Nickname

Nicknames are epithets granted to characters. They are displayed either before or after the character's name. They can mainly be gained through decisions or events. Some are reserved for historical characters and can only be obtained through console commands.

Nicknames are classified as "good" or "bad". Typically, a "good" nickname will replace any "bad" one, but not an existing "good" one.

List of obtainable nicknames

The following nickames can be obtained via decision or event. Some of these nicknames are also held by historical characters; those entries are marked in italics and by asterisk (*) and are again present in the relevant table.

Nickname	Good?	Requirement
the Messenger of Christ	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Sword of God	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Blessed*	Good	High opinion with head of faith
the Pious*	Good	High opinion with head of faith
the Brave*	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Foolish	Bad	Martial lifestyle event
the Fury	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Hawk	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Imperious	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Merciless	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Stalwart	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Unrelenting	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Ecumenist	Good	Mend the Great Schism decision
the Conqueror	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees) Winning the Norman Conquest of England war as Duke William II of Normandy
the Heartbreaker	Bad	Intrigue lifestyle event
the Mindbreaker	Good	Intrigue lifestyle event
the Flayer	Good	Intrigue lifestyle event
Fear-Eater	Good	Martial lifestyle event
the Peacemaker	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Tuatha Dé Danann	Good	Reclaim Britannia decision as a character of Irish culture
the Shepherd	Good	Restore Israel decision (50% chance)
the Judge	Good	Restore Israel decision (50% chance)
the Dane	Good	Restore the Danelaw decision
the Glorious	Good	Restore the Roman Empire decision
the Greedy	Bad	Sell Minor Titles decision Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Wise*	Good	Spouse tutoring event
the Meticulous	Good	Stewardship lifestyle event
the Affable*	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Anointed	Good	Consecrate Bloodline decision (not head of faith)
the Architect	Good	Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Apostate	Good	Revive Táltosism decision Unknown decision (same as ‘the Heathen’ and ‘the Heretic’) Northern Lords DLC
the Avenger	Good	Avenge the Battle of Tours decision
the Benevolent	Good	Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Blood-Father/Mother	Good	Strengthen Bloodline decision
the Bogatyr	Good	Unite the Slavs decision (if male)
the Bully	Bad	Stewardship lifestyle event
the Cannibal	Bad	Cannibal secret exposed (below 50 dread)
the Chronicler	Good	Learning lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Crow	Good	Intrigue lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Crowned	Good	Unite the Southern Slavs decision
the Crusader	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance)
the Defender of [God]	Good	Defenders of [God] decision
the Defiant	Good	Secure the High Kingdom of the North Sea decision while believing in an Organized Faith Northern Lords DLC
the Devourer	Good	Faith Cannibalism decision
the Diplomat	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Divine	Good	Consecrate Bloodline decision (head of faith)
the Dragon	Good	Cannibal secret exposed (above 50 dread)
the Dry	Bad	20% on gaining when you imprison the Riddler with no nickname (40% of even getting a nickname) Game of Riddles Yearly Event Northern Lords DLC
the Dull	Bad	20% on gaining when you imprison the Riddler with no nickname (40% of even getting a nickname) Game of Riddles Yearly Event Northern Lords DLC
the Elegant	Good	Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Enlightened	Good	Learning lifestyle nickname (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Father/Mother of Spain	Good	Unite the Spanish Thrones decision
the Fishy	Bad	Learning lifestyle event
the Generous	Good	Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Great*	Good	Found Portugal decision Restore Carolingian Borders decision Restore the Holy Roman Empire decision Secure High Kingdom of the North Sea decision while having a feudal or clan government Northern Lords DLC
the Great and Terrible	Good	Elevate the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles Northern Lords DLC
