v5.4

--- General

- revamped the Byzantine Empire across both scenarios; it now has much more historical flavour and a greater number of playable characters
- added the Apokapes, Katakalon, Xylinites, Hagiozacharites, Antiochos, Dassiotes, Iasites, Metochites, Erotikos, Kegenes, Axouchos, Koressios, Sgouros, Gatelussios, Karantenos
-> Chaldos, Barikoa, Apochara, Gotthograikoi, Soudas, Alypia, Blatteros, Parsakoutenos, Mousele, Kourtikes, Rhadinos, Phlorines, Nasrid, Frankopoulos, Balgarsko, Mardaites
-> Apostyppes, Mousilikes, Koxes, Nestongos, Caballorious, Drougoubitai, Velegeziti, Nikephoritzes, Phrangopoulos, Kretios, Berziti, Kapnogenes, Taridinid, Guber, Somme
-> Antiochites, Glabas, Gabalas, Stypeiotes, Montepeloso, Bilyarid, Baboutzikos, Akropolites, Neboulos and Abazasdze dynasties
- expanded and corrected a number of existing Byzantine dynasties
- added the Anarchy at Samarra (867) and some starting levies for the Tulunids and Dulafids
- added the Byzantine-Paulician War (867) and some starting levies for the Paulicians
- added additional traits, claims, gold and a nickname for Chrysocheiros of the Paulicians (867)
- added the duchy of Byzantion (split from Thrace) in Thessalonika
- added the duchy of Colonea (split from Chaldia) in Pontus
- added the county of Rimini (split from Ravenna) in Romagna
- added the county of Venosa (split from Apulia) in Sicily
- added the county of Europa (split from Brysis) in Thessalonika
- added the county of Thasos (split from Mosynopolis) in Thessalonika
- added the county of Samos (split from Chios) in Nikaea
- added the counties of Preslav and Cherven (split from Dorostorum) in Bulgaria
- moved the rump county of Dorostorum from Turnovo to Dobrudja, of which it is now the capital
- moved the county of Burgas from Philippopolis to Thrace
- replaced the duchy of Ephese with Samos
- replaced the county of Tall Hamid with Issus
- moved a few holdings around in Greece, Anatolia and Armenia
- added a patch of Alevism in Shirvan (1066)
- added a patch of Arianism in Phrygia, along with some playable Goths (867)
- added a university in Salerno to represent the Schola Medica Salernitana
- added new cultural traditions: Dziavor and Bulgar Legacy
- added the Shieldmaidens (light cav), Ayrudzi (light cav), Bagatur (heavy cav), Ballistrai (archers), Skoutatoi (pikemen), Akritai (skirmishers) and Varangian Guards (heavy inf) MaA types
- added new MaA icons for Bowmen, Cataphracts, Druzhina, Gendarme, Heavy Cavalry, Heavy Infantry, Hobelars, Konni and Monaspa
- added new cultural tradition icons for Eastern Roman Legacy and Byzantine Traditions
- added a number of Byzantine-themed CoA elements and updated the CoA Designer with them
- added a decision to Proclaim the Third Iconoclasm
- added Mount Tomorr as a sixth holy site for Slavic paganism, so it has something in the southern Balkans
- added around 400 new Byzantine characters along with various marriages
- updated *lots* of existing Greek characters with traits, claims, nicknames, marriages, death reasons, etc.
