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選擇不同的開始日期和角色對遊戲難度和目標具有深遠影響。
這個頁面列舉了一些有趣的角色 ，並將指出這些角色為什麼具有挑戰性、有趣或簡單。一些金色名字角色在每周挑戰 (GOTW)[1]登場了。這通常表明這些角色有梗。
在十字軍之王2中，你可以駕馭任何一個歷史人物，並將他導向任意一種的與歷史不同的結局。
特色統治者
一些統治者被Paradox本身標記為特別有趣的角色。這些統治者在遊戲主介面中被一段關於他們目的或特質的特定描述突出表示，最終會在一段時間之後被值得注意的另一個角色所替代。
從最早一位被推薦的角色到最近的一位分別為:
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于格 德 呂西尼昂(Hugues de Lusignan), 呂西尼昂伯爵 | 1066 | 作為呂西尼昂的惡魔加入十字軍！[2] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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約翰「瞎子」(Johann 'the Blind'), 波希米亞國王 | 1337 | 成為波希米亞的盲勇士！[3] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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阿爾瓦 薩利赫(Arwa Sulayhid), 葉門蘇丹娜 | 1074 | 在她的一生中發現真主的旨意！[4] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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立陶宛的明道加斯(Mindaugas of Lithuania), 立陶宛大酋長 | 1236 | 解開這位王者的奧秘！[5] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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查理 德 安茹(Charles de Anjou), 匈牙利國王 | 1307 | 為匈牙利王國帶來繁榮！[6] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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阿斯圖里亞斯的馬烏雷加托(Mauregatus of Asturias), 阿斯托加伯爵 | 769 | 如歷史上一般奪取王位並守住它，避免落入其他貴族之手！[7] | 無 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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博埃蒙 德 歐特維爾(Bohemond d'Hauteville), 安條克親王 | 1098 | 機會如同秋雨般落到了這位統治者身上！[8] |
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佩德羅尼拉 希梅納(Petronilla Jimena), 阿拉貢女王 | 1157 | 年輕的統治者，希梅納王朝最後的希望，她能延續王朝嗎？[9] |
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偉大者利韋林(Llywelyn the Great), 圭內斯國王 | 1195 | 建立一個獨立的威爾斯王國並在未來繼續掌控她！[10] |
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塔瑪麗(Tamari), 喬治亞女王 | 1184 | 重建喬治亞王國的黃金時代！[11] |
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努諾(Nuno), 波爾圖公爵 | 1066 | 成為一位國王……只要不要中道崩殂！[12] |
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米哈伊洛(Mihajlo), 塞爾維亞國王 | 1066 | 團結他的國家，成為斯拉夫人真正的國王！[13] |
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王道征途
在2019年10月20日, 作為3.3 修補程式的一部分 ,以之前的"特色挑戰者"項目為基礎開放王道征途這一機制。
每隔兩周更新新的挑戰，但之前的挑戰仍可以進行（點擊主菜單右上角處箭頭即可打開挑戰菜單特色統治者，點擊挑戰菜單頂部（即寫有特色挑戰者處）的左右箭頭可來回切換挑戰）。
挑戰必須在銅人模式 
或鐵人模式 
下進行。銅人模式在很大程度上與鐵人模式相似，前者提供了自由存讀取檔的功能，但無法完成成就。
完成這些挑戰後，玩家可以在王國風雲3[14]中解鎖下列飾品:
巫師胡, 10 獎勵點數 精研神秘，無閒剃鬚
侍童頭, 20 獎勵點數 全宇宙最強髮型
長兜帽, 30 獎勵點數 中世紀最時尚的帽子
小丑帽, 40 獎勵點數 為了最大程度笑料的完美設計
錐形的埃寧帽, 55 獎勵點數 適合公主的帽子- 中世紀鯔魚頭, 70 獎勵點數 這種髮型永遠不會過時
染坊主, 90 獎勵點數 這個時代最多彩的頭髮- 聖女貞德, 110 獎勵點數 周圍最熱門的髮型
大多數挑戰擁有三個等級：銅獎、銀獎、金獎。每一級都會提供2點獎勵點數。
按照挑戰推出的順序排列:
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孔南Ⅱ (Konan II de Rennes)，布列塔尼小型國王 | 1066 | 布列塔尼公爵孔南 II正如履薄冰地的統治著這片土地。 他自幼喪父時就經受著家族內外對他統治的考驗。 他的叔叔曾圖謀篡位，不過陰謀很快就被粉碎。 在他即位後， 征服者威廉又成為了他最大的威脅。 在1066年入侵安茹戰爭時，孔南 II被懷疑是誤食了手套上殘留的毒藥而死。[15] |
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利韋林「偉大者」(Llywelyn the Great), 圭內思小型國王 | 1195 | 利韋林 阿普約爾韋斯，通過與英格蘭王、威爾斯親王的的戰爭和外交行動使得威爾斯得以統一。通過他對威爾斯邊境領主們的遠交近攻，威爾斯一直享受著和平與繁榮，直到1240年他去世為止。[16] |
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薩阿德-莫迪凱 (Saad Mordechai), 道剌大酋長(巴格達大酋長) | 1289 | 薩阿德·道拉一生致力於巴格達猶太人的和平與繁榮。作為一名醫生，他聲名顯赫，知識淵博，抓住機遇用食療治好了大汗阿魯渾，並以此與大汗建立了一段值得信賴的友誼。大汗允許薩阿德為猶太人提供了避難所。薩阿德位高權重，與阿魯渾關係密切，成了一些蒙古人和穆斯林的眼中釘，肉中刺。畢竟蒙古官員想要繼續貪污腐敗，而穆斯林可不喜歡被一個猶太人踩在腳下。 |
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君士坦丁Ⅱ (Konstantinos II), 薩摩斯將軍 | 1108 | 君士坦丁·安傑洛斯玉樹臨風，勇冠三軍。他出身於小貴族家庭。君士坦丁與皇帝阿萊克修斯一世的女兒狄奧多拉·科穆寧結婚，並被授予塞巴托海塔托斯（sebastohypertatos）頭銜（拜占庭的尊貴頭銜）。他的後人開創了安傑洛斯王朝。安傑洛斯王朝在1185-1204年災難性地統治拜占庭帝國，帝國因此癱瘓，最終土崩瓦解。 |
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路易Ⅱ「結巴」(Louis II the Stammerer), 阿基坦國王 | 867 | 阿基坦的路易II因為身體虛弱而得名和聞名於世。父親去世後，路易II繼承了王位，兩次加冕西法蘭克王國國王（第二次是由教皇約翰八世加冕）。後來他的三個兒子相繼得到了西法蘭克的王位，其中幼子被稱為查理III（蠢貨查理），以率直著稱。 |
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莎賈爾 杜爾（Shajar al-Durr）, 埃及女王 | 1250 | 埃及女王莎賈爾 杜爾是穆斯林歷史上第二位女君主，她的統治時間很短。她是馬穆魯克蘇丹國（1250–1517）的開國君主。因參與謀殺蘇丹艾巴克而被捕，後被曼蘇爾·阿里的女傭毆打致死，將是她統治時期的殘酷結局。 |
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帕瓦奧 I (Paul (Pavao) I Šubić)（波士尼亞文—帕瓦奧Pavao對應英文—保羅Paul）, 克羅埃西亞公爵 | 1278 | 克羅埃西亞公爵帕瓦奧，是望族蘇比克最出色的成員。帕瓦奧征服了波士尼亞，自立為波士尼亞之主。此外他還統治著克羅埃西亞全境、達爾馬提亞全境和塞爾維亞的部分領土。他與威尼斯握手言和。他採取政治行動，幫助查理一世加冕匈牙利國王。 |
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阿爾瓦•薩利赫, 葉門蘇丹娜 | 1074 | 阿爾瓦•薩利赫，薩利赫蘇丹國的蘇丹娜，被稱為高貴的女士，是第一個被授予先知頭銜的女性——她的一生簡直是真主意志的化身。阿爾瓦統治葉門68年，改善經濟，修建學校和清真寺。 |
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無情者哈拉爾三世(Harald IV Hårdråde), 挪威國王 | 1066 | 挪威國王無情者哈拉爾戎馬一生，征戰四方。1030年，15歲的他首次出戰，參加了兄長發起的斯蒂克爾斯塔德戰役。戰敗後哈拉爾流亡到基輔羅斯，成為智者雅羅斯拉夫一世的衛隊長。後來，他又來到拜占庭帝國，擔任瓦蘭吉亞人衛隊的指揮官。哈拉爾晚年索取英格蘭王位，卻在斯坦福橋戰役中殞命，標誌著維京時代的終結。 |
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海屯姆, 亞美尼亞國王 | 1226 | 通過與亞美尼亞女王扎貝爾的聯姻，在1226年加冕為亞美尼亞國王。他建立了最後一個亞美尼亞本土王朝——海屯王朝。在強大的蒙古帝國迅雷不及掩耳盜鈴之勢擴張之時，海屯姆因不遠萬里派人向蒙古大汗送禮示好而出名 |
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庫林 庫里尼奇(Ban Kulin), 波士尼亞公爵 | 1173 | 庫林促成波士尼亞獨立，並帶領波士尼亞走向和平與繁榮。他經常被視為波士尼亞的英雄。庫林的統治非常不簡單，他不得不經常在匈牙利、塞爾維亞和教皇的力量之間尋求政治平衡。 |
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耶律洪基/遼洪基（Liao Hongji）, 大遼可汗 | 1066 | 腐敗會摧毀大遼帝國。然而眾所周知，道宗皇帝卻對此無動於衷。皇后蕭觀音上《諫獵疏》勸諫他停止腐敗，被他斷然否決。耶律洪基身為大遼可汗，卻不知自重。他任由大臣愚弄，聽信讒言。確信皇后寫了私通情詩《十香詞》後，他將皇后賜死。之後他又聽信耶律乙辛的誣告，處死了皇太子和其他官員。後來耶律洪基意識到自己的錯誤，但遼國的腐敗已是病入膏肓。 |
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巴薩拉布一世(Basarab I), 瓦拉幾亞之王 | 1310 | 1325年，巴薩拉布一世不再效忠匈牙利國王，成為瓦拉幾亞王國的第一個獨立統治者。他在1310年建立了巴薩拉布家族，後來家族中的男性成員包括穿刺者弗拉德三世（德古拉伯爵原型）。 |
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基督教封建領主
天主教
亞該亞公國
- 瑪蒂爾德 德 阿韋訥(Matilda d'Avesnes)，亞該亞女親王（遊戲中為女公爵），1316.8.2：她只有23歲，但在你開始遊戲的時候，她已經兩次喪偶。有趣的事實在於：她來自弗蘭德斯。
安納托利亞王國（包括其下獨立的諸公國）
- 羅素 德 巴約勒(Roussel de Bailleul)，哈爾希安公爵，1071.8.26：一位服務於拜占庭軍隊的諾曼傭兵隊長，在曼齊刻爾特之戰的災難後於安納托利亞建立了一個短命的獨立公國。試著去創造一個獨立而持續的天主教安納托利亞王國來改寫歷史吧。
安條克公國
- 雷諾 德 沙蒂永(Reynald de Châtillon)，安條克公爵，1153-1160：在歷史上，他是個為領地而結婚、為錢財拷打主教、為利益破壞和約的機會主義者。他是穆斯林和十字軍國家之間和平共處的主要絆腳石之一。在哈丁戰役中被俘獲後，雷諾因他的「惡毒罪行與背信棄義」而遭到斥責，並被薩拉丁親自斬首。在遊戲裡，雷諾處於困境之中。雷諾是個外交屬性為零點、七宗罪中有四宗的優秀戰術家（除此之外還有奸詐屬性！）。他控制了安條克公國三塊伯爵領中的兩塊，第三塊則歸可怕的阿薩辛派掌管。雷諾從未向拜占庭人宣誓效忠，他也被證明是耶路撒冷的一個不安分的附庸。但若你不向某人宣誓效忠，那就等著被聖戰至滅亡吧。
阿基坦王國
- 路易二世「結巴」 加洛林(Louis II 'the Stammerer' Karling)，阿基坦國王，867：你開局被北邊的西法蘭克、東邊的洛塔林吉亞、東南的義大利、就在南邊山對面的穆斯林以及西南邊需要幫助的阿斯圖里亞斯所環繞。好像這還不夠糟糕似的、你的公爵們並不是你的支持者，而且你在有兩個兒子的同時採用均分繼承法。僅僅是安定內部且保持獨立就將十分困難，但你也可以繼承西法蘭克王國並最終統一法蘭西。在那之後你將會專注於何種目標？驅逐摩爾人？嘗試溯源地超越拿破崙？誰知道呢？
阿拉貢王國
- 豪梅 德 巴塞隆納(Jaume de Barcelona)，征服者，阿拉貢國王兼巴塞隆納伯爵，1213.9.14-1276：阿拉貢國王佩雷二世的獨子。在他的父親死於抵抗天主教針對清潔派十字軍對奧克地區的進攻後，他年幼便繼承了一個剛剛失去了主要政治勢力範圍的王國。在1212年基督教派於納瓦斯 德 托洛薩取得勝利後，豪梅被迫將注意力集中在一個可實現但曾經沒有過的目標上。60多年的執政期間，他和匈牙利的薇奧蘭特結婚，征服瓦倫西亞王國和馬略卡王國（遊戲中是公國），結束了阿拉貢王國的征服，允許他的繼承人們將勢力範圍擴展到地中海西部的其他地區，主要是西西里、那不勒斯和撒丁，也包括希臘。
- 桑喬一世 希梅納(Sancho I Jimena)，阿拉貢國王，1066.9.15：庇里牛斯山的一個省份的王國，你對伊比利亞半島東部所擁有的廣泛法理宣稱提供了擴展的極好機會，而且不會捅了南邊安達盧西亞穆斯林的馬蜂窩。不過，你必須小心選擇你的戰鬥；鄰近的薩拉戈薩埃米爾國和巴塞隆納公國都比你強大，但希梅納王國也在看著你的後背。如果你能占領半島，整個世界都是你的。
- 阿方索二世 德 巴塞隆納(Alfonso II de Barcelona)，阿拉貢國王，1174.10.16：最終，內鬥爭吵的希梅納家族被遏制到了納瓦拉剩餘地區內，但他們的遺產繼續毒害著伊比利亞天主教的團結。葡萄牙，卡斯蒂利亞和阿拉貢甚至分別對抗統一的穆瓦希德哈里發國（遊戲中是蘇丹國）。巴塞隆納家族被強大勢力環繞且朋友寥寥。但你是吟遊詩人阿方索。如此華麗的名字需要領地來相配。也許貢德爾也應該對阿拉貢效忠……
- 阿拉貢的佩德羅尼拉女王(Queen Petronila of Aragon)，阿拉貢女王，1157.8.16：她是希梅納家族在阿拉貢的最後一位統治者，24歲且已婚（和巴塞隆納伯爵），在這個開局有一個新生兒。殺死丈夫或者離婚後，入贅再婚，改變你的繼承法（為選舉或幼子繼承法）。
阿爾萊斯王國
- King Rudolf of Arles, 936 作為原來上勃艮第的國王，他將勃艮第的兩部分合起來形成了新的阿爾萊斯王國。在西邊的義大利人，由industrious Hugues of the Bosonid dynasty 率領，形成了對阿爾萊斯的首都和周邊地區的威脅。不僅如此魯道夫也處於一個合適結盟的位置，儘管他的王國太小了，以至於很容易被其他大國拋棄.
巴塞隆納公國
- 埃爾蒙古 德 烏爾赫爾(Ermengol d'Urgell)，烏爾赫爾伯爵，1066.9.15：從西班牙最安全的地方發動收復失地運動——但要謹防針對你的傑哈德。確保在最糟的情況發生前，要有足夠的力量去應對。
- 威爾弗雷多 德 巴塞隆納(Wifredo de Barcelona)，巴塞隆納公爵，878.1.1：The founder of the House of Barcelona, son of Sunifred, (earlier Count of Barcelona, Urgell, Cerdanya Girona, Osona, Besalú, etc.) he starts as a Baron in Urgell under Duke Bernard Gellones of Barcelona, so you'll have to land him and reload as him. While he's been reduced to a barony, Wifredo has a strong claim on the Duchy of Barcelona, courtesy of his father. He was historically granted the County of Barcelona (the Duchy, in-game) after siding with Charles and his son Louis against a faction of noble rebels, among them the previous Count of Barcelona, Bernard of Gothia (Bernard Gellones in-game). He's the founding father of the independent Catalan counties and maybe the main hero in Catalan medieval folklore. A legend tells that the Arms of the House of Barcelona (which became the Catalan national flag) were created by Emperor Louis, who gave him a golden shield and blotted it with the blood of his wounded vassal. A hard game if you wish to follow in his footsteps and take over the Catalan counties, as you have a quite powerful Frankish liege and the Carolingian mess can be less tumultuous than in real life.
- Wifredo，巴塞隆納家族的創始人，Sunifred的兒子，早期曾擔任巴塞隆納、烏雷吉、塞爾達尼亞-吉羅納、奧索納、貝薩盧等的伯爵。他最初在烏雷吉擔任男爵，受巴塞隆納的伯納德·傑洛尼爾斯公爵統治，因此您需要讓他登陸並重新加載為他的角色。儘管他被降為男爵，但Wifredo對巴塞隆納公國擁有強大的主張，這要歸功於他的父親。在歷史上，他被查理及其子路易授予巴塞隆納伯國（遊戲中的公國），因為他支持查理和路易對抗一群貴族叛亂分子，其中包括前巴塞隆納伯爵、哥特人伯納德（遊戲中的伯納德·傑洛尼爾斯）。他是獨立加泰隆尼亞縣的創始人，也許是加泰隆尼亞中世紀民間傳說中的主要英雄。有傳說稱，巴塞隆納家族的徽章（後來成為加泰隆尼亞的國旗）是由路易皇帝創造的，他送給Wifredo一個金盾，並用他受傷的封臣的鮮血玷污了它。如果您希望跟隨他的腳步並接管加泰隆尼亞縣，這將是一場艱難的遊戲，因為您有一個相當強大的法蘭克封臣，而加洛林王朝的混亂可能比現實中還要動盪。
- 拉蒙-貝倫格爾三世(Ramon Berenguer III)，巴塞隆納與普羅旺斯伯爵，1113：Through his marriage with Dolça of Provence, Ramon Berenguer III The Great rules not only as Count of Barcelona (Duchy in-game), but also as Count of Provence (Duchy in-game) and his already born son Ramon Berenguer will inherit the County of Gevaudan, making him one of the most powerful Christian lords in the Western Mediterranean. Historically, despite him reconquering Tarragona permanently and Mallorca temporally, his main political focus was centered in the Occitan lands, policies that were continued by his descendants until 1213 with the death at Muret of King Pere of Aragon during the Cathar crusade. Upon his death, he gave Barcelona to his firstborn son Ramon Berenguer IV the Saint (father of King Alfons of Aragon) and Provence to his second son Berenguer Ramon, despite King Alfons reincorporating it when the county passed to Berenguer Ramon's granddaughter (only to give it upon his death to his brother, also called Ramon Berenguer).
- 通過與普羅旺斯的多爾薩的婚姻，拉蒙·貝倫格三世不僅統治巴塞隆納伯國（遊戲中的公國），還統治普羅旺斯伯國（遊戲中的公國），他已出生的兒子拉蒙·貝倫格將繼承蓋瓦多恩縣，使他成為地中海西部最強大的基督教領主之一。歷史上，儘管他永久地征服了塔拉戈納和馬略卡島，但他的主要政治重心集中在奧克西坦地區，他的後代繼續執行這一政策，直到1213年阿倫國王佩雷在異端十字軍中去世。他去世後，將巴塞隆納交給了他的長子拉蒙·貝倫格四世聖人（阿倫國王阿爾方斯的父親），而普羅旺斯則交給了他的次子貝倫格·拉蒙。然而，當該縣傳給貝倫格·拉蒙的孫女時，阿爾方斯重新合併了它（只是在他去世後將其交給他的兄弟，也叫拉蒙·貝倫格）。
- 埃爾門嘉妲 德 納博訥(Ermengarda de Narbonne)，納博訥女伯爵，1143-1197：她應該在她54年統治的的開始時未婚且沒有子女。她是一個很有文化的女人——尤其喜歡吟遊詩人。不幸的是，她的婚姻不幸福
布列塔尼公國
- 柯南二世 德 雷恩(Konan II de Rennes)，布列塔尼小型國王，1066.9.15：1066年，他成了王朝最後一個合法男性繼承人。柯南曾威脅道，威廉的軍隊一過英吉利海峽，他就會進攻諾曼第。年底，柯南戴上有毒的騎馬手套，倒地而亡——很可能是中了威廉的計。他的英年早逝意味著雷恩王朝的終結：他的妹妹繼承了王位。妹妹死後，王位於是落入妹夫所在家族的懷抱。因此你的首要任務是結婚生子，延續雷恩家族的男性血統。開始偽造對康沃爾、威爾斯和愛爾蘭的主權，然後開始開疆拓土。在很多方面，1066年的布列塔尼是理想的新手訓練營。柯南則是「王道征途」的中心人物。想贏得即將到來的王國風雲III的化妝品獎勵？你首先得過他這一關。
- 埃杜瓦爾 德 龐蒂耶夫爾(Edouarzh de Penthièvre)，龐蒂耶夫爾伯爵，1066：創建了德雷恩家族最年輕的分支作為一名67歲伯爵，前任布列塔尼公爵，你對它有強宣稱。如果在好運和身體健康的情況下，你可以收回公爵領，並有一個與你的領主和侄子科南二世相似的良好開端，除了你年紀比他大得多。但這個角色最有趣的是，他不僅有一個女兒，還有13個兒子（半個私生子）和6個孫子（都是合法的），所以這對於學習如何建立一個新的家庭是一個良好的開始，可以與公爵夫人甚至公主結婚以發展家族土地。
卡斯蒂利亞王國
- 貝倫格拉(Berenguela)，卡斯蒂利亞與托雷多女王，1217.6-8：This queen had an incredibly short real-life reign; she abdicated in favor of her son Ferdinand III after only two months. Make her reign longer and give Berenguela a chance to prove herself as a ruler.
- 這位女王在現實生活中的統治時間非常短暫，僅僅兩個月後，她就退位讓給了她的兒子費迪南德三世。讓她統治的時間更長一些，給貝倫格拉提供證明自己作為統治者的機會。
- 桑喬二世 希梅納(Sancho II Jimena)，卡斯蒂利亞國王，1066.9.15或1066.12.26：Why play as El Cid when you can play as his liege? Use a young Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar to command your army as you bring Iberia under your control. Your brother is not exactly on good terms with you and the usual Muslim infidels are everywhere. Can you avoid Sancho's historical fate?
- 你為什麼選擇扮演El Cid，而不是他的領主？使用年輕的羅德里格·迪亞茲·德維瓦來指揮你的軍隊，將伊比利亞置於你的控制之下。你的兄弟與你關係並不好，穆斯林異教徒無處不在。你能避免桑喬的歷史命運嗎？
- 恩里克 德 特拉斯塔馬拉(Enrique de Trastámara)，阿斯圖里亞斯 德 奧維耶多伯爵，1332.1.14：The bastard son of Alfonso XI of Castile, he holds a one province minor in the northwest of the country. Historically, he was supported by his father, but after his death, staged many revolts against his brother, Pedro the Cruel. With French and Aragonese support, he overthrew and killed his brother, and went on to become King Henry II. His family would go on to unite Castile and Aragon and lay down the basis for what would become the Kingdom of Spain. Making the move from count to king will be difficult, let alone to become Emperor of all Spain (technically King), especially with only 120 years to do it, but it's a good challenge.
