Dynasty

A Dynasty represents an unbroken Noble line descending from the same Landed character who founded the Dynasty. Each Dynasty is made up of multiple Houses working towards bringing Renown upon the Dynasty. A Dynasty can be renamed by the Dynasty Head at any point.

Houses[edit | edit source]

Each Dynasty will have a Founding House, usually of the same name as the Dynasty, which is the first House of that Dynasty. Ruling members of a Dynasty, with Feudal or Clan Government who are distant by blood to the current House Head may choose to create a Cadet Branch, a new House under the Dynasty. Each House has its own name and motto, usually inspired by the location in which they are founded and the founding character, which can be changed at will by the House Head. They will also have a unique coat of arms that has two quarters copied from the Dynasty coat of arms.

Creating a Cadet Branch has the following requirements:

The character must be blood-related to their current House Head
The character must not stand to inherit any of their current House Head's titles
The character must have sufficient Prestige
All ancestors of the character are dead

If a House Head demands the religious conversion of a House member and the member refuses, it will result in the creation of a new Cadet Branch.

Each character born from a Marriage will belong to the father's House unless the marriage is Matrilineal.

House Head[edit | edit source]

The House Head is the leader of a House. House Heads have the power to legitimize bastards, call House members to war at no cost and demand that they convert to their Faith. In addition, House Heads will get a Weak Hook on all newly born House members and monthly prestige from living and landed members of their house. If a faith has the Must be approved doctrine for divorces but no head of faith, the House Head must approve of divorces.

When a character creates a Cadet Branch, they become its House Head, and free from the direct influence of their old House Head unless he or she was the Dynasty Head.

When a House Head dies, their Primary Heir becomes the next House Head. One exception: The house head at the start of the game is determined differently. If the founder of the house is still alive, the founder will always be the house head. If the founder is not alive, then the house head at game start will be the house member with the largest realm size. This is why Ludwig II is the Karling house head in 867, even though he is not the oldest male child.

Dynasty Head[edit | edit source]

The most powerful House Head of a Dynasty (as determined by military strength) will be the Dynasty Head. If another House Head becomes 10% stronger than the current Dynasty Head it will take its place. The Dynasty Head gains Monthly Prestige from living and landed members of their Dynasty. The Dynasty Head has access to the following interactions with dynasty members of the same faith:

Interaction	Effects	Cost
Call Dynasty Member To War	Targeted Dynasty Member may join the Dynasty Head's current war	75 Renown
Claim Title	Gain an Unpressed Claim on the targeted Dynasty Member's Primary Title and a temporary -50 Opinion	150 Renown
Disinherit	Targeted Dynasty Member gains the Disinherited trait and a permanent -75 Opinion	75 Renown and 150 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Unlanded 150 Renown and 300 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Heir to a title 225 Renown and 900 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Landed
Denounce	Targeted Dynasty Member gains the Denounced trait and a permanent -50 Opinion	50 Renown and 150 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Unlanded 100 Renown and 300 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Heir to a title 125 Renown and 500 Prestige if Dynasty Member is Landed
End Dynasty Wars	All wars between members of the same Dynasty end in White Peace	75 Renown
Forgive	Targeted Dynasty Member loses the Denounced trait and the Opinion malus	25 Renown
Restore Inheritance	Targeted Dynasty Member loses the Disinherited trait and the Opinion malus	75 Renown

If the first Adventure Dynasty Legacy has been unlocked Dynasty Heads will also gain the Send to the Varangian Guard interaction. Using it costs 350 Prestige, sends an unlanded and unmarried Dynasty Member to the court of the Byzantine Empire and gives them the Varangian trait. The interaction is not limited to Diplomatic Range but is not available if the Dynasty Head's faith has the Pacifism tenet, the Dynasty Head is at war or truce with the Byzantine Empire or the Byzantine Empire title was destroyed.

Renown[edit | edit source]

Renown is a resource accumulated by a Dynasty and is used for the most powerful Dynasty Head interactions, unlocking Dynasty Legacies and increasing a Dynasty's level of Splendor. Each living Dynasty member will add Renown to the Dynasty, and Prestige to its Dynasty Head and House Head. Renown can also be gained by marrying to a Ruler of a different Dynasty.

Title rank	Renown	Dynasty Head Prestige	House Head Prestige	Marriage Renown
None (stacks with title bonuses)	+0.02	+0.01	+0.02	0
Baron	+0.12	+0.01	+0.02	+0.1
Count	+0.25	+0.02	+0.04	+0.2
Duke	+0.5	+0.03	+0.06	+0.4
King	+1	+0.04	+0.08	+0.8
Emperor	+2	+0.5	+0.1	+1.6

Renown gain is capped at +2 for total non-ruler house members (100 members). Dynasty Head Prestige gain is capped at +3. House Head Prestige gain is capped at +5. Rulers will not add Renown to their Dynasty if any Liege is a member of the same Dynasty.

Level of Splendor[edit | edit source]

Firstly, all renown earned by a Dynasty counts towards its Level of Splendor, which determines how well-known the Dynasty is in the eyes of the world, how much Prestige characters get from being born or marrying into it, the maximum long reign Opinion characters can get and how decorated the Dynasty's coat of arms will be. Having a high level also makes it much easier to arrange marriages, especially with Dynasties with a Lower Level of Splendor. The Level of Splendor will only decrease if a player character attempts suicide. Peasant Dynasties start at Base Origins.

