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1. Credits Paradox Entertainment CEO Theodore Bergquist Producer Lead Programmer Johan Andersson Programmers Jonas Bjering Johan Andersson Henrik Fahraeus Lead Artist Marcus Edstrom Artists Dick Sj str m Stefan Thulin Game Designer Joakim Bergqwist Scenario Development Henrik Rothen Manual Joakim Bergqwist Mark H Walker Fredrik Lindgren Layout Stefan Thulin Marketing amp Sales Fredrik Lindgren Music Inon Zur Sound Efffects Wave Generation Michael Elman Special Thanks All the people at our forum FORZA DJURGAR N www paradoxplaza com Crusader Kings Copyright 2004 Paradox Entertainment AB Related logos characters names and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Paradox Entertainment AB unless otherwise noted All Rights Reserved Crusader Kings Crusader Kings is a strategy game depicting the feudal times of Medieval Europe and the Crusades to retake the Holy Lands The player assumes the personae of the head of a medi eval dynasty As such he is responsible for ruling his lands conquering provinces develop ing advances and growing his economy Acquiring Prestige and Piety are the ultimate goal of the scenarios These are acquired in a variety of ways but all have two things in common You acquire Piety by doing good works for the church and you gain Prestige by building your kingdom and conquering lands The dynasty with highest total score is the winner Consumer Safety War
2. Marshal A Marshal runs his lords army His martial attribute is added to the martial attri bute of the ruler The Marshal s martial val ue will decide the speed of development of the military advances The Marshal will also command the second of the regiments from your demesnes The first being commanded by you Steward A Steward helps his ruler with the tasks of running his lord s treasury His stew ardship attribute is added to the ruler s stew ardship attribute The Steward s stewardship value will decide the speed of development of economic advancement as well as the tax income from your demesnes and vassal provinces Chancellor A Chancellor helps his ruler with negotiations with foreign courts His diplo macy attribute is added to the rulers diplo macy attribute This affects how well you do in negotiations of all kinds Spy Master A Spymaster helps his ruler with the tasks of running his lord s personal affairs and supplying him with information His in trigue attribute is added to the rulers intrigue attribute Your personal protection certain events and chance of succeeding in assas Sinations are all partly dependent upon the Spy Master Diocese Bishop A Diocese Bishop serves as the main clerical figure in the rulers de mesne He may be elected to Pope or Bish op and his Piety influences the Piety of the ruler 2I Your Treasury Of course nothing Is free and there Is only so much m
3. Windmills This was a wheel equipped with sail to let the wind turn mill The mill ground the seed into flour without the need for serious manual labor None None Increased income decreased building time for other improve ments 58 Appendix H Crusader Kings Music Crusader Kings Main Theme El Cid Rodrigo D az de Vivar is often portrayed as a Castilian military leader and national hero ini tially being a Mamluk slave sol dier He fought for a Castilia not ruled from Leon but power hun gry as he was he saw no prob lem in fighting for as well as against the Moors to further his aims He ended up recognized as Prince His popular name El Cid comes from Spanish Arabic as sid bearing the meaning Lord The legend of El Cid was magni fied by the influence of the 12th century epic poem of Castile El cantar de mio Cid The Song of the Cid A scorpion inthe sand Saladin a former slave soldier of Egypt often symbolizes the Muslim response to the Cru sades According to the legend Saladin turned the tide of the Crusade and fought two of the great Richard the Lionheart of England and Philip Augustus of France Saladin is one of very few personages of the time of the Crusades who has managed to enjoy positive description in both Western and Eastern sourc es of history Cracdes Chevaliers The Arabic French combination meaning Castle of the Knights is one of the migh
4. Lieges The master of a vassal is a liege A vassal can have other vassals Ex The Duke of Norman dy is vassal of the King of England but the Counts of Calais and Brabant are vassals of the Duke of Normandy No one can vas salize a King However a King can vassalize a Duke and Kings and Dukes may vassalize Counts A liege has vassals but also demesne provinces The demesne provinces are prov inces he fully controls Because of the politi cal situation during the medieval time there is a limit to how many such provinces a liege can control without economic penalties The limit depends on the following e The Stewardship value of the ruler and his appointed Steward e The liege s highest title Note The Court of Justice building diminish es the penalty for owning multiple demesne provinces Counts and Dukes Prestige and Bishops and Archbishops Piety influence the loyalty of your vassals Religion Next to the Feudal System Religion is the most important aspect of the game There are four religions in Crusader Kings Catho lic Orthodox Muslim and Pagan The play able dynasties all have Catholic or Orthodox as State religion The Pope The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church the secular ruler of the Papal State and a character much like the others in the game The Papal State is not playable but all play able Catholic dynasties have a chance to gain control of the Pope and thus his diplomatic a
5. advances but also increased the possibility of sending armies overseas None Naval Harbor Decreases cost of transpor tation Highway Robber Band Thieves often organized them selves in gangs with a hierar chy that enabled them to steal more efficiently This was a ma jor problem for the ruler because it cost lots of money to organize city guards or hunt down and eliminate the robbers Highway Robber Band is not built by the player but will appear in provinc es with great unrest E33 None Smugglers ring Decreases income loyal ty among all social groups and Prestige Increases attrition among troops Hill Fort Formed by a blockhouse and sur rounded by a wooden palisade this building was often raised in good defensive terrain to protect a larger area Hill Fort None Increases the total number of soldiers that can defend the province Huge Castle This structure consisted of a huge keep surrounded strong fortifica tions and a broad ditch Huge Castle Large Castle Increases the total number of soldiers that can defend the province Improved Mine The improved mine was a large venture that used a water driven wheel to lift the ore and to re move excess water from the pits Percussion drilling Mine Increases income Large Castle This structure consisted of a very large keep surrounded by a dou 55 bled stonewall and a ditch Four large stone towers stood at its corne
6. chain mail Offensive Tactics Learning how to command and attack is a basis for succeeding in battle It will strengthen mo rale along your lines and also in crease the Shock attack score 1 Offensive Terrain This tactic evolved by training the units to take advantage of of 43 fensive terrain It included scout ing and using specially prepared equipment 2 Frontal Charge This tactic used the shock power of massed cavalry 3 Reserves This tactic involved keeping a small reserve at hand that could be used to change the balance at key points in the battle 4 Dismounted Knights Included training knights as in fantrymen This made their em ployment more flexible The knights superior morale and skill made them excellent multipur pose units 5 Hierarchic Com mand This evolved from the need for clear battlefield leadership Now a hierarchic command system was implemented where each man knew is place and disobey ing orders meant a quick and dis graceful death Piercing Weapons Being a weapon mainly for Pike Men and Knights the deadly piercing weapons will provide bonuses for these units in battle 1 Long Spear This was a standard medium piercing weapon It was easy to use and didn t need special train ing It was also a good weapon against a mounted opponent 44 2 Pike This was an advanced medium pierce weapon It was easy to use but required special training It was a
7. letter of the CD ROM drive gt Setup exe That should do the trick Once the game is installed you can play by selecting Programs gt Paradox Entertainment gt Crusader Kings Definitions of Terms Succeeding in Crusader Kings takes not on ly a true strategic mind but also the combi nation of diplomatic skills and intrigue The game is different from many traditional em pire building games and so Is the terminol ogy Below you will find a list of common words used to describe central aspects of the game Dynasties First and foremost Crusader Kings is a game about dynasties Each player is the head of a dynasty Each dynasty head must grow his dynasty gain more territory garner wealth and get influence in Europe s politics The land that each dynasty head holds is his per sonal demesne or as Webster s dictionary defines it a legal possession of land as one s own Vassals will swear their allegiance to you and you may form friendships with other dynas ties through marriage and shrewd politics In fact marriage is a key facet of Crusader Kings After all you must have heirs to whom you may bequeath your throne All the characters in Crusader Kings have traits and there are plenty of characters From the Pope to the wife of the first cousin of the Count of G strikland there are scads of characters in Crusader Kings You also have a court from which you may appoint your marshals advisors or appoint Bishops
8. one year Every peasant farmer had strips scattered in all thirds 3 Stripe Plowing This method meant smooth ing out the soil after it had been broken up This not only meant that the seed got planted deeper protecting it from excessive rain and wind but also that the speed at which the farmers could plant the seed increased 4 Soil Amelioration This was a combination of many techniques including fertilization regular plowing and river water ing The effect was to ameliorate the earth and thus increase the farmlands yield 5 Rooting Out Using bigger and heavier har rows to dig even deeper into the soil and using spades pitchforks and axes to cut out tree root sys tems which drained the fields of water and nurture It also made the land easier to plow and work Handicraft Craftsmanship was greatly ap preciated and many of the piec es created during the era are still seemed as masterpieces Ad vancements made in Handicraft will give you more income and will also open up the possibility for new buildings 1 Salt Refinery This was an industry that either refined salt from seawater or re fined it from rock salt buried in the ground Salt was the single most important mineral Salt was used to increase the possibility to store food for a longer period of time 2 Glass Blowing Allows Glass works improve ment This meant the production of fine glass used in everything from church windows to
9. or Counts Each has a number of traits They may be brave or cautious religious or world ly trustworthy or deceitful These traits gov ern how they will react and respond to your moves as well as assist you in the creation of your glorious lands You govern a medieval feudal dynasty You may be a Christian Emperor King Duke or Count but there are also non player Dukes Counts and Bishops even the Pope The feu dal hierarchy was a stiff and conservative institution Despite the brutality of the age fighting unprovoked wars was frowned up on Therefore you must hold claims to prov inces to declare war on its owner Claims may be obtained from marriages Papal or Imperial decree by claiming the title or by events You may also usurp the throne of a dynasty that holds a higher title than yours and assume that title but that Is rarely a pop ular decision Province A province is a defined area on the map sep arated by borders A province contains pro vincial buildings social groups with different amounts of political power and may gener ate income and mobilize troops Demesne Demesne is the province or provinces un der the direct control of one ruler The De mesnes are divided into Royal Ducal and Countal depending on the status of the ruler of the particular Demesne Realm Each realm which consists of all demesne and vassal provinces has one ruler The rul er has full control of his demesne provinces but
10. 1 Div ne Rights Members of the nobility enjoyed special legal status and had im munity from almost all outside authorities They were also the protectors and arbiter of those who worked 2 Chronicle Writing This was often official history writing but to call it history in a modern sense would be quite wrong as there was no or very little critique of sources Most often this was the ideological propaganda of the medieval era 3 Romantic Poetry Romantic poetry had its origin in the tough consequences of for mal marriages Thus this form of poetry became an acceptable outlet of emotional and some times erotic pressure 4 Heraldry Heraldry was a feudal institution developed by noblemen using personal insignia on seals and shields that came to be transmit ted to their families 5 Oblige Noblesse The basic ideology of the noble class which meant that certain rules of hospitality honor and compassion must be implied to be a good knight Popular Customs Many modern practices have its foundations from the medieval customs This will give a bonus to loyalty mainly from the Peas ants 45 1 Divine Duties Most people during the medieval were Peasants and they rarely left the manor on which they were born People knew that their life s work would be the same as their parents They had a sense of place and pride in that place was reflected in adornment of the village church Religion and the village
11. Allows Monastery and School improvements When the Roman Empire col lapsed formal education in Western Europe collapsed with it Monasteries upheld the few schools that survived 3 Cathedral Schools Cathedral schools didn t exist at every cathedral but many cathe drals did become centers of what we would call elementary educa tion Education was often based on old Roman texts and over time tended to divide into a con centration on music which pre pared boys for service in the ca thedral liturgy and grammar and rhetoric which prepared boys to serve as parish priests or in the church bureaucracy 4 University Allows University improvement The medieval university was a community of scholars with the authority to confer degrees The origins of the earliest universities are obscure but the University of Bologna seems to have risen from an eleventh century center for the study of Roman law 47 5 Academic Disci plines The academic disciplines devel oped from the existence of uni versity faculties The first was the faculty of arts which includ ed subjects as grammar logics math philosophy and astron omy and the Increases faculty divided into the subjects of law theology and medicine The spe clalization of knowledge meant focus and status that improved prestige and knowledge output considerably Spiritual Art Art was not only created to look good but fulfilled the ideologi cal task of
12. Proud people Prestige increased over time Dislikes Modest people Piety decreased over time Modest B Reckless Likes Reckless people Dislikes Wise people De creases Martial attribute Wise T Skeptical Likes Sceptical and Her etic people Faster technology spread Dislikes Zealous people Pi ety decreased over time Zealous A Selfish Likes Generous people In creases Stewardship attribute Dislikes Selfish people Pres tige decreased over time Generous 8 Suspicious Likes Trusting people In creases Intrigue attribute 6 Dislikes Suspicious people Decreases Diplomacy attribute disliked by others Trusting S Temperate amp Dislikes Indulgent people Likes Temperate people In creases Health score Piety in crease over time Indulgent g Trusting Likes Trusting people In creases Diplomacy attribute liked by others Dislikes Suspicious people Decreases Intrigue attribute SUSPICIOUS Valorous Dislikes Coward people Likes Valorous people In creases Martial attribute Coward G Vengeful Dislikes Vengeful people Likes Forgiving people Forgiving Wise Likes Wise people Increased Martial Diplomacy Intrigue and Stewardship attributes amp Disliked by others Dislikes Reckless people Reckless ee jealous Likes Zealous people Piety increased over time Dislikes Heretic and Scepti cal people Sceptica
