Konig des Menschen Chapter V (Map Game)

 It is the dawn of a new millennium, but the previous era did not go gently into the pages of history books. The War of the Three Kingdoms rages on in Korea, tables are flipped over in the Holy War against the Hassanids, the Holy Roman Empire watches as France crashes and burns, and the status quo begins to change in many areas.

I, Sidewinder291102 and TheSteampunkTotoro (and TheCreator901), welcome you, to Konig des Menschen Chapter V: Conquest (KdM V). Starting in 1000 AD, this is an era of civilization of and history in which stories of crusaders and kings are made. The road to greatness is paved now, Can you become the King of Men?

Rules
Konig des Menschen Rules

Important Things:

 * 1) Read the page linked above,  A MUST! 
 * 2) If you have any further questions, please ask them in the comments of the game, Sidewinder's or TheSteampunkTotoro's(TexanSanta's) Discord or the KdM Discord server
 * 3) You may not apply as a nation that's underlined in the nations section unless told differently so by an admin rank staff member.

Lore
Below are links to various information about the lore of KdM.
 * Notable People

Nations

 * Underlined = Reserved to that player unless he doesn't reclaim the nation for themselves within the first or second turn
 * Vesnia: Simplenoise8
 * Lustria: EthanKoenigsberg
 * Vedena: VladsNewAccount
 * Svearike: XaoZss
 * Westria: Eltool
 * Roanoke: Derpmaster
 * Escosia: LukaGaming
 * Bavaria: DiegoIdePersia
 * England: FedexWI
 * Byzantium: DickHairyson
 * Venice: Tenacious
 * Avaland: Emperorkangxi
 * Li: Tashaci
 * Yamato: Kuro
 * Danemark:  MrTangle101
 * Elysia: Bosnia Mapper

Comment "Konig des (nation name)" to join!

'''Note: Do remember that while you can't play as a culture group, you can form small nations from said culture groups. Culture groups have italicised names on the map.'''

Alliances and Pacts

 * Military Alliances
 * Alliance of Seaborne Nations (Defunct): Nihon, Wu, Wang, Liang
 * Finnic Guard: Inkeri, Häme, Etelämaat
 * Personal Alliances
 * France-Valcanor
 * Srivijaya-Chola
 * Vestkyst-Snaelland
 * Vestkyst-Vesnia-Danemark
 * Svearike-Inkeri-(Cherno-Vedena)
 * Avaland-Boiheim-Lusatien
 * Chola-Nanzhou
 * Fujiwara-Ezo
 * Svearike-Vesnia
 * Tarascan-Colima-Mixtec
 * Tlaxcala-Huastec

Vassals

 * Mauretania
 * Leontos
 * Andalousia
 * Kastilli
 * Chola
 * Gangas
 * Pagan
 * Sukhothai
 * Kiev
 * Gothia
 * Svearike
 * Arktalasriika
 * Vestkyst
 * Snaelland
 * Bavaria
 * Cappadocia
 * Jahluhet
 * Gehket
 * Mongol Empire
 * Komi
 * Inkeri
 * Rostov
 * Askari Azarkhate
 * Rahmat Amirate
 * Sinkhara Azarkhate
 * Li
 * Shambhala
 * Cherno-Vedena
 * Shu
 * Lao
 * Avaland
 * Wießel
 * Escosia
 * Dardania

Dependencies

 * Chola
 * Ceylon

Crusade Participants

 * Dima, Vizcount of Cappadocia (Cappadocia)- https://imgur.com/gallery/7AfYnf7
 * Conrad of Ingolstadt (Bavaria) - https://imgur.com/gallery/6OV20bN
 * Baron Karl von Richtsreich (Westria)
 * Bartok Erzsebet (Eskos)
 * Arpad Ferenec (Eskos)
 * Konstanze István (Avaland) -
 * Nachin Márkó (Avaland) -

Staff

 * Admin: Atlasium (TheCreator901)
 * Acting Admin: Sidewinder
 * Map Maker: Sidewinder
 * NPC Event Maker: Sidewinder, TheSteampunkTotoro, Batran99
 * Moderator: N/A

Apply for staff in the comments or on Discord by contacting us!

Banned Players

 * None yet, don't be the first name on this list!

Archives
The archive list is useful for previous events or for reference.

