a lot like an angel. Either way, you'll have to bring this up in your confession on sunday.
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. is a monarchy. has a male ruler. has a ruler with a diplomatic skill of at least 3. does not have a regency council. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is Catholic. The papacy is active. (added with )			Mean time to happen: 400 months
			Modifier: has a ruler with a diplomatic skill of at least 6: ×0.5
Options:
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.: A new heir of this dynasty is born: with 30% heir claim. Papal influence: −5%		Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.: Papal influence: +2%

A beloved heir dies

ID: 9451 Type: Country A strange fever has claimed the life of your beloved heir, $HEIR$. As the court sheds its clothes for blacker garments, it strikes you what a frail and transient thing life can be. Just as your thoughts are about to turn to the eternal, a young maid catches your eye...
Trigger conditions: has a heir: with a heir claim stronger than 90%. is a monarchy. has a male ruler. does not have a regency council. is not the lesser part in a personal union.			Mean time to happen: 1200 months
Options:
In the arms of the Lord, I find solace.: The current heir dies. A random own province without a temple gets one.		In the arms of the maid, I find solace.: The current heir dies. A new heir of this dynasty is born: with 30% heir claim.

Palace coup

ID: 9452 Type: Country Father, $HEIR_S_PRONOUN$ says, $HEIR_ADJ$ sword pointing at you. 'Your rule has brought this nation to the brink of destruction, and shame to our family.' $HEIR_CAP_S_PRONOUN$ looks nervously at $HEIR_ADJ$ co-conspirators. An other-worldly sense of fatigue washes over you. Betrayal in your own midst?'
Trigger conditions: has a heir: with a heir claim stronger than 90%. which is at least 15 years old. is a monarchy. does not have a regency council. is not the lesser part in a personal union. has a stability of −3.			Mean time to happen: 200 months
			Modifier: is at war: ×0.5
Options:
I feel so old...: The ruler dies. the country modifier: Ruler considered illegitimate for 5 years giving the following effects: Legitimacy: −1% yearly National revolt risk: +2%		You spoiled little runt!: The current heir dies.

The weeping song

ID: 9453 Type: Country The war has taken a heavy toll upon the mothers and wives of your nation, and as you pass this ragged old widow where she sits, her face buried deep in her palmed hands, your heir asks: 'Oh Father, why are all the women weeping?'
Trigger conditions: has a heir. is a monarchy. does not have a regency council. has at least 40. is raising war taxes. has a war exhaustion of at least 4.			Mean time to happen: 25 months
Options:
They are all weeping for their men...: Treasury: −40 War exhaustion: −2		They are merely crying, son.: Infamy: +1 Treasury: +40 Amount of manpower: +5000

A silent spring

ID: 9454 Type: Country She giggles. - 'Your majesty...', she says. You look at her. Her beauty is unmatched in your realm, and even in realms beyond yours. You say nothing. Spring is in the air, and as you lean in toward her, with the intoxicating scent of her perfume painfully present, a thought crosses your mind...
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. is a monarchy. has a male ruler. does not have a regency council. is not the lesser part in a personal union. It’s at least April and before July.			Mean time to happen: 400 months
Options:
Cute girl...: A new heir of this dynasty is born: with 30% heir claim.		Bargaining chip...: Royal marriage with a random monarchy: with the same religion as this country that is not the lesser part in a personal union.

Soirée

ID: 9455 Type: Country The chandeliers blaze shadows and light across the grand ball room of your palace, and the music of a hundred dancing violins fills the air. 'Your Majesty!', 'Your Excellency!', 'My $MONARCHTITLE$!', the foreign guests and local dignitaries greet you. Everywhere is conversation, laughter, discussion, and the breathing, pulsating rhythm of life. Your eyes gaze across the assembled myriads. Who should you talk to tonight?'
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. is a monarchy. does not have a regency council. is the lesser part in a personal union. has a cultural tradition of at least 50%.			Mean time to happen: 800 months
			Modifier: has a cultural tradition of at least 10%: ×0.5
Options:
Good evening, My Lady!: A new heir of this dynasty is born: with 30% heir claim. Cultural tradition: −10%		Good evening, My Good Sir!: Create an artist, philosopher or theologian. Cultural tradition: −5%

Comment: The mtth modifier is alsways true with the current trigger conditions. Perhaps the values for cultural tradition should be exchanged between trigger conditions and mtth modifier.

