I United IBERIA with a SECRET SHADOW COUNCIL in Crusader Kings 3

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In the 867 start date, Iberia is in full turmoil! The Iberian Struggle is just getting started, and will take cunning, strategy and intrigue to solve! But what if there was another way to do it? An utterly broken and OP strategy that made uniting Iberia under one banner super easy? WELL THERE IS!
In this video, Koifish will show you how to go from a petty duke, to the grand emperor of all of Iberia, by exploiting an incredibly powerful Mozarabic faith! Combining this with the insanely OP Council of Toledo, and we effectively have a secret shadow council that will help us get all the rulers of Spain under our command! And the best part? It will take LESS than 100 years!
We will also be forming a secret Kingdom to help us along the way: The Kingdom of Toledo! CK3 has a whole bunch of Kingdoms that can be formed, but there's also a bunch of hidden formable nations that many CK3 players have yet to find and form! These formable ck3 kingdoms and ck3 empires require super specific events, decisions and triggers in order to form them and in this video we will show you how to play as some of the most unknown countries in crusader kings 3.
I will be using all the tips and tricks and strategies that I went over in my Lifestyle guide series, mainly focusing on Martial and Learning! I'm also playing with all the current DLC, Including Northern Lords, Royal Court and Fate of Iberia, Tours and Tournaments and Legacy of Persia!
#crusaderkings3 #ck3 #paradox

[@Koifish]

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[@_vivat_1079]

No.

[@bobisafish4983]

@Koifish Who's your favorite primarch?

[@adrianofeixa5026]

Bro please play Portugal 🇵🇹

[@OsirisLord]

I love how CK3 requires Piety to convert and the more different the religion the more Piety you need because it creates genuinely deranged stories. "I have walked the holy path to Mecca and touched the Qabbah and I have found that the one true god is Tengri."

[@Zebo12345678]

Agreed! It's really bizarre. I think faith reformation makes sense to require a lot of piety, but honestly, faith conversion should be its own stat. To convert, you'd have to dabble in another religion, build up that meter, and only when it's full would you get to convert. Then, to add some additional flavor to the feature, you can change "ask to convert faith" into more of a "convert faith" scheme, where you regularly challenge your target's faith, in an effort to get them to see the light. Finally, give the realm priest a council task where they occasionally build up some of the conversion bar for your heretic vassals, allowing you to "prep" them for conversion schemes, giving you a head start, or just leave the priest on that task long enough to, over the course of many years, convert your realm's vassals. Make it so that when you challenge a character's faith, it pits your learning stat against theirs, with bonuses and penalties for virtues and sins, respectively. If they win, they build some of your conversion bar, but if you win, you build theirs. This is to make it harder for any old startup religion to conquer an entire region, but to make it so a true visionary can lead a religious movement.

[@OsirisLord]

@@Zebo12345678 They are slowly moving in the right direction. For example now you can hide your faith and only pay lip service to your liege's faith if they force a conversion (and by extent your vassals can do the same if you demand conversion). My only problem then is I don't actually know where to find information on my character's secret faith. I know with the Persian DLC pack a couple of the starting Iranian Intermezzo characters are secret Zoroastrians but I don't know where to find that out.

[@Lowdian]

@@OsirisLordIt's among your secrets in the intrigue tab

[@OsirisLord]

@@Lowdian op there it is

[@Zamtrios245]

It works in the sense that when you convert, you're no longer the most pious person in the religion, because you just converted.

[@tomekczapnik1224]

a comment for the algorithm a comment for Haesteinn a comment for Koifish

[@azpont7275]

Best way to get rid of the dreaded struggle is to form an Empire outside of Iberia than conquer it as an outsider, IMO.

[@hyugahablak1186]

Do it as the Moygërs

[@DemonKingBadger]

Didn't the Muslims try that in real life.

[@azpont7275]

@@DemonKingBadger Tried and hold on to it for a few centuries.

[@johnfraire6931]

@@DemonKingBadger The Umayyads, Carolingians, Almoravids, and Almohads, to be specific. (Charlemagne wasn't Muslim, but I think it's funny to list him)

[@DemonKingBadger]

@@johnfraire6931 yeah, I remember Charlemagne's father or grandfather Charles Martel was the one slowed down the Muslims

[@rattersonington]

I love watching your videos while crocheting! It infuses my projects with a little bit of ✨️chaos✨️

[@Koifish]

Crochet a Haesteinn RIGHT NOW!