13. The crown icon indicates how much Prestige your character has Pres tige is your standing among your equals in glory fame and power e Cross The cross icon indicates how much Piety your character has Piety Is how well you incarnate the perfected Christian ruler in justice in honesty and in meekness Holding the mouse over any of the Icons will display the rate of change and the factors af fecting it This will also indicate what actions you need to take if you are losing gold Piety or Prestige II The Char acter In the top right of the game map is your character por trait Left click the portrait to go to the Character screen In the game you can go to a the Charac ter screen of spe cific Characters by left clicking their portraits Across the top of the Character Win dow are your char acter s Prestige Piety and gold levels Im mediately under these icons are special icons representing traits that your character has For example if your character has a tenden cy to knock off folks in his family he will be deemed a Kinslayer and a green icon with a bloody sword appears in this section of the Character Window See Appendix A Character Traits Below the icons are the characters four at tributes Martial Diplomacy Intrigue and Stewardship We define these below Martial The character s military skill It ts used as a bonus when the character leads his regiment in combat Diplomacy The cha
14. Years War lasting from 1337 until 1453 The period was a defining time for the history of both England and France The war started when King Philip VI of France attempted to confis cate the English territories in the Duchy of Aquitaine The conflict ended in July 1453 when the French finally expelled the English from the continent by force You can play King Duke or Count by click ing the shields to the middle of the open ing screen Clicking the shield to the left will present you with a list of all the play able Kingdoms whereas the middle shield will show all playable Duchies and rightmost shield gives an overview of all Counties play able in Crusader Kings Left click on the country duchy county that you that wish to play and the character you will be playing and his or her titles are dis played Click start to begin the scenario Click Back to return to the main menu Clicking Options displays the following list of options Game Options Several game options become available when you choose to play a single player game or host a multiplayer game covered later in the user manual They are found un der options in the scenario selection screen Difficulty Changes the game difficulty There are five different settings ranging from Very Easy to Very Hard Ai Aggressiveness Modifies how aggressive the Al s will be and how quickly it reacts Game Speed Don t bother about this in single player it can be c
15. arts will increase the loy alty of the Burghers 1 Sculptures Fine sculpturing in stone was es sential for the men and houses of religion and such artifacts in creased the glory and beauty of buildings both public and pri vate 2 Musical lustru ments Music played a large part in medi eval people s lives Medieval art work whether of nobles or peas ants often depicts people with musical instruments particular ly stringed instruments usually harps or lute the forbears of to day s guitar and pipes gener ally bagpipes Medieval Europe was alive with dance and song 3 Ballads These were formalized musi cal stories sung in a situation al rather than a narrative style Ballads were part of many tradi tions They were part literature and part music but also part ed ucation It was knowledge about the world spread through tone and word to people who could not read 4 Fashion Clothes Luxury consumption has always been part of showing one s sta tus During the medieval time material like silk were used to make elaborate clothes worn by the ultra rich 5 Vernacular Litera ture This was a new form of popular literature written in the national languages Writers such as Dante Alighieri Geoffrey Chaucer Francois Villon and Christine de Pisan opened a new front in lit erature and intellectual life Religious Flexibility There was a certain current to wards a greater flexi
16. cost effi cient if used in great numbers The battle ends when one side is eliminat ed or routes Simply winning a battle how ever Is not enough to control a province You will need to besiege the province for some time in order to break down Its defences Turkish Warriors 31 The siege begins as soon as the enemy army routes from the province or Is eliminated No action Is required the siege is automatic and you ll be notified when it is complete The time it takes to siege a province is depend ent upon the number of men you have your troop types and advances made Step 5 Sue for peace Sooner or later someone will to sue for peace To do so bring up the opponent s Ac tion Menu and select Sue for Peace One box will appear for each claim contested in the war You can propose Draw grey box Vic tory green box or Defeat red box Toggle between the options by clicking on the box You may also pay or demand tribute by ad justing the slider on the Sue for Peace menu When you click the seal your peace offer Is sent to your opponent The chance of him accepting the proposal depends on your war score which is shown in the upper left corner of the menu In the final peace offering you gain or lose titles gold Prestige and Piety Winning the Game In Crusader Kings as in history there is no singular winner although there are many apparent losers To a large extent winning Is achieved by accomplishing your per
17. end The Great Struggle between the English and the French King over the French Crown a war that continued for a little more than a Century with periods of peace in between The fortunes of war and control over land changed hands many times dur ing the war Eventually France managed to throw the English out of France Historically due to the length of the conflict it has been named The Hundred Years War Cross or crown With a Europe flamed by civil war and epic Crusades a bitter rivalry between the Christian power led by Pope Gregorius and a man of noble descent in the shape of the German Emperor Henry arose The Emperor unwilling to follow the rules instituted by the Pope was initially humiliated and forced to travel through Eu rope dressed like a monk to the Vatican in order to beg for for giveness from the Pope How ever the fight did not end there but continued until the Emper or grew stronger and finally got the upper hand in this dispute of power Deus Vult voices of war Few if any battle cries have given so much strength to its followers and terrified the enemies as the ones used during the crusades Inspired by the dramatic speech of Urban at Clermont marking the start for the first Crusade Temple Knights were soon heard justifying their actions and with standing starvation disease hunger and fatigue by crying out Deus Vult It s the will of God Eastern Wind Christmas day 1241
18. female to trace inheritance though a female may never inherit but only pass it on to a male Strength depends on military attribute prestige and ownership of provinces Semisalic Gavelkind All titles are divided equally be tween male heirs in order of age children and then grandchildren and so on Semisalic Primogeni ture All titles go to the oldest child or if dead his oldest child and so on If oldest child cannot provide an heir then next oldest child traces the inheritance Note that this allows a female to trace in heritance though a female may never inherit but only pass it on to a male Realm laws The Realm laws decide what taxes can be imposed on Vas sals and how you can rules your realm It will also define whether certain events will occur Royal Prerogative The loyalty of a leader s vassals will decrease over time Your reg iments will tend to be heavy but mixed The law will limit the eco nomic sliders as follows Scutage Min 0 Max 100 Crown Duty Min 50 Max 100 Census Tax Min 25 Max 100 Tolls Min 25 Max 100 Feudal Contract The ruler will get tournir events and the loyalty of his vassals will increase over time Your regi ments will tend to be heavy with emphasis on knights The law will limit the economic sliders as follows Scutage Min 0 Max 50 Crown Duty Min 0 Max 50 Census Tax Min 50 Max 100 Tolls Min 50 Max 100 Traditional Custom The ruler will not get
19. gave the people a sure sense of identity and with It psy chological peace 2 Jongleurs Jongleurs evolved from the trib al equivalence of bards and kept their traditions as news spread ers to the simple folk Their rep ertoire included dancing conjur ing acrobatics the feats of the modern juggler singing and sto rytelling Many were skilled in playing musical instruments 3 Troubadours Originally came from the aris tocratic poet musicians of Prov ince many of whom were noble men and crusader knights The favorite subjects of their poems were courtly love war and na ture However over time trou badours became less gentle and finally became artists that pro duced societal critique writing songs about impious priests lecherous monks and cruel no blemen 4 Miracle Plays Miracle plays or mystery plays were a form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Church Eventu ally the performance was moved 46 to the churchyard and the mar ketplace and soon became ver nacular in nature 5 Carnivals In Europe the tradition of spring fertility celebrations persisted well into Christian times where carnivals reached their peak dur ing the 14th and 15th century Carnivals where deeply rooted in pagan superstitions and the folk lore of Europe and the church eagerly revitalized them by con necting them to Saints Profane Art Making advances in this form of secular
20. more information on Edu cation point your cursor on the symbol for the specific Education and wait for a short while The text will appear in a mouse over window The symbol for Educa tion is a scroll which can be in different color depending on the art of the Education Primary Educa tional Traits These are the educational traits of the character and affect how well he is perceived or perceives When a Character enters educa tion at the age of five on of the following three paths are chosen by the player jom Education Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes i Ecclesiastical 1 Education Increases Diplomacy and In trigue attributes M martian education Increases Diplomacy and Martial attributes 38 Secondary Educa tional Traits At the age of 15 the Character gains his secondary Education trait This is chosen randomly and cannot be controlled by the player Amateurish Pettifogger Decreases Martial attribute 20 Charismatic err Negotiator Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes Bpen Dealbreaker Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes Increased Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes Flamboyant a Schemer Increases Diplomacy and In trigue attributes Intricate Web weaver Increases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue at tributes 4 Ullusiv
21. new Bishop If your character is Catho lic then the new Bishop Archbishop is tak en either from your court or from the courts of the Pope and controller of the Pope The chance for this depends on the religious law set in your realm Eastern Slavic Warriors Mongol Warriors E The Crusades The Pope will Call for the Crusade and thus start a long period of Crusading This can happen anytime during the game When the Crusade is in effect each Catholic ruler is ex pected to fight against Muslims and Pagans How high this expectation is depends on the power of the ruler and the need of the Pope If a ruler doesn t crusade he receives a Piety penalty that continues to accrue the longer he avoids the crusade Crusaders receive a lot of Prestige and Piety from conquering Muslim and pagan provinces and for defeat ing pagan and Muslim units If the ruler has the Trait Crusader all bonuses or penalties are multiplied by five Le Frankish Warriors Muslim Warriors War War and combat is a critical portion of Cru sader Kings Sure there is diplomacy sure there is subterfuge and yes there is mar riage but frequently the only way to assume control of a province is to go in and take it with force Declaring war and conquering a province is a simple five step process Step 1 Place a claim on the ruler To go to war against a ruler you need a claim on one or more of the enemy s titles Claims are received either th
22. often built around the foundations of a small castle They were often of average size with a small hamlet within its walls and had a garri son all through the year 4 Large Castle The large castle was often built around the foundations of a me dium castle The castles were large with a small town within its wall and had a large profes sional garrison It was durable and could withstand prolonged sieges 42 5 Huge Castle The huge castle was often built around the foundations of a large castle They were often huge complexes with a small domain within its wall and had a very large garrison all through the year It had enormous dura bility and was nigh on impossi ble to take for anything but Kings and Emperors Chain Armour Apart from providing defense for your foot soldiers and knights in battle Chain 1 Chained Leather This is a leather suit with strings of chains attached to make it withstand slashes This is the best armor within the leather class 2 Light Chain Mail This ts a light hauberk made of small chains that protected the torso 3 Cha n Mail This is a hauberk made of chains The torso and arms are protect ed by leather the chest by chain mail 4 Full Chain Mail This is the full suit made of small chains covering the entire body 5 Plated Chain Mail This is a full suit made of small chains covering all parts of the body To this armor plates have been added to protect parts o
23. only partial control of vassal provinces The vassals are supposed to mobilize troops when instructed by the ruler The ruler guides the advances and set the laws Coat of Arms The Coat of Arms is the symbol for a dy nasty ruler in the game A Christian Coat of Arms in Crusader Kings Is always in the form of a shield while the Muslim Coat of Arms is a circle The Hierarchical System Kings Kings are the most powerful ruler and govern entire realms e Dukes Dukes are the second most pow erful ruler in Crusader Kings and pledge allegiance only to the king of the land e Counts Although powerful counts are the least powerful of the Crusader King rulers Counts and duke can also be independent which means they are not vassals but may legislate and rule without interference from a King Vassal Liege A vassal is a lord of a Ducal or Countal de mesne that has sworn allegiance to a lord of higher rank than himself herself The higher ranked lord is called the Liege of the lower 8 ranked one During the medieval age wars between different vassals were not uncom mon Even revolts against lieges were quite common if vassals felt powerful enough to challenge their lords Crusades In addition to growing your kingdom and gaining Piety and Prestige you ll also par ticipate in the Crusades to retake the Holy Lands from the Muslims Doing so and do ing so successfully can garner your charac ter large bonus
