Compatible with CK2 versions 2.5.x and newer -- Current mod version 1.9!
This mod comes pre-integrated with CK2+, Project Balance, and the Historical Immersion Project!
This is a bookmark mod that I initially put together for personal use, but have modified to distribute. In short, what it does is link up dates in CK2 to the bookmarks menu that you see when you start a new game and provides a short description of the time period. It functions just like the default bookmarks, except I've added quite a few more (and tried to go into the history behind why some of them are interesting, when applicable). This mod doesn't change anything else, so I can't do anything like create new scenarios that aren't already modeled somewhere in Crusader Kings; I can only put a bookmark to them so they're easier to access, and add a paragraph or so explaining what makes the bookmarked period interesting.
As of version 1.9, the mod totals 39 new scenarios. The new scenarios and some quick descriptions of them/their time period are (with ones added in the latest 1.x update bolded and underlined):
The Union of Castille and Leon - 1072 :: Northern Iberia is united under Sancho Jimena and the Empire of Leon-Castille
Seljuk Conquest of the Levant - 1076 :: The Levant & Mecca are conquered by the Seljuks
Kiev and Novgorod - 1076 :: Kiev and Novgorod fight for supremacy in the north
The Emergence of Rum - 1077 :: The Sultanate of Rum comes into being in Anatolia
Hungary-Croatia - 1091 :: Hungary and Croatia are united; the Almoravid sultanate unifies much of southern Iberia
The "Edge of the Knife" scenario - 1098 :: Islamic near-conquest of Iberia/Byzantium
The Collapse of the Isles - 1099 :: Gudrod Crovan's kingdom splits apart upon his death
The First Crusade - 1103 :: The aftermath of the First Crusade
Jerusalem at its Height - 1124 :: Jerusalem at the height of its power
Mongolia Divided - 1125 :: The first Mongolian Khanate collapses, leaving three new Khans to vie for the territory. One is a Nestorian Christian.
The Anarchy - 1144 :: A weak English king is challenged by the house of Plantagenet
Islam in Retreat - 1145 :: A child-Sultan of Mauretania and the rebellions that follow his ascent, combined with pressures on the Seljuks, force an Islamic retreat
The Collapse of the Seljuks - 1157 :: The Seljuk Sultanate collapses and various states fight to control Persia
Manuel Komnenos - 1165 :: The reign of Manuel Komnenos, famous Byzantine Emperor with the opportunity to bring Hungary into the Empire
Saladin - 1171 :: Saladin conquers the Fatimid Sultanate of Egypt
Fall of the Komnenoi - 1186 :: The Komnenos dynasty is toppled, causing great damage to the Byzantine Empire's power and authority
The Iberian Campaign - 1186 :: Christians and Muslims in Iberia are in a rough balance
The Formation of Rajastan - 1186 :: A contender for the throne of Persia forms the Empire of Rajastan to help in his struggle with the Sultan of Khiva
Richard and Philippe - 1194 :: Richard the Lionheart and Philippe Auguste prepare to fight over control of France; the von Hohenstauffen Emperor of the HRE becomes King of Sicily
Persia and Rajastan - 1203 :: House Anushtiginid has claimed the throne of Persia, but the Empire of Rajastan still contests them for much of its de jure territory
Alexios Komnenos of Trebizond - 1205 :: Alexios Komnenos, heir of the Komnenoi line of Emperors and Despot of Trebizond, comes of age
Temujin Borjigin - 1206 :: Temujin Borjigin, known to history as Ghengis Khan, unites the disparate tribes of Mongolia under his rule.
The Seljuk Successors - 1212 :: The Anushtiginid Sultanate wins the crisis over control of Persia
Genghis Khan - 1220 :: The Mongol arrival
Turmoil in the East - 1219 :: Greece breaks down further several years after the Latin Empire's attempted conquest
The Mongol Split - 1227 :: Upon the death of Ghengis, the Mongol Empire splits into the Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, and Mongolia.