- 他是卡斯蒂利亞的阿豐索十一世的私生子，在該國西北部擁有一個省份。歷史上，他得到了父親的庇護，但在父親去世後，他策劃了許多針對其兄弟佩德羅·殘忍的叛亂。在法國和阿拉貢的支持下，他推翻了並殺死了他的兄弟，後來成為亨利二世國王。他的家族繼續統一卡斯蒂利亞和阿拉貢，為後來成為西班牙王國奠定了基礎。從伯爵到國王的轉變將非常困難，更不用說成為所有西班牙的皇帝（技術上稱為國王）了，尤其是在只有120年的時間裡完成這一目標，但這是一個很好的挑戰。
克羅埃西亞王國
- 德米塔爾-茲沃尼米爾 特皮米洛維奇(Dmitar-Zvonimir Trpimirovic)，斯拉沃尼亞公爵，1066.9.15 或 克羅埃西亞國王，1081：Historically, Croatia passed to the King of Hungary after a bloody succession crisis, due to the machinations of Dmitar's widow, Ilona, who was also the King of Hungary's sister, and entered a union with Hungary that lasted until 1918. Can you prevent the extinction of House of Trpimirović and the union with Hungary (or perhaps, see Hungary and Croatia united under your house)?
- 歷史上，由於德米特里的遺孀伊洛娜（也是匈牙利國王的妹妹）的陰謀，克羅埃西亞在經歷了一場血腥的繼承危機後，被匈牙利國王所控制，並與匈牙利結成聯盟，這一聯盟一直持續到1918年。你能阻止特普里米羅維奇家族的滅絕和與匈牙利的聯盟嗎？（或者，看到你的家族統治下的匈牙利和克羅埃西亞的聯合）
- 伊洛娜(Ilona)，克羅埃西亞女王，1090-1091：Dmitar-Zvonimir's widow, an Arpad princess who starts with the King of Hungary (her brother) as an ally. This start should be somewhat easy since she has such an awesome ally and you can build her family as you wish.
- 德米特里-茲沃尼米爾的遺孀是阿爾帕德公主，她一開始與匈牙利國王（她的兄弟）結盟。由於她有如此強大的盟友，這一開局應該相對容易一些，並且你可以按照自己的意願來建設她的家族。
丹麥王國
- 斯溫二世 伊里溫(Svend II Estrid)，丹麥國王，1066.9.15-1074：在歷史上，他與哈德雷德不和且在軍事上敗多勝少，並且有20個或更多的孩子（這真令人印象深刻），而這一切都有利於達成聯盟和繼承。在開局，斯文德也有對英格蘭的宣稱。無論你是試圖重新統一北海帝國，創建卡爾馬聯盟，抑或是恢復丹納勞，你都有很多選項。你可以儘早開始波羅的海十字軍東征，並攻占異教徒的土地。你從一個小而穩定的王國開始，如果你幸運的話，神聖羅馬帝國會忽視阻止你在北方的發展，讓你有足夠的時間成為一個偉大的北方帝國。只要有合理的目標和一點點運氣，北方就是你的了！像他一樣征服英國也是一項成就。
杜克利亞公國
- 米哈伊洛一世 杜克列寧(Mihajlo I Dukljanin)，杜克利亞公爵，1066.9.15：獨立領主開局，只需要再拿下1個省就能創建塞爾維亞王國。是不是so easy？好吧，結果你發現剩下的兩個塞爾維亞王國法理省份都在東羅馬帝國。一個屬於你第9個兒子(沒錯哦，第9個)，另一個屬於未來的皇帝麥可七世——你可不想得罪他。你能建立塞爾維亞王國繼而統一斯拉夫人王國嗎？
埃德薩公國
- 鮑德溫二世 德 勒泰勒(Baudouin II de Rethel)，埃德薩公爵，1100：Just south of Rum, Edessa formed in 1098 as an independent French Catholic Duchy, surrounded almost completely by Muslim neighbors. The preferred start is 1100 as in 1098 you start as an insignificant member of an established house, while in the 1100 start you get to play as Baudouin, a successful Crusader who inherited Edessa. Historically he ended up as the King of Jerusalem, through unknown relations to King Baudouin I, he surpassed the other claimants and obtained the throne. Install Baudouin II as the King of Jerusalem or simply trying to stay alive as Edessa, your choice. Quite a challenging start probably requires swearing fealty to Jerusalem or the ERE.
- 在魯姆的南邊，埃德薩於1098年作為一個獨立的法國天主教公國成立，幾乎完全被穆斯林鄰國所包圍。推薦的開局時間是1100年，因為在1098年你開始時只是一個普通家族的微不足道的成員，而在1100年的開局中，你將扮演布永的鮑德溫，一個繼承了埃德薩的成功十字軍。歷史上，他最終成為了耶路撒冷國王，通過與布永的鮑德溫一世國王的不明關係，他超越了其他競爭者並獲得了王位。安裝布永的鮑德溫二世為耶路撒冷國王，或者只是努力在埃德薩生存下去，由你選擇。這個開局相當具有挑戰性，可能需要向耶路撒冷或拜占庭皇帝宣誓效忠。
- 萊姆鮑德 德 阿弗蘭基(Raimbaud de Afranji)，艾因塔卜伯爵，1072：Sitting in the county of Aintab is probably one of the most challenging starts in the game. Historically, Raimbaud served Philaretos Brachamios (Vahram Varajnuni) as a mercenary captain in command of 8,000 men. He was given the castle of Afranji ("Franks" in Armenian) and proved quite loyal - he died defending Brachamios' tent during a battle. In-game, it doesn't quite pan out like that for Raimbaud - he has nowhere near 8,000 men under his command; he is a one province Frankish Catholic count, vassal to an Armenian Miaphysite and the next-door neighbour to the mighty Seljuk Turks. Good luck, you'll need it.
- 坐在安塔卜縣可能是遊戲中最具挑戰性的開局之一。歷史上，雷姆巴德曾為菲拉雷托斯·布拉查米奧斯（瓦拉姆·瓦拉·亞金努尼）擔任僱傭軍隊長，指揮著8000名士兵。他被授予阿夫蘭吉城堡（亞美尼亞語中的「弗蘭克斯」）並證明相當忠誠 - 在一場戰鬥中，他死在布拉查米奧斯的帳篷里保護著他。在遊戲中，情況並不完全像雷姆巴德那樣 - 他手下的兵力遠遠不到8000人；他是一個只有一省的弗蘭克天主教伯爵，是亞美尼亞米亞派教徒的附庸，與強大的塞爾柱土耳其人毗鄰。祝你好運，你會需要的。
英格蘭王國
- 哈羅德 戈德溫森(Harold Godwinson)，英格林國王，1066.9.26：Yes, he's at the Stamford Bridge start as usual, but with the most recent patches his odds went from underdog to David versus Goliath. Start a few days later and Hardrade is out of the war after Godwinson's victory at Stamford, leaving you a decent force to attempt to turn back the Norman tide. Even so, expect William to put up a ferocious fight and never make the mistake of fighting him on open ground - even the mighty huscarls don't fare well against the Norman knights.
- 哈羅德·戈德溫森（Harold Godwinson）是英格林國王，1066年9月26日：是的，他像往常一樣從斯坦福橋開始，但最近的修補程式導致他的勝算從劣勢變成了大衛對歌利亞。晚幾天開始，哈德拉德在斯坦福橋的勝利後退出戰爭，留下了一支不錯的部隊來試圖擊退諾曼人的浪潮。儘管如此，預計威廉將進行一場激烈的戰鬥，永遠不要犯在開闊地與他對戰的錯誤 - 即使是強大的「huscarls」也打不過諾曼騎士。【「huscarls」意思是北歐或英格蘭，貴族供養的私人武裝，或者好聽一點說是「親兵」，意義類似於是春秋戰國時期的門客（或稱食客）。他們沒有土地，但也無需務農，全靠主公（可能是國王，也可能是北歐的雅爾或英國的郡長）支付糧餉維持生計，他們受到主公的庇護，同時也保護、捍衛主公的利益。除了是專業軍人，他們也是主公帳下的政務顧問。】
- 亨利一世 德 諾曼第(Henry I de Normandie), 英格蘭國王，1100.8.3：Last of the de Normandie kings of England. Can you make sure your house doesn't shatter into pieces and honour The Conqueror's legacy? Or is the House of Normandy destined to die out like it did in reality?
- 亨利一世·德·諾曼第（Henry I de Normandie），英格蘭國王，1100年8月3日：英格蘭的德·諾曼第國王中的最後一位。你能確保你的家族不會四分五裂，並尊重征服者的遺產嗎？或者，諾曼第家族註定要像現實中一樣消亡嗎？
- 亨利二世 金雀花(Henry II Plantagenet)，英格蘭國王，1155.1.1：Start off the Plantagenet dynasty and the Angevin Empire on the right foot and see if the sons you sire end up any better than the ones Henry spawned historically. Alternatively, start as him in 1187; The Lion In Winter, CK2 style. Henry had established himself in both England and the continent but at a high personal cost. He is estranged from his wife and 2 sons and historically died 2 years after his sons rebelled. Although Richard is the Lionheart, let the old lion roar one last time in his twilight, and put his house in order before he departs.
- 亨利二世·金雀花（Henry II Plantagenet），英格蘭國王，1155年1月1日：從一開始就為金雀花王朝和安茹帝國奠定正確的基礎，看看你所生的兒子最終是否比亨利歷史上所生的兒子更好。或者，在1187年作為他開始；《冬獅》，CK2風格。亨利已經在英格蘭和歐洲大陸建立了自己的地位，但付出了巨大的個人代價。他與妻子和兩個兒子疏遠了，歷史上他死於兒子叛亂後的兩年。雖然理查被稱為獅心王，但讓這位老獅子在他離開之前最後一次咆哮，並整頓他的家。
- 愛德華三世 金雀花(Edward III Plantagenet)，英格蘭國王，百年戰爭開始：Unfortunately Edward III doesn't have the traits he should, but you do begin with a strong claim on France (via your mother) and a powerful, centralized realm. Your son and heir, the future Black Prince, is a young boy and ready to be tutored to greatness, and France will often be divided and thrown into various civil wars. Forge marriage alliances with Scotland and Brittany, wait for an opportune moment and pounce.
- 愛德華三世·金雀花（Edward III Plantagenet），英格蘭國王，百年戰爭開始：不幸的是，愛德華三世沒有應有的特質，但你確實從法國（通過你的母親）和強大、集權的王國開始時有強大的權利要求。你的兒子和繼承人、未來的黑太子是一個小男孩，準備好接受偉大的教育，而法國將經常分裂並陷入各種內戰。與蘇格蘭和布列塔尼建立婚姻聯盟，等待適當的時機並出擊。
- 阿爾弗雷德 威塞克斯(Alfred of Wessex)，多塞特伯爵，867 Yup, that Alfred. Used GOTW：
- Become King of England
- Remove all Norse territory and religion from the de jure kingdoms of England, Wales and Scotland
- Stay Catholic and Anglo-Saxon
- Obtain the title 'the Great' on at least one ruler
- 阿爾弗雷德·威塞克斯（Alfred of Wessex），多塞特伯爵，867年：沒錯，就是那個阿爾弗雷德。使用GOTW： 成為英格蘭國王 從英格蘭、威爾斯和蘇格蘭的王國中移除所有挪威領土和宗教 保持天主教和盎格魯-撒克遜人身份 至少在一位統治者身上獲得「偉大」的稱號
- 奧斯武夫 班堡(Oswulf of Bamburgh)，諾森布里亞伯爵, 1066：A native son of the North, you've had your fill of being lorded over by southerners, who, to add insult to injury, have held the Earldom (in-game Duchy) of Northumbria since the murder of your grandfather, Uhtred, 50 years ago. First, arrange a little "accident" for your cousin, Eadwulf, who holds lands just across the border, preferably before he has children. This should give you a foothold to restore Northumbrian rule to Lothian. Once you have Eadwulf's land, you'll need to turn your attention to the Mercian brothers (hopefully neither of them dies childless and leaves the other with both Mercia and Northumbria), from whom you will want to claim the Duchy of Northumbria and perhaps more. After that, the succession crisis in the south represents a golden opportunity, no matter which route you choose. Restore Northumbria as an independent kingdom, perhaps, and avert a millennium in London's shadow? Provide England with a new royal dynasty to stem the endless succession of pretenders from the mainland and the powerful earls who jostle for the crown through the Witenagemot? Or unite the entire island, no, the entire British Isles, for the first time, and see if you can reproduce the success of a united British Empire? Whatever you choose, surely a gruff, hardworking Northerner, if anyone, is up to the task?
- 奧斯武夫·班堡（Oswulf of Bamburgh），諾森布里亞伯爵，1066年：你是北方人，你已經受夠了被南方人統治，他們50年前謀殺你的祖父烏特雷德後，一直持有諾森布里亞的伯爵領地（遊戲中的公國）。首先，為你的堂兄弟埃德伍爾夫安排一場「意外」，他持有剛好在邊界另一邊的土地，最好在他有孩子之前。這應該給你一個立足點，讓你恢復洛西亞的諾森布里亞統治。一旦你擁有了埃德伍爾夫的土地，你就需要將注意力轉向麥西亞兄弟（希望他們都沒有孩子死去，留下另一個擁有麥西亞和諾森布里亞的人），你希望從他們那裡宣稱諾森布里亞的公國，也許還有更多。之後，南方的繼承危機代表了一個黃金機會，不管你選擇哪條路。恢復諾森布里亞作為一個獨立的王國，也許可以避免在倫敦的陰影下度過一千年？為英格蘭提供一個新的王室王朝，以阻止來自大陸的偽裝者和強大的伯爵通過議會爭奪王位？或者首次統一整個島嶼，不，整個不列顛群島，看看你是否能複製統一的不列顛帝國的成功？無論你選擇什麼，肯定是一個粗獷、勤奮的北方人，如果有人的話，能夠勝任這項任務。
- 威廉一世 德 諾曼第(William I de Normandie)，佛蘭德斯公爵，1127.2.3：As the grandson of William the Conqueror you just have been given your grandmother's land, the wealthy Duchy of Flanders. Now can you take your grandfather's land too, and become the next king of England, instead of your uncle Henry?
- 威廉一世·德·諾曼第（William I de Normandie），佛蘭德斯公爵，1127年2月3日：作為征服者威廉的孫子，你剛剛得到了你祖母的土地，富有的佛蘭德斯公國。現在，你能否奪取你祖父的土地，成為下一任英格蘭國王，而不是你的叔叔亨利？
- 卡多克 舍諾(Cadoc Cerneu)，康沃爾伯爵，1066.9.15：the last Cornish Earl of Cornwall. He's still around in 1066 (both Stamford Bridge and William the Conqueror start) but will disappear in a couple of months, like in history. Descended from the ancient Kings of Dumnonia, he starts with a wife, brother, daughter and some nephews. Apart from Ralph de Gael (Earl of Norfolk), he's the only Breton ruler left in Britain. You can't form the Duchy of Cornwall immediately, and although the King always can, he's far more likely to give it to one of his many kinsmen than you, but with luck and patience, you'll have your chance to usurp it sooner or later.
- 卡多克·舍諾（Cadoc Cerneu），康沃爾伯爵，1066年9月15日：最後的康沃爾伯爵。他在1066年（斯坦福橋戰役和征服者威廉開始）仍然在世，但幾個月後就會消失，就像歷史上一樣。他來自鄧諾尼亞古代國王的血統，一開局有妻子、兄弟、女兒和一些侄子。除了拉爾夫·德·蓋爾（諾福克伯爵），他是英國唯一的布列塔尼統治者。你不能立即形成康沃爾公國，儘管國王總是可以，但他更有可能把它給他的許多親戚，而不是你。但只要有運氣和耐心，你遲早會有機會篡奪它的。
- 威廉 馬歇爾(William Marshal)，德維得伯爵，1204劇本 或 1197後 The greatest knight who ever lived sits on an earl's throne in Wales. Bring him and his fledgeling dynasty greater glory still. Used in GOTW：
- Acquire the 'True Christian Knight' modifier (with any player character)
- Remain a vassal of the king/queen of England. Rebellion is forbidden.
- Acquire 5000 prestige with one ruler
- 威廉·馬歇爾（William Marshal），德維得伯爵，1204劇本或1197年後：有史以來最偉大的騎士坐在威爾斯的伯爵寶座上。給他和他的羽翼未豐的王朝帶來更大的榮耀。在GOTW中使用： 獲得「真正的基督教騎士」修飾符（與任何玩家角色） 仍然是英格蘭國王/女王的附庸。禁止叛亂。 與一名統治者獲得5000威望
- 西蒙 德 孟福爾(Simon de Montfort)，萊斯特伯爵，1225：Leader during the Barons' War against King Henry III, he became the de facto leader of England for a short time before his death in battle. Starting as a simple earl, making Simon's rise match that of history might be a challenge, but one worth a try.
- 西蒙·德·孟福爾（Simon de Montfort），萊斯特伯爵，1225年：在對抗亨利三世的貴族戰爭中擔任領袖，他在戰場上去世之前成為英格蘭的實際領導者。從簡單的伯爵開始，讓西蒙的崛起與歷史相匹配可能是一個挑戰，但值得一試。
- 阿蘭 德 龐蒂耶夫爾(Alan de Penthièvre)，約克伯爵，1071.1.1： This is Alan Rufus, one of the richest men in history. Sadly, his wealth is not modelled in-game, but he's still an interesting historical figure.
- 阿蘭·德·龐蒂耶夫爾（Alan de Penthièvre），約克伯爵，1071年1月1日：這是阿蘭·魯弗斯（Alan Rufus），歷史上最富有的人之一。遺憾的是，他的財富並未在遊戲中進行模型化，但他仍然是一個有趣的歷史人物。
- King Æthelstan of England, 936: As the first king of a truly collected England, Æthelstan is very much in the prime of his power. But only a year later, historically speaking, he had to fight the coalition of the Kingdoms of Dublin, Alba and Strathclyde in the Battle of Brunanburh. His victory secured the new frontiers in the north, but if he had lost? Who can say what would have happened with the Isles if that had happened?
- 英格蘭的阿瑟斯坦國王（King Æthelstan of England），936年：作為真正統一英格蘭的第一位國王，阿瑟斯坦正處於他的權力巔峰。但僅僅一年後，歷史上他不得不與都柏林王國、阿爾巴王國和斯特拉斯克萊德王國的聯盟在布倫安布爾戰役中作戰。他的勝利確保了北部的新邊界，但如果他輸了？如果發生了這種情況，誰能說出如果發生了這種情況，島嶼會發生什麼？
法蘭西王國
- 讓娜 卡佩(Jeanne Capet)，納瓦拉女伯爵，1327.1.1 - 百年戰爭劇本：An unmarried 16-year-old with a strong claim on the Duchy of Champagne and weak claims on the Kingdoms of Navarre and France, you are the second most senior living Capetian - preceded only by your uncle and liege, Charles IV. Denied the throne of France due to her sex and that of Navarre due to her mother's illicit bedchamber adventures, Jeanne's chances of inheriting either are slim. You will have to fight the Prince-Bishop of Reims for Champagne. Historically, after her uncle's death, Jeanne reclaimed Navarre, but never France itself. Play as her immediately after her uncle's death in 1328, and you'll find that she has become Queen of Navarre, and more importantly, remains unmarried. Once you start, there are several ways you can get started reclaiming France itself. One of them is a strategic marriage; several kings would gladly have you as their daughter-in-law, including your Catalan neighbour. If you start any later, you will find yourself with more of a challenge - the Kingdom of Navarre has passed to your husband, once again leaving Jeanne with only the County of Navarre, and depending on how late you start, you'll probably already have children. Whenever you start, be prepared to take advantage of the inevitable Hundred Years' War, one that could be brought on sooner by your masterful intrigue...
- Acquire the titles once held by your paternal grandmother：the Kingdom of Navarre and the Duchy of Champagne.
- Conquer all counties belonging de jure to Navarre and Champagne.
- Stay Frankish.
- Press your claim on your paternal grandfather's realm - France itself!
- 諾弗魯瓦 金雀花(Geoffrey Plantagenet)，安茹公爵，1129.1.2：Play as the founder of the Plantagenet Dynasty and try to claim England from your small duchy! You can marry Matilda, the daughter of the still-living Henry I of England. This will give any children born to you a claim on the kingdom of England. If you play your cards right, Henry will die without a male heir, leaving the kingdom to Matilda, who is your wife. This means that your children will inherit England! You may want to consider starting the game on 24 Aug. 1129, Geoffrey's 16th birthday. The widow Princess Matilda is likely to marry someone else before you have a chance if you start the game months too early. Being a bastard is not an issue as far as marrying a widow princess is concerned.
- 瑪麗 德 布盧瓦(Marie de Blois)，布洛涅女伯爵，1160：At first glance, the youthful Marie seems like a minor French noblewoman. No, wait, she is Norman... and a princess! The Anarchy has ended leaving Marie's brothers dispossessed of their father Stephen's English crown, and her brothers have since both died childless. Marie is thus left with her father's county of Mortain, her mother's county of Boulogne, and a weak claim on England. She is 24 and childless but married to the son and heir of her liege, the Duke of Flanders, so arranging a quick end to the marriage is necessary. With Marie's second cousin Henry controlling all of England, a large part of France and most of Aquitaine, claiming your heritage will be very challenging. Very.
- 腓力一世 卡佩(Philippe I Capet)（小卡佩），法蘭西國王，1066：你年僅14歲，有兩個兄弟姐妹，以及一群比你強大的封臣。諾曼第公爵威廉手握1w重（huoxing）兵，正在發動一場奪取英格蘭王位的戰爭。你的叔叔勃艮第公爵攥著國王宣稱。你的直屬封臣蘭斯主教在香檳公爵的法理內。阿基坦公爵兼土魯斯公爵擁兵自重。佛蘭德斯公爵想要獨立，並且有一個神羅法理內的封臣。你能重現歷史，克服一切困難生存下來並讓你的家族繁榮嗎？
- 讓一世 卡佩(Jean I Capet)，法蘭西國王，1316.11.15：Your dynasty is almost as weak as in 1066, but you don't have giga-vassals. However, you are surrounded by Castille, Aragon and the HRE. If you die and your uncle doesn't manage to have children, you have the Hundred Years' War. If not... there are only a few English counties left in southern France and you could have Brittany and Savoy easily. Sadly, the regency preceding his rule has been replaced by him living longer, so by beginning at the above date, you are not a posthumous newborn.
