20 Interesting Facts About After the End for CK3

[@didyoutakemykombucha8336]

If you go into the history of the Empire of California, you'll find Joshua Norton, who proclaimed himself Emperor of the Unites States in 1859.

[@Soul_Tomato]

There’s one fact for a potential second video

[@mementomori771]

Certified Madladd

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

I was hoping he was still there

[@echoambiance4470]

Paul Mahonic's legendary ancestor, Vincent Mahonic, is a reference to Vince McMahon, of wrestling fame.

[@Soul_Tomato]

NO WAY

[@Systemreboot_3]

@@Soul_Tomato check the house sigil of the Mahonics in CK2, it's literally WWE's logo upside down

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@Systemreboot_3 beautiful

[@samuelmalaby7498]

You can find William Afton from Fnaf lore in Hurricane, Utah. (the town where the games canonically take place.)

[@just_addd_water_to_your_ramen]

I knew that name sounded familiar!

[@КитМетельский]

Ha, I loved a small easter egg to Dune. There is character Paul Herbert, who has cool traits and their coat of arms is sandworm and their motto "Walk without rhythm". They govern county of Siuslaw. It is just south to Portland

[@Soul_Tomato]

I didn’t mention Paul in this one?!?! Foolish of me. I think because I included him in my recommended starts I forgot. Good mention!

[@TheGeneralKiwi_0]

I ended up marrying this guy I'm my playthrough because he had some pretty good stats and contigenial traits.

[@beesinpyjamas9617]

There's also Lana Anderson in California who's a dreamweaver, being a reference to the Matrix and Lana Wachowski, her coat of arms is digital rain

[@Glory2Arstotzka]

@@Soul_Tomato If you do mention him in a 2nd video, it might be good to mention that he governs Siuslaw because it contains Florence, which was where Frank Herbert was inspired to write Dune. Also, both Paul and his mother have the pure-blooded trait, which is a reference to the book, where they are part of a very carefully bred genetic line. Another reference to Florence, Oregon is the coat of arms of the duchy of Siuslaw, which is a reference to when Florence authorities blew up a beached dead whale. Sadly, I can't find a reference to Florence's accidental ban on sex, though I guess 3 separate references to the same city would've been a bit much.

[@Glory2Arstotzka]

@@TheGeneralKiwi_0 I am playing a run as Athena of Olympus who also had very good congenital traits, and I married Paul. Every character I've played since then has been a genius lmao

[@carlose4314]

Ursulines have Milwaukee as a holy site because that is where a chapel St. Joan of Arc prayed at was moved to. It is currently used as a university chapel.

[@Soul_Tomato]

THIS is an excellent fact. That’s 4

[@poom3637]

3:54 Besides English and Spanish as umbrella language. There are also a few cultures speaking Spanglish and Espangles too!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Amazing haha

[@OsoPardove]

A fun fact in Venezuela is that you'll notice a region named Apure ruled by a Bárbara Gallegos. This is a reference to the Venezuelan classic novel Doña Bárbara, about a strong woman in a still very savage Venezuelan llanos (it's basically a western style story), written by the Venezuelan writer Rómulo Gallegos. There's also a reference to Venezuelan traditional llanero musician Reynaldo Armas, iirc it's her vassal. And a reference to Venezuelan independence father José Antionio Páez, who was also a llanero. Also many cultures in Venezuela have the cheesemonger tradition which a reference to our long tradition of cheese making lol

[@Soul_Tomato]

This is a deep cut. A very good candidate

[@OsoPardove]

@@Soul_Tomato There's more references to Venezuelan history too. The claimants to the kingdom title of Venezuela are of the house Bello, like Andrés Bello, another of Venezuela's independance fathers. The current ruler of Venezuela is of the house León: that's the full name of Caracas; Santiago de León de Caracas. Meanwhile there's a Druze vassal under the kingdom, because Venezuela has iirc the biggest Druze diaspora outside of the middle east

[@lettergam6282]

16 is literally oppenheimer quoting hindu scripture the faith

[@Soul_Tomato]

PBUH

[@Emeraldin0]

