Immersive cultures – The Northern Holds
This mod aims to make playing as any of the Norse cultures a little more unique and immersive.
I noticed that the culture types (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian) use the standard dukes and duchy instead of the Norse cultures Jarls and Jarldoms. The social ranks for the Nordic nations remained very distinct from their continental counterparts up until the 12th century and I think it makes the Norse cultures feel a little generic. I have tried my best to be as accurate as possible but some liberties had to taken where information was lacking.
– All changes are purely cosmetic, does not affect the vanilla games balance.
Name changes –
Duke – Jarl ( Noble or minor king )
Duchess – Jarless
Count – Thegn ( Noble retainer )
Countess – Thegness
Mayor – Karl ( Free land owning men )
Grand mayor – Hauldr ( Free landowners who had hereditary rights to said land )
Duchy rank Grand mayor – Hersir ( Local leader and military commander )
Chieftan – Hirdmann ( A more general term for early nobility )
Title changes –
County – Thegndom
Duchy – Jarldom
Cities are now Homesteads.
Castles are now Borgs ( Old Norse for Castle/Fortress
Counties under a republic vassal are now called Holds
Duchies under a republic vassal are now Grand Holds
Counties under a tribal vassal are now called Hirdlands
Other changes –
Knights are now called Huskarls – This has been changed in most of the menus and text with the exception of focus trees. ( Only affects the north germanic cultures ).
Huscarls for the Anglo-Saxon knights are now included in this mod. This has been done for compatibility.
If you want the complete Anglo-Saxon changes, they can be found in their own mod in the collection above.
If you manage to unite the empire of Scandinavia, you will be granted the title of High King or High queen respectively. This feels a bit more fitting than the generic emperor/empress title.
Currently working on –
– New custom names for men at arms regiments, to replace generic ones. ( stats-wise these will be identical to the old ones in order to preserve game balance ). Basic example; Huscarls renamed to Huskarls for Norse factions. (No promises on this one as it’s proving quite challenging)
– Rework of the names and titles of the Russian and Anglo saxon factions – These will most likely be their own mods separate from this one. That way people can pick and choose the ones they want.
Fully save game compatible as far as i can tell.
Should be compatible with anything that does not alter the North germanic culture group or knight culture.
Let me know if people are interested in this being applied to some of the other cultures as well.
Any suggestions on how to improve or expand the mod are welcome, as well as any errors or bugs that need fixing.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