24. prize Disliked by others and de creases Martial attribute Rimore The character is seri ously mentally or physically de formed which will make him un able to fend for himself Decreases fertility score and decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attri butes EP rstesina Worm The character was born with an intestinal worm that feeds on his inner organs If the character sur vives to become an adult a very rare phenomenon the worm will die but the character will always have poor health Decreases health and chance to recover increases risk of death VP reves The characters illness has developed into leprosy Ex tremities are dried out which can make the character to lose fin gers toes and even limbs Some persons have been known to heal naturally but how and why is yet a mystery to medieval sci ence Decreases Health and Fertil ity scores decreases Diplomacy Martial attributes Drs The character was born with a pronounced lisp This makes interacting with oth ers problematic Disliked by others decreases Diplomacy attribute aia mia Maniac The characters stress symptom developed into insan ity The character creates grandi ose plans which he or she uses all their energy to finish no mat ter the cost or what anybody else says Decreases Health and Fertil ity scores decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attributes GCP prague
25. tournir events and the loyalty of his vas sals will not be modified over time Your regiments will tend to be mixed but with few knights The law will limit the economic Sliders as follows Scutage Min 0 Max 70 Crown Duty Min 0 Max 70 Census Tax Min 0 Max 70 Tolls Min 0 Max 70 Popular Law The ruler will not get tournir events and the loyalty of his vas sals will not be modified over time Your regiments will tend to be light and with emphasis on Pike Men and archers The law will limit the economic slid ers as follows Scutage Scutage Min 50 Max 100 Crown Duty Min 50 Max 100 Census Tax Min 0 Max 50 Tolls Min 0 Max 50 Religious laws Religious laws define the con nection between the Church and the ruler It will affect the relation to the Pope and if certain events will occur Regal Supremacy Each clergy power in your prov inces gives you additional troops Church Donations slider limit ed by Min 0 Max 80 Catholic Bishops appointment chances as follows Ruler 80 Pope 20 Monastic Supremacy Religious authority will fluctuate with events and rulers will get no usury events Each clergy power in your provinces gives you extra gold instead of troops Monaster ies and Templar houses will be cheaper Church Donations slid er limited by Min 50 Max 100 Catholic Bishops appointment chances as follows Ruler 30 Pope 70 Ecclesial Balance Religious authority will be under mined over
26. very good weapon against mounted opponents 3 Lance A lance is an advanced medium pierce weapon It is rather easy to use but the wielder needed special training It is a very good weapon against dismounted op ponents and is therefore primar ily used by heavy cavalry 4 Ppole Arm This was a heavy pierce weap on It was an excellent weapon against mounted opponents 5 Heavy Lance This is a heavy pierce weapon It proved excellent against dis mounted opponents Plate Armour Heaviest of the Armour Types the Plate will give a defense bo nus to Knights and Heavy Caval ry in battle 1 Scale Mail This is a leather suite with armor plates added to it to give extra protection for the torso biceps and thighs 2 Banded Mail An armored leather suite that has armor plates crafted in circles around the body The protec tion is very good but it leaves ex posed areas and decreases agil ity extensively 3 Ralf plate This is a chain mail suite with ar mor plates added to give extra protection for the torso biceps and thighs 4 Plate Mail This is a plate mail suite where all plates are put to work in unison with normal bodily movement It covers head torso biceps and thighs while the rest of the body is covered by chain mail s FullpPlate This is a plate mail suite where all plates are put to work in unison with normal bodily movement It covers the whole body Siege Equipment In orde
27. was one of the darkest dates in Christian his tory when Batu son of Ogedai Khan and successor to the Great Genghis had destroyed the great Hungarian city of Pest Po land and Russia had already fall en and the Mongol war machine seemed unstoppable Early in the years to come the Asian horde suddenly left as swiftly as it had come leaving the vast lands of Easter Europe in ruins and chaos The early 1240 s marked an end to the aggressive Mongol cam paigns directed towards Western Europe Black Shield White Cross After a devastating defeat for the Crusaders in 1291 the Teutonic Order moved their headquarters to Venice a long time ally of the Order In 1309 the Order moved again this time to the Prussian city of Marienburg where they established a theocratic form of government The position of the knights in the Baltic region had been strengthened in 1237 when a knightly order in Livonia the Brothers of the Sword joined the Teutonic Order The history of the German knights in Prus sia and Livonia is one of continu ous revolts uprisings raids con quests victories and defeats Many secular knights from West ern Europe would go to the Baltic to help the Order in Crusades for a season or more The prizes and feasts awarded by the Orders Grand Master to celebrate heroic Knights resemble in many ways the legendary rituals held by the Knights of the Round Table 59
28. will react strongly on the laws if changed regularly and to their disadvantage Inheritance laws Inheritance laws decide who will inherit a ruler when he or she dies It is very important for a ruler to have an unbroken line of heritage if the player does not have a proper heir when he dies the game ends Choosing the right inheritance law is crucial to building a prosperous dynasty Elective Law The strongest male vassal takes it all Strength depends on mili tary attribute prestige and own ership of provinces Salic Consanguinity All titles go to the strongest child or if dead his oldest brother and so on If no child can provide an heir then the strongest grand child inherits and so on Strength depends on military attribute 40 prestige and ownership of prov inces Salic Gavelkind All titles are divided equally be tween all male heirs in order of age children and then grand children and so on but ignoring males that traces through their mothers for example the sons of your daughters Salic Primogeniture All titles go to the oldest male child or if dead his oldest male child and so on If oldest male child cannot provide an heir then next oldest male child traces the inheritance Semisalic Consan guinity All titles go to the strongest child or if dead his oldest brother and so on If no child can provide an heir then the strongest grand child inherits and so on Note that this allows a
29. worked into pieces for later use as materials for armor weapons and instruments 4 Percussion build ing Allows Improved Mine improve ment This was a technique in which a rod with a hard tron cutting edge is placed in the borehole and re peatedly struck with a hammer It was used to improve mining and to bore water wells 5 Castlron Allows Armory improvement Cast iron was produced from molten metal and was much more durable and malleable than the iron produced with old er methods Power New ways of traveling and con ducting production gave birth to new ways of finding power sourc es and ways of communication Power Advances will increase your income as well as give you opportunities to construct build ings within the field 1 RoadNet Allows Road Net and Extensive Road Net improvements This was a tradition from Roman times that was reintroduced Building a road net was very im portant to increasing communi cation and trade 52 2 Large Ship Building Allows Civilian Harbor improve ment This was a shipbuilding tech nique produced large ships It could be used to build ships as different as the Dutch cog to the Venetian galley 3 Wind Wheel Allows Windmills improvements This was a wheel equipped with sail to let the wind power a mill The mill ground the seed into flour without the need for seri ous manual labor 4 Water Wheel This was a bladed wheel dipped into a river The force of t
30. you may research and that each has a cost in gold Also keep in mind that once an advance is researched it does not instanta neously take effect In medieval times and it took time for the advance to spread across different provinces Read more about the different advances in the appendix The Feudal System To understand Crusader Kings you must un derstand the medieval feudal system and the hierarchy within it Although an archaic sys tem by today s standards it was nonetheless well established and rigid A character often holds several titles It is most important to understand what the nobility titles are and do King The King was the sovereign ruler of the land monarch Under the King were all the no bility the dukes and the counts etc In game terms kings have enormous Prestige potential but on the down side everyone wants your job King is the highest title in the game A King can also hold one or more duchies or counties which he controls direct ly These are added as titles to this Charac ter and those titles can be granted others in the court 25 Although not as powerful as Kings Dukes rule several provinces and are powerful men They are second only to the King in power A Duke often holds one or more provinces and can all extra titles are added to his title as Duke Counts Counts are rulers of a single province called a County They can be independent or an swer to a Duke or answer di
31. Infested The characters illness developed into bubonic plague He or she is seriously hampered by this very painful and deadly illness which has infected the nervous system and produces large boils on the body It is contagious deadly Decreases Health and Fertil ity scores decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attributes a iin 5 Pneumonia The character s illness developed into pneumonia This illness is deadly but occasionally people survive Decreases Health and Fertil ity scores decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attributes K P schizophrenia The stress symptom of character has developed into schizophrenia The character s behavior swings between nor mal and short periods of extreme suspicion about everything Decreases Health and Fertil ity scores decreases Diploma cy Martial and Stewardship at tributes Increases Intrigue attri bute ey rin QGP stress Symptom The character becomes very moody Sometimes his behavior is Overcautious and sometimes overactive Decreases Health score de creases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attri butes This trait is a prerequisite for other mental disorders or rather it can develop into one of them Stutter The character was born with a harsh stutter This makes interacting with others problematic at best Disliked by others decreases Diplomacy attribute 37 Appendix C Education For
32. Knights e You will get an instant Prestige bonus e You will get less tax income from the province Province lmprove ments You may also improve buildings in your prov ince To erect buildings click somewhere in the landscape of the province screen This displays the available improvements as shad ow buildings Passing your mouse over the shadow building displays the available build ing how much it will cost and how long it will take The provincial buildings can be found in the appendix Buildings generally increase the income generated by your province and the size of the provincial regiment depend on the income Province Details In the lower half of the province window you will see small icons representing specific province features and conditions like Plague infested or Prosperous More about provinc es can be found in the Appendix 17 Managing your Dynasty Clicking your Coat of Arms on the Game Map displays the Dynasty Window on the left side of the screen From this window you can access most of the functions that your character will need to manage his dynasty Your Actions Clicking on the weapons in the right side of the dynasty management window brings up the Action Screen The window offers the fol lowing options Mobilize Host This will mobilize all of the provincial regiments of the chosen ruler Grand Mobilization This will mobilize all of the provincial regiments in the realm in one m a e
33. Pear hana deere E soreri eae Thay dere rilal by stroke It can take some time for every one to j Ree ae Gapin piad a ee ig answer the call and disloyal provincial lords f n coat L neo may refuse to mobilize at all arot Amiane Couar of Biala Offer Marriage Offers a ruler a chance to i abit arate papa i create a marriage between two characters in rcn ol Fue DAAR their dynasties If that ruler accepts the mar ae noi suet PEDE riage is carried at the listed cost giving Pres hy of Tulare i tige to both rulers and increasing their mu m tual relations If the ruler refuses the player s character loses Prestige Create Bishopric turns a County into a Bish i opric Note that your Piety will influence the loyalty of the Bishop Grant Title Grant a title to a character Revoke Title Removes a title from a target EERBE a 1 ee Ba Who ed vassal and take it for yourself If the vassal i en refuses then you merely get a claim on his title instead Create Title If you own a lot of land like maybe half of Sweden and no one has the title King of Sweden you can create that ti tle for yourself Usurp Title When you control more than half of the land of a province country you can claim being the lawful owner of a title even if it is held by another Character This is called usurping the title and gives you a legal claim on the title but not the title itself Yo
34. You can also point your cur sor on the improvement and wait for a short while The improve ments from the building will be shown in a pop up mouse over window Armory The armory was instrumental in both producing armory and technical complex instruments as siege equipment and cross 54 bows It increased all sectors of economy Cast Iron Black Coal Smithy Increases income Brewery This was the large scale use of distillery and brewing techniques to produce large quantities of beer ale wine cider and liquor E33 None Local Merchant Houses Increases Income Cathedral A Cathedral is a Catholic place of worship enormous in size and prestige It was a monumental work of architecture engineering and art and was built only in the most important cities through out Europe Gothic Buttresses W Tile Factory Domed Church Increases Clergy and Peasant loyalty decreases income Cheese Dairy This process harkened back to the early days of farming How ever in medieval the process of transform milk into cheese be came proto industrial and made it possible to gain a large turn over from such venture Cheese was not only nutritious it was al so more durable than milk fa Cows None Increases Income Church A Church is the place of worship and reunion in villages and small towns It is the first building to be built in a town with houses and shops around it It was also where all people g
35. actory Increases gold Moneylenders Originally those in desperate need and never for investments in production lent money for consumption Only Jews were allowed to be moneylenders because of the Christian ban on usury This pattern changed over time Higher production efficien cy increased the need of using currency instead of barter when exchanging large amounts of goods This made trade the new reason for money lending Local Merchant Houses A None Increased loyalty form the Burghers decreased loyalty from the Clergy Increased income decreased Piety Naval Harbor The naval harbor was an expan sion of its civilian variant It was not only a gateway for new ad vances but also increased the possibility of sending large mili tary units overseas It can only be placed in a coastal province None Naval Harbor Decreased cost for sea trans port Road Net This was a sparse series of roads built most often on the ancient Roman roads that lay across Eu rope It increased not only the speed of travel but also trade Road Building None Increased Toll income short en transport time decreases at trition of troops Royal post The Royal Post was an institu tion of post riders who traveled through the domain with orders and information for the ruler and his administration This institu tion vastly improved the ruler s ability to retain control of his lands and his subjects None Non
