The Darkage

[Meister Sibrand]

In the menu before loading the legit game The darkage is unavalible. Is this not yet implemented or what?

[SicilianVespers]

In the menu before loading the legit game The darkage is unavalible. Is this not yet implemented or what?

The Darkage is still in development.

[Meister Sibrand]

alright i thought so thanks

[SicilianVespers]

I will release a beta once enough of the campaign is completed, similar to what we did with the Renaissance.

[Sigma]

Will the DA campaign cover only Great Britain? or will it cover all of Europe? also what date will the DA campaign start in? (630's with the Rise of Islam or 800's with the Vikings?)

[SicilianVespers]

The Darkage campaign will start around 888 or 895 AD. It will center on the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire, and will utilize the current full map (with province name changes).

The start date will depend on whether we start the Magyars in Etelköz or Hungary.

[SicilianVespers]

I will try my best to get a Darkage beta into the next release. It won't be complete, but will be very playable.

[herbsman]

Do you have family trees done for the Darkage? If not then I would be glad to do the genealogy research for factions.

[SicilianVespers]

If you're up to it, that would be a huge help

I am looking at an 888 or 895 AD start date.

[herbsman]

Ok, I will do it I had lot's of fun and I also learned something the last time I did it. Just tell me please which factions are going to be there in Darkage Era.

[SicilianVespers]

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

Here is the tentative list:

{TIMURIDS}Khazar Khaganate
{VENICE}Serenìxima Repùblica Vèneta
{SICILY}Thema Sikelikon
{MILAN}Regnum Italicum or Regnum Langobardorum
{PAPAL_STATES}Patrimonium Sancti Petri
{DENMARK}Regnum Daniæ
{EGYPT}Amiraa al-Aghlabiyya to become Khalifah al-Fatimiyyun via event
{SCOTLAND}Regnum Scotiæ
{AZTECS}Mexìcâ
{MONGOLS}Peçenek Hanligi
{TURKS}Khalifah al-‘Abbasiyun
{FRANCE}Regnum Francorum or Regnum Francia Occidentalis
{HRE}Regnum Teutonicum or Regnum Francia Orientalis
{ENGLAND}Regnum Angliæ
{PORTUGAL}Regnum Navarrae
{POLAND}Regnum Poloniæ
{BYZANTIUM}Basileia ton Romaion
{ARMENIA}Regnum Armeniæ or Metz Hayk (Greater Armenia)
{SERBIA}Županija Raška
{BULGARIA}Bulgar Kanasubigi
{MOORS}Khalifah Umayyah
{RUSSIA}Rhos Khaganate
{SPAIN}Regnum Asturorum
{HUNGARY}Magyar Törzsek
{SLAVE}Terrae Nullius
{SAXONS}Regnum Burgundiae or Regnum Burgundorum
{NORMANS}Comtat de Barcelona
{ANTIOCH}Principatus Beneventum
{JERUSALEM}Velká Morava (until I can add Bohemia)


It may be hard to find genealogies for some of the factions, so maybe you can list the ruler and the next two or three after him.

[DaVinci]

Maybe the English faction names would help him, in some cases?

[SicilianVespers]

Maybe the English faction names would help him, in some cases?

@herbsman

Would that help, or are you ok with all the names?

[herbsman]

I am ok with that list. Only thing I am not sure so far is if Thema Sikelikon is Emirate of Sicily?

[SicilianVespers]

I am ok with that list. Only thing I am not sure so far is if Thema Sikelikon is Emirate of Sicily?

Thats the Byzantine Theme of Sicily, but I think you should also do the Emirate just in case.

[Aliksander]

"Principatus Beneventum"

Can't wait to play as Benevento!!!

[SicilianVespers]

Here's what I have dome so far on the Darkage campaign:





I still need adjust the ownership for:

Regnum Asturorum (Spain)
Regnum Navarrae
Regnum Saxonum Occidentalis (Wessex/England)
Regnum Daniæ (Vikings need Normandy & part of England)
Magyar Törzsek
Bulgar Kanasubigi
Principatus Beneventum (ex. Sicily)

The Aghlabids/Fatimids also need to own Algeria & W. Sicily, and the Khazars need to be added.

This is all pretty minor, and shouldn't take long.

What do you guys think, should we do 888 AD or 895? If we go with 888, the Magyars would be in Yedisan (Etelkoz) and the Bulgars would also get Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transilvania. We would also have to use Portugal as a placeholder for Great Moravia (Instead of Navarra).

Any opinions?

[Aliksander]

Who would the Scots represent on that map? The Kingdom of Alba?

[SicilianVespers]

Yes, Scotland is representing the Kingdom of Alba, but I still have to adjust them. I missed them in the last post . They look more like Strathclyde than Scotland right now.

The Kingdom of Strathclyde will be a rebel faction.

[Aliksander]

Cool, mix of Pictish/Gaelic troops with some briton influence. Another cool faction to try.