Well Tekine... 
It was nice knowing you for four days.
At age sixteen your courtier Tekine was offered up in sacrifice to the ancestors by 
Khan Jurchdei of Ayanga.
We're going to be kind of an evil person this campaign I feel. *laughter*
Welcome everybody to Let's Play Crusader Kings 2 Holy Fury 
as always I'm your host JSquared Jon Jeremy and let's get right into it here.
We're starting a brand new campaign in 769 playing as one of 
the Mongols. Now you may ask yourself "Well where are the Mongols in 769?"
Well truth be told there aren't that many.
They're over here in the north-eastern part of the map way up 
near the Siberian Wastes and they're pretty... 
small. 
Not very powerful at all. You see we are 
under control of the Uyghur forces and we're not even  
a Khagan. We're a simple Khan. Our Khagan here is the Khagan Burkhan
of Otuken. That's the name of our state. 
We are...
Khan Jurchedei of Ayanga.
And our counter clan here is Khan Bukha
of Uul. Let's take a look at Jurchedei here and see what we've got.
So Jurchedei is a created character using the ruler designer DLC.
And as you can see here he's got some good 
traits and he's got some pretty bad traits and
that led us to our stat line of what you see on the right-hand side here. He 
is a misguided warrior; didn't really receive much in the way of an education. He is 
strong though and is a giant. He's also left-handed a new trait which we'll get into  
in a bit of that involves our personal combat skill. He is uncouth...
A duelist, lustful, gluttonous...
slothful, deceitful, cynical, stressed,
depressed, lunatic... he's possessed and he's  
wounded. So again all those traits led to this that line here.
And we've already made some moves to kind of speed things along here. His current goal is to become a 
counselor for his lord. Hopefully we can become his marshal with this statline or maybe his
spymaster which would be pretty nice. He has a war focus right now because 
as all things Mongol it's all about war. We already have two concubines
here: Holeun and Chaka, both of which have some sort
of genetic trait... both of which have strong here which should help us out in trying to 
get some children because we need them. We're starting a brand new family from 
scratch after all. We do have another concubine coming in from our counterpart 
here Bukha. The concubine here's name is 
Temelun and she's on her way over. We also have a wife coming in from
our liege. His sister Nomalun will be our wife and we'll gain  
some prestige from that. Our council
here is decent. Our Chancellor Guchu we're going to go ahead and
have him improve clan sentiment with our lord. 
Our Marshal Burkhan... he is fifteen. He's going to go and train some warriors to build-up 
our manpower and we'll get into that in just a few. Our Steward Jochi...
We'll have him administer the realm, that's fine.
Our spymaster... not so great. Ambaghai at nine, we'll have him scheme and 
our diviner Bilge which will have him hunt apostates.
Now if we take a look at our laws we are following agnatic nomad succession.
Basically with that means is that we need to ensure that our children  
specifically our sons gain prestige and that the son we want to inherit 
our clan has the most prestige. Otherwise there may be some 
foul things afoot. Now we've got no technology advances here. 
And, our military is...
somewhat lacking and we'll dive into that a that further. There are no army 
levies here when you're playing as a nomad instead they follow
a horde pattern where you build up your horde by spending 
prestige and manpower. So we need to slowly 
build up our population to build up our manpower so that we can 
build up our army, in this case the horde. Now...
It's going to take some time.
And it's going to take some warfare to build up that population and that manpower.
We'll get into that in a few. In our intrigue decisions area our biggest 
opportunity is to worship the ancestors we can make a sacrifice regarding
an important matter and it can only be done once every tenth year so let's go  
and start that right now. You've decided to visit the shrine in the holy grove and  
make a sacrifice in the honor of your ancestors hoping for their aid in return. 
What will you ask of your forefathers? We can ask for affection and companionship 
but we've already got that kind of taking care of. We can ask them to guide my 
sword in battle and let me conquer my enemies... okay sounds good.
Or ancestors, share your wisdom with me. Well considering that Jurchedei
here has only got three learning... probably not a good idea 
to share wisdom with him. So instead we'll ask that our sword be lead in battle.
Now we can also do things like promote a commander, invite a holy man, invite 
nobility and present debutantes. Now if we were lacking in concubines
we probably would do a debutante but I do want to showcase a new option here and
that is regarding a relationship with the,
in this case, Tang Empire. This is part of the 
Jade Dragon DLC which we never actually made a campaign about so we're kind of 
mixing a few campaigns together here. Now one thing that you need to understand here is 
that since we're so close to china as a whole we need to be concerned
about our relationship with the empire.