- 吉揚八世 德 普瓦圖(Guilhem VIII de Poitou)，阿基坦公爵，1066.9.15：1066年，阿基坦公爵是法王之下最強大的公爵之一。如果你能成功對年輕的菲利普國王（King Philippe）發起戰役，並將你的領地從封臣關係中解放出來，阿基坦有望提升為一個強大的王國。在此基礎上，通過與法國展開一系列新的戰爭，奪回富饒的土魯斯公國（Duchy of Toulouse），以及重新征服曾屬於阿基坦的巴塞隆納公國（Duchy of Barcelona），你將踏上成為歐洲最強大國之一的征途。
- 吉揚九世 德 普瓦圖(Guilhem IX de Poitou)，阿基坦公爵，1086.9.25：你曾扮演過偉大的征服者，從無到有創下偉業……那麼，為什麼不嘗試轉向文化成就呢？阿基坦公爵紀堯姆九世（Duke Guilhem IX of Aquitaine），儘管在歷史上有一定的重要性，卻因另一個身份更為人所知——他是有記載的首位吟遊詩人。他留下了幾首關於愛情、性與封建政治的大膽的奧克語詩歌，有些至今仍讓人捧腹大笑。
此外，他以風流成性而聞名，曾積極參與法國境內的權力鬥爭，試圖奪取其他公國，同時他時而支持、時而挑戰天主教會。更引人注目的是，他曾參加1101年的十字軍東征，儘管最終並未成功。他還是阿基坦的埃莉諾（Eleanor of Aquitaine）的祖父。據史書記載，他拒絕殺死一位敵對主教，並幽默地說道：「我還沒愛你到想送你上天堂的地步！」 除此之外還能說些什麼呢？他作為一位強大的公爵的起點並不算艱難，而你可以將這位風流的詩人公爵的歷史書寫推向任意方向。或許，這一次可以試著對他的妻子好一些，而不是像他那樣令人詬病。
- 厄德二世 德 勃艮第(Eudes II de Bourgogne)，勃艮第公爵，1153：阿基坦的埃莉諾曾是法國國王路易七世的王后，但她的再婚卻讓英王繼承了整個阿基坦，使英格蘭掌控了法國四分之一的領土。如今，法國名義上的半壁江山落入金雀花家族之手，而他們的目光更貪婪地投向了土魯斯。
作為路易七世這位仁慈但能力平平的君主的忠誠封臣，你的任務是守護法國剩餘的疆域，並收復那些理應屬於卡佩王室的土地！當然，當法國的王冠與領土重新穩固之後，你完全可以不再充當（或不再假裝）忠實的僕人，將王冠戴在自己頭上！
- 鮑德韋因五世(Boudewijn V)，佛蘭德斯公爵，1066.9.15：The wealthiest provinces of France with the option to go HRE whenever you wish, one or two counties away from forming Frisia, and some fine relatives to boot.
- 吉揚四世 德 土魯斯(Guilhelm IV de Toulouse)，土魯斯公爵，1066.9.15：A very interesting character that allows for very plausible switches into alternate history. Historically, the counts of Toulouse and the kings of Aragon were very close until the rise of the Montforts and the Albigensian crusade, when Simon de Montfort defeated the combined forces of Aragon and Toulouse at the battle of Muret. With a closely linked Aragon and Toulouse, you could potentially become the king of Aragon, and end up with a disunited Spain. There could be a Hispanic Portugal and Castile in the far west, and an Occitan Aragon that spreads along the Mediterranean coast from Provence in the east to Murcia in the west, and stretches from Sicily in the south to Gap or even Vienne in the north.
- 雷蒙德五世 德 土魯斯(Raimond V de Toulouse)，土魯斯公爵，1094.1.1：With the Cathar heresy at its zenith, you can choose to crush it, or join it.
- 厄德 卡佩(Eudes Capet)，沙特爾伯爵，867
- 埃貝爾 加洛林(Herbert Karling)，韋芒杜瓦伯爵，1066.9.15：the last living descendant of Charlemagne and a count near Paris. Used in GOTW：
- Reclaim the Holy Roman Empire or Francia, with respective De Jure territory based on the title you claim
- Put at least 3 Karlings on the throne of the Papacy
- Win 2 Papacy-Called Crusades
- Have the following combination of traits on at least one of your rulers：
- Genius, Quick, or Strong
- Brilliant Strategist or Skilled Tactician
- Crusader
- Defender, Unyielding, Organizer, or Experimental Leader
- 3 of the following：Chaste, Temperate, Charitable, Diligent, Patient, Kind, Humble
- 1 or none of the following：Lustful, Gluttonous, Greedy, Slothful, Wroth, Envious, Proud
- Just, Honest, Brave, or Gregarious
- No stat beneath 8
- 于格 德 韋芒杜瓦(Hugues de Vermandois)，韋芒杜瓦伯爵，1085.4.1：If the last direct male descendant of Charlemagne doesn't appeal to you, play as the husband of his sister and successor, Adèle. A son of the deceased King Henri of France, Hughes is the founder of the Capetian cadet branch of the House of Vermandois, which puts you in a very interesting position; you may be a mere count in northern France but you are the younger brother of the king, Philippe Capet. This, of course, grants you a strong claim on the kingship. With the Normans downstream from Paris, the Duke of Aquitaine controlling half the kingdom, and the house of Burgundy plotting to usurp the throne, will you stand by your Capetian brethren or aid their enemies and put a new dynasty on the throne of France?
- 阿黛勒(Adelaide/Adele)，韋芒杜瓦女伯爵，1080：She may look innocuous, but she happens to be the last surviving Karling. She's married to the heir to France and has a newborn daughter, so this is a difficult start. Restore the Karlings the hard way!
- 埃莉諾 德 普瓦圖(Eleanor de Poitou)，1140s-1173：Yes, that Eleanor (aka Aliaenor), a masterful political manipulator. You can play her as a minor countess (of Poitiers and Saintonge; you can do this starting in the 1140s). You can also start as her second husband, Henry II of England, in 1155 - give her the Duchy of Aquitaine (which she should have from age 13/15, but doesn't), then reload the world and switch to her. Make sure you annul her regular marriage as soon as you can so your game doesn't end when she dies.
- 查理 卡佩(Charles Capet)，拉馬什與呂西尼昂伯爵，1314.12：Starting in the very first days of Louis X's reign, play as the youngest son of the glorious Philip IV, the Fair, and see how far you can reach. France? Navarre? Aquitaine(Louis will create this title as soon as he can)? Or just the timid county of Artois, which will be passed to your unfaithful wife at the death of the old Mahaut d'Artois? Can you repeat history, becoming Charles IV, or contradict it, keeping the Capets on the throne?
- 紀堯姆(Guillaume)，土魯斯公爵，769：You start as an 18-year-old duke of one of the best de jure duchies in the game, vassal to Karloman, King of Middle Francia. And your dynasty is named the Nibelunging, with three rings for your CoA (like the legendary Ring of the Nibelung). Your father is the Duke of Burgundy, and he is a very powerful man. When he dies you have a claim on the Duchy.
- King Louis IV of West Francia, 936: Louis is among the last kings of the Karling dynasty. He was followed by Lothair, his eldest son, and later his grandson Louis V, which ended up as the final monarch of the dynasty. In our bookmark, King Louis is 15 years old and has recently returned from England to rule his homeland. Under his rule is the strongman Hugues the Great of the Capet dynasty, as well as unruly Occitans in the south and the newly settled Normans to the north. If he can only quell his vassals and their bids for power, West Francia is a strong base for the future of the dynasty.
加利西亞王國
- 努諾二世 基馬良尼斯(Nuno II Vimaranes)，波圖斯卡萊公爵，1066.9.15：抵禦來自南方的聖戰和吉哈德大聖戰，完成收復失地運動，建立葡萄牙王國。以下為每周挑戰項目：
- 保持葡萄牙文化。
- 在某種程度上保持基督徒的身份。允許皈依東正教或異端。
- 建立葡萄牙王國，擁有所有法理領土。
- 將加利西亞王國、萊昂王國和安達盧西亞王國的法理領土併入你的帝國。沒有取得這三個王國的頭銜亦可。
- 把一個王朝成員（除了你自己）扶上三個其他王國的王座。這些王國中至少有一個與地中海接壤。
加洛韋伯爵領
- 弗格斯 加洛韋(Fergus of Galloway)，加洛韋伯爵，1100：你從一個蘇格蘭半島開始遊戲，它的兩側是一個強大的蘇格蘭和幾乎統一的英格蘭。在只有兩個伯爵領的情況下，作為一個兒童，沒有家庭或封臣，只依賴一個有巨大的陰謀的，想要繼承你的土地的，非親非故的攝政王，這真的是一個挑戰。不被吞併到蘇格蘭，甚至在被吞併之後保留一個在其中的頭銜，都是一件難事。遊戲的難度或許難於登天，但蘇格蘭相對不穩定的局勢可能會給你一個奪取權力的小窗口。
神聖羅馬帝國
- 艾美塞德 德 那慕爾(Ermesinde de Namur)，盧森堡女伯爵，1197-1247：The last of her dynasty (at least in-game), Ermesinde was 10 in 1197 when she began her rule as Countess of Luxembourg. She tried twice to press her claim on Namur, but failed both times; this claim is absent in the game, however. It also appears that her husband and ally might not be in the game either, so you can have her marry far above her social station and try to conquer some of the surrounding areas - if not more.
- 弗里德里希二世 馮 霍亨施陶芬(Friedrich II von Hohenstaufen)，神聖羅馬帝國凱撒，1212.7.5-1250.12.12：One of the most ambitious and powerful of the Holy Roman Emperors, Friedrich best embodies the average CK2 player's drive to rule the world. He represented the pinnacle of House Hohenstaufen and had plots in nearly every corner of the world. He attempted to claim Jerusalem by marriage (and is married to the Queen of Jerusalem in the 1220s), warred against the pope, and very nearly turned the HRE into a proper nation-state.
- 理查 金雀花(Richard of Cornwall)，神聖羅馬帝國凱撒，1256.1.28-1272.4.2：He is King (in-game Kaiser) of the Holy Roman Empire. And English...and a Plantagenet! A very special experience and starting point. He is emperor between 28 January 1256 and 2 April 1272.
- 約翰 德 盧森堡(Johann de Luxembourg)，波希米亞國王，1310 ——註：即盲人約翰（雖然他雙目失明是從1337年開始。）
- 奧托二世 馮 諾德海姆(Otto II von Nordheim)，巴伐利亞公爵，直到1070：create the Kingdom of Bavaria and take over eastern Europe.
- 韋爾夫一世 韋爾夫(Welf I Welf)，巴伐利亞公爵，1070.1.1 和 1079：the bastard son of Duke Alberto II Azzo d'Este of Lombardy, can you resurrect the old and powerful House of Welf (Guelph)? It's a fun game being an illegitimate bastard with a wife that has a claim on neighbouring Swabia. If you can pacify the Bavarian Lords and consolidate, you could potentially become the most powerful man in the Holy Roman Empire. Not to mention the weak claim you will receive when the old man Alberto Azzo II dies, and the impending succession crisis in Lombardy which means you can seize your moment and swallow Milan as well. Bringing glory back to the Welfs should be a fun undertaking.
- 弗拉迪斯拉夫二世 普熱米斯爾(Vratislav II Premyslid)，波希米亞公爵，1066.9.15：You have a better inheritance law than the other HRE dukes (Seniority's not as good as Elective, but it beats Gavelkind hands down), the County of Prague has more space for upgrade than most places, and you start the game with everything you need (except the gold and piety, obviously) to create the Duchy of Moravia and then the Kingdom of Bohemia. Also, with a little ruthlessness, you can connive for your son Bretislav to inherit the throne (and royal demesne!) of the Kingdom of Hungary; even if he doesn't hold on to the kingdom he has a decent chance of holding on to the duchies. Be warned that if you don't want to adopt German culture you may well need to make more use of the "spawn random aristocrat" buttons than might otherwise be the case.
- 洛塔爾-烏多二世 烏道能(Lothar-Udo II Udonen)，布蘭登堡公爵，1066.9.15：You know the drill, obtain the black eagle and start rolling.
- 皮埃爾 德 薩伏依(Pierre de Savoie)，薩伏伊公爵，1066.9.15：Reclaim the old Kingdom of Burgundy, destroy the HRE from the inside and then take on France in order to gain the Duchy of Burgundy, your rightful inheritance. Used for CK2 GOTW：
- Form Burgundy with all de jure land
- Reclaim the traditional Duchy of Burgundy, in France
- Defeat French or German opponents in at least 8 wars with you as a primary participant.
- Independence from the Holy Roman Empire
- Add 3 duchies outside of de jure Burgundy to your nation, not counting the Duchy of Burgundy
- 瑪蒂爾達 德 卡諾薩(Matilda di Canossa)，托斯卡納女公爵，1066.9.15：A good grip on Italy at the beginning as the duchess of Tuscany, and a vassal of the HRE. It offers many possibilities and allows to learn the game mechanics safely within the HRE while recreating the Kingdom of Italy. Can you make Matilda the mother of an independent Italy, or will the Italian culture be obliterated by the Germans once and for all?
- 格哈德 沙特努瓦(Gerhard Chatenois)，上洛林公爵，1066.9.15：Just a duchy title away from being able to create the Kingdom of Lotharingia.
- 維爾納 馮 哈布斯堡(Werner von Habsburg)，巴塞爾伯爵，1066.9.15：rise from one county to rival the historical extent of Emperor Karl V's dominion over Europe.
- 亨德里克 雷吉納爾(Hendrik Reginar)，布拉班特伯爵，1066.9.15：Beginning under a strong duke, it will take your full attention and resources to break away from your ducal liege. Once you're done, you can work towards creating your own Dutch Kingdom within or outside of the Empire.
- 熱羅 德 日內瓦(Geraud de Geneve)，日內瓦伯爵，1066.9.15 ： The score description is almost taunting. Can you do better by ruling more than your single county, or even by sticking to one? Moreover, it is an interesting character. He could have a claim on the kingdom of Burgundy through his great-grandfather Konrad III, king of Burgundy. Indeed, when the last independent king of Burgundy, Rudolf III, died childless in 1032, the title became vacant. The Ottonian dynasty, with Henri II, should have inherited the throne, but they became extinct before the kings of Burgundy. Hence, Eudes, count of Blois and Champagne, should have inherited but was defeated by emperor Conrad II who usurped the throne as the successor of Henri II. As the house of Blois has failed and is now too busy with French affairs, maybe it is time for Geraud to step up as the last local male descendant of King Konrad and reclaim what is his and restore the Burgundian nation from within?
- 奧塔 「美男子」 普熱米斯爾(Ota 'the Handsome' Premyslid)，奧洛穆茨伯爵，1066.9.15：誰是這個貌比潘安的人? Well, it's Ota, younger brother to the starting Duke of Bohemia. Sure, you start with one province in the corner of the realm, but with some luck, good assassinations and perhaps a small war or two, you can quickly take control of the Duchy, or Kingdom, of Bohemia! Not to mention, you're handsome!
- 伊澤立諾三世 達 羅馬諾(Ezzelino III da Romano)，維羅納伯爵，1200初：Considered one of the most ruthless and cruel feudal rulers in all the Middle Ages. At the time, he was said to be the anti-Christ or the spawn of the devil. A crusade was issued against him. He once sentenced 10,000 citizens of Padua to death in a single day. He also enjoyed the mass use of torture, said to feel pleasure at the screams of people walled in alive, and he would often command kids to be blinded for his enjoyment. He was also a supporter of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the war between Guelphs and Ghibellines and married his daughter.
- Here's a quote from The Picture of Dorian Gray about him：
- "Ezzelin, whose melancholy could be cured only by the spectacle of death, and who had a passion for red blood, as other men have for red wine--the son of the Fiend, as was reported, and one who had cheated his father at dice when gambling with him for his own soul"
- That's quite a reputation. Can you match it in true Crusader Kings style? Note： he currently starts as a Lord Mayor, so you'll have to make him playable first, one way or another.
- 維爾納 薩利安(Werner Salian)Needs to be verified in case he's supposed to be Werner V，沃爾姆斯伯爵，867：Try to climb insurmountable odds and establish the Salian Dynasty as masters of the Holy Roman Empire. House Salian provided 4 Holy Roman Emperors, an immense task to be sure!
- 恩斯特 馮 巴本堡(Ernst von Babenberg)，奧地利公爵，1066：He is in a weak position with a lot of potential; you can go in any direction. Each of the four counties in your duchy is held by a different house： Bavaria has Passau, Bohemia has Znojmo, Carinthia has Steiermark, and you hold only Österreich, the capital. With one or two carefully chosen alliances, you can beat Bavaria and Carinthia, and then, with most of the duchy under your control, maybe even challenge Bohemia—or expand eastwards into Croatia. For longer-term goals, you can form Bavaria, get elected Kaiser, launch an invasion of Hungary, or take Jerusalem in a crusade.
- King Otto of Germany, 936: 在很多方面, Otto is the protagonist of the Iron Century bookmark. Having just been crowned King, Otto has quite the task ahead of himself in trying to put together the Holy Roman Empire and beat back the pagan encroaching from the east (Hungarians) and the north (Norse tribes). To the west, the vassal holding the Stem-Duchy of Lotharingia (Lorraine), Duke Giselbert, recently changed his allegiance to the young King Louis Karling of West Francia. Not to mention the tumultuous kingship of Italy, that will be needed to recreate the Holy Roman Empire.
- Duke Boleslav (the Cruel) of Bohemia, 936: The Bohemian rose to the title of Duke through the fratricide of his brother (Good King) Wenceslaus. Though his rise to power was bloody, Boleslav ruled well and was known as an efficient administrator. Early in his rule he ended the tribute to the German king Otto and ended up in conflict with the Germans for the next 15-20 years. Boleslav is a tough start, as he is surrounded by pagans in every direction, be it with the Polish rulers to the north, Hungary to the south or the Kievan Rus to the far east.
匈牙利王國
注意，在2.4對劫掠的更改中，匈牙利文化的統治者可以劫掠(只要他們還是匈牙利人)
- 彼得(Péter Orseolo)，匈牙利國王，1044-1046：為了扮演他，你將不得不修改defines.txt。你也許會問：不是還有很多其他的阿帕德國王可以直接扮演嗎？答案很簡單： 彼得不是阿帕德家的!他是Pietro Orseolo,奧多內 奧爾瑟奧羅的兒子，威尼斯的總督，作為史蒂芬一世的侄子繼承了王位。在現實中，威尼斯人彼得(彼得是威尼斯人，儘管遊戲裡他是匈牙利人)極度不受歡迎，還被推翻過一次(然而遊戲裡沒有他的第一次統治...)，多虧了向他宣誓效忠的人，以及神聖羅馬帝國的凱撒，他重登王位。最後在他的繼任者安德拉什一世的帶領下，彼得被抓獲並致盲。也許你能帶領這位反常的威尼斯人國王走向更有價值的命運？
- 沙拉蒙 阿帕德(Salamon I Árpád)，匈牙利國王，1066.9.15：就在一個半世紀以前，馬扎爾還是一個游牧部落，在亞洲的草原上向西行進，逃離更強大的鄰國。現在，匈牙利王國正準備對佩切涅格反擊，同時也有大好的機會在克羅埃西亞和波蘭以及東北部的加西利亞擴張。神羅的公主將成為你的妻子，神羅將成為你堅實的後盾，不過記得提防拜占庭帝國。歷史上的阿帕德王朝吞併了克羅埃西亞，但在之後幾乎被蒙古摧毀，在大汗死後才得以倖存。然而大汗的死並沒有讓匈牙利更好——內戰使得阿帕德王朝逐漸衰敗，最後在1301年絕嗣。你能帶領阿帕德走向更好的明天嗎？
- 亞諾什 巴托里(János Báthory)，塞凱伊弗爾德伯爵（特瓦蘭尼西亞的封臣），1337：拜賴茨克的長子，日後在匈牙利歷史上出名的巴托里家族的創始人。巴托里家族出過幾位特瓦蘭尼西亞公爵，一位波蘭國王，和「血伯爵夫人」伊莉莎白 巴托里("Blood Countess",Elizabeth Bathory)，以及幾位匈牙利的上層貴族。它的後人中也有聖喬治騎士團(龍騎士團)的團員。1337年這個家族還不太顯赫，能不能擁有更偉大的命運完全取決於你。如果你喜歡按照歷史來，用mod將可選劇本向後推的話會更有趣，因為歷史上的巴托里在奧斯曼崛起後才開始大放光彩。
- King Árpád Zoltan of Hungary, 936: Not many years has passed since the Magyars descended from the steppes and into the basin, pushing out the Bulgarians and anyone else who stood in their path. However, now they are one of the few pagans left in the area, surrounded by the Germans to the west, Bohemians to the north and the Bulgarian Empire to the south. Led by the Árpád dynasty, it is time to find their destiny, be it as the raiders and conquerors of Europe, or (as they did historically) become one of the defenders of Christianity.
冰島公國
- 司格分司(Sigfus)，西冰島伯爵，1066.9.15：面對現實吧，你所擁有的島嶼並不富裕。冰島在當時可以說土地貧瘠，這一現象因為老公爵的存在而雪上加霜。他沾沾自喜地坐在歐洲最北端的王座上，並且當世界經過他時，他心滿意足。儘管這是斯諾里時代，並且冰島幾乎完成立基督教化，古老的故事依然使年輕人心潮澎湃。儘管他能力有限，尤其是挪威也熱衷於保衛自己的土地。也許如果你從司格分司東領主手中奪取了冰島王位的控制權，你就可以重新點燃維京精神，正是它將你的人民帶到這個霧凇覆蓋的島嶼上不祥的、參差不齊的海岸。
愛爾蘭王國
- 多姆納爾 烏厄 內爾 尼吉厄拉希(Domnall Ua Neill Naoigallaich)，蒂洛辛伯爵，1066.9.15：the starting earl of Oriel is an O'Neill Naoi-Gallach, descended from the legendary High King of Ireland Niall of the Nine Hostages (and, according to recent DNA studies, the male-line ancestor of around 20% of the population of Ireland today).
- 穆爾哈德 烏厄 布里昂(Murchad Ua Briain)，慕穆（芒斯特）小型國王，1066.9.15：布賴恩波魯, 愛爾蘭最後一個至高王（註：這並不嚴謹）, 或者說, 是最後一個統治全島大部分地區超過一年的人. 聆聽他葬禮進行曲的同時, 那可以沿著你祖父的道路行進下去 並再一次統一愛爾蘭來面對英國和挪威對凱爾特人的威脅 。也許，這可能創造一個統治著英倫三島和布列塔尼的凱爾特帝國呢？
- 約翰 德 庫西(John de Courcy)，阿爾斯特伯爵，第三次十字軍開始：his capital is the castle of Carrickfergus. He tried for independence from England - going as far as putting his face on coins. The English King put him down; now all that remains of his legacy is a shopping centre in Carrickfergus. John de Courcy was an Anglo-Norman knight who arrived in Ireland in 1176. From then until his expulsion in 1204, he conquered a considerable territory, endowed religious establishments, built abbeys for both the Benedictines and the Cistercians and built strongholds at Dundrum Castle in County Down and Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim.
西部群島公國
- 古德羅德 克洛溫(Gudrod Crovan)，南島（西部群島）公爵，1066.9.15：自建王國的出現使你能夠創建一個群島王國。你能做到嗎？這些島嶼是有趣的開始，因為你是獨立的挪威人，但被凱爾特統治者和省份包圍。在你摁下暫停鍵之前宣誓效忠蘇格蘭；這將給你在愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭擴張的空間，而不必擔心被敵人欺負，否則，蘇格蘭遲早會因為擁有你的法理宣稱而攻擊你。或者說，對於那些想要更大挑戰的人，嘗試在保持獨立的同時完成所有這些。
義大利王國
- 路易二世 加洛林(Louis II Karling)，義大利國王，867：As the eldest son of Lothair of Middle Francia (himself the eldest son of Emperor Louis the Pious), Louis II is the rightful successor to the entire Frankish Empire. At the moment, however, he's only the King of Italy： none of the other crowned heads of Europe are likely to let go of their titles without a fight. As a member of the Karling dynasty, you start as heir to at least one kingdom and highly placed on the succession to a number of others, so a few discreet assassinations and well-timed claim wars can eventually make you ruler of a good chunk of Western Europe, from which you can create either the Empire of Francia or the Holy Roman Empire, depending on what route you take. Or you could focus your ambitions southward to a territory outside your family's control and eventually crown yourself Emperor of Italia.
