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Tufto

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It will be a CK2 AAR, and narrative like all my others. Here are the ones I'm considering (all in 867):

1)Manichean Pecheneg Count
2)Syrian/Palestinian Sheikh
3)Moroccan Sheikh
4)Hafsid Emirate (Crete)
5)Far northern and remote Suomenusko
6)Count of Ravenna
7)King of Georgia

Would be a while before the AAR actually started, as I'd need to do some research beforehand.

Would much apprieciate input, as I've been dallying over it for a while :/.
 
Surely the people of Georgia have suffered enough at your hands already?!? ;)

I like the rulers on the margins, though the Pagans a little less so (personal preference/bias, not based on any sense of story viability). I like the idea of a Manichean Pecheneg count, but I don't know what the overall religion of the Pechenegs was - if being Manichean puts your character at odds with the rest of the realm, it might push the whole thing too far in the direction of impossible odds. But I'd like to find out your take on Manichaeism (mainly because I'm too time-strapped/lazy to find my own primer :p).

Other than that, I like the Hafsid Emirate or a Sheikh in Palestine or Syria. In both cases it would be interesting to see how you deal with a still-powerful (even resurgent) Byzantine Empire.
 
Well, thanks to you both. I think I'll go for the Hafsids, but I may eventually do a Manichaean one once one of my current billion ongoing/on hold AARs are done.