The Rarest Hidden Characters & Rulers in CK3
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There are hundreds of characters and rulers in CK3 but many are so hidden that crusader kings players have yet to encounter them. In this ck3 guide we will uncover powerful and unique ck3 starts and ck3 campaigns featuring rare religions, curious cultures and historically significant sovereigns and in this video we will uncover the best and most secret characters to play in crusader kings 3. This video was recorded on the most recent CK3 Royal Court DLC + CK3 Friends and Foes DLC but will remain relevant for a very long time (at least until Paradox adds more unique campaigns for us)! Without further ado letâs get started with this Crusader Kings 3 top 10 video guide - enjoy!
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Table of Contents:
Introduction 0:00
Count Otger of Spreewall 0:28
Emir Denha of Socotra 1:27
Count Benjamin of Tmutarakan 2:20
Count Werner of Aargau 3:44
Count Herbert IV of Vermandois 4:51
Count Gagik Bagratuni of Lykandus 6:45
Sheikh Rostam of Mazandaran 7:44
Sheikh Ishaq of Baalbek 8:45
Coran Guanareme of Acihinech 9:49
Erik III âThe Heathenâ of Sweden 10:56
Honorable Mentions 12:32
Thanks for Watching 13:38
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Love your CK-3 Videos
I love your channel!
um actually AlzaboHD you missed one character which is a( serb that I created in custom character it has the best stats, you should play as my serbian character)
One of my favorite starts is in 1066, Alexios Komnenos, Duke of Boukellarion. In history he went on the become emperor of the Byzantine Empire, and play a huge role in the first crusade.
I wish that non catholic Christian faiths could participate in crusades, even if the benefits arenât as good for a trade off of not being excommunicated for saying no. Especially the ones who can ask the pope for money anyways lol.
his daughter was pretty cool too
Epic boi. Just want Byzantine government though, since the western European feudal system definitely was not in place there.
@@BloodRider1914 Agreed.
Hereâs a historical character in the 1066 start date : Godefroy of Boulogne, second legitimate son of the count of Boulogne, he would become Duke of Lower Lorraine and then he will be first king of Jerusalem.
And his brother Baldwin would become the second king of Jerusalem
An achievement in ck2 is exactly this
@@wizardcat733 sad that there is no achievment for this in ck3
Funny thing was apparently he didnt like being called king cause Jesus is king of Jerusalem
Quick historical correction : born a de Boulogne (actually not really because his ancestors were from the House of Flanders so he's technically a de Flandres), he gained the title de Bouillon after he inherited it from his uncle, and wich is the title he's the most known under. And he actually refused the title of King of Jerusalem, as he considered it was the property of Jesus.
One of the most interesting for me is the Count of Samosata who in just 2 decades manages to form the Sultanate of Rum and capture Nicea through smart use of his "mercenary" status.
not to mention there is an achievement about him forming the sultanate of rum.
Harald yngling of the county of vikin in 867 is one of my favorites. 16 yo Norse with great martial and a quick trait and has a unique trait called the vow of tangled hair. You get a special event and extra diplomacy when you create the first kingdom of Norway.
The radhanit culture makes for some super fun alan campaigns, raid the hell out of georgia for gold and prestige with horse archers, merge cultures with the radhanites, keep the good perks, keep raiding. Conquer georgia, merge cultures to get monaspa and boom you have one of the best armies and cultures in the game before 1066
You have to switch the cultural background from byzantine to israeli when you do this in order to be able to merge with other byzantine cultures I forgot to mention
You aren't Able to raid though, you own a feudal owning. And all the titles around are tribal so you can't own them
@@braydenebel8799 Yeah but if you start as the alans and form the culture you dont become feudal
The Emir of Baqlin in 867 near Abyssinia is quite interesting, as the only duke-level practitioner of the ancient egyptian faith. Starts in a really good spot to expand, too
This sounds promising, thanks for the recommendation!
My Ra...
Wait that exists? Do you know what He is in CK2?
It's called kushitism and kush is an ancient name for Ethiopia so it seems like it's more supposed to be Ethiopian but it is definitely the closest thing to ancient egyptian religion you can get in the game since the gods your character mentions are also egyptian gods and when in events where characters mention the afterlife they call it the duwat which is from ancient egypt religion. The picture is also either a picture of anubis or maybe the wolf god wepwawet that events in that faith always mention. I find that more likely since anubis isn't really mentioned and characters will say "praise wepwawet" or "glory to wepwawet" which makes it seem like he's the chief god
Hell yeah, a new entry in my favorite series of yours.
Been dying for this! Love the unique secret characters
I just need to say, im apreciating the pun ^^
11:14 wild koifish spotted
I've played Socotra in CK2 a couple times, but not in CK3. The secret societies made it slightly easier to get people to interact with you.
I've played Mazandaran a lot. Fun and just the right level of challenge.
yeah its fun i remember converting my culture to tajik and escaping iran to establish empire of bactria
I don't know if you're covered this in one of the other videos, but a notable character I'm playing right now is the Borjigin dynasty that Temujin has in the 867 start date all the way near Karakorum. He is a bastard but you can convert to a religion without bastards or give your brother land then wait to die, or when you die play a his mother. she can still get a child technically but it is difficult. Eventually I plan to stop the Mongol invasion the moment it spawns. Trying to develop land in one of the worst places and get the culture traditions to create a strong army with knights and men at arms to counter them. Without taking the Great Khan decision myself.
Bruh, I loved the System of a Down reference
you can also play as van vlaanderen dynasty in 1066 and conquer kingdom of thessaloniki and change its name to latin empire cuz historically they were the monarchs of latin empire
Meh Iâd recommend people get the historic invasions mod to play the Latin Empire
I liked that you showed koifish when you were talking about asatru
Top ten hidden characters in ck3:
1. father
Funnily enough in ck3 it's the mother that goes get the milk
For some reason the family generator for obscure characters doesn't think mothers are needed when generating a child for the ruler lmao
@@miguelpadeiro762 I mean, it depends, does the family generator just leaves the space open or is the mother just not in the game?
If the generator leave the space for the mother, thats hilarious
if shes just not in the game (but is mentioned by name) it could be explained with death by birth đ€·ââ
@@gandalf_thegrey The generator generates children but not a wife so when you do get up to marrying and having more children you have a couple motherless kids and the rest are just half-siblings because they do have a mother lol
It is kinda wack
I just did a Count Herby game and lost the ârestore carolignian borders decision because everybody wanted me to be the new emperor. đ 200 years later all those kingdoms still arenât Dejure lands and require bribes and alliances to not rebel.
Zachariah and Yeldem Ashina should have been on the list, supposedly they're the last two living members of Ashina dynasty (Gokturk ruling family). If you check the family tree it goes back to Muhan Khan the 3rd Khan of Gokturks if im not wrong.
Sidenote: Bulan dynasty and their founder Khan Bulan are also Ashina descendants, you can see that by checking the father of Khan Bulan but as nomads cant create cadet branch of their dynasty it appears as a total new dynasty and house. This also applies to Dulo and Balgarsko.
In 1066, there is a decision to create archduchy of Austria, playing as duke of Bobenberg house
I loved the Emir Denha start, I love starting in the corner of the map and just slowly expand while keeping my kingdom stable. Great to see it on your list!
Erik the Heathen is definitely my favorite Viking ever. I have a really badass strat for him, and if you can reform Asatru with Christian Syncretism while going down the "Strange Gods" perk on the adventurer legacy tree and keeping the pluralist religious stance - you get +60 relations with everyone of a different religion (with apostate*). So of course, your ally Emperor Heinrich of the Holy Roman Empire will join any war you want - even holy wars against other catholic kingdoms, he doesn't care - after all, the pope comes to all your feasts because he's your number one bud. It's an absolute madhouse. Take Dublin early on and you can even flip back to Norse culture - which allows you to hybridize other cultures you conquer and make your daughters into shieldmaiden berserkers. But you better be ready, even though they love you like a brother, that crusade is always brewing in the background. My ultimate goal is to form the empire of the north sea, this is very very difficult to do as you have a very limited time frame before Norse culture hits the High Medieval, and you must hold 3 kingdoms for 30 years. But being a vassal is a huge advantage, and as long as you MURDER WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, it is actually quite easy to take advantage of Norway and England while they fight each other - all you must do is conquer county on your holy sites. For this part you may want to ally a bunch of pagans, then break betrothals later after you reform. Do all this as a vassal, then with your reformed "Christian friendly" version of Asatru, declare for your claim to the kingdom of Sweden. Christian Syncretism is OP in 1066, it even lets you qualify for Christian artifact bonuses. With the dynasty bonus and the learning tree bonus you will have way better relations with hostile faith than your own, and because you are no longer evil you get a -30 marriage acceptance instead of -1000.
does christian syncretism make the religion monotheistic?
Love starting as Count Werner & just doing a Hapsburg run.
One fun start I have is Eadgifu Swanneshals, or "Edith" the Fair/Edith the Rich, one of the richest people in England at the time, supposedly a very distant great-great-etc-grandmother of Elizabeth II together with Harold II Godwinsson, and starts off as the only member of her very cool house which is literally a swan.
The Sheikh Rostam start was really fun, one of the best I've played. Glad you included it
"Is cursed to live near Belgium, chez les ch'tis", I felt that ! đthanks for representing my homeland đ
mdr j'ai habité a lille avant en vrai j'aime bien!
@@AlzaboHD mdrr en vrai elle est trop cool cette petite ville, je l'aime beaucoup aussi, mais putain j'aurais jamais cru que tu me répondrais en français, c'est incroyable ;) en tout cas, continue tes vidéos, elles sont top
@@AlzaboHD attend, tu sais parler Français?
Ouais MahouGaming j'habite en France (mais j'ai un accent!)
@@AlzaboHD en anglais on entend pas du tout lâaccent!
The rhyming and references are almost as thick as with Ssseth.
I played a campaign starting as Sheikh Rostam and it was the most fun I've had in CK3 to date. I highly suggest it if you're looking for some cool roleplay or just a fun, challenging campaign. He is the last landed member of the Sassanid Dynasty as well, I'm not sure if it was mentioned in the video. Very cool starting position.
I tried that, too, a few times. I conquered my neighbour Gilam first and then some vassal of my liege to usurp his power. But after 200 or so years, my neighbours start to holy war me to dust, while I do not find any alliances.
The Hohenstaufens are also a unique and hidden little family you could play that are note worthy in history and would eventually become some of the best and well known Emperors and hes a count within swabia
Watch at 1.5 speed or faster for AlzaboHD dropping rhymes edit: Sometimes
Love these fun starts! Always good stuff mate.
You forgot that Rostam is the last descendant of the Sassanid dynasty
Well spotted! Completely forgot lol
@@AlzaboHD I know this because I actually did become sahosayant starting as him and restored the Sassanid Empire's borders under Shapur II
I live in the islands shown in 9:52. The name of the ruler is spelled wrong, this is a traditional name from the Indigenous tribes of my island, to which we Islanders are very connected. The original indigenous name is "Guanarteme", it was actually the name of one of the Leaders of the Tribes (or Mencey) during Spanish Conquest and here in Tenerife we have various statues dedicated to him and other Mencey from the time.
By the way, the tribes were collectively referred to as Guanches. And they were most likely of Bereber descent, although experts disagree.
In the 1066 start, the Duke of Vaspurkan and Mets Hayk in Armenia belongs to the Pahlavuni house that is a cadet branch of the Arsacid dynasty of the Parthian empire (rulers of Persia before the Sassanids).
The house also exists in 867 by means of unlanded courtiers of the king of Armenia.
In my latest 1066 start campaign through no fault or intervention of my own, the Karlings not only managed to break away from the French and rejoin the HRE, but two descendant houses managed to reclaim the Kingdom of Lotharingia, and later on the HRE itself including most of Italy.
The duchies of Luxembourg and lower Lorraine is in Karling cadet branch hands in 1066. So Lotharingia makes sense.
Also Sigismund of this Luxembourg house became the HRE in irl years later
I would get count NordVPN ngl
I've been having fun lately trying to form Normandy, convert to Catholocism, then become King of France, then form the French Empire conquering England and giving it to a dynasty member, crusading against Sicily, switching to the Sicilian beneficiary, and then going to Jerusalem with another crusade, switching to that beneficiary and forming Outremer. It's very fun, good events, variety, it has it all.
Koifish makes me spill all over phone
Pfft, the zooming in on Count Werner's chin when you said Habsburg made me laugh.
You need to mention the Nestorian Duke in the far end of Asia! Imagine a Mongol Christian empire Centered in the Heart of India and capital in the Holy site for Nestorianism. Genuinely the funniest campaign I've had
Look at the county of besancon in the 866 statting date, there is a single county vassal of lothirangia there who is Frankish, definetly worth checking out.
Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job
âCount Herbert cursed to reign « chez les chtis »Ž cracked me. so iâm subscribing. thatâs all
I always enjoy these videos and the superb puns
one of my favorite starts is the 1066 count of achen. not only do they control the powerful county of achen right from the start (with a good starting building) they also are in a perfect position to CB the county of cologne and cleves to take all of the valuable farmland from there. in my campaign i started as french and hybridized with dutch to form belgian. specifically to pick up agrarian. I would give it a try. grants you a strong anchor to project your power
i already told u alzabo pls make serbian custom character
Citation needed on Konni being the strongest cultural MaA. Mubarizun and Longbowmen are far more cost effective.
I agree
Love this man!
A shame that CK3 isn't being developed a little more enthusiastically. It's pretty barebones and easy tbh.
Exactly its miles ahead of early ck2 already. So far I think this is the most fleshed out Paradox game in a while. It is pretty easy tho gotta give it to you
If you play it like a game it's bound to be easy. But i find that as long as you bring in some roleplay via limiting yourself in expansion and events to what makes sense for your traits, relationships and situation, add mods into the mix, and potentially even consider swapping characters to mix up the world and create little stories around the map, it can be fine difficulty wise. Essentially just consider it more of a simulator than a strategy game
@@Donlot_ i feel like the relatively tiny amount of events really limits roleplaying, forcing my rulers to continuously deal with the same (often outlandish) situations over and over and over again is not good for immersion
One of my favourite starts is the counties of the Duchy of Carinthia in 876 cause they're ruled by a Babenberg, the original Austrian dynasty and predecessors of the Habsburgs. They are historically significant insofar as that it was under them that Austria became an own independent duchy and, well, we know how history played out.
The rarest character is the one who will not become an incestuous fat schizophrenic (the character doesn't exist)
Challenge: Impossible
easy, dont do indbreed in your own dynasty...
@@donkarnage6986 but where is the fun in that?
@@EdmundSkye you think is fun to do your sister or mom?
@@donkarnage6986 but how will you get Genius Herculean Beautiful monsters??
This video is hilarious and so entertaining great job brother!
actually alzabohd... the most interesting character is a (serb that I made in custom creation, it has the best stats, you should play as my serbian character please.)
Sheikh Rostam also belongs to the Sassanid dynasty, which just adds some extra flavor to that particular campaign
Ppl just mad cause they canât rhyme, drop s-tier puns, or succeed past the Duke stage in CK3.
As someone who fits that description, I donât accept them as my people lol. Great vid. Youâve earned this sub
Iâd be interested in a most interesting characters from the newest Elder Kings and ATE mods. I spend more time trying to decide who to play than playing quite often lol
Love your CK3 video, man.
Thanks Carl!
I can appreciate how much ck3 you have to play through to give us this content. Good game but man I couldn't do it lol. Great video!
Thats a coincidence, i did the Habsburg opening over the weekend lmao.
Managed to diplomatically take over Austria and Styria and form the Archdutchy.
Later took over the kingdom of Bohemia and Hungary.
The HRE was practically dead after a huge peasant revolt that split it into two so I jump ship and formed the Habsburg Empire
Actually AlzaboHD, the best character in CK3 is Bogdan SerboviÄ a custom character I made
Jk
There's a criminally underrated mod in ck3 called Godherja and it would be pretty cool if you could do a video on it
I already told alzaBOB, play my custom *CROATIAN* character.
Maybe some Tier-List vids? :D always fun to watch
Very good
Listen, Greg the Serb is the best character in the game, hands down.
Love the video. More CK3 in the future please or maybe even Elder Kings 2???
One of my favorite CK2 playthroughs was as the Karlings in Vermandois. I started as Herbert, whose rule was uneventful. My eldest son received wounds that caused his eventual death. My next son, Boson Karling, went from the count of Vermandois, to the King of France in his life time. He lives to be in his 70s, All while leading armies and winning duels with âEtoileâ a sword made from a meteorite that fell in our familyâs court yard. That campaign still hypes me up just thinking about it.
U got bars dude
I bet that Serbian custom character is the best of all!
Just when you think you are having a bad day with not enough lubbas, babbas, and jabbas in a world full of pain, in comes one jabbabbalabbahabbabba and it's all worth living for, once again.
May I just compliment you in your scriptwriting and poetic prose. Video after video are lyrical and fun to listen to and must take a lot of creative thought to put together.
Bravo Sir.
Really appreciate it!
It adds immense flavor to my next. Gam
That "chin dynasty" quip got me rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
You can play as my ancestor in the country of Berg in the later years, thatâs obviously my favorite start!
I had never noticed that your french accent were so goodđ
thanks! I live in France, trying my best
Rollo is the Marshal of a Norway count. Forget who exactly but that would be a neat play
Straight bars!
You can play as a Hohenzollern in the county of Zollern in Swabia. They of course would become the kings of Prussia and german emperors.
My favourite is kruto, who rules veletia on 1066, he starts out as a slovakskan ruler who has to contend with he hre, making it an interesting game.
đ·đž SERBIA #1!
I played Thomas becket in ck2. That was fun
I'm surprised they didn't do a campaign mode with otger, he was the promo guy has a story at the start to avenge his brother could have has him take Poland used him as the tutorial
That koifish reference tho? Yeet!
What interesting characters would you recommend playing in CK3? New video coming this week!
Eadgar Aelthing - the 16 year old Earl of Warwickshire in the 1066 start date. He and his sisters are Alfred the Greatâs last living male-line descendants and his claim to the English throne technically is better than anyone elseâs as the last living man of the House of Wessex. In fact historically he was crowned King of England after Harold Godwinson died at Hastings, but immediately had to surrender to William the Conqueror. He managed to marry his sister off to the King of Scotland, raise an army in rebellion, and somehow survive William burning most of the north of England to the ground in retaliation.
8:30 Rostam also belongs to the Sassanid dynasty
You got bars
What about Count(or Earl, idk) Eadric "The Wild" in 1066 start date. This count of Herefordshire and Shropshire is historically the leader of anglo-saxon resistance against William "The Conquerer." He is an interesting character to play in a anglo-saxon preservation gameplay.
1:40 this caught me off guard đ€Ł
Bros spitting bars in jars from mars
Lars?
Iâd love to see this but for Elder Kings 2
my dude dropped a subtle 'chez les ch'tis' that probably 5% of his viewers got
deserves respect
space ghost:coast to coast!
Someone gets it!
Please try a austria into hre run from 800 onwards
sheik rostam is the only landed sassanid left but is of a cadet branch
Ruprecht von Nassau, that dynasty is still in power today
YESS
my ears are bleeding from the YYYYY'S
One of my favourite starts is Count Marmais Makedonska from Sredets. It is extremely tough but also a fun challenge. I name it Makedon? We have Makedonska at home and try to become the Byzantine Emperor.
Call it North-Macedonia instead!
@@Slothface Marmais of the North-Makedon Dynasty.
"Jack of all hate, and pastor of none" HA!
this is the kind of vidio i need to start a new campaing