Events & Great People

 * Horseman of War - Coda: Throughout her reign, Khatun Ogejin had styled her daughter as heir to the Mongol Empire, drawing the envy of her brothers. One misty morning, she sets off on a hunting trip with some companions and attendants a few kilometres away from Karakorum. Within a few days one of the aids comes limping back mumbling incoherently with a face whiter than milk. He only spoke of death and demons as search parties were sent out to find the heir of the Mongol Empire. They found her before decomposition set in, just in time to see the other members of the hunting party in pieces around a circle forming none other than a Daevite prayer circle, with the intestines of horses substituted with the intestines of Ogejin's daughter. After a period of grief, Ogejin immediately started interrogating her brother Chagatai, who was of Daevite descent through his mother and was most vocal about his claim to the throne of all and any Altaic Empires such as the Mongol Empire. Ogejin did not manage to speak with Chagatai, as bloody marionettes held up in vile display by tendons and sinew in a yurt tend to be mute. Chagatai was assumed dead, but not before being found guilty of conspiring with Daevite priestesses to murder Ogejin's daughter. The yurt was later set alight with the body inside, and nothing was spoken of this ordeal.
 * Ghost Khan: Since the death of her daughter and assumed death of her guilty brother, Ogejin found herself gripped by nightly terrors that became all the more realistic. Dementia began to set in as she would sometimes see her daughter or brother in their mangled states in dark corners at night. Her roster of attendants frequently changed as she began to be distrustful of almost anyone. Alarming still, the glowing ghost of Chagatai would sometimes be seen roaming the nocturnal steppes, illuminated by ethereal blue-green smoke, but no attempts were made to follow it out of fear. On the night of her death, Ogejin screamed at the ghost as it galloped on the plains far away from her window before abruptly dying from a stroke. Jochi, fully aware of what happened, had not expected this turn of events. After the death of his sister, he would be Khan. The ghost of Chagatai stopped appearing after his ascension for the most part, as rumours still floated around his court. Exactly 72 days after his ascension, an inauspicious number as it had became to be known, his food was tainted with psychoactive drugs by what is now believed to have been a Daevite operative within his court. As Jochi fell under influence of the drug, the "ghost" of Chagatai entered the court shrouded in his signature blue-green smoke, revealed to be newly developed long-burning signal smoke canisters loaded with copper acetate. Chagatai declared a duel to which the intoxicated Jochi mumbled an indiscernible reply. Chagatai easily slew his brother and took his head out for all to see. He later became the Khan of the newly formed Daevite Empire, in gratitude to his Daevite brethren that assisted in murdering his niece, faking his death, psychologically destabilising his sister and drugging his brother. Thus, Chagatai becomes the Khan of the Daevite Empire, the Ghost Khan, Horseman of Death.
 * Global Cooling: The globe becomes colder by each winter and devastates the agriculture of northern states. Greenland is becoming too inhospitable to the liking of the Snaellanders and many villages are abanded and people either flee to the mystical land of Vinland or back home to Snaelland. Ships that sailed to the west become fewer and fewer. Supply lines from Europe to Vinland are cut. Vestkyster and Svean agriculture suffers several poor harvests and famine grows. Roughly 1% die to the loss of crops. Transatlantic voyages cease by 1256.
 * The Red 13th Century: Historians begin to see this era of history as one of the most brutal parts of history, as the Mongol wars rage on in Asia and the dozens of other conflicts in Europe and Africa impact the lives of ordinary people. Some scholars begin to think that the end times are near, fearing that this might be one of the signs of the second coming of Christ. This impacts literature and the mindset of people. Books tell stories of guilt and repentance and redemption. Art centers around death and war and it's heroic or grim nature. Others despise war and others think of it as heroic.
 * Åke Ymirsson: The Svartheimian author writes the book "The Perils of Einarr" a book about the story of a warrior named Einarr who fights the Daevites and sees his home and family ravaged by their horde. He is captured, where in his cell he yells out to God and has a long monologue aimed to him about the problem of pain and suffering. He spends years in cell while the war rages on. He finally escapes and kills several Daevites, including a high ranking general. He becomes convinced God had a plan for him through his suffering, just like Job. He then flees to his scorched homestead where he finds his family's corpses. He weeps for them, until a search party finds him and kills him. The book is a dramatization of the actual events known to happen by Svartheimian and Daevite historians, but with tons of speculation and masterful wording and deployment of emotions. The Svartheimians will soon find out the magnitude of events that occured first-hand when the descendants of the first Daevite Empire come knocking.
 * The Reconquista Part II: The Christian states of Castile, Leon and Valencia are aided by Valcanorese and HRE forces. Murcia and rural lands surrounding it are captured by the christians and the kingdom of Valencia is annexed to Valcanor. Ferdinand III had finally reunited the ancient capitals of Valencia and Carcalonar, thinking of this as a God given right and destiny to recreate the kingdom of true Valcanor. Leonese forces aided by several other troops capture Oujedo and Leon. The Vestkyster forces capture Portucale for two months but are then driven back to their ships and to Donos. Castile gains more of the Kastilli held Northwest, but are invaded by Andalousia, which begins to bring a halt to the rapid success of the reconquista, beating the attempted invasion of Cordoba.
 * Sun against the Blade: Mauretania reclaims Kalapolis and Orrato, killing the bulk of the Atlasioi stuck there. Some are able to flee through ships back to Atlasium. Most who are left are sacrificed in battle. Atlas, having to divert it's attention to 3 fronts begins to stagger, but is able to recapture Ilysium. Dozens of battles are fought around Ilysium in this decade.
 * Opus Majus: Roger Bacon. The most important work of Roger Bacon. It was written in Medieval Latin, at the request of Pope Clement IV, to explain the work that Bacon had undertaken. The 840-page treatise ranges over all aspects of natural science, from grammar and logic to mathematics, physics, and philosophy. The Opus also contains a review of alchemy and the manufacturing of gunpowder. Some nobles become intrigued by this gunpowder and a silent campaign to acquire this new matter becomes urgent in the Papacy.
 * The Order of the Ashes: A secret order forms in Avaland and Wießel. A group of radicals who want to bring justice to the murdered Avars by Prussians begin to amass a following. They seek out children and relatives or the people in charge or part of the genocide and torture them, and finally killing them in brutal ways. Fear begins to breed amidst the Prussians.
 * Risshō Ankokuron: The Risshō Ankokuron, a Buddhist treatise is written by the Buddhist monk Nichiren in 1260. Nichiren presented it as a petition to the Yamato Shogunate in Kyoto and the Tachibana clan in Kamakura, but was ignored and led to multiple persecutions of the monk and his followers. Among other things, it predicts foreign invasion of the Shogunate, a prophecy that may be fulfilled by the new Daevite Empire.
 * Man of Medang III: Srivijaya is pushed back to its home island of Sumatra by Medan, Temasek and Majapahit. Padang, Jambi and Palemba are taken by the former states respectively.

