Blinding/castrating enemy dukes/kings who I have caught during war shouldn't cause any problem to me. Apart from them hating me. Doing that stuff to your vassals might cause problems.
What culture/religion do you have to be to castrate/blind your prisoners?
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Blinding/castrating enemy dukes/kings who I have caught during war shouldn't cause any problem to me. Apart from them hating me. Doing that stuff to your vassals might cause problems.
You could have ransomed those guys and gotten a bit of cash or, if you wanted them dead, you could have just executed them, or left them to die. Blinding/castrating can only earn you cruel, which is a trait you don't want your ruler to have. Gameplay wise there is never a reason to blind. Castrating, I can only think of one case in which you could do it for gameplay reasons, i.e. you have captured some kinsman, who you do not want to inherit something (castrated characters are removed from succession afaik), but you don't want to outright execute them, because you would get kinslayer. That's about its only use.
Blinding/castrating someone should render them ineligible for a claim faction: historically speaking, mutilation (e.g. blinding/castration) made one unfit for the throne, with the sole exception being Justinian II (even then, outside of the game's timeframe). Perhaps a malus from all other characters? That would make them extremely unlikely to be the head of a claimant faction, unless through hard work (as a human player) or extremely rare luck as the AI.
Also I would advice to be cautious with extending the choices to everyone by modding the files, last time I did this after a 100 years europe was riddled with blind and castrated people (If you do so maybe put the piety cost a bit higher, I don't really know how much the AI factors it when making decisions).
I once saw Basileos castrate Sunni Caliph. I am fairly sure the Caliph was overjoyed as that sort of ensured a long, succesful and decadence free reign 
The funny part was that this was during war when Caliph attacked so rather than ending the war, Basileos just kicked his ass regularly. I wonder what he did with the offending member though. Perhaps he dipped it to molten brass and attached it to some cerubh statue.
Oh and right after this, Byzantines started offensive war and Caliph was captured again. And rather than ending war, Basileos just plucked out his eyes. It was fairly hilarious.
The funny part was that this was during war when Caliph attacked so rather than ending the war, Basileos just kicked his ass regularly. I wonder what he did with the offending member though. Perhaps he dipped it to molten brass and attached it to some cerubh statue.
Oh and right after this, Byzantines started offensive war and Caliph was captured again. And rather than ending war, Basileos just plucked out his eyes. It was fairly hilarious.
You sir are a genius! Culture shift to the Byzantine culture group to micro-manage dat decadence!I once saw Basileos castrate Sunni Caliph. I am fairly sure the Caliph was overjoyed as that sort of ensured a long, succesful and decadence free reign
The funny part was that this was during war when Caliph attacked so rather than ending the war, Basileos just kicked his ass regularly. I wonder what he did with the offending member though. Perhaps he dipped it to molten brass and attached it to some cerubh statue.
Oh and right after this, Byzantines started offensive war and Caliph was captured again. And rather than ending war, Basileos just plucked out his eyes. It was fairly hilarious.
In my Byz to Roman Empire game, I didnt notice many blinded/castrated people running around. Maybe it was toned down in a recent patch or something. Or maybe I just got lucky. I was kind of expecting every other character to be blinded or castrated, but I noticed that even when count vassals would rebel against their dukes & be imprisoned, they were very rarely blinded or castrated.