In CK1 lots of courtiers were spawned to fill courts. Because the AI liked to create and revoke titles, constantly this would spawn numerous unconnected courtiers of whom most would never be used and in general eat up valuable cpu resources. After remembering my days of Ghenghis Khan II there was a great innovation in that game that could be used here: searching for local talent.
Instead I'd propose that no courtiers ever get spawned like this and if their is a lack of courtiers, the ruler can have a option (through a button for players) to search for local talent or search for a local bride.
What happens is for court positions, nearby the court position there could be a choice to "search for local talent" button and if the player choses it, a small amount of gold (1 duncat/demesne province, x2 for duke, x4 for king) is spent. The quality of the individual is randomly generated with some weight for slightly better stats the more demesne you have and the higher your title, especially in the relevant stat, though that one will always be decent (barring traits), (more places to search and better chance someone of note will show up for more prestigious post). You will get to see their traits, but not the rest of their stats and can hire them or not. If you do, you lose a certain % of prestige for hiring a not-well-connected courtier. If you don't, the character is deleted, ie doesn't take up any more resources. The courtiers are always male.
For vassals, its similar, but you click on the province you want to be the capital and you can chose to search for a local bishop or grant a local baron the title. The courtiers are always male and will not specialize in any stat like the other court positions. Outisde that they are exactly like the previous one.
For brides, this one would be by clicking either somewhere on your character page or capital and it searches for a member of the opposite sex. If you chose to betrothe them, they automatically become your spouse.
The reason for not showing stats is that searching for these unknown characters your taking a risk going with someone no one really knows.
Instead I'd propose that no courtiers ever get spawned like this and if their is a lack of courtiers, the ruler can have a option (through a button for players) to search for local talent or search for a local bride.
What happens is for court positions, nearby the court position there could be a choice to "search for local talent" button and if the player choses it, a small amount of gold (1 duncat/demesne province, x2 for duke, x4 for king) is spent. The quality of the individual is randomly generated with some weight for slightly better stats the more demesne you have and the higher your title, especially in the relevant stat, though that one will always be decent (barring traits), (more places to search and better chance someone of note will show up for more prestigious post). You will get to see their traits, but not the rest of their stats and can hire them or not. If you do, you lose a certain % of prestige for hiring a not-well-connected courtier. If you don't, the character is deleted, ie doesn't take up any more resources. The courtiers are always male.
For vassals, its similar, but you click on the province you want to be the capital and you can chose to search for a local bishop or grant a local baron the title. The courtiers are always male and will not specialize in any stat like the other court positions. Outisde that they are exactly like the previous one.
For brides, this one would be by clicking either somewhere on your character page or capital and it searches for a member of the opposite sex. If you chose to betrothe them, they automatically become your spouse.
The reason for not showing stats is that searching for these unknown characters your taking a risk going with someone no one really knows.