Royal ball is coming up!

(Year 235, Spring) Yesterday HRM Tazal King Slomar of Sea gave a press conference. The attendees worried it would me another tax claim, but no. The only point on his agenda this time, was the invitation to a royal ball!

The monarch was laughing when he revealed the news, that he was giving a ball to honor his younger son, Prince Weever (35), who is still a single man. It's time to kick him out from the royal palace at Verdemar, and a wife would be nice.

Equestrian Heir Tribute in Simerinia

(Year 235, Spring) Last night a traditional tribute to a newborn took place at Dambele in Simerinia, Empire of Snorthia. Nobody can tell for sure how old this tradition is, some say it was always there, which in this setting might mean nearly 200 years. The equestrian tribute takes place when one of the protected families gets an heir to their dynasty. In each of the original three kingdoms there were originally seven proteced families, and Head of highest ranked dynasty of each kingdom would join a nightly ride to fulfill the tribute in order to honor the newborn.

The riding event is never announced beforehand, it was intended as a secret event. The focus is on the newborn, not on crowds cheering along the way, and not on the three wise and highly ranked men. Over the decades a few protected families went extinct, meaning this won't take place as often as before, making it even more special to those involved. There were a similar nightly ride last year, and the year before.

The Ondarion Project

(Year 234, Winter) Three very small districts from three different nations, have united in a political project called «the Ondarion Experiment». The districts were selected for the project as they are all having a long story line focusing on both leadership and knowledge, but they also happen to be located in a line along equator. Now their head persons will contribute with local information regarding science as well as politics, in order to see how much variation there might be thanks to location and politics. The idea is to learn from each other.

In the west we find Dambele (Empire of Snorthia), centered is Bellacorde
(Mazaloom kingdom), and in the east is Verdemar (Sea kingdom).

The three contributing districts are: Bellacorde in region Tredony of Mazaloom kingdom. Dambele in Simerinia kingdom of Empire of Snorthia. Verdemar in Thebia of Sea kingdom. 

The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy - Hoods and geography

Oh my! The elegancy, nobility and scandals of the new EP makes it one of those packs flying straight into my game. It would be pointless to wait for a sale, and it would be wasted to debate with myself whether I want it or not. That I could have survived without it, is another dish - right now this is not so much about survival, but desire :)

Hoods Bellacorde, Dambele, and Verdemar. Each comes with dynasties claiming the vacant royal throne.

The worlds look awesome and different, and content seems promising. My only concern is that my royals already have crowns and most of what they need in their palace. And the throne is definitely not vacant. I play most of my nobility with quite regular lives, just a bit better outfits and more spacious estates. CAS look great on the ball/historical side, but we don't know yet whether there will also be a few more everyday high nobility outfits for a modern kingdom.

My biggest puzzle so far was to place the new world geographically into my existing map. And I found a surprising way!