Rodrigo Diaz “The Campeador” El Cid

The Loyal Vassals

Difficulty: Medium

Realm

Kingdom of Castille

Age

Faith

Catholicism

Dynasty

Osorio

“There can be only one true champion”

— Rodrigo Diaz “The Campeador” El Cid

Ambition, swords, and epic poems. A master of the Iberian battlefield, Rodrigo “El Campeador” Diaz has no qualms about fighting for whoever needs his martial talents the most. “El Cid” is the Castilian warlord whose legendary fame is already acknowledged by Muslims and Christians alike during his lifetime.

Will you let them continue to sing about El Cid, the brave knight, or will he find himself discarded to the scrapheaps of history?

How to play with this character

Lifestyle trait: Wandering

There is a virtue in wandering the far reaches of the world, be it in search of new vassals, solace, or breathtaking vistas of wild nature. This style of life beckons the adventurous, and those rulers who find that risk goes hand in hand with opportunity.

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A home away from home

Camps

Simple or ornate, Camps are your ruler’s traveling abode.

They will be able to encounter almost everything in one of these tented compounds, from baggage trains and mobile breweries to wandering aesthetics and soldiers-for-hire.

Free from worry and obligation

Adventurers

Travel the world and sample the richness of the exotic lands and distant seas as a true adventurer of yore.

Begin anew as an intrepid explorer as you follow in the footsteps of legends that voyaged before.

The first steps

Wandering Lifestyle

Travel to the corners of the world, see great sights that others can only dream of, and survive to tell the tale.

Each Lifestyle contains a number of Focuses, one of which must be chosen upon selecting the Lifestyle. Focuses provide passive bonuses and influence the types of events that appear. Characters can switch between Focuses within the same Lifestyle without losing the ability to gain experience in that Lifestyle.

The Wandering Lifestyle can evolve through 2 different Focuses; Journey and Destination:

“Every step is a journey in itself”Journey FocusFocusing on the Journey grants bonuses to Diplomacy and Travel locations.

“There is a world out there waiting to be seen”Destination FocusFocusing on the Destination grants bonuses to Stewardship, Martial and Point of Interest Prestige.

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Lifestyle

Wandering

Dynasty

Osorio

Rodrigo Diaz “The Campeador” El Cid

The Loyal Vassals

Difficulty: Medium

Lifestyle

Wandering

Dynasty

Sabbah

Hassan Sabbah

The Summoners To The Faith

Difficulty: Advanced

Lifestyle

Martial

Dynasty

Ayyubid

Salah al-Din Yusuf

King of Egypt

Difficulty: Easy

Lifestyle

Martial

Dynasty

Anjou

Princess Sibylla

Countess of Ghazza

Difficulty: Advanced

Lifestyle

Diplomacy

Dynasty

Dál-gcais

Petty King Murchad

The Duke of Munster

Difficulty: Easy

Lifestyle

Martial

Dynasty

Hauteville

Duke Robert

The Duke of Apulia

Difficulty: Medium

Lifestyle

Learning

Dynasty

Lucca

Duchess Matilda

The Duchess of Tuscany

Difficulty: Medium

Lifestyle

Stewardship

Dynasty

Přemyslid

Duke Vratislav

The Duke of Bohemia

Difficulty: Easy

Lifestyle

Intrigue

Dynasty

Dhunnunid

Emir Yahya

The Duke of Toledo

Difficulty: Medium

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