- added a load of historical Bulgarians/Bulgars, including some new vassals
- added new Byzantine cadet branches: Argyropoulos, Arianites, Brachamios and Kekaumenos
- split the Georgian Bagrationi off into their own cadet branch
- split the Bulgarian Alousianoi, Salan, Kuber and Alcek off into their own cadet branches
- re-wrote the province title history database for the Byzantine Empire, Georgia and Armenia
- expanded the Bana dynasty of Tondai Nadu and promoted them to duke-tier in both start dates
- expanded the Hupoldinger dynasty; they are now counts of Nordlingen in both start dates
- expanded the Banu Sulaym and Kaysite dynasties; connected them by marriage and fixed their title history (867)
- Rostislav of Tmutarakan now has the disinherited trait and is no longer a vassal of Kievan Rus' (1066)
- carved up the large Shaybanid realm in Palestine among relatives to break up domain limits a bit (867)
- added the family of Ostromir as vassals in Novgorod; connected them to the Rurikids by marriage (1066)
- expanded the initial Byzantine presence in Sicily as they actually held more territory at the time; Calabria now exists as a theme (867)
- Egypt (Tulunids) and Hamadan/Kermanshah (Dulafids) now begin as Abbasid vassals in 867 but are fighting an independence faction war against the Caliph
- added a couple of additional Slovien vassals in Great Moravia (867)
- promoted the Cheremesids of Yoshkar-Ola to duke-tier (Nizhny Novgorod) and gave a few provinces to the duke's younger brother (867)
- promoted the Banu Kilab of Homs to duke-tier (Homs) and gave them a marriage alliance with the Neboulos dynasty (867)
- added the Bilyarids as vassals of Volga Bulgaria and connected them to various Bolghar clans by marriage (867)
- added the Slavic Muslim Neboulos dynasty as Abbasid vassals in Dausar (867)
- moved the Marwanids from Edessa to Diyarbakr; Edessa now exists as a theme and has been moved to de jure Anatolia (1066)
- moved the Principality of Antioch to the de jure Byzantine Empire (1066)
- moved Adalbert 'the Illustrious' Hunfriding from Nordlingen to Thurgau (867)
- moved Welf Welf from Ulm to Grunningen/Ravensburg (867)
- corrected the count of Lille to Adelhard von Burc, as he was lay abbot of Cysoing (867)
- landed Simeon of Bulgaria as count of Chervon (867)
- Adelheid Salian is now playable as countess of Frankfurt (1066); was previously a theocracy
- added Taridin as count of Dorostorum (867)
- added Ivane Abazasdze as count of Kartli (1066)
- added the Baduspanids as vassals of Tabaristan (867)
- added the Kabirids as vassals of Azerbaijan (867)
- added the Khurramids as vassals of Shirvan (867)
- adjusted the Muslim-Armenian frontier slightly (867)
- adjusted the spread of Slavic culture/paganism along the Byzantine frontier (867)
- added some additional Khurramids and Afshins (867)
- added some additional Bavandids, Buyids and Kakuyids; updated relevant title history across Persia and Mesopotamia (1066)
- further additions to the culture name links file
- added a bunch of additional Greek, Arpitan and Ruthenian names
- minor additions to various other culture name lists
- added Foederati as a mercenary company name for Roman culture
- added Central Asia to the War Camels innovation region; Uyghur culture now starts with it unlocked
- expanded the spread of Ruthenian culture to cover the rest of de jure Galicia-Volhynia (1066)
- made some tweaks to the Chalukya Chola cadet branch; changed them to be part of the Vengi Chalukya dynasty (1066)
- moved Abulchares to his own dynasty; he is now an adventurer and friend/courtier of Michael Maurex (1066)
- renamed the Rallis-Raoul dynasty to Rallis; tweaked both brothers and gave Roger a wife and cadet branch (1066)
- added Borivoj of Bohemia's missing sister Svatozizna, the wife of Svatopluk the Great (867)
- added Álmos Arpad's missing parents and nephews (867)
- gave Kruto the Wend his nickname and the strong trait (1066)
- added the Lombard general Melus and his son Argyrus (1066)
- added the missing children of Adelchis Desideridi; connected them by marriage to the Supponids (867)
- added the viking turncoat Velandr as a courtier of Charles the Bald (867)
- changed Empress Eudokia's family to correctly be iconoclast (867)
- added Pannonian Avar as a West Slavic/Avar hybrid culture name
- updated a load of CoA generation stuff for the Byzantines
- updated the Synadenos, Batatzes and Angelos dynasty CoAs