the Guardian	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
Hard Ruler*	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Heathen	Bad	Unknown decision (same as ‘the Heretic’ and ‘the Apostate’) Northern Lords DLC
the Heretic	Good	Unknown decision (same as ‘the Heathen’ and ‘the Apostate’) Northern Lords DLC
the Historian*	Good	Learning lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Holy	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance) Martial lifestyle event High opinion with head of faith
the Honorable	Good	Sell Minor Titles decision
the Impaler	Bad	Intrigue lifestyle with Intimidation focus, and has Sadistic or Callous.
the Joyless	Bad	20% on gaining when you imprison the Riddler with no nickname (40% of even getting a nickname) Game of Riddles Yearly Event Northern Lords DLC
the Just	Good	Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Kind*	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Knight of Gabriel	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance, male only)
Lacks-Laughs	Bad	20% on gaining when you imprison the Riddler with no nickname (40% of even getting a nickname) Game of Riddles Yearly Event Northern Lords DLC
the Lawgiver	Good	Empower the Sicilian Parliament decision (otherwise) (See Nickname 'the Stupor Mundi')  Stewardship lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Lord/Lady of the Ganges	Good	Take Stewardship of the Sacred River decision
the Little	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater (ironic)
the Magnanimous	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Magnificent*	Good	Diplomacy lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Man/Woman of Glass	Good	Build a Glass Monument decision
the Noble*	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
Pendragon	Good	Reclaim Britannia decision as a character of a Brythonic culture
the Plump*	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Polyanitsa	Good	Unite the Slavs decision (if female)
the Sage	Good	Learning lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Saoshyant	Good	Become the Saoshyant decision
the Scholar	Good	Spouse tutoring event Found University decision  Learning lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Sea-King	Good	Secure the High Kingdom of the North Sea decision while having a tribal government Northern Lords DLC
the Selfish	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Shadow	Good	Intrigue lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Sly	Good	Intrigue lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Snorer	Bad	1% on gaining when you doze off and you have no nickname (Good & Bad) Hardest Part of Ruling yearly event Northern Lords DLC
the Spider	Good	Intrigue lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Stonefaced	Bad	20% of gaining when you imprison the Riddler with no nickname (40% of even getting a nickname) Game of Riddles Yearly Event Northern Lords DLC
the Stupor Mundi	Good	Empower the Sicilian Parliament decision (Holy Roman Emperor controlling all of de jure Sicily, or mentally or treatably ill)
the Tactician	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Terrible	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Trojan	Good	Restore the Kingdom of Cornwall decision
Troll-Slayer	Good	Killing the beast with a bad nickname In the Deep Places of the World yearly event chain Northern Lords DLC 25% of gaining if you kill the beast without a nickname In the Deep Places of the World yearly event chain Northern Lords DLC
the Truthseeker	Good	Learning lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Unifier of Africa	Good	Unite Africa decision
the Unworthy	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Valiant	Good	Martial lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Virgin's Maiden	Good	Form the Outremer Empire decision (20% chance, female only)
the Weak	Bad	Neighbor refused the Negotiate the Danelaw decision
the Wend	Good	Unite Western Slavs decision
the Whisperer	Good	Intrigue lifestyle (rarely after completing two perk trees)
the Wicked	Bad	Mental break when having or gaining  Comfort Eater
the Bane of the Danes	Good	Successfully defended against ten Viking Adventurer wars
the (Culture) Wall	Good	Successfully defended against ten Viking Adventurer wars
Nord-Foe	Good	Successfully defended against ten Viking Adventurer wars
the Scourge of the Northerners	Good	Successfully defended against ten Viking Adventurer wars
the Bane of the Danes	Good	Successfully defended against ten Viking Adventurer wars

