r/Sims4DecadesChallenge

This is Erikur Kynesman (Im doing a Skyrim/ES theme for names lol) I'm sharing this Sim because He is Not the Heir, He Never Marries, and he only has 3 Baby Tries! Its also 1314, heading towards the Great Famine and he already used his Mulligan! 😭 He just aged up this way! Other than some CC Cosmetics, I didn't have to change anything structurally... So, I wanted to share him here in case I lose him too soon! 😅

Introducing my starting family for a new Ultimate Decades save that I'm sharing over on YouTube.

From left to right:

Eustace Miller - Miller serf

Bridget Miller - Housewife serf

Bardolph Graves (main sim) - Farmer serf

Petronilla Graves - Housewife serf

Lionel Smythe - Blacksmith

Carmilla Smythe - Housewife and Jeweller

Bardolph and Bridget are full siblings, and Lionel is their younger half-brother.

I don't think I actually showed the whole royal family I made for my new Ultimate Decades Challenge series. This is the Plantagenet Dynasty that ruled over England for around 330 years before the Tudors took over the throne.

1. The whole family as they were in 1300

2. Edward 1st of England (1239-1307), nicknamed Edward Longshanks for his height and Hammer of the Scots for his conquest over Scotland. Married first wife Eleanor of Castile in 1254 and had around 16 children, but not all survived to 1300. Eleanor died in 1290 and Edward went on to marry Marguerite (Margaret) of France in 1299. They had 3 children together before he died in 1307.

3. Marguerite of France (1279-1318) married 60-year-old Edward when she was only 20 and was a loyal wife even after his death. She got on quite well with her stepson, Edward 2nd, and was respected for her beauty, piety and virtue as a queen. Her niece wound up marrying Edward 2nd before Marguerite died of an unknown illness in 1318.

4. Joan of Acre (1272-1307) was the eldest child of Edward and Eleanor to reach adulthood and survive to 1300. After the death of her first husband, Joan was left with 4 children and ended up falling in love with Ralph de Monthermer, her late husband's squire. She managed to get her father to knight him and they ended up having 4 more children together before she died in 1307 of an unknown ailment.

5. Margaret of England (1275-1333) became the Duchess of Brabant after marrying Jean 2nd the Peaceful, Duke of Brabant. However, it wasn't a very peaceful marriage. She was forced to accept her husband’s mistresses and their illegitimate children, who were raised at court alongside Margaret’s only child, Jean 3rd the Triumphant. Jean 2nd ended up dying in 1312 after a prolonged illness, whereas Margaret lived to see her grandchildren be born, including Jeanne, who became Duchess of Brabant after her father and brother's deaths. Margaret died sometime in 1333 from an unknown cause, but the exact dates aren't known.

6. Mary of Woodstock (1278-1332) became a nun at only 7 years old, much to the delight of her grandmother. She wasn't confined to the abbey, however, and often frequented court. Mary's career in the church wasn't amazing despite her high birth, but she did oversee the education and spiritual training of other aristocratic nuns. Her penchant for high living and gambling meant she was also in quite a bit of debt for a nun, despite her large income, and had to have both her father and younger brother support her financially until she died in 1332.

7. Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282-1316) at the start of 1300 was recently a widow and had had no children in the 2 years she was married. She was said to have been her father's favourite, and Elizabeth was vehemently against her first marriage, as it would mean leaving England. Her second marriage to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, in 1302, was much more successful. They had 11 children together, but unfortunately, Elizabeth died in childbirth in 1316, alongside her newborn daughter.

8. Edward 2nd of Caenarfon (1284-1327) was the youngest child of Edward and Eleanor to survive to 1300, and was the only male heir at the time. He was the first to hold the title of Prince of Wales and started the tradition of passing the title on to the eldest son of the monarch. In 1308, he married Isabella of France (Marguerite of France's niece), and they proceeded to have 4 children together. Edward had a favourite in a man called Piers Gaveston, who was of a similar age, and it's rumoured they had more of a romantic relationship. He faced a lot of opposition as king from people who didn't think he was up to the task and those who hated his close relationship with Gaveston. Interestingly, Edward's wife and her lover, Roger Mortimer, emerged as an opposition in 1325. It ended with Edward being deposed and formally abdicating in 1327, and murdered later that year by, supposedly, having a red-hot spit thrust into his bowels!