Indian Ambition - 1228 :: The Empire of Rajastan, after a period of turmoil, has conquered much of the subcontinent and looks poised to bring Islam to the Indian people
Sartaq Khan - 1255 :: Sartaq Khan, a Nestorian Christian, becomes Khan of the Golden Horde
Holy Roman Empire in Turmoil - 1256 :: An English Holy Roman Emperor with an unsuitable heir but the alliance of England and two eligible German king-successors
Restoration of House Gediminatis - 1265 :: Lithuania restores the son of Mindaugas
Mali United - 1275 :: Self-explanatory
The Habsburgs - 1282 :: Ottokar II of Bohemia is put down, Habsburgs rule HRE and come into possession of the Duchy of Austria
The Sicilian Vespers - 1285 :: Convoluted claims and twisted alliances begin a war over control of the kingdom of Sicily; Philippe IV of France gains the kingdom of Navarra
The Ilkhanate Converts! - 1295 :: The Ilkhanate becomes Shia Muslim
The Polish-Bohemian Union - 1300 :: Vaclav II of Bohemia becomes King of Poland
The Fall of Rum - 1311 :: The Sultanate of Rum breaks apart into several small successor-states
The Golden Horde Converts! - 1313 :: The Golden Horde converts to Sunni Islam
Magnus IV - 1319 :: Magnus IV becomes king of both Sweden and Norway
The Italian Campaign - 1329 :: The Italian states are free from HRE control and seek final unity
Seljuk Conquest of the Levant - 1076 :: The Levant & Mecca are conquered by the Seljuks
Kiev and Novgorod - 1076 :: Kiev and Novgorod fight for supremacy in the north
The Emergence of Rum - 1077 :: The Sultanate of Rum comes into being in Anatolia
Hungary-Croatia - 1091 :: Hungary and Croatia are united; the Almoravid sultanate unifies much of southern Iberia
The "Edge of the Knife" scenario - 1098 :: Islamic near-conquest of Iberia/Byzantium
The Collapse of the Isles - 1099 :: Gudrod Crovan's kingdom splits apart upon his death
The First Crusade - 1103 :: The aftermath of the First Crusade
Jerusalem at its Height - 1124 :: Jerusalem at the height of its power
Mongolia Divided - 1125 :: The first Mongolian Khanate collapses, leaving three new Khans to vie for the territory. One is a Nestorian Christian.
The Anarchy - 1144 :: A weak English king is challenged by the house of Plantagenet
Islam in Retreat - 1145 :: A child-Sultan of Mauretania and the rebellions that follow his ascent, combined with pressures on the Seljuks, force an Islamic retreat
The Collapse of the Seljuks - 1157 :: The Seljuk Sultanate collapses and various states fight to control Persia
Manuel Komnenos - 1165 :: The reign of Manuel Komnenos, famous Byzantine Emperor with the opportunity to bring Hungary into the Empire
Saladin - 1171 :: Saladin conquers the Fatimid Sultanate of Egypt
Fall of the Komnenoi - 1186 :: The Komnenos dynasty is toppled, causing great damage to the Byzantine Empire's power and authority
The Iberian Campaign - 1186 :: Christians and Muslims in Iberia are in a rough balance
The Formation of Rajastan - 1186 :: A contender for the throne of Persia forms the Empire of Rajastan to help in his struggle with the Sultan of Khiva
Richard and Philippe - 1194 :: Richard the Lionheart and Philippe Auguste prepare to fight over control of France; the von Hohenstauffen Emperor of the HRE becomes King of Sicily
Persia and Rajastan - 1203 :: House Anushtiginid has claimed the throne of Persia, but the Empire of Rajastan still contests them for much of its de jure territory
Alexios Komnenos of Trebizond - 1205 :: Alexios Komnenos, heir of the Komnenoi line of Emperors and Despot of Trebizond, comes of age
Temujin Borjigin - 1206 :: Temujin Borjigin, known to history as Ghengis Khan, unites the disparate tribes of Mongolia under his rule.
The Seljuk Successors - 1212 :: The Anushtiginid Sultanate wins the crisis over control of Persia
Genghis Khan - 1220 :: The Mongol arrival
Turmoil in the East - 1219 :: Greece breaks down further several years after the Latin Empire's attempted conquest
The Mongol Split - 1227 :: Upon the death of Ghengis, the Mongol Empire splits into the Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, and Mongolia.
Indian Ambition - 1228 :: The Empire of Rajastan, after a period of turmoil, has conquered much of the subcontinent and looks poised to bring Islam to the Indian people
Sartaq Khan - 1255 :: Sartaq Khan, a Nestorian Christian, becomes Khan of the Golden Horde
Holy Roman Empire in Turmoil - 1256 :: An English Holy Roman Emperor with an unsuitable heir but the alliance of England and two eligible German king-successors
Restoration of House Gediminatis - 1265 :: Lithuania restores the son of Mindaugas
Mali United - 1275 :: Self-explanatory
The Habsburgs - 1282 :: Ottokar II of Bohemia is put down, Habsburgs rule HRE and come into possession of the Duchy of Austria
The Sicilian Vespers - 1285 :: Convoluted claims and twisted alliances begin a war over control of the kingdom of Sicily; Philippe IV of France gains the kingdom of Navarra
The Ilkhanate Converts! - 1295 :: The Ilkhanate becomes Shia Muslim
The Polish-Bohemian Union - 1300 :: Vaclav II of Bohemia becomes King of Poland
The Fall of Rum - 1311 :: The Sultanate of Rum breaks apart into several small successor-states
The Golden Horde Converts! - 1313 :: The Golden Horde converts to Sunni Islam
Magnus IV - 1319 :: Magnus IV becomes king of both Sweden and Norway
The Italian Campaign - 1329 :: The Italian states are free from HRE control and seek final unity
It's not a masterpiece, but hopefully a few people can find a few more interesting scenarios they can try. Any historical points I managed to get wrong in my scenario summaries (most of this was quick research) and any misspellings I happened to make will be promptly fixed if you can point 'em out; as this was mostly meant for private use before I adapted it some of the descriptions may still have a few minor errors.