36. al authority to canonize him or her Piety Bonus None Crusader The character has taken the cross and is presently on crusade Modifier to Crusading Bonus and or penalty Modifier to Crusading Bonus and or penalty Excommuni cated The Holy Father has banned this character from the Catholic com munity None 9 Can be attacked easier by others Cp nereti The character has embraced a variant of the exist ing religion or his region They are now known as a heretic and members of his old religion will hold them in contempt Likes Sceptical and Heretic People Dislikes Zealous People Can be attacked easier by others GD kinsiayer The character kills off relatives Relatives will be very hostile and others will be re luctant to interact with the char acter None Disliked by others decreased Diplomacy attribute why Saint After having been can onized the character was later deemed spiritual enough to at tain the sainthood Advantages Piety Bonus None wo 39 Appendix D Laws To read more about the differ ent Laws that can be chosen go to the Court Screen and click on each law A description of the law will appear on the bottom of the page All independent rulers may decide new laws Vassals have to adapt to the law of the ruler This will clearly affect your line of heritage which in turn is crucial for the gameplay Note that your Vassals
37. ale or is elimi nated and combat ends with phase 6 Unit Types Your armies are not generic masses of men They are composed of several types of units and each with strengths and weaknesses Knights This unit type is sometimes called Heavy Cavalry but is actually something more Re cruited from the highest social group those warriors are superior in training and mo rale Very good against none mounted units though Pike Men can be deadly opponents to this troop type Light Cavalry This unit type is cavalry that has traded ar mor for speed It is a standard troop type and is good against most other types Norse Warriors Western Slavic Warriors Horse Archers A Mongol specialty this type of unit can on ly be built by the Hordes and the Arabs The unit fires during every phase of combat They are deadly against all heavy armored units Archers They are lightly armored footmen They can use either Bows or Crossbows and are very good against heavy armored units Heavy Infantry This is Heavy infantry that can go toe to toe with any other type of infantry It is especially effective against Archers Pike Men and Light Infantry Pike Men This is an anti cavalry type of unit that is es pecially effective against Knights but can perform well against other unit types as well Light Infantry This unit type consists of lightly armoured footmen They are not very good against anything but Archers but they are
38. arge armies and focus on advances that can help you in battle Step 3 Declare war on the ruler When you have a claim on a ruler declar ing war Is easy Simply navigate to the action screen of the ruler and select Declare War All claims at stake in this war both yours and the opponent rulers will be shown as icons with the portrait of the ruler and the coat of the ti tle in question Click the seal to confirm your decision You are now at war Step 4 Win the battle and conquer the prov mces When armies owned by rulers at war meet in a province they fight Many factors decide who wins the battle including advances the military skills of the leaders terrain and other factors play an important part The Combat Screen resides on the left side of the screen The combat resolves in six distinct phases The phases are dis played at the top of the Combat Screen You may not control your units once combat Is joined During each phase specific unit types signified by the abbreviations and units de scribed below attack Italian Warriors Ugric Baltic Warriors 1 Maneuver a short delay while the forces jockey for position 2 Advance Archers Horse Archers 3 Skirmish Archers Horse Archers Light Infantry LightCavalry 4 Front All Archer fire halved 5 Flank All Archer fire halved 6 Retreat One side retreats or is extin guished The combat will loop through phase 2 to 5 until one side has too low mor
39. ash 2 Goats Goats did not only provide the farmers with meat but also with milk and cheese making them popular during the medieval 3 Pigs Although Jews and Muslims do not eat Pig meat Pigs soon be came common food to Chris tians 4 Sheep Providing wool for clothes sheep soon became an important part of the medieval household 5 Cows Allows Cheese Dairy improve ment Breeding cows means better and more flexible food but also gave the opportunity to sell meat to the Burghers Commerce Institutions Trade and commerce were insti tutionalized during the medieval age when the Hanseatic League as well as the Italian merchant houses grew stronger Com merce institutions will improve the use of efficiency of tolls 1 Minor Merchant Houses This meant that the business structure had developed in such fashion that the area contained a number of minor merchant houses which entertained com mercial enterprises on a local ba sis and rather small scale 2 Local Merchant Houses Allows Brewery and Moneylend ers Improvements This meant that the business structure had developed in such fashion that the area contained a number of local merchant hous es that entertained commercial enterprises doing distant trading on a large scale 3 Mlint By having a regulated system of minting and official representa tives to run the mints an effec tive coinage system could be es tablished This wa
40. athered for so cializing Brickwork Structures Basili can Structures W Tile Factory Increases Peasant loyalty one time Piety bonus Civilian Harbor The civilian harbor was a prereq uisite for large scale export of finished goods which improved the provincial economy It also opened up the possibility to ship military units over the sea Har bors can only be built in coastal regions Large Ship Building None Shortens transport time Court of Justice This was a permanent court which runs judicial business It was an effective promoter of jus tice and established the tradition of rule of law among the admin istrators None None Increases Burgher loyalty de creases income increase chance of rooting out criminals Domed Church A domed church is the Chris tian place of worship presti gious enough to have a decorat ed dome as a roof It was a sign of high prestige and wealth not only in the city but among other dioceses as well Province must have a minimum income of 10 in order to build a Domed Church Cylindrical Structures WR Tile Factory Large Church Increases Clergy and Peasant loyalty one time Piety bonus decreases income Dye works This technique made it possible to color large amounts of cloth This was the first step in bring ing clothes production out of the home and onto the factory floor Cloth Making None Increases income Extensive Road Net This was an exte
41. atholic Church Looted A trespassing regiment has loot ed the province The economic resources of the province will be exhausted for some time Malaria Malaria is spreading through the province Malaria is spread by a parasite using a mosquito as a host Malaria is a serious illness characterized by fever head ache weakness and death Dif ferent variations caused different side effects such as brain dys functions and coma Pneumonic Plague The pneumonic plague is spread ing through the province The pneumonic plague was spread from man to man and its death rate was Increases than the bu bonic plague because it had no treatment It was birthed in the aftermath of the bubonic plague and affected the lungs Pneumonic Plague Immunity Eventually the immunity system of the population developed de fenses against the pneumonic plague and it died out Poor The province is experiencing De creases agricultural production and abandoning of land People are generally pessimistic about their future and wages are fall ng Prosperous The province is experiencing in creased agricultural production and clearing of land People are generally optimistic about their future and wages are rising Rich There is increased agricultural production clearing of land and major investments in goods pro duction People are very optimis tic about their future and wages are rising rapidly Small Por The smallp
42. battles 1 Short Bow This weapon is made out of wood easy to use and quick to fire It had a short range and poor armor piercing capabilities 2 Long Bow Made out of wood and moder ately easy to use It was quick to fire had medium range good ar mor penetration capabilities 3 Composite Bow This weapon is made out of wood horn and sinew and mod erately easy to use It was quick to fire had a long range and was effective against armor 4 Reinforced Long Bow This weapon was made out of wood horn sinew and rein forced with steel and was rather cumbersome to use lts rate of fire was rather slow but it had very long range and a very good punch against armor 4I 5 Marksman Long Bow Constructed like the reinforced Long Bow its rate of fire is very Slow but it can hit targets at ex treme ranges with excellent ac curacy and armor penetration Castles Castles are not only excellent for protection against siege they will also provide a bonus for prestige and loyalty from the Nobles 1 Hill Fort The hill fort was often built around the ruins of elder forti fications They were often very small but made maximum use of the terrain 2 Small Castle The small castle was built around the foundations of a hill fort They were often rather small but had a garrison all through the year Any ruler who was anyone had to have at least a small castle 3 Medium Castle The medium castle was
43. bility in how to interpret the Christian mes sage mostly to avoid corruption within the Catholic Church Ad vances within Religious Flexibil ity will increase loyalty from the Clerics and at the same time in crease your Piety 1 Ascetism This meant following one s moral inclination with strict discipline This was important to monks but ascetism was viewed by the masses as a virtue in a clergy man 2 Apostolic Poverty It meant that the Church and the clergy as well as the monks should live without temporal possessions like Christ and the Apostles and live from the tithes and the voluntary offerings of the people This calling was pure ly spiritual All the things of this earth belonged to the laity and the civil government 3 Critical Bible interpretation This was an interpretation of the bible that focused on other things than the official teachings often highly critical in tone and voice of the official church inter pretations 4 Bible Translations These were translations of the bible into local language This made it possible for ordinary people to read the bible and think theologically 5 Critical Thinking Critical thought have always been present but after the intro duction of the bible translations critical thinking took new paths which would eventually lead up to the reformation of the Church Religious Stringency This was the current opposing Religious Flexibility Support ers
44. cietal group and were often called Those who worked They were free men and city dwellers that specialized in manufacturing and trade If you increase the power and loyalty of the Burghers the follow ing happens e The power and loyalty of the Clergy will decrease 16 e Your regiment will hold more Archers and Pike Men e You will get an instant Piety penalty e You will get more tax income from the province Clergy They belonged to the next highest societal group and were often called Those who prayed The men of God were the shepherds of the peasants and helped those lesser men serve God The clergy rarely paid taxes and were often the keystone in any serious ad ministration If you increase the power and loyalty of the Clergy the following happens e The power and loyalty of the Burghers will decrease e Your regiment will hold more Light Cav alry and Heavy Infantry e You will get an instant Piety bonus e You will get less tax income from the province Nobles These belong to the highest societal group and were often called those who fight The nobles where barons bannerettes and knights who upheld the law and defend ed the country Defined by bloodline alone they held special status and rarely paid taxes If you increase the power and loyalty of the Nobles the following happens e The power and loyalty of the Peasants will decrease e Your regiment will hold more
45. cle and inheritance values Special Events or Events or All game Blue shield special Actions by values circumstances character character character turns 15 Other traits are added through events or by actions conducted by a character The Character also has two hid den attributes Health and Fertility which de termine risk of death sickness and the child birth rate Mini Map At the bottom left of the main screen is the Mini Map window Left clicking anywhere in the mini map centers the Game Map on that point You may also zoom in and out in the mini map using the and icons To the left of the mini map are five large shields From left to right they are i l Terrain Map This is the default view Click ing on this button displays the terrain map Relational Map Shows your Vassals Liege and enemies Economic Map Clicking here displays the resources of each province The provinc es wealth is color coded from red poor to green wealthy Religion Map Clicking here displays the re ligion of the population of each province Muslim is light green Orthodox is brown Pa gan Is gray and Catholic is white Realm Map Presents all provinces from the same realm in the same color Below these shields are three smaller icons which provide the following options Toggle Coat of Arms The blue shield icon toggles the coat of arms on the Game Map Toggle Units The sword icon toggles units Toggle F
46. ctions This made large scale business feasible and made clerk fraud less profitable 5 Foreign Accredita tion Merchant houses making a lot of transactions in large volumes of goods and at distant places soon started to put up permanent of fice abroad This gave large flex ibility to their economic ventures and made the flow goods along the trade routes constant Appendix F Province Effects Your provinces may trigger cer tain events either randomly through your actions or through external influence Bubonic Plague The bubonic plague is spread ing through the province Rats carried the bacillus of the bu bonic plague to men The illness spread to Europe from Asia add only a few areas were spared The first stage of the illness was the growth of bubs and the sec ond was the appearance of black spots Death followed in a few days Bubonic Plague lm munity Eventually the immunity system of the population developed defenses against the bubonic plague and it died out Dysentery Dysentery is spreading through the province Organisms in con taminated food or water spread dysentery It resulted in diarrhea general weakness abdominal pain fever and in severe cas es death Heretic The population of the province has turned away from the for mal version of their old religion Instead they have changed and reformed the teachings and litur gy in a way that will never be ac cepted by the C
47. ctions and other special abilities Papal Election When a Pope dies a new Pope is elected The candidates are catholic Archbishops Bish ops and Diocese Bishops plus all courtiers with ecclesiastical education in the courts of the Pope and the Pope controller Winning the election depends on the candidate s Pi ety intrigue diplomacy and power Diocese Bishops are less efficient in gathering sup port than other candidates With a new Pope comes a new controller of the Pope and he is the ruler closest related through blood to the new Pope Excommunication The controller of the Pope gets two unique actions excommunication and revoke ex communication Putting an excommunica tion on a ruler means obstructing him from inheritance and it is much easier cheaper to grab his titles or to usurp him Revoking ex communication removes these effects from an excommunicated target 27 Papal Events The Papal State receives events like normal countries These events however appear to the Pope s controller For example if France controls the Pope it is the French King who decides whether the Catholic Church should condemn serfdom or not a decision with global consequences Archbishops Archbishops are the Catholic equivalent of secular Dukes Some provinces in the game are Archbishoprics instead of Duchies which means that an Archbishop rules these eccle Slastical realms in much the same way as if they were Dukes Such p
