[quote=So Boerd] Excommunication is a big deal, btw. [/quote] 'As light as excommunication' was sort of a joke, because yeah, it is a big deal, but I imagine most player's response to be excommunicated would be 'so what?' @ Ashgan: You've explained your religious situation well enough ( and I explained Lundland's religion poorly enough ) that the Church won't be launching an inquisition anytime soon. Worst case scenario is that they excommunicate you. @ Cale: Cale, just to make you feel even worse, everyone else already knew what you just found out, and took it for granted, because they've played Crusader Kings before. But if it helps, you can still just make sure your vassals are more loyal to you than to House Trisch, which should be easy, since you've been nice to them.