Heir falls ill

ID: 9456 Type: Country Your heir, $HEIR$, breathes heavily. $HEIR_CAP_S_PRONOUN$ has been lying in bed for three days now, and reflected in the beads of sweat on $HEIR_ADJ$ forehead is the fear in your eyes for $HEIR_ADJ$ life. $HEIR_CAP_S_PRONOUN$ might not make it through the night unless you do something.
Trigger conditions: has a heir. is a monarchy. does not have a regency council.			Mean time to happen: 800 months
Options:
Send for a trained Medicus.: Treasury: −20 One of the following: 50% chance: The current heir dies. 50% chance: Legitimacy: +5%		Pray for $HEIR_ADJ$ life.: One of the following: 75% chance: The current heir dies. 25% chance: Legitimacy: +30%

A child in the reeds

ID: 9457 Type: Country Suddenly something startles the animal and, before you have time to fire, it is long gone. You look around you. The water in the small creek reflects the sunlight of a perfect day, and the reeds wave slowly before a light breeze. Is that laughter? You realise now what had startled the animal. In a cradle, floating among the reeds, lies a laughing little boy. Judging by his smile, you'd say that he has never known fear in his life.
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. is a monarchy. is the lesser part in a personal union. is Christian.			Mean time to happen: 1500 months
			Modifier: is Defender of the faith: ×0.7
Options:
Adopt him as your own.: A new heir of this dynasty is born with: 30% heir claim. administrative skill +4. diplomatic skill +4. military skill +4. Infamy: +3 Prestige: −5 In any own province: (was national revolt risk in ) Revolt risk: +2%		Where did that deer go?: Treasury: +5

Jousting tournament

ID: 9458 Type: Country The proud banners of our nation flutter in the wind, and gilded trumpets blow four blast salutes, honoring our equestrian elites. The air is filled with the smells of roasted almonds, horses and intrigue. Our cultural and military prominence are truly boons to our nation, and nowhere is this fact more real than here today. How do you wish to spend your day at the tournament?
Trigger conditions: has a heir: which is at least 15 years old. is not the lesser part in a personal union. It’s before 1450 A.D.. is in the western technology group. has an army tradition of at least 20%. has a cultural tradition of at least 10%. has not enacted the decision: The last jousting tournament.			Mean time to happen: 800 months
			Modifier: has an army tradition of at least 40%: ×0.9 has a cultural tradition of at least 20%: ×0.9
Options:
Watch your heir joust.: One of the following: 50% chance: Treasury: +10 45% chance: Legitimacy: +20  5% chance: The heir dies.		Brag about our cultural accomplishments.: One of the following: 50% chance: Cultural tradition:  +2% 30% chance: Cultural tradition:  +4% 15% chance: Cultural tradition:  +6%  5% chance: Cultural tradition: −10%		Simply enjoy the day.: Prestige: +5

Hunting accident

ID: 9459 Type: Country $HEIR_CAP_ADJ$ body has been draped, by whom you do not know, in a white cloth now stained red by $HEIR_ADJ$ lost vitae. They say $HEIR_S_PRONOUN$ was found by $HEIR_ADJ$ horse, in a clearing in the woods. You know the place they speak of. $HEIR_CAP_ADJ$ face is calm, almost serene. You reach out to touch $HEIR_O_PRONOUN$. The terrible reality of the situation dawns on you. The cold you feel is that of death.
Trigger conditions: has a heir: which is at least 15 years old. is not the lesser part in a personal union.			Mean time to happen: 900 months
Options:
Sorrow overtakes you.: The current heir dies. Stability: −1		Oh well...: The current heir dies. Infamy: +1 Prestige: −5

Family secret?

ID: 9460 Type: Country The first time you brush it off, but when it happens a second and a third time, you do begin to wonder. Why are people laughing at you when they think you can't hear them? After you've asked around, for more than a bit, you finally manage to get an answer out of a chamber maid. It appears that your heir has been running about town in a most unchristian fashion, and that your family is now becoming the laughing stock of Europe.
Trigger conditions: has a heir: which is at least 15 years old. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is Christian. (added with ) has its capital in Europe. (added with )			Mean time to happen: 1000 months
Options:
Scold $HEIR_O_PRONOUN$ publicly.: Prestige: −5		...so?: Claim strength of heir: −20

Scheming bureaucracy

ID: 9462 Type: Country Seizing power? Certainly not. This is simply a normal assumption of the executive office, as laid out in form 32B, on the administration of the Kingdom, whitepaper 48:53-D, on the transfer of power under certain circumstances, as modified by protective clauses 3, 8 and 12b, law 48-9 and edict 3W-4. What is there not to understand? Your majesty has signed all of them.
Trigger conditions: is a monarchy. has a government technology of at least level 40. has at least 5 magistrates. has the country modifier: Expanded bureaucracy.			Mean time to happen: 2200 months
Options:
Kill them. All.: Magistrates: −5 Stability: −1 Remove the country modifier: Expanded bureaucracy.		Well... yes... Yes this does seem to be all in good order.: The ruler dies. Stability: −6 changes the government to bureaucratic despotism.

