Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III

Witchcraft
Redox 4 Sep, 2023 @ 1:41pm
A story of Baba Yaga.. Soilers
In Northern Russia there is a community of tribes lead by the chiefdom of Pudozh, the people of these tribes say that there woods are enchanted.
It is said that and old hag lives there, many claim to have seen her magic house, but when hunting parties search, there is nothing there. As if the abode has vanished, or was never there.

The stories don't end there. it is said that three beautiful women often appear from the woods, luring lustful young men into the wall of trees, never to be seen again. Wives and mothers cry as both their husbands and children go missing, they vanish without a trace.

These tales have been in these communities for many generations, most of the tribes people believe that this hag exists, they call her Baba Yaga, yet other than the disappearances and the mysterious claims of her abode, there is not much left..

Children kept on going missing but, some did return, yet they where not the same. They all denied seeing and even believing in the stories of Baba Yaga many seems to not even remember.
It was clear that the tribes would not be the same, once the old generation was replaced by the new.. soon even stranger things began to happen..

Large caravans arrived to the tribe baring gifts, gold weapons armor.. nothing was given in return.

Soon all the tribes in Bjarmaland began to suffer countless disappearances, no one knew where there family and friends where taken and no one knew if they'd ever see them again.


Neighboring tribesmen, swear to have seen a massive army embarking strange black ships, off the coast of Pudozh, but those are just rumors.

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The men standing watch the towers one the coasts of Rome, saw hundreds of ships sailing for the Vatican, it was evident that this force had come to invade the house of god. Most likely a Jihad from the east they thought.

The guards quickly had taken up positions on the walls and defenses of the great city.
Another force had been sent out to meet the invaders. The men were confidant that victory was assured for god was by there side, and these heathens would parish before even entering the city.

Yet dread filled the brave men as they saw their comrades being slaughter outside the walls, and as the invasion force, marched upon the walls, they noticed these where followers of Allah, but the wrath of god.. Or the gates of hell had opened.
In the enemies ranks they noticed their own comrades shambling amongst them.

They shot bolts, threw rocks and oil on the invaders.. although their foes did not fall easily, the invaders had no weapons to breach the walls of Rome..

But as time seemed to stop, a woman, no a demon sent from hell, stood in front of the undead horde, in one hand a black sword and in another a strange orbs.

The men of god fired upon the woman but it was in vain, the arrows, even the bolts from the ballistics vanished before reaching their mark..

She raised her hand and the orb flew into the sky, the air around it seemed to warp and from it a blast fired, crumbling the great walls as if it where a house of cards.

it was not long until the city was swarmed by the minions of the devil. The undead could not be defeated.

And so, from that day on the cult of Baba Yaga had taken the heart of Europe and the house of god. It was not long until her demonic offspring; the witches of Yaga, took power in the great nations of Europe. Bringing with her a new era of dread and terror.



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I haven't had this much fun with CKIII in a pretty long time, so thank you for making this mod...
Just as a but of context; Baba Yaga is around 220 years old, 74.3 health and 100% fertility has all the genetic traits maxed out, all the magic items, and I made her marry the demon kid that you get from summoning, so her children are perfect and I'm using domination to marry her daughters into the families of nobles in Europe. I'm also eating the males. Yes she's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up (I am too I guess, but all ck players are).

She is broken af but a LOT of fun, I did get pretty good rng tho, she survived about 50+ assassination attempts from rivals, mages witch-hunters and even family lol
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ryciebani666  [developer] 5 Sep, 2023 @ 1:48am 
In the dark depths of the abyss live creatures rejected by the human mind. Nameless abominations and ancient beings wage wars, plot and indulge in every conceivable act of cruelty and destruction. Among them is a creature of exceptional power, feared even by demonic princes. Some call him the Eternal Evil, but he has many names and many faces. His thousand eyes are constantly watching a thousand worlds gathering knowledge and looking out for opportunities.
Or at least that's what the legends say.
If there is some truth in this, surely one of the creature's eyes stopped for a long moment just on your Baba Yaga.

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This is precisely the greatest strength of CK. You created a great story - thanks for sharing it ;)
The idea of playing Yaga is interesting. I think this character will be developed a bit in the future. Regards ;)
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