There's a reference to Taylor Swift in the game. She's the duchess of Rhode island, which she wrote "the last great American dynasty" on the house in Rhode island that she owns IRL. (also I'd love to know where I can read more about the mod myself honestly)

[@Soul_Tomato]

Alas there is no singular source anywhere for lore. You kinda have to piece it out on the discord and the reddit

[@coledunahugh2490]

In the presidency title history, there used to be a character named benjamin franklin of house pierce, a reference to benjamin franklin "hawkeye" pierce, one of the main characters of M*A*S*H. They seem to have removed it with the steam release though :(

[@Soul_Tomato]

Tragic. That is a fun fact tho!

[@arthurg.calixto3338]

The orleans and bragança family still alive and kicking where they currently live in real life is crazy!!

[@Lashmer]

I don't know if you have to be Indy or control Indianapolis for this, but I also had the option to choose the 500 titans of Indy in the pursuit of speed. The Indy 500. They think the miles were titans.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Now THIS is a fact

[@thomasjardine2108]

Virginia mentioned!!!! Also another fun fact is the county of Northern Virginia that is mentioned in the mod is refered to by it's nickname of Nova and it is home to the Amrikkuni faith which basically believes that the Founding Fathers were Muslims. And this tracks with the region since there is a sizable Muslim population there

[@Soul_Tomato]

This is a crazy fact actually

[@erstanden3637]

Also if you go to the Chesapeake Province and look at Williamsburg its the actual flag of Williamsburg VA

[@erstanden3637]

Also all the Evangelical Holy Sites are Baptist or Reformed Universities like Liberty University in Lynchburg

[@idolsrule4678]

There’s Barbie and Ken in California. 😂😂😂 Ken always ends up dying in a siege within the first 2 years of start date. Making Barbie a perfect Wife to choose.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Oh yeah this is def going in the next one haha

[@idolsrule4678]

@@Soul_Tomato there’s also a religion in the Argentine Patagonia that resembles Marxist “revolutionary” ideals. It’s similar to the “Great Leap Foward” in Maoist China. Your benefits, prestige, and public opinion decreases as you age. It’s the only faith I know in the mod that punishes you for being TOO OLD. 😅 It also gives Faith-based Men-at-arms (Skirmishers called “Youth League of Warriors” resembling Stalin’s Bolshevik/ Mao’s Red Army. The description said “a band of youthful revolutionaries spreading the faith through violent means” It also has the “Vows to Povery” doctrine resembling a more socialist aspect. Makes sense given that Argentina until recently has had welfarist-Unionist policies.

[@Dvariak]

​@@idolsrule4678it's actually based on a British sci-fi novel from the 1930s called last and first men!

[@garfieldhub]

Fun fact about the Mayan-Viking faith, its based off an actual New Age movement which believes Wotan (Odin) and Votan are the same god and the vikings and Mayans are the same people.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Well TIL. That’s wild

[@xebastianrodriguez]

There's also a religion icon in the custom religions tab that you can choose that represents Terry Fox similar to the Constitutionalist icon style (whited out) but has a golden right leg

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s…amazing. I love that

[@elenahaya1195]

​@@Soul_TomatoThere's also that Cool pointy S as a religion icon

[@herkles5416]

So a few other neat things you didn't mention. - There are several faiths that can show up in New England, namely the catholic Veiled Cross who can choose between aligning with either the conclavians or the Uruslines or going their own way, or the Transcedental club, also quakers have a holy site there so they can show up as well as the Arcanists, a reformed Occulitist faith. - The Galvanists honor and rever unions and unionmen, the leader of the musical union Hill is a reference to Joe Hill. - IIRC there is the madrigal family in Colombia; ie from encanto - The fathomless in the loosest possible sense are Christians. Shorebound Jehovah is their household god, the lord of protection and humanity.

[@Soul_Tomato]

One of these would make an excellent third fact. Very good!

[@novaraptorus]

If there is a Madrigal family in Colombia it’s a coincidence I must admit, not an intentional reference

[@labra6969]

​@@novaraptorus i think he's referring to the buendias which iirc is the inspiration for the madrigal family in encanto. They're from the book one hundred years of solitude which is a very famous book among latin americans, especially among colombians, so yeah i do think it's an intentional reference.

