宫廷

Each landed character will have a court, which consists of the unlanded subjects of a realm. A Court may contain family members, knights, lovers, courtiers and guests.

Courtiers

Courtiers are unlanded characters living at a Ruler's Court. They can be appointed as Councilors, Commanders, Knights or Vassals. If a courtier does not have a minor title it has a 2% chance to leave each month. The chance is decreased by -0.1% for each 10 points of  Opinion above 0 and increased by +0.1% for each 10 points of  Opinion below 0. In addition the chance to leave can be modified by the following:

Condition	Chance to leave
Child	-3%
Any claim	-1%
Pregnant trait	-1%
Married to the Liege	-0.5%
Low  Health	-0.3%
Liege or another courtier is a friend	-0.2%
Liege or another courtier is a lover	-0.2%
Liege or another courtier is a close family member	-0.2%
Bastard trait	+0.3%
Liege is a rival	+0.5%

Guests

Guests are unlanded characters staying at a ruler's Court for a 3 years and then have a monthly chance to leave. During this time they will interact with other members of the Court and may take part in random events. They can be convinced to stay permanently in the realm by being given a seat on the council, a landed or minor title, 10 Gold, or by using the Seduction Scheme. Guests are more likely to visit a Court if they have a definite reason, such a the ruler being strong enough to press their Claims or the ruler or one of its adult children being unmarried. The fewer Courtiers a character has the more guests it will receive.

Unlanded characters can be asked to visit a Court with the Invitation interaction.

If a Guest with Claims is about to leave the Liege will be given the option to convince the Guest to stay for one year.

Court physician

The court physician is a character carrying a minor title that allows it to help Liege against Health traits. When the Ruler or someone at their court gains a Health trait while the Ruler has a court physician the Ruler will gain the option to try a safe or a risky treatment. A third type of treatment is also available if the court physician has the Wise Man, Mystic or Miracle Worker trait. The risky treatment has a chance to give the character the One-Eyed, One-Legged, Disfigured or Eunuch trait.

court physicians can be appointed through a character interaction or the Search for Physician decision.

Prisoners

Prisoners are characters who are held at someone's court unwillingly. A character can obtain prisoners via the Abduction scheme, occupying a character's Realm Capital while at war or following battles if the enemy commander has low  Prowess. A Ruler can attempt to imprison any character within their Realm but this will incur Tyranny unless the prisoner is guilty of a Crime. An imprisoned character can be released, ransomed, tortured or executed. Characters will be imprisoned in either Dungeon or House Arrest and can be freely moved between the two. By default prisoners are hold into House Arrest if Lowborn and Dungeon if Noble.

House Arrest effects	Dungeon effects
-5 Diplomacy -20 Natural Dread -100% Dread Loss -75% Monthly Lifestyle Experience	-5 Diplomacy -30 Natural Dread -100% Dread Loss -150% Monthly Lifestyle Experience +50% Stress Gain -15 Prisoner Family Opinion Severe Health Penalty

In addition if a character stays in Dungeon for more than 5 years it might gain the  Ill or Pneumonia traits.

Negotiate release

A Ruler can offer to release a prisoner in exchange for one or more of the following:

Condition	Acceptance	Opinion
Banish	-50	-20
Demand Conversion	-20	-10
Gain Weak Hook	-80	-20
Recruit	-10	-15
Renounce Claims	-25	-30
Take the Vows	-30	-10

Ransom

A Ruler can ransom an imprisoned character, asking their liege, parent or the imprisoned character themselves, in that order, to pay with either  Gold or a  Weak Hook in exchange for the imprisoned character's freedom. An imprisoned character can also offer ransom to its jailer. If paying with  Gold the ransom cost of a character depends on their Primary Title rank:

Rank	Ransom cost
None	20
Baron	30
Count	50
Duke	100
King	200
Emperor	500

Execution

A Ruler can execute any imprisoned character. Executing a character will incur Tyranny unless the character is guilty of a very severe Crime. Each execution will grant +30  Dread and -20  Opinion with the victim's Dynasty.

