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[LMM] Powerful Vassals Factions

This mod intends to add immersion and interactivity between a liege and the powerful vassals in his realm. With this mod, the top 2 most powerful vassals in Kingdoms and Empires will form their own personal factions such as "Faction of Duke John" etc. They will then set focuses and goals for their faction. These goals, usually, have nothing to do with the liege but rather are intended to somehow enhance the influence and status of the powerful vassal within the realm. Afterall, these factions are just abstract representations of that vassal's influence in the realm.

• The top 2 most powerful vassals in Kingdoms and Empires will create their own personalized factions, and set focuses and goals. Both the AI and the player can create these factions.
  
• These factions are a representation of that ruler's influence within the realm.
  
• The faction leader will then set a Focus for the faction. A focus can only be changed after 10 years. Then every year the faction leader will hold a meeting with all the faction members to discuss progress.
  
• Focuses available:
  
  • Glory
    
  • Prosperity
    
  • Faith
• After setting a Focus, the leader will choose a short-term goal for the faction. Currently available goals:
  
• Glory Focus Goals:
  
  • Attack a Neighboring Realm: The leader can ask faction members to pledge war support at the faction meeting. Gives a powerful Faction Assisted War Casus Belli that can be used to attack a neighboring realm and usurp a de jure duchy area.
    
  • Oust Foreigners from Realm: The leader can ask faction members to pledge war support at the faction meeting. Gives a powerful Casus Belli that can be used to attack your liege's vassals who belong to a different culture group than you and your liege. Usurps all demesne titles of the target.
    
  • Improve Public Image: If successful, gives a modifier that increases general opinion for several years.
• Prosperity Focus Goals:
  
  • Establish a Trade Route: If successful, establishes a "faction trade route" in all the demesne provinces of the faction leader and faction members increasing the tax income.
    
  • Establish a New Settlement: The leader can ask faction members to contribute Wealth at the faction meeting. Will be successful if a new holding is constructed in the faction leader's demesne.
    
  • Increaese Prosperity: If successful, increases the prosperity of all demesne provinces of the faction leader and faction members.
• Faith Focus Goals:
  
  • Attack an Infidel Realm: The leader can ask faction members to pledge war support at the faction meeting. Gives a powerful Faction Assisted Holy War casus belli that can be used to attack a neighboring infidel realm and usurp a de jure duchy area.
    
  • Oust Infidels from Realm: The leader can ask faction members to pledge war support at the faction meeting. Gives a powerful casus belli that can be used to attack your liege's vassal who belongs to a different religion group than you and your liege. Usurps all demesne titles of the target.
    
  • Convert a Province Religion: If successful, converts one of your demesne province's religion to your religion.
• A goal is considered failed if it is not accomplished within 10 years.
  
• Accomplishing the goal will increase the faction members' opinion of their leader. Whereas, failing or abandoning goals will decrease their opinion.
  
• A powerful vassal who leads such a faction can also make some special demands from the liege every few years:
  
  • Demand Council Position: The powerful vassal can demand that he be granted his rightful position on the liege's council.
    
  • Demand release of family from prison: The powerful vassal can demand that the liege releases all of his family members that the liege currently has imprisoned.
    
  • If the liege refuses any demand, the faction leader's as well as all members' opinion of the liege will reduce. If the liege complies, the opinion will increase.
• The AI will choose a focus and goal depending on its personality, but there is still some random factor as well.

Note: The casus belli above CANNOT be used by a character to attack his religious head.

• Compatible with ALL mods! This includes overhaul mods such as HIP and CK2+.
  
• Can be added to save-games. Not sure about removing from save-games though!
  
• Disables Achievements.

Dropbox (direct download) link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0cmmjt3tevyeg4/LMMPowerfulVassalsFactions.zip?dl=0

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