- 蘭貝托 古伊蒂斯奇(Lambert Guideschi)，斯波萊托公爵，867：Since the fall of the Roman Empire, Italy has been ruled by a succession of barbarians from the north. Your ancestors may have been among them, but you, at least, have Italianised. You are one of the most powerful of the weak King's vassals, and you have Carolingian blood in your veins, to boot. While the King may be able to call in his powerful family if you rise against him, you can fall back on your Jewish financiers and your colleagues who are just as hostile to their foreign King, including your brother-in-law in Tuscany. Or should you wish to avoid spoiling fair Italy with bloodshed, the King has two daughters almost ready to be wed. Either way, with the right factions at the right time, the king will be toppled easily, and the Lombards to the south will make easy pickings for you. From there, you can expand at your leisure, but you should be ever mindful of the Byzantines. Perhaps you can even demonstrate that the Italian Renaissance needs no input from heretical Greeks.
卡林西亞王國
- 柳特伯特 馮 巴本堡(Liutbert von Babenberg)，弗里薩赫伯爵，867：也許有人能在500年後扭轉這個家庭的命運？
耶路撒冷王國
- 戈弗雷 德 布洛涅(Godefroy I de Bouillon)，耶路撒冷王國，1099.7.15-1100.4.1：戈弗雷是耶路撒冷王國的第一任領袖，他拒絕成為國王，因為他相信上帝是耶路撒冷王國的真正國王。然而，他可以被扮演成國王。你應該要避免他的過早死亡，並希望憑藉大量的能力和好運建立一個真正持久的王國。
- 鮑德溫四世 「麻風王」德 安茹(Baudouin IV 'the Leper' d'Anjou)，耶路撒冷王國，1177.1.2：?你剛滿16歲，但身患重疾，能生個兒子將是一個奇蹟。更糟糕的是，耶路撒冷王國被它曾經與之鬥爭過的最強大的穆斯林國家所包圍，而拜占庭帝國是唯一強大到可以成為對付薩拉丁的盟友。沒有繼承人和患有麻風病會導致你的封臣對你的反感（甚至可能導致叛亂），更不用說你不能讓你的姐妹嫁到其他家族，因為她們很可能在你之後繼承王位。在你的麻風病進入晚期之前，你要儘可能努力發展國家。在現實生活中，鮑德溫當了11年國王，活了24年。而你又能活多久？歷史上的他不僅活了如此之久，而且贏得了他的臣民和敵人薩拉丁等人的尊重：一位穆斯林說他「這個患有麻風的孩子知道如何讓他的權威受到尊重」，他的追隨者形容他保持著帝王的氣派，即使他在他死了和身形嚴重畸形之後。你能比得上這個麻瘋病人嗎？
- 耶路撒冷女王：在不同開局有五個可玩德耶路撒冷女王：梅莉桑德(Melisende)，伊莎貝爾一世(Isabella I) 和伊莎貝爾二世(Isabella II)，西比拉(Sibylla)，和瑪麗亞(Maria)。當心吉哈德！
拉丁帝國
- 鮑德溫一世 范 佛蘭德斯(Baudouin I van Vlaanderen)，拉丁帝國皇帝，1205：A pious Catholic given an imperial title, you lord over a land of Orthodox Greeks who are, most likely, none too pleased by your rule, not to mention the Nicene (in-game Byzantine) Emperor Theodore Laskaris is much more powerful than you and has claims to all of your titles. Take this artificially constructed empire and turn it into a real presence on the world stage. You control the Imperial province itself and a good half of the Aegean Islands - oh, and a barony in far-off Belgium. In the real world, Baudouin died in a Bulgarian prison after provoking them to invade. Can you avoid this ignominious fate? As an Emperor, you're unable to swear fealty, so it's not going to be easy...
- 約翰娜 范 佛蘭德斯(Johanna van Vlaanderen)，佛蘭德斯女公爵，1205:：A little girl who's controlling a Dutch duchy in France, she starts as a pretender of the Latin Empire, and if you are competent enough, you can control a Dutch empire if your father fails and you claim his title. She's 10 and you can build her traits as you like.
- Theodore Branas, Count of Adrianopolis, 16 May 1204: Historically, Theodoros Branas was a military commander who rose to prominence in the 1190s under the incompetent Angelos dynasty. After Constantinople fell to the Fourth Crusade in May of 1204, he became the most prominent Byzantine noble to serve the Latin Empire. Indeed, in game, he is the only Greek Orthodox vassal of the Latins. The great-nephew of Emperor Manuel Komnenos, he became the lover of Anna (Agnes) Capet, sister of Philip the Great of France, and eventually married her at Latin Emperor Baldwin I's urging. He campaigned extensively against the Bulgarians on the Latin Empire's behalf, eventually disappearing from the historical record in 1219. Although you are not related to the Komnenoi in-game, you are married to Agnes (making Philip the Great your brother-in-law), and you have a strong claim on the duchy of Adrianopolis. You control two counties next to the de jure duchy of Thrace, but since the Nicene Emperor holds all of these titles, you can easily internally expand by gobbling up your single-county neighbors governed by Western impostors. There are more than a few options here: Become independent, swear fealty to the Nicene Empire and help recover the imperial city for the Laskaris dynasty; try to become a vassal of the other Byzantine successor states (Trebizond and Epirus); form your own, indpendent Byzantine successor state (Kingdom of Thrace?); or even try to take control of the Latin Empire from within.
萊昂王國
- 阿方索 希梅納(Alfonso Jimena)，萊昂國王，1066.9.15：If deception is more your style, this is the Spanish leader you should play as. Alfonso starts with high intrigue and claims on the neighboring Christian kingdoms. If you can have your brother Sancho killed fast enough you'll become King of Leon and Castille and recreate the real Alfonso's rise to power. See León walkthrough.
- 烏拉卡 希梅納(Urraca Jimena)，薩莫拉女伯爵，1066.9.15：Is she interesting? Fun? Historically meaningful? No, no, and I have no idea. She is, however, the Kizdean Gix (EQ1) of CK2 - annoying beyond all reason, and is completely disproportionately powerful. If you play as the King of Leon, she's a nuisance you just can't get rid of (she's your sister, and so the sister of all the neighboring Kings, there's no dealing with her). She's what the oubliette was made for.
- 烏拉卡(Urraca)，萊昂與卡斯蒂利亞（與加利西亞）女王，1109-1126：這位強大的女王在其統治期間聲稱她是全西班牙的皇后。
- 馬烏雷加托(Mauregato)，阿斯托加伯爵，769：你是阿斯圖里亞斯國王的兒子，但也是摩爾農奴的兒子。貴族們看不起你墮落的血統，一直忽視你的繼承權。然而歷史將會銘記，你是篡位者馬烏雷加托。可惜僅僅統治王國五年，你就離開人世。你的遺產被迅速地拋到一邊，你的王位重新由一個更高貴的家族繼承。你能超越真正的馬烏雷加托，作為半摩爾人和私生子，戴上阿斯圖里亞斯的王冠，鞏固你的王朝，為你的名字帶來榮耀嗎？
呂貝克伯爵領
- 布迪沃伊 納庫內茨(Budivoj Nakonid)，呂貝克伯爵，1066.9.15：He is a Pomeranian Christian and the Count of Lübeck. If you play well, you have the chance to create the Kingdom of Pomerania as a Catholic Ruler (note: You still have to convert to a pagan religion to create the kingdom) You can try it as independent Count if you like it hard or you can become part of the Holy Roman Empire or Denmark.
- 亨里克 納庫內茨(Henrik Nakonid)，呂貝克伯爵，1073：Your father Guthskalco was a Christian ruler of the Wends (in-game Duke of Mecklenburg), who was defeated and killed by the pagan chieftain Krutoj. Your half-brother Budivoj tried to reclaim your family's honor but was ambushed and murdered by Krutoj. You and your nephew, both children, are all that is left of the House of Nakonid. You're the only Christian Pomeranian ruler in the world, with access to their Light Cavalry retinues. Even many of your courtiers are pagans. Your county is pagan. Your neighbors are Denmark (who have a de jure claim on you from day 1), the HRE (who have a de jure claim on you as soon as the Duke of Saxony saves up the money to form the Duchy of Holstein), and your arch-enemy Krutoj (who, as pagan duke of Mecklenburg, could launch a conquest CB on you as soon as he has the piety). Your only assets? A strong claim on the Duchy of Mecklenburg (good luck pressing it before someone holy wars them to oblivion), a capital with plenty of empty slots but 0-0-0 tech, and whatever you can beg, steal or borrow. Oh, and the motivation to track down Krutoj and say "My name is Henrik Nakonid. You killed my father (also my brother). Prepare to die!"
- Historically, Henrik was able to murder Krutoj with the help of Krutoj's wife, and then established a powerful Christian Wendish state. His sons, in true CK2 style, started fighting each other, and the whole thing fell apart; reverting to paganism and eventually getting hit with the Wendish Crusade. Can you do better?
納瓦拉王國
- 拉米羅 希梅納(Ramiro Jimena)，納赫拉伯爵，1066.9.15：Nájera starts in a precarious position - the lone County serving King Antso IV in the middle of the boiling pot. You're a Castillian in a Basque province, which gives you interesting options. Firstly, you can ahistorically attempt to cultivate the Basque culture for their unique bonus of Absolute Cognatic succession. This not only allows daughter heirs over sons, useful if your daughters are better stateswomen but also allows you to title female courtiers - and clever use of marriage of influential male vassals with bad stats allows you to draw very, very useful stateswomen to your court. Alternatively, you can just attempt to take over with your Castillian culture - it's certainly much more widespread as you expand. While you don't have the King of Aragon's de jure claims for possible expansion, you do have a strong claim for your entire Kingdom! While this seems minor, Navarra has a de jure claim over Viscaya, and you can gobble up some territory against weak Muslim emirates nearby, and possibly claim a duchy to allow you to eventually take over Barcelona. A fun, difficult start with tons of options.
- 安佐七世 「強大者」(Antso VII 'The Strong')，納瓦拉國王，1194.6.27：Antso (Sancho) VII was an interesting person historically. Suffering from gigantism, he was a warrior of exceptional repute, being 2.2 meters tall when he passed away. In-game terms, you are merely a "tough soldier" when you start your career. Your realm is small but kingship gives you right of conquest to a large area of Spain. Can you repeat what Antso did historically and help to drive Muslims back to the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula?
- 讓娜一世 德 布盧瓦(Jeanne I de Blois)，納瓦拉女王，1274 或 1285末：She began her reign when she was 1 year old in 1274, and she was married (very young) in late 1285. Play as her when she's a child so you can marry as you wish, or play when she's married to the King of France in 1285 (you may have to seek a divorce).
Northumbria, Kingdom of
- Ælla/e, King of Northumbria, 867: There's kicking the hornet's nest, and then there's nuking whatever ungodly breeding pit Ragnarr Lodbrok and his sons crawled out of. Having invited the wrath of the Great Heathen Army on not only yourself but the other kingdoms of England too, it'll take a lot more than a snake pit simply to save yourself from being made into a blood eagle. Can you call the bluff of these glorified bandits and throw them back across the sea, or will the hordes of ravening pagans have their vengeance?
挪威王國
- 「無情者」 哈拉爾德三世 英格林(Harald III 'Hardrada' Yngling)，1066.9.15 September 1066：見挪威 演練。
- King Hakon (the Good) of Norway, 936: Young Hakon is 16 years old as he lands in Norway. Raised by King Æthelstan of England, he has now returned to his take up overlordship of his country. Not long ago his half-brother Erik Bloodaxe killed two of their other brothers and took control of the land, but he has recently been thrown out by the Norwegian Jarls. Still brooding in the north of Scotland with his army, he can still be seen as a threat to Hakon's rule, but he is not the most immediate one. As a Catholic, Hakon is certain to be in trouble as all his vassals follow the old ways, as does his pagan neighbours to the north and east.
諾曼第公國（包括威廉和他的封臣，但沒有在諾曼第的其他的法國封臣）
- 羅貝爾 「偉岸者」諾曼第(Robert 'Curthose' de Normandie)e，1066.9.15：作為12歲的伯爵、威廉·德·諾曼第的長子和繼承人，從斯坦福橋開始。作為一個成年人，你已經有了一系列的負面特徵，除了沒有糟糕的外交能力，而且——無論諾曼征服帶來什麼——你都會不斷地與你的兩個弟弟鬥爭，爭奪繼承人之位。通過謹慎的婚姻，你可以與其他家庭結成聯盟——但當然，風險在於選擇一個小到不會構成威脅，但大到足以在與兄弟的任何爭端中提供幫助的人。在現實生活中，他與他的兄弟和父親（三個國王，沒有更少！）可能是結束諾曼第王朝的最重要因素。他與三位最親近的男性親戚開戰，每次都是因為他糟糕的人際交往技能而失去了王位（而且由於他是一個相當懶惰、有頭銜的草包，所以普遍不可靠）。衝動、吝嗇、驕傲，但在高潮時，他擁有一個室內鍋的所有社交優雅，最終被他的一個兄弟監禁，比他的弟弟（亨利一世國王）早一年去世，永遠結束了諾曼第家族的統治。羅伯特是一個前線勇士，更適合於戰鬥而不是政治，他的命運表明了這一點。
教廷屬邦
- 扎克珀 奧爾西尼，奧爾維也托伯爵，1066.9.15：別讓你的領主教宗剝奪你的唯一一個伯爵領，打拼出足夠的錢用以從教宗處獨立並建立你的獨立國家
波蘭王國
- 博萊斯瓦夫 「英勇者」皮雅斯特(Boleslaw 'the Bold' Piast)，波蘭國王，1066.9.15：This start can go various ways. His realm has about 20 de jure provinces, made up of five duchies of varying power. You can expand anywhere you want.這一開局可以有多種方式。他的王國有大約20個法理省份，由五個不同統治者的公爵領地組成。你可以擴展到任何你想要的地方。
- 卡齊米日三世 「偉大者」皮雅斯特(Kazimierz III 'the Great' Piast)，波蘭國王，1333：The only Polish king in history to both receive and keep the 'Great' nickname - can you make him worthy of it? Secure the borders to the West against the HRE and some Bohemians with claims, possibly fend off the Golden Horde, take on the Lithuanian pagans, and have the option to plot against the Teutonic Order and start a succession crisis that could land you the other half of the de jure Lithuanian kingdom. (Playing as Kazimierz's father Wladyslaw is also a fun setup; just start on the day of Kazimierz's birth 30 Apr 1310 to make sure you have that little genius.)
- 萊謝克「白公爵」皮雅斯特(Leszek 'the White' Piast)，波蘭國王，1206.1.1：Leszek 'the White' became King in this year. You can also play as his brother who is a child duke in 1195.
波洛茨克公國
- 波洛茨克公爵，蒙古劇本：You start as a Lithuanian Catholic, with claims on the nearby Duchy of Lithuania. Your uncle holds that, and he's Orthodox. You can form Lithuania fairly easily, and then try to drive out the Germans/hold back the Mongols. Alternatively, swear fealty to the Mongols and destroy them from within.你是一個立陶宛天主教徒，對附近的立陶宛公國擁有宣稱。你叔叔統治著這一公國，而且他是東正教徒。你可以很容易地組建立陶宛亡國，然後試圖趕走德國人/阻止蒙古人的進攻。或者，宣誓效忠蒙古人，並從內部摧毀他們。
波美拉尼亞公國
- 波美拉尼亞公爵，1122 或 1136：Two start dates with a Pomeranian, Catholic ruler. You are independent, and the entire Pomeranian coast is still occupied by pagans (except your lands). If you are quick, you can grab the rest of the coast before the Germans/Poles/Scandinavians. Much easier now that the Kaiser doesn't have de jure claims.
普羅旺斯公國
- 查理 德 安茹(Charles d'Anjou)，安茹伯爵，1246—1266年入侵西西里
蘇格蘭王國
- 馬爾科姆三世 鄧凱爾德(Malcolm III Dunkeld)，蘇格蘭國王，1066.9.15：Start with just one county (and a Kingdom) and forge the reputation of the great 'Canmore' or 'Longneck' -referring quite personally to his leadership style. He is also considered the progenitor of a branch of the family that ruled Scotland until 1286. His wife was the beatified Saint Margaret so be nice (or not).
- 瑪格麗特 「少女」英格林(Margaret 'the Maid' Yngling)，蘇格蘭女王，1287-1290：an interesting character to play as, this young girl was the only heir to Alexander III, and as she, unfortunately, died at the age of 7 of sea-sickness on the voyage to Scotland from her native Norway, her death led to complete chaos that culminated in King Edward invading Scotland. In-game you can change this young girl's fate, and make her into a Queen worth remembering.
- 羅伯特 德 布魯斯(Robert de Brus)，蘇格蘭國王，1296：Yep, that's him, Robert the Bruce. Can you too take advantage of Edward II to raise Scotland to new heights, and can you, unlike the Bruce, leave an heir who can continue the dynasty and cement Scotland as a power in Europe?是的，就是他，羅伯特 德 布魯斯。你能否利用愛德華二世把蘇格蘭的實力提升到一個新的高度？你能不能做到他沒有做到的事情，留下一個繼承人，繼續這個王朝，鞏固蘇格蘭在歐洲的地位？
- 戈斯派屈克 鄧巴(Gospatrick Dunbar)，洛錫安公爵，1066.9.15：Gospatrick is a vassal of King Malcolm III and his realm straddles the Scottish Lowlands. You have numerous options here, such as backing one of the King's relatives as a pretender, attempting to take the throne yourself (quite possible via elective succession or a strong faction), expanding into Northumberland whilst England is in chaos, or simply remaining loyal to the Dunkelds and hoping to be rewarded for your efforts. All in all, a very interesting position. Used in GOTW:
- Attain Kingdom of Scotland
- Maintain a Celtic (Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Breton) culture.
- Add the De Jure Duchies of Orkney and Northumberland to your realm.
- Add 2 of the three Celtic De Jure kingdoms other than Scotland to your realm. Ireland, Brittany, Wales.
- Ensure that Celts rule the British Isles in their entirety. Conquering England to achieve this goal is allowed.
- Claim 3 of the following De Jure duchies: Normandy, Flanders, Slesvig, Sjaelland, Vestlandet, Ostlandet
- 馬利森坦(Malsnectan a Muirebe)，馬里公爵，1066.9.15：臭名昭著的麥克白最後的親屬。你能通過謀殺和欺騙重新奪回蘇格蘭王位嗎？你又能，不同於麥克白，守住它嗎？
- 索默萊德 索爾肋(Somerled Somhairle)，南島公爵/阿蓋爾公爵，1156.1.1：A Scottish vassal to a Norwegian Duke, in 1156 Somerled has taken half the Kingdom of the Isles from his brother-in-law and is poised to root the Norwegians out of Western Scotland. The historical Somerled was slain in the Battle of Renfrew in 1164. Some say he died in battle, others through treachery. Lead this ambitious man to an ahistorical and enduring reign in Scotland.
西西里王國（包括阿普利亞、西西里、那波利、卡普阿、薩萊諾）
- 蘭多四世 迪 阿基諾(Lando IV di Aquino)，卡普阿伯爵，1092：Last Lombard prince in Italy. Try to expel the Hautevilles of the Kingdom of Sicily and recover the ancient lands that are under the domain of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 康斯坦絲(Constance)，西西里女王，1190s (date?)：The last of the old Norman dynasty and mother of Frederick II.
- 羅伯特一世 德 歐特維爾(Robert I d'Hauteville)，阿普利亞公爵，1066：Not as challenging as many starts, but the family is a popular choice. Croatia offers an expansion opportunity in the north. John Julius Norwich has written a great 2-volume history of the family. See Apulia walkthrough.
- 阿爾比妮婭 德 歐特維爾(Albinia d'Hauteville)，萊切與塔蘭托女伯爵，1205：a 16-year-old widow (tough life, I guess, but he died a "natural death" at 41, so it might be a Nelson Rockefeller thing) if you start in 1205. Can you reclaim the Kingdom of Sicily for the family?
- 博埃蒙 德 歐特維爾(Bohemond d'Hauteville)，安條克親王，1098.6.3與塔蘭托伯爵，1090.1.1：你的家族是諾曼冒險家，他們征服了義大利南部。如果《阿萊克修斯傳》所述為實，你自己也是詭計多端、令人膽寒。你有很多擴張的道路可以選擇。如果受到威脅，你可以向神聖羅馬帝國宣誓效忠，但你為什麼要這樣做呢？歷史上，博希蒙德幾乎打敗了偉大的阿萊克修斯一世·科穆寧，所以為什麼你在遊戲裡都做不到呢？你可以在較短的時間內把你小小的公國變成一個偉大的帝國，可以效仿祖先——維京人，向北非穆斯林發起無盡而殘酷的海軍突襲。如果你想改寫博希蒙德的敗績，也可以謀取拜占庭帝國。如果你選擇發誓效忠神聖羅馬帝國，可以通過暗殺或征服統一義大利（托斯卡納的瑪蒂爾達是你和平擴張的絕佳機會）。你有許多結盟和繼承土地的機會，因為你有很多合格的孩子，不需要等一代人的時間繁衍出一個大家庭。你甚至可以追隨博希蒙德的腳步，建立安條克公國。這個人物還能有什麼不好的呢？
- 曼弗雷德 馮 霍亨施陶芬(Manfred von Hohenstaufen)，西西里國王，1258：The legitimised bastard son of Frederick II, who has inherited the Kingdom of Sicily from him (and the Papal enmity that comes with it). Playable from at least 1258. Will you establish colonies in Albania/Greece or just live the lush life with the hunting hawks? Will you crush the Italian Guelphs at Montaperti? It's up to you. IRL he was killed in Benevento, Campania in 1266, Charles triumphant.
- 科拉迪諾（康拉德二世） 馮 霍亨施陶芬(Corradino (Konrad II) von Hohenstaufen)，西西里國王，1254-1258，施瓦本公爵，1258後：the rightful king of Sicily (1254-1258) until the usurpation of Manfred and the Guelph party, and later Duke of Swabia. He was something of a teenage superstar in Ghibelline Italy but was taken prisoner by Charles after Tagliacozzo in 1268. Will you content yourself with your German possessions and fight in Imperial politics or will you try to take back your rightful titles in Sicily? Or will your days as the 13th century Justin Bieber end as they did historically, on the receiving end of an executioner's axe in Naples?
瑞典王國
- 斯滕希爾 斯滕希林(Stenkil Stenkiling)，瑞典國王，1066.9.15：Your northern vassals remain true to the old ways, while you and your southern vassals have adopted Christianity. Your half-brother Erik, commonly known as 'the Heathen' rivals you in power and ambition, and might make a move for the throne. Will you stay true to the One True Faith, or bow once more to Oðinn?
- 比爾格爾 比耶爾博(Birger af Bjälbo (Birger Jarl))，東約特蘭公爵，1214.5.16：He's said to have built Stockholm and led the Second Swedish Crusade into Finland.
的黎波里伯爵領
- 露西婭 德 普瓦圖(Lucia de Poitou)，的黎波里女公爵，1287.10.19：The last (Christian) ruler of Tripoli and sister of Bohemond VII. She is married to Narjot of Toucy, a rather useless baron. A hard start since the Mamluks are ready to pounce on the remaining Crusader states.
瓦倫西亞伯爵領
- 羅德里戈 迪亞斯 德 比瓦爾(Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar)，瓦倫西亞伯爵，1094.1.1: Yes, that's him, El Cid, Count of Valencia. With his spectacular martial skill, the nearby Muslim minors are easy prey, but the Almohads (and the Castilians) are dangerous neighbors.
- 希梅娜 迪亞斯(Jimena Diaz)，1099-1102：She's El Cid's widow.
