The Cross of Burgundy
This is a passion-project of mine. Dissatisfied with the lack of Mission Trees, and not knowing the prerequisites for national flavour events to fire, I wanted to create a semi-railroaded historic experience for one of history’s greatest ‘what-if’ scenarios. You can leave the railroaded events at any time.
A long-awaited update, featuring the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War Situation:
- More flags!
- Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War Situation. Achieve Victory through war, or reconciliation. France suffers dearly every day the war continues.
- Added 12 events detailing the circumstances and escalation to the Civil War.
- Burgundy now has custom sprite uniform colours. Based on the colours of Charles the Bold’s reforms.
This mod details the extinction of the House of Bourgogne, and the gifting of the Duchy of Burgundy to Phillip ‘the Bold’ de Valois, and follows the key events of his reign, and those of his dynasty. This will provide a richer, more detailed Burgundian experience:
- Cultivate the Pinot Noir vineyards and establish Burgundian Wine as a cultural staple
- Invite the pre-eminent Flemish artists of the era to your court
- Inherit the fractured territories of the Low Countries, through tactful marriages
- Follow through that which Charles the Bold could not finish – an independent Burgundian State. Or trade your French overlord, for the Emperor and grow your influence within the Empire.
There are some key things to consider when using this mod, should you wish to keep the events coming:
- Do not marry your historic rulers; there are events for these, with some historic rewards…
- If your ruler dies via a base-game event (the dreaded hunting accident, for example) then I urge you to load your most recent Save. Deaths of historic characters are dealt with via events, and with them, their historic heir will appear
- All events will show the Historic Option tag. You can leave the railroading of history at any time.
- The historic railroading culminates with the death of Charles the Bold and the question of the Burgundian Inheritance. After this, there are plausible events for whichever option you chose.
- 67 dynamic events, following the four historic Valois Dukes of Burgundy
- Cultural dynamic events (cultivate the Pinot Noir grape, sponsor the Burgundian Music School, etc)
- 2 Government Reforms (event-driven)
- 4 new Estate Privileges
- Declare Independence, become a vassal of the HRE, or bid the title of Emperor yourself and recognise Charles the Bold’s ultimate ambition
- New, dynamic flags based on historic examples
- Burgundian Wars Disaster
- More dynamic flags
Please feel free to add suggestions!
Special credit to @Zyrph for sharing some excellent flag files and helping with flag definitions
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