[@Konichu35]

i love watching your ​videos while edging @@Koifish

[@TRPLD]

@@Konichu35 Now why would you say something like that?

[@henrylarson6970]

@@Konichu35that is so very unnecessary, sir

[@unknownroyalty895]

I love the difference between Yusuf and Alfonsu, his brother-in-law. One conquered every foe to unify Iberia himself, convened a council for all of Toledo, and was famous and faithful. The other is a fat bozo who is impious and broke.

[@DaFloove]

SHADOW COUNCIL DLC KOIFIRMED!

[@Pharaoh_Roxy51012]

Sun Tzu said that.. and i say he knows a little more about fighting then you do pal because he INVENTED it! and then he perfected it so no one can beat him in the ring of honor!

[@plasticbazooka]

Starts as a Muslim. Pilgrimage to Mecca, converts to Christianity. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, forms a Christian sect that is syncretic with Islam. That's some peak CK3.

[@xXRaffo96Xx]

Bro when the Stronghold Crusader music cut in I was paralyzed. I swear that game has a hold of about 30% of my brain power

[@l0rf]

If I got a single euro for every hour I spent on that game, I'd be able to own a house.

[@TRPLD]

He's back and he's as furious as ever!

[@gabrielaldworth7476]

We do love a little bit of intrigue

[@historynerd556]

6:34 Ah, a meet the Soldier reference. Truly wonderful.

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

"Not the British Queen, she's dead" you did not have to remind me 😢😂

[@anothergmodfan3350]

Another addition to the Koifish grind💪

[@daedalusdreamjournal5925]

Finally !! A koifish video !! I am gonna enjoy this :)

[@NolanDraconis]

I literally started watching your mega africa video and then bam. Iberia video

[@aidankenny521]

Great content as always Fish of Koi

[@konnosx1213]

Koifish "I need a second duchy bordering Toledo" > meanwhile he already can form a duchy bordering Toledo to the north Koifish "I need a faith that is syncretic with Islam" > meanwhile he can make Mozarabism syncretic with Islam by taking the "break from Rome" decision

[@pivertironlungs7408]

This was a great birthday present!

[@Koifish]

Happy BIRTHDAY!

[@dominicadrean2160]

Did you know there is a space mod for Crusader Kings 3 that anyone can use someone so in the future you might see some Star Wars and dune mods for Crusader Kings 3😊

[@leviturek5015]

What is this mod called?

[@that1ginger22]

Do you think the Jedi would be a holy order or a place you can play with special troops and a unique religion

[@SnowflakeVee]

stellaris

[@Zebo12345678]

@@that1ginger22 Probably a theocracy, like the papacy.

[@donpollo3154]

@@leviturek5015 crusader kings in space

[@MastemaJack]

I started a game where I took Iberia. Just I did it as a Viking Pope. I also started on the isle of Mann. I also have taken most of England. I started the Norwegian culture. Gave it by the sword. Started the Sword Christianity, made it so Christians don't need a claim for conquest. Did this as a religious diplomat

[@adil_lol_hp3570]

No one will read it, but i actually tickle myself, while watching koifish' videos❤

[@user-is1eq9jm2t]

Do you imagine that Haestein does it?

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

Haesteinn is disappointed.

[@ohNojames]

Koifish, you should start as Heasteen and conquer Marrakesh convert to Almohodi, become involved in the clash, become Caliph of Almohodi. AND THEN try to the end clash with domination. You can become Caliph in Heasteen's lifetime.

[@felkrosis8703]

I became emperor of Italia with Haesteinn, can confirm. similar difficulty level

[@henkhenk1601]

Based koi carp takes over Iberia

[@TheColombianSpartan]

I noticed that sneaky soldier tf2 quote

[@nathanhaywood273]

Cool video, Koifish! :^)

[@superarrow4972]

Now, do it as Haesteing

[@Drenosa]

Yusuf Ibn Zakariyya. I don't really get old arabian/iberian naming conventions but I'm pretty sure that anglicized this translates to Joseph, son of Zachary. Or Joe, Zach's boy.

