500 Unrest?!!

[Arryn]

Just captured an indie province with my pretender and noticed the unrest is a whopping 500! I promptly set the tax rate to zero, but I somehow don't expect the province to remain mine for long. It'll revolt before the unrest drops to a reasonable level. What's up with 500 unrest? Is this a bug?

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Arryn:
[QB] Just captured an indie province with my pretender and noticed the unrest is a whopping 500! I promptly set the tax rate to zero, but I somehow don't expect the province to remain mine for long. It'll revolt before the unrest drops to a reasonable level.

I believe that revolts are all caused by random events.

What's up with 500 unrest? Is this a bug?

Search the province with a blood mage, or the spell "Bowl of Blood". It likely has a blood site generating unrest.

[Arryn]

Thanks! Makes sense, and I learned something new.

[Bowlingballhead]

I don't know why - maybe it's just coincidence - but I seem to find these unrest-generating sites appear disproportionately in provinces with libraries. It's like it's a safeguard to keep Sages from being TOO awesome.

I know it's probably sheer chance, but boy, it just keeps happening.

[LordArioch]

Why's that a safeguard? It just gives me an excuse to drop taxes and use blood sages to blood search if I feel like it.

[Arryn]

BTW, when I searched that province, there was a devil summoning site in it that generates 15 unrest/turn. The devils are worth it.