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Charles The Great mod

A 769 startdate rework to make the game more historical and create a more natural evolution from 769 to the 1066's start dates and beyond. Includes an expasnion of the trade routes based on historical trade routes from medieval times and beyond. Also includes some historical artifacts wich u can obtain by forming specific kingdom titles.

This mod is just a small modification and I tend to keep it this way. I am however open for suggestions and tweeks but won't expand this mod to become to big. I still want to keep the vanilla ck 2 experience. I just never liked how they handled the 769 start date.

Changes:

-Balance:
- Larger viking kingdoms will still tend to raid there christian neighbours
- The tribal subjugation CB is only available on tribes with the same culture.
(No more Poland subjugating Sweden etc. Tends to create a less boardergoary map)
- Thought the AI to educate there children
(They will now look at the traits of there children to decide their education, sometimes creates impressive AI
rulers)
- Holy wars are not available untill 800 and cost piety
- Muslim invasions costs lots of piety
- Muslim conquest are now considered Holy wars

- Events: Created events to make the AI choose a more logical and historical path.

- Added an event for Charlemagne to invade Lombardy with the aid and blessing of the Pope.
- Added an event for the Pope to crown Charlemagne emperor of Francia in return of the donation of Pepin.
- Added an event to destroy the Frankisch empire if the empire becomes to divided.
- Added an event to let the AI Magyar tribes migrate to Hungary.
- Added an event to make the AI Bolghars in Bulgaria, Bulgarian cultured with the slavic faith as religion.
- Added an event to make Al-Andalus unstable the first 100 years of the game ( Berber uprising)
The berbers didn't like there new Arabian Umayad Sultan and openly revolted. Removing berber vasals will
stabalise the nation.
- Added historical christianisation events for unreformed pagan kings.
- Retweaked the russian culture event
From the year 850, Ilmenian, Severian and Volhynian tribes will also flip culture to Russian.
- Retweaked the saxon-german culture event
If a Christian ruler owns old-saxon cultured provinces, the culture may flip to german
- Retweaked the Norman culture event
If a norse ruler owns provinces in Southern Itay and Sicily they will flip to Norman culture as in France
- Retweaked the English melting pot
The English melting pot will also trigger if the ruler's culture is Norse or French.


- Map: Retweaked the map here and there to make some historical nations more pwerfull and make it more historical
correct.

- Removed the norse holy site in norway and moved it to iceland (Hellsgates)
- Retweaked the frankisch lands so Karl is in controll of Paris and Julich.
- Julich can be more developed with 5 holdings in total.
- The Frankisch dukes now represent the old tribal kingdoms from after the migration periods.
(They are larger and more powerfull)
- Asturias begins a bit larger in 769 (they controlled a larger part in this era) and with more developed lands
- Wessex starts a bit larger
- Gave more lands to the Magyar horde but they start as a tributary to the Khazars
- Bulgaria starts as a tributary of the Byzantine Empire
- Some lands (example Baleares and Sicily) now start as a tributary of the Byzantine emperor and not a full
vasal
- Renamed France (Neustria) , Middle Francia (Austrasia), Germany (Alemania)
When the Frankisch empire forms the will be renamed to west francia, middle francia, east francia.
When a ruler outside the Karling dynasty rules these kingdoms they change to France, Lorraine and Germany

- Decissions:

- Added the decission to integrate Saxony in to germany if one has bot titles.
- Added the decission for the Pope to form the papal guard. A 3000 men strong standing army with high
upkeep to defend papal lands.
- Retweaked the decission to form the HRE. Its the same in all timelines and recuires:
- has the fratlici or catholic faith
- year = 950
- is king of Germany
- isn't king of France, Aquitaine or emperor of Francia
- has 1000 prestige
- realmsize is 160
- has a certain amount of wealth
- isn't incapable a child or a prisoner
- Added the ability to form Hungary again even with Horselords. This will give up other lands outside de jure
Hungary and adds wealth, prestige and event troops.

- Historical artefacts:

- Joyeuse: The Legendary sword of Charlemagne (requires kingdom ofFrance to be found)
- Tizona: Legendary sword of El Cid (requires kingdom of Aragon to be found)
- Lobera: The wolf-slaying sword of Castille (Requires kingdom of Castillie)
- Szczerbiec: Polish Coronation Sword (Requires kingdom of Poland with Christian faith)
- Skofnung: Legendary sword of Danish kings (Requires kingdom of Denmark)
- Zulfiqar: The name of the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib which is said to have been given to him by Muhammad
(Requires empire of Arabia)
- Gram: Legendary sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir (Requires kingdom of Sweden)
- Legbiter: Legendary sword of Norwegian kings (Requires kingdom of Norway)
- Caladbolg: The sword of Fergus mac Róich from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. (Requires kingdom of
Ireland)
- Curtana: The sword of Mercy (Requires kingdom of England)
- Sword of Mars: The Roman sword used by Atilla the Hun when he invaded Europe (Requires kingdom of
Hungary)
- Beagnothseax: The Thames scramasax. An Anglo-Saxon seax found in the river Themes. (Requires petty
kingdom of Wessex)