Regent usurps the throne

ID: 9468 Type: Country The $HEIR_DYNASTY$s have been nothing but bad news ever since they ascended to the throne. If you were to ask me, and I think you should, these good times are nothing but a sign, from almighty God himself, that my regency holds divine favor. With God on my side, I shall, therefore, assume the throne for myself. Good Night, Sweet Prince.'
Trigger conditions: has a heir. is a monarchy. has a regency council. is not the lesser part in a personal union. has a stability of 3. has a legitimacy of 100. has an infamy of less than 3 times of the limit.			Mean time to happen: 700 months
Options:
Alas, it was destined.: The current heir dies. New ruler with: administrative skill +2. diplomatic skill +2. military skill +2. Stability: −3 Legitimacy: −90 Aristocracy vs. plutocracy: +2 Centralization vs. decentralization: −1		To the salt mines, traitor!: Stability: −1

Lux Stella

ID: 9469 Type: Country The thread of fate is fickle, and balances on the razor's edge between the sublime and the eternal. Fickle, are the vagaries of destiny. Jupiter ascendant, and the moon is in the seventh house. Who he is, I do not know, but the stars foretell that a man born to a royal house on this day, shall one day be the ruler of a mighty kingdom.' Thus the astrologer spoke. Today, the Queen gave birth to a child.
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is in the western technology group.			Mean time to happen: 2500 months
Options:
I shall name him Alexander: A new heir of this dynasty is born with: the name Alexander. 100% heir claim. a military skill of 7. (was 5 in )		His name shall be Caesar: A new heir of this dynasty is born with: the name Caesar. 100% heir claim. a administrative skill of 7. (was 5 in )

Marriage policies pay off

ID: 9470 Type: Country Sire! Sire!' the herald doesn't even attempt to hide his excitment. 'Great news!'. 'A son of our family is next in line to a foreign throne!'
Trigger conditions: is a monarchy. does not have a regency council. has at least 4 royal marriages. is not the lesser part in a personal union. A country which has a royal marriage with this country: does not have a heir. (added with )			Mean time to happen: 1500 months
			Modifier: has at least 6 royal marriages: ×0.9
Options:
Take that, von Habsburgs.: A country which has a royal marriage with this country and does not have a heir: A new heir of this dynasty is born.

The $DYNASTY$s

ID: 9463 Type: Country ... meanwhile, in another country, a different branch of the $DYNASTY$ family is in dire straits. With their country destabilized, they now struggle to cling on to power. If we do not help them now, their situation might worsen significantly. What is the best course of action?
Trigger conditions: is a monarchy. does not have a regency council. (added with ) has a stability of 3. has at least 100. A known country: is ruled by the same dynasty. is a monarchy. has a stability of −3. is not junior or senior partner in a personal union with this country.			Mean time to happen: 18 months
Options:
Family first, brother.: Treasury: −100 Prestige: +10 A random country that is a monarchy and ruled by this dynasty: the event: The $DYNASTY$s (9476) Relations with this country: +40		I already gave at the office, brother.: A random country that is a monarchy and ruled by this dynasty: the event: The $DYNASTY$s (9477) Relations with this country: −40

Comment: The country specified by the trigger and the country specified by the options must not be the same country.

The $DYNASTY$s

ID: 9476 Type: Country Our family in $FROMCOUNTRY$ have sent us aid in this troubled time.
Trigger conditions: None			Is triggered only by the event The $DYNASTY$s – Option: “Family first, brother”.
Options:
The $DYNASTY$s stick together.: Treasury: +100 One of the following: 33% chance: Stability: +1 33% chance: Stability: +2 33% chance: Stability: +3

The $DYNASTY$s

ID: 9477 Type: Country Our kith and kin, our own flesh and blood, in $FROMCOUNTRY$ have declared that they have no intention of coming to our aid in this our time of trouble. May God have mercy on their souls.
Trigger conditions: None			Is triggered only by the event The $DYNASTY$s – Option: “I already gave at the office, brother.”.
Options:
A house divided cannot stand.: One of the following: 33% chance: Stability: +1 33% chance: The ruler dies. 33% chance: Stability: −2

