I had an amazing King of Ireland and Brittany who also happened to be a homosexual. His son, and sole heir was a complete waste of space so the game triggered an event where the king would lament over leaving his kingdom to an unworthy heir.
The King was battle scarred, honest, pious, kind and a genius. A martial warlord who usurped the dutchy of Brittany only a few years into his succession, and later one by one picked off the counties in Ireland, through claims both true and fabricated. His foe in Ireland, the Duke of Munster, did not stand as chance. The king then crowned himself King of Ireland and King of Brittany.
The son was craven and deceitful. A murdering, abritrary, spawn of satan who murdered two of his wifes. The son was not well liked, but a genius when it came to intrigue.
The king then decided to try and have another child, should it be a son, maybe the current heir can be removed. Unfortunately months later a daughter was born, the king died shortly after in his sleep, and his unworthy son inherited the two kingdoms only to watch his vassals rebel.
Playing the son I went full out bloodthirsty. I married my first daughter, my heir, to a courtier of my choosing through a matrilineal marriage. I then, did everything I could to piss off my vassals during feasts, and other events. One by one they revolted and one by one I put them to the sword or banished them from my realm. Eventually I had retitled almost everything to new nobles who would remain in my debt for their entire lives.
Unfortunately all that executing of noble blood ended up getting the King of Scotland to request my excommunication. Shortly after the shores of Ireland were brimming with foreign troops eager to pillage, and seige my holdings.
It was cool while it lasted