48. e Decreased penalty for hold ing too many demesne provinc es decreased income Sawmill The sawmill cut trees and made planks from logs It greatly im proved the economy in the prov ince and sped up public building None Forestry Increases income decreases building time for other improve ments School This institution trained young sters in simple tasks like reading counting and reciting the bible This was the first institution to pass to attain higher learning It spread the basic instrument for understanding and knowledge through out society E33 Monastic Schools None One time Prestige bonus in creases spread of Advances de creased income Small Castle Often called a Motte and Bai ley it consisted of a large mound topped by a stone tower A pali sade and a ditch then surround ed the tower Small Castle Will Fort Increases the total number of soldiers that can defend the province Smithy The smithy was instrumental in both producing farming instru ments and weapons It increased all sectors of economy Ironworks None Increases income Smugglers Ring As the ruler introduced spot taxes and tolls many less law ful merchants organized smug gler rings to circumvent these artificial costs that the ruler had laid on them This was irritating for the ruler who lost needed in come Smugglers Ring is not built by the player but will appear in provinces wi
49. e cially good against heavily ar mored opponents and was often used by infantry 4 Morning Star This was a heavy crush weapon It was cumbersome to swing and required special training to mas ter It was however especially good against heavily armored opponents and often used by in fantry 5 Battle Are This is a heavy crush weapon It is cumbersome to use and need special training It is especially good against heavily armored Opponents and often used by infantry This is the best crush weapon Defensive Tactics Sometimes defending is the best way to attack Taking advantage of terrain and organizing your armies correctly will provide not only strengthen morale but also increase the Shock score 1 Defensive Terrain This tactic involved training units to take advantage of defensive terrain It also included scout ing and using specially prepared equipment 2 Positional Combat This tactic made it easy to de fend a smaller area by defending a chain of positions with earth works and poles 3 Missile Barrage Archers drilled and disciplined in releasing barrages of arrows or bolts onto the onrushing en emies The effect could be dev astating and was much more ef fective that the fire at will tactic 4 Drilled Pike Men This tactic involved training and drilling the Pike Men in units These units could march into po sition stop and become island fortresses in the sea of battle They worked
50. e Shad ow Increases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue at tributes Hole inthe Pocket Decreases Martial attribute proven __ Accountant Increases Diplomacy Martial and Intrigue attributes efter Builder Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes fe Midas Touched 4 Increases Diplomacy Stewardship and Intrigue at tributes Pime Warrior Increases Martial attribute de creases Stewardship attribute Tough Soldier Increases Diplomacy and Martial attributes Pfirowtenoeabi Tactician Increases Diplomacy Martial and Intrigue attributes Perion Strategist Increases Diplomacy Martial and Intrigue attributes Detached Priest Increases Diplomacy attribute decreases Martial and Steward ship attributes Martial Cleric A lncreases Diplomacy Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes ilfiestermi Theologian Increases Diplomacy Steward ship and Intrigue attributes Special Traits The Character can also gain Traits under certain circumstances W iastan The character is a bas tard meaning that he or she was born outside marriage The char acter has a lower position than his or her sisters and brothers None Disliked by others decreased Prestige do not inherit pa 7 Canonized When the character died his virtuous life as an ex emplar Christian mad higher theologic
51. es in Piety and Prestige There are also certain Piety penalties for those who refuse to go on Crusades The Pope The Pope in Crusader Kings is a non player character NPC able to significantly influ ence the game The Pope may instigate a Crusade sanction a dynasty lord or bestow his favor The Pope and some of his select ed few may also place the ultimate penalty on those who are not deemed to be faith ful Christiansexcommunication The player cannot become the Pope However he may get an ecclesiastical courtier of his elected as Pope and thus control the Pope Events Events are an important part of the game These are in game happenings that are el ther triggered by circumstances or occur randomly Sometimes the events require no player action such as a plague other times the player s response to an event such as granting subjects rights will have global consequences Muslims The Muslims and their lords are non play er characters and armies Players are given both Piety and Prestige points for conquer ing Muslim provinces Muslims are powerful and start all scenarios with more advances than most Christian realms The Mongol Horde The Mongol Hordes will come from the East in the middle of the 13 century and attack everything in sight There are two hordes The Golden Horde attacks into Europe and The Ilkhanate attacks into the Middle East Note that the Mongols are technological ly quite superior making
52. f the torso Crossbows Powerful at a long distance with a deadly accuracy Crossbows will provide a significant bonus for your archers 1 Sling Javelin This is basically a thrown short spear empowered with a log sling to increase thrust power and range It was normally used in one volley against the ene my After slinging the javelin the throwers fought in melee 2 Light Crossbows A wooden weapon that was easy to use and quick to fire It had a medium range and limited ar mor piercing capabilities 3 Medium Crossbow This weapon is made of wood and sinew Although easy to use it was slow to fire It had a long range and a good punch against armor 4 Heavy Crossbow This weapon is a composition of wood iron and sinew Easy to use but slow to fire the cross bow possesses a long range and packs a good punch against ar mor 5 Arbalest Crush Weapons Advances in this field of dead ly weapons will give a bonus to light cavalry and heavy infantry 1 Hand Axe This is the smallest of crush weapons It is easy to use and also has slashing qualities that makes it an excellent weapon for lighter units 2 War Hammer This is a light crush weapon It is easy to use and doesn t require special training It is especially ef fective against heavily armored opponents and often used by in fantry 3 Mace This is a medium crush weapon It is easy to use and doesn t re quire special training It is esp
53. gnals your body Is giving you Stop playing and consult a doctor Failure to do so could re sult in long term injury If your hands wrist or arms have been injured or strained in other ac tivities use of this Software could aggravate the condition Before playing consult a doctor Technical Support Should you experience a technical problem with this software please contact our techni cal support staff Before you call please read the README TXT file on the Crusader Kings CD to see any last minute recommendations pertinent to your problem Also check out the support page on our web site listed be low When e mailing please provide the fol lowing information e Computer brand and model e Windows version e Total system RAM e Total hard drive space e Video card make and model Contact Information Internet Email For prompt technical support via email contact us at the following e mail address support paradoxplaza com System Requirements To play Crusader Kings you ll need the fol lowing hardware e Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP e Pentium IIl 600 128MB RAM 16 MB Graphics Card Direct X 8 1 Direct X Compatible Sound Card 4X CD ROM Installation e Place your Crusader Kings CD in your CD ROM drive This should trigger your computer s autorun function which dis plays the Crusader Kings installation screen Follow the prompts to install the game fthe autorun doesn tclick Start gt Run the
54. hanged anytime you want while in side the game using ctrl and on the numerical keypad In a multiplayer game set the game speed to Normal or Below Nor mal While playing this can only be changed by the host of the game Fog Of War This turns the Fog of War on or off Playing with Fog of War off is recommended for be ginning players as it allows you to see all of your opponents moves AutoSave this setting turn the auto save function on or off and can be set to different intervals Every time the game Is automatically saved It cre ates a backup of the most recent auto save AutoSave in the Saved Games window for the most recent saved file and old AutoSave for the second most recent saved file NOTE Only the host may change options in a multiplayer game The Top Bars After the scenario loads you ll be taken to the map and playing interface The Game Map dominates this screen but the screen also includes the Province Window on the left of the screen and Text window at the bottom of the screen and a strategic map In the lower left corner of the screen The Game Map shows your province and some of the provinces of your enemies You may scroll the map with either the arrow keys or by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen At the top of the map are the cur rent date and three icons From left to right they are e Gold The coin icon indicates how much gold your character has e Crown
55. he Internet Finding your IP address e Make sure you are connected to the In ternet e Under the start menu choose Run Win98 Me e Type winipctg and click OK Your IP ad dress is displayed Win2000 XP e Type cmd and click OK In the new window type ipconfig and press ENTER Your IP address is displayed Troubleshooting If you are having problems running the game please follow the guidelines below Does your PC meet the minimum speci fications for the game e Make sure you are using the latest ver sion of DirectX Install the latest drivers for your display adapter and sound card Compatible with your DirectX version Shut down any other programs you have running before starting Crusader Kings Game updates Updates if needed will be made available at the following www address http www par adoxplaza com downloads asp under the Crusader Kings heading Community forums The user community for Crusader Kings as well as other games by Paradox Entertain ment can be found at http forum para doxplaza com forum Here you will find the most recent FAQ as well as discussions on strategies and user mods user made add ons and changes to the game Make sure you drop by for the latest information about our games but also to meet other people with a genuine interest in strategy games 33 Appendix A Character Traits These are the traits that affect the character you choose to play Traits will not o
56. he wa ter turned the wheel and pow ered a mill The mill ground the seed into flour without the need for serious manual labor 5 Black Coal Black coal was dug out of the ground and used in large fur naces in smithies Coal was es sential for the production of iron and crude steel and of course to craft these metals into practical objects Trade Practices As trade continued to grow more and more merchants saw the ad vantage of a common standard on how to conduct business Those advances will increase your income 1 Business Contracts By putting a business deal on pa per written in a legislative lan guage the deal became not on ly formalized and thus Decreases risks but also made it possible to settle trade disputes in court 2 Promissory Note This was an unconditional written promise to pay a sum of money at prescribed time to bearer or to a specified person on his order Promissory notes were generally used as evidence of debt 3 Letters of Credit Originally devised to give credit to a customer but it came to be used to pay any debt domestic as foreign debts Letters of cred it or drafts were usually used in commercial transactions in which buyer and seller are distant from each other The letters of credit revolutionized business 4 Double Entry Bookkeeping This was a new form of book keeping first introduced by the Italian bankers to organize and record both incoming and out going transa
57. impressing the mass es with God s might A negative aspect was what such decoration was a waste of money during a time when the majority of the population lived in poverty 1 Relics The monotheistic belief in the power of relics the physical re mains of a holy site or holy per son or objects with which they had contact is as old as the faith itself and developed alongside it Relics were more than memen tos For example the New Testa ment refers to the healing power of objects that were touched by Christ or his apostles 2 Music Notation System In the tenth eleventh and twelfth centuries composers and per formers expanded the liturgy in a number of ways New feasts 48 were created with their atten dant music for mass and office and new music written for chants of the church service Moreover the liturgical practice of the past was copied and spread through staff notation 3 Choir Songs Monks and clergymen wrote Choir songs The songs where elaborate and a way of commu nicating with God Both Islam and Christianity used choirs but Christianity took the choir song to new heights as literally the whole service was a combination of choir songs mixed with solos 4 Tapestries Tapestries became an important way to keep the warmth within stone buildings Mainly Nobles and clergymen used these as simple people couldn t afford them However simple folk often had better heat in their wooden cottage
58. in squares and had great stopping power against in fantrymen and cavalry alike 5 Unit Organization This was the changing of the masses of infantry into organized military units Instead of being a mob they worked in unison with much Increases efficiency Leather Armour Easy and flexible the Leather Ar mour provided a good protec tion for all types of units 1 Soft Leather This is a leather suit softened by oil to let the warrior keep his mo bility It only stopped the weak est strikes or punctures 2 Reinforced Leather This is a leather suit softened with so as not to hinder the war rior in battle It is reinforced with padding to give better protection against blows and punctures 3 Boiled Leather This is a leather suit softened by oil to let the warrior and then boiled to make it stiff It stops more strikes and punctures than its softer cousins at the expense of agility but is still inferior to chain mail 4 Rigid Leather This was a leather suit softened by oil to let the warrior fit the ma terial and then boiled for a short time to make it stiffer and then reinforced with padding It was as effective as boiled leather but did not hamper agility as much 5 Scaled Leather This is a leather suit made by taking small scales of first class leather and boiling them for a very long time and then adding them together on padding This is the premier leather armor and more effective than even some