Now currently the Emperor is Li Daizong of the Tang Empire his 
sort of stalwart here on the map is going to be  
the protector general Guo Xin of the Western Protectorate.
If we take a look he's actually right below us so again, 
kind of a thing where we want to make sure we're on good terms with them.
And how do you become how do you get on good terms with the empire?
Well, you give them tributes and by giving them tributes you can ask for 
boons. Now note here the emperor currently 
likes eunuchs and the emperor currently dislikes Hindus so if we were to 
pay tribute to him  we can give them horses which we supply horses  
to China. It decreases our monthly manpower growth but increases our
grace per month and we get a hundred base grace to start with but we kind of 
need the manpower so not a good option for us right now.
We can send him a eunuch which he likes 
or because there's unrest currently in the empire we can send him a commander  
to help support one of his armies. In this case though let's consider sending him a  
eunuch so we take a look at the options here...
We can see we have three potential candidates to become eunuchs
two of which are in my council so probably not the best option and
then we have Guchu here who gives us a value of 280.
Notice the values on the right-hand side here. So basically if 
they're a good character the emperor wants them and 
if they're not, then less value for them. So what
we're going to do is we're going to spend some gold to invite some nobles  
to our court for the express purpose of making one of them a eunuch. *laughter*
Of course not telling them that at first but,
you know, it's going to be a thing.
Now this is something the game offers to us for the cost of 
one gold at least in the start of the campaign.
And, we've got twenty six gold to spend so we've got 
some opportunities here now we want to kind of maximize the gold that we have so 
we probably won't spend too much. Maybe at max five or six 
gold to try and get the best person for this role. Again we're looking for somebody who 
has basically a good stat line and anything that has anything  
to do with stewardship so let's try first with Yegu. 
Yegu here has twenty-one stewardship and is an
administrator.
That's a damn good first try. Now note that if we were to 
pay tribute to the emperor  
Yegu here gives us a value of six hundred and sixty grace. 
But I kinda want to lose him. He's really good! That was a really good first 
spend so, we're going to keep trying...
to get somebody similar so I can keep Yegu or if nothing else 
then we can send Jochi instead because I'm making Yegu my steward right now. 
Wasn't expecting that but I'll take it. let's try again... Kadan.
Okay, Kadan here is fifteen he is strong which the Emperor should like 
and he is also an administrator. Let's see how much Kadan gets us. 
Kadn gets us 490... 490
grace for his good traits good education and the fact the
emperor likes eunuchs. 
The question is I want to keep him or not as a potential backup.
I could send Jochi here for three hundred sixty. 
Plus he doesn't really like me anyway so...
Let's go do that.
Jochi, I'm going to send you to the emperor goodbye.
Now we gained three hundred sixty grace which we can then use to ask for a boon.
In this case we can request a Chinese physician. There are also other options like 
requesting artifacts requesting engineers bureaucrats requesting trade
an imperial marriage or an invasion of an enemy in this case though 
chinese physician which right now we can't really do because we 
don't have the people who are capable of doing it so sounds good.
The Protector General of the pious Emperor addresses a letter to the eminent Khan of the Ayanga Clan. May good 
healthy be with you. The heavenly Li Chu, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Empire
has generously decided to send you a skilled physician from his court. Ruan Qi
will serve you well. Send my most sincere gratitude to the emperor! We now have
A Court Physician here. 
Learning of twenty. 
Renowned Physician, a scholar as well...
homosexual but if we were to find
A good marriage for him.
Make him a bit happier than why not right? So we've got that taken care of. That's 
awesome. That's kind of how you work the relationship with the emperor and 
will continue to do that over time. Unfortunately though we can't send him 
another eunuch for twenty years.
So we can send them one in 789 but by that time there might be a new Emperor.
And the new Emperor might have different tastes so always something to keep in mind.
See where do we go off now. Now factions here obviously we are 
a member of the Otkuen state. 
We can start a faction. There are two factions to start:
an independence faction or to overthrow the Khan and install ourselves. 
The thing is at the start of a campaign for the Mongols it 
seems like everyone has the same amount. There's 500 for you.
500 for myself and 500 for the Otkuen army. The downside though is
that if let's say someone were to rebel against our lord...
our lord here could then call upon the greater forces of the 
Uyghur to fight on his side so it becomes a race. Can the
person defeats the ruler before the Uyghurs come in with their 
armies. That's the game you play basically when trying to take advantage of a
situation so at the moment I probably don't want to start a faction
although we'll keep in mind for future reference. Our religion is Tengri. It  
is a pagan religion
and unfortunately for us we're surrounded by Manicheans
 otherwise Tengri forces are over kind of in the west. 
