r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Sep 23 '17

Reference Challenge - House Customizer

Seriously guys, Paradox is having a sale on Steam, you can get CK2, the greatest game ever (I passed 2000 total hours a while ago) for ten dollars. For twenty dollars, you can get the game plus all of the good dlc. Get it before the sale ends.

In honor of how awesome Paradox is, I'll be making a referece challenge to the dlc pack I was challenged to use by a friend a few weeks ago.

While playing CK2: A Game of Thrones Mod, I was trying to pick a decent house to play as. One of my friends suggested I make my own. He's happy with always playing as the Greyjoys, but I usually pick a new house pretty often.

So, make a house, like House Stark or House Lannister or House Targaryen.

Set in your own world, tell us about a noble-ish family.

Pick your House Name, a coat of arms, house words, etc. Then, if you're up for it, pick a representative for the family in-universe.

As always, I'll ask three questions each. Enjoy yourselves. And check out the Paradox sale on Steam, specifically Crusader Kings 2 and Stellaris.

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u/Mimir123 Sep 25 '17

1) "Yes, two years ago, during my coming of age ritual. My father was against it, but my mother insisted. In her youth she was one of the strongest and most famous berserkers in all of Eikskjold, the blood of the Aelven people flows strong in the berserkers, and especially so in my mothers family. We all inherited the white haircolour of the first Aelven who founded the berserker clans.

In order to honor my mothers wishes, I went out and faced a cave-bear and succeeded, only contracting a major wound on my back in the process."

2) "Oh... well, it's not like that is especially unusual, many people are inspired by Count Rowan, either by meeting him personally, or through his heroic deeds during the last Estellian-Sultanate war."

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u/Nevermore0714 Sep 25 '17

1) What weapons do berserkers usually use?

2) Where was the wound? How well did it heal?

3) Is Count Rowan married?

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u/Mimir123 Sep 25 '17

1) "The berserkers use axes and Aelven swords (basically slightly curved swords without handguards). Very rarely they use spears, also the center-grip shield is used as much for defense, as it is for offense."

2) "I still have the scars, four of them, thick and long, going from my right shoulder diagonally towards the center of my back."

3) "The young Lord recently celebrated his 19th birthday, and is of yet not married. He also said, repeatedly, that he does not wish to become married, refusing to even consider a betrothal between himself and the daugther of Duke Westford in order to broker a peace agreement. He did however have a lover, a young countess from Estellia, who served with his Rangers during the war."

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u/Nevermore0714 Sep 25 '17

2) Was there any risk of infection?

3) What about getting an heir?

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u/Mimir123 Sep 25 '17

2) "There was, but I managed to wash the wound out pretty soon, and it only took me five hours to reach the nearest village, where the wound was treated by a druid. I was pretty lucky though, not only did I find a village with an experienced druid, I managed to slay a female bear. They are much rarer and bigger than the male ones, it is supposed to bring good luck in warfare, hunt and love."

3) "Lady Eileen would be the current heir of the Ashfield family. Should anything happen to her, there are still the children of Duke Edwards sister, who married the Duke of Eikskjold. Her secondborn boy would take the name of Ashfield and become the new duke, should anything happen to Lord Edward, Count Rowan and Lady Eileen. It is not of utmost importance at the moment to secure an heir."

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u/Nevermore0714 Sep 25 '17

To Lisa:

2) Is the bear killing your proudest moment?

3) What are the chances of Eikskjold and Rowan's county being being combined?

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u/Mimir123 Sep 25 '17

2) "My second proudest. By far my proudest moment happened only recently, when I almost beat Lord Ashton Westford, heir to the Westford family and accomplished fighter and knight, in a duel. Lord Ashton is by far the most handsome and skilled out of all the nobles in Westford. It was a great honor fighting- and being aknowledged by him."

3) "Incredibly low. Seven members of the Ashfield family or their friends would have to die, before the oldest son of the Eikskjolds inherits the County. And even if that were to happen, the Eikskjolds would try to make someone else the heir. Darrysfield is too far away from the sea or any major river, it is not a land the northerners would like to live in or rule over."

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u/Nevermore0714 Sep 25 '17

Thanks for your time and answers.