Ideas: Trade Influence, Tax, Cultural Acceptance, Discipline, Prestige, Manpower, Production, Tolerance of Heretics, Diplomat Will He unite Christendom or will it unite against what they may condemn as a gilded tyrannical affront to God? Reforming the Vatican’s function to that of an empire, much like Byzantium used to be, headed by a most Holy Imperial Father. History: Through convoluted alternate history stuff, the Papacy in the years leading up to 1444 accumulated worldly power and influence unrivaled in its history. Ideas: Trade Steering, Idea Cost, National Unrest, Taxes, Missionary Strength, Discipline, Prestige, Culture Threshold Religion: Catholic (or Reformed Protestant) When it became clear to the local chief that their homeland was being corrupted by the tireless force of Christendom, it was decided that they would solely dedicate themselves to conquering this new land. Slowly but surely they established an outpost apart from the old world on the eastern coast of America inadvertently salvaging their way of life.
History: Viking foraging parties had sailed westward sometime ago to gather resources, establishing a colony near what was in another history called Plymouth. Ideas: Settlers, Enemy Attrition, Manpower Recovery, Building Power Cost, Leader Maneuver, Unjustified Demands(or Culture Conversion Cost), Leader Shock, Trade TariffsĪmbition: Prestige/Medium Ship buff/Pirating Effectiveness
