I'm pretty interested in the variety of cultures that found themselves on the British Isles. A lot of them are represented in the game via vanilla, and much more via HIP (specifically SWMH). Though, not all of them are represented, and there are some particular cultures that had some important historical effects during their time. I want to use this opportunity to build a discussion and maybe propose some ideas for HIP or my own HSL.
At the moment there are three significant cultures on my mind:
*the culture, rather than the language (though, the language is part of the culture and should be applied to the names)
Hiberno-Norman would be a melting pot between the Irish and the Normans (and possibly the English). This might be an interesting culture for different start dates, giving some ideas for different succession laws and Anglicised Irish names and Irish-Norman names.
I feel that 867 Scotland is misrepresented by the current implemented culture. I might be wrong about how Gaelic they were at the time, but there was certainly a lot more Gaelic influence during that period. What is mostly misrepresented is the names. The names are too Anglicised for that time period. This brings the idea of Scottish Gaelic culture. A later period would consist with the Scoto-Norman culture, more akin to how it's currently represented. Scoto-Norman culture would be a melting pot between the Scottish Gaelic and Norman cultures.
Anyway, I'm curious about making these implementations into my own mod, but I'd first like to discuss it a bit, should people find this interesting. I'd like to hear your arguments about what cultures need representing, what cultures don't need representing and what cultures need better representing, to maximise the CK2 experience.
So, any ideas about cultures, laws, names, title localisations, etc.?
At the moment there are three significant cultures on my mind:
- Hiberno-Norman
- Scoto-Norman
- Scottish Gaelic*
*the culture, rather than the language (though, the language is part of the culture and should be applied to the names)
Hiberno-Norman would be a melting pot between the Irish and the Normans (and possibly the English). This might be an interesting culture for different start dates, giving some ideas for different succession laws and Anglicised Irish names and Irish-Norman names.
I feel that 867 Scotland is misrepresented by the current implemented culture. I might be wrong about how Gaelic they were at the time, but there was certainly a lot more Gaelic influence during that period. What is mostly misrepresented is the names. The names are too Anglicised for that time period. This brings the idea of Scottish Gaelic culture. A later period would consist with the Scoto-Norman culture, more akin to how it's currently represented. Scoto-Norman culture would be a melting pot between the Scottish Gaelic and Norman cultures.
Anyway, I'm curious about making these implementations into my own mod, but I'd first like to discuss it a bit, should people find this interesting. I'd like to hear your arguments about what cultures need representing, what cultures don't need representing and what cultures need better representing, to maximise the CK2 experience.
So, any ideas about cultures, laws, names, title localisations, etc.?
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