You can find all the historical characters in:
Crusader Kings II/history/characters
There you will find a file per culture and a character entry looks like this
Code:
453047 = {
name="Richard"
dynasty=710
martial=7
diplomacy=7
intrigue=4
stewardship=5
religion="catholic"
culture="frankish"
add_trait="tough_soldier"
father=453005
mother=453043
1320.1.3 = {
birth="1320.1.3"
}
1370.1.3 = {
death="1370.1.3"
}
}
453047 = the ID-number of the character, this must be an unique number
name = the name of the character
dynasty = the dynasty ID of this character, you can find the corresponding name in Crusader Kings II/common/dynasties.txt
martial = his base martial rating
diplomacy = his base diplomacy rating
intrigue = his base intrigue rating
stewardship = his base stewardship rating
religion = the religion of the character
culture= the culture of the character
add_trait = are the traits a character has
father = the character father's ID
mother = the character mother's ID
birth = the birthdate (yyyy.mm.dd) of the character
death = the deathdate of the character
Other codes might be
female = yes -> this means the character is a female
Code:
1214.7.2 = {
give_nickname=nick_the_lion
}
give_nickname = the nickname of the character, you can find a list of all possible nick-names in Crusader Kings II/common/nicknames
Code:
1234.5.27 = {
add_spouse=455409
}
add_spouse = this is the date the character got married, showing the character ID of his wife. You only have to add a marriage to the male, not to the females.
You don't have to add traits or stats, since if they are lacking the game will automatically generate them.
Any editing in the history-folders won't have an effect on your save-games. If you want to edit things in your save-game, you need to edit them also using Wordpad or Notepad.