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A character refers to any person, historical or generated, that is represented personally in the game. Every single character is an individual, living entity that will act individually and has the potential to change history. Characters can be either Noble or Lowborn and Landed or Unlanded.
- Noble characters are members of a Dynasty.
- Lowborn characters are not members of a dynasty. If they are Landed with a Republic or Theocracy title, they will remain Lowborn. If they are Landed with any other title, they will become Noble and found a Dynasty.
- Landed characters own at least one Holding.
- Unlanded characters do not own any Holding.
Age
A character is considered a child if they are below 16 years and an adult once they reach 16 years. A character can die of old age after reaching 60 years. Each starting character will have a number of Lifestyle Perks unlocked based on their age.
Domain
The Domain is the collection of all Holdings a Ruler owns personally. Each Ruler has a Domain Limit that determines from how many Holdings can they collect Taxes and Levies. Once the Domain Limit is reached, newly controlled Holdings will not provide any Taxes and Levies.
Sexual Orientation
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 |
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Heterosexual | Can only form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards characters of the opposite gender |
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Homosexual | Can only form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards characters of the same gender |
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Bisexual | Can form Lover relations with and have Attraction Opinion towards any character |
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Asexual | Cannot form Lover relations or have Attraction Opinion towards any character |
Opinion
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.
Attraction
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.
Relations
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 |
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| Friendship | Friend
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Friend
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Best Friend
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| Love | Crush
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Lover
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Soulmate
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| Conflict | Bully-Victim
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Rival
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Nemesis
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Diplomatic Range
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.
Nicknames
Nicknames are epithets gained when a character fulfills certain criteria and shown next to the character's name every time.
| Ninkname | Requirement |
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| 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) | ||||
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| 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 |