NPC Turns

 * Lao: They make peace with Dai Viet, annexing swathes of territory and making Dai Viet a tributary state of the Daevite Empire. Land is ceded to Li for their efforts, and all land occupied by them as well as some remaining Cantonese regions were given. The war with Chenla continues, with the additional motivation of making the borders look less shit.
 * Vestkyst: They agree to take Danemark as a junior partner in a personal union. The affairs of the Danish kingdom are now overseen by Vestkyst and will more or less decide the future of Danemark.
 * Mongol Empire: Before Chagatai ascended as Khan, Kiev was defeated and annexed into the Empire along with the vassal of Gothia, and was in the process of invading Yilou.
 * Incan Empire: They collapse into a multitude of new kingdoms, with the old ruling dynasty fleeing to Chacharuil-smu.
 * Tlaxcala: They conquer Coahuilteca. They ally with Huastec and assassinations are performed in the Chichimec kingdom, asserting a puppet ruler there, vassalizing Chichimec.
 * Tarascan: They annex Tlapanec and bring an ultimatum to Mixtec, which they bow to, making them allies. Colima also becomes an ally.
 * Cyrenai: They capture most of the rural lands in the eastern reach if Atlas and form the kingdom of Cyrenai. Peace is made between the two nations.
 * Inkeri: They accept the proposal, but are hesitant first, thinking of how to house the 200 000 people. The King finally proposes for the people to bring as much food and resources with them as possible and for the state of Vesnia to also provide support in the mass exodus. Two cities are to be built in the southwest corner of Inkeri to become the province for the Vesnians. Vesnankylä is founded near the border of Courland and Lukinlinna (OTL Velikiye Luki). Also the city of Peipsinpohja (Pskov) is founded, with the goal of bringing the ex-vesnians and Inkerians closer together. Education of the Finnic language is given to the Vesnians and aid from experts from various skills to help them adapt and become part of Inkeri and it's culture. The aim is to Inkerify the settlers in the long run.
 * Songhai: Their holy war rages on as they capture more of rural Timbuktu, now almost bordering the two last major cities.
 * Nicaea: In a conflict against Epirus, they captured Macedonia, Thessaly, and Athens. In addition, they pushed back the Latin Empire all the way to Constantinople by the end of the decade.
 * Rum: Seeing that Nicaea is distracted by western conquests, they seize the city of Ipsus. They also attack Cappadocia, pushing them all the way back to Sinope, in order to cut off the Christian territories.
 * Ainu: The Ainu tribes in Alaska become more syncretic with the local Yupics. Both traditions become celebrated and honored. Some view this as heresy and some battles break out, but at least on the Alaskan peninsula, the Ainu are honored as kin. The Yupanu culture group is formed.
 * Sami and Finnic Tribes: They refuse to join Svearike or Arktalasriika, some join Vestkyst just to spite the kingdom they view as oppressive and war-mongering.

