 So, are you prepared to hold the court today? Today? That's today. Well, you have a courtroom now and people have been waiting a long time to talk to you. Yeah, why exactly did it take me, the king, so long to get a throne room again? I don't know, zoning issues or something. It's pretty nice though, right? It's a little bit empty. I think I could use some more decoration. Like, uh... Ooh, like swords. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Swords. I really want a bunch of fancy important swords just all over the walls. Can we get some of those? Uh, you've already invited your entire kingdom to court. It's important to make your subjects feel hurt, you know, if you don't want to get assassinated. Why? Okay, you're going there again. Why is me being assassinated always the consequence of anything I do? You're a king. That's kind of the deal. Your death is basically a coin flip between being assassinated or getting gored by a bull or... I'd rather just collect a bunch of swords. Hey, you need to be ready for this. Let's, uh, run through some scenarios, okay? You're holding court and a peasant approaches the throne. Your majesty, I've defended my village from raiders for the past five years and I've come to pledge myself to you as your knight. What do you do? Sure. It seems like a cool guy. Nope. Now you've insulted your whole court by knighting a commoner. They question your leadership, poison your drink, and you're assassinated. Try again. It's fine. I tell them to go back where he came from. Well, now you've insulted the folk hero and the other commoners. They train their entire lives for revenge and before you know it, a sassass. Uh, assassinated, yeah. The correct answer is to make him your court jester. Yeah, I was never gonna get that. Scenario number two. The Duke of Queensbury, your brother and your uncle requests financial aid to recover from this year's drought. All three of them? Well, they're all the same person. Oh, right. Okay. I grant him the money to rebuild, but in exchange, I request a really cool sword for my wall. Stop thinking about decorating. I am only thinking about decorating. You make him a jester, obviously. That cannot be the answer to everything. You are going to get assassinated. Stop saying I'm gonna get assassinated. I might do it myself at this point. Grace, I wish to go on an adventure to the east. You do me the honor of funding my expedition. Also vow to return with a really cool sword. Do it. The first expansion for Crusader Kings III Royal Court is available now. It adds a visual representation of your throne room so that you can see the disappointed expressions that everybody's faces as you make terrible decisions. It also comes alongside a free update that adds cultural traditions, an inventory system like from Crusader Kings II, and additional court positions that you can grant to your vassals. You can support the channel by downloading the new expansion and checking out our last Crusader Kings III video with the links in the description. Thanks again to Paradox for sponsoring this video and to you for watching.