[@novaraptorus]

@@labra6969 oh yeah, that is a reference obviously haha

[@markjerue9734]

Fun fact for next time: the lead hydrologist and the lead engineer for the Panama Canal described what would happen to it without modern humanity present to maintain it. So the mod's Panama Canal depiction is based on those two men's words.

[@mattk3926]

In Ontario you can find the Kulikovsky family which is connected to the Romanovs

[@aydengartenlaub]

I think 16 is also probably a reference to the infamous Civilization Games bug/joke of Nuclear Gandhi

[@Soul_Tomato]

How did I not think of that! Good catch

[@beesinpyjamas9617]

I feel like its more likely a reference to Oppenheimer's famous quoting of the Bhagavad Gita

[@Sakura_Matou]

Being from Japan never heard of Terry Fox, The Canadian Religions just got a lot more interesting.

[@krizzygirl206]

Barbie and Ken are also in the mod! They're in California, I believe, married and Barbie's house is the dominant one -- it's a little Barbie shoe on a STRONG pink background.

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

There is a Dune reference in the game too! In what would be modern day Oregon you can find a count who is a part of the House of Herbert, their heraldic device is a Dune worm and the motto is "Walk Without Rhythm"!

[@griffgambino3581]

The Vikings holy sites are all a reference to the NFL’s NFC North division which is the home division of the football Minnesota Vikings. One of which is home of the training camp of the Minnesota Vikings and Canton being the irl home to the NFL hall of fame (Vallhallafame)

[@Soul_Tomato]

The old Black and Blue Division as my dad used to say

[@mikobizzle5880]

dude i seriously love hearing you talk about this mod thanks for these videos

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thank you kindly

[@jameskowanko7574]

Now I’m more familiar with the CK2 mod, but did you know in the list of emperors of California it starts with Emperor Norton? The famed hobo turned local celebrity of 1800s San Francisco

[@Soul_Tomato]

This is the third mention of this absolute chad. I’ll have to see if he’s in the lineage haha

[@joekotlarsic4360]

Playing as the dutchy of the strip aka las vegas gives you a decision to go and gamble on the strip.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ain’t that a kick

[@RoyalViruZ99]

The free-for-all battle for magnolia is interesting where dukes of either the same dynasty as the Louisianian, the dynasty of birmingham duke or the native missisipian revelationist all fight to rule the kingdom. The ukrainian cossack horde of saskachewan is as well an interesting powerhouse with a historial tie to the many ukrainians who've moved there

[@Soul_Tomato]

A second potential fact

[@franciscolomeli8931]

Back in the day I used to play a lot of the ck2 version of this mod that I ended up going to the subreddit alot. I live in californias southern central valley and made a suggestion on some refrence to Cesar Chavez because he was pretty impotant thing over here and some guy working on the mod said hell think about it. Flash forward several years later I end up playing the mod and playing where I live and was very surprised to see they created a whole religion that was a fusion of Catholicisim and Cesar Chavez's Bracero movement. I thought it was really cool that they added that as I was just hoping for a character refrencing it or a mercenary band.

[@1451Danny]

very interesting. One of the artifacts in ck2 was a jojo comic book i believe. We should have that back! I want wacky and weird things!!

[@Soul_Tomato]

I knew it: AtE is a JoJo reference.

[@stolasish1184]

TERRY FOX MENTIONED!!!!!!!!! I noticed that one right away as a Canadian. The Paraceclite also have him as a major figure i believe, and I can attest: Everyone in Canada knows and loves Terry fox. Everyone.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Even here in the U.S.! My high school algebra teacher and football coach had a poster of him in his classroom

[@ACrouchingTaiga]

My favorite thing I saw was the fact that the kennedys are around in mass on cape cod. Always like seeing if they get anything done.