威爾斯王國（包括圭內思、德赫巴思、格拉摩根、格溫特）
- 羅德里 「偉大者」 阿伯弗勞(Rhodri 'the Great' Aberffraw)，圭內思小型國王，867：Welsh Duke with 6 kids and 1 bastard, 0 prestige and 0 piety. But who knows, maybe you will be able to make him great? Oh. Nope. He already has 'the Great' nickname...maybe you could sire some more kids and place them on the various thrones? Oh. Nope. He's chaste...
- 馬雷迪德二世 迪內弗爾(Maredudd II Dinefwr)，德赫巴思公爵，1066.9.15：You and the only other member of the Dinefwr dynasty are both over 50 years old, but once you produce an heir, you can instead concentrate on reclaiming your other de jure lands. From there, unite Wales and then the British Isles through conquest, marriage or both. As of 1.09, your task is easier as you now have a junior branch of the family who can continue the Dinefwr quest for glory.
- 布萊丁 馬斯拉法爾(Bleddyn Mathrafal)，圭內思公爵，1066.9.15：You start with several children, a medium-sized duchy, and the ability to quickly form a kingdom. Unite Wales, defend against the English, and play the marriage game.
- 萊韋林二世 「偉大者」 阿伯弗勞(Llewellyn II 'the Great' Aberffraw)，圭內思公爵，1195：Historically, Llewellyn was the most successful of the Welsh princes who attempted to maintain sovereignty despite the Norman occupation. At the height of his power, he managed to control most of Wales and is one of only two Welsh rulers to ever be called 'Great'. Can you succeed where he did not, by forming a truly independent, Welsh Kingdom?
- 萊韋林三世 阿伯弗勞(Llewellyn III 'the Last' Aberffraw)，圭內思公爵，1246：An even more difficult start for the Welsh enthusiast is Llewellyn the Last. In 1246, you are a 12-year-old child who has just inherited the Duchy of Gwynedd, surrounded by the English under Henry III. Do you have what it takes to avoid the historical Llewellyn's gruesome fate and embarrassing moniker?
天主教異端
東正教
保加利亞
- 君士坦丁 杜克列寧(Constantine Dukljanin)，保加利亞國王，1071.8.26：Historically the famous enemy of the ERE, Constantine Bodin, he's a relative of the Serbian and Bulgarian dynasties that reigned over the Balkans before Basil II. You just have two provinces at the start (only one is in your demesne); the rest of your Kingdom is under the control of the ERE which also looks greedily on your lands. The Pechenegs, Hungarians and others will also prove difficult to deal with. In real life, Peter's kingdom survived only for a year before it was disestablished by the ERE. Good luck with uniting the Balkans and raising Bulgaria and Serbia to become world powers!
- 卡洛揚一世 阿森(Kaloyan I Asen)，保加利亞國王，拉丁帝國劇本：He was a man with an axe to grind, and he habitually ground it into the Latin Empire and the Byzantines. This is the man who resurrected the Bulgarian Empire, although the game rightfully calls him king (although he requested an imperial title, Pope Innocent III thought King of Bulgaria and Wallachia was enough). If you wait until they are distracted you can press Kaloyan's claims on the Latin Empire's lands early and you have plenty of directions to expand into (if you don't want to limit yourself to slaying Romans). Kaloyan starts with a strange cultural dynamic as well, his Wallachian territory is ruled by a Tengrist Cuman, presumably to represent his Cuman general who eventually assassinated him. Used in CKII GOTW:
- Destroy the Latin and Byzantine Empires
- Unite all South Slavic cultured provinces under your banner
- Convert to an Orthodox Heresy
- Convert all provinces in your kingdom to your religion
- Convert Constantinople
- 伊瓦廖 巴爾多夫卡(Ivajlo Bardokva)，保加利亞國王，1279：The legendary Ivajlo the Cabbage. He was an illiterate pig-herder who seized the Bulgarian Throne, and, for a brief time at least, held off the Byzantines and the Golden Horde. You start as the sole member of House Bardokva (which roughly translates as 'House Lettuce'). Your stats are poor, and you're surrounded by enemies. But your rank as King opens useful marriage alliances, and you're ideally positioned to capitalize on the woes of a weakening Byzantine Empire. Just make sure you treat your high-born wife a bit better than the real Ivajlo did.
- 彼得一世，保加利亞沙皇(Tsar Peter of the Bulgarian Empire), 936：身為保加利亞開國沙皇之子，他繼承了一筆龐大的遺產。帝國南邊和東邊與拜占庭帝國接壤，兩國長久以來衝突不斷，卻又相互影響。在北邊，匈牙利人已經推進到喀爾巴阡盆地，占領了曾被保加利亞人統治的大片土地。這裡需要額外說明的是，936年伊始，保加利亞帝國實際上是一個法理帝國，下轄保加利亞王國和瓦拉幾亞王國。
拜占庭帝國
- 阿萊克修斯 科穆寧(Alexios Komnenos)，拜占庭帝國巴西琉斯，1081 (阿萊克修斯傳劇本）：Bring the Empire back from its defeat at the hands of the Seljuks - and who could be better suited to the task than the subject of the famed 'Alexiad'? See also: Roman Empire walkthrough.
- 阿萊克修斯四世 安耶洛斯(Alexios IV Angelos)，拜占庭帝國巴西琉斯，1203.7.18：The man who destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire and led Constantinople to destruction. After his uncle, Alexios III seized the throne from his father Isaakios II, young Alexios was imprisoned, but later he managed to escape to the Holy Roman Empire. Years later, at the age of 20, he saw his chance - the Fourth Crusade was struggling with financial problems - the crusaders weren't able to pay Venice for ships to transport them to the Holy Land, so they were forced to seize the coastal city of Zara as payment for their debt. Alexios contacted the Doge and the crusaders in 1202 and promised them mountains of gold if they helped him become Emperor. Two years later, the crusaders were encamped near Constantinople's walls and Alexios IV, after completely emptying the treasury, refused to give the Latins any more gold. Deeply unpopular, he was soon deposed and imprisoned but not before that he severely deteriorated relations with the Westerners. In the end, the enraged crusaders looted Constantinople, committing an impressive array of atrocities in the process, and chose their own, Catholic claimant for the mantle of Roman Emperor, and the defeated Byzantine nobility scattered to form their own "Imperial" courts in the Empire's provincial cities. This was a disastrous blow from which the Empire never recovered: will you change the course of history and turn the reign of the worst Emperor Byzantium ever had into a time of peace and prosperity?
- 安德羅尼科斯一世 科穆寧(Andronikos I Komnenos)，拜占庭帝國巴西琉斯，1183-1185：By all accounts a handsome and popular youth who alternately spent his early adulthood in hedonistic pleasure and military service, Andronikos was a lifelong womaniser, and his real-life exploits before finally ascending to the purple in his 50s were almost as outrageous as your average CK2 player's. This guy took as his mistresses first his niece, Eudokia (and was forced to leave Constantinople when her brothers tried to kill him) and later Theodora, the Queen dowager of Jerusalem and niece of his cousin, Emperor Manuel I. Together, Andronikos and Theodora spent much of the next decade gallivanting around the Middle East, running from Manuel's wrath, until Andronikos was finally forced to submit to Manuel and they were separated. After Manuel died, Andronikos sensed the weakness of the regency for Manuel's son, Alexios II, led by his unpopular Catholic mother, Maria of Antioch, and returned to Constantinople with imperial ambitions. His arrival was occasioned by a massacre of Latins which, depending on who you ask, he either failed to stop or instigated himself. He poisoned Alexios II's older half-sister and her husband, and eventually usurped the regency from Maria. Having neutralised all of Alexios' potential supporters, Andronikos then forced the boy to sign his own mother's death warrant, name him co-emperor, and had him strangled shortly after. His reign was marked by increasing paranoia culminating in the seemingly indiscriminate killing of aristocrats and ended with him being tortured and torn apart by an angry mob in the Hippodrome. Can you take this old rascal and turn his reign into the beginning of the next stage of the Komnenian Restoration, rather than its end?
- 君士坦丁 安耶洛斯(Konstantinos Angelos)，薩摩斯將軍，1108：Founder of the infamous Angelos dynasty, whose disastrous rule virtually destroyed the Byzantine Empire. Young commander of the Imperial Fleet from Philadelphia in Asia Minor, Konstantinos was handsome but of lowly origin. He married Theodora Komnenos, daughter of Alexios I Komnenos and had three sons: sebastokrator John, Alexios Angelos, famous for erecting a church in Nerezi, and Andronikos Angelos, whose son Isaakios deposed Andronikos Komnenos in 1185 and was proclaimed the Emperor, thus starting the brief and chaotic rule of the Angelos dynasty. Their calamitous rule between 1185 and 1204 led ultimately to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, creation of Latin Empire and disintegration of Byzantium into several weak Greek states like the Despotate of Epirus and Empire of Trebizond. Every emperor of the Angelos dynasty was either deposed or killed and their reign is seen by historians today as the death knell of the Byzantine Empire. Will you change history and secure the prosperity of the Byzantium under the rule of Angelos dynasty?
- 阿盧西安(Alusian)，美索不達米亞將軍，1066：Son of the last ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, Ivan Vladislav. Alusian rebelled in 1040 against the Byzantines in Bulgaria, together with his cousin Peter Delyan, but in the end, betrayed his kinsman by blinding him and defecting to the Byzantines. In return for his treachery, he was pardoned by the Emperor and rewarded with the title of magistros. He has a strong claim on the Kingdom of Bulgaria, so you can make it an independent country again. If you survive the Seljuk invasion of course.
- 約安尼斯二世 科穆寧(Ioannes II Komnenos)，拜占庭帝國巴西琉斯，1118.8.15：Son of the great Alexios Komnenos and the greatest of the Komnenoi. His reign saw a virtually non-stop campaign to reclaim what was lost at Manzikert, and along with his brilliant lieutenant John Axouchos, he succeeded, bringing the Komnenian Restoration to its height. Though overshadowed by his father and son, in no small part due to his jealous sister slamming him in the Alexiad, his 25-year reign was the most successful. Perhaps a player can outdo him?
- 伊薩基奧斯 科穆寧(Isaakios Komnenos)，安條克將軍，1066：Try to start the Komnenian restoration before Manzikert.
- 尼基弗魯斯 梅利森諾(Nikephoros Melissenos)，希臘將軍，1066：Historically, he seized Asia Minor and declared himself emperor before ultimately becoming a loyal servant to Alexios I Komnenos. In-game, he holds the County of Athens, which has some ridiculously high technology.
- 利昂一世 佩貢尼特斯(Leon I Pegonites)，賽普勒斯將軍，1066.9.15：Starts with the duchy of Cyprus, split into the counties of Famagusta and Limassol. There are two or three single county Muslim leaders in nearby Syria and Jerusalem as targets for expansion, but mostly an opportunistic Strategos will be looking for the correct opportunity to strike against the Fatimid Sultanate, which will conquer many lands. You will often lose land without having any say about the matter as the Fatimids formulate claims to your hard-won counties. Your position as an island gives you good protection from any holy wars, and the protection of the Empire should ensure you last for a century at least (provided you're willing to stay loyal). Probably the most interesting thing about this start is that it is very difficult to quickly amass land. To combat the much more powerful leaders in this part of the world, you are forced to find ways to generate massive amounts of income relative to your stature so that you can afford to hire hosts of mercenaries, whilst building up your castles with the view of increasing your own (limited) levy. Good players will quickly find themselves in possession of 4 or 5 counties as the individual Muslim Sheikhs fall to them, but much of what you do will depend on your Emperor's own ability as a ruler. Weak Emperors will lose land very quickly to the Fatimids, which will leave you waiting for internal factionalism (possibly brought on by assassinations *hint hint*) in the Fatimid Sultanate to target weak sheikhs and emirs.
- 尼基弗魯斯 巴列奧略(Nikephoros Palaiologos)，伊庇魯斯將軍，1066.9.15：First playable ruler of the later famous Palaiologos dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire from the reconquest of Constantinople in 1261 up until its demise.
- 貝拉 阿帕德(Béla Árpád)，波士尼亞將軍，1165 - Note: Later becomes king of Hungary as Béla III
- 拉米多爾 科米特布洛斯(Radomir Kometopoulos)，杜羅斯托魯姆伯爵，1066.9.15或1081：Another descendant of the last Bulgarian kings. He has a claim on the Duchy of Turnovo, is the heir of his brother - the count of Constantia - who has turned Greek, and is also an ally of the Strategos of Armenia. As a grandson of one of the last Bulgarian kings you start in both 1066 Scenario and 1081 with a claim on Turnovo, and brothers who are rulers in Karvuna. The obvious aim is to lead a rebellion against the Empire, as one of the few remaining Bulgarian characters in the game.
- 加吉克 巴格拉季奧尼(Gagik Bagrationi)，呂坎多斯伯爵，1066.9.15：The last Bagrationi king of Armenia, now dethroned and given a "pension" in Armenia Minor to live off for the rest of his days. Historically he and his two sons died because of intrigue and plots, but it is possible to reclaim your ancestral title. Also, your daughter is married to the king of Georgia.
- 彼得羅斯 托耳尼刻斯(Petros Tornikes)，托爾托薩伯爵，1066-1068：Other characters are for weaklings who want high stats or easy expansion opportunities. House Tornikes doesn't baby you with such things. It offers you the chance to play as an insignificant count at the utmost extremity of Christianity and the Byzantine Empire. Claw your to greatness with sheer determination for nothing will be given to you. When you finally raise your dynasty to the purple you will know that you earned it, damnit.
- 利昂 第歐根尼(Leon Diogenes)，莫奈姆瓦夏伯爵，1086 - Note: Strong claim on Byzantine Empire
- 艾芙多吉婭 邁柯恩保洛斯(Eudokia Makrembolitissa)，拜占庭帝國巴塞麗莎，1067.6-12：The widow of Konstantinos X, serving as regent for her inept son, Michael VII. She has non-dynastic heirs, and she's 37 (in-game...she was 46 or so in real life) - get a better heir before it's too late!
- 利昂 福卡斯(Leon Phokas)，塞琉西亞伯爵，867：You are the founder of the Phokas Family and great-grandfather of Emperor Nikephoros II, who was a brilliant military leader and known as "the Pale Death of the Saracens". Starting as a count in Cilicia bordering many minor Muslim principalities, you have much more room for expansion than other Strategoi in the empire. Try to slowly build up your power base in Asia Minor and eventually seize the throne, and have a longer reign than Nikephoros II.
- 尼基弗魯斯 布里恩尼烏斯(Nikephoros Bryennios)，基比拉奧特將軍，1066：Historically, Nikephoros Bryennios was a prominent general who rebelled against Michael VII Doukas in 1077. He almost succeeded by defeating the army of Alexios Komnenos in Battle of Kalavrye, but the betrayal of Pecheneg mercenaries turned the tide of battle and his ambition was crushed at last. Can you change his fate and establish a new dynasty?
- Basileus Romanos of the Byzantine Empire, 936: Romanos of the Lekapenos dynasty is the co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, together with Konstantinos of the Makedon dynasty (he holds Nikomedeia and Herakleia), but he is the elder of the two and functionally the one calling the shots. Though the Byzantine Empire has been through a rough ride lately, they have recently come to a peace agreement with their northern neighbours in Bulgaria, and the Muslims are shattering at their southern and eastern fronts. With the rise of the many Shia and Sunni rulers (the Fatimids, the Buyids, the Sallarids, the Jannabids, the Hamdanids, the Ikhshidids, the Al-Thamalis etc) in the vacuum left by the weakened Abbasid Caliphate, the Byzantine Empire are poised to take back some of their ancient lands as their enemies are busy fighting one another.
喬治亞王國
- 巴格拉特四世 巴拉格季奧尼(Bagrat IV Bagrationi)，喬治亞國王，1066.9.15：Sandwiched between the three major powers of the ERE, Cumans and Seljuk Turks, fight your way out, taking opportunities when civil wars consume the larger states to grab land, then brace yourself for the inevitable Mongol invasion.
- 大衛四世 「建國者」 巴格拉季奧尼(David IV 'the Builder' Bagrationi)，喬治亞國王，1089：known for developing administration and education in Georgia and fighting back the Seljuk Turks.
- 塔瑪麗「偉大者」巴格拉季奧尼(Tamar (Tamari) 'the Great' Bagrationi)，喬治亞女王，1184：她開疆拓土，為喬治亞帶來了一個黃金時代。她還負責建立了特拉比松帝國。試圖超越真實的女王，也許接管…附近的塞爾柱王朝？你也可以在1223年到1245年間扮演她的女兒魯蘇丹。
金帳汗國
- 亞歷山大一世 留里克(Alexander I Rurikovich)，基輔公爵，1247：他以亞歷山大 涅夫斯基和聖亞歷山大之名更為人知。毫無疑問，他是俄羅斯中世紀歷史上最重要的君主之一。 涅夫斯基成功地保護了諾夫哥羅德免受瑞典人和條頓騎士團攻擊(並在著名的冰上之戰中擊敗了後者)。儘管向蒙古入侵者稱臣，但他遠見卓識的政策和與撒里答汗不可思議的友誼使他在1252年統治了弗拉基米爾大公國，後來的莫斯科大公國，俄羅斯帝國的基礎。在遊戲裡的1247年，他剛剛繼承了基輔大公國，並且是金帳汗國的附庸，擁有高達22點的軍事能力和自己的一條血脈。強大的金帳汗國看起來不可戰勝，但拔都一旦駕崩，獨立的機會就來了。是要提前獨立，整合留里克家族的領地，還是要留在金帳汗國內部，如歷史上那樣，維持和蒙古領主的友誼？全由你來決定。你能超過他歷史上的功績嗎？
立陶宛王國
- 瓦伊斯維爾卡斯(Vaisvilkas)，立陶宛國王，1264：Son of Mindaugas, he truly embraced orthodox faith. Playing a ruler of a pagan realm caught in between the Catholic Teutonic Order and the Tengri Golden Horde, might not wisest of decisions. Would you convert to one of three or would you persist no matter what? In real life, Vaisvilkas couldn't handle the rule, abdicated and went into the monastery, but you can avoid such fate and keep Mindaugas dynasty ruling.
- 什瓦恩納斯(Svarnas)，立陶宛國王，1267：The guy to whom Vaisvilkas has abdicated, and son of Daniil (see below). Not only you are Orthodox king of a pagan realm, but you're also Russian king of Lithuania, and your neighbours are just as scary. However, you, as the son of Daniil, inherited claims on his old domain, and, with a bit of work, can become legitimate king of Ruthenia. Will you free those lands from Mongols ahead of the schedule?
諾夫哥羅德王國/魯塞尼亞王國
- 夫謝斯拉夫「先知」(Vseslav 'the Seer')，波洛茨克公爵，1066.9.15：Real Vseslav was not eligible to rule Kievan Rus, but that didn't stop him from trying. Can you do better and claim the throne when your duchy is not de jure Ruthenia? Used in CKII GOTW:
- Remain Orthodox or Orthodox heretic
- Form the de jure kingdoms of Lithuania and Ruthenia
- Obtain the rank of Emperor. Any Empire-level title fulfils this requirement.
- Ensure that an Orthodox or Orthodox heretic member of House Rurikovich other than yourself rules in four of the following kingdoms: Poland, Bohemia, Pomerania, Hungary, Wallachia, Bulgaria, Taurica, Serbia. Note: Unlike some previous challenges, the de jure territory is irrelevant. This challenge is asking for the king titles themselves. Also, these kings may be under you as Emperor.
- Add all of the following de jure duchies to your realm: Uppland, Östergötland, Småland, Skåne, Sarkel
- 斯維亞托波爾克 留里克(Sviatopolk Rurikovich)，扎奧焦里耶伯爵，1066.9.15：It's tough to be a bastard. Your dad and uncles rule the lands of Kievan Rus, and you are stuck lording over a bunch of pagans in a county that never existed. To add insult to injury, your liege is your brother. Can you climb from the shores of the Onega to the throne of Kiev? Real Sviatopolk could.
- 丹尼爾 留里克(Daniil Rurikovich)，加利奇大公（1211）或沃里尼亞大公（1220）：While not reflected in the game, Daniil Rurikovich of Galicia-Volhynia was the first ruler to actually create the title of the Kingdom of Ruthenia (usually referred to as the "Kingdom of Rus" or "Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia"), later inherited by the Polish kings and Muscovite grand dukes. Starting his "rule" as a mere child, with his mother as the regent, Daniil and his brother Vasylko were quickly ousted by the scheming lords, while the realm of Galicia-Volhynia that Roman the Great built was lost. Living in exile in Hungary, it took many years for Rurikovich brothers to get back their rightful titles, with Daniil taking over Galich, while Vasylko remained his brother's vassal prince in Volhynia. Daniil swiftly became the most influential ruler in southern Ruthenia, even establishing control over the capital city of Kiev...only for the Mongols to come down on all Ruthenian principalities. Despite all odds under the Mongol yoke, Daniil balanced between the roles of both a vassal and an enemy of Batu Khan, defeating the hordes of Kuremsa and forging an alliance with the northern principalities, the Teutonic Order, the Hungarians and the Pope, which almost resulted in a full-blown crusade against the Golden Horde. Although never casting off the yoke completely, Daniil's realm still prospered, with the construction of new capital cities like Chelm and Lviv, the boost of trade, protected from the Mongol raiders, the expansion of borders on all fronts - all of that made the Kingdom of Ruthenia/Rus a regional powerhouse.
- Remain Orthodox or become Catholic (paradoxically, Daniil embraced both ways of Christianity in his bid for the crown from the Pope, while staying true to the faith of his vassals)
- Take control of the duchies of Galich, Lesser Poland, Ungvar, Volhynia, Grodno, Turov, Kiev and Moldau
- Form the de jure Kingdom of Ruthenia
- Depending on the starting date, either break free from or drive off the Mongols
- Establish your dynasty or otherwise tie into one alliance the Kingdoms of Poland, Hungary, Wallachia and Lithuania
- 尤里(Yuriy)，加利奇大公（1323）：You are first Piast and the last independent ruler of Galich before it was inherited into Poland due to absence of heirs. With Piast dynasty dying off a couple of years later, can you change the fate and maybe even realize Daniils dreams?
塞爾維亞王國
- 斯特凡 內馬尼奇(Stefan Nemanjic)，塞爾維亞國王，1196: First king of Serbia. There is a really interesting family dynamic. Because your father abdicated, he is still hanging around. You older brother wants to claim your title (historically, Stefan I gave the title to Stefan II rather than going by primogeniture, thus causing some drama). Also, Bulgaria is big, but the Byzantine Empire is falling apart to the south. There are a lot of internal and external vulnerabilities.
- 烏羅什四世 「強大者」 內馬尼奇(Uros IV 'the Strong' Nemanjic)，塞爾維亞國王，1337：Roflstomp anything in sight (with the weakest Christian Balkan country at game start), create a power-base in Thessaly, Bulgaria and Albania to snatch Croatia from Hungary, conquer Tsargrad and unlike the real Uros, raise a son who can keep your Serbian Empire.
西西里王國
- 格雷戈里俄斯 斯巴達諾斯(Gregorios Spartenos)/塞爾吉奧斯 斯巴達諾斯(Sergios Spartenos)，尼亞波利斯伯爵，867/1066.9.15：You are an aging Greek Orthodox one-province count. In 867, you've got Lombards, Franks and Muslims to deal with, most of them more powerful than you, to say nothing of the fact that most of your sons are celibate. In 1066, it's Normans, the Pisans, the Genoese and Muslims. In both starts, the Pope (and Rome) is just two provinces away! But you know what? You can beat them all because THIS IS SPARTENOS! The easy way out, of course, is to swear fealty the ERE or whatever other powerful neighbors you can find, but why should you? There is immense satisfaction in becoming an independent Despot against all the odds.
