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That's a stupid standard. Half the map would be Terra Incognita if we had to leave out people and places that have no reliable historical documentation in 1066. There's plenty of madeup courtiers, counts, dukes, etc. in CK1 because we just don't know who ruled there at that time.
The thing about the Khazars is that it isn't simply that we have no reliable historical documentation. It's that, after 968, there's no information at all. You're assuming a functioning Khaganate managed to survive on the steppes for nearly 200 years without leaving any records at all.
There's a difference between assuming some random Finnish Pagan Dude must have been in charge of a province in Pagan Finland in 1066, and assuming the Khazars still had a Khagan in 1066.
Yes, because Paradox magically turning up perfect knowledge of every region's rulers and principal vassals is so much more plausible.
You're right, this is a free game that Paradox is producing as charity. It's simply churlish of me to expect them to work on it.
Here's your problem:
You're assuming there's a guy at Paradox, assigned to this project who isn't working. Therefore adding Jewish courtiers will be cost-free.
My argument is that those guys are actually working at this moment. Jews might be nice, but so are the things they are working on.
You're right, let's have the same generic events for every religion and culture. That'll really immerse you right in the Middle Ages.
They're nice flavor.
But IMO the most immersive bit is going to be that you can make your Mother a Duchess, and then she can declare war on you because she doesn't like the way you treat your little brother.
If Paradox gets that right modders will add more events then the game engine can handle.
You seem to think that discluding Jews is not skimping in itself.
We're playing a game about Christian Nobleman. Jews are no more necessary then the miller, the blacksmith, the maid, or the local pub. All that stuff would be nice flavor, but that's it.
I am not willing to switch the dude whose doing Baronies to Jews for "just a few days" just so courts can be include yet more characters I can't use, but can give me event spam about shit my character doesn't care about because he's a bloodthirsty Medieval warlord.
I find your attitude about this subject appallingly ignorant, you seem to think it's a minor inclusion when medieval society's interaction with its Jewish minority is one of the most important ways it defined itself in relation to both outside religions and an outside cultures. This is to say nothing of the importance of Jewish individuals as bankers, philosophers, diplomats, etc. And then there are the pogroms that followed in the wake of the Crusades, the Black Plague, or any time some ambitious king decided he needed some liquidity. This mostly hostile but sometimes cooperative and fruitful interaction with Jews is one of the defining traits of the age, and not having it in the game really dilutes the flavor of it. Jews have just as much right to be there as Muslims, pagans, and heretics.
Remember in this game Medieval society is not represented by the people at your Court. It's represented by provinces, buildings, events, etc. Your Court represents the people you can use for the very most important jobs in your Kingdom. As there just doesn't seem to be much historical precedent for allowing Jews to hold any of those jobs there's no historical reason for Jewish courtiers to exist in CK2.
The Muslims and Pagans, OTOH, actually had dozens of Courts of their own. Interacting with those Courts is central to the game.
Nick
