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Legendary Bloodlines

IMPORTANT : Compatible with all DLC except Holy Fury DLC since it also adds bloodline traits
Use this mod only if you don't own Holy Fury DLC

Ever wanted to play as a descendant of Balian (aka Kingdom of Heaven) or El Cid? The progenitors of Vlad Dracula? Saladin? What about the Sassanids, the Parthians, Constantine the Great and many many more? Well now you can. The bloodline trait passes from father to children.

"Legendary Bloodlines" mod can be played with vanilla game, but considering it doesn't override any files it should also be fully compatible with most of the mods, especially the ones that don't alter the history/characters directory. All start dates are perfectly playable, from 769 to 1337.


*With the newest mod update, you can create your own Legendary Bloodline once you have enough prestige! The bloodline will be named after the founder and the trait will pass to your descendants patrilineal. A.I. will make use of it as well.*


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In a few words, this is a mod that adds a bloodline trait to the descendants of some of the most famous and legendary historic figures. Each one has a unique legendary bloodline trait. For example the descendants of Genghis Khan have a unique bloodline trait, and so do the descendants of Saladin and so on... There are currently 37 bloodline traits for now and more will be added in the future.


The traits add bonuses to opinion, prestige and diplomacy. For some of the most important bloodlines the bonuses are greater than the rest. On the other hand, there are historical blood feuds between some of the bloodlines that greatly increase hostility among them such as:
Ottoman vs Palaiologos etc.


Just to be clear, all of the dynasties and their cadet branches with the added bloodline trait, at some point in history claimed their descent from those specific historical and in some cases almost mythical figures. Some have strong claims to those bloodlines and others are disputed. Let history be the judge.


Summing it all up:
- 37 legendary bloodline traits added
- New nicknames for some historical figures in the game added
- Wikipedia links for some important characters that were missing from vanilla game added
- Changed reason of death based on historical facts for some important characters
- 1000+ of characters in many dynasties were edited with the appropriate bloodline, historical nickname etc.


List of characters that started a bloodline in the discussions tab here


More additions and changes will be made. Any comments, suggestions and help with modding is greatly appreciated!