Welcome comrades! In todays dev diary, well be taking a gander at a neat part of the upcoming expansion: Holding Court. Per the usual, Ill preface this by saying that the court scene is a work in progress, the UI of the court scene is a work in progress, and the art generally is work in progress; we also have some missing animations and camera perspectives, so take all the images here with a grain of salt. Read our Dev Diary #72 - Holding Court To experience the full threads and comments, please visit our forums or website. Enjoy the FAQ Royal Court and read all there is to learn about our upcoming Expansion

As with any medieval ruler, monarchs in The Royal Court are vain creatures. Its not enough to control the largest or best-developed realm, you have to have the largest palace, the fanciest food, the most renowned courtiers, and so on: after all, whats the point of taxing the masses if you have to live like a peasant anyway? Sometimes, though, you cant quite afford the fanciest feast, the latest fashion, or even just the shiniest artefact to spruce up your court. When times are that hard, and you really need just _immediate_ distraction from the flaws in your life, its important to spend some time indulging those with lives even harder than yours. Like nearly everyone else. For times when you feel like slumming it amongst the weird and wonderful characters of your realm, you can Hold Court.
This repeatable decision lets you hear a number of requests from various characters, listening to petitioners seeking your aid and legal ruling on many subjects. They might be guests, courtiers, neighbouring rulers, vassals, spies, the odd bumbling peasant
At present, youll receive three such petitioners each time, with all events delivered in the new courtly event style (though follow-up may be character events or similar).
Some choices are easy
some choices are hard
and some are just weird.
After youve made your ruling in each case, in addition to the effects of each turn, youll gain some court grandeur to bolster your overall supply. Weve got just shy of a hundred or so of these events alone, so there should be a goodly amount of variety for most playstyles. This system is something pretty dear to our hearts, as it models a task that wouldve been a pretty big part of the day-to-day for many rulers, and weve put a lot of effort into getting plenty of alternate events to keep it as varied as possible for as long as possible. We hope you find it a fun & proactive way to explore some of the smaller (and uhh, not so small) issues developing in your realm. Small dev diary, but thats all from me for the mo. As ever, Ill be around in the comments for an hour or so to answer questions, but otherwise, see yall next diary! Yknow what, lets have a few more events to show off before we finish for the day.