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Hello everyone!

Today is Tuesday and that means it’s time for another fascinating Developer Diary. My name is Divine and I’ve been part of the Crusader Kings team since last autumn as a scripter and now I’m going to tell you about some of the events that we’ve been working on for the soon-to-be-released expansion, Horse Lords!

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If you control a part of the Silk Road you can now build trade posts to make sure to get some of the riches that is traveling along the route. However, there might be more people who want a share of the wealth, so you’ll probably have to guard your treasure chests. There’s also a possibility to gain the help of a trade governor who might attract more traders and riches to your land... or his mishaps might prove to be more of a headache for you to cope with.

As mentioned in a previous dev diary, rulers on the Steppe can send out their sons and brothers to take up arms and become mercenaries. The life of a mercenary, though, is a harsh one and a lot of things can happen when you’re out adventuring in a foreign court; so we’ve added some events about various things that can occur for the captain of such a created mercenary band.

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For instance, the Mercenary Captain, being on the field fighting for a living, has a chance to improve his military education trait to one of the stronger ones. These mercenaries also get a few events to interact with their employer or the ruler of the province they are hanging out in. One of these events is for instance eloping with a person of the employer’s court. It can be a daughter, son or a skilled courtier.

Since the Mercenary Captain is earning his keep from being hired he also gets some choices on what to spend it on. For example, improving his Band of Mercenaries or spend it all on women and vice.

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A ruler of the Steppe was not much of a ruler unless his clan had a thriving herd of livestock to support them. Thus, it is only natural that we needed to have some events about horses! If you’re living on the Steppes as a nomad, you can now adopt a favorite war horse. There are some events associated with having a horse and what you do together with it - both ordinary and unusual happenings.

So that’s a little sneak peek of the things that can happen on the wide Steppes and everything I had to say for today. I hope you are all hyped for the upcoming expansion that is now just a week away!

Oh! And I might actually have heard legends about certain altaic families behaving in odd ways lately… with hideous faces and beast-like behavior.
 
Amazing, this has got me even more excited for my upcoming birthday gift as a DLC.

Jain tribes? You mean, you want to spread eternal peace and harmony, by taking the other tribes' lands, sending your sons to be fighters on sale, murdering Persians and Romans, burning all the cities, forts and temples, and pillage all the lands? Yes, that's one way to induce harmony and peace if you are the only ruler living. :D
 
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Out of curiosity Groogy, are the Chinese trade governors abstract in any sense or do the characters appear in your court. If its the latter, were you guys forced to create a random cultured character showing up in your court or did you set up a Chinese culture in the files?

I'm curious about this too.
Are these courtiers going to have a Chinese ethnicity or Confucian religion (or facepack)? Or are they going to be generalized Altaic?
 
Amazing, this has got me even more excited for my upcoming birthday gift as a DLC.

Jain tribes? You mean, you want to spread eternal peace and harmony, by taking the other tribes' lands, sending your sons to be fighters on sale, murdering Persians and Romans, burning all the cities, forts and temples, and pillage all the lands? Yes, that's one way to induce harmony and peace if you are the only ruler living. :D
Well you can slaughter everyone and then have peace and prosperity once you feudalize. ^_^
 
I'm curious about this too.
Are these courtiers going to have a Chinese ethnicity or Confucian religion (or facepack)? Or are they going to be generalized Altaic?


Yeah, I'm just imagining what modders can do with it if they do add Chinese Culture and facepack. GOT and the Silk Road mod for at least 2
 
...Also whats this about Altaic bears, anybody know?

If we're talking about the same thing I think it's one of the magical easter eggs the devs put in their DLC. Like the demon baby or the Necronomicon except with this one there are weresomethings. Bears because this fandom has a (not so secret) secret bear fetish.
 
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They never say bears... myself I hope it's an event that anyone cna get and that it localises what kind of were-creature depending on your region.
 
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Since altaic pretty much confirms werewolves. Maybe we'll get a mythos dlc next. Would be kind of cool.
 
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What is with this forum and strong obsession about animals and beasts, particularly bears? Is there some kind of inside-joke going on?
 
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If we're talking about the same thing I think it's one of the magical easter eggs the devs put in their DLC. Like the demon baby or the Necronomicon except with this one there are weresomethings. Bears because this fandom has a (not so secret) secret bear fetish.

Yeah someone mentioned bears somewhere and I linked it in my head to what the Dev Diary said.

I hope they have an amazing Portrait to go with it. The Game of Thrones mod has a great secret bear event complete with a few portraits.
 
All these horse-related events certainly make a "My Little Pony" expansion much easier for the future. Next expansion: "My Little Pony: Feudalism is Magic".
 
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What is with this forum and strong obsession about animals and beasts, particularly bears? Is there some kind of inside-joke going on?

Yes, it's a inside joke. Some paradox dev made faked screens of a secret bear DLC. And now secret (wear)bears are an inside joke here.
 
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