角色

   角色是指游戏中的任何人，包括历史的或游戏中产生的。每一个角色都是一个独立的、活生生的个体，他将单独行动，并有可能改变历史。人物可以是贵族，出身卑微，有领地，也可以是无领地的。

• “贵族”是一个宗族的成员。

• “出身卑微”的角色不是一个宗族的成员。如果他们被授予共和国或神权政体的头衔，他们将保持低出生状态。如果他们被赋予其他类型的头衔，他们将变成贵族，建立一个宗族。

• “有领地”角色至少有一个地产。

• “无领地”角色没有任何地产。

年龄

一个角色如果低于16岁则被视为一个孩子，一旦他们到达16岁就成为成年人。一个角色在到达60岁之后会因为年老而死亡。每一个开始的角色将会基于他们的年龄有一定数量的[Lifestyle]点数已解锁。

直辖领地

直辖领地是统治者个人拥有的所有地产的集合。每一个统治者都有一个“直辖上限”，它决定了他们可以征收多少税收。一旦达到直辖上限，新直辖将不提供任何税收和征召。

性取向

A character's Sexual Orientation determines towards characters of what gender will they gain Attraction Opinion and can form Lover relations with. It is decided when the character is around 10 years old and and cannot be changed. AI characters will never try to form a relation with characters that doesn't match their Sexual Orientation. Both the initial distribution of Sexual Orientation and the chance for children to gain a certain Sexual Orientation is determined by the Sexuality Distribution game rule.

If the child is played by a player there is a 20% chance that the player will get to pick the gender preference.

Male icon	Female icon	Preference	Effects
		Heterosexual	Can only form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards characters of the opposite gender
		Homosexual	Can only form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards characters of the same gender
		Bisexual	Can form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards any character
		Asexual	Cannot form Lover relations or have Attraction Opinion towards any character

好感度

Each character has an Opinion of every other character. The Opinion the player character holds influences the success rate of certain actions that target another character. The Opinion of AI characters also determines their behavior towards other characters.

If a character dies, their Primary Heir will temporarily inherit 25% of the positive Opinion with all characters who has positive opinion of them and 50% of the negative Opinion with all characters who has negative opinion of them.

牵绊

Attraction is an Opinion modifier that can only be held towards characters one's sexual preference allows. Male characters above 65 years and female character above 50 years are not affected by Attraction.

关系

When certain requirements are met two characters can have one of 3 types of relation, each one having 3 levels. Relations have a great impact on how two characters act towards each other.

• Childhood relations can only be held between two child character and might evolve into their corresponding adulthood relations when the characters reach adulthood
• Adulthood relations can be gained and lost as a result of events
• Lifelong relations can only be obtained towards characters with an existing adulthood relation and each character can have only one of each lifelong relation

Relation	Childhood	Adulthood	Lifelong
Friendship	Friend +60 Opinion	Friend +60 Opinion +10 Stress when character dies	Best Friend +120 Opinion +10 Stress when character dies
Love	Crush +60 Opinion	Lover +60 Opinion +25% Fertility +10 Stress when character dies	Soulmate +120 Opinion +25% Fertility +10 Stress when character dies
Conflict	Bully-Victim -20 Opinion	Rival -60 Opinion -35 Stress when character dies	Nemesis -120 Opinion -35 Stress when character dies

外交范围

The Diplomatic Range is the range at which two characters can interact with each other. Neighboring realms are always within Diplomatic Range of each other, as are realms separated by no more than 3 sea zones.

绰号

Nicknames are epithets gained when a character fulfills certain criteria and shown next to the character's name every time.

