I'm still playing around with the idea of making an alternate history start, but doing it all via console command is very tedious. I've read up on modding but i'm still not sure on how to proceed. Creating a custom bookmark would do the trick I think, but I don't really know how to start. I plan on only using the cultures/religions/titles that are available in the base game, so that would make thing a lot easier. If anybody has some advice/help on how to implement my ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.
As far as the scenario is concerned, the basic premise is that the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire switch places. It is in no way meant as a plausible timeline 🙃 .
So far I've come up with the following ideas, suggestions are welcome!
As far as the scenario is concerned, the basic premise is that the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire switch places. It is in no way meant as a plausible timeline 🙃 .
So far I've come up with the following ideas, suggestions are welcome!
Western Catholic Realms:
Latin Empire: Capital in Ravenna, they control most of the Italian peninsula + the Dalmatian coast and southern Aquitaine. Their culture could be Roman, but Italian could also work. It would be neat if they have acces to the same decisions as the Byzantines, i.e restore the Roman Empire, Mend the great schism etc.
Kingdom of Lombardy: Capital in Milan. They start out as a tributary to the Latin Empire, They control roughly the duchies of Milan, Friuli, Ivrea, Genoa and Modena.
Kingdom of the Franks: Capital in Paris. They would more or less control Lotharingia and France. But their influence would not reach further that that. Could be ruled by a Merovingian.
Kingdom of the Burgundians: Capital in Lyon. They would be German cultured as I'm not planning on adding custom cultures, they would control the de-jure kingdom of Burgundy sans Provence.
Duchy of Tarragonensis (Barcelona): Capital in Barcelona. Also a tributary of the Latins, They act as a buffer between the Empire and the Visigothic States.
Duchy of Vasconia (Gascogne): Capital in Navarra. A Basque state stretching from Navarre to Bordeaux.
Kingdom if the Suebi (Gallicia): Capital in Coruña. They held out against the Visigoths, but are confined to de-jure Gallicia.
Other Ideas that are not yet defined: fragmented Visigoth states in Spain, A Breton or Welsh Britain.
Eastern Orthodox Realms:
The Goths(Kingdoms of Epirus,Greece and Thrace):Capitals: Epirus, Thessaloniki, Adrianople. They would take the place of the Franks in this scenario. they could start out similar to how the Karlings start in TOG startdate. So maybe three kingdoms in the hands of one family. They could have the decision to form the Holy Roman Empire if you manage to hold all three.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate: Capital in Constantinople, like the Papacy but in the east.
The Alans (Trebizond):Capital in Trapezous. Migrated into the decaying Eastern Roman Empire and settled in Trebizond.
Pagan Realms:
Germanic Pagan Kingdoms(Saxons,Thuringians,Allemani and Bavarians): Since there are no Franks to subjugate them, they could remain pagan. However it could be possible that realms near the Latin west like the Allemani could be recent converts to Christianity.
Kingdom of the Avars: They would stay in the Pannonian Basin, as the Magyars are planning to invade somewhere else.
Kingdom of the Bolghars(Kingdom of Wallachia): They would still invade the Balkans but they would be stopped by the Goths and pushed back over the Danube. settling in modern Romania
Kingdom of the Magyars: Like in TOG start date they would start at war, but this time on a Greek rump state in Anatolia.
The Rest:
Less powerful Islamic states leaving the possibility open for more variety in the region. Not yet settled on the details.
Limited Slavic migration into the Balkans, they could go for Pannonia instead.
I don't have any idea what to do with India
Latin Empire: Capital in Ravenna, they control most of the Italian peninsula + the Dalmatian coast and southern Aquitaine. Their culture could be Roman, but Italian could also work. It would be neat if they have acces to the same decisions as the Byzantines, i.e restore the Roman Empire, Mend the great schism etc.
Kingdom of Lombardy: Capital in Milan. They start out as a tributary to the Latin Empire, They control roughly the duchies of Milan, Friuli, Ivrea, Genoa and Modena.
Kingdom of the Franks: Capital in Paris. They would more or less control Lotharingia and France. But their influence would not reach further that that. Could be ruled by a Merovingian.
Kingdom of the Burgundians: Capital in Lyon. They would be German cultured as I'm not planning on adding custom cultures, they would control the de-jure kingdom of Burgundy sans Provence.
Duchy of Tarragonensis (Barcelona): Capital in Barcelona. Also a tributary of the Latins, They act as a buffer between the Empire and the Visigothic States.
Duchy of Vasconia (Gascogne): Capital in Navarra. A Basque state stretching from Navarre to Bordeaux.
Kingdom if the Suebi (Gallicia): Capital in Coruña. They held out against the Visigoths, but are confined to de-jure Gallicia.
Other Ideas that are not yet defined: fragmented Visigoth states in Spain, A Breton or Welsh Britain.
Eastern Orthodox Realms:
The Goths(Kingdoms of Epirus,Greece and Thrace):Capitals: Epirus, Thessaloniki, Adrianople. They would take the place of the Franks in this scenario. they could start out similar to how the Karlings start in TOG startdate. So maybe three kingdoms in the hands of one family. They could have the decision to form the Holy Roman Empire if you manage to hold all three.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate: Capital in Constantinople, like the Papacy but in the east.
The Alans (Trebizond):Capital in Trapezous. Migrated into the decaying Eastern Roman Empire and settled in Trebizond.
Pagan Realms:
Germanic Pagan Kingdoms(Saxons,Thuringians,Allemani and Bavarians): Since there are no Franks to subjugate them, they could remain pagan. However it could be possible that realms near the Latin west like the Allemani could be recent converts to Christianity.
Kingdom of the Avars: They would stay in the Pannonian Basin, as the Magyars are planning to invade somewhere else.
Kingdom of the Bolghars(Kingdom of Wallachia): They would still invade the Balkans but they would be stopped by the Goths and pushed back over the Danube. settling in modern Romania
Kingdom of the Magyars: Like in TOG start date they would start at war, but this time on a Greek rump state in Anatolia.
The Rest:
Less powerful Islamic states leaving the possibility open for more variety in the region. Not yet settled on the details.
Limited Slavic migration into the Balkans, they could go for Pannonia instead.
I don't have any idea what to do with India