Level of splendor	Birth prestige	Marriage prestige	Max Long Reign opinion	Required renown
Base Origins	0	−100	+5	0
Obscure	+100	0	+10	300
Insignificant	+200	+100	+15	1000
Noteworthy	+300	+200	+20	2000
Reputable	+400	+300	+25	4000
Well-known	+500	+400	+30	7000
Significant	+600	+500	+35	11000
Famous	+700	+600	+40	16000
Glorious	+800	+700	+45	22000
Fabled	+900	+800	+50	29000
Legendary	+1000	+900	+55	37000

Dynasty Legacies[edit | edit source]

Dynasty Legacies are permanent modifiers and unlocks that can be unlocked by the Dynasty Head and affect every member of a Dynasty. Each Legacy contains five unlocks. If an AI character becomes Dynasty Head it will only unlock Legacies belonging to an already started but not yet completed tree or in case none of these exist, start a new Legacy Tree. The tree picked is random though and cannot be influenced by character action. If the AI selects Architected Ancestry a random trait will be chosen. (Besides investigating children, there is no way to figure out the selected trait).

The first Dynasty Legacy costs 250 Renown to unlock and each one afterwards costs 500 more than the previous one.

Tree	Legacy 1 effects	Legacy 2 effects	Legacy 3 effects	Legacy 4 effects	Legacy 5 effects
Warfare	+2 Prowess +15% Knight Effectiveness	-15% Pursuit Efficiency -15% Retreat Losses -20% Casus Belli Cost	+10% Monthly Martial Experience +50% Chance to gain Prowess as Knight -25% Chance to die in battle -25% Chance to get wounded in battle	-15% Men-At-Arms Counter Efficiency +5 Advantage	+1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments Can recruit House Guard Men-at-Arms
Law	+5 Popular Opinion -30% Hunt and Feast cost	-20% Title Creation Cost +0.2 Monthly Control Growth	+10% Monthly Stewardship Experience -5% Building Construction Cost -5% Holding Construction Cost	+5 Powerful Vassal Opinion +10% Powerful Vassal Councilor Contribution	+1 Domain Limit +5 Controlled Territory Defender Advantage
Guile	+20% Dread Gain +15 Natural Dread	+10 Hostile Scheme Success Chance -50% Agent Bribe Cost	+10% Monthly Intrigue Experience +15% Scheme Secrecy	-0.05 Monthly Tyranny +10% Intimidated Vassal Tax Contribution +20% Terrified Vassal Tax Contribution	77% chance to prevent one Murder of each Dynasty member +100% Interaction Acceptance if Intimidated or Terrified
Blood	+30% Chance to inherit positive traits +30% Chance of new good congenital traits	+30% Chance to reinforce congenital traits	-30% Chance to inherit negative traits -30% Chance of new bad congenital traits	Select a trait to become more common to Dynasty children: Comely, Quick, Hale, Fecund, Albino, Giant, Dwarf, Scaly The trait has a 5% chance of appearing at birth Double chance if player character is the parent	+5 Years Life Expectancy
Erudition	+10 Courtier and Guest Opinion -30% Guest Recruitment Cost Better Guests are attracted	+10% Monthly piety +5 Clergy Opinion	+10% Monthly Learning Experience +20% Development Growth	(Spiritual Head of Faith) +15 Head of Faith Opinion (Temporal Head of Faith) +5 Faith Hostility Advantage (No Head of Faith) +5% Domain Taxes (Same Faith) -20% Faith Creation and Reformation Cost +30% Piety from Pilgrimages	+10% Effectiveness of Councilor Tasks
Glory	+30 Marriage Acceptance	+10% Monthly Prestige +1 Number of Knights -10% Mercenary Hire Cost	+10% Monthly Diplomacy Experience +25% Personal Scheme Power	+10 Vassal Limit -20% Short Reign Duration -20 Claimant Faction Acceptance for own Vassals -20 Liberty Faction Acceptance for own Vassals	+10 General Opinion +1 Max Sway Schemes
Kin	+10% Fertility +5 Attraction Opinion	+10 Attraction Opinion +2-3 Education Score	+10 Spouse Opinion -25% Pregnancy Complication Chance Medium Disease Resistance Health Boost	+10 Close Family Opinion +5 Dynasty Opinion +30% Personal Scheme Success on Dynasty members	+1 Random skill point every 5 years after 30 No Prowess Loss from Age Dynasty members visibly age at a slower rate

Norse Legacies[edit | edit source]

If the Northern Lords DLC is installed Dynasties whose Dynasty Head belongs to Norse culture have two additional Legacy trees available. Once its first Legacy of a tree has been unlocked its tree will remain available regardless of the Dynasty Head's culture.

Tree	Legacy 1 effects	Legacy 2 effects	Legacy 3 effects	Legacy 4 effects	Legacy 5 effects
Adventure	+30% Diplomatic Range Send to Varangian Guard Dynasty Head Interaction Additional troops when using the Varangian Adventure CB	(Dynasty Head) More likely to get trade events while Raiding -50% Send Gift Cost +15% Seduction Scheme Success Chance Successful Seduction Schemes give Prestige	+15 Different Faith Opinion -50% Different Faith Popular Opinion -50% Faith Conversion Cost +50% Dynasty Member Demand Conversion Acceptance	-15% Enemy Hostile Scheme Success Chance +10% Movement Speed +100% Supply Duration	+3 Vassal Opinion per Friend (max 5) +2 Popular Opinion per Friend (max 5) +1% Vassal Tax Collection per Friend (max 5) Can use the Befriend Scheme on Vassals
Pillage	+1 Prowess +20% Naval Speed +100% Prestige and Fame from Battles	+50% Army Loot Capacity +5 Defender Advantage +2 Max Size of Heavy Infantry Regiments	+20% Chance to gain Prisoners after a Siege or Raid +50% Gold from Ransoms Ransoms give Prestige	+10% Enemy Fatal Casualties +5 Gold per 100 Fatal Casualties	+25% Daily Siege Progress -40 Enemy Control from Occupation -20 Enemy Control from Raiding