The Old Gods [v0.1.5]
The Old Gods is an ambitious religions overhaul of Crusader Kings III which seeks to add various religions and faiths into the game – from Arianism to Anglo-Saxon Polytheism to Roman Polytheism – and expand upon their mechanics, ultimately providing an immersive and believable experience. This project is being undertaken in part for my own enjoyment, and secondly as an exercise of historical knowledge to better my own grasp of these ancient religions. Currently the two new religions are Religio Romana (Ancient Roman Religion) and Ostriewe (Anglo-Saxon Religion). This mod uses the framework of Scarelios’s mod More Religious Doctrines with his permission.
This patch was rather small relatively speaking, but, the Mod should be fully compatible with the current CK3 patch now and has had the below features added. I’m hoping to make a more Hellenistic focus patch soon (I’ve already started work on it) but I wanted to make the mod playable again ASAP.
Version 0.1.5
- Hellinismós and Religio Romana now use Hellenistic Temples
- Hellinismós localization fixed
- Hellinismós, Religio Romana, Ásatrú and Ostriewe icons updated
- Hellinismós, Religio Romana, and Ostriewe holy sites updated
- New Hellinismós custom icons added
- New Hellenistic Holy Order added: The Sacred Band of Ares.
- Hellinismós and Religio Romana colors updated
- Religious Families updated/Religions redistrbuted to proper Families (Hsexje put in Sinitic, Zunbil in Indo-Iranian, etc)
Version 0.1
- Hellinismós (Greek Religion) added
- Religio Romana (Roman Religion) added
- Ostriewe (Anglo-Saxon Religion) added
- Vidilism renamed to Romuva
- Slovianska Pravda renamed to Rodnovery
- Old Rodnovery renamed to Slovianska Pravda
- Old Ásatrú renamed to Forn Siðr
- Old Ostriewe named Fyrnsidu
- Old Religio Romana named Cultus Deorum
- Hellinismós Great Holy War renamed Megas Ieros Polemos
- Religio Romana Great Holy War named Magnum Bellum Sanctum
- Ásatrú Head renamed to Allsherjargoði
- Ásatrú Religious Title renamed to Ásatrúarfélagið
- Ostriewe Head named Allmenngeótere (calque of Allsherjargoði)
- Ostriewe Religious title named Ostriewefélagisċipe (calque of Ásatrúarfélagið)
- Greco-Roman Religious Group renamed to Hellenistic
- African Religious Family added
- Asiatic Religious Family added
- Sinitic Religious Family added
- Eastern Religious Family renamed "Indo-Iranian"
- Pagan Religious Family renamed "European"
- Religions shifted to proper Families
- New Holy sites for Hellinismós, Religio Romana, and Ostriewe
As this is a very ambitious project, I have many plans for things to be added in the future. Below are several lists, divided by category, which I desire to complete.
Religions
- Add Celtic Religion, Irish, Gaullish, Britonnic Faiths
- Add Frankish, South German, Gothic Faiths
- Add Kemeticism, Mesopotamian Religions, Canaanite Religion, Pre-Islamic Arabian Religion, etc.
Decisions
- Restore/Repurpose various Temples such as the Parthenon, Pantheon, Hagia Sophia, etc
- Restore Religio Romana after you restore the Roman Empire
- Public Processions for Hellenistic Religions
- Delve into the Classics for Latin & Byzantine Cultures (possibility to convert to Hellenismos/Religio Romana)
- Seek out Mystics for Northwestern European Cultures (possibility to convert to Celtic, Germanic Religions)
Doctrines & Tenets
- Add at least one unique Tenet for every faith
- Immersive Doctrines (allow more changing of doctrines via events, more correspondence to tenets, and so on)
- Rebalance Expanded Doctrines
Events
- Initiatory Events for Mystery Cults
- Yule, Olympic Games, etc
- Immersive Foundation of various Holy Orders
Societies
I will probably wait until societies are properly implemented into the game before I make these, or I may try and adapt an existing system.
- Add Hellenistic Mystery Cults (Mithras, Isis, Eleusis, etc)
- Add Public Cults to every God in every Polytheistic Faith
