PrePub - Ascendance of a Bookworm

I have to say, I am surprised at Sigiswald. He is as assogrant and naive in some matters as expected, like thinking it'd be trivial to gain the support of other duchies, especially through his brother and father, but to even think of having to aquire allies, instead of taking them for granted without taking action, is more than I expected of him.

And getting the lesser duchies and Raufereg to dance to his tune, through careful rumours rather than trying to bludeon them with authority he only thinks he has, but really doesn't, was without a doubt a smart move. Risky, since in such a chaotic free-for-all, any of those other duchies and the splinter Dunkelfelger faction might win, even if by chance, but with how little chance they would have stood to win otherwise, a surprisingly intelligent move from such an imbecil. I would rather have expected someone else to have come up with it and him taking credit for it, than him actually being semi-competent for once.