The aftermath

ID: 9488 Type: Country "'$LASTWAR$ was an abject failure, and you know it!', the anger in your heir's voice is unmistakable. True, mistakes were made during $LASTWAR$, but all of them were hardly yours. Besides, $HEIRNAME$ also commanded troops. 'I believe it is time for you to retire, father."" The audacity..."
Trigger conditions: has a heir: of at least 20 years. is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is not at war. has a war exhaustion of at least 12.			Mean time to happen: 300 months
Options:
I accept responsisbility: The ruler dies. Stability: +1 War exhaustion: −4		I will not be met with insolence in my own house!: The current heir dies. War exhaustion: −2

$COUNTRY_ADJ$ moon

ID: 9489 Type: Province The garden in $PROVINCENAME$ is bathed in the cool light of a full moon. Turning a corner to come across this sight was not what you had expected, but here it is. Before you stands a monument to $RANDOM_OLD_WAR$. The beauty lies not in the exquisite marble, or even in the craftsmanship of the thing, but in the fact that even now, many years later, the monument is still strewn with thousands and thousands of fresh flowers. Here, in $PROVINCENAME$, if nowhere else, the memory of $RANDOM_OLD_WAR$, and the memories of the fallen, still lives.
Trigger conditions: has a glorious monument. (changed from modifier to building ) The province owner: has a war exhaustion of at least 4. has a ruler with a administrative skill of at least 6.			Mean time to happen: 300 months
Options:
May the memory live on: The province owner: Prestige: +5		Our sorrow proves the justness of our cause.: The province owner: Infamy: −0.5

Seeing the real you

ID: 9490 Type: Country She turns around. She looks at you. - 'Have you prayed lately, $MONARCH$?' The question underscores the distance between you that, for the past year, has been growing. - 'I think you should. I do. Almost every night.' You laugh. For all her human flaws she is still your wife. She draws closer, the hint of a smile spreading across her face. - 'What are you laughing at, $MONARCH$'?
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir: is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. has a male ruler. has at least 1 royal marriage. does not have the country modifier: A woman scorned.			Mean time to happen: 1400 months
Options:
I just realized how much you mean to me.: A heir of this dynasty is born.		The economy is doing laughably good! Haha!: Treasury: +20% yearly income the country modifier: A woman scorned for 5 years giving the following effects: Prestige: −5 yearly Legitimacy: −0.5 yearly

Event chain: Fear and loathing

Fear and loathing in $PROVINCENAME$

ID: 9481 Type: Province Twilight is always the worst. The clouds racing circles across moonless skies, cruel stars suspended like grains of broken glass, and chandeliers throwing strange shadows across the Royal Chambers. Lately, a strange sense has come upon you that there is something wrong with the place. The geometry of it seems... unsound. Thinking back... it all started with the birth of $HEIR$.
Trigger conditions: is a capital. The papacy is active. (added with ) The province owner: has a heir: which is less than 3 years old. is Christian. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is not in the event chain: Fear and loathing.			Mean time to happen: 2000 months
Options:
All work and no play, makes $MONARCH$ a dull, dull boy.: The province owner: The current heir dies. the flag “murdering_bastard”.		Lord God our Father, thou who art in heaven!: The province owner: Papal influence: +5% the flag “contained_insanity”.

The discovery

ID: 9482 Type: Country My $MONARCHTITLE$...' you sense instantly that there is something wrong. There is something in his voice, right below the surface. Hidden contempt, and fear. '...the new brick wall in the eastern cellar. It wasn't built for insulation, was it?' You remember it clearly now. How small the body felt. Carrying it down into the damp cellar, laying the bricks. It made you sick. Sick to the core. Killing your progeny wasn't the catharsis you had expected it to be. For an instant, the flashing glimpse of an insight blows across your mind...
Trigger conditions: had chosen the option: ‘All work and no play, makes $MONARCH$ a dull, dull boy.’ of the event: Fear and loathing in $PROVINCENAME$. is not the lesser part in a personal union. has a sheriff as advisor.			Mean time to happen: 12 months
Options:
What have I done!?: The ruler dies. removes the flag “murdering_bastard”.		Heeere's $MONARCH$!: The sheriff dies. Prestige: −5 Treasury: −100 Infamy: +4 the flag “contained_insanity”.