[@MrBoxer42]

Paul atraidies and his mom of house Herbert are characters in cascadia

[@INRASHSkin]

The lore around Northwest Indiana and having Gary in game is what got me hooked to the original After the End mod for CK2, and now we get our own holy site and local religion?! . The Indiana Dunes got the upgrade to national park a few years ago too.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I went once as a kid (I’m originally from another lake county ironically enough) but it was a lot of fun.

[@INRASHSkin]

​@Soul_Tomato the attention to detail that grows in every version of this mod is amazing. I've never lived more than 100 miles from the lake, and spend more of my time near it than not, in Chicago and Michigan as much as in Indiana. It makes sense that we'd start worshiping it eventually. Now I have to buy CK3 to see if the cooling tower in Michigan City gets mentioned. Longshot, but if any dev is reading, there's a Tuskegee Arimen plane preserved on the dunes in Gary. Could make for a hell of an obscure reference for an event if any Motowners conquer far enough south to run into any Tuskeegans.

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@INRASHSkin would be a cool cassus belli for Galvanists

[@casophie]

A while back, the lead dev posted some art on Reddit of several versions of Jesus worshipped by different faiths. Explaining the stories behind those, and maybe more obscure Jesi in the mod, would make a good video.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Going to be covering one of them at least in the veteranic faith video I have planned

[@TrocaTheNero]

Probably not an obscure fact about this, but I will always love the existence of "The Mouse" in Florida, based in the ruins of Disney World.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’ve done a run as them! Good stuff as the Imaginarians (or however it’s spelled)

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

-Not sure if they changed it but in the CK2 version the atomicists have Oak Ridge as a holy site which is in reference to the city’s historic origins as it was founded as Site X and was where they built the Atomic Bomb -I’m aware others have mentioned him but the California empire has its first leader in its leader history as Emperor Norton which is in reference to the self proclaimed Emperor of America -Down in Florida there is a king of I believe it’s called Suncoast which I wanna say is an Aladdin reference and next door is the Mouse which are Americanists that are centered around Orlando and Disneyland -not 100% sure but I would be disappointed if there’s not a reference to the bass pro pyramid in Memphis Tennessee Or Kennedy space center near cape Canaveral

[@Soul_Tomato]

All good suggestions!

[@noah9056]

I enjoyed that the mayor of Denver is a man called John. I have to believe it's a nod to folk singer John Denver.

[@austincantswim3383]

I'd recommend shearching the Delmarvan culture. You'll find some gems in there.

[@seeranos]

The name of the Kanadeva Sampradaya faith's "founder", Mahacarya Upnehima is a reference to the Manhattan project (I think?) and Robert Oppenheimer(I'm sure). I think this faith originated from the records that Oppenheimer said "now I have become death, destroyer of worlds," which is a phrase said by Krishna/Vishnu.

[@somedude4967]

The Phrase comes from the Bhagvad Gita, which is given to prince Arjuna during the eve of the Kurukshetra war by Lord Krisna, who's an Avatar of Visnu and not Siva

[@seeranos]

@@somedude4967 whoops, thank you for that correction

[@camthewideboi]

You should play as el consejo de la lucha, a kingdom in Mexico that has a faith based on luchadores, it is really interesting

[@Soul_Tomato]

Isn’t Goku his martial lol

[@acciesfan8]

In Chile there is a faith based aroind the Cybersyj program, a planned economic computer system that would havr helped calculate the best moves for Chiles economy, envisioned by Allendes economic minister. The orgram was destroyed by Pinochets coup in 1973 but its a fun reference, one of a couple hacker faiths 😊

[@acciesfan8]

Also there is a faith group in Argentina that combines the historical colorado/blanco historical divide with the "campienato mundo" a reference to the world cup and Argentinians love of football (soccer)

[@Владимир-ъ4и7о]

I don't know is this in the mod for ck3, but in AtE for ck2 in the history of the empire of California there is a guy who is the first emperor of California, he is from real world and claimed himself to be the emperor of California... and everyone liked him even calling him "your grace"

[@Soul_Tomato]

I believe someone may have mentioned this. I’ll give it a look!

[@absolutechaos8204]

@@Soul_Tomato I was wondering if Norton or something referencing him existed in AtE.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Indeed Emperor Norton, the guy you're mentioning, is in the title history of the Empire of California! He was a dude from the 1800s who claimed emperorship over the USA. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYLKe36Bfa-Iabs

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

It was Actually Emperor of America And interestingly Hawaii and the empire of Brazil actually recognized Norton as the legitimate Emperor

[@kucimaka8092]

love all these facts! Part 2 maybe?

[@Soul_Tomato]

If people drop like 10 facts I’ll find another 10 haha

[@magnenordstrom8129]

yes plese

[@somedude4967]

Regarding the Kanadeva Sampradya, im guessing this is likely a reference to the Nataraja statue built in front of the CERN institute in Switzerland. The institute is the largest particle physics lab in the world I'm quite certain?? And also houses the large hadron collider, and all this would be why it's related to the atomicist faith i suppose The statue itself is a spitting image of the icon of the faith The Nataraja itself is a representstion of Shiva, the third of the Indian puranic triumvirate of gods. The Nataraja is among one of his forms, and means the Lord of Dance (coming from Nata meaning dance, and Raja meaning king). Nataraja is the ultimate dancer, and his dance is supposed to be the cosmic dance that reflects the flow and movement of the universe as his dance creates, motivates, and destroys the universe in a cosmic cycle. I suppose that explains the writeup of the faith. The statue itself is a bronze made from a wax melt method. It was donated by the Government of india as a reflection of the large Indian diaspora that works at the institute, or something to that effect Of course, as others have pointed out, its prescence in arizona and the text of Mahacharya Upenhima is a reference to the Manhattan project and Dr Oppenheimer, with the nuclear bomb being an avatar of Siva, who is the "destructor"

[@tonyfriendly4409]

There is a House Nelson in Minnesota who are descendants of Prince.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Beautiful

[@carlose4314]

3:18 Similar with the Critero faith.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hmmm I suppose that’s true too

[@tengrisyesugei7995]

I did a strangite playthough in ck2, so I guess i gotta do it again

[@Soul_Tomato]

Doooo it

[@reign0599]

On the Ursulines: They have no valid Masses, no communion, no confession, and a few other things, as IIRC, they have no priesthood, only Nuns. Only ordained Priests can perform the sacraments above and celebrate mass. Particularists are a better choice for True Catholicism barring custom Faiths.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Fair enough

[@winterpetersen5519]

For Arizona area the option to make the empire in Mexico dates back to the original land that it had when owned by Mexico.

[@assyrianchristian764]

Got to mention the ancient Assyrian Christian sect centred around Chicago due to the patriarch exile to amercia form Iraq after world war 2

[@Soul_Tomato]

👀 that’s very interesting

[@lucasmilone5902]

About number 16, the reference to Upnehima in the faith’s description is clearly a reference to Oppenheimer. This Hindu faith has Oppenheimer as its founder!

[@pablovelasquez6917]

If you are surprised about the different English variants, you will also be surpriesed about the different spanish lenguages jaja

[@Soul_Tomato]

Oh I’m sure it’s immense

[@IronWolf123]

I want a part 2. I heard that there was a Haesteinn in the Vikings area

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s Constantine!

[@seto_kaiba_]

7:44 Netflix's alternate universe twin be like:

[@KadaSaa]

The Paracletians could be a legit irl faith imo

[@Soul_Tomato]

Honestly yes

[@Rhamiel506]

Would love to hear more about the Lucha Libre faith in Mexico

[@geokou7645]

No William Afton, Paul Atreides and others?

