Hæsteinn (his mom asked about giving the same name as father in a event. I didn't give it too much care, till I saw that)

If the child also wasnt comely and quick I wouldnt be so sure. The spymaster is checking it out just incase.

Otherwise, Operation "Hammer" was a success.

I recieved an invitation for a feast from a person whose name I did not recognize. I decided to check out who he was and I think this isn't the first feast this guy has thrown.

This is the first time I encountered this event. As Avar King a priest visited me while I was holing court and told me it would be possible to reform my faith without the usual 3 holy sites requirements.

My question is, does anybody know what that event is or is it possible to increase the odds to trigger that event in my future playthroughs?

Playing as Jimena/Castile from the 1066 start. I married Sancho to a French princess and the next generation took France for myself. I wanted to split France into France and Aquitaine to break their power base, then leave them as two independent Jimenez kingdoms for another generation to rake in some more dynasty renown while I'm stuck at the King tier and focusing on ending the Iberian Struggle. I really do not want to leave the entirely of a united France to exist independently for too long, because that can get out of hand when I try to take it back.

Aquitaine isn't on the de jure kingdoms list anymore though, and doesn't seem to be formable or reviveable? Am I missing something? I don't think I can break off duchies from a kingdom I already own to create a smaller custom Kingdom, can I? Even broken into duchies, France is simply too many vassals to handle as a secondary kingdom. I'm quite literally stronger without France until I can end the struggle and become an Emperor. Keeping France immediately puts me to the 95% vassal contribution penalty

Help me, friends... What do I do?!

Crazy to think something as important as the Armagnac-Burgundian civil war wouldn’t even be possible in CK3 at this time and instead we have to resolve to more obscure solutions to get rid of murderers. Killing the head of an important dynasty should offer anyone from that dynasty a casus belli against the murderer. I guess that was one of the intended effects of family feuds but it simply doesn’t work like that atm

CK3 unreformed faiths are weak as hell at later starting dates. Start in 1066, and you'll have nearly all of Baltic, Volga-Ural and Africa fully Christian/Muslim by 1200 (and even if they reform they'll get crusaded/jihaded to oblivion). Even 867 is kinda ridiculous with getting all the Uralics and Turks in Eastern Europe switching to Judaism, just because they're Khazar vassals, by 930 or something.

In reality, we had major pagan rebellions in Eastern Europe long after official christianisation (Hungary had one just 5 years before 1066, Poland had one in 1030s), Baltics only converted in 1200-1300s after a series of crusades (and Lithuania's dukes only converted in 1387, with population keeping religion for much longer, and Samogitia only officially statted to convert in 1413).

The game ends in 1453, and by 1453 much of West Africa, Mongolia/Eastern Siberia, almost the entirety of Western Siberia, the Sámi, most people of Volga-Ural (except the Tatars, the Bashkirs and afaik Komi aristocracy), probably at least some Lithuanians (especially in Samogitia), Finns and Karelians, and some peoples of Caucasus were still following non-Abrahamic religions. Even today some of these regions preserve the original religions to some or other degree. In CK3, we usually see all of them converted by 1300 at latest, by 1150 at earliest. And that's 1066, the new start date will probably have them gone even earlier.

Conversion overall is way too fast and powerful. Ghaznavids tend to make entire Northern India (or whole India, depending on their conquest luck) Muslim by 1170s, no need to explain how ridiculous it is. Crusades can turn the entire Levant Catholic in 20 years. Etc, etc.

In my experience with Crusader Kings 3, regencies can be very beneficial particularly when the regent has high stewardship. When that’s the case, my domain limit increases, and if my spouse also has high stewardship and is assigned to assist with domain management, the effects seem to stack, allowing me to hold significantly more land than usual.

However, I’m unclear on how regencies actually work. Occasionally, a regency will appear without any obvious cause, and then at some point, it ends. It seems inconsistent, and I haven’t been able to find a clear explanation for when or why they are triggered.

I have a few specific questions-

How can I start a regency?

Is there a way to appoint or influence who becomes my regent so I can get one with high stewardship?

Want to get back to the game because I remember having a great time with it.

I know there's been at least three major expansions since then, but which would you say are the most fun and worthy? Roads to Power, Wandering Nobles or the Legends of the Dead? For each of them the reviews are negative or mixed, but so are these for the Royal Court and T&T which I personally find quite good , although the price is of course too high. Still less than crack tho.

Also, has the AI been improved in the last year and the half? I remember two years ago they introduced "archetypes" for AI rulers, that was cool. Do the AI allies still suck?

Will be really glad to anyone spending a minute to write his or her opinion!

I was looking through Wales to see who was ruling what and stumbled across Prince Idwal.

He only has one county, and yet if I wanted to go to war with him, I can only invade his kingdom? I’d have to spend 1000 prestige just for one county.

Am I missing something? Anything I can do?

Did he play tall and fucking aced it to the point his one county can rival that of an entire kingdom??

I started this game as the Salian count in the 9th century. After his father failed to claim the throne of East Francia, Baldur continued his legacy by almost claiming the throne from an infant Karling. However, it was all for naught as a dissolution faction destroyed the kingdom. Not to be deterred, Baldur took claimed the former king's duchy, starting a civil war in west Franconia.

But Baldur was thwarted again, as a second group of nobles started their own civil war, making it impossible for Baldur to secure control. As if the situation couldn't get any worse, the duke of east Franconia declared war for his claim on Baldur's duchy. Cutting his losses, Baldur made a white peace with his liege.

The east Franconian duke eventually won, creating a united Franconian duchy. Not content with claiming just half of the realm, Baldur started another scheme to claim the throne of east Franconia. This time, he actually succeeded! His liege wasn't able to punish him, because shortly thereafter he died, splitting the Franconian realm.

Finally, Baldur began a swift campaign to press his claims, uniting Franconia once more, and securing the first ducal title the Salians ever had. By now, Baldur had garnered legitimacy by engaging in almost a dozen hunts (in fact, this it was Baldur who enshrined hunting as a core Franconian tradition). Despite his meager realm, these exploits allowed him to claim the title of King of the Germans, becoming Baldur I. Even the duke of Angria, who originally destroyed the kingdom, swore fealty to Baldur I.

Baldur's I 14 year-long reign was succeeded by his sons Rudolf and Ludolf, splitting the realm into Germany and Lotharingia respectively. Rudolf wasn't particularly capable, but that didn't stop him from claiming his father's legacy. Emphasis on claim, as he was promptly gored by a boar on his first hunting trip, passing the crown to his (much more capable) son, Baldur II. Under him, he will lead the Salians to their destiny as Holy Roman Emperors.

That’s pretty much it. My favorite thing in CK2 was living in a world that felt real and historically adjacent but that was completely unknown to me.

Definitely the biggest thing missing in 3 for me

I am pretty sure I have converted all the regions in the white-bordered area to Ash'ari. The achievement said "starting as a North Germanic Asatru," so I started as Rurik. However, the achievement still shows up as "possible." Could anyone tell me what could be wrong?

I did hybridize my culture, and my heritage changed, but the achievement doesn't say anything about not hybridizing. I think it should still be possible since it shows up on my possible achievements list.