特拉比松帝國 (Despotate in game)
- 阿萊克修斯 科穆寧(Alexios Komnenos)，特拉比松專制公,1205.1.1：He and his brother David survived the coup that killed their grandfather, Emperor Andronikos I, by escaping to the court of Queen Tamari of Georgia, their aunt. Tamari helped them invade the Black Sea coast to create a buffer state for Georgia against the Sultanate of Rum, and for the brothers to use as a springboard to retake the Byzantine throne. Historically, Alexios and David were never able to definitively defeat their rivals.
- Can you change history and make him the Emperor? And maybe start a second "Alexiad"? Or as a third option, you could create a stronger state than the old Byzantine Empire.
- 阿萊克修斯二世 科穆寧(Alexios II Komnenos)，特拉比松專制公，1321：Struggling to recreate that feeling of relentless existential dread that EU4 Trebizond provides? Look no further than 1321 Trebizond in CK2! Alexios "The Horribly Doomed" Komnenos has abysmal stats, no allies, resentful children, a capital that borders the Ilkhanate (which is at the height of its power), and 2 other provinces which border the Golden Horde (also near the height of its power); but don't worry, Trebizond is bordered by many hostile minor powers that will probably kill you first. Failure awaits!
- 巴西爾 科穆寧(Basileios Komnenos)，特拉比松專制公，1332-1337：You're in a precarious position, to put it mildly. I'm not even talking about all the Muslims surrounding you, although obviously, you're going to want to deal with them, too. Trebizond has seen a lot of dynastic struggles lately, and they don't look likely to end just yet. You've got a bunch of illegitimate children, a resentful spurned wife from Constantinople (who is widely believed to have historically poisoned you in revenge and usurped Trebizond for a time), an uncle with a claim and a cousin to inherit it from him, and your only other legitimate relatives are your unmarried sisters. So many people with claims, your spymaster's going to be busy. And so many possible paths to take just within your lifetime. Will you divorce that jealous Palaiologos viper, marry your true love and legitimise her children? Try and please your wife instead, and father legitimate heirs? Or let your sister Anna inherit, and see if you can do better than this reluctant nun-queen did historically? If Anna does inherit, there's an ideal, if old, husband waiting for her in Montferrat: Demetrios, uncle of the Byzantine Emperor and a claimant in his own right. Something to keep in mind.
- 狄奧多拉 科穆寧(Theodora Komnenos)，特拉比松女王，1284.1.1：In history, she usurped the throne from her brother with the help of her uncle, David of Georgia. After a year, her brother once again seized power and locked her up in a monastery. Can you reverse history and place her on the throne of Constantinople that had been lost by her ancestors?
東正教異端
- 尼諾斯拉夫 庫利尼奇(Ninoslav Kulinic)，波士尼亞公爵，1232：尼諾斯拉夫，波格米勒派信徒。他身為波格米勒派信徒的統治者，卻屈尊向匈牙利和克羅埃西亞的天主教國王稱臣。匈牙利和克羅埃西亞的國王渴望把尼諾斯拉夫和波士尼亞都納入統治，卻低估了克羅埃西亞封臣從他手中掙脫出來的願望。此外，匈牙利和克羅埃西亞王國是尼諾斯拉夫與咄咄逼人的東正教鄰居塞爾維亞和保加利亞之間唯一的障礙。塞爾維亞和保加利亞對終結波格米勒派信徒……以及波士尼亞的執念，遠甚於匈牙利和克羅埃西亞王國。在真實歷史中，尼諾斯拉夫決定站在人民和信仰這一邊。這意味著他面臨著一場全面的十字軍東征。正所謂兩害相權取其輕——你會選擇對不可靠的天主教君主的忠誠，還是與東正教鄰居的激戰？
聶斯脫里派
金帳汗國
- 撒里答 孛兒只斤(Sartag Borjigin)，金帳汗國可汗，1255.1.2：你是異端、異教和分裂的海洋中唯一真正的信徒，你是戰士家族中唯一的學者和神學家，歷史上撒里答的統治只持續了一年。祝你好運。
伊兒汗國
- 阿八哈 孛兒只斤(Abaga Borjigin)，伊兒汗國可汗，1279.1.1：Starting in 1279 you can play as a Nestorian Ilkhanate khagan who has a surprising number of Nestorian vassals as well. Familial problems do, however, persist, and your son stays true to the Old Ways. With a large number of pissed off vassals, an ageing ruler, and a son who doesn't follow his religion, it'll make for an interesting playthrough.
- 怯的不花 那顏(Kitbuqa Noyan)，阿勒頗大酋長，1260.1.1：You are left in charge of much of Northern Syria by your liege. Now, what path will you follow? Will you stay Nestorian or will you convert to your liege's religion? And then will you finish the Mamluks - or will they finish you?
索科特拉埃米爾國
- 登哈 雅赫卜安拉哈(Denha Yahballaha)，索科特拉埃米爾，867：不幸的是，至少可以說，讓聶斯脫里派索科特拉人像真正的索科特拉人一樣獨立是很困難的。在遊戲中，索科特拉本身是薩那公爵領地的一部分，你的公爵領地有名無實，這意味著阿拉伯半島上的穆斯林有多個理由對你宣戰。大陸上的每個人都比你有更大的領地，所以你必須小心選擇目標，保持攻勢。如果你能在早期生存和發展，索科特拉實際上是CK2東部的十字路口，所以你可以擴展到任何你想去的地方——非洲，阿拉伯，印度，波斯……更不用說聶斯脫里派的異端可能是最有趣的——基督教。
聶斯脫里派異端
基督合性派
達米埃塔公國
- 帕克洪 巴什穆爾(Pakhom Bashmur)，達米埃塔謝赫，769：你控制著埃及唯一一個科普特人基督合性派封臣。雖然你開局只有2個郡，但在你右邊，西奈半島上的謝赫（或者未來受封的埃米爾）一個個費拉不堪，根本不能擊退你的軍隊，所以在前期半島簡直是任君採擷。看起來這個角色簡直毫無難度，但問題是，你不僅是阿巴斯帝國治下的基督教角色，也是埃及蘇丹國唯一的基督徒封臣，而穆斯林又不會考慮異教徒的提議，因此你在前期幾乎沒有盟友，也幾乎沒有互不侵犯條約。另外，蘇丹可以在任何時候取消你這個異教徒的頭銜而不會受到懲罰，所以你拿到的是地獄難度開局。不過，作為偉大的埃及土著的後代，作為唯一的基督合性派和科普特文化統治者，你的職責實際上是恢復埃及帝國，把你的人民從阿巴斯王朝統治下解放出來。從那裡開始，你可以隨心所欲，奪回埃及帝國最鼎盛時期所控制的中東和蘇丹地區，或者統一所有基督合性派教徒居住的地區：亞美尼亞、努比亞和阿比西尼亞，將基督合性派確立為正統的基督教。加油，這個角色有無限的可能！
馬庫里亞公國
- 扎卡利亞斯(Zakharias Azim)，馬庫利亞國王，867：You rule what is easily the most powerful realm in Nubia, with lots of small counties and chiefdoms just waiting to be conquered, with good traits and a young son to match. If you can buy the Tulunids off long enough to take some of Nubia's coastal provinces, you might just be able to declare yourself a true king of all Nubia. From there, the world is your oyster. Reestablish Miaphysite power by invading Egypt? Form the Empire of Abyssinia? You can do anything from here. And all it takes is some money, cunning, and a little bit of luck!
亞美尼亞王國（包含獨立公國和省份）
- 納塞赫(Nerseh)，傑爾賓特公爵與其子阿爾巴尼亞伯爵斯特帕諾斯(Stepanos)，769：Your dynasty are descendants of the Arsacids and Sassanids, mighty dynasties which ruled the great antique empires of Persia. Now you are a vassal of a Bedouin Muslim in the mountains of Armenia. You are much stronger than him, and can gain independence easily, but can you survive when everywhere around you, there are hostile nations?
- 列翁二世 魯本(Levon II Rubenid)，亞美尼亞公爵，第三次十字軍開局：You start with good stats, but that's it. You have a four-county duchy with two vassals, which are luckily both Armenian and Miaphysite, and are de jure part of the Byzantine Empire which will attempt to vassalize you. Your other neighbour is an unusually strong Sultanate of Rum which, guess what, desires your land and holds the majority of Armenia's de jure territory, which at this point has been almost completely resettled with Turks. To add insult to injury, the remaining half of Armenia is divided between Saladin and Tamari the Great, both rulers of countries at their apogee. And even if you manage to grow, the Mongols will be at your door soon. Your character is not married and you should remedy this as soon as possible, seeing how your heir is your inept sister and you're already 37. The weak county of Antioch could prove a good starting point for expansion (should the Turks not decide to assimilate you on day one) and you can destroy the Hashshashin before the Mongols come. The objective? Unite all the Armenians, including the ones living in Jerusalem, before 1453.
- 列翁四世 海屯(Levon IV Hetoumi)，亞美尼亞國王，百年戰爭劇本：Continuing what seems to be a proud Armenian tradition (see Duke Levon II), your heir is your mediocre sister. But this time you're 41 years old, married and inept, and you obtained the crown by killing your kin. You directly control all the land in the "kingdom" (a 3-county glorified duchy) and have de jure claims on everything from Anatolia to Azerbaijan...which is mostly occupied by weak Turkish Beyliks, but also by the strong Eretnid dynasty. Can you make a kingdom to rival the Armenian kingdoms of antiquity and replace the Byzantine Empire as the main Christian force in Asia Minor? Or will the Egyptians conquer your lands as in real life? They'll certainly try, as they'll often holy war you immediately, so don't be afraid to call on Catholic Trinacria, a fellow one-duchy kingdom and your only ally.
- 扎貝爾（又稱伊莎貝拉）(Zabel (aka Isabella))，亞美尼亞女王，1219-1252：It's probably best to play this one while she's a child to avoid playing through either of her two lousy marriages.
安條克公國
- 瓦拉姆 瓦拉努(Vahram Varajnuni)，安條克公爵，1071.8.26：Another one of those fortune-seekers after the battle of Manzikert, known to the Byzantines as Philaretos Brachamios. You are an independent Armenian duke of Antioch. The Seljuks are to your east and north, that makes 3 counts to your south and 2 dukes to your west your only expansion options early on. You can alternatively play him before Manzikert when he is the Strategos of Mesopotamia under the ERE.
拜占庭帝國
- 格里戈爾 巴列維尼(Grigor Pahlavuni)，瓦斯普拉坎伯爵，1066：If Byzantium survives the Seljuk invasion successfully (which is luck of the draw and in your position, you can't do much to influence it), the fun starts! Try to expand within the Empire and when you are ready, wait for an opportunity and then break free to establish the independent Kingdom of Armenia under the Miaphysite faith. Try to do so before Armenia is culturally and religiously assimilated into the Greek Orthodox Byzantine Empire! It will not be easy - it is hard to find allies as an Armenian Miaphysite, and if the Emperor doesn't like you, he can start revoking any ducal titles you may have without penalty.
基督合性派異端
穆斯林領主
遜尼派
易弗里基葉（阿非利加）蘇丹國
- 塔米姆 齊里(Tamim Zirid)，易弗里基葉蘇丹，1066：Ifriqiya was the Zirids, the prize of their conversion to Sunni Islam and rebellion against the Fatimids. But it is theirs no longer. The Fatimids have bribed the Banu Hilal Bedouin tribes to invade your lands, and have succeeded in carving your domain into a series of Emirates each larger than the sliver of land that has remained under your rightful rule. To regain your birthright will take wise statesmanship, ruthless strategy, and an indomitable spirit. Succeed, and perhaps an entire continent will bear your name.
安納塔利亞王國（包括此地所有的獨立國家）
- 烏木爾一世(Umur I)，艾登蘇丹，1336：You start with a single county on the western coast of Anatolia, with other Turkish rulers surrounding you, and the Christians to the west. Attempt to forge your realm in the Aegean Sea with holy wars against stronger Christian realms, to rival the nearby Ottomans in strength.
阿拉伯帝國
- 穆塔茲(Al-Mu'tazz)，阿拔斯（阿拉伯）帝國巴迪沙阿與遜尼派哈里發，867：理論上，穆塔茲應該是伊斯蘭世界最有權勢的人。他是有史以來最年輕的哈里發，但也是一個放縱的廢物，集幾個罪惡特質於一身：殘忍，憤世嫉俗，專斷，色慾和嫉妒。以同父異母的繼兄穆瓦法克和穆塔米德為代表的強大封臣，如同虎狼一般，隨時準備反叛。歷史上，穆塔茲是「薩馬拉無政府狀態」期間統治的哈里發之一，他以及兩位前任哈里發的統治，以哈里發的大權旁落到埃米爾們的手中為標誌。你能否扭轉哈里發的衰落史？或者，你可以扮演穆塔茲兩位繼兄中的一個，他們可能比穆塔茲更值得你的幫助。然後盡全力推翻腐敗的哈里發，取而代之。注意：可能沒有看起來那麼簡單。
- 阿里夫 咄夫哈爾(Aarif Dofharid)，佐法爾酋長，867：You start as an independent tribal chief on the shore of the Indian Ocean, and your neighbours, the tribe of Mahra, are ripe for conquest. That’s enough to form Hadrawmut and put you on a path to become the only merchant republic south of the Sinai, but beware: you’ll have to contend with the Abbasids, the Abyssinians, and potentially even the Pratiharans.
- Caliph Ar-Radi of the Abbasid Caliphate, 936: In the two earliest bookmarks, the Abbasid Caliphate is an impenetrable powerhouse, but in 936 they have fallen apart to infighting and lost almost all their importance. As they are barely holding on to their old core lands around Baghdad, they are surrounded by threats who want to take control of the Caliphate and its lands. Ar-Radi is often seen as the last of the real Caliphs, but even his rule was cut short at the age of 31 in the year 940.
克里特埃米爾國
- 艾哈邁德 哈夫斯(Ahmad Hafsid)，克里特埃米爾，936：Crete was conquered by exiles from Andalusia in 826, resulting in the Hafsid Emirate, until its reconquest by the Byzantine Empire in 961. During that time, it was a haven for Barbary pirates throughout the Mediterranean. The emirate mainly controlled the coast and the stronghold of Chandax (present-day Heraklion), so even though the ruling family is Berber and Sunni, the people are still Greek and Orthodox. At this date, you begin with extra event troops and ships to help you start. Can you keep the Byzantines at bay and establish a great pirate kingdom in some of the richest waters on the map?
埃及蘇丹國
- 莎賈爾 杜爾(Shajar al-Durr)（珍珠小枝），埃及蘇丹娜，1250.1-1250.5：遊戲裡為數不多的女穆斯林統治者，遊戲裡她是亞美尼亞人。她是最後一位阿尤布蘇丹的遺孀，後來嫁給了第一位馬穆魯克蘇丹。因為穆斯林不允許入贅婚姻，所以最重要的事情是以某種方式延續你的血脈，皈依其他宗教並在埃及提高女權是最簡單的方法。
- 拜巴爾斯(Baibars)，埃及蘇丹，1260.10.24-1277.1.30：The Turk who became a slave, the slave who became a general, the general who became a Sultan, the Sultan who brought down the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Baibars, thought to be a fair-skinned, blue-eyed Turk in life, was the Mamluk general who won the Battle of Ain Jalut, turning back the Mongol tide and showing, once and for all, that the Khans could be beaten. He then ascended to the Sultanate and continued his conquests against Armenia and the Crusader states, effectively ending the Catholic occupation of the Holy Land. In-game, Egypt is a powerhouse, headed by a strong, ambitious, brilliant strategist in the latter half of the prime of his life. It's an easy game, but a fun romp. And dominating the map as Baibars makes a little more sense than doing so as the Fatimids.
- 薩拉丁(Saladin)，亞歷山大蘇丹，1169.1.18：The famed Kurdish general and leader of Egyptian forces during the Third Crusade.
- Al-Ikhshid of the Ikhshidid Dynasty, 936: In the Iron Century bookmark, Al-Ikhshid has recently been granted the governorship of Egypt. He is a Sunni Sultan holding Egypt and huge parts of Syria, with tributaries to his north, south-east and south. He is bordering the Fatimids in the west, and the Jannabid Qarmatians to the east. In many ways, Al-Ikhshid and his dynasty is one of the powerhouses in at this start date, and will most likely play an important role. Historically speaking the Ikhshidid dynasty held Egypt for about 35 years, until they were invaded by the Fatimids who made it the capital of their newly founded Caliphate.
埃爾祖魯姆貝伊國
- 媽曼 可敦(Mämäm Khätun)，埃爾祖魯姆貝勒巴彥，1191.1.1：Another one of those rare, female Muslim rulers. Can you survive amongst all those men?
古爾沙阿國
- 吉亞斯 古爾(Ghiyath Ghurid)，古爾沙阿，1173.1.1：Play the zealous Islamic Shah, Start by taking down the Ghaznavid then you can go for your conquest of India. Can you establish the Sultanate of Delhi?
花剌子模貝伊勒貝伊
- 阿努什提金(Anushtigin)，烏古斯貝伊勒貝伊，1077.1.1：A founder of Khwarazmian Empire, you are a vassal of mighty Seljuk, starting with 2 de jure claim at north Turkestan. As Historically your power should grow even more powerful than your liege, Sultan of the Great Seljuk.
- 阿拉丁(Ala ad-Din)，1172.5.1：Anushtegin's descendants of the Khwarazmian Empire. Khwarazmid is now independent with the declining of the Seljuk Empire.
馬里蘇丹國
- 曼薩 穆薩(Mansa Musa)，馬里曼薩,1312.1.1：Considered by many to be the wealthiest person ever. Before death, Musa amassed an estimated $400 billion from Mali's status as the producer of half of the world's gold and salt. He has nowhere near that sum in-game, but what's to stop you from making up the difference for him?
- 頓卡 西塞(Tunka Cisse)，加納埃米爾，1066：Neither you nor your family has great stats or a great starting position. However, you are easily in the best position to form the kingdom of Mali, and if you can slowly dismantle the Almoravids to the north, you may yet become a presence on the world stage. Not to mention that they are the only neighbor you have, meaning that if you keep good relations, you can build in peace.
馬格里布蘇丹國
- 優素福一世 穆拉比特(Yusuf I Almoravid)，馬拉喀什埃米爾，1066.9.15：El Cid's Moorish arch-enemy from many Reconquista stories. You start with all the riches of the Almoravid Sultanate in your hands, can easily acquire the crown by plotting, and have claims on all your Maghrebi neighbours. You can then expand North into al-Andalus, as Yusuf did historically. With the Almoravids' resources, completing the conquest of Spain or even breaching into Europe proper isn't much of a challenge, but he is a good choice of a character for less experienced players.
奧斯曼蘇丹國
- 奧斯曼蘇丹，1299或百年戰爭劇本：they show up in 1299 in Ankara but the 100 years war bookmark gives them better odds since the Byzantines are in a shambles. Can you conquer Anatolia, Greece, and most importantly the Imperial city before the game ends in 1453?
波斯蘇丹國
- 武什姆吉爾 齊雅爾(Vushmgir Ziyarid)，陀拔斯單總督，936：your brother was the last Zoroastrian ruler of note in Persia, who was determined to crush the Abbasid Caliphate and restore Sassanid Empire. His successful reign ended when his Turkish slaves murdered him. Now Persia is fractured, with different dynasties competing for the rulership of Eranshar. Will you continue your brothers legacy and attempt to restore Persia to its original faith?
羅闍薩儻那帝國
- 拉齊婭 德里(Raziyya Ghulam), 德里（羅闍薩儻那）可敦，1236.11.20：作為唯三的女穆斯林統治者，為什麼不試試印度唯一的一位呢？(For the hat-trick of female Muslim rulers, why not try the one and only Muslim woman to rule in India? )現實中的拉齊婭(她堅持要有男子氣概，並且穿著打扮也像個男人)是她父親指定的繼承人。為了捍衛她的德里蘇丹國頭銜，她不得不與她的兩位兄弟以及她的兒時玩伴交戰。在遊戲中，唯一真正的障礙是分發她最初持有的50塊直轄領地，以及你多麼不願意讓她無能的兄弟繼承。但只要你挺過了最初的幾年，整個印度都會成為你的盤中餐。
羅姆蘇丹國
- 埃爾圖魯爾 加齊(Ertugrul Ghazi)，安卡拉貝伊，1266: the father of Osman Ghazi (founder of the Ottoman dynasty) lives as a vassal of Rum in 1266, he is the Bey of Ankara.
- 恰卡(Chaka)，伊茲密爾（士麥拿）埃米爾，1081-91：one of the quasi-independent (a vassal of Rum in-game) Turkish rulers that gained land in Asia Minor after the battle of Manzikert and the Turkish invasion of Anatolia. He was one of the most interesting Turkish characters during that time. Before 1081 he was raised in Constantinople, after being captured as a war prisoner by the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates during some Byzantine campaign against the Turks in Asia Minor. He was even granted the title of protonobilissimos and served as one of the soldiers under Byzantine command. When Alexios I Komnenos took the Imperial throne, Chaka was stripped of all of his titles. Then he left the ERE and travelled back to Asia Minor, where he managed to take control of Smyrna, and conquer a sizeable territory, mostly on the west coast of Asia Minor. He was the first Turk to create a navy and engage in naval warfare (building ships in the ports of Smyrna and Ephesos, with the help of the Christians of those cities) and became a threat to Byzantine islands and offshore provinces. For the first time in many years, the Aegean Sea wasn't safe for the Byzantines.
- 凱庫巴德一世(Kayqubad I)，羅姆蘇丹，1220.1.1：Play as Kayqubad the Great, as weakened Seljuk dynasty can you control Anatolia, and hold incoming the Mongol horde?
- 基利傑 阿爾斯蘭三世(Kilij Arslan III)，羅姆蘇丹，1204.5.16：The Byzantine Empire has just shattered into numerous successor-states following the Fourth Crusade. Can you maneuver through the newly emerged political situation to complete the Turkish conquest of Anatolia? Or perhaps, more ambitiously, enact the full Ottoman conquests a good century before the Ottomans?
特萊姆森埃米爾國
- 阿卜杜勒-穆明 穆瓦希德(Aba-al-Mu'min Almohad)，特萊姆森埃米爾，1145.1.1：Two decades of Almohad revolt, at last, begin to bear fruit. You are the chosen successor of El-Mahdi; destined to a Caliphate but an Emir for now. The Almoravid Sultans in the west continue to cling to power they do not deserve. Take advantage of the divided and weak Emirs to your east or take the fight directly to the murderers of Ibn Tumart, but move quickly. The end is coming.
希爾凡省
- 法里布茲 科斯蘭(Fariburz Kesranid)，希爾凡總督，1066：The Kesranids controlled their small and culturally prosperous Shahdom (Satrapy in-game) in what is now Azerbaijan for the duration of CK2, outliving the Seljuks and only being annexed by the Safavids 100 years into the timeframe of EUIV. They are available as the Yazidids in the Old Gods and Charlemagne bookmarks but are most interesting after 1066, by which time the Bedouin governors of Shirvan have become Persianised and started to glorify the pre-Islamic Persian past, tying it to their dynasty. The immediate goal is to be as much as a survivor as the real Kesranids and cling on against Seljuk and Christian onslaughts, but the long-term ambition is for this originally Arabian dynasty to supplant the Seljuks and create a truly Persian Persian Empire in its place.
