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Jacques Cartier

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I'm planning on starting another LI campaign (after the bugfix is released in a few days) and I'm wondering if anyone has interesting campaign ideas - I probably shouldn't play imperial-cultist western rome again. :p
And maybe this'll help other people when deciding who to play as, so I'll start some:
  • Playing as the Holy Roman Empire, lay low the cadet branches and pretenders to the empire in order to spread your just, catholic domain across europe.
  • Playing as a Manichaean religion, follow Mani's preachings of universalism and blob like hell, spreading Mani's word as far and wide as possible in order to save the imprisoned light.
  • As Arthur Pendragon, Cast out the anglo-saxons and rule Briton as it's high king.
  • As an Anglo-saxon king, Conquer england and later the british isles to establish a home for your peoples.
  • As a Celtic-culture ruler, Cast out the Anglo-Saxons and the so-called "Romano-Britons" and ensure the Isles are ruled by the Celts
 
In the Levant...

- As Prince of Sabaa, give back to the Old Gods Almaqah and Ash-Shams their due; the Empire of Arabia!

- You worship the Kaaba in Mecca... as it is the siege of your God's presence on Earth, Hubal. Drive the heretical Mahometans far away from your holy place!

- True Islam has been distorted by the foul practices of the Sunni Caliph... Preserve Mahomet's authentic message, battle the Caliph over it and restore Islam to its original purity, as the leader of the Zahiri, Haruriyyah or Ash'ari sect! (all coming with different features justified by the specificities of each madhhab)

- Lead the Hashashins in battle and in covert actions! Your heretical messianic Qarmatian sect, infused with strong Persian influences, gives you the best assassins of the Levant, impregnable forts, a good recruitment system and fanatical soldiers who will happily die for you on your order. Your faith also gives you a taste for learning and a remarkable piety. Your neighbors fear and hate you... What are you waiting to strike first?!

- As a Yahianist Leader, will you be able to unite all these quarrelling religions through your messianic message? Your gnostic heretical messianic religion provides you with a steady supply of fanatical martyrs-to-be and an unrivalled piety...

- As ruler of the rationalist 'Ilm Islam, will you survive more militarist neighbours to become a beacon of enlightenment to the world, bringing forth a real "Renaissance" of the classical values when the prophet was discussing about the Love of Reason in passionate debates?

- As King of the last bastion of the Luwian religion, will you be able to keep alive and make prosper again the 2 millennia-old Hittite faith? Most call your religion archaic, but you only know what the true meaning of civilization is...

In the Orient...

- As a follower of Mazdak, will you be able to conduct your populist revolution and force true equality on this world? Petty or Grand rulers tend to hate you because of your revolutionary message, your provinces are self-ruled and you'd rather share the commoners' poverty, but your people is ready to die en masse for their precious liberty...

- As the leader of one of the Hindo-Hellen faiths, prove to the others that your own religious synthesis, created by your forefathers, is the superior one! All of them are close to each other, well suited for patient empire-building and cultural development, with slight differences in style depending on their Ascendants...

- As a Parthian worshipper of Angra Mainyu/Ahriman, you swore to release the Destructive Spirit on the lands of the meek worshipers of Ahura Mazda. Burn all the Zoroastrian clergy and the wicked heirs of the doomed Sassan clan in one holy Fire of Vengeance and Salvation!

- As a follower of the true Zoroastrian religion... your faith is your ally in re-building the empire. The clergy can provide you the necessary legitimacy to your ambitions. Will Cyrus the Great and Shapur II the Great recognize you as the restorer of the Persian Empire?