59. ion It was the classical in fantry melee weapon developed from the Roman Spaeta 2 Broad Sword This is the standard medium damage slash weapon This one handed blade is easily used to gether with a shield for extra pro tection The broader and slight ly longer blade gives its wielder better reach than the wielder of the short sword 3 Long Sword This is the supreme medium slash weapon This one handed blade is easily used together with a shield for extra protection The longer blade gave its wielder bet ter reach and balance than the wielder of the broad sword 4 Bastard Sword This is the most flexible medium heavy slash weapon This blade is easily used together with a shield for extra protection if used one handed and will then have bet ter punch than the long sword If used two handed a shield is no longer an option but the power of its strikes will rival those of the great sword 5 Great Sword This is the supreme slash weap on This blade is easily used two handed a shield is no longer an option None but the great axe and the heavy lance rival the power of its strikes Cultural Advances Cultural advances are made in various fields such as customs religion and art Advances within the field of Culture normally af fect the loyalty of the stands but Noble Customs Learning to act and think like a Nobleman is not only important but will also increase the loyalty of your nobles
60. ith a Grand Mobilization The people however don t like mobilization so you must balance the need for a large army against the unrest it will cause In fact disloyal Vassals might not mo bilize when ordered Of course this gives you reason to revoke the Vassals title and give it to a loyal subject like your daughter or first COUSIN How to play Crusader Kings Understanding the key elements in Cru sader Kings is the first step to playing the game well Let s start at the beginning and go through the interface button by button screen by screen Starting the game Single Player To start a single player game you must enter the Single Player menu by clicking the appro priate button in the main menu Scenario Selection Screen Choosing Single Player from the Main Menu brings you to the scenario selection screen This screen lists the available scenarios saved games and three buttons across the bottom of the screen The scenarios are Hastings 1066 Remembered throughout history for the fa mous battle of Hastings where William known as The Conqueror occupied the Brit ish Isles laying the framework for a future dynasty The scenarios start as William is deemed King of Britain The Third Crusade 1187 Saladin king of Babylon with an immense multitude of his Turks re took Jerusalem 10 from the Christian invaders the year this sce narios starts Hundred Years War 1337 Marking the beginning of The Hundred
61. l and Heretic 35 Appendix B Diseases These are not so much traits but rather the illnesses a Character may suffer from Effect Describes how the dis ease affects the Character Oins The character is sick making them weak and feeble Decreases health and fertil ity scores decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attributes This trait is a prerequi site for other illnesses or rather it can develop into one of them QP cutrate The character was born with a deformed foot of ten considerably larger that the other foot He will never be able to run and a martial career is un likely Neither is he or she viewed as very beautiful and not consid ered a grand marriage prize Disliked by others and de creases Martial attribute 36 QP re vression The characters stress symptom has developed into de pression The characters behav ior swings wildly between nor mal mood and deep depression Decreases health and fertility scores and decreases Diplomacy Martial Stewardship and Intrigue attributes KP rario The character was born with a deformed upper lip that affects their speech This makes interacting with others difficult and the character will not be treated well Disliked by others and de creases Diplomacy attribute GPrnervac The character was born with a small deformation on his back The person is not viewed as beautiful and not con sidered a grand marriage
62. l rign Masia Vivar ee 7 aot BT Terrin ier iPfeate be dle Lille a fe m E a ae Hivira red ie nl Ee TI a aly a q feel Gal i Pm eperees Your Court Clicking on the five advisors in the Dynasty Window displays the Court Screen From the court screen you appoint the most valuable members of your administration to the titles they deserve and where they can serve you best In the Court Screen you will be provid ed with a list of available people to serve you These can be your successors vassals and other random people in your demesne To appoint a character click on their portrait in the Court Screen Doing so displays per sonal information such as age attributes and other information Below the attributes you will find a drop down menu that displays the positions the character candidate is eligible for Scroll down to the position you wish to fill click on it and then click on Appoint You ll see the position appear under the character s name It s always a good idea to fill positions with people who have a knack for the job For ex ample if the person has a high Martial rating make them a Marshal not a diplomat Please note that you cannot appoint Courtiers with out a full education This means that they need to be at least 15 years of age to be ap pointed to aposition at the Court The positions are Courtier A courtier is a member of your court eligible for appointment to various po sitions
63. n the soldier This will mobilize the regiment and place him in the province on the game map Left click on any of your regiments on the Game Map to select them A base will ap pear under the soldier to indicate that he is selected To move the soldier right click in the province to which you wish him to move to A line will be drawn between the regi ments starting location and its destination As it travels to the destination the line will change to light green When the line is com 14 pletely light green the regiment will have ar rived and a message will pop on the screen to Inform you of the arrival You may set any points for the regiment To do so hold down the shift key as you click in several provinces The speed that the regiment travels depends on the provinc es through which tt Is traveling Regiments move faster through open country than they do through woods and move even faster in provinces with developed road nets To attack an enemy province send your reg iment into the province We ll cover this in greater detail in the section on combat Sea Movement Regiments cannot only march across land but may be ferried across the water as well For example you may ferry your regiment from Kent to Calais In order to go through with this order select what regiments you wish to move and then right click on Cal ais You ll get travel box that asks you If you want to move it by sea and tells you the co
64. nd or raising taxes never a popu lar decision There are three kinds of laws those that regulate who can inherit those that regulate religion and those that regulate government and administration We include a complete explanation of the effect of laws in the appendix To impose a law access the Realm Screen by clicking on the scepter in the Dynasty Win dow You ll see two tabs in the Realm Screen Laws and Advances Click on the Laws tab Clicking on a law will display its definition and any provinces currently utilizing the law 0 TTT wil turn green Choose the law that you wish sia SF to impose and then click the icon on the bot tom of the screen Frequently changing laws will reduce the loyalty of your vassals 2 ee ee ee ee pee o T Ar Se ere Advances Under the Advances tab you find the differ ent fields in which advances can be made 24 You may click on an advance and click through the different levels to see precisely how it will affect your armies production or other changes in your scores To choose an advance to focus on click on an available advance some advances are not available until others are researched and then click the icon at the bottom of the Realm Screen During the course of a typical Crusader Kings scenario you will not have the time to research all the advances so form a plan early and stick to the advances that sup port that plan Note that there is a limit to the advanc es
65. nings and Precautions Epilepsy Warning Some individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain patterns of flashing lights Exposure to certain light patterns on a television screen or while playing com puter games may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals Certain conditions may in duce undetected epileptic symptoms in persons who have no history of prior seizures of epi lepsy If you or anyone in your family have an epileptic condition consult your doctor prior to use If you experience any of the following symptoms while playing a computer game diz ziness altered vision eye or muscle twitches loss of awareness disorientation any involun tary movement or convulsions IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor be fore resuming use Follow these precautions whenever using this software e Do not sit or stand too close to the monitor Play as far back from the monitor as pos sible e Do not play if you are tired or need sleep e Always play in a well lit room e Besure to take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour while playing CAUTION Some people may experience fatigue or discomfort after playing for a long time Regardless of how you feel you should ALWAYS take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour while playing If your hands or arms become tired or uncomfortable while playing stop and rest If you continue to experience soreness or discomfort during or after play listen to the si
66. nly decide how Characters interact with each other but also how likely cer tain events are to hit the player Most traits have both advantag es and penalties and these may affect your attributes and hidden scores like fertility or what other people think of you In game you can read more about the traits by holding your cursor over the spe cific trait in the Character screen Some events can only be trig gered by Characters with specific Traits Description of Traits Liked Disliked by others Oth er characters in the game tend to like or dislike you because of your trait This affects your re lations with other countries as well as the loyalty from your Vassals E Penalty Describes how the trait affects the Character in a negative way Advantage Describes how the trait affects the Character in a positive way Opposite Trait All traits have an opposite trait People with opposite traits tend to dis like each other A Character may never have two opposite traits at 34 the same time Arbitrary Likes Arbitrary people amp Dislikes Just people De creased stewardship attribute g Just Chaste Piety increase over time Like Chaste people amp Decreases Fertility score Dislike Lustful persons Lustful y Coward Dislikes Coward people De creases Martial attribute Likes Valorous people g valorous y Cruel Likes Cruel people Dislikes Merciful people Pi et
67. nsion of the larg er net of roads with junctions and side roads connecting even the smallest village in one end of the province to yet another one at the other end Road Building Road Net Increased Toll income short en transport time decreases at trition of troops Fishing Wharf Fishing wharfs enable large scale fishing packing and distribu tion The income from fishing and its satellite industries had a snowballing effect on provincial economy Can only be built in a coastal area None None Increases income forestry Forestry was the institutionalized practice of woodcutting hunt ing and the replanting of trees It was an economic boon for those both high and low in society None None Increases income Glass Works At the glassworks glassblowers produced glass based on a tem plate This commercialized pro duction of all glassware Glass Blowing None Increases income Grand palace The large and richly elaborate building houses the ruler and his court It is the realm s most im portant building because It gives birth to every major political de cision The Grand Palace is also a splendid showoff in luxury and elegance giving glory to the ruler and his dynasty None None Increase Noble loyalty De creased penalty for holding too many demesne provinces Grand Shipyard The grand shipyard was an ex pansion of its smaller cousin It was not only a gateway for new
68. nsus Tax Tax based on the census The more people the greater the tax The peas ants pay this Higher Census Tax reduces the loyalty of the Peasants Tolls Income based on your road net The burghers pay this Higher Tolls reduces the loyalty of the Burghers Army Upkeep How much it costs to keep your current army under arms Duty to Liege If you are a vassal this will show how much money you send to your liege If you have no liege this will show an expenditure of zero Church Donations This is the periodic amount of gold you want to donate to the church This provides Piety and increases Clergy loyalty Finally at the bottom of the screen is a sum mary that displays your income and expens es Obviously you want more coming in than going out You may always try to balance the flow by decreasing the number of men that you have under arms increasing taxes or just Increasing your province s profitability 23 Your Realm The Realm Screen is where you manage the grand laws and research of your realm You may access the Realm Screen from the Dy nasty Window by clicking on the scepter Note that we have provided a complete ex planation of the laws and advancements in the appendices Laws Part of ruling a land is deciding what laws to impose You may pass laws that affect all your provinces simultaneously For example changing the system of succession so that sons on the shield side of the family may inherit la
69. od and was the single most important instrument in medi eval agriculture Plowing en abled the farmers to plant their crops faster and easier 2 lron Edged Wood Plows Plows were fitted with plow shares made of iron 3 lron Plows This meant that the whole plow was crafted from iron These plows were much more dura ble and effective than wooden plows 4 pitchforks and Harrows These instruments made it easi er to overcome more difficult ter rain in the fields 5 Padded Horse Col lars The development of the pad ded horse collar resting on the horse s shoulders and attached to the loads by shafts led to an agricultural revolution Horses greater strength brought greater efficiency to farming but they were also enormous investment comparable to a modern tractor Farming Techniques Alongside new equipment new ways of seeding the land was also introduced This will make your farmers more efficient and increase your income 1 Two Field System This method meant that at any one time half of the village farm land was under cultivation and the other half lay fallow The length of the fallow period was usually one year Every peasant farmer had strips scattered in both halves 2 Three Field System This method meant that at any one time two thirds of the village farmland was under cultivation with different crop types and the other third lay fallow The length of the fallow period was usually
70. of these thoughts wanted to preserve the Church and central ize the spiritual power Advances within Religious Stringency will increase loyalty from the Clerics and at the same time increase your Piety 1 Clerical Celibacy Clerical celibacy was introduced to check the growing habit of bishops and clergymen to be queath church land to their chil dren 2 Letters of Indulgence Letters of indulgence simplified getting forgiveness for one s sins a process that was previously cumbersome and time consum ing waiting in lines in the church for absolution 3 The Inquisition This institution was created to keep the flock in line to stop her esy and to get people who had misunderstood the Holy Scrip ture to walk a better path 4 Formalized Liturgy The refinement of canonical law created a unified church liturgy Others viewed this as an advance by some but as conservatism 5 Jubilee These were large feasts or festi vals celebrating something im portant in the life of a Saint or an apostle Schools In order to educate nobles and clergymen as well as research the foundations of the world schools and universities were formed 1 The Seven Liberal Arts Allows Library improvement The basic Increases education in your realm has been divided into seven branches of learning to achieve maximum efficiency grammar logic rhetoric arith metic geometry astronomy and MUSIC 2 Monastic Schools