List of historical nicknames

The table below contains nicknames used by historical characters born on or before 15 September 1066. Nicknames gained later in life are also included below. Moreover, some of the following nicknames can be obtained; they are marked by italics and asterisk (*) and are again present in the relevant table.

Nickname	Good?	Character(s)
Blue Snake	Good	Signjótr Rurikid, deceased brother of Rurik
Bluetooth	Good	Harald Gormsson af Gorm, king of Norway 970–986
Canmore	Good	Malcolm III Dunkeld, king of Scotland in 1066
Fairhair	Good	Later gained by Harald Halfdansson Yngling, chief of Vestfold, after becoming king of Norway
Hard Ruler*	Good	Harald IV Sigurðrsson Yngling, king of Norway in 1066
Harthacnut	Good	Knud Knudsson Knytling, 11th century king of Denmark and England
Wartooth	Good	Haraldr Skjöldung, duke of Sjælland 729–770
Loðbrók	Good	Ragnar Sigurdrsson af Sigurdr, father of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army
Ring	Good	Sigurdr Randversson af Sigurdr, jarl of Uppland 761–800
Snake-in-the-Eye	Good	Sigurdr Ragnarrson af Sigurdr, duke of Sjælland 860–917
Tanglehair	Good	Haraldr Halfdansson Yngling, chief of Vestfold in 867; Later known as Haraldr Fairhair
the Bald	Good	Charles II Karling, king of West Francia 840–877
the Boneless	Good	Ivar Ragnarsson Ivaring, petty king of the Isles 855–873
the Builder	Good	Nerses III Mangaphas, Catholicos of the Apostolic Church 641–661
The Cucumber King	Good	Nyaung-u Sawrahan, duke of Pagan 956–1001
Curthose	Good	Robert de Normandie, count of Maine in 1066
the Deep-Minded	Good	Auðr Flatnefr, countess of Vestisland 867–900
the Destroyer	Good	Máel-Coluim Ailpin, king of Scotland 1005–1034
the German	Good	Ludwig Karling, king of East Francia 843–876
the Illuminator	Good	Gregory I Gregorid, Catholicos of the Apostolic Church 288–325
the Martyrophile	Good	Gregory II, Catholicos of the Apostolic Church in 1066
the Missionary	Good	Hasan Alavid, Atabeg of Tabaristan 864–884
the Peaceful	Good	Prince Olav Haraldsson Yngling of Norway, count of Ránriki in 1066, but didn't earn the name until he became king
the Red	Good	Several characters
the Seer	Good	Helgi Ruriksson, king of Ruthenia 882–912
the Slayer of the Snake	Good	Galadima Bayajidda Durbawa, high chief of Kano 865−910
the Stranger	Good	Dyre Oskyldr, Grand Prince of Kyiv 860–882
the Whetstone	Good	Prince Harald Svendsen Estrid of Denmark, duke of Jylland in 1066
the White	Good	Olafr Guðröðrsson Yngling, earl of Dublin 855–866
the Wild	Good	Eadric Eadricson Aelfricson, earl of Shropshire in 1066
the Younger	Good	Ludwig Karling, king of Lotharingia 877–882 Louis II Karling, king of Italy 855–875
Troublemaker	Good	Rurik Umilasson Rurikid, grand prince of Novgorod 862–879
Whiteshirt	Good	Halfdan Ragnarrson Hvitserk, duke of Deira 866–875
Little	Good, prefix	Easter egg character
the Accursed	Bad	Ioannes II Lantpertidi, duke of Salerno 983–999
the Apostle	Good	The first three Nestorian Popes, plus St Andrew, considered the first Ecumenical Patriarch
the Bard	Good	Easter egg character
the Bastard	Bad	William II de Normandie, duke of Normandy in 1066; later known as William the Conqueror as King of England Arnaud Taillefer, count of Angouleme 976–998
the Beautiful Beard	Good	Easter egg character
the Blind	Bad	Manso II Musconidi, doge of Amalfi intermittently 1028–1051 Louis III Bouvinid, king of Italy 902–905
the Bold	Good	Bolesław II Piast, king of Poland in 1066
the Chaste	Good	Aldefonso II de Asturias, king of Asturias 791–842
the Confessor	Good	Smbat III Bagrationi, king of Old Armenia 851–862 Eadward II of Wessex, king of England 1042–1066
the Cruel	Bad	Fruella I de Asturias, king of Castille 757–768
the Drunkard	Bad	Michael III Amorios, basileus of the Byzantine Empire 842–866
the Eager	Bad	Easter egg character
the Fair	Good	Donald Dunkeld, brother of King Malcolm III of Scotland in 1066 Eadgifu Swanneshals, countess of Bedford in 1066 Eadwig of Wessex, king of England 955–959)
