![]() They ruled as overlords over native populations, imposing their own written code of law, indulging in golden, often eagle-themed ornaments (splendor reminiscent of CK3's barbershop).ĬK3 depicts most of Iberia as culturally Visigothic in 867 AD. The Visigoths became Arian Christians (early heretics - not that kind of Aryan). If only the Visigothic warrior rigor hadn't, by then, become a thing of the distant past. First in France, where they were ousted by the newly-unified Franks then they were crushed in Iberia by invading North African Umayyads. They formed a great kingdom with its capital in Toulouse, but the instability of the Dark Ages soon saw them reduced. One of the migrating Germanic tribes which troubled the Roman Empire in its waning years, the Visigoths (Western Goths) sacked Rome itself and took control of southern France and Iberia. With skillful maneuvering, a Cumbrian PC might not only resist Viking incursions, but restore Arthur's mythical Britain by casting the Anglo-Saxons into the sea. Playing a Cumbrian character is about as close as it gets to being Arthurian in CK3 (especially if one recreates Merlin using a certain beard mod). Some of the few traces of Cumbrian culture are place names in the area (Penrith, Blencathra) and the wild Fell Ponies grazing the local hillsides. The old Cumbrian language (a close relative to Old Welsh) is lost by the High Middle Ages. King Artgal and his people don't last long. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Crusader Kings 3 Lets You Dress Up Toddlers As Crusaders He held his own against them, but his culture was doomed. 300 years later, by CK3's 867 AD start, only one Cumbrian king is left standing: Artgal map Dumnagual of Strathclyde. The main struggle of Old Cumbria's waning days is captured in praise poems to one of their kings, Urien Rheged. "Lloegr-men (Englishmen) know him, as they will report: death's what they get and pain a-plenty." It's a glorious impression he's left behind, but there's something mournful behind the martial swagger: King Urien was among the last Romano-Brythonic rulers still resisting the Anglo-Saxons. This article really does mean no injury to members of mentioned religions and cultures, whether they absorbed others or were themselves consumed. And many people strive to keep their traditional ways alive or to light anew the lost flames of diverse lifeways. It bears mentioning that few cultures and religions are truly "gone." Many old ideas live in modern peoples and modern faiths. RELATED: Crusader Kings 3: 10 Of The Hardest Starting Characters Crusader Kings 3, in its own specific, lurid way, forges little connections between modern gamers and lost peoples of the medieval past. Countless small faiths and cultures have been consumed over the centuries some peacefully absorbed, others at sword's tip. The strong prey on the weak the majority prey on the minority. ![]() If Crusader Kings 3 teaches anything, it's that both history and humanity can be horribly cruel. The stories of civilization and CK3 are so often of powerful men securing offerings to the bloodthirsty altars of power and glory.
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