Reviving Zunism - the Rarest Religion in Crusader Kings 3 Challenge

[@Wertsir]

Me: “Who knew that repeated divorce was the secret to spreading a new religion?” King Henry VIII:

[@morgjones13]

😂😂😂😂 this got me

[@donaldduck9884]

She most have the confused period of the lifetime, when her father/husband repeatable non stop divorce and remarried her 🤣

[@marcopollo366]

Joseph Smith:

[@dababy9442]

@Batchest what achievements?

[@27Games23]

IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW

[@carltonleboss]

"To the abhorrent High Priest Zozan, damn your seventh grandfather." Due to all the inbreeding she probably doesn't even have one

[@Teknokraatti]

Seventh grandfather in this context means (Presumably) the patrilineal great-grandfather 7 generations past. No matter how much inbreeding, that person exists, though he might also be the 5th and 6th at the same time. Maybe worth reminding that you can have at most 4 biological grandparents (2 per each biological parent) and inbreeding can only reduce this number.

[@CatchTheMarmosets]

@@Teknokraatti probably his own 7x grandfather. Somehow

[@JABEXE]

"Going to do this legitimately " proceeds to marry the same character 300 times for peity aha 😄 great video!

[@JABEXE]

Sucks that your SSD failed :( I had my first attempt at reforming the roman empire get corrupted after around 40 hours :( managed to get it second time around thoigh.

[@greywolf7577]

Yeah, that seems kind of like cheating. Is there any other way he could have done it?

[@placeholdername3818]

If Ironman allows it then it's legitimate imo

[@simongunther8414]

@@placeholdername3818 if you have to go back to version before an update that fixed an exploit to use that exploit, it's cheating

[@laurbster2680]

yes i vote cheats lol but all in fun. would be extremely hard on pure iron man

[@Sintoolkicks]

You should have raised the save to the cloud, that way it could be closer to the sun.

[@AlzaboHD]

Praise your comment! I will do just this for future campaigns

[@redthunderboar1323]

@@AlzaboHD Don't. It tend to glitch and stop saving your game.

[@1000Phoenix]

@@redthunderboar1323 False.

[@redthunderboar1323]

@@1000Phoenix You say that, but its exactly what happened to me.

[@hephsmith3738]

How fitting.

[@cosmicjester6341]

When a character reads "Your son, half-brother and brother-in-law", you're playing Crusader Kings! I hope...

[@louisfrederick6512]

@fuedase basically your son marry ur sister

[@Lee-yo5cl]

@fuedase you have a son with your mother and that son also marry your sister

[@burquebandit7169]

Your wife, daughter, granddaughter, sister in law

[@VarangianGuard13]

🎵Sweet Home Alabama! 🎵

[@Doilem]

Idea for a future video: Try making a custom ruler of A culture not commonly found where you would start. E.g. A Viking In Arabia, Or a Han Chinese in Ireland. Thought it would be interesting to see how that campaign would work.

[@AlzaboHD]

Great idea Alpha Toad! Cheers

[@Doilem]

No problem mate. But I'll be honest and say any Ck3 content from you will be great regardless. You have a great knack for storytelling that I don't get from other KZbinrs like you. Keep up the good work.

[@Pigraider268]

Viking is pretty boring, but Han Chinese sounds fun ^^

[@thatponybro6940]

nah, obviously you gotta have a Mongol as head of the H.R.E

[@SirChris314]

This would be super cool with the culture hybridization they're adding in the next expansion

[@PalePinkThink]

Just for people's information: Amir e Amiran means the King of Kings in Persian. It's not a name

[@AlzaboHD]

Wow! Thank you for the info, this makes... much more sense now!

[@MegaGun2000]

Yeah, I found that funny

[@killercyclone16_4]

Wasn't that Shahanshah? Or maybe that's the older language version idk.

[@yanickkrause2974]

@@killercyclone16_4 Yes, you are right, Shah is Persian for King, while Emir/Amir is an Arabic word, which denotes a noble of some form, its most commonly translated as prince. The Prince of Princes would then basically be an elevated form from the regular Prince.

[@samueladelman6601]

Shahanshah means king of kings. Amir is usually translated as “prince” and is comparable to the Turkish beylerbey or the European archduke

[@justelliot4870]

At the moment I feel CK3 is still a little limited (just me personally) but once the new dlc comes out I'd like to see a siculo-norman Italia and an Indo-Norse India.

[@ajarofmayonnaise3250]

Indo-Norse supremacy

[@overboss9599]

Romano-English Carthage shall rule the Mediterranean.

[@harshveerbhatti5424]

Yeah it is a bit limited you can't be an eunuch horse who is in Satan's cult while having 14 lovers all the while being a crusading pope

[@RhombonianKnight]

You can be Indo-Norse. Just requires a handful of jumps around Europe, Africa and Arabia.

[@Minamoto_1]

Well in my Polish game Akan culture converted entire Iberia and southern France

[@JJLiu-xc3kg]

"The state of instability in the Afghan region" some things never change, do they

[@MegaGun2000]

I mean it's bang in between Central Asia South Asia and the middle East

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@MegaGun2000 And Africa and Europe. It's literally the "Middle" of the "East"

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

They literally haven't had time to recover from foreign invasions and meddling for centuries. Arguably they were doing fine until they executed Gengis Khan's envoys, to which he destroyed everything in the general region.

[@GrimReaper-qp6fv]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix you're thinking of what is currently Iran with the envoys being killed

[@ijion956]

This didn’t age well

[@turnip8749]

I like how your ck3 playthroughs always sound like actual historical documentaries :) it’s always a treat to watch them!

[@NUSensei]

Those puns BRIGHTENED my day.

[@smithblack5945]

It's always a fine day whenever you upload.

[@amirharati5146]

Nice pick-up line

[@R3GARnator]

If you call Duchies Duckies, does that mean you call Dukes Ducks?

[@cirokistermann7834]

Duke Nukem

[@baseballguy3741]

@@cirokistermann7834 Duck Nuckem

[@ingold1470]

Duke comes from Dux, so it's going full circle.

[@morgjones13]

@@ingold1470 and Doux in French si soft so it's like "soft little ducklings"

[@reminder9146]

Is this an inside joke for him?

[@efulmer8675]

"After 4 years of divorcing/remarrying his daughter/wife, he finally attained the prestige and piety necessary to rebuild the Zunist faith." You could make a religion- *No don't.*

[@Jsay18]

"But it was too late, Alazbo had already reformed the Faith."

[@RoyalStevens]

@@Jsay18The spiritual sequel we didn’t know we needed.

[@grebpebb4335]

I love campaigns such as these, where you revive various nations, cultures and religions.

[@Americanbadashh]

Your narrative system fits in so well with the kinda real world history channels I love, even when you lean on the fourth wall a bit*. I watched to the end in one sitting, subscribed and decided CK 3 will be my next game purchase, as well as grabbed CK 2 (as it has a free version) *Not a negative, it's very welcome

[@jackmaniscalco3392]

Praise The Sun!

[@azazel688]

Praise Zun! ☀️

[@myamdane6895]

\○/

[@foxyfoxington2651]

I had a hunch that "save to cloud" check box at the beginning wasn't included on accident. Excellent foreshadowing.

[@matthewsmith4710]

This is great! It feels like more of a documentary than any other Crusader Kings content, while still being hilarious as the game deserves. I’ll definitely be watching more of your stuff man

[@katanah3195]

This guy is a great CK3 creator, a perfect mix of classic CK KZbin style and even older PDX forