Info on the New Factions?

[JMSlayer]

I don't know if my search-fu is weak, if I'm just horribly oblivious, or if no one knows, but I'm wondering if there is any information on what sort of factions the two newcomers will be like. Mainly, I have a few questions:

1. Are the two new factions present in the Early Era Campaign?

2. I've heard the Cumans are similar to a mix of the Mongols and the Russians, what are their individual weaknesses? Their strengths? Are they weak in the early period or do they reach the end of their worth once the other armies progress?

3. What strengths does the Khwarezm faction possess? Late bloomer, or early boomer? What factions is Khwarezm most like?

Thank-you for reading through this. Like I said, if these questions are answered elsewhere, I apologize, but I've searched around a great deala nd haven't found much of anything.

[Echad]

1. Yeah.

2. Good horse-archers and some nice heavy infantry... Dun' rememba the weakness. They also do remind Lithuania, albeit not so much uber-units.

3. Their strenght are a good balanced roster and uber late-game cavalry... Weakness is lack of solid heavy infantry and Mongols arriving on their head.

[Bacon!]

are the cumans pagans?

[Quark]

Bacon!
Yes - they follow Tengir (Tengri - depends on language), the blue sky god. I know they converted to orthodox later due to their interaction with Georgia, but conversion has some issues, so they are just pagan.

[Bacon!]

ok thanks and appologies to the blue sky god for not noticing him