This should be compatible with just about everything. Alternate history/scenario mods like the Game of Thrones mod will be broken if you try to use it alongside them, obviously.
As turnabout is only fair and I've borrowed from plenty modders in my time, anyone is free to take, use, and modify this as they see fit without asking for my permission, provided credit is given to me for the base if it's to be publicly distributed.
Enjoy!
A note on new bookmarks:
Even though the mod already has a lot of bookmarks in it, I'm always looking to add more interesting time periods. To get the ones I have currently I've used both my own knowledge of history and user suggestions to come up with new dates, but by-and-large I got them by going through the dates covered by CK2 month-by-month and looking out for interesting changes. This has its faults, though, mainly in that I can't see what vassal power or claims look like, just the political map. I know I missed a lot of interesting content, and that's where users come in. Anyone with good knowledge of the period, or even simple knowledge of a time they think would be interesting, should feel free to drop the suggestion to me. This mod is henceforth going to be completely user-driven. If there's a time period you know--a civil war, conflicting claims, vassalage qualms, what have you--and you think it's modeled in some way in CK2, tell me about it! I would be more than happy to check it out, even just to make sure. It's to everyone's benefit!Changelog:
1.9
-Updated for CK2 2.5 compatibility (thanks to taio and the HIP development team for helping out on this one!)
-Modified some bookmark descriptions to be more accurate/fix issues.
1.8
-Added two new bookmarks, "Mongolia Divided" and "Temujin Borjigin" based on the map expansion from Horse Lords.
-Removed the "Lithuania Unites!" bookmark and redid the title and flavor text of the "House Gediminatis Restored" bookmark to become "Lithuania Unites!" The original was superfluous and should have been removed a while ago.
-Redid text for Ghengis Khan and Mongol Split bookmarks to reflect new bookmarks and new characters.
1.7
-Added compatibility for Charlemagne
-Added a few new characters associated with the 2.2 patch
-Split the Kiev and Novgorod and Rise of Rum bookmarks; pushed the Kiev and Novgorod bookmark back like... 6 days, maybe?
1.6.2
-removed the "War of Two Eriks" bookmark, as it uses Paradox's old rebellion mechanic and not the new "X Revolt" title mechanic, thus effectively breaking the scenario
v1.6.1
-removed the 1150 "Indian Campaign" start, as Paradox history has changed with the new patch
-minor localization improvements
v1.6
-Compatibility with bookmark changes from the update
-Added four new bookmarks associated with the new map expansion into India
-Added an Indian interesting character to the 867 bookmark
-Added an Indian breakaway state to the Collapse of the Seljuks bookmark
-Updated Anushtiginid Victory scenario to reflect their defeat of Rajastan
v1.5.1
-Minor localization fixes and improvements in preparation for Rajas of India and the mod's version 1.6
v1.5
-Added the Sartaq Khan bookmark
-Fixed an issue with a bookmark (Richard and Philippe) not displaying
-Moved the date of the Edge of the Knife scenario back a few years, to boost the strength of Rum
-A few localisation fixes
-Added in missing notes for characters in the bookmarks file
-Removed the Conquest of Navarra, King of Dublin and the Isles, and the Romuva Lithuania bookmarks to reduce clutter
v1.4
-Removed the Pommerania bookmark, since Pommeranian culture is now playable with ToG. Sorry non-TOG users, it was to cut down on clutter!
-Added four new bookmarks: The War of the Two Eriks, the division of the Mongol Empire into the Golden Horde and Ilkhanate, Lithuania's formation (Paradox fixed issues that prevented me from including this earlier), and the rise of a Romuvan King of Lithuania.