[@PraiseJ-Pope]

Youre correct

[@Mega-mo8en]

Correct

[@daedalusdreamjournal5925]

By the way, concerning the music ... is that a medieval version of one of Dead can dance song? :O

[@etminan9458]

As a Japanese I can confirm that you can pronounce all languages

[@BradlyClarke]

Best wishes

[@wottpenn7074]

i love your videos but dude your mood in this video is different it made me happier but i dunno why

[@kenzieafent6291]

Shadow wizard money gang?

[@zaoda1357]

oh no thats how the bavarians started to viset spain

[@PraiseJ-Pope]

And put their towels down on every beach chair!

[@DeezNuts-ju1rj]

ah yes the SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG

[@SkillaWillits]

Imagine… King Haestienn of Toledo. What a world that would be. I know I am a bad influence on HA (Haestienn Anonymous)

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Kingdom of Toledo is created. Ohioans: Michigan, you can have it.

[@hyugahablak1186]

Do it as Bjorn Ironside or the Moygër Confederation

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

“I’m picking up random Greek men and during them Muslim.” Crusader Kings is truly a unique experience.

[@lemnajcavite]

Play the Prince of Darkness mod next.

[@dominicadrean2160]

What do you want in future Crusader Kings 3 updates😊

[@OsirisLord]

African content. Ghana was the richest country in the world at during the Middle-Ages. I want a West-African themed content pack like they did for Iberia and Persia.

[@Zebo12345678]

Here's a few ideas I've come up with that I'd like, in no particular order. I've thought some of these through a bit, and some of them not at all. If you're curious about any of my thoughts for these, ask me to elaborate. 1. More religion mechanics. More immersive conversion prerequisites, debates being part of faith reformation, immersive heresies, etc. 2. Cult mechanics. Witch covens, heretical cults, smuggling rings, fight clubs... These would be essentially "underground organizations" that you could join and convene with, with a variety of influences in a region. 3. More time period bookmarks (self-explanatory) 4. Character aspirations. CK2 had this feature added at some point where you could select a goal for your character, and completing that goal would grant a bonus. I want that back. And having a goal active should cause opportunities to help you toward that goal to occasionally happen. 5. Creating and managing your own mercenary companies and holy orders, possibly even giving you the option to lead the mercenaries in battle under the control of your client. Most notably, having events and upgrade paths for your mercenary/holy order guild hall. Kinda like having a second royal court, but tied to your company.

[@johnfraire6931]

You should've Broke from Rome as a Mozarabic ruler; doing that can make your faith syncretic with Islamic faiths for basically free. Still a fun video regardless ^^

[@rodolphekondakji7483]

Its more like portugal is the adaptation of bortughal

[@quikoucat]

🤘🤘

[@axelfranco3808]

cornwall

[@j.ackermann9110]

Going on a Pilgrimage to Mecca just to immediately convert faith is somehow both very funny and very cynical.

[@benc.3128]

Easiest way to get piety up but so goofy Like some other guy said, it should be a meter that you fill up as you explore another faith, or lose your current faith. Characters with certain traits like cynical would have options to shoot that bar up really fast or just completely fill it up if it becomes politically expedient

[@aidankenny521]

Comment for Koifish

[@TheColombianSpartan]

Shadow wizard money gang Legalise nuclear bombs

[@nassimmouffok2771]

spelled Tolaytila

[@CrackerSnatcherHardCore]

not gonna lie, wasnt expecting to see asmongold here

[@ramonfrancis3812]

Try creating a dynasty of warriors with the best traits and renown (with polygamy so many strong children to put as leaders😂😂😂😂😂) hehe plasmas

[@ramonfrancis3812]

With hellinism and maybe reform it or make a hybrid with another religion hehe then you will be demi God clan 👍

[@thehistoryperson7257]

How’s life

[@cavetrollvillageidiot3095]

Goddammit, Hasteinn, why do you always pop up in this things?

[@Iiiiyyiiyyiiilllii]

Hello

[@SquirrelMaestro]

Play some Imperator

[@Benhughes2010]

Thats what i have been say about girl scouts the hole time

[@TenLeoneq]

first ez?

[@JoaoRibeiro-mj3el]

it's actually the arabic name for Porto's county, comes from Portus Calllis, but itself names the country of Portugal, so go koifish good! 😂😂🤍💙🤍