Hope you like them and somewhat enjoyed the quick history facts!

Her husband, the crown prince, died during a sweating sickness outbreak along with his other wife. Maevra and Auren were basically soulmates and deeply in love with one another and it’s quite devastating that they only had five years together, 325-330.

They have two living sons and she’s pregnant currently (twin boys). Auren also has three daughters with his first wife Cassandra but she actually unofficially lost her rights to them after she poisoned Maevra and cause her to loose her first pregnancy. Cassandra was put on house arrest and not permitted to see her children as punishment and Maevra stepped in as their mother figure. An actual improvement by the way.

I started a save in ancient Rome. I needed a break from my other save so I decided to try a more time accurate one in a period I really like. I chose to play at the Lower Germanic Limes near the Rhine. The woman is Elantia from the Batavi tribe and she is the healer. The man is Tribune Lucius Gaius Fabius. He is an officer with the Legio XVIII and of patrician blood. They have a son, Maximus, and it will cause quiet the drama with Lucius' family since they are important back in Rome and Elantia is not Roman. I also chose this legion and this time period in ancient Rome for a particular reason hehehe

I thought I would share since I know I've linked it a bit when posting here, but I moved my masterlist for mods and cc. It's a lot better than it was on tumblr previously and eventually I will delete my tumblr entirely. Anyways, here you go!

The difference in the portraits is probably due to a mix of laziness, not having a nice place for portraits and not having built the world out enough to cover weddings etc so it was a make it up as I went for the first one.

Portrait 1, Crown Prince Auren & Lady Cassandra Tathdel, 315. (Ages 15 & 16).
Portraits 2/3, Crown Prince Auren & Lady Maevra Mcarthurs, 325. (Ages 25 & 21).

He was married to them both, simultaneously, it’s permitted in this world.

another thing checked off my list of things i want in my save, but aren't easy to achieve.

Ancient Vet set | Patreon

Posting here for the first time, but this is my longest played UDC family so far, I started in 1330 because previously when I played the udc challenge I got to 1330, and I didn’t want to take forever before getting to the Black Death haha.

It’s really lucky that my sims have survived the plague and all the various famines that plagued the fourteen century in France. They’re doing pretty well, all things considered.

This is the Fournier family, currently my third gen heir is Jacques Fournier and his main line are Vigners (wine-makers), but him and his eldest son and heir Laurent got drafted to fight in the 100-years war. This is the second time Jacques is being drafted. Jacques and his four teenage children are in the middle of the picture. His youngest Marie is the one wearing the blue dress, and his oldest Laurent is to his right.

Jacques’s second eldest brother, Elyot is a Huntsman for the local lords forests. He’s married and has three living children. That’s after having eight kids, so he lost a lot of children to childhood mortality. He’s on the far right of the family in in the picture, wearing a feathered cap. His wife is called Catherine and she was a travelling merchants daughter.

On the other side, to the left of the picture, is Vincent, Jacques’s youngest brother who became orphaned at three years old, when his mother died of the black plague and his father died from the famine after it, he became an apprentice as soon as he was of age. He’s a trained Scribe and rolled to never marry.

To the far left, is Robin, previously married to Genevieve, the only surviving sister of my heir. She rolled to have a lot of kids but died in childbirth after her first. He’s holding his son Charles who’s eight years old and so far survived his rolls.

I finally finished the Beaumont home and their makeovers as well. Mostly to age the mother in appearance and then to kind of make them have similar outfit styles and colors to the best of my ability. I lost 2 UDC before this one due to corruption and then getting a new PC, so I didn't want to start over again at the time but knew eventually I would play it again. So I have been slowly chipping away at this save for years now. I will probably end up doing rotational play though because I love every Serf, Peasant and Merchant family I have made. I still don't really care much about the monarchies and nobility...they look cool, but the actual gameplay ideas for them are boring for me so far,