the Fat	Bad	Umar Hafsid, emir of Crete 827–855 Sanchu I de León, king of Castille, León and Galicia intermittently 956–966 Guiges d'Albon, heir to the county of Viennois in 1066
the Fearless	Good	Richard I de Normandie, duke of Normandy 942–996
the Fowler	Good	Heinrich I Ludolfinger, Holy Roman Emperor 918–962
the Fox	Good	Robert de Hautville, duke of Apulia in 1066
the Girthy	Good	Easter egg character
the Good	Good	Richard de Normandie, duke of Normandy 996–1026 Hywel II Dinefwr, prince of Deheubarth (and later the rest of Wales) 909–950 Parsman Parnavaziani, count of Tblisi 116–135
the Gouty	Bad	Bermudu II de León, king of Castille, León and Galicia 984–999
the Hammer	Good	Karl Karling, count of Vermandois 714–741
the Handsome	Good	Ota Přemyslid, count of Olomouc in 1066; Elidyr Rheged, duke of Lancaster 560
the Heathen	Bad	Prince Erik Emundrsson af Munsö, duke of Uppland in 1066
the Hunchback	Bad	Prince Pepin Karling, son of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor
the Hunter	Good	Hugues de Lusignan, count of Lusignan 915–930
the Inevitable	Good	Easter egg character
Ironside	Good	Björn Ragnarsson af Munsö, jarl of Uppland 860–868 Eadmund II of Wessex, king of England 1016
the Loyal	Good	Þórvar Umilasson Rurikid (brother of Rurik), count of Pskov 860–862
the Martyr	Good	Several characters
the Monk	Good	Alfonsu IV de León, king of León and Castille 925–931 (abdicated)
the Old	Bad	Several characters
the Quarreller	Bad	Heinrich Ludolfinger, duke of Bavaria etc. intermittently 955–995
the Restorer	Good	Kazimierz I Piast, king of Poland 1039–1058
the Saint	Good	Ildebrando da Soana, future Pope Gregory VII, in 1066 a courtier in the county of Parma Several other characters
the Silent	Bad	Bernat d'Armagnac, count of Armagnac 1011–1064
the Stammerer	Bad	Louis II Karling, king of West Francia 877–879
the Strong	Good	Sancho II Jimena, king of Castille in 1066 Several other characters
the Timid	Bad	Hugo Etichonen, count of Sundgau 820–837
the Trustworthy	Good	Easter egg character
the Truthspeaker	Good	Saga Ingjerðrsdottir, fictional daughter of Halfdan Whiteshirt
the Unready	Bad	Æthelræd of Wessex, king of England intermittently 978–1016
the Usurper	Good	Aeddan ap Blegywryd Ynys Môn, prince of Gwynedd 1005–1018
the Victorious	Good	Eirikr Björnsson af Munsö, first king of Sweden 970–995
the Viking	Good	Easter egg character
the Young	Bad	Adalvard, prince-bishop of Skara in 1066 Centolh de Béarn, count of Bigorre in 1066 Several other characters
Tiny	Good, prefix	Easter-egg character
the Great*	Good	Several characters
the Brave*	Good	Bolesław I Piast, king of Poland 1025 Alfonso VI Jimena, king of León in 1066
the Blessed*	Good	Cadeyrn ap Gwrtheryn Gwerthrynion, prince of Powys 430–471 His younger brother Gwerthefyr, sons of the legendary Vortigern (Gwrtheryn)
the Pious*	Good	Boleslav II, duke of Bohemia 972–999 Hugues de Lusignan, count of Lusignan 1026–1060
the Wise*	Good	Berengar Unruochinger, duke of Barcelona 832–837 Baithené Néill aka St Baoithin, a cousin of the famous missionary St Columba
the Affable*	Good	Ranulf Taillefer, count of Angouleme 962–975
the Historian*	Good	John V Zohrabian, Catholicos of the Apostolic Church 897–898
the Kind*	Good	Hugues II de Lusignan, count of Lusignan 930–967
the Magnificent*	Good	Robert de Normandie (father of William II), duke of Normandy 1027–1035 Eadmund I of Wessex, king of England 939–946
the Noble*	Good	Alfonsu V de León, king of Castile 999–1028; Alfonso V of León
the Plump*	Bad	Easter egg character
the Liberator	Good	Tengil Karmanjaka, courtier in the Republic of Visby in 1066 – this is an ironic reference to the novel The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
the Lion	Good	Guiraud d'Armagnac, count of Armagnac 1010–1011 Sangrama I Vijaya, king of Khotan 130–132
the Devil	Bad	Unused on start date: Robert de Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1066 a 9 year old courtier in the County of Bayeux
the Conqueror	Good	Later gained by William II, Duke of Normandy once he conquered England.

List of unused nicknames

The list below contains all nicknames that are in the game files, but are either unused, disabled or not used by characters born on or before 15 September 1066. Unused nicknames that are included in history files and fall under this category are marked with italics and by asterisk (*).

Nickname	Good?
the Black Whirlwind	Good
the Campeador	Good
the Jade Unicorn	Good
the Panther Head	Good
the Tattooed Monk	Good
the Timely Rain	Good
the Turbulent River Dragon	Good
the Winged Tiger	Good
Wang Khan*	Good
the Undefeated	Good
the Triumphant	Good
Bad Hand	Bad
the Bloody	Bad
Half-Hand	Bad
the Hotspur	Bad
Moneybags	Bad
the One-eyed	Bad
the Priest-Eater	Bad
the Priest-Hater	Bad
the Able	Good
the Bear	Good
the Beguiling	Good
the Betrayer	Bad
the Bewitched	Bad
the Big Halberd	Good
the Black*	Bad
the Black Adder	Good
the Bloody	Good
the Brilliant	Good
the Brute	Bad
the Butcher	Bad
the Chivalrous	Good
the Compassionate	Good
the Courageous	Good
the Deceiver	Good
the Demon	Bad
the Depraved	Bad
the Diseased	Bad
the Ferocious Giant	Good
the Flash of (God)	Good
the Frail	Bad
the Frog	Bad
the Gentle*	Good
the Giant	Good
the Gracious	Good
the Hideous	Bad
the Honest	Good
the Hotspur	Good
the Immortal	Good
the Insane	Bad
the Lame*	Bad
the Lecher	Bad
the Leper	Bad
the Lewd	Bad
the Lionheart*	Good
the Lisp and Lame*	Bad
the Mad	Bad
the Merry*	Good
the Monster	Bad
the Oathbreaker	Bad
the Overseer	Good
the Passionate	Good
the Pilgrim	Good
the Prodigy	Good
the Proud*	Good
the Quick	Bad
the Rash	Bad
the Repulsive	Bad
the Ruthless	Bad
the Seducer	Good
the Seductress	Good
the Shrewd	Good
the Shy	Bad
the Silly	Bad
the Simple	Bad
the Temptress	Bad
the Theologian	Good
the Thunderbolt	Good
the Tormentor	Bad
the Traitor	Bad
the Trembling	Bad
the Trickster	Good
the Troubadour*	Good
the Tyrant*	Bad
the Unchaste	Bad
the Unfaithful	Bad
the Unrestrained	Good
the Vanquisher	Good
the Weak	Bad
the Whirlwind	Good
the Witch	Bad
the Wizard	Good
the Wolf	Good
the Worthy	Good
Vanquisher	Good

Nickname ID

The internal name of a nickname in the game's files can be found by following these steps:

1. Take the nickname as displayed in-game.
2. Turn all letters into lowercase (A...Z->a...z).
3. Replace spaces ( ) and dashes (-) with underscores (_).
4. Add nick_ to the beginning.

Nickname IDs that do not match their in-game name are included in the table below:

Nickname	Internal name
the Man/Woman of Glass	nick_the_glass
the Virgin's Maiden	nick_the_maiden_of_virgin
Hard Ruler	nick_haardraade
Harthacnut	nick_hardeknud
Wartooth	nick_hildetand
Loðbrók	nick_lodbrok
Curthose	nick_the_curthose
Fear-Eater	nick_feareater
the Tuatha Dé Danann	nick_the_tuatha_de_danann
the Father/Mother of Spain	nick_the_motherfather_of_spain
the Blood-Father/Mother	nick_the_blood_motherfather
the Defender of (God)	nick_the_defender_of_highgod
the Flash of (God)	nick_the_flash
Ironside	nick_the_ironside
the Lord/Lady of the Ganges	nick_the_ladylord_of_the_ganges