Kingdom of Lustria

 * Government: Centralised tribal monarchy
 * Great Chief: K'oroka (b. 1199-1246, r. 1222-1246), Moszar (b. 1214, r. 1246-1258), Urchannk (b. 1230, r. 1258)
 * Dynasty: N/A
 * Capital: Amekrog
 * Economy: Lustria is nearly on the verge of getting through small-scale farming and cultivation of mushrooms, avocado, guava and so many other crops that are also domesticated. Maize, being a thing now across much of the Americas, has also been slowly introduced by other lowly primitive farmers into the Amazon basin by now through thousands of years. Otherwise, hunter-gathering is the most predominant form of obtaining food and resources like fur and hides. (I finally finished this section, but don't know why I'm so lazy to finish this)
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 5 000
 * Amekrog: 240 (yes it's not really a city but who cares, its still the central city)
 * Osbme: 50
 * Koos'en: 40
 * Rest is just rural or other villages
 * Religion: 100% Lustrian folk religion
 * Culture/Ethnicity: 100% Lustrian
 * Military: There is no substantial army in Lustria. A standing army or an organised form of it, is nonexistent. However, the Great Chief does appoint few of them as the bestowed Lizard Warriors, which were better at fighting their opponents and hunt animals well beyond normal people or lesser warriors could do. They were specially trained to also become loyal to their lizard gods and the Great Chief as well, that if they violate their loyalty to them, they will be punished eternally in their afterlife.
 * Army:
 * 40 'Lizard Warriors'
 * 100 generic warriors or hunters
 * 1 400 fit men that could be trained into being warriors or hunters
 * Navy:
 * 125 canoes and rafts
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Events:
 * The Lustrian Ambitions, Pt. 1: The short-lived reign of Chief Moszar was observed. His moment was to finally realise the growth of a united Lustrian kingdom with multiple clans and villages being united into one hand, along with agriculture becoming far more widespread. They thank the lizard gods that they worship in shrines for being able to handle the environment properly, so that the Amazon rainforest could thrive for the children of the lizard gods (the Lustrians). Urchannk succeeded as the new grand chief and in the last two years of the 1250s, he raised the possibility of organising the Lustrian Kingdom into a formal army rather than being unorganised. He also sent out trained lizard warriors (about 20 of them) to call for the unification of the Lustrian Kingdom to be made just after uniting all of the Amazon river delta. Their goal now is to unite those inland.
 * Village Foundations (repeat #1): More villages are being settled and recognised by the new chief as a new era of the Lustrian Kingdom is being established. Their written language as pictograms are being slowly fleshed out as tanned animal skin of some species hunted by people is found to be an effective material to write, although because the Amazon rains a lot, any engravings may fall out immediately. Enclosed buildings are the only place that any form of art and writing could exist outside of basic crafting that just emerged.

Kingdom of Danemark
Government - Fuedal Monarchy Queendom
 * Queen -  ???


 * Ruling House - Kaeva
 * Economy - Danish economy is quite similar to other economies of different kingdoms, making it slightly unstable. With mostly rural and some trade and other things thrown in for flavor, while there is a currency of iron/silver coins that is used plentifully, bartering is still common in some more isolated or impoverished areas, which we are trying to solve, the trade agreement with Vesnia benefits the kingdom well though so that helps. The personal union with Vestkyst also brings our economies closer, but the famine is hitting us hard, causing inflation and other nasty stuff
 * Capital - Kobenhaven
 *  Demographics - 780,000
 * Ethnicities - 90 % Danish 6 % German 4 % Other
 * Cities Kobenhaven - 44,000 Aalborg - 10,000 Odense - 12,000 Esjberg - 12,000 Rural - 697,000
 * Religons - 91% Catholic 5% Orthodox 4% Other
 * Wars and Conflicts


 *            We are not involved with any conflicts as of now.
 * Military - 11,000
 * Infantry - 5,000
 * Archers - 3,000
 * Pikemen - 1,800
 * Lancers - 1,200


 *  Navy                    
 * Galleys - 75 Transport Ships - 40 Canoes - 100


 * Events
 *  Union - The (Vestyker) King is crowned king of Danemark, Vestkyst gets a large sway over our government, but Danish authority is still strong in local areas
 *  The Apocalypse - Danemark also gets caught up in the whole apocalypse things, people panic and soceity is a bit unstable now
 * Northern Famine - The construction of emergency graineries is ordered localy in many villages as we are it hard also, the standard is in average enough for 1 month, give or take


 * Diplomacy
 * Vestkyst - We begin planning the hypothetical union of the two houses for an eventual Kalmar Union (hopefully, mods plz dont bully me), we also let them decide every small tiny detail of everything in our government because we are a puppet state and can't do anything but still kalmar Union plox and I am dumb.
 * Daevite- We prepare defenses against a very much possible Daevite invasion, and faith is strengthened as well as conscription being a big thing to