71. oney to go around To ensure you have the money you need when you need it it is Imperative that you manage your trea sury Let s take a look at how to do this Click ing on the Chest in the Dynasty Window From the Treasury Screen you will allo cate the resources of your kingdom Using simple sliders you will dictate how much of your hard earned gold is spent where To ac cess the Treasury Screen call up the Dynasty Window by clicking on the coat of arms be low your character s portrait or at the top left of the game map Once you are in the Dynasty Window click the treasure chest to access the Treasury Screen As you can see the screen has sev eral sliders Scutage Rulers could take this tax instead of military service from vassals The vas sals will provide smaller regiments but you gain more gold to hire mercenaries Higher scutage lowers the loyalty of your vassals Crown Duty This is the duty paid by the no bles and is a contractual fee for running the land A high Crown duty decreases the loyal ty of the Nobles a Under these two sliders is your own coat of moa g arms The following information and sliders Li ed are located under it and pertain to either ie income or money spent on your own de mesne Demesne Income The income from your demesne ial Vassal Income If you are a Liege this will show how much money your vassals send you If you have no vassals this will show an income of zero Ce
72. orts The fort icon toggles forts 13 Menu The menu button allows you to view game settings Clicking on it displays the following menu Save Clicking here opens the save menu Once opened type in the name for your saved game and click OK to save your game Export This menu allows you to export your Crusader Kings saved game to Europa Universalis Il Open the menu choose your game and click OK Options This menu gives you access to the following options e Game Speed This defines how fast the game will run e AutoSave Sets how often the computer will save your game SFX Volume Sets the volume for sound effects Use the slider to adjust the vol ume e Music Volume Sets the volume for mu sic Use the slider to adjust the volume Message Settings These message settings dictate the pop ups you see during play You may be notified of as much or little as you desire Just click the appropriate block Clicking Cancel cancels any changes and clicking OK confirms them Hints Clicking here allows you to cycle through the game hints and choose whether to show tips at startup or not Surrender Click surrender to exit the game You will be asked to confirm your decision Return Returns you to the game Game Speed This defines how fast the game will run Land Movement You may notice that you already own a regi ment on the map If not you may click on a province within your demesne and click o
73. ox is spreading in the province Smallpox is a very contagious and deadly disease caused by a virus Of those few that survive many are left blind and scared by the small pox Struggling There is Decreases agricultur al production abandoning of land and the degeneration of cit les People are very pessimistic about their future and wages are falling rapidly Typhoid Fever Typhoid Fever is spreading through the province Typhoid Fever is an illness caused by a bacterium named Salmonella ty phi It is very common and can only be carried in the human bloodstream and intestinal tract Typhoid fever persists for three weeks to a month and can lead to death Revolt The peasants are revolting Re volters and factioneers have tak en control of parts of society and fight the current lord and his ad ministration This chaos is bad 53 for the economy and the ruler is rapidly loose prestige from his inability to put down these vil lains Appendix G Province lmprove ments By building improvements in the Realm provinces you can in crease your gold piety and pres tige Description of Province lm provements Required advances Defines what advances you need in or der to build the improvement Advances are found under your Realm Screen Required improvement De fines what other improvement needs to be built before the one described Effect Describes what the effect of the improvement will be
74. perience to uncover the laws of nature Economy advances Advances in Economy generally affects the your income but may also be of architectural or crafts men art Architecture Learning how to construct build ings was crucial when impressive cathedrals were to be built 1 Basilican structure Allows Church improvement Wooden roofs topped large ba Silica structures in a continua tion of the tradition started by the early Christian basilica 2 Brickwork Struc tures Vaults and cylindrical structures used in its structures without an gularity 3 Romanesque Vaulting Allows Large Church improve ment Romanesque churches includ ed massive barrel vaults mak ing mandatory the reinforcement of load bearing walls in order to parry the lateral outward thrust 4 Cylindrical Struc tures Castles and churches expanded in grace and efficiency through the introduction of cylindrical structures such as towers and cupolas 5 Gothic Buttresses Gothic construction particular ly in its later phase was charac terized by lightness and soaring spaces Cattle Herding Herding Cattle was one of the primary sources for income dur ing the Medieval Age Advances made within Cattle Herding will provide extra gold for your trea sury 1 Chickens Chickens are now common as household animals among all peasants This means better and more flexible food but also that peasants sold chickens for extra c
75. r to efficiently forcing walls and towers Siege equip ment was built Siege Equipment gives a bonus to Siege 1 Battering Ram This is the most basic piece of siege equipment It consists of a large wooden pole which Is used to batter down a section of the wall or if possible the castle en trance 2 Siege Ladders These are tall ladders that are raised against the castle wall to enable the attacker to overrun the castle defenders on top of the wall 3 Siege Towers These where tall structures in the form of an armored siege ladder that protected soldiers from ar chers 4 Mangonel A Mangonel is a medium sized catapult used to throw large rocks against a castle wall and break it It can also be used for throwing burning material or dis ease stricken animals corpses in side the castle to weaken the de fenders 5 Trebuchet This is a large catapult used to throw large rocks against the castle wall in order to break in It could also be used for toss ing burning material or disease stricken animals corpses over the wall to weaken the defend ers Slash Weapons Swords being one of the main characteristics of a true Knight Slash Weapons has come to symbolize medieval warfare more than other types of arms They give a bonus to Knights Light Cavalry and Heavy Infantry in battle 1 Short Sword This is the smallest slash weapon This one handed blade Is readily used with a shield for extra pro tect
76. racter s diplomatic skill It is used when the character is interacting I2 with other rulers through game ac i tiations etc L Intrigue The char Wf acter s ability to nav igate the tricky wa ters of medieval con spiracy It is used by the event system to determine the like Blinood of getting i intrigue events in f creases the ability to assassinate other Characters Stewardship This indicates the charac ter s skill in governing his lands and effec tively utilizing his resources The numbers of demesnes he can hold without penalty de pend on it and all incomes are modified by this skill Below the character s attributes is his or her name date of birth and age Below this is his or her title The bottom half of the Character Window provides a graphic depiction of the lieges and vassals loyal to the character his parents spouse children siblings and suc cessors Normally characters are born with 2 3 traits An extra trait is added when the character starts Lower Education at age 5 Court Ec clesiastical Martial and surfaces when the The following table lists the character traits and what affects them Type of Trait Gained through Affected by Effects Symbol Educational Education Chosen Character Paper scroll randomly attributes of different color distributed Diseases Events Character Character Red Heart health health Personality Birth or Events Personality All game Green cir
77. rectly to the monarch A Count may also be the same per son as a Duke or King in this case the Coun ty is considered a Ducal or Royal demesne more on those below Counts lead their provincial regiment in combat Vassals A Vassal is a ruler who has sworn allegiance to another ruler his liege lord of a higher feudal tier The three tiers are King Duke Count Archbishops are equal to Dukes and Bishops to Counts A vassal has some con trol of his regiment s and has a loyalty rat 26 ing The liege lord has partial control of his vassal but it is within the vassal s power to mobilize his regiment and fight his neighbor and to refuse to mobilize when his Lord or ders it All vassal characters have a loyalty score based on their loyalty to their liege The loy alty score affects whether the character will mobilize their host when told so and if they take independent actions such like declar ing wars or refusing their liege s orders The highest loyalty score is 100 and the lowest is 0 The loyalty level affects vassals in the following ways At 80 Loyalty The liege may mobilize the regiments of the vassal directly At 50 Loyalty The vassal may be offered vassalization from another ruler not present ly his liege and may accept such offers At 30 Loyalty The vassal may initiate pledge allegiance to another ruler who not presently his liege At 10 Loyalty The vassal may declare him self independent
78. rough inheritance events or by usurping the title If you have no legitimate claim you may grab a title at a considerable cost in Prestige As a Christian you may freely declare war upon rulers of Uberian Warriors Hospitaler Knights unaccepted religious faiths such as pagans and Muslims Step 2 Mobilize your armies In Crusader Kings you do not build armies Armies are constructed in the provinces of your demesne Numerous factors affect the configuration of the armies such as the pow er balance between social groups wealth and buildings in a province laws and ad vances The most important Issue for a new player is to know how to mobilize his armies There are basically three ways individual mobilization host mobilization and grand mobilization To mobilize a provincial army click the province on the map and click the soldier in front of the landscape if one Is present and ready to mobilize To mobilize all armies in your demesne select Mobilize Host from your Action Menu and click on the seal To mobilize all your armies and call for the assistance of all your vassals select Grand mobilization from your Action Menu Note that vassals reserve the right to deny you control of their armies To gain strong armies you should fa vour the Nobles in the balancing of the so cial groups legislate in a way that favours the fimo A 4 Teutonic Order Templar Knights Nobles construct Castles that can host l
79. rovinces are espe cially tricky for the monarch to control since the Archbishop has such blatantly divided loyalties Archbishops can hold counts re publics bishops as vassals but nothing else There are even Archbishops that rule their Archbishopric like independent realms thus they have no secular liege lord Bishops Bishops are the Catholic equivalent of secu lar Counts Some provinces in the game are Bishoprics instead of Counties which means that a Bishop rules these ecclesiastical realms in much the same way as if they were Counts Such provinces are especially tricky mm Byzantine Warriors Celtic Warriors for the Monarch to control since the Bishop has such blatantly divided loyalties There are even Bishops that rule their Bishopric like independent realms thus they have no secu lar liege lord Rules for Bishops and Archbishops Men of the Church cannot marry If they were married before receiving their title he will keep his children Note that they are still able to get bastard children Prerequisites for becoming a Bishop or Archbishop are that the character Is male has one of the four ec clesiastical educations and is not presently married Investiture of Bishops and Archbishops When a Bishop or Archbishop in your realm dies a new one must be invested If your character is an orthodox christian then a character in your court that has an ecclesias tical education and is not a ruler will become the
80. rs Large Castle Medium Castle Increases the total number of soldiers that can defend the province Large Church A Large Church was the place of worship for Christian towns It was a sign that the town was ex panding and gaining importance It also served as the hub for bish ops in less important or presti gious dioceses Romanesque Vaulting W Tile Factory Church Increases Clergy and Peasant loyalty one time Piety bonus Decreases income Library The source of knowledge in the medieval society Here all knowl edge was classified and sorted and available for those with au thority E33 The Seven Liberal Arts None Research bonus increases in come one time Prestige bonus Medium Castle This structure consisted of a large stone building a keep sur rounded by a single stonewall and a ditch Sometimes it also had towers but not always Medium Castle Small Castle Increases the total number of soldiers that can defend the province 56 Mine Mines are as old as humanity but these mines have been refined to yield more and cleaner ore This clean ore was needed to craft instruments of production and meant riches for its owner Coal Pit None Increases income Monastery This was an order of monks or nuns who worked and prayed together They separated them selves from secular life and lived simply praying and focusing on what they felt was important Monastic Schools A Tile F
81. rtant 50 temporary market where peas ants and burghers could buy and sell Sometimes these fairs as in the case of Luxemburg became quite specialized and thus grew in size and interest 3 Distant Trading The opening of trade on distant markets was not only profitable but it also gave people access to new goods Trading routes such as London Venice L beck Novgorod Paris Danzig or Se ville Florence were rated as dis tant trade routes for the mer chants involved 4 Exotic Trading The opening up of trade on ex otic markets not only was ex tremely profitable but it also gave people the possibility to consume novel luxury goods at extreme price and to get more common exotic goods cheaper and in larger quantities Trading routes from any West or East Eu ropean city to any city in the Mid dle East and Egypt was rated as exotic trade routes for the mer chants involved Actually this was only transit trade as the goods often came from Persia China and India 5 international Fairs As trade volume expanded and great harbors became staple cit les local fairs in different regions developed into specialized inter national fairs presenting every known goods of the specialized type Farming Equipment Ploughs and other equipment helped the hard task of working out on the field This will make your farmers more efficient hence increasing your income 1 Wood Plows This instrument was made out of wo