Dance macabre

ID: 9483 Type: Country The Royal Chamber is a swirling mist of scents and shapes, coming and going into and out of existance like colorful snowflakes. You are hungry. So very hungry. As if you hadn't eaten in months. The stars looking down on you, still suspended in a moonless sky, laugh and dance. They seem free, and wild. There is something about those stars. They seem so... right. You have gone quite insane
Trigger conditions: has the country flag: “contained_insanity”. is not the lesser part in a personal union.			Mean time to happen: 300 months
Options:
Not by the hair of my chiny-chin-chin!: Stability: −3 Prestige: −20 Treasury: −100 Infamy: +4 Cultural tradition: −15% removes the flag “contained_insanity”.		I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer.: The ruler dies. removes the flag “contained_insanity”. the country modifier: Delivered from evil for 10 years giving the following effects: National revolt risk: −2% Stability cost modifier: −10%

Our monarch dies

ID: 9492 Type: Country Our monarch has died, and considering the strange things he was saying toward the end of his life, perhaps it is for the better.
Trigger conditions: has the country flags: “contained_insanity” or “murdering_bastard”.			Is triggered only by a new monarch.
Options:
God bless his soul: removes the flag “contained_insanity”. removes the flag “murdering_bastard”. the country modifier: Delivered from evil for 10 years giving the following effects: National revolt risk: −2% Stability cost modifier: −10%

Event chain: Wedding bells

Wedding bells

ID: 9484 Type: Country Sire...', again he interrupts you, his furrowed brow telling tall tales of concern and sleepless nights. '... the succession does not secure itself, your majesty...' On he goes. This dusty old study, and your advisor's dry voice resonating of boredom and wasted potential, accentuates the brightness of the clear day outside. '...which is why it is of vital importance that...' - Doesn't he ever stop? 'In nature', you find yourself saying in interruption. 'the first step, leading an animal into the grave, is always procreation.' You're not sure if you believe it, only that there is nothing in his voice to convince you that marriage is preferable to the promise of a clear sky.
Trigger conditions: does not have a heir. has a male ruler. is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is not at war. does not have a royal marriage. has at least 30 prestige. has an infamy of less than 5% of the limit.			Mean time to happen: 500 months
Options:
Nevermind. Nature always finds its course.: Roval marriage with a random monarchy with the same religion that is not the lesser part in a personal union.		Chess on the veranda?: the country modifier: Sought after bachelor giving the following effects: Prestige: +2 yearly Infamy: −0.5 yearly until A rose from a foreign land (9486) - Option: “I must have her!” or A thorn from a foreign land (9487) - Option: “A good $COUNTRY_RELIGION$ woman, I'm sure.”.

A modest proposal

ID: 9485 Type: Country While it is not uncommon among a certain type of young men to wish to remain outside the inevitable bonds of wedlock, the bonds are inevitable nevertheless. Looking out from your eagle's perch, you have spotted prey. The ruler of this foreign country has for a long time been postponing his marriage, and his trone lacks a secure succession. This might be the perfect time to form a dynastic bond between our countries. Should we dispatch an embassy to try to marry one of our dynasty's young girls into this foreign royal house?
Trigger conditions: is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. A known country: has the country modifier: Sought after bachelor. is a monarchy. is not the lesser part in a personal union. is in the same religious group as this country.			Mean time to happen: 400 months
Options:
Indeed we shall!: Treasury: −15 Diplomats: −1 A random country within the same religious group as this country that has the country modifier: Sought after bachelor: One of the following: 80% chance: triggers the event: A rose from a foreign land (9486) 20% chance: triggers the event: A thorn from a foreign land (9487)		We have better things to do.: Treasury: +10 Magistrates: +1

A rose from a foreign land

ID: 9486 Type: Country The ruler of $FROMCOUNTRY$ has sent you a painting, depicting a young girl in his court. Her eyes are green, her hair is black, and your eyes are drawn to the painting as if to a vacuum. A cunning smile find its way to your advisor's face. The noise of the room dies down. You do not know how long you stand there looking. She is beautiful.
Trigger conditions: None			Is triggered only by the event: A modest proposal (9485) - Option: “Indeed we shall!”.
Options:
I must have her!: Royal marriage with the country that has triggered this event. Relations with the country that has triggered this event: +50 removes the country modifier: Sought after bachelor.		What is this foul witchcraft? Begone!: Relations with the country that has triggered this event: −75 One of the following: 50% chance: The ruler dies. 50% chance: Prestige: −5

A thorn from a foreign land

ID: 9487 Type: Country While the poor quality of the painting might explain away some of it, the fact remains that The Creator was not being overly generous when he endowed this girl with her looks. The ruler of $FROMCOUNTRY$ has offered her hand in marriage, and you are not sure if you should laugh or feel insulted. Then again, there is the succession to consider.
Trigger conditions: None			Is triggered only by the event: A modest proposal (9485) - Option: “Indeed we shall!”.
Options:
A good $COUNTRY_RELIGION$ woman, I'm sure.: Royal marriage with the country that has triggered this event. Relations with the country that has triggered this event: +100 removes the country modifier: Sought after bachelor.		This will obviously not do: Relations with the country that has triggered this event: −10 One of the following: 50% chance: The ruler dies. 50% chance: Prestige: −5