Part 119: Pecularities of 1444
Also, I've run into a bunch of interesting things whilst working on the conversion. I meant to share this stuff earlier, but I couldn't figure out a good way to work them into the narrative, so I'll just show off one or two of them here![:v:](../Smilies/emot-v.gif)
Firstly, at the edge of the world, the descendants of the Icelandic Kings of Jerusalem endure in the North Sea Kingdom.
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That one republic in France survived the last few years of the game. I'm considering making them independent in EU4, since there's a sore lack of republics, but still unsure.
Also, he's Waldensian, which is kinda ironic.
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Speaking of heresies, chunks of Austria and Carinthia went Cathar in the dying years of the game.
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Meanwhile, after the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the vile Catholics, the Russians retaliated by converting to Bogomilism. There are also a bunch of Bogomilists running about in Finland, for whatever reason.
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Thanks to the Mongol Empire constantly jumping between Islam and Buddhism, we also have a Buddhist state chilling at the edge of Russia.
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Further south, in Afghanistan, a Sunni holy order managed to conquer themselves a fair bit of land.
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In Azerbaijan, on the other hand, the Hurufi sect has quickly spread and displaced Sunni Islam to become the dominant faith in the region.
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The one (I think) Jewish province at the end of the game was in Edirne, surprisingly enough. Also, note the absolute clusterfuck of religions in Anatolia.
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The Levant is no better.
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In East Africa, the dominance of Abyssinia has led to the Copts prospering, led by a landed Coptic Pope.
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Finally, and most importantly, the Karlings have somehow survived the Middle Ages.
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Also, if anyone has decent suggestions for national ideas, decisions, missions and the like, throw them my way and I'll see what I can do.