遜尼派異端
- 沙拉夫丁（Sharaf al-Din），辛賈爾酋長，1254.1.1：你是伊爾汗國唯一一個雅茲迪派封臣。可汗主張宗教寬容，把辛賈爾封給你和你的人民，但你可指望你的同僚也會寬容你。至少你受過嚴格的軍事教育。歷史上，你的王朝在1283年結束了對辛賈爾的統治，你的阿塔貝格（Atabeg）封號最後的一位後裔作為一名廷臣死於1289年。你能擺脫膽怯、為雅茲迪派庫德人在世界上爭取一個更穩固的地方嗎？
什葉派
Africa, Kingdom of
- Caliph al-Qaim, 936: Only two years have passed since al-Qaim took up the position of Caliph after the death of his father, the legendary al-Mahdi who carved out a nation at the shores of North Africa. With the weak Abbasid Caliphate having been shattered these last decades, the Fatimids are trying to take on their rightful positions as overlords of the Muslim world, but not all their vassals are as fond of them as they might think. Only a few years after our start Abu Yazid would start a revolt that would plunge the newly founded Caliphate into a crisis that almost broke it apart. And in the east, a new threat arises in the form of Al-Ikhshid, the newly appointed governor of Egypt who is ready to support the Abbasids.
大馬士革埃米爾國
- 海珊 伊本艾哈邁德 法蒂瑪(Hussayn ibn Ahmed Fatimid)，大馬士革埃米爾，867.1.1：It is not safe being an adherent of the Shi'at Ali (Party of Ali) at this time. You are currently a vassal under the Sunni Caliph Al- Mu'tazz, and also surrounded by other Sunni powers. Hussayn claims direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad himself, through the line of the Prophet's daughter Fatima and Ali ibn Abu Talib. The blood of the great Shia martyr Husayn ibn Ali flows through your veins as distant kin. How long will you let Al-Mu'tazz and the other pretenders usurp the Muslim community? It is time to unite the people once more under the family of the Prophet.
伊兒汗國
- 賽義夫丁 薩法維(Sayf-ad-Din Safavid)，吉蘭酋長，1325：Centuries from now, your dynasty is destined to rise as the leaders of a reborn Persia, destined to claim much of its former glory. For now, though, you are the ruler of a small territory under the heavy rule of the Mongol invaders. Can you move carefully enough to build your power under the nose of the Khan and eventually claim your rightful place as the ruler of Persia?
蘇摩羅蘇丹國
- 兜兜 蘇摩羅(Dodo Soomra)，蘇摩羅摩訶羅闍，1068.1.1：was a ruler of Sindh. He was of Soomro Rajput origin. The Soomra dynasty ruled out the province of Sindh from 1024 to 1351. Their 1st ruler is named Al Khafif.
阿曼埃米爾國
- 穆罕默德 納卜哈尼(Muhammed Nabhanid)，阿曼埃米爾，1154.1.1：Sixty-four is rather old for a Bedouin rebel. Perhaps it is good that you no longer are one. The Seljuks have at last surrendered all of Oman to you, but with a lone son still not of age you might not be able to make too much of it. Should your line survive the attentions of the equally large Emirates on either side of you, the Sultanate of Arabia is a natural goal. Even then the Sunnis surrounding you should make for a tense and eventful game.
波斯蘇丹國
- 卡林 巴文德(Qarin Bavandid)，陀拔斯單貝伊，1066.9.15：One of the few landed Persians at the start of the game, and a member of the Bavandid dynasty, a cadet branch of the Sassanids of old. Try to usurp the Shahdom of Persia and convert it to Shia a few centuries early, or go for a long-overdue restoration of Zoroastrianism. His descendants hold Tabaristan until the end of the game, so you can go with any of them.
西西里埃米爾國
- 穆罕默德 卡勒卜(Muhammad Kalbid)，西西里埃米爾，1066.9.15：You're surrounded by infidels, but if you fend off the Sunni and conquer the Catholics then you can establish your Sultanate of Sicily right on the pope's doorstep.
敘利亞王國
- 埃米爾 希森 達烏拉 海達爾 優素福(Emir Hisn ad-Dawlah Haydar Yousifid)，大馬士革埃米爾，1066: used in CKII GOTW
- Maintain Levantine culture
- Become independent from the Caliph
- Form the Kingdom of Syria with all de jure territory
- Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem with all de jure territory
- (This is impossible: only Christians can create the Kingdom of Jerusalem)
- Add 4 of the following de jure (all provinces) duchies to your nation: Sinai, Arabia, Baghdad, Mosul, Edessa, Armenia Minor, Cyprus
什葉派異端
- 伊沙克 伊沙克(Ishaq Ishaqid)，巴勒貝克謝赫，1066.9.15：The northernmost vassalize of the Fatimid caliphate, and adherent of the Druze heresy (and one of the few rulers that is a Muslim heretic), playing him would be interesting, to say the least...
- 阿布 塔希爾 賈納比(Abu Tahir Al Jannabi)，楊納卜埃米爾，936.8.7：A new addition in the Iron Century Update, an adherent of the Qarmatian Heresy, (Shiite with Zoroastrian Elements) in Bahrayn (Eastern Arabia), in 930 he notoriously led the sacking of Mecca, desecrating Islam's most sacred sites and stealing the Black Stone. He died a normal death in 944, and his Empire would remain a great power in Arabia until their defeat by the Abbasids in 976. The Qarmatians would last until 1067 when they'd finally collapsed.
伊巴德派
- 阿弗拉 魯斯塔姆(Aflah Rustamid)，特萊姆森與阿爾及爾埃米爾，867：You are the Emir of Tlemcen and Alger, a Berber ruling over castles that don't even have a proper wall, let alone buildings, over a people half catholic and half heretic. You are an adherent of a Muslim sect that predates the Shia-Sunni schism, and represent the group of them that fled to North Africa. Your neighbours are the Sunni Aghlabid sultans of Africa to the East, the Shia Idrisid sultans of Mauretania, and to the North just across the sea, the Umayyads and Catholic Aquitaine. All of the above are more powerful than you, and they can all declare Holy War on you...
In the hands of the AI, this is usually the first realm and religion to die. Can you do better? Can you claim Mecca and Medina for your creed and establish your Caliphate?
伊巴德派異端
- Chief Tilankan Massufa, 1066 and 1081. Starting as a ruler of kharijite berberan tribe in Sahara you are the only kharijite ruler in the whole world. In 1066 start, even ibady rulers are absent. Your family possesions are Araouane and Taghaza tribe provinces, and your liege is extremely powerful Almoravid ruler of Maghreb who considers you tribal heretic, and so can take away all your titles without penalties. Funny picture, right? It usually ends the same: loss of titles and game over. But as a player you can change this all!
At the 1066 start you have 2 important boons. Control over trade post in Taghaza will give your tribe extra money and money means mercenaries. Also your sister is wife of Almoravid sultan Abu Bakr, so while she or he are alive you have Non-Aggression pact with your suzerain. But it don't last long, Yusuf Almoravid - your liege's cousin is extremely powerful, and ussualy he take the Maghreban throne. But you have some time to prevent your future problems: you can enter into betrothal with Yusuf's family, and thas prolong your Non-Aggression pact with Almoravid ruler, or you can try to kill Yusuf, and so keep the throne for your sister and her family, and also, you can change your primary title from Araouane to Taghaza. Taghaza is de-jure posession of emirate of Sijilmasa, and soon Almoravid ruler will make you a vassal of more less poverful suzerain, which is really possible to defeat on the battlefield. Suppose that you secure your possessions. Then kharijite leader of Sahara have two main perspectives. You can move on the North, collecting and consolidating your demesne in attempt to overthrow Almoravid rule in Maghreb, and establish a truly righteous kharijite power in the region. Or you can move on the South, there pagan tribes awaiting their conversion to the true faith, and gold mines of Mali are waiting for its real owner. So the capture of the trans-Sahara trade ways and creating powerful kharijite base on the South can also be a solution. Gold mines are able to give extraordinary wealth to its owner and open the way to the broadest conquests. You also can go both of this ways, but be careful. Almoravids will not calmly watch how you push them away from power and resources. And do not forget about the importance of alliances. Conqest of the South by ally forces is pleasant and very convenient. Whichever way you choose, bring the kharijites to triumph and perhaps one day you will be able to lead the Caliphate, as do I in my game.
原始宗教領主
日耳曼多神教
布列塔尼公國
- 海斯泰因(Hæsteinn)，南斯堡（南特）與南茨酋長，867：used in CKII GOTW
- Unite Brittany under the Nordic banner
- Add 3 of the following duchies to your realm: Cornwall, Somerset, Normandy, Anjou, Poitou
- Add any 3 duchies from the de jure Kingdom of Ireland
- Add any two duchies from the de jure Empire of Hispania
- The Norse Faith must be Reformed
- All 5 Norse holy sites must be controlled by the religion
- Amass 25k in Gold
- Alternatively: Convert to Catholicism, become Norman, and invade England. Be Guillaume le Bâtard of this timeline.
丹麥王國
- 霍姆格爾 哈默(Holmger Hammer)，霍姆格爾（勃艮達霍姆）酋長，867：Note, officially has the best dynasty name in the game
冰島公國
- 加達 斯瓦瓦松(Garðar Svavarsson)，東冰島與北冰島酋長，867 Note: Can one man (literally) build an empire?
西部群島（南島）公國
- 奧拉夫 英格林(Olafr Yngling)，迪伏林（都柏林）與米斯酋長，867
- 凱蒂爾 弗蘭特(Ketill Flatnefr)，曼恩（曼島）酋長，867
科努加德（基輔）小型王國
- 底雷 「奇異者」(Dyre 'the Stranger')，科努加德（基輔）小型國王，867：As a Norse petty king, your targets for raiding are limited as you have no ports for your 30 event-spawned ships to head into, however when you do get a port, Crete, Cherson and Cyprus will make easy pickings. You have a son, a wife with high intrigue and you are a genius. But the vast lands of Russia and the Crimea (especially after the Magyars settle) are open for conquest, and there are many paths you could take.
洛塔林吉亞王國
- 赫羅杜爾夫 阿克拉(Hroðulfr Akra)，東弗里斯蘭伯爵，867：You are the only Pagan vassal in the kingdom of Lotharingia. Your uncle, Hrorekr is, as the Duke of Holland, your liege. Hrorekr has betrayed The Old Gods already and is Catholic. They call you the black sheep of the family. Can you show them what you are worth?
諾夫哥羅德王國
- 留里克，霍姆加德（諾夫哥羅德）小型國王，867：Play the famed Varangian chieftain Rurik, and begin your journey to unite the Slavic lands of Rus under your dynasty. As a grounded Norse, your targets for raiding are hopelessly limited, and your son and heir has fallen sway to the Perun worshippers. But the vast lands of Russia and the Baltic are open for conquest, and there are many paths you could take. Will your dynasty stay true to your Nordic roots and unite your homeland, or will you or your descendants fall sway to the preachings of the Perun worshippers or even the Christ-God of Miklagarðr?
瑞典王國
- 埃里克三世 「異教徒」 蒙索(Erik III 'the Heathen' af Munsö)，烏普蘭公爵，1066.9.15：Starts with a claim on the Swedish throne and about half the kingdom as his vassals, so can usurp the throne with a little luck. Can you reconquer Scandinavia for Odin and Thor, or will you succumb to the Christian tides?
- 里庫爾夫 伍爾夫(Rikulfr Ulfing)，東哥特蘭酋長，867 - Note: Not Beowulf's dynasty, but a member of a dynasty who makes an appearance in the saga. Still, one of the only two Geatish dynasties in the game (along with House Gautske).
- 阿恩法斯特 菲勒(Arnfast Frille)，西博滕酋長，1270.1.1：You're a small Germanic Chief ruling over Catholics and flanked by Swedes in the south, and Suomenusko Finns in the North. You also happen to be the last Germanic ruler on the planet, can you restore the old gods to Scandinavia?
挪威王國
- 哈拉爾德 「金髮」 英格林(Haraldr 'Fairhair' Yngling)，維肯小型國王，867：Play as Harald Fairhair Jarl of Ostlandet, he is considered to be the man who unified the Kingdoms of Norway into one. Take the challenge yourself and see if you can follow the sagas of the Norse king who would not shave his hair until he ruled over Norway.
洛姆瓦教
立陶宛王國
- 明道加斯 格迪米納斯(Mindaugas Gediminaitis)，立陶宛（公國）大酋長，1241.5.1（漢薩同盟興起劇本）注意:該角色頻繁更改宗教信仰，但是在這個劇本信仰洛姆瓦教。立陶宛王國的第一位國王，最終被親戚謀殺。強敵環伺，你能生存下去嗎?
在遊戲中，在立陶宛成為一個王國之前，他很可能是最有權勢的洛姆瓦教徒。開局只控制五省並沒有什麼值得嘲笑的，畢竟你掌握著洛姆瓦勇士軍團，還可以收割發展成熟的鄰國波美拉尼亞。然而另一方面，神聖羅馬帝國是個危險的鄰居——可能不久也會與丹麥和波蘭接壤。如果你的領土過大，教皇可能會號召十字軍。你能存活足夠長的時間來整合異教徒，收編他們龐大的勇士軍團，建立波美拉尼亞王國（或CK2+的文德帝國）並且抵抗北方十字軍的征伐嗎?
斯拉夫多神教
大波蘭公國
- 皮雅斯特(Piast)，大波蘭大酋長，867：The semi-legendary founder of the Polish state. Consolidate the Polish and Pomeranian tribes and then take the battle to the Romuva Balts to the east to form the Wendish Empire. Will you Christianize your people, or unite all the Slavs under a reformed pagan faith?
基輔公國
- 多布拉瓦 圖羅夫(Dobrova Turov)，基輔女大酋長，769：This character wasn't historical, but she is a pretty hard start, although she can marry matrilineally. Any expansion will probably be tough, as your levies are smaller than virtually all of your neighbors'. As a side note, her chancellor begins as a Strong Beautiful Genius and is unmarried, making him a prime target for marriage even though he is Lowborn.
梅克倫堡公國
- 康拓益 威茲拉維(Krutoj Wizlawid)，奧博特里蒂亞（梅克倫堡）大酋長，1066：Usurped the throne after the last king (who starts in Lubeck) converted to Christianity. Historically avoided Christianity for his 27-year rule, until he was assassinated, and his state itself went back and forth between Christianity and paganism for nearly a century until being firmly Christianized and vassalized by larger realms. In-game, the ruler of Mecklenburg and Lubeck can form the Hansa and play as a merchant republic, the only Feudal ruler to normally be able to do so.
波美拉尼亞公國
- 斯維托貝克二世 格里菲塔(Swietopelk II Gryfita)，波美拉尼亞大酋長，1106：A ruler who is both a first and a last: the first ruler of the Gryfita dynasty (aka Gryf or the "House of Griffins"), a dynasty in real life that'd rule Pomerania for the rest of the Middle Ages and go on to have the first king of the Kalmar Union. He is also, however, the last Slavic pagan ruler of the Duchy of Pomerania, and in 1106 one of only two playable Slavic pagan rulers left in the world. You have a paltry three counties, and three sons ready to split that realm amongst themselves. To the east are the Lithuanian tribes, to the south a powerful and unified Catholic Poland, the north the Baltic Sea (and more Catholic kingdoms), and to the west you have the only other surviving Slavic ruler (the three-county Chief of Dymin), the now Christian Tribe of Obotrites, and most terrifyingly of all the Holy Roman Empire. Do you follow history and accept Christ, and perhaps seek the HRE's protection against the large, hungry states that surround you? Or do you defy the Christians on the doorstep of their most powerful empire and fan the last smouldering embers of Slavic paganism?
索米多神教
利沃尼亞公國
- 那兒卡 馬泰基(Mati Maataiki)原文：Nalka Läänemaa，無此人，利沃尼亞大酋長，867：Might be cool. Have a solid plan to consolidate your power or you'll be soon forced to contend with stronger rivals both to the East and South and even to the West across the sea. Will you unite the lands of Finland and become the true King of the North? Or will you find yourself lured into the endless power-struggles of the Norse-ruled East and make a bid for dominance? Will you perhaps subjugate the potentially rich coast of the Baltic and eradicate the false-pagans of Lithuania? Or are you going to carry out the Will of God and save your people from eternal damnation and join the Kaiser and his Schwertbrüder in His noble quest to bring Light to these darkest reaches of the World? Or perhaps the promise of bountiful gold instead of naive ideals will bring you to control the trade of the Western Sea and beyond? As Livonia stands at the crossroads between East and West on the edge of the North, so will you have many paths to walk down and claim your destiny from. Choose wisely and don't forget to bang your attractive genius cousin on the way to glory.
- 埃努 庫雷薩魯(Enu Kuressaaru)原文：Chief Varaka Kask，無此人 ，薩雷瑪酋長，1066：A difficult start. You start with no one in your family except you. A great start for those that like to establish their unique dynasty. Your first objective is to seize control of the High Chiefdom of Livonia. From there you can decide between two paths. You can push upwards and conquer your de jure lands that make up the Kingdom of Finland, or you can push south and bend the Romuvans, Russians, and Khans to their knees so that you establish an Estonian Russia. Either way, there are many difficulties you shall face. If you choose Finland, be warned that the Christian Norse Kingdoms shall not be pleased with your expansion. If you decide you wish to stay Suomenusko, you will face many Holy Wars for your land. Stay vigilant and bring House Kask to glory!
梁贊公國
- 韋奇卡斯 梅舍拉夫(Vechkas Meshcheravid)，梅曉拉大酋長，867：Leader of the dwindling and displaced Meshchera people, your title is actually the High Chiefdom of Ryazan, the traditional homeland of your tribe, but by now they have been completely displaced northwards by Slavic Russians, as the titular High Chiefdom of Pronsk. Your Mordvin neighbors are the Merya and Murom tribes, natural allies, but are they? Otherwise, you are sandwiched between Pronsk and the much larger High Chiefdom of Polotsk, also Slavic and Russian. Your lands are four counties, none of them in your de jure land. One is in de jure Murom, two in de jure Vladimir, and the last is Moscow itself. Typically the game will begin with Pronsk declaring a subjugation war against Murom, who will most definitely lose without assistance (but perhaps it is better them than you?) Pronsk is a tributary of Khazaria, so attacking them directly might cause rampaging hordes to appear on your doorstep. Can you prevent the historical extinction and assimilation of your people? Can you keep Moscow out of Russian hands?
Kolguyev, County of
- Tatva Kolguyevid, Chief of Kolguyev, 1337: The most isolated of the Suomenusko remnants, Tatva's poverty issue is twofold. Firstly, his single holding island is just about the poorest location on the map, making advacement without conquest impossible. Secondly, the island's fleet levy is way bigger than required, the upkeep cost of the fleet far outstripping the loot that can be hauled back. Nevermind that his neighbours are far stronger than he is. But the irascible tribesfolk of Novgorod have a good chance of overthrowing the yoke of their Russian masters, and Tatva has a good chance of taking their newly independent lands from under their war weary feet.
長生天
佩斯大酋邦
- 巴哈圖爾 洪扎哈爾(Baghatur Khunzakhal)，佩斯大酋長，867：Your lands are the last remnant of the Avar Khaganate, the most feared power in the region some 200 years earlier. Reduced to a mere vassal of the Christian Bulgars, you can take advantage of the Magyar invasion to secure your independence. Then outrace and outfight the new invaders to dominate the Pannonian Basin and reform the Khaganate.
卡爾武納大酋邦
- 克魯姆 咄陸(Krum Dulo)，卡爾武納大酋長，769：You are a Tengri vassal of your kinsman, the khan of Bulgaria. It is said that in 811, the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I was slain in battle by Krum, who lined his skull with silver and used it as a drinking cup. Nikephoros was succeeded by his son, who was forced to abdicate by Krum after a very short reign. The next emperor, Michael I, was the third Byzantine emperor forced to abdicate or killed by Krum in three years: he invaded Bulgaria but was defeated in a battle. You are in a good position to gain independence from your liege, and you have a good opportunity to expand north, as the high chief of Bolghar is a member of your dynasty. You also have great stats, especially your military score.
阿蘭尼亞可汗國
- 布里貝第 尊巴蘭尼(Buriberdi Zmbalani)，阿蘭尼亞可汗，769：You are an Alan, a subgroup of Sarmatians, and the last of the Scythians, once the rulers of the vast majority of the Eurasian steppe. Scythians and other Iranian steppe peoples have long been pushed backwards by Turkic and Mongol tribes. You are now one of the smallest tribes on the steppes and a tributary of the Khazars. Will you continue running, or change the tides, and push the Turko-Mongol invaders back into East Asia?
大蒙古國
- 成吉思汗(Genghis Khan)，大蒙古國可汗，1218.1.1：The greatest conqueror who ever lived. By this point, he's already unified the Mongols and conquered lands not on the map, along with much of Khwarezm and Aktobe. Starts with four attrition-free tumans (40,000 men) and a free invasion CB on everyone. 26 military score and his other stats aren't bad either. Easiest game to expand as, but matching the amazing conquests he and his successors pulled off historically before the horde settles down can be quite a challenge, as is holding such a vast empire together with Ultimogeniture succession. If you truly want to replicate his conquests from the beginning, he begins as a Khan in Mongolia, beginning in 1194.
- 恰卡 孛兒只斤(Chaka Borjigin)，保加利亞汗王，1297-8：Only Mongolian ruler of Bulgaria and a descendant of Genghis Khan. Historically he was deposed and murdered in prison. Can you do better?
非洲泛靈教
尊日神教
迦布羅王國
- 如沒拂達 樽比勒(Jimofuta Zunbil)，社護羅薩他那總督，769：Wedged in between the Abbasid Blob to the south-west, Abbasid tributaries to the west, just south of nomad hordes, and with Hindu nations on the rise to your east, as the only Zunist realm you just know it's going to be an interesting game! At least there are some weak Buddhist realms you can conquer if they don't call in their holy order.
苯教
馬茲達教領主
祆教
阿拉伯帝國（阿拔斯哈里發國）
- 索克哈比 巴文德(Sorkhab Bavandid)，陀拔斯單總督，769：Your family are descendants of Shahanshah Kavadh I. After the Dabuyid dynasty was defeated, you inherited their lands, the last independent remnant of the Sassanid Empire. You are an old man so it's important to act quickly, for the Muslim Caliph is also nearing the end of his life. Soon the Mohammedans will fight each other for the right to lead the "faithful". Secure enough territory for your family and your heir could well become shah, eclipsing the achievements of Farrakhan the Great and the Dabuyids. After that, it is time for the rightful heirs of the Sassanid dynasty to reclaim their empire.
德萊木王國
- Vandad Karen, Satrap of Dihistan, 867: Your family claims lineage dating back to the Parthian Empire of old, but those glory days are long gone. Your family has been driven to the fringe of Persia, and the Muslim rulers to the south grow more entrenched with every passing day. However, you possess some powerful tools to turn the tide and rekindle the flames once more. The Karen bloodline occasionally brings Great Warriors to your court, and you start with a few thousand event troops. You'll need every one of those troops too, as you're surrounded by unfriendly Muslim realms who will not hesitate to invade if you look like a soft enough target. Will you stay on the offensive and become the one who bring benefit, or will you be holy warred into oblivion?
河中王國
- 迦那迦 胡大(Kanakk Khuda)，布哈拉馬爾佐班，867：Your family has held the glorious town of Bukhara for centuries, resisting Muslim onslaught and keeping the flame of Zoroaster alive. Now you are ruled by Samanids of Khiva who want to seize your lands. Can you avoid your fate and reclaim Transoxania for Zoroaster?