If the prisoner shared the same Faith it will be beheaded. Otherwise it will be burned. Burning a prisoner grants 25  Piety if the character's Faith has the  Fundamentalist Doctrine. Characters with the Cannibal trait or secret can devour prisoners to lose  Stress at the cost of a 20% chance to gain the  Ill trait.

Torture

Torture is an Intrigue action that can be performed upon prisoners and has the following effects:

• The torturer character gains +20  Dread
• The torturer character loses -100  Piety if its Faith forbids it
• The torturer character loses -10  Stress if they have the  Sadistic trait
• The torturer character gains +10  Stress if they have the Trusting trait
• The torturer character gains +100  Stress if they have the  Compassionate trait
• The tortured character loses -75  Opinion for 50 years towards the torturing character
• The tortured character gains the Recently Tortured modifier for 5 years, causing a major  Health Penalty
• If the tortured character has or knows a secret it will have the option to reveal it to avoid torture

Crime

Crimes are actions that allow a character to imprison someone from their realm without incurring Tyranny and may be personal, familial or religious.

• Personal Crimes are caused by certain actions taken against a Ruler and allows only the said Ruler to imprison the criminal character
• Familial Crimes are caused by certain actions taken against a character and allows any Ruler from the same family to imprison the criminal character
• Religious Crimes are caused by traits that are considered Criminal by a Faith and allows any Ruler to imprison the criminal character

The following actions are crimes:

Crime	Requirements	Title Revocation	Banishment	Execution	Type
Attempted Abduction	Abduction scheme fails on the character				Personal
Attempted Arrest	Liege requests imprisonment and character refuses				Personal
Attempted Elopment	Elope scheme fails on the character's spouse				Personal
Attempted To Murder Me	Murder scheme fails no the character				Personal
Blinded Me	Blinded the character				Personal
Botched My Treatment	Court physician's risky treatment of liege failed				Personal
Castrated Me	Castrated the character				Personal
Declared War	Declaring war upon the character				Personal
Elopment	An Elope scheme succeeds on the character's spouse				Personal
Failed To Treat Me	court physician's safe treatment of liege failed				Personal
Revolted against Me	Civil War ended in White Peace				Personal
Refused Imprisonment	Vassal refuses Imprisonment and realm has High Crown Authority				Personal
Refused Retraction	Vassal refuses Vassal Retraction and realm has High Crown Authority				Personal
Refused Revocation	Vassal refuses Title Revocation and realm has High Crown Authority				Personal
Scheming Against Me	Discovered as agent in a scheme against the character				Personal
Spying on Liege	Spymaster fails the Find Secrets task on the Liege				Personal
Tortured Me	Tortured the character				Personal
Attempted To Murder Family Member	Murder scheme fails on a member of the character's family				Familial
Botched Treatment of Kin	court physician's risky treatment of liege's family member failed				Familial
Failed To Treat Kin	court physician's safe treatment of liege's family member failed				Familial
Murdered Family Member	Murder scheme fails secrecy on a member of the character's family				Familial
Tortured Family Member	Tortured a family member of the character				Familial
Unlawfully Executed Family	Executed a family member of the character without a valid reason				Familial
Excommunicated	Character has the Excommunicated trait and faith has the Communion tenet				Religious
Known Adulterer	Character has the Adulterer trait and faith has the Criminal adultery doctrine for its gender				Religious
Known Cannibal	Character has the Cannibal trait and faith does not have the Ritual Cannibalism tenet				Religious
Known Deviant	Character has the Deviant trait and faith has the Criminal deviancy doctrine				Religious
Known Fornicator	Character has the Fornicator trait and faith has the Criminal adultery doctrine for its gender				Religious
Known Sodomite	Character has the Sodomite trait and faith has the Criminal same-sex relations doctrine				Religious
Known Witch	Character has the Witch trait and faith has the Criminal witchcraft doctrine				Religious
Known Kinslayer	Character has a Kinslayer trait and faith has the Criminal kinslaying doctrine for its severity				Religious
Denounced	Character has the Denounced trait				Dynastic