970 Campaign

**uanime5** · December 30, 2009, 04:15 PM

This thread is for discussion and feedback for the 970 campaign.

Factions

Britain
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of the Britons

Western Europe
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Burgundy
Holy Roman Empire

Iberia
Kingdom of Castile

Scandinavia
Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Norway
Kingdom of Sweden

Italy
Most Serene Republic of Venice
Papal States

Eastern Europe
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Duklja (Serbia)
Bulgarian Empire

Greek
Eastern Roman Empire

Russia
Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus

Africa
Caliphate of Córdoba (Moorish)
Fatamid Caliphate (Egyptian)

Near East
Hamdanid dynasty (Turkish)
Buyid dynasty

Caucasus
Cuman Khanate

**The Holy Pilgrim** · December 30, 2009, 09:16 PM

Don't you think in this era, the Byzantines should be called the Eastern Romans (and maybe even in the 1080 campaign)?

**uanime5** · December 31, 2009, 05:01 AM

Technically the Byzantine Empire should be called the Roman Empire in all the campaigns they appear in because this was how they and others addressed them.

The reason they're called the Byzantine Empire here is that I haven't updated the names of the factions to match their names in the mod (in all campaigns they're called the Eastern Roman Empire). I'll update this now.

**Hrobatos** · January 03, 2010, 08:14 PM

before Stjepan Drzislav (969-996) become king Croatia was in civi war and in internal fights it lost control of dalmatian cities, Stjepan Drzislav become ally with Byzantins against Bulgars and later cirka 985 was given dalmatian cities back from byzantins for help against bulgars,so Croatia should in 970 be the same as in 1080 only dalmatian cities should be teritory of Byzantine Empire...
at the time raska,bosnia and duklja were all "free", they were under Byzantines and by raising of bulgars they became free shortly before bulgars conquered them... perhaps u should make one state (raska/serbia) and others rebels...

**uanime5** · January 04, 2010, 12:30 PM

Thanks for the information. Below is revised version of this campaign, the main changes are that Serbia is now Duklja with Ras and Bosnia as rebels, Bulgaria doesn't have Thessalonica, and Preslav has been conquered by the Kievan Prince Sviatoslav (this happened in the late 960's, so just before the start of this campaign). Is this accurate?

**Hrobatos** · January 04, 2010, 01:09 PM

yeah for balkan it is for other i dont know

**dknight237** · April 16, 2010, 09:21 PM

how do you get this campaign, i downloaded the mod but this was the only campaign not listed in the options

**uanime5** · April 18, 2010, 11:47 AM

The 970 campaign is part of the 1.6 version but is not in the 1.5 version. The revised version has not been released yet.

**Kjertesvein** · April 22, 2010, 11:16 PM

I will keep updating this page, and perhaps open one poston the other campaigns.

You see, Harald Greycloak (Fairhair dynasty), son of Erik Bloodaxe is dead. He died in an well prepared ambush in by Limfjorden in Hals(Denmark) 970. The last patch of land he own was Sogn(the western area which is closed from the player). All his brothers fled the country. He had no wife nor sons. Harald Bluetooth established Earl Haakon (Håkon Jarl) in power of Norway.

Faction: "Norway", ON Noregr.
Lets travel to Noregr
See those Norse men running.

"King":

Hákon Sigurðarson, king of Norway in all but name. He was actually a Jarl (Earl). He was a strong pagan ruler from Trondheim (nobility of the Lade family), and gave great boost to the old gods in norway. He would clamp down on any christian follower and buildt several Pagan temples. He was in alliance with the Christian ruler Harald Bluetooth--Håkon's only de jure overlord. When Bluetooth imposed Christianization on Norway, Håkoon abolished the alliance in 975 and defeated the danish invasion fleet in 986. This consisted of the fierce Jomsvikingar and it's said his ship cleared away 25 enemy ships. He was boosted with joy from the Skald's(story-tellers) as a national hero with high authotity.

When Haakon was in Denmark, Harald Bluetooth
forced him to accept baptism and assigned him
clergymen to take to Norway to spread Christianity.
When a favourable wind came for Haakon to leave
he commanded the clergymen back ashore.

An impression of Jarl Hákon by Christian Krohg.

Reign:

970 - 995

A licensed lexicon describe his character as "Håkon-Jarl must have been an able and hard warrior and a cunning power politician, with strong roots in the pre-Christian farming (nobility) community".

Father to:

The Ladejarls Eirik Håkonsson (ca. 964–ca. 1024). Would later govern with his stepbrother Sveinn Håkonson, and become Earl of York.
Svein Håkonsson (dead 1016)
Bergljot Håkonsdatter (ca. 990–ca. 1050/55) married to Einar Eindridesson Tambarskjelve (ca. 980–ca. 1050).
Auð, married the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, according to Yngvars saga víðförla. Marrige-Alliance to Sweden.