-Localisation improvements
v1.3.4:
-Removed two unnecessary bookmarks
-Text and localization fixes/updates
-General housekeeping
v1.3.3:
-Minor bugfix for a potential error
v1.3.2:
-Fixed two reference errors in three bookmarks (relating to house Plantagenet's dynastic origins and Manuel I Komnenos's relation to Alexios of Trebizond)
v 1.3.1:
-Fixed a CharID that referenced a nonexistent character in the Italian Campaign bookmark
-Added two missing characters to the Italian Campaign bookmark
v 1.3:
-Fixed many spelling/reference mistakes
-Added an extra character to the 1091 Hungary-Croatia start
-Added 15 new bookmarks; see bolded items in bookmark list for full set
v 1.2.1:
-Fixed an inaccurate reference to Frederick I Barbarossa when it should have referenced Frederick II
v 1.2:
-Added bookmark for Holy Roman Empire in Turmoil
v 1.1:
-Added bookmark for the English Anarchy
-Added bookmark for Lithuania's conversion to Orthodoxy
-Added bookmark for the Habsburgs taking control of the Duchy of Austria
v 1.0:
Initial Release
-Updated for CK2 2.5 compatibility (thanks to taio and the HIP development team for helping out on this one!)
-Modified some bookmark descriptions to be more accurate/fix issues.
1.8
-Added two new bookmarks, "Mongolia Divided" and "Temujin Borjigin" based on the map expansion from Horse Lords.
-Removed the "Lithuania Unites!" bookmark and redid the title and flavor text of the "House Gediminatis Restored" bookmark to become "Lithuania Unites!" The original was superfluous and should have been removed a while ago.
-Redid text for Ghengis Khan and Mongol Split bookmarks to reflect new bookmarks and new characters.
1.7
-Added compatibility for Charlemagne
-Added a few new characters associated with the 2.2 patch
-Split the Kiev and Novgorod and Rise of Rum bookmarks; pushed the Kiev and Novgorod bookmark back like... 6 days, maybe?
1.6.2
-removed the "War of Two Eriks" bookmark, as it uses Paradox's old rebellion mechanic and not the new "X Revolt" title mechanic, thus effectively breaking the scenario
v1.6.1
-removed the 1150 "Indian Campaign" start, as Paradox history has changed with the new patch
-minor localization improvements
v1.6
-Compatibility with bookmark changes from the update
-Added four new bookmarks associated with the new map expansion into India
-Added an Indian interesting character to the 867 bookmark
-Added an Indian breakaway state to the Collapse of the Seljuks bookmark
-Updated Anushtiginid Victory scenario to reflect their defeat of Rajastan
v1.5.1
-Minor localization fixes and improvements in preparation for Rajas of India and the mod's version 1.6
v1.5
-Added the Sartaq Khan bookmark
-Fixed an issue with a bookmark (Richard and Philippe) not displaying
-Moved the date of the Edge of the Knife scenario back a few years, to boost the strength of Rum
-A few localisation fixes
-Added in missing notes for characters in the bookmarks file
-Removed the Conquest of Navarra, King of Dublin and the Isles, and the Romuva Lithuania bookmarks to reduce clutter
v1.4
-Removed the Pommerania bookmark, since Pommeranian culture is now playable with ToG. Sorry non-TOG users, it was to cut down on clutter!
-Added four new bookmarks: The War of the Two Eriks, the division of the Mongol Empire into the Golden Horde and Ilkhanate, Lithuania's formation (Paradox fixed issues that prevented me from including this earlier), and the rise of a Romuvan King of Lithuania.
-Localisation improvements
v1.3.4:
-Removed two unnecessary bookmarks
-Text and localization fixes/updates
-General housekeeping
v1.3.3:
-Minor bugfix for a potential error
v1.3.2:
-Fixed two reference errors in three bookmarks (relating to house Plantagenet's dynastic origins and Manuel I Komnenos's relation to Alexios of Trebizond)
v 1.3.1:
-Fixed a CharID that referenced a nonexistent character in the Italian Campaign bookmark
-Added two missing characters to the Italian Campaign bookmark
v 1.3:
-Fixed many spelling/reference mistakes
-Added an extra character to the 1091 Hungary-Croatia start
-Added 15 new bookmarks; see bolded items in bookmark list for full set
v 1.2.1:
-Fixed an inaccurate reference to Frederick I Barbarossa when it should have referenced Frederick II
v 1.2:
-Added bookmark for Holy Roman Empire in Turmoil
v 1.1:
-Added bookmark for the English Anarchy
-Added bookmark for Lithuania's conversion to Orthodoxy
-Added bookmark for the Habsburgs taking control of the Duchy of Austria
v 1.0:
Initial Release
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