Right as they're coming up against like Hungary and the
Byzantine Empire. Also unfortunately for us...
although we control all of our territories none of them has a temple which means our 
moral authority is significantly lower than what it could be
hopefully of the course of time we'll be able to raise that moral authority and then reform the faith as
we so desire. Next up societies, there is a new society group in as of
Holy Fury which are warrior lodges. In this case here for us it's the Eagle Warriors.
Basically for those individuals that enjoy dueling as well as you know,  
all around general warfare...
warrior lodges are your best bet. You can kind of raise  
your status with them over time the same way you can do with any other society.
Eventually hopefully we'll be able to establish a good bloodline which when we if and when we 
do we'll kind of go into that a bit deeper as well we've already asked to join the 
eagle warriors so we'll see that as we start the campaign here 
start timer up and see what happens with that and finally our clans menu.
You can see that we are the weakest of the three forces here.
At 2000 population but we're not that far behind so it's 
definitely something where if we take advantage of a situation we can come out on top.
Now as far as our 
ambitions are concerned right now I think our primary focus should be around gaining
some gold and the way we do that, the way we
build up our treasury is going to be through warfare specifically 
raiding. We need to raid like our life depends on it because it does.
Now unfortunately we're not going to be able to raid the Uyghur forces next to us because 
they are WAY more powerful than we are absolutely more powerful 
and we probably don't want to raid our fellow clansmen here because that just makes overall weaker. 
So, I guess our target would probably be Yenisei here, the Khagan of  
Kirghiz. If we were to raid his territories which are located here...
Here... and here. 
We could potentially sack them and gain some prisoners.
Now everything else that is around is basically grazing lands so there are
no holdings on them they are basically just for the rulers to kind of build population off of 
so just for your notice only one that's
strange there's a french flag above my city.
All right only one territory of ours is going to have the opportunity to build
things on it. Now these buildings though do come with us if we ever decide to move 
our capital which is a good thing but, everything else is grasslands.
All right all that being said I think it's finally time we start our campaign here. Let's go ahead and open up  
our messaging log and one more thing before I forget I really hope that and
I've been talking through our options and reading the dialogues as they come up I really hope that you 
all can see the text very clearly. One of the new features in this 
3.0 addition of Crusader Kings 2 is that there is now a UI Scaler
built into the game which I understand was immensely hard to do but I 
greatly appreciate it because I can read things now much easier, much clearer
even on a high-definition screen and even more so I've seen the videos 
of my prior campaigns on smaller devices and they're near impossible  
to follow. So I'm hoping that whether you're watching this on a television whether you're watching this on a 
monitor or whether you're watching this on like a tablet or a mobile phone you can see the
screen clearly and you can see all the text clearly. That's my hope and I think 
I've tested out to the point where it actually does kind of work out so...
With all I being set let's start a new campaign here as a Mongol.
And, right away our lord here is looking to appoint us a chancellor.
Very good. To the vivacious Khan Jurchedei, blessings upon you and your house. I would like to
offer you a seat on my council and therefore offer you the title of chancellor.... Chancellor?
At twelve?
When I have eighteen Intrigue and twenty four Marshal? 
Who's on your council right now?
Your.... No that's my council. Your chancellorship is empty. 
Okay. Your spymaster...
Is six...
Uh huh...
And, your marshal is Bukha, our counterpart clansman.
He's got zero! ZERO!
And you want to make me chancellor?!
Really?! You're not very smart are you? This is the thing. *laughter*
All right.
I accept. I will become your chancellor.
If only so that I can gain more power but you are not the brightest bulb in the  
bunch, are you my lord? All right, we've fulfilled the ambition to become a councilor.
Let's go ahead and groom an heir so that we increase our fertility and hopefully get some kids. 
You have asked your ancestors for military power and  
prowess in battle. Now it is time to present what you're offering. What you give them in return?
O great forefathers, I willingly offer you my flesh and blood. 
You offer the answers one of your body parts.
Oh really?!
We become one eyed.
And we gain the trait severely injured but considering our stat line as it currently 
is if we become severely injured which adds a minus two health to 
our already depleted health... uh no, we can't do that. That
would kill us. May this soul serve you well in the afterlife. You offer
the ancestors the life of one of your courtiers. Gain 60 piety, Tekine here dies.
All right.
Ancestorsm may this feast please you. We lose twenty five gold which we can't 
afford and we gain forty piety. Or we offer an 
idol which costs us five gold and we gain ten piety. 
Well Tekine...
It was nice knowing you for four days.