Kingdom of Vesnia

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King:  Albrekt III (B 1209, alive) (R 1227 - Present)
 * Ruling House: House of Vesnia (House of Kaufmann)
 * Economy: The Vesnian economy is slightly unstable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented. Currently the military is being funded due to the Daevite threat.
 * Capital: Burgenbrao
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~1 100 000
 * Burgenbrao: 89 000
 * Köslin: 49 500
 * Raustadt: 8 100
 * Heineg: 3 500
 * Schneidemühl: 1 200
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~950 000
 * Ethnicities: 95% Vesnian, 5% Prussian
 * Religion: 97% Catholic Christian, 3% Orthodox Christian
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * HRE-Daevite War(s): The fucking terrifyingly giant massive Daevite Empire to the east is an obvious threat, so thus a lot of the funding goes into the military to prepare for conflict. Other initiatives are also taken, further detailed in Events.
 * Military: Total of 13 000 soldiers under the Royal army (a little more than 1% of pop) as well as troops levied from vassals totaling around 10 000.
 * Deployed units: All
 * 4 200 infantry
 * 3 150 pikemen
 * 4 125 archers
 * 1 000 sword cavalry
 * 525 lancers
 * 10 000 levied soldiers
 * Navy:
 * 18 transport ships
 * 10 galleys
 * Diplomacy:
 * Westria, Avaland and other important HRE states: The Daevites are a clear threat not just to the Holy Roman Empire, but Europe as a whole. We need to prepare defenses immediately, we never know when they might strike!
 * Danemark and Svearike: We urge you to be wary of the Daevite threat. Also Svearike we have heard of your attempts of expansion and recommend you to stop.
 * Events:
 * Nobody Expects the Westrian Inquisition (Sechster und Letzter Teil): With the successful removal of the Orthodox to Inkeri and some of them accepting conversion to Catholicism, the Westrian Inquisition is considered a success, with there only being an incredibly small and minor Orthodox population left, which is being dealt with slowly. This deportation has however lowered the Vesnian population, which needs to be handled in the oncoming years.
 * We Need to Build a Wall: We propose that the most vulnerable parts of the HRE's eastern border (everything from Escosia to the Baltic Sea) should have fortifications built on them to protect from eventual invasion by the Daevites. Obviously a massive and powerful wall will be impossible to be made in just a few decades and as such a literal wall can't be built, but the frontier needs to be fortified.
 * Infrastructure and Stuff: The Walls of Burgenbrao, Raustadt, Köslin and Schneidemühl are improved upon to the best of our ability, our cities are vital to the entire Vesnian Kingdom and must be able to stand during wartimes.
 * Farms: To try and restabilize the economy, farms are improved and those damaged during the conflict are attempted to be repaired so that they can be used again.
 * Heineg Plan: A secret plan is formed by King Albrekt III, his advisors and his vassals. He quotes the time when Vesnia was invaded and mostly conquered by the Varangians, the Vesnians managed to hold out and survive on Bornholm in Heineg. He proposes that if things go down the shitter, the most important persons should attempt to evacuate to Heineg. He believes this may work considering the Daevite horde isn't as effective on water as it is on land (as far as he knows).
 * The Economy Might Suffer...: Ever since that shit with the Orthodox resistance and Westrian Inquisition blah blah blah the economy has been a bit unstable and unfortunately there's not much time in carefully building it up right now due to D A E V I T E  T H R E A T. Obviously we keep an eye on it so that it doesn't fall cause then we can't feed the military or anyone for that matter and I shouldn't have to explain why that is bad for us.

Archduchy of Westria

 * Head of the State: Emperor Friedrich IV Hohenstaufen (B 205 - stil alive), (R 1247 - present)
 * Head of the Government: N/A
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Archduke. The title is Archduke of Westria, Last of the Romans. Our ruling dynasty is Hohenstaufen. We are currently the Emperor of the HRE
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 90,190
 * Konr: Population: 24,860
 * Rich: Population: 37,260
 * Polanum: Population: 22,010
 * Bolzano: Population: 10,002
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 2,412,600
 * Total population: 2,758,082
 * Religion: catholic christians (99%), others (1%)
 * Ethinicities: 98,4% Westrian, 1,6% others
 * Economy: We are based on agriculture and trade through the danube river and with most of the HRE. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * Chief Commander: 
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 11,690
 * Swordmen: 3,750
 * Bowmen: 3,820
 * Cavalry: 3,130
 * Crossbowmen: 2,850
 * Events:
 * Nobody Expects the Westrian Inquisition: The Westrian inquisition have been accepted as succesful and slowly the inquisition starts to leave Vesnia.
 * The Daevite Problem: The increasingly threat of Daevites in the east is soon threatning the HRE's border. Something has to be done about it. Plans of fortifying our Eastern borders we want though to have the whole eastern border of the HRE fortfied especially at weak positions.
 * Improving walls: The walls in Wien, Konr, Bolzano and Rich gets much more heavy fortfied and imrpoved to our best capability. Bolzano is viewed as our last stance incase they manage to capture our cities
 * Begining of fortification of the eastern border: We start fortifying our eastern border against Escosia.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Bavaria, Korona, Boiheim, Lusatien, Vesnia, Avaland: We are the biggest of the most eastern states of the HRE we must work togheter and try to create a fortified front against the Daevites in the east.
 * All the other states in HRE: You should all prepare to go to war since the Daevite horde is coming try your best to help on the eastern front.
 * Svearike, Danemark, Teutonic Order, Vestkyst, Escosia and Svartheim: You are also welcome to partcipate in the defensive war against the Daevites since you all are in the danger zone and might eventually get overtaken by the Daevites but united against them we are stronger.

Duchy of Bavaria

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy (Duchy)
 * Duke: Otto II, the Illustrious (b. 1206-1253, r. 1231-1253), Heinrich XIII (b. 1235, r.1253-)
 * Ruling House: Wittelsbach
 * Economy: Feudal, mainly based on agriculture and livestock farming
 * Capital: Munich
 * Military: 20,000 pikemen, 15,000 archers, 6,000 knights, 10 catapults
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,000,000
 * Munich: 70,000
 * Augsburg: 40,000
 * Ingolstadt: 25,000
 * Regensburg: 15,000
 * Minor cities: 30,000
 * Rural areas: 820,000
 * Ethnicities:  70% Bavarian, 5% Saxon, 5% Boihemian, 5% Avar, 5% Westrian, 5% Ulmese?, 5% other
 * Religion: 99% Catholic, 1% other
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Invasion of Anatolia: we ask Cappadocia to bring back the most troops they can
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Events:
 * Education!: The second of it's kind, the Ingolstadt university has opened its doors, teaching in Latin and Cyrillic scripts along with the Munich university
 * Daevite threat: we start compulsively training troops to prepare for the daevite invasion
 * Vassals:
 * County of Cappadocia
 * Government: Feudal Monarchy
 * Count: Mikhail I
 * Ruling House: Kostroma
 * Population: 400,000 (300k captured)
 * Sinope: 60,000
 * Hattria (captured by Rum): 40,000
 * Caesarea (captured by Rum): 20,000
 * Capital: Hattria (de jure), Sinope (de facto)
 * Economy: Feudal, mainly consisting of agriculture, fishing and trade
 * Military:
 * Army: 30,000 pikemen, 20,000 archers, 5,000 knights, 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 militia
 * Navy: 45 galleys, 5 cogs
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Invasion of Anatolia: we desperately conscript soldiers to get more time to escape
 * Events:
 * New Alphabet: Cyrilic is now widely used for the Hellenic language in Cappadocia
 * Escape: seeing that they dont have a chance at defeating Rum, the Kostroman nobility escapes to Bavaria with all knights and cavalry

