What else could you expect? It is not surprising, then, that this game more than any other in our stable has been a starting point for many of our fans to indulge the novelist that lies in almost every heart. Characters are cruel and will do cruel things, but you saw them tutored by an angry and envious soldier. Perhaps it is this forced empathy-this sense that every character you encounter has their own struggle and own motivations separate from yours-that makes Crusader Kings II such a durable and popular game for storytellers. Through the course of the game, inheritance rules may mean that you could play both a king and that kingвЂ™s вЂњevil brotherвЂќ in succession. Courtiers are plucked from obscurity to rule tiny counties, and you pray that a political marriage will turn into a love story. The heir to your kingdom is not merely a set of numbers, but can be a stumbling block to harmony or a blessing to 1 A living world takes shape around you-a world that has villains and heroes, sinners and saints. You control their interactions, their relationships, and, often, their very souls. You are a bloodline and you control specific people at those specific moments when they have the power to change the course of history.

You are not the gentle guiding hand of history. Though all of our strategy games sustain themselves through an evolving and emergent narrative born from the gamesвЂ™ mechanics, the personal nature of Crusader Kings II sets it apart. The Crusader Kings II stories have always been a little bit different. INTRODUCTION Paradox games have always embraced story-telling, and the new online landscape of social media, aggregation, and YouTube LetвЂ™s Plays has helped people spread their stories around the world, allowing Paradox Development Studio to reach wider audiences and new heights of success. 197 The Passion Of Grimsby вЂ“ Joseph Sharp. 121 The ChildrenвЂ™s Crusade вЂ“ Jordan Ellinger. 77 Daughter of the Desert вЂ“ Steven Savile. 43 The Daughters of John Anglicus вЂ“ Lee Battersby. 24 The Khan, The Caliph and the King вЂ“ James Erwin. 1 Three Sacrifices for the Lion вЂ“ M Harold Page. Pressname: Paradox Books Copyright В© 2014 Paradox Interactive AB All rights reserved Authors: Lee Battersby, Luke Bean, Jordan Ellinger, James Erwin, Axel Kylander, Cory Lachance, James Mackie, M Harold Page, Aaron Rosenberg, Steven Savile, Anderson Scott, Joseph Sharp Editor: Tomas HГ¤renstam Cover Art: Ola Larsson ISBN: 978-91-8 CONTENTS Introduction.

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