- added CoAs for the Bana, Chalukya Chola, Arianites, Tornikes, Katakalon, Kekaumenos, Apokapes, Araniti, Xylinites, Antiochos, Maurex, Dermokaites, Agelastos, Akropolites
-> Asanes, Kastamonites, Kourkouas, Maniakis, Mouzalon, Laskaris, Rangabes, Axouchos, Koressios, Choumnos, Sgouros, Argyropoulos, Kalaphates, Lekapenos, Dassiotes, Iasites
-> Metochites, Karantenos, Anemas, Bourtzes, Gatelussios, Gotthograikoi, Soudas, Blatteros, Parsakoutenos, Mousele, Kourtikes, Rhadinos, Armenios, Paphlagon, Katakalitzes
-> Tourkos, Sellokalas, Nasrid, Kretikos, Kontomytes, Apostyppes, Martinakios, Pakourianos, Ooryphas, Nestongos, Peganes, Krateros, Phlorines, Phrangopoulos, Chaldos
-> Frankopoulos, Maurikios, Konstantios, Polkarios, Kegenes, Keroularios, Anchabadze, Aaronios, Alousianoi, Brachamios, Rogerios, Cattaneo, Abazasdze, Guber, Mardaites
-> Hagiozacharites, Mousilikes, Koxes, Antiochites, Glabas, Toxares, Gabalas, Baboutzikos, Montepeloso, Kuber, Alcek and Salan dynasties
- Berengar of Friuli's future wife, Bertila Supponid, is now older and betrothed to him (867)
- expanded the Sabran dynasty (1066)
- expanded the Varajnuni dynasty (1066)
- added some additional Arcrunids (867)
- tweaked the Rorgonides dynasty (867)
- William VIII of Aquitaine's mother, Agnés d'Ivrea, has now been resurrected from the dead (1066)
- added Corrado di Cattaneo as a courtier of Konrad the Younger (867)
- added some missing Etichonen; unliked them from the Hupoldinger dynasty
- Basil the Macedonian is now older, as are his brothers and older children from his first marriage (867)
- added the Born in the Purple trait to some characters who were missing it
- Bulgaria now starts with Primogeniture succession in 867
- forming the Byzantine Empire by decision will now also spawn some Varangian Guard regiments
- the Performative Honour and Right to Prove cultural traditions now also unlock the Shieldmaidens MaA type
- the Byzantine Traditions cultural tradition now also unlocks the Varangian Guards MaA type
- the Eastern Roman Legacy cultural tradition now also unlocks the Akritai, Ballistrai and Skoutatoi MaA types; also now gives a +20% cultural acceptance gain bonus
- the Mongol Empire and its successor states (e.g. Golden Horde, Ilkhanate) now have access to Ultimogeniture succession by default
- connected the Banu Taghlib, Taghlibid and Hamdanid dynasties; added some missing characters and updated their title history (867)
- updated the various Roman Empire formation decisions to require Byzantion (duchy), and Dalmatia instead of Croatia
- changed Armenian culture's Highland Warriors tradition to Dziavor; removed Eastern Roman Legacy tradition
- changed Bulgarian culture's Konni Raids tradition to Bulgar Legacy; changed ethos type from Bureaucratic to Stoic
- changed Croatian culture's ethos type from Communal to Ceremonious
- changed Serbian culture's ethos type from Communal to Spiritual
- changed Dalmatian culture's ethos type from Communal to Cosmopolitan
- changed Venetian culture's ethos type from Communal to Bureaucratic
- reduced the mercenary hire cost bonus of the Malleable Subjects cultural tradition from -50% to -30%
- Mizrahi courtiers should now also spawn in the Caucasus
- added the Malyalas of Sankisapura in Nellore (1066)
- added a number of new historical nicknames for various characters
- added a load of new custom title localization for the Byzantine Empire (mostly Greek and Turkish, some Bulgarian and Arberian, a bit of Vlach and Armenian)
- added a load of new misc. loc stuff
- added blood eagle as a new way to kill the Pope for Norse pagans dismantling the Papacy
- corrected the capitals of all Byzantine themes
- replaced a number of incorrect or duplicate Byzantine barony names with better local alternatives
- tweaked some dates and title history for the Salians
- removed Whitby as a barony in 870 (destroyed by vikings, rebuilt much later)
- removed all Ottoman beyliks (except for Rum) from the de jure Byzantine Empire
- removed all post-1066 title history
- renamed a few dynasties
- renamed Cataphracts to Kataphraktoi for consistency with other Greek MaA types
- merged several duplicate dynasties
- fixed a typo in Jainism's description
- fixed the Mahabodhi Temple only being enabled by Buddhists; it is now available to all Eastern faiths
- fixed a few rogue examples of incorrect government types, such as in Romania and Somalia
- fixed a few family trees with floating members