Powhatan Confederacy | Tsenacommacah | Omospondia Barbaroi

 * Government: Centralized tribal confederacy
 * Weroance/Weroansqua: Pocahontas (b. 1204, r.1218-1256), "Demetrios" Asquawkanna (b.1227, r.1256-1259), Usquehannatoco (b.1231, r.1259-)
 * Capital: Croatan
 * Economy: Mainly based off fishing, hunting, and a minimal amount of corn farming. The second bout of the Accursed Plagues have hit the area, drastically reducing its population and shattering its fledgling economy.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,300 (peaked at 5,200 in 1255)
 * Croatan: 210 (peaked at 850 in 1255)
 * Religion: 57% Pocahontism (62% Orthodox Pocahontism, 21% Incarnationism, 17% Trialism) 32% traditional Native American shamanism, 11% Hellenism
 * Ethnicity: 92% Powhatan, 7% Miktos (equivalent to OTL "Mestizo") 1% Elysian Greek
 * Military:
 * Army: 167 spearmen, 101 swordsmen, 78 archers, 61 irregular cavalry
 * Navy: no real military-focused navy, 14 primitive canoes (serving as fishing boats)
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Events:
 * Death of Pocahontas: It is said that on the same midwinter day she was found alive after and well after all her family died from the Accursed Plague, Pocahontas has returned to Mount Olympus. This has caused a major shockwave to the nascent Cult of Pocahontas, with many shocked at Pocahontas' death, believing in her immortality. A lavish and majestic funeral is held, and Pocahontas' dead body is burnt and the ashes scatered over every single man, woman and child in the Confederacy. Work begins on a grand shrine, in order to honor Pocahontas' presence on this earth.
 * Return of the Accursed Plague: It seems that almost immediately after the death of Pocahontas, the Accursed Plague has returned with a venegeance. Almost three-quarters of our people died in just a span of 4 years, and our nation is crippled, with our country only staying independent out of Elysian goodwill, those same darn Elysians as the ones who came just before our first bout of the Accursed Plague, who seem to be immune to it. Why can't THEY teach US their magic spells to get rid of the goddamn fricking Plague!
 * Theological Issues Brought Up by the Death of Pocahontas and the Return of the Accursed Plague: With almost everyone left alive having most of their family die to the resurgence of the Accursed Plague, many stopped believing in Pocahontas, returning to the old gods, or worshipping the gods the Elysian way. However, many still remained true to the faith. Whatever constituted "the faith", however, was up to serious debate. In these days, and for the rest of the history of the Pocahontist faith, the religion would only be held together by the veneration of Pocahontas as some kind of deific figure. This time of crisis would see the emergence of 3 distinct sects of Pocahontism:
 * Orthodox Pocahontism: This sect of Pocahontism purports to be the sect which preserves the original theology of early Pocahontism the most. Orthodox Pocahontists believe that Pocahontas is the godhead and ruler of all the gods (a mix of ancestral spirits and Hellenic gods). Orthodox Pocahontists hold that Pocahontas and her spirit has, upon death, forever left the realm of the living, and only by praying through a weroance (chief) or a shaman shall Pocahontas hear your prayer. Orthodox Pocahontists teach that the Accursed Plague is punishment for a sinful society, and to avoid disease, one must live a virtuous and pious life.
 * Incarnationism: Incarnationism holds that the Spirit of Pocahontas lives on in each and every human, living thing, and inanimate object (in effect a form of pantheism). Incarnationism diverges from the other Pocahontist sects in that it denies the existence of other gods and ancestral spirits as distinct entities, merely suggesting that they, too, are concentrations of the Spirit of Pocahontas.
 * Trialism: Attaining a small but growing influence within the martial classes, Trialism teaches that the Accursed Plague (which they call the Plague of Judgement) is a tool to "judge" whether a man is pure of heart and of sin or not. They have become known for subjecting their children to a rite of passage where they are locked in a room with the corpse of a person (usually a family member) who died of the Accursed Plague, with enough food and water for a week. In Trialism, the eternal Spirit of Pocahontas is present in the Plague of Judgement. Other gods and ancestral spirits are acknowledged here, although only Pocahontas has the authority to forgive all a man's past and future sins via the Accursed Plague.
 * A Tale of Two Brothers: As the second bout of the Accursed Plague spread rampantly across the population, Weroance Asquawkanna would become ever closer to the Elysians and ever more distant with his own people, even preferring to call himself an Elysian name, Demetrios, rather than his own Powhatan name. However, his younger brother Usquehannatoco was much more liked by the (surviving) people of the Confederacy, and was not a cultural apostate like "Demetrios" Asquawkanna. In 1259, Usquehannatoco usurped the throne and title of Weroance with the backing of the people, but not after Asquawkanna fled the scene.