At age sixteen your courtier Tekine was offered up 
in sacrifice to the ancestors by Khan Jurchedei of Ayanga. We're going to be kind of 
an evil person this campaign I feel. *laughter*
Chief Gostum of Bucs and the Eagle Warriors have chosen Omurtag Bilar as my 
opponent. The staunch man eyes me up and down when we are introduced. "Fresh meat, eh?" he
offers mockingly before
shoving an elbow into my side making everyone laugh. So...
Now let's talk about personal combat. So our character here as I noted 
has certain skills that increase his personal combat 
skill which is the new way of how the dueling system works in this game so  
our personal combat skill is fifty-three which gives us pluses and minuses depending on which traits we have.
So it's fifty three versus Omurtag Bilar here who has a personal combat skill of five. 
So, hopefully this goes a bit smoother than when we were Thor
way back in the day and, 
we'll see how well we do here with a sparring match.
The onlookers are cheering for me as I swing my dull spear in increasing enthusiasm. When it's over 
Omurtag Bilar is on the ground, his face red with embarrassment. I shrug 
smiling to the crowd and at my opponent. I walk away victorious.
Omurtag Bilar gains the trait wounded and a black eye.
And, we gain fifteen prestige and our dual experience increases. That's good.
That should get into this society.... I hope.
The heavenly Li Chu, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Empire, has graciously 
accepted your gift. We shall enjoy the architect you sent us. Eww. The generosity of the 
Ayanga dynasty will not be forgotten. I aim to please. Seriously please don't kill me. 
The offering struggled violently when the shaman and her disciples pushed it
down on the offering stone. The ancestors will surely be 
pleased with such a vigorous servant. Now all you could do was wait and hope. All right
Tekine's sacrificed. May the ancestors bestow their blessings upon me.
Oh! I totally forgot what I wanted to do. I want to go raiding so you...
Jurchedei here we don't really have any other commanders I think. 
Really sucky ones. I need you go to raiding. I need you to raid this 
guy up here so go have fun. We're going to see how that does.
Temelun has now been made our concubine and has arrived at our court. Excellent. 
And Nomolun is now our wife and we have the option to either 
receive ten gold or gain fifty prestige. Considering our  
need for prestige as a Mongol and a nomad let's go ahead and get the prestige.
To the Great Khan Jurchedei, may you live in harmony and
contentment I accept your suggestion that Khan Jurchedei and Nomolun get married. Very good!
Now we're going to go ahead and, oh... To the valiant Khan Jurchedei of Ayanga, I am told you did not receive a 
single scratch during your initiation. That is the kind of impressive figher we would be honored to have sitting at
our table. You are hereby humbly invited to join our ranks. Signed Chief Gostum of Bacs.
Finally! All right, so we've joined the society. Now...
our movement is locked this is another change from previous campaigns where you 
were able to change your movement pretty much with an army. In this case now, at a
certain point your army as locked to moving to that destination or at least the nearest destination.
And what has just happened? Things have just happened. Ok. So...
I've decided to institute the tax shifted noble obligations law.
All that is needed is the support of yourself and my other loyal vassals.
You can't us tax us though.
I will...
Ignore for now. To the strong played master Jurchedei, your wisdom and
mercy are legendary. We request you honor your obligation and answer this call to arms against  
blank.
Declining would cost zero prestige. If we accept we will be a part of blank.
Bukha of Otkukeni Revolt
refused the absorption of the Uul clan requested by Khagan Burkhan of Otkuen. 
Oh really?! He is a rebel. *laughter*
That is interesting. Ooh, that is interesting. We 
have the opportunity to knock out one of our rivals right at the start
of the campaign. This would get us into good graces of our liege lord here. 
And, potentially get us more territory because if he does go through the
absorption and this guy dies we could stand to gain... or we can join
up with our fellow clansmen and attack our liege lord. 
And, if we win he, Bukha here, would be installed as the 
new Khagan we put in the good graces of Bukha.
So either way it kinda works out in our favor except...
If we do try
and attack our liegelord here and the liege lord calls in the Uygher forces then we get wiped 
out and game over so I will decline.
Your, uh, your offer and our lord wants to  
make a commander. I will decline that as well because I move my own army thank you very  
much and my own character for that matter. Now we are locked into this movement up here 
already so we cannot reposition. We have to wait until we come up here and come back down but
we will do that because we have to kind of, you know, 
take care of this rebel force quickly.
And, yeah, already first episode in and there's a rebellion and
we're at war. Fun times! Fun times for all. Will we be successful? Will we stand to gain?
Find out next time...
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