波斯王國
- 羅斯塔姆 巴文德(Rostam Bavandid)，陀拔斯單謝赫，867：A Zoroastrian count that starts as a vassal of a Shia ruler in the mountainous region of northern Persia. Rostam starts with two counties in his demesne, which makes him twice as big as the neighboring Justanids, but sadly he is lacking any event army. Even if he can overthrow his liege, he is stuck between the regional Muslim powers. Can you make him rise to power, drive out the Mohammedans and lead the Persian Empire to a new golden age?
- 瓦蘇丹 吉斯丹(Wahsudan Justanid)，吉蘭馬爾佐班，867：Starts right next to the Caliphate, so even with his meagre event troops, survival will be a struggle. Still, the weak Alavids are right next door, and you can always try to swear fealty to the Caliphate and destroy it from within. According to legend, it was Wahsudan who built the future Hashshashin stronghold of Alamut.
馬茲達克派
河中王國（撒馬爾罕埃米爾國）
- 哈希姆 穆蓋納爾(Hashem Muqannid)，珂咄羅謝赫，769：Al-Muqanna was a self-declared prophet who created a new religion mixing Zoroastrianism & Islam and then rebelled against the Abbasid caliphate. What's more, he was a chemist who blew half of his face off and thus went around veiled, adding to his mysterious nature. While real Muqanna was defeated and took his own life, perhaps you can fare better against the Muslim armies?
胡天派
迦濕彌羅王國
- 凱庫斯老 達拉烏特(Keykhosraw Daroot)，播密馬爾佐班，867：The only independent Khurmazta ruler in the game you have a single province high in the mountains as a tributary of the Samanids which offers you a degree of protection. However, this will not help you against your most immediate threat your fellow Samanid tributary the Banijurid's to whom you are the only available target for expansion. Surviving a war against them will require a lot of luck and good timing, hopefully, you will be in a good enough position to return the favor once you have defended yourself. Once you have done that Kashmir and the world is your oyster, do you push west and restore the Persian Empire or do you stay in the mountains and expand eastward.
猶太教領主
猶太教
阿比西尼亞王國
- 大衛一世 基甸(Dawit I Gideon)，塞米恩公爵，867
- 大衛二世 基甸(Dawit II Gideon)，阿克蘇姆小型國王，1066
庫曼汗國
- 以撒 多阿嫩(Isaac Doganin)，阿得可汗，1066
可薩利亞汗國
- 瑪拿西二世 布蘭(Manasseh II Bulanid)，可薩利亞可汗，867
巴格達大酋邦
- Saad Mordechai當前1291.1.1的巴格達大酋長不是此人, High Chief of Baghdad, 1 Jan. 1291：伊兒汗國可汗阿魯渾的宮廷醫生和管家。開局秘密信奉猶太教。不管你選擇不選擇公開信奉猶太教，看看你能走多遠。
al-Gassani, Republic of
- Paltoi Yeshayahu, Patrician, 7 Aug. 936: The only Jewish Merchant Republic start.
東方宗教領主
印度教
迦布羅王國
- 卡拉 沙希(Kallar Shahi)，迦布羅總督，867：Bordered by Muslim nations it could become difficult quickly enough. It’s an interesting character to play Indian, but outside of India. The Shahis are possibly also descendants of the Hephthalites.
毗訶羅王國
- 羅摩笈多 笈多(Ramagupta Gupta)，僧摩羅摩城與彌梯羅他俱羅，769：Can you re-establish the Gupta dynasty as the dominant power of India? You have a claim to a kingdom title held by your liege and road is hard but you can do it!
德干帝國
- 訶利訶羅 桑迦摩(Harihara Sangama)，德干帝國聖王，1337：The founder of the Vijayanagara Empire, an empire that originated as a direct response to the aggression of the Tughluqs. Only two decades after the foundation of the Empire, he managed to get control over a big part of South India and fend off the Tughluqs until the empire disintegrated after 1388. In-game, you start very small with a big Tughluq Sultanate to the North of you.
迦迦底耶王國（遊戲中為迦迦底耶家族統治的拘梨波稽等省份）
- 樓陀羅摩提毗 迦迦底耶(Rudramadevi Kakatiya)，1259：Yep, she's playable! But you need to start as her dad, who will die soon afterwards and has no other heirs. This is because, after 1259, Rudrama Devi has a non-dynastic son.
迦濕彌羅王國
- 牴多(Didda)，迦濕彌羅女王，980-1002：You have to edit defines.txt (.lua?) to play as her, but I imagine she's worth it.
五河王國
- 闍耶比荼 羯拘吒(Jayapida Karkota)，五河摩訶羅闍，769：Not long before the 769 start date his ancestors controlled much of northern India but in 769 he's just in control of the northern province of Kasmira and a few much stronger vassals in Punjab. From this position, the historical Jayapida managed to reclaim much of the old empire, including the great prize of the imperial city of Kannauj before it was all lost again.
羅闍弗多那王國
- 托拉馬納 匈那(Toramana Hunas)，慕訶陀婆娑迦他俱羅，769：You are the last remnant of the White Huns also known as the Hephthalite Empire, a nomadic confederation that helped in the collapsing of the Gupta Empire. You hold the southern tip of what was once the Empire's land, under a powerful liege whose culture is foreign to you. Can you grow from your meagre start into a force to be reckoned with and re-establish the old empire?
- 畢哩體微羅闍 招漢(Prithviraj Chauhan)，羅闍弗多那摩訶羅闍，1177：An important character in Indian folklore, until this day. He managed to forge a legendary alliance and fended off the Islamic general Ghori in 1191 during the first battle of Tarain. The second battle of Tarain in 1192, however, was lost by Chauhan, which led to his execution.
佛教
Note: All historical Khitan and Han characters are written in their better known Han Pin-yin names as opposed to names that appear in Mongolian or other regional sources.
迦布羅王國
- 尼哈勒 凱坎尼(Nihaal Kaikanite)，卡拉特馬爾佐班，769: A small and almost lonely afghan Buddhist country, surrounded by Abbasids, Zunists and not-so-weak Sunni states. Against all odds, could you survive and become the Shah? Or maybe the first ruler of united India will be of house Kaikanite?
蒙古可汗國
- 遼洪基（耶律洪基）(Liao Hongji (Yelu Hongji))，遼可汗，1066：他其實是中國北方契丹的皇帝——遼道宗耶律洪基。自10世紀晚期以來，契丹人無情地向四面八方擴張，從塔里木盆地到朝鮮半島都是他們的疆域，直到中國化和封建化讓其停下了擴張的腳步。幾世紀後蒙古游牧部落嶄露頭角時，殘忍強大的契丹人仍然留在斯拉夫人的記憶中，他們稱契丹人為Cathy！（中世紀歐洲對中國的稱呼，同Khitai即契丹）歷史上，契丹的衰落始於耶律洪基不幸卻漫長的統治——如對附屬部族採取高壓政策，以及謀殺受人尊敬的太子耶律浚。當然，最終他還是後悔了，讓兩歲的孫子耶律延禧繼承了皇位，但是，唉，一切都太遲了。耶律延禧缺少像樣的教育，又沿用了祖父的政策。於是在其治下女真部族完顏氏不堪壓迫憤而起義，終結了遼的統治。往裡榮光只能從出逃的喀喇契丹（西遼）中依稀辨別……
然而，你有能力阻止這一切。經營好和封臣(特別完顏氏)的關係，教育好您的繼承人，同時征服，征服，再征服！從此之後，不會再有女真人的叛亂，不會再有蒙古人的奴役，也自然不會再需要有什麼喀喇契丹延續國祚……你將是契丹唯一的可汗！讓大遼的威名真正從愛爾蘭到契丹無人不知無人不曉！
布姆唐伯爵領
- 增基晉美(Zenji Jigme)，布姆唐阿波，1066：You are Zenji Jigme, an almost totally unremarkable person, but you have a great legacy behind you, Bhutan is a realm that has never relinquished its sovereignty (Historians are somewhat split over whether Bhutan was subject to the Tibetan Empire, paradox take the view that they were), 230 years ago, all of Bhutan was under your dynasty, but now, you only hold the eastern half of the country, can you keep Bhutan independent, surrounded by larger neighbours a Buddhist realm with a constant de jure claim on your lands, and a Hindu kingdom, thought with monastic feudalism as a government type, this daunting task is less of a tall order, for a challenge, try converting to Nestorianism by marrying into the family of the count of Charkliq, and establish a Christian outpost in a sea of heretics.
Transoxiana, Kingdom of
- Kuchlug Naiman, Khagan of Transoxiana, 1211: The last ruler of the Kara-Khitai, Kuchlug was a prince of the Naiman tribe that fled westward after the absorption of the clan by Genghis Khan. Despite finding favour in the court of Yelü Zhilugu, to the extent of converting to Buddhism and marrying his daughter, he conspired with the neighbouring Khwarezmids to usurp the throne. His relationship with the Khwarezmids eventually soured, and by 1218 he was beheaded by the Mongols.
But at this point in history there remains hope to challenge your fate. Sandwiched between the ascendant Mongol Empire and the consolidated Khwarezmids lies an opportunity to play one against the other. Embrace your pragmatism and play the role of the obsequious vassal, or seek other lands and wait out the clash of titans. You are begin as Nomadic but personally hold baronies, which enable settling down as a feudal. Expand with you strong nomadic CBs or settle down and swear fealty to the great powers of Central Asia.
- Kara-Khitai Ketuyu, of the Kara-Khitai High Chiefdom, 1211: Ahistorical son of Yelü-Zhilugu, last Khitan ruler of Kara-Khitai. A member of the Qara Khitai nobility that were given important posts in by the Khwarezmids after their capture, he rose to the position of commander of Isfahan (Kerman). Ketuyu would eventually convert to Islam and be granted the title of Qutlugh Sultan, adopting the name Buraq Hajib. The Khitans would flee and settle in Kerman after the destruction of Kara-Khitai under the usurper Naiman prince at the hands of Genghis Khan, eventually swearing fealty to the Great Khan after his conquest of the Khwarezmids.
Ketuyu is listed ahistorically as the son Yelü Zhilugu, and thus will inherit claims to the defunct Kingdom of Transoxiana. Rather than assimilate as you did historically, stick to your Buddhist traditions and fight to reclaim your birthright from Khagan Kuchlug. Alternatively, start in 1196 and assasinate Kuchlug before his usurpation, or in 1213, after your adoption of Islam and a dynastic change. Ketuyu starts with two non-dynastic sons in 1211, but can easily pass Late Administration and Ultimogeniture to solve the issue.
西夏
- 嵬名諒祚(Weiming Liangzuo)，西夏國王, 1066：在歷史上，嵬名諒祚(毅宗皇帝)是在親宋派和主戰派朝臣之間的血腥鬥爭中長大的。1067年嵬名諒祚猝然駕崩，享年21歲。於是西夏皇位傳給了年幼的兒子嵬名秉常。作為法理上的西夏國王，遊戲開始時你只控制著酒泉公國。酒泉公國非常富有（通過這種方式模擬西夏王國遊戲地圖之外的收入），但你需要迅速積累威望，以向南推動對党項人公爵領的宣稱。衛藏將迅速向北擴張，與古格王朝共同統治西藏。所以你的短期目標應該是用一切必要的手段阻止他們結盟，同時占領足夠多的吐蕃領土來阻止其他人建立吐蕃帝國。通過保持王朝穩定（並且有望把敏銳特質傳給後代），你的領地繁榮發展，足以入侵宋朝，甚至逆轉歷史上西夏的覆滅，掐滅蒙古人入侵的苗頭。
耆那教
摩訶剌侘王國
- 阿牟伽伐里沙 羅濕陀羅拘陀(Amoghavarsha Rashtrakuta)，羅濕陀羅拘陀摩訶羅闍，867：the 6th and greatest ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, a scholar and a poet who devoted himself to the pacifistic nature of his religion. Already an old man will you continue his legacy as his successors of a cultural powerhouse expanding only through marriage or will you form a lasting Jain empire across all of India by the sword?
瞿折羅王國
- 鳩摩羅波羅 蘇楞吉(Kumarapala Solanki)，蘇楞吉摩訶羅闍，1160：Considered to be the last great royal patron of the Jain religion by later Jain scholars he was a warlike Hindu in his youth who conquered many surrounding realms but by 1160 in-game he has converted to Jainism and given up much of his earlier conquests. Legends have it that the Jain Gods preserved his rule against would-be conquerors who thought they could exploit his pacifism The rest of his family is Hindu but all the provinces of his realm are Jain and most of his subjects will like him enough to convert if asked and bribed with gold. Will you preserve Jain in an age where the subcontinent is increasingly divided between Hinduism and Islam and show would-be invaders that pacifism does not make you weak? He is available from 1143 but does not convert to Jain until January 1 1160, if you want to start as him at the height of his power in 1159 he still controls much of a neighboring Malwa. He rules until his death in 1172.
道教
- 周鼎(Zhou Ding)，酒泉/安西伯爵，769：河西走廊的控制權落入吐蕃人之手，這區域切斷了中原和西域都護府的聯繫。這種情況被模擬為大量對吐蕃領土的宣稱。然而，卡在兩個強權之間的你，重奪失地看起來近乎不可能。
- 張議潮(Zhang Yichao)，酒泉公爵，867：張議潮率軍重奪河西走廊並使其重歸大唐王朝。酒泉公國足夠富庶但你的擴張之路被幾個強大的領主阻擋。有足夠的雄心壯志，你依然可以將整個塔里木重新收入囊中，永遠不停地向前擴張中國到達之地。
諸商業共和國
維斯比
- 博茨泰因 斯騰屈爾卡(Botstain af Stenkyrka)，維斯比大市長，1066: 這個有名無實的共和國位於瑞典海岸以外的哥得蘭島，這可是整個地圖上最容易賺得盆盈缽滿的寶地。儘管向芬蘭擴張可能相對來說毫無意義，富饒的德意志、弗里斯蘭、法蘭西和英格蘭都在向你招手，而離你最近的競爭對手遠在熱那亞，你是不可能被他們擠垮的吧？不過當心了！如果讓「異教徒埃里克」控制了瑞典，那可就有趣了，你會迅速被迫改信，要麼就等著滅國。還有，留神那些貴族家庭，他們對這樣一個年紀輕輕就被選為大市長走上人生巔峰的人可不那麼友好。
漢薩同盟
從1227年開始，你可以選擇這個德國北部的商業同盟進行遊戲（譯者註：儘管在歷史上它正式成立於1282年）。如果神聖羅馬帝國保持著對德國北部的控制，你甚至可以在1170年以後的任何時間，在取得皇帝許可的前提下創建同盟。
熱那亞
比薩
- 傑拉爾多 維斯孔蒂(Gerardo I Visconti)，比薩尊貴總督，1081：以下為每周挑戰項目：
- 消滅地中海地區內除自己外的所有共和國政權。
- 在馬略卡、卡比利亞、突尼西亞、的黎波里塔尼亞之中，取得至少兩個的完整法理領土。
- 將以下法理公爵領併入你的國家：西西里、卡拉布利亞、亞該亞和克里特。
- 建立拉丁帝國。
- 將土耳其人趕出希臘和安納托利亞的所有法理王國範圍。
威尼斯
- 恩里克 丹多洛(Enrico Dandolo)，威尼斯尊貴總督，1192 - 1205：這位九十多歲、雙目失明的總督將第四次十字軍東征的目標轉移到君士坦丁堡。攻陷君士坦丁堡後，總督拒絕戴上拉丁帝國的皇冠，因為這違反了威尼斯的憲法。你不可能在遊戲中做這樣的事情，但你仍然可以自由地扮演一個狡猾的、追逐利潤的混蛋，同時自豪地展示「十字軍戰士」特質。當然，沒有什麼能阻止你建立拉丁共和國。九十多歲的盲人攻陷和劫掠了君士坦丁堡。傷心去吧，瞎子約翰。
阿馬爾菲
這個徒有虛名的共和國由西西里島的阿馬爾菲大市經營。751年它是拜占庭帝國的屬國，839年該國獨立，1060年該國被毀。阿馬爾菲是義大利幾個共和國中最容易進入非洲的，然而它也是最脆弱的，因為其唯一擁有的省份是薩萊諾公爵領的法理領土。
無領地角色
要遊玩這些角色，你需要以他們的上一級領主進入遊戲，授予他們領地，然後保存遊戲退出後才能選擇他們重新載入遊戲。
- 約翰 安德森(Johan Andersson)，耶恩貝拉蘭廷臣，1066.9.15：和其他P社員工一樣，在遊戲內是一名身處瑞典的無地廷臣，他們都只在原始版本遊戲最早的1066開局中可用。他總是擁有
幕後操縱人特質，你經常可以在Tjudmund酋長的內閣中找到他。 - 格里菲德 阿伯弗勞(Gruffydd Aberffraw)，佩菲杜拉德廷臣，1066.9.15：年僅11歲的他是出生在都柏林的流亡王子（譯者：他的祖父曾是圭內斯國王，後死於臣屬奪權。父親帶他逃到愛爾蘭避難，在薩克森人入侵中被殺死）。從伯爵開始建設你的領地，幫助這個孩子奪回在威爾斯的宣稱，然後繼續扮演阿伯弗勞家族（譯者：如歷史般加冕為威爾斯的至高王）。
- 托斯蒂格 戈德溫(Tostig of Godwin)，挪威廷臣，1066.9.15：他是哈羅德·戈德溫森的弟弟，正是他勸說"無情者"在諾曼第的威廉已經開始籌劃入侵英格蘭時同步展開入侵。傳說中，他贏得了無情者哈拉爾的支持，帶領著維京戰士在斯坦福橋之戰中對抗薩克森人並死在那裡。為什麼連塊封地都不給他呢？我聽說有個叫法羅群島的地方每年這個時候都很不錯……總之，讓戈德溫森一族延續下去吧，即便英格蘭陷落於英格林家或諾曼第人之手！
- 謝切赫 托波爾(Sieciech Topor)，波蘭廷臣，1066-1094: 在波蘭歷史上，他曾經權傾朝野，以推翻國王大膽的波羅斯瓦夫二世並將他放逐國外（還毒死了他的兒子梅什科），架空繼任者瓦迪斯瓦夫一世·赫爾曼（在遊戲中有
體弱多病）還睡了他的王后而聞名。在他的控制下，波蘭軍隊一度占領了波美拉尼亞，人們都說他是波蘭的實際統治者，他也一直在謀求篡奪王位。不過最終他還是在內戰中被打敗，在1100年被瓦迪斯瓦夫的兒子們弄瞎雙眼，剝奪所有頭銜後驅逐出境。 - 愛德加 威塞克斯(Eadgar of Wessex)，英格蘭廷臣，1066.9.15：覺得哈羅德很難玩？那就來試試當一位正統君主吧。這位不幸的少年身為英格蘭皇族最後的男裔，要面臨多達三名虎視眈眈、實力遠超自己的篡位者。而你所有的籌碼只有兩個未婚的姐妹——她們也擁有英格蘭王位的強宣稱！你能幫助威塞克斯家族奪回本該屬於他們的王座嗎？你也可以從1099年拜占廷皇帝的宮廷開始（《盎格魯-撒克遜編年史》中有愛德加前往耶路撒冷朝聖后在拜占廷宮廷中短暫停留的記載）。如果你打了HIP MOD，愛德加會在1066開局中擔任牛津郡的郡守，這也算是對他在歷史上被哈羅德·戈德溫森奪走王位的補償吧。
- 埃爾夫萬 克尼特林(Ælfwine Knytling)，土魯斯廷臣，1066：曾統治丹麥、挪威和英格蘭的克努特大帝僅存的後裔，這對於一個位於法蘭西中南部的薩克森人廷臣來說可是了不得的遺產。一開局你就擁有英格蘭王位的強宣稱，儘管如此你還是得保持耐心，因為並沒有任何切實可行的方案去實現它。首先你應該在地盤裡選塊地封給埃爾夫萬，這能幫他的家族重回英格蘭王位、甚至重鑄祖先的偉大帝國嗎？
- 佩德羅 德 勃艮第(Pedro de Bourgogne)，葡萄牙廷臣（王子），百年戰爭開局（1337）：You are the heir to the throne of Portugal, but that is not why history will remember you. Pedro fell in love with Inês de Castro, the bastard daughter of the duke of Galicia and hardly a suitable match for the heir of a kingdom. Still, the two could not be kept apart, which forced his father, King Afonso IV, to have the young woman murdered. This action was enough to cause Pedro to declare war on his father and while defeated, the timely death of the king still gave the crown to Pedro, who settled for hunting down the murderers, torturing them to death (which involved Pedro ripping their hearts out with his bare hands) and as a (somewhat legendary) final act of defiance, having the body of his beloved dug up and forcing the whole court to swear fealty to Inês as queen of Portugal. Can you right this historical wrong, unite these two love birds and lead their descendants to even greater glory?
- 奧馬爾 海亞姆(Omar Khayyam)，塔什庫爾干廷臣，1066：他在歷史上作為知名數學家留下了無數享樂主義詩集（後由其學生整理為《魯拜集》），儘管他的數據相當平庸。
- 赫羅爾夫 德 諾曼第(Hrolfr de Normandie)，尼達羅斯廷臣，867：A famous Viking warrior and the great-great-great-grandfather of William the Conqueror. Historically, he settled in Normandy and founded the dynasty that would one day take the throne of England. The character Rollo in the History Channel television show [1] is based on Hrolfr. Start as Hrörekr of Holland, give Hrolfr some land, play on as him and see if you can re-create history! Alternatively, start as Harald Fairhair in Akershus, Ostlandet and invite him to court (gift necessary) to establish an in-game relationship between Hrolfr and Harald as happened historically.
- 烏赫特雷德 巴本堡(Uhtred of Bebbanburg)，西蘭廷臣（通常是軍事總管或指揮官），867：Legendary (i.e., semi-fictional) protagonist of the BBC television show Last Kingdom, adapted from the Stories novel series by Cornwell. Historically, the Bold was of all Northumbria from 1006 to 1016, while this [2] was an ealdorman in Derbyshire (aka Derby in-game) in the 10th century.
- 達德米赫爾 胡爾希德扎德(Dadmihr Khursidzade)，769：Appearing in random court in 769, you are descendant of last independent Zoroastrian ruler in Persia and oldest member of Dabuyid dynasty. While you have been educated as Sunni, your sympathies are still with Zoroastrians who suffer under the yoke of Mohammettans. Can you restore your dynasty to glory and as a true heir to Sassanid dynasty, take back that what rightfully belongs to you?
- 提奧德里克 德 墨洛溫(Theodoric de Merohingi)，769：Appearing in the court of the Count of Rouen, you are the last living Merovingian. After your father Childeric III was deposed by the Caroligians, you've been forced to become a monk an abbey in Normandy. Land him a city or a bishopric to remove its monk trait before landing him a county. Or press his claim on the throne with a powerful Duke, it will remove it as well (and make him king). Will you be able to get rid of those perfidious Karlings and make the Merovingian dynasty last a thousand years?
- 維爾納 薩利安(Werner Salian)，769：Starts in the court of Carcassonne as the son of Lambert Guideshi. Land him early and start the Salian Dynasty hundreds of years before their historic rise to power.
- 錫卡爾 西卡爾(Sicard Sicard)，769：Father of of Benevento.
- 西科 西卡爾(Sico Sicard),769
- Republic of Wales: Start from December 1066 as William the Conqueror, play it out and give the mayor of Cornwall the duchy of Cornwall, or otherwise any mayor a duchy, thus republic is made.
- Ragnar Lodbrok, 769
- Godgifu, 1066
- William Wallace, 1286
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