Most Serene Republic of Venice

 * Government: Parliamentary oligarchic merchant republic
 * Doge: Giovanni Caligulo (b. 1198-99, r. 1240-1248,), Marco Malamocci (b.1188?, r. 1248-)
 * Legislature: Greay Council
 * Upper house: Senate
 * Lower house: Council of Ten
 * Economy: Venice is a major trading power in the Mediterranean. La Serenissima's economy is largely based on trade. Venice is an important hub between Europe and the Levant. Due to its trading position Venice is believed to be one of the richest nations of Europe.
 * Military:
 * 6,000 foot soldiers
 * 4,000 pikemen
 * 3,000 archers
 * 3,000 horsemen
 * 1,000 lancers
 * Demographics:
 * Capital: Venice
 * Largest cities:
 * Venice: 160,000
 * Zara: 60,000
 * Spalato: 40,000
 * Ragusa: 35,000
 * Rural areas: 80,000
 * Diplomacy:
 * Bavaria: [Secret] My friend, we should not think naïvely that Westria is our friend because it is acting like a friend. We must be aware that Westria might be dangerous to both of us. Therefore we propose that Bavaria and Venice sign a secret alliance that guarantees our collective security.
 * Daevite Empire: We would like to sign a trade treaty with you. We will send you Niccolò Polo, one of our best diplomats. We are sure you are going to have a pleasant time with him while negotiating the treaty.
 * Esceosia, Naples: We would like to sign an alliance. We can solidify it with royal marriages between two of the Doge's daughters and your sons.
 * Westria: We send you two golden statues of your king to confirm Venice's friendship with Westria, it's Catholic brother.
 * Events:
 * The Travels of Niccolò Polo (Book One): Niccolò Polo was a Venetian merchant and diplomat, known for negotiating deals with other nations with dexterity. In 1247, Doge Giovanni Caligulo summoned Polo to court and told him to travel to the Khan of the Daevites to negotiate a trade deal with the Daevites. In September, Polo left Venice and travelled to Constantinople by boat. After that, he travelled to the Alagadda Azarkhate where he met with the local ruler and gave him precious gifts. After that, Polo travelled through the dry steppes of Central Asia, following the ancient Silk Road. Underway to Karakorum, Polo visited the Sinkhara Azarkhate where he met the local ruler and gave him precious gifts. Finally, after months of travelling in the unhospitable climate of Central Asia, Polo reached Karakorum, where he was presented to the court of Chagatai Khan. Polo gave Chagatai Khan precious gifts of gold. The Khan was pleased by the gifts and showed Polo the city of Karakorum. Polo carefully documented everything that he saw.
 * The Story of Buonaparte (Chapter I): Pio Buonaparte was an officer in the army of the Most Serene Republic of Venice. He married Elisabetta Aurelii who gave birth to two sons: Francesco and Matteo. At the age of 7, Francesco enrolled in a military academy. He was regarded as a shy and friendly boy by his classmates. At this point, nobody suspected that the name of this Francesco Buonaparte would be known all over the Republic in a few decades.

Tlaxcala

 * Government: Monarchy
 * Tlatoani:  Citlalli Coatl
 * Capital: Teotihuacan
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 969k
 * Cities:
 * Teotihuacan: 40k
 * Rural area: 929k
 * Religion: 65% Nahua Religion, 8% Mixtec, 7% Huastec, 6% Zapotec 2% Maya and 2% other.
 * Demographics of Otomi:
 * Population: 200k
 * Religion: 78% Otomi Religion, 8% Nahua, 6% Chichimec, 5% Tarascan, 2% Huastec, 1% other.
 * Demographics of Chichimec:
 * Population: 350k
 * Religion: 71% Chichimec Religion, 8% Nuhua, 5 Huastec, 4% Otomi, 4% Colima, 3% Xalisco, 3% Tarascan, 2% other.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Continued Invasion of Mixtec: 50% (9 690) Will push the Mixtec to the south until they reach the coast.
 * Military: 2% (19 380)
 * Ob Swordsmen (Obsidian sword): 8 716
 * Spearmen: 5 716
 * Atlatl men (Throwing Spears): 1 716
 * tematlatl (Slings): 2 716
 * tlahuitolli (Bows): 516
 * Military of Chichimec: 1.5% (5 250)
 * macuahuitl (Obsidian sword):  1 500
 * Spearmen: 1 300
 * tematlatl (Slings):  1 200
 * Atlatl (Throwing Spears): 1 000
 * tlahuitolli (Bows): 250
 * Military of Otomi:​​​​​​​ 1% (2 000)
 * macuahuitl (Obsidian sword): 800
 * Spearmen: 500
 * Atlatl (Throwing Spears): 350
 * tematlatl (Slings):  250
 * tlahuitolli (Bows): 100
 * Diplomacy:
 * ​​​​​​​Mixtec: It would be a lot easier if you just surrender, there is no way for you to win this war, your citizens wont be treated any different from their current life-style, if there is change it will only make their life's better.
 * Events:
 * Agriculture: We start focusing a lot on agriculture like farms and Livestock farms, this will make the people less Hungry. And it will make them happier, healthier and will let the people worry less about their childrens future (other than them becoming a sacrifice to the gods).

