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Eclipsed Crown: 724 AD

As our mod is only at beta level, in the current phase partial localization of English may have shortcomings, welcome correction!

It is 724AD, storm is gathering. Fueled by blade and gold, spreaded by greed and intrigue, the sparks are growing in dark, ready to start a wildfire that will consume the whole world: the Arabic governor of Khorasan, on it's way of eastward expansion, will soon clash with Türgesh Khaganate, a march of Tang Dynasty with questionable allegiance.

Following the grand Muslim conquests, the Caliphate rapidly became one of the greatest empires in the world, yet the conquerors have not learned the essential art for governing vast territories yet. Despite still having strong impetus of expansion, issues like struggle between southern-northern arabians and uprising in conquered nations are all foreshadowing even more lethal disaster.

The Basileus of Nova Roma craves to start a wave of Iconoclastic movement. As the Eastern Roman Empire has lost its breadbasket of Aegyptus and barriers in Oriens, it is doubtless that religious disagreement will lead to more troubles to the already chaotic empire. Even worse, the kingdom of the Lombards find themselves at a convenient post for intervening high authority of Christendom, at the doorstep of furious Roman pope…

In the Gallic lands of the old days, Merovingian kings are nothing more than a prisoner of their maiordomus. The true ruler Charles, by defeating or placating many of his rivals, secured his power and spreader Frankish tentacles up to Alemannia frontier. But before he leads the Carolingians to gain papal favor and be anointed, he has much more difficulties to deal with — such as the Saracens in the south of Pyrenees.

The storm is gathering, the earth is tremoring. Millions holding their sword, waiting for a great conqueror to take his crown, to win his victories and ultimate glory…

Mod Features
-Three bookmarks in 724AD (one under development), providing immersive experience of conflicts in 8th Century AD around Asia, Europe and Africa
-Play as many interesting characters, follow their lifestory, or even help them to embrace a new fate!
-All contents from previous mod "Ancient Chinese generals and Khans Genealogy", and many more new content
-Try to acquire massive land as new invader, or fight against all odds and recover ancient empire in desperate situation -- you decide your way, sky is the limit
-Multiple new struggle systems, having multiple branches and endings, deeper and more entertaining than vanilla struggles (Transoxiana struggle almost done, Iconoclasm struggle developing)

Flavorization
-Hephtalite remnants in Afghanistan, they can choose to crown themselves as "ϕρoµo κησαρo" (You heard me right, this literally means "Roman Caesar")
-Bactrian remnants in Afghanistan, even though they have Iranized, they can still find their Hellenistic root
-Aristocratic rank and "Cefeng" decision of Han and Göktürk cultures, plus rebelling against the Chinese emperor, or even claim Mandate of Heaven for yourself
-Chinese heritage characters can reorganize several historical garrison zones/protectorates (Locations might be inaccurate, since we only know their whereabouts roughly)
-Sogdians can choose to revive the Zhaowu Nine Clans, Persians can retake Transoxiana
-Turkic heritage characters can erect Orkhon inscriptions, Tokhara Yabghus can reclaim their sovereignty over the region
-Manichean and Dēnāvar characters can choose a deity to worship
-Bulgaria flavor mod integrated, when you start as Bulgars and transit into Bulgarians, multiple flavor decisions will be unlocked
-New faiths: Christian Marcionism, Manichean Dēnāvar, and many more from RICE and Muslim Enhancements
-New cultures: Tiele, Göktürk, Türgesh……
-New playable landless characters: Abbas, Guo Ziyi, Fumeng Lingcha……
-Many more new contents will come out in formal release


Other language

"Russian" Thank ol.frem's efforts!

Credits
Characters based on the CK2 mod"Five dynasty"
Tamgas of Yaglakar and Ashina clan and the Protectorate emblems are from the mod "Bookmarks+"
Some faith icons are from Argentinian buddy AlphaQmaster's mod "Faith Icon Collection"
Some religious and cultural flavorization are from Cyberxkhan's mod "RICE"
Many Islamic content and Arabic/Berber content are from Ace's mod "Muslim Enhancements"
Better Chinese settlement names and de jure prefecture borders are from 李肆's mod "汉番礼制"
When integrating RICE and ME we used some localization made by 牛奶大魔王
Some trait icons are made based on BIGBEN's graphic assets from the mod "Chinese style basic icons" .
Bulgarian flavor and some Byzantine contents are from Salicy's mod "Dominus Mundi: Historical Flavor Pack"
Avaric history from 永远健康 李德万's "更多经典剧本"
Loading screens and Illustrations from ArtStation
Special thanks for generous contribution from our friend 潇湘 @Mashiro·don·Monica

Deepest gratitude to the mentioned modders, and many thanks to friends who supported us

This is a 100% free mod