Kingdoms of Aragon and Léon and the county of Portugal:
The kingdom of Aragon emerges later in the game.
Muslims: Fatimid caliphate, Moors and the Seljuks:
3 versions of the Kingdom of England, I have yet to decide which to use:
Why not 3 lions? Because the third one symbolises Aquitaine, which the English failed to gain.
Kingdoms of Denmark, France, Hungary, Poland, Scotland, and Sicily (coat of arms of the dynasty of Hauteville):
Why the raven banner as a symbol for Denmark? Well, I wasn't sure if I should use the Danish 3 lions. As was the case with most countries in 1080, Denmark didn't have a coat of arms in 1080. I decided for now not to use the blue lions on yellow background, since everyone associates red and white with Denmark and most M2TW-players already know the raven, whereas the blue-yellow coat of arms would simply confuse.
Orthodox factions: Byzantine Tetragram, Novgorodian bear and Kievan ??? :
The Kievan thingy is the historic one. Most modders simply use the modern day crest of Ukraine, which was the symbol of Grand prince Vladimir the great/the babtiser, for the grand principality Kiev itself. Every Rurikid ruler tended to have his own symbol, however, and the symbol of the grand prince of Kiev ruling in 1080 (Vsevolod Yaroslavych) is the one you see above.
I gave the orthodox factions a drop shape to distinguish them from muslims (round) and catholics.
House of Este (light blue), kingdom of Burgundy (red), kingdom of Italy (green) and various combinations of those:
Now this is where it's somewhat complicated. It has to do with the ingame developments and my faction (ingame Milan) changing identity semifrequently, as well as to symbolise various factions inside my realms. I start out as the margraviate of Milan, and manage to become dual king of the two kingdoms of Italy and Burgundy.
The house of Este were the historic rulers of Milan at the beginning of the campaign in 1080, and thus it's their symbol that I'm going to use.
The coats of arms of Este and Burgundy are historic, the latter being the coat of arms of the free county of Burgundy before 1280.
The Italian one is a fictional one, based on ingame developments. I gave it a green background, since Italy is often associated with that colour.
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