Events & Great People

 * Horseman of Death I: Chagatai Khan led numerous campaigns across Asia, capturing large swathes of land in Manchuria. Sparsely populated plains were soon taken over by Korean settlers, to which Chagatai Khan had allowed more favorable living conditions in exchange for pleasantries. On the opposite end of things and the world, entire populations of Rostovites and Slavokans in general are killed due to what was interpreted as a diplomatic insult. War begins with Alagadda as border skirmishes run along their borders.
 * The Reconquista Part III: The Reconquista rages on. Leon, having been entirely retaken joins the war, breaking into Andalousia and Capturing Almerida. Castile is able to halt the Andalousian invasion and turn the tide with new recruits from the Papacy and Valcanor. Attempts at the siege of Garofe and Cordoba are made, but they both narrowly fail, with both cities suffering major damage to their defenses and troops, but also the invaders suffering heavy casualties and forced to retreat. A peace deal is proposed. The Iberian christians know the HRE and the Papacy won't provide help soon, as they fear the Daevites too much. The Iberian christians to bolster their own power and might to hold these reclaimed kingdoms. Mauretania accepts the peace deal, with all conquered land being ceded to Castile, Valcanor and Leon.
 * Greenland: Evigvinterborg and almost all rural lands are abandoned, leaving Valstad and Grönborg isolated, with only a handful of fishing boats traveling between the two and fishing becoming the only way of life for the Snaellanders there. Of the roughly 5 000 people who fled Greenland, 2 000 went to Vinland and the rest returned to Snaelland.
 * The Purple Phoenix: Byzantium rises once again! In 1259, Michael Hesperioi took the Nicene throne from the Athenais. The next year, he began the assault on Constantinople itself, which his predecessors had been unable to do. He allied with Genoa, and his general Alexios Strategopoulos spent months observing Constantinople in order to plan his attack. In July 1261, as most of the Latin army was fighting elsewhere, Alexios was able to convince the guards to open the gates of the city. Once inside he burned the Venetian quarter (as Venice was an enemy of Genoa, and had been largely responsible for the capture of the city in 1204). Michael was recognized as emperor a few weeks later, restoring the Byzantine Empire. Achaea was soon recaptured, but Trebizond and Epirus remained independent Byzantine Greek states.
 * The Birth of a Great Warning: Most modern scholars are unsure of when his date of birth is, but it is roughly around 1258. Despite being born to an unknown Persian family from Rum who was killed by Daevites, 16 year old Bulijin (the granddaughter of Chagatai) adopted the child, when she found the 2 year old on the side of the road after a personal raid, making him part of the dynasty. Growing up, he showed a disinterest in continuing the rule of the Daevites. According to legend, while he was sitting in Bulijin's lap in 1267 or 1268, he looked up towards her he wants not to "continue the empire" but to "create his own Empire" someday, earning him a chuckle and a head pat by his adoptive mother. By 1269, Greek scholars finally got his name through word of mouth: Ατμάν (Atman).

NPC Turns

 * Ahuric Empire: They reach out to the Papacy and Holy Roman Empire in Rome and Vienna respectively. They bring with them to recipe for gunpowder, stating that it will help in the war and that it is of utmost importance that the Daevites are defeated, reminding them that Alagadda and the Ahuric Empire will be fighting alongside them.
 * Rum: Still taking advantage of Nicene focus on Constantinople in 1260 and 1261, they push Nicaea further along to the coastlines.
 * Georgia & Chaldea: With Rum invading Nicae, they take advantage of the situation and invade from the east. Chaldea sieges Caesarea and Georgia takes most of the Eastern rural lands, not yet invading the major cities.
 * Svartheim: They make a deal with the Daevites. They don't want to fight them but don't want to become tributaries, but are swayed to become tributaries after a long diplomatic session. They refuse the proposal from Vesnia to and other European states to take up arms against the Daevites (For now).
 * Escosia: They follow Svartheim in appeasing the Daevites (for now).
 * Vinland: They make deals with several Mi'kmaq tribes and use this to help defeat hostile tribes and begin to live in peace with friendly Mi'kmaq, intermarrying and creating a syncretic culture of Mi'kmaq and Picto-Norse, but the Norse culture has more clout.
 * HRE: They begin to prepare for a possible Daevite invasion. Massive public works are brought to action, with fortifications being set up across the whole western border, fortifying the river Vistula. Forts and castles are built, traps and ambush points are set. Military training for most able men is put to action. All the HRE states participate in the public works. A second defensive line is set along the river Oder.
 * Cappadocia: dies to Rum after decades of attacks.