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s in part 2 (coming soon)

[@geokou7645]

@@Soul_Tomato ahh ok

[@KittenCritters]

I still feel bad for that poor redditor who joined the LDS, hopefully he can escape again

[@Soul_Tomato]

Eh let em live

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

Don’t disrespect people’s religious beliefs

[@eeroraute281]

I thought the valdez in alaska was a reference to hazelwood crashing the ship there

[@Soul_Tomato]

I linked the Wikipedia page to it if you’re curious

[@bequemjoe]

This mod is tempting me to get ck3

[@Soul_Tomato]

You wouldn’t be the first I’ve coaxed into getting it

[@LittleK1ng]

yooo paul im now playing as his descendants and ive nearly formed the usa

[@Soul_Tomato]

Classic Mahonic W

[@frazonedracaoo6981]

Coukd you maybe cover some details about the Oregon/Washington area? Non of the videos ive seen on after the end have ever touched the Pacific Northwest.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Cover in what way

[@frazonedracaoo6981]

@@Soul_Tomato like what the religion is in the area, the local power base and structure. Any interesting charecters in that region? No video I've seen has said anything about the region and it's most definitely the first place I would play if I played the mod.

[@kaiserrat70]

I like playing as the King of Maine and then invading the Fathomless holy sites, I leave the inwardland Gothic.

[@TheGreatGrumbolio]

In the Ck2 version of After the End you can play as Bruce Wayne.

[@Soul_Tomato]

He’s in CK3 as well!

[@TheGreatGrumbolio]

@@Soul_Tomato I know, I watched your video, just adding that in the ck2 version you can play as him in ironman since he's a patrician in New York.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ohhhhhhh

[@Soul_Tomato]

Also didn’t realize which video this was commenting on haha my bad

[@TheGreatGrumbolio]

@Soul_Tomato It's all good. It's a decent bit of a communication error on my part. A lot of essential information for my comment is not explained until my message chiding you. It's my b too.

[@slslakansm]

any let's play you would recommend of this mod ?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hmmm I’m not sure if anyone I know personally doing one right now. I’m doing one that’ll start next month. I think I saw one for the HCC linked on the discord.

[@PfyscheStyx]

the name Valdez is pronounced rhyming with says, but the city Valdez in Alaska rhymes with seas

[@hatimzeineddine8723]

why is one of the amriki holy sites Montgomery Alabama? what could you possibly find that has value there?

[@matthewhoffman9491]

Any hints as to which religion you will be covering next?

[@Soul_Tomato]

The forest has eyes and the sea speaks

[@matthewhoffman9491]

That which is not dead can eternal lie, and in strange eons, even Death May Die

[@-i1007]

do you know you can find Barbie and ken in san diego?

[@mrXOwarrior]

Strang was not a major leader of the Mormons. He was a relative unknown who made some big claims when Joseph Smiths died.

[@jamesmaxwell7221]

I'm loving everything thing about everything

[@bedshark1775]

Please do another one of these!

[@Soul_Tomato]

I will try

[@ThatGuy-st2ow]

Would love another vid!

[@Soul_Tomato]

We will see. Need more facts first!

[@chunyinchan1110]

Love your after the end videos! What version of the game should I play for the mod?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Use the current. Rolling back to the “correct” version according to the mod seems to cause crashes.

[@chunyinchan1110]

@@Soul_Tomato Thanks, imma play it in 1.12.4 then.

[@LSK947]

Nice video, I really like this mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

As do I :)

[@Beorthere]

Clicking "Cascadian" culture and calling it "Californian" had my blood boiling as a Washingtonian XD

[@Soul_Tomato]

I think cascadia encompasses Northern California too tho no?

[@Beorthere]

@@Soul_Tomato So the Californians want you to believe XD

[@thomasking3167]

I love this video, but the way you blurred out the mapo hurts my eyes. Still gave a like.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Sorry about that! Was hoping it would make the foreground image easier to see

[@toxickite93]

More! This is great!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Gimme some facts and perhaps I’ll oblige 🫡

[@ssushii7711]

The cristeros are the true CATHOLICS

[@Soul_Tomato]

If that’s true they should probably win against the Alineados - which they almost never do.

[@ssushii7711]

@@Soul_Tomato We are talking about legitimacy not military prowess smh............

[@ayubk2638]

a county in Southern Ontario has a liberal feminist version of islam which venerates the 4 best women of paradise

[@Terralncognita]

Your Sanskrit pronunciations weren’t bad for someone unfamiliar.

[@Soul_Tomato]

honestly shocking considering my other pronunciations.

[@mrXOwarrior]

Hare Krishna?