Medieval Rolf Harris impersonator...
No, whenever I try to give anyone a good Tumble, they run away screaming... must be the deoderant, dung for men.
The Obligatory CK2 Strange Screenshot Thread
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Medieval Rolf Harris impersonator...
No, whenever I try to give anyone a good Tumble, they run away screaming... must be the deoderant, dung for men.
Not that strange, but...look at the dude. Then look at the dude's family. Yeah. I'm actually rather disappointed he didn't win his rebellion, actually. He had it up to 48% in favor of him (Against the established HRE dynasty), then the Karlings in Italy got involved and that was that.
Still...characters like these are why I love this game. It builds such a compelling narrative without actual interactive dialogue. Also - Fortune Builder with that Martial and Intrigue.
A follow up to my premature excitement over marrying a potential heir to the Byzantine Empire. Well, he came of age...as a Scholarly Theologian (Coincidentally, the daughter he married is also a Theologian...damn), and soon after the Empire got usurped by another family. But the title claim is inheritable. @_@ *Pokes the pair in the hopes of producing a child*
Speaking of the game writing a narrative, I decided to check in on the deposed Haesteinings were up to - since last I saw the sole surviving son was a mere Steward in some backwater.
...he's become Duke of Galacia. How this happened, I have no idea but both he and his heir are possessed, which doesn't seem to bode well for the Catholic Kingdom of the Iberian. Another fun fact - no surviving Haesteining is under the age of 30. I wonder if they're going to die out soon - a good chunk of them are unmarried.
Finally, an image that had me checking to make sure I read that right:
Apparently his given name was Pope Kuno. My initial reaction was "The Holy Roman Emperor set up the Pope as an Anti-Pope?"
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Nestorian Muhammad from Shattered World 867.
He had Ali as a councillor member.
A bunch of screenshots over a couple of long games:
A rather unconventional king of Africa... (adventurer shenanigans, obviously)
The Samanid duke of Hamadan (same dynasty that rules Khiva at the beginning, I think) somehow converted to Orthodoxy (The Illkhanate's not Orthodox). I think it might have to do with his mother.
Cumans converted to Hinduism (a claimant ended up in India, converted, then returned to Cumania as an adventurer).
It seems the Umayyads have reclaimed the caliphate.
Some Bretons decided to invade and settle in Brunswick.
Jews in Songhai?
Well, that's quite a disintegration.
That's a pretty culturally diverse Africa. (And yes, Ethiopia did go and conquer Egypt.)
Luxembourg somehow became Basque...
Look who Dyre's grandson got deposed in favour of.
The entire family of the Duke of Gascogne died out, so it got inherited by the Sheikh of Kunka. (They're actually related in-game, they're both descended from one of the Kings of Navarra or something a long way back.)
So the (Karling) King of Burgundy somehow ended up with only Geneve in his entire realm. It was like this for almost a century, and 200 years later they still only hold the county of Geneve. Kind of reminds you of the de Geneve snippet in the game over screen...
Isle of Man somehow went Orthodox.
Bretons in Aquitaine and Danes in France. Sadly both were eventually deposed by Frankish Karlings.
A Lappish Karling King of France...?
The Karen converted and got vassalized by the Samanids. 150 years later, they rule Khiva...
A Bedouin King of Portugal from a Scottish family that ruled at various times Aquitaine, Leon, and Castille. His descendants became Portuguese, though.
A papal bastard actually became pope himself. They also have the same papal name.
The King of Denmark called me into a war pressing a princess's claim on Germany. Only after the war ended did I realize that the Karling king of Denmark was pressing my sister's claim on the Karling kingdom of Germany. She's married to the heir of Denmark, but that's her second marriage and Germany will eventually get inherited by the king of Italy instead. At least the Rurikids will rule Germany for one generation...
A rather unconventional king of Africa... (adventurer shenanigans, obviously)
The Samanid duke of Hamadan (same dynasty that rules Khiva at the beginning, I think) somehow converted to Orthodoxy (The Illkhanate's not Orthodox). I think it might have to do with his mother.
Cumans converted to Hinduism (a claimant ended up in India, converted, then returned to Cumania as an adventurer).
It seems the Umayyads have reclaimed the caliphate.
Some Bretons decided to invade and settle in Brunswick.
Jews in Songhai?
Well, that's quite a disintegration.
That's a pretty culturally diverse Africa. (And yes, Ethiopia did go and conquer Egypt.)
Luxembourg somehow became Basque...
Look who Dyre's grandson got deposed in favour of.
The entire family of the Duke of Gascogne died out, so it got inherited by the Sheikh of Kunka. (They're actually related in-game, they're both descended from one of the Kings of Navarra or something a long way back.)
So the (Karling) King of Burgundy somehow ended up with only Geneve in his entire realm. It was like this for almost a century, and 200 years later they still only hold the county of Geneve. Kind of reminds you of the de Geneve snippet in the game over screen...
Isle of Man somehow went Orthodox.
Bretons in Aquitaine and Danes in France. Sadly both were eventually deposed by Frankish Karlings.
A Lappish Karling King of France...?
The Karen converted and got vassalized by the Samanids. 150 years later, they rule Khiva...
A Bedouin King of Portugal from a Scottish family that ruled at various times Aquitaine, Leon, and Castille. His descendants became Portuguese, though.
A papal bastard actually became pope himself. They also have the same papal name.
The King of Denmark called me into a war pressing a princess's claim on Germany. Only after the war ended did I realize that the Karling king of Denmark was pressing my sister's claim on the Karling kingdom of Germany. She's married to the heir of Denmark, but that's her second marriage and Germany will eventually get inherited by the king of Italy instead. At least the Rurikids will rule Germany for one generation...
Not necessary a strange screenshot but it's first time I've seen this event chain unless it's HIP specific.
Also I rule probably the worst France in history, all because some bastard was unhappy with the previous king and pressed my weak claim on it. I was perfect happy as a rather large duke in northern Jerusalem, so I had to play the long game and assassinate my wife's brothers , making her queen and marry my son to the daughter of the King of England which in turn required to assassinate her brothers.
So in a generation I'll be King of England, France, Jerusalem and Prince of Antioch.
You should totally marry your son to this maiden. Seriously. Do it.
She's celibate
Also I burned her eventually since my fragile kingdom was getting rather angry.
What happens if you marry her to your son btw?
Okey, no big deal then, I'm currently working very hard to get rid of France and England so I can just stick around the middle east and mess around.
I'm sorry, but that HRE does now control Russia by now. This universe is messed up.
I have absolutely no idea how she got there. Her whole family is still in Bengal. Yes, I am Hindu Britannia, but I swear I had nothing to do with it. Searching for my heir's future bride, I found Kanchani. And she landed at a Cardinal's court completely outside of diplomatic range. How????
There is an exile mechanic for Indian religions which allows you to exile a random courtier to a random location.
I have absolutely no idea how she got there. Her whole family is still in Bengal. Yes, I am Hindu Britannia, but I swear I had nothing to do with it. Searching for my heir's future bride, I found Kanchani. And she landed at a Cardinal's court completely outside of diplomatic range. How????
I had an extremely funny case where I was the Emperor of Unified India, and the random courtier that I exiled happened to be my heir. When he became Emperor of India, I noticed that I now controlled the Duchy of Meckelburg, courtesy of the King of Poland making my heir a duke
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