Ninkname	Requirement
the Blessed	High Opinion with Head of Faith
the Pious	High Opinion with Head of Faith
the Peacemaker	Nickname picking event
the Conqueror	Nickname picking event Winning the Norman Conquest of England war as Duke William II of Normandy
the Scholar	Spouse tutoring event
the Wise	Spouse tutoring event
the Brave	Martial lifestyle event
the Fear-Eater	Martial lifestyle event
the Foolish	Martial lifestyle event
the Fury	Martial lifestyle event
the Hawk	Martial lifestyle event
the Imperious	Martial lifestyle event
the Merciless	Martial lifestyle event
the Starward	Martial lifestyle event
the Unrelenting	Martial lifestyle event
the Flayer	Intrigue lifestyle event
the Heartbreaker	Intrigue lifestyle event
the Mindbreaker	Intrigue lifestyle event
the Bully	Stewardship lifestyle event
the Meticulous	Stewardship lifestyle event
the Undefeated	Winning 100 battles in a row
the Triumphant	Defeating a character with the the Undefeated nickname
the Cannibal	Cannibal secret exposed (below 50 Dread)
the Dragon	Cannibal secret exposed (above 50 Dread)
the Avenger	Avenge the Battle of Tours decision
the Dane	Restore the Danelaw decision
the Devourer	Faith Cannibalism decision
the Ecumenist	Mend the Great Schism decision
the Glorious	Restore the Roman Empire decision
the Great	Found Portugal decision Restore Carolingian Borders decision Restore the Holy Roman Empire decision
the Greedy	Sell Minor Titles decision
the Honorable	Sell Minor Titles decision
the Man of Glass	Build a Glass Monument decision
the Saoshyant	Become the Saoshyant decision
the Tuatha Dé Danann	Reclaim Britannia decision
the Anointed	Consecrate Bloodline decision (not Head of Faith)
the Divine	Consecrate Bloodline decision (Head of Faith)
the Lawgiver	Empower the Sicilian Parliament decision (not Lunatic)
the Stupor Mundi	Empower the Sicilian Parliament decision (Lunatic)
the Judge	Restore Israel decision (50% chance)
the Shepherd	Restore Israel decision (50% chance)
the Knight of Gabriel	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance, male only)
the Virgin's Maiden	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance, female only)
the Crusader	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Messenger of Christ	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Sword of God	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Holy	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance) Martial lifestyle event High Opinion with Head of Faith

AI Personality

AI characters will use Decisions and Character Interactions based on the following attributes:

• Boldness: determines how much the character is affected by Dread
• Compassion: determines how the character will treat its Prisoners
• Energy: determines how often the character will consider a Decision
• Greed: determines how easily the character will spend Gold
• Honor: determines how often the character will honor relationships and alliances as well as how often they will become Agents
• Rationality: determines how stronger a character's army has to be before declaring war
• Sociability: determines how often the character will consider a Character Interaction
• Vengefulness: determines how much the character will seek to punish transgressions
• Zeal: determines how often the character will join Holy Wars

Each attribute is capped at -100 and +100.

Each AI character will have its personality described with an adjective and a noun based on the highest two attributes:

Attribute	Very Negative (-76 to -100)		Negative (-1 to -75)		Positive (+1 to +75)		Very Positive (+76 to +100)
	Adjective	Noun	Adjective	Noun	Adjective	Noun	Adjective	Noun
Boldness	Spineless	Craven	Cowardly	Coward	Bold	Gambler	Fearless	Adventurer
Compassion	Evil	Villain	Callous	Brute	Compassionate	Altruist	Gracious	Empath
Greed	Content	Lackey	Content	Follower	Covetous	Grasper	Rapacious	Ravener
Honor	Treacherous	Blackguard	Dishonorable	Knave	Honorable	Gentleman / Gentlewomen	Righteous	Paragon
Rationality	Insane	Maniac	Irrational	Fool	Rational	Thinker	Analytic	Planner
Vengefulness	Magnanimous	Absolver	Forgiving	Conciliator	Resentful	Quarreler	Vindictive	Antagonist
Zeal	Godless	Atheist	Cynical	Unbeliever	Religious	Believer	Zealous	Zealot