King Baldwin IV

[Kryptic]

Is he in the game at all? I'd love to see the lepper king of Jerusalem event fire and see this historical figure with a really cool lepper mask as an event or someone who's AI conquers Jerusalem

[Yen Lo Wang]

Not officially and not currently. The old Kingdom of Heaven mod added bookmarks and figures from the Crusades including King Baldwin, King Richard, Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub but it appears to have been abandoned.

[Grizzly]

Baldwin 4 is not in the game simply becuase the game starts too early (1080 or 876) for him to concievably exist.

That being said, the disfigurement-hiding face masks and the ability to get leprosy are both in the game, so a person who is very similar to king Baldwin may appear at any time in any place.

[tserleg1471]

You could use the option to start a game creating your own character. What I would do for it:
- Select 1080 start, as it is nearer to his time.
- Catholic religion and whatever culture he had.
- Unless I am wrong, and Jerusalen results to be a kingdom inside an empire, you will have to start as a duke. Jerusalen was not independent.
- Leper trait. I ignore most about him, so no idea about where I should improve his stats.
- Give him a son, even if it is not historically accurate (unless you can give him a brother). Why? Because when he dies you will need a heir.

Problem? If not wrong, at 1080 Jerusalen belong to a powerful muslim kingdom, and your king will try to force you to convert. Anyway, this would only add extra difficulty. Once I made a Valencian christian duke inside Al-Andalus and became too powerful to my muslim king to force me to anything. Although if Jerusalen was inside Jatimid empire things could be harder.

P.D: If you can give him a wife she might be the heir. Probably not because being in a muslim land, but you could test it suiciding your 'Baldwin' at the start and see the result. If, as expected, you lose because no heirs, then try again giving him a son or a brother.

P.D: Not a bad idea for a future campaign. :)

[ChairmanMeow]

His dynasty is in the game its the house of Anjou in ,you guessed it, the french county of Anjou theres nothing stopping you from playing as the house of Anjou taking Jerusalem in a crusade and catching leprosy