82. s 5 Extravagant Decoration The extravagant decoration of many churches was impressive and used as a means to justify the power of the Clergy Thought Logical thinking was known al ready among the ancient Greek and was rediscovered during the Medieval Age 1 Aristotelian Logics The scholars of your realm have found and digested Aristotelian logics Debating and discussing its application is helping them to structure and understand the world 2 Scholastics Based on the rediscovered Aris totelian Logics the Scholastics of your realm use their reason and applied dialectic to study of na ture human nature and super natural truth It is opposed to mysticism which distrusted rea son and placed emphasis on in tuition and contemplation This is a very important step toward later scientific methods 3 Astrology and Astronomy As the traditions of reason and intuition meet your scholars might pursue different research strategies within the bounds of the same discipline 4 Natural Philosophy Until this day your scholars viewed knowledge as a complex combination of theology and philosophy but now the bounds of knowledge have exploded and natural philosophy has evolved from the philosophical discipline and is no longer severely con strained by theology 5 Science The scholars of your realm have now accepted the diversification of knowledge One branch sci ence implies using reason and ex
83. s an important step away from barter economy and toward a proto capitalist so ciety 4 Guilds The craft guilds came about by increased specialization of indus try A group of artisans engaged 49 in the same occupation e g bakers cobblers stone masons carpenters etc would associate band together for protection and mutual aid The purpose of the guilds was to promote a monop oly of a particular craft and dis courage outsiders 5 Renowned Mer chant Houses This meant that the business structure had developed in such fashion that the area contained a number of merchant houses which entertained commercial enterprises dominating trade in one or several areas These fami lies were also renowned in all of Europe for its riches and power Fairs and routes As trading became a part of ev eryday life recurring trading days and fairs grew popular Ad venturous merchants and farm ers could also finance their own journeys to foreign provinces our countries in order to trade 1 Annual Sailing Upon development of tough and seaworthy vessels traders start ed regulated annual sailings be tween the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea beginning a consistent large scale exchange of commodities within Europe 2 Local Fairs Local Fairs were held in towns on religious high days and holi days These fairs not only be came a place where people met and enjoyed themselves but also became a very impo
84. sonal goals conquering land wealth Prestige Pi ety or whatever else you strive for The win ner if there is one will be anyone who sur vives the course of history and Is ready to let his country confront the challenges of the coming era in Europa Universalis Il Multiplayer In order to play a multiplayer game you will require either a fast Internet connection of at least 512 kbit s with TCP IP protocol in stalled or connection to a Local Area Net work The host of a new game will decide the scenario victory conditions and game speed He will also save the game Note that events that temporarily halt a single player game will not do so in multiplayer Only the Host may change game speed in Game Options or 32 once the game has started When pausing in a multiplayer game only the player who paused may restart the game within the first 30 seconds After that time period any player can restart the game Connection Types e Local Area Network Will automatically search your local network for any hosted game You may join the game or host one yourself Valkyrienet Here you will meet other players Chat join their games or host a game for others to join e Internet You must know the IP address of the host in order to join a game To find out your IP address follow the in structions below Note that unless you have a permanent connection your IP address will most probably change ev ery time you connect to t
85. st in gold for it Answer yes and you will see a long arrow from the regiment to the target province When the regiment has moved for a while it transforms into a ship and travels automatically to the target province There are no sea battles in Crusader Kings Battles at sea were rare and not im portant strategically during the medieval era Ninety percent of them were fought within a couple of hundred meters from land I5 Province Window The Province Window is located along the left side of the Main Screen and is displayed whenever you left click on a province with in your dynasty At the top of the window Is a representative picture of the province If there is a castle or other buildings in the prov ince they ll show up here as will any armies that are present Below the pictures are ban ners representing the four social groups that we discussed in the Definition of Terms sec tion From left to right they are Peasants They belonged to the lowest societal group and were often called those who worked a lot They might be everything from free men to serfs and work the lands the dwell on If you increase the power and loyalty of the Peasant the following happens e The power and loyalty of Nobles will de crease e Your regiment will hold more Light in fantry e You will get an instant Prestige penalty e You will get more tax income from the province Burghers They belonged to the next lowest so
86. th great unrest None W Thieves Guild Decreased income de creased Prestige decreased loy alty from Peasants Spinning Mill This was the place where cot ton and wool were turned in to clothes and tapestries It was more effective and profitable than production at home Cloth Making None Increases income Templar House This was a local chapter of one of the religious military orders Its members were supranational monks of war but they also sup plied services other than martial Their medical service was quite good and they also functioned as a bank lending money against securities None We Monastery Increased loyalty from No bles one time bonus in Piety decreased income Theater Its roots could be found in an cient Greek but the comedies and dramas of the ancients were not common in medieval time In later times professionals began performing plays with more pro fane content This firmly estab lished a tradition that would be perfected in the days of Shake speare Demands a minimum of 15 income from the province None A None Increased loyalty from No bles and Burghers decreased in come Thieves Guild In times of great need and after major conflicts desperate men and women went to the forests to live by the land and rob trade caravans and merchants This created unrest and made people fear the highways thus the ruler often had to use his own regi ments to hunt down
87. the wine glasses of the nobility 3 Cloth making Allows Dye works and Spinning mill improvements Signifies production of cloth from wool and silk The cloth was then used to produce clothes and ma terial for furniture and tapestries 4 Sugar Refinery This meant refining sugar from beets Sugar was quite a luxury used to sweeten food but also used to produce the strongest and finest kinds of alcohol 5 Paper Making Paper was made from rags usu ally linen The rags were damp ened and left to rot for four or five days Then they were placed in a stamping mill that trans formed the rotting rags into pulp of long fibers The pulp was then transferred into a large vat which was kept warm and agitat ed The pulp was fit into a mold and rolled onto a piece of felt Mining Finding and refining precious metal proved to be a most re warding business Advances within this field will increase your income as well as give you op portunities to construct a pletho ra of connected buildings 1 Stone Pit Allows Tile factory improvement At this place stone was cut into pieces and formed into differ ent sized blocks to be used in the building of houses walls and churches 2 Charcoal Allows Mine improvement Charcoal was created from wood in a low oxygen burning process The coal was acceptable but the process was very time consum ing I 3 lron Works Allows Smithy improvement Here iron was cleaned and
88. them formidable foes Piety and Prestige Piety and Prestige are two critical factors in Crusader Kings Simply stated performing acts for the Church gains Piety while the typ ical power wealth fame triumvirate bestows Prestige on the player For example con quering the Holy Land gives your character huge amounts of both Piety and Prestige Almost all of your actions will influence your Piety or Prestige These values will also influence how others view your dynasty Combat You may receive and develop advances ne gotiate deals and pass laws but no matter what you do sooner or later you ll have to fight When entering into battle in Crusader Kings you may seek help from vassals or lieg es that are loyal to you or choose to fight the battle on your own If war has been declared combat occurs between enemy armies that occupy the same province The two armies battle taking into account their morale pow er technological prowess and battles tactics until one triumphs The losing army retreats and the winning army stays in the province If the invader wins the battle he must siege both the provincial fortifications and the cap ital s city walls to capture the province Wars can be declared for a number of reasons but the primal causes are religion or title claims You may recruit a regiment from each province in your demesne You may also mo bilize the regiments of your vassal dukes or all your vassals simultaneously w
89. these vil lains Thieves Guilds is not built by the player but will appear in provinces with great unrest None WF None Decreased income de creased Prestige enhanced risk of being assassinated Tile Factory Here many workers made tiles by putting the material into moulds This was a very effective mode of production and vastly increased the production of tiles which quickly became a dominant building material Stone Pit None Increased income decreases building time for other improve ments Training Grounds The March Fields of Rome in spired these large encamped fields Here the regiments could muster and train for war None None Increased troop speed 57 University This societal institution provides higher education Higher educa tion was a prerequisite for higher clerical appointments University W School Research bonus increases spread of Advances decreased income War Academy This was not really an academy but a loose network of compe tent officers and warriors who trained worthy candidates A province needs at least 15 in come to be able to build this im provement E33 Training Grounds A None Increased troop speed Watermills This was a bladed wheel dipped into a steaming river to let the force of the stream power a mill The mill grinds the seed into flour without the need for seri ous manual labor E33 Water Wheel None Increased income
90. tiest and most impressive Medieval Castles The Knights of St John who oc cupied it 1142 1271 is also said to have built the Castle At the peak of its power the garrison of Crac des chevaliers housed over 2000 men and its extensive un derground storerooms held sup plies to withstand lengthy sieges and blockades In 1271 following a mighty battle the Castle fell to the great Mamluk leader Sultan Baybars The brotherhood of Cluny The mightiest Monastery in Christianity gave birth to some of the most brilliant intellectuals of the Era It was a virtual ideo logical think tank and it grew to become a dominant power in politics owning vast lands with its own vassals La Serenissima Venice Once know as the Mer chant capital of the world Lead ing the West in trade with the Eastern market Venice soon hosted wealth and power and some of the most renowned merchant families built magnifi cent palaces and cathedrals still impressing its visitors Venice be came one of the most important centres for art and music Dance with the reaper The bubonic plague also known as the Black Death moved through Europe and within 5 years 1347 1352 decimated the population by 25 million It took several hundred years for the population to recover from the worst plague ever to hit the con tinent In the backwater of the Black Death came spiritual un rest in the belief that the Wrath of God had hit Christianity War without
91. time with events and the ruler will get no usury events Each clergy power in your prov inces gives you some gold and some troops Church Dona tions slider limited by Min 30 Max 70 Catholic Bishops ap pointment chances as follows Ruler 50 Pope 50 Church Supremacy Events will strengthen religious authority over time and the rul er will ban usury events Clergy power in your provinces gives you neither gold nor troops Churches and Cathedrals will be cheaper Church Donations slid er limited by Min 70 Max 100 Catholic Bishops appointment chances as follows Ruler 0 Pope 100 Appendix E Advances The technological advances during the Medieval Age were spread between regions rath er than researched You can in crease the speed of advances by building schools and universities and somewhat affect what ad vances are made through click ing the chosen Advance in the Realm Screen and confirm it by clicking the seal at the bottom There are three main fields in which Advances can be made e Military e Culture e Economy Every advance can be developed in five steps getting better for each step These different ad vances are described in more de tail below Military advances Advances in Military gives attack and defense bonuses for differ ent troop types depending on advances made Bows Accurate long distance weapons will provide your archers and horse archers with significant bo nuses in
92. u will have to earn the title by conquering the province by warfare Grab Title A megalomaniac or even you may say that a title is theirs without having a legal claim to do so This costs quite a bit of Prestige but allows the character to de clare war Offer Vassalization You may ask a ruler to become your vassal This is a way to increase your realm without warfare Pledge Allegiance You may become the vassal of another ruler This is a wise move when you are faced with powerful enemies who threaten your Realm Send Assassin You may send an assassin to kill another character Note that it is harder to kill a titleholder than a regular courtier Your intrigue value and that of the target is very important A failed mission may result in a huge loss of Prestige and Piety Declare War You may declare war if you have a claim You may always declare war on Pagans or Muslims Sue for Peace If at war you may sue for peace How well you can press your claims in the peace negotiation is dependent upon the outcome of the battles Excommunicate May only be done by the controller of the Pope Throws the character out of the church The target will become a cheap target for title grabbing and usurpa tion The target may not inherit Revoke Excommunication May only be done by the controller of the Pope The tar get Is no longer excommunicated 19 Urrace imeem rer Perea eds imeaD Emir Tarka de Lene a a LT Ene
93. y decrease over time Merciful Z Deceitful SS Dislikes Deceitful people Decreases Diplomacy attri Likes Honest People Increas es Intrigue attribute Honest yy Energetic Likes Energetic people In creases Diplomacy attribute Dislikes Lazy people Lazy forgiving Likes Forgiving people Dislikes Vengeful people Vengeful a Generous Prestige increase over time Like Generous people Decreases Stewardship attri bute Dislikes Selfish people Selfish ior Honest Likes Honest people Increas es Diplomacy attribute Dislikes Deceitful people Decreases Intrigue attribute Deceitful amp Indulgent Likes Indulgent people Dislikes Temperate people Decreases Health score Piety decrease over time Temperate amp Just Likes Just people Increases Stewardship attribute Dislikes Arbitrary people Arbitrary Lazy Likes Lazy people Increases Intrigue attribute Dislikes Energetic people Decreases Diplomacy attribute Martial and Stewardship attri butes Energetic Lustful Likes Lustful people Increas es Intrigue attribute and fertil ity score Dislikes Chaste people Chaste Merciful Likes Merciful people Piety increases over time Dislikes Cruel people Cruel Modest Likes Modest people Piety increased over time Dislikes Proud people Pres tige decreased over time Proud Proud Likes

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