Married to:

Tora Skagesdatter, daughter of Skage Skoptesson. In regards to Saga traditions, she was grand daughter of the son of Harald 1 Fairhair (the first King of Norway ca. 860–ca. 932).

Parents:

Sigurd Håkonsson ladejarl (ca. 890–ca. 962) and Bergljot Toresdatter.

Father-in-law to:

Einar Eindridesson Tambarskjelve (ca. 980–ca. 1050).
Eric the Victorious, Swedish Uppsala King.

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I see the Retinue of the Norwegian Citys: Oslo and the south-western region of Norway have the title Greve. That is wrong and the title greve is also missleading, since the title is only one who oversee the region, not a day-day manager (Greve/Baron).

The Lawspeaker of Borgarting (for the power house of Oslo and retinue)
The Lawspeaker of Gulating (for the Stavanger and retinue)

A lawspeaker was the same as a Supreme Court Judge, Speaker of the house and President of the Parliment, all at the same time.

(This excist from pre-900, to 1660 when the dane king brought absolute monarchy upon the farmer nobility.
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Renaming citys
The city of Oslo should be renamed Aslo
Stavanger should be named Stafangr
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Update: To give the propper Region Names:

Oslo region, should have the name Østlandet.
The western region should have the name Vestlandet.
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Instead of Prince, we should use Erfingi and the Authentic Names when possible:

Translated from an historian:

Captain = Hersir
(Sea) Captain/admiral = Styrimaðr
Faction Leader = Konungr
Faction Heir = Erfingi
Assassin = Banamaðr
Spy = Gestir
Diplomat = Erendamaðr ("messenger")
General = Hers-höfðingi
Princess = Dróttning
Village = Býr or Bœr
Fishing Village = Fiskibýr
Merchant = Kaupmaðr
Port = Höfn
Small Town = Lítill borg
Large Town = Stórr borg

It sound soooo much better.
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Scandinavian Units byt WotN for 970 campaign.
I might get a more modern roster for the medieval-rennisace periode too, hold on

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**Imperial Eagle** · June 15, 2010, 12:32 AM

I notice there are no Anglo-Saxons... will this be changed in the future?

**uanime5** · June 15, 2010, 10:34 AM

The Anglo-Saxons were conquered by Edward the Elder in 937 so they are all represented by the faction England. Separate Anglo-Saxon factions would only feature in a mod set during the 8th or 9th century.

**Imperial Eagle** · June 15, 2010, 08:17 PM

I meant the army, it's still Norman style.

**uanime5** · June 17, 2010, 06:59 AM

My mistake. I don't know what units an Anglo-Saxon army would possess so I can't make the armies more Anglo-Saxon. Unless I can find an Anglo-Saxon mod set during the late 10th century the English armies will continue to look Norman.

**Imperial Eagle** · June 17, 2010, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by uanime5

My mistake. I don't know what units an Anglo-Saxon army would possess so I can't make the armies more Anglo-Saxon. Unless I can find an Anglo-Saxon mod set during the late 10th century the English armies will continue to look Norman.

Chivalry II: Sicilian Vespers has some great Anglo-Saxon units. Maybe you could ask them?

**Warface93** · August 03, 2010, 09:21 AM

can we await a improved version of this scenario with extended family trees or additional scripting features?

**Heathen Storm** · August 10, 2010, 02:34 AM

The Norwegian and Swedish factions are very inaccurate.....
Norway:
Ruler - Hakon Sigurðarson (AKA Hakon Jarl)
Harald II (Harald Greycloak) was killed by Hakon Jarl sometime before 970, so Hakon would be the true ruler.....
Hakon was also a very devout pagan. While Harald destroyed the pagan temples, Hakon rebuilt them, and sacrificed for the people openly, without any problems.
Sweden:
Ruler - Eric the Victorious (AKA Eiríkr inn sigrsæli)
Eric's son and Heir's name was Olaf Skotkonung. They both were devout pagans, who sacrificed and practiced at the temple of Uppsala.
I really hope you consider changing these factions.... your mod is very great but I would like to see these factions (along with the Rus') portrayed correctly. Thank you, and i really mean no offense by this!

**Extradaemon** · October 23, 2010, 02:04 PM

Awesome campaign, Just need to change england to like the saxons or whatever.

**Extradaemon** · April 12, 2011, 02:34 PM

ALSO is theyre any way to change the flag to the saxon one from vanilla mtv

**Makrell** · April 13, 2011, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by uanime5

My mistake. I don't know what units an Anglo-Saxon army would possess so I can't make the armies more Anglo-Saxon. Unless I can find an Anglo-Saxon mod set during the late 10th century the English armies will continue to look Norman.

The last kingdom