“Finns! I, Count Juhani of Pohjanmaa, have come to unite all the Finns under a single Kingdom! We cannot survive long if we remain divided: We must unite! My goal, my mission, to unite all Finns is not going to be an easy one, not at all. Every Finnish count and duke just wants to govern their little piece of land in peace. But there won't be peace for ever. There will be many threats towards us! Maybe the Russians from East will attack, or those heretic Norses from West. We cannot win neither of them divided, alone. We shall unite, and I have taken it as my mission to create the Kingdom of Finland! May Ukko bless us!"
Finland AAR
Reindeer, Reindeer Everywhere
Welcome to my first AAR.
I hope you will enjoy reading my roleplaying of Crusade Kings 2.
As you may already have guessed, we are going to play in Finland, in 867, as the count of Pohjanmaa. I have created a custom character, Juhani Sydänmetsä (in English: Johan Heartforest). I’m going to fully roleplay, no min-maxing; if my character is kind, he won't kill his relatives without a really good reason.
(A map of the old Finland. Our county is the one at the top.)
But what is Finland? Is it the place where people live in igloos and chat with polar bears? Answer is no: Finland is divided into many counties and duchies in the medieval era, and later in the history it became part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Our goal is to make Finland an independent, united, feudal kingdom!
The many fininsh rulers believed in a religion called Suomenusko (in English: Finnish Faith). The religion has many gods and goddnesses, like Ukko-ylijumala (the supreme god of the religion), Hippa and Tapio (Gods of fores) and Ahti (God of sea).
Finnish nature is also rather interesting: There are many lakes, as you can see from the picture above. Actually over 187 000. And of course we have our bears, reindeer and harsh winters. Not the most pleasant place to live in, especially as it is rather uncivilized.
Goals
At the moment I have no goals for this AAR; Other than surviving and uniting the Finns. In the future we may try to conquer the Scandinavia, or maybe try to reform the Suomenusko. Maybe we convert to Catholicism or maybe even to Orthodox? Nobody knows, other than the characters I will be playing. The goals depends on them. Very religious characters may want to reform the Suomenusko, and militaristic characters obviously want to conquer a lot of land.
(The coat of arms of Finland. Didn't exist in the medieval era. It was first used by the Swedes in 1580s.)
Lastly I want to point out that I intented to improve my English with this AAR, as I’m not a native English speaker. (Edit: The first chapters have way more grammatical errors than the newer ones. I want to apologize for that.)
Nevertheless, I hope you will enjoy this AAR! I will also appreciate all feedback!
This is going to be an exciting journey!
May the Ukko-ylijumala bless you
Iteppä isä Jumala,
Piäppä pilvissä käräjät,
Sekehessä selvät neuvot,
Ota puolla poikaisi,
Aina lastesi apuna,
Ettei pää pahoin menisi,
Tukka turhiin tulisi,
Eli kaula katkiaisi,
Hivus hieno lankiaisi!
Last note: I have every expansion up to the Reaper's Due, expect the Sunset Invasion. Also the Horse Lords is not actived for this AAR as I didn't own it back in the days.
I also use couple of graphical mods.
Chapters:
Juhani Sydänmetsä:
Asikko Sydänmetsä:
Taisto Sydänmetsä:
Tales of the Reindeer:
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Finland AAR
Reindeer, Reindeer Everywhere
Welcome to my first AAR.
I hope you will enjoy reading my roleplaying of Crusade Kings 2.
As you may already have guessed, we are going to play in Finland, in 867, as the count of Pohjanmaa. I have created a custom character, Juhani Sydänmetsä (in English: Johan Heartforest). I’m going to fully roleplay, no min-maxing; if my character is kind, he won't kill his relatives without a really good reason.
(A map of the old Finland. Our county is the one at the top.)
But what is Finland? Is it the place where people live in igloos and chat with polar bears? Answer is no: Finland is divided into many counties and duchies in the medieval era, and later in the history it became part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Our goal is to make Finland an independent, united, feudal kingdom!
The many fininsh rulers believed in a religion called Suomenusko (in English: Finnish Faith). The religion has many gods and goddnesses, like Ukko-ylijumala (the supreme god of the religion), Hippa and Tapio (Gods of fores) and Ahti (God of sea).
Finnish nature is also rather interesting: There are many lakes, as you can see from the picture above. Actually over 187 000. And of course we have our bears, reindeer and harsh winters. Not the most pleasant place to live in, especially as it is rather uncivilized.
Goals
At the moment I have no goals for this AAR; Other than surviving and uniting the Finns. In the future we may try to conquer the Scandinavia, or maybe try to reform the Suomenusko. Maybe we convert to Catholicism or maybe even to Orthodox? Nobody knows, other than the characters I will be playing. The goals depends on them. Very religious characters may want to reform the Suomenusko, and militaristic characters obviously want to conquer a lot of land.
(The coat of arms of Finland. Didn't exist in the medieval era. It was first used by the Swedes in 1580s.)
Lastly I want to point out that I intented to improve my English with this AAR, as I’m not a native English speaker. (Edit: The first chapters have way more grammatical errors than the newer ones. I want to apologize for that.)
Nevertheless, I hope you will enjoy this AAR! I will also appreciate all feedback!
This is going to be an exciting journey!
May the Ukko-ylijumala bless you
Iteppä isä Jumala,
Piäppä pilvissä käräjät,
Sekehessä selvät neuvot,
Ota puolla poikaisi,
Aina lastesi apuna,
Ettei pää pahoin menisi,
Tukka turhiin tulisi,
Eli kaula katkiaisi,
Hivus hieno lankiaisi!
Last note: I have every expansion up to the Reaper's Due, expect the Sunset Invasion. Also the Horse Lords is not actived for this AAR as I didn't own it back in the days.
I also use couple of graphical mods.
Table of Contents:
Chapters:
Asikko Sydänmetsä:
- Seducer and a Holy Man
- Finnish Reformation
- The Northern Powerhouse
- The Invaders
- The Wise and Old Man
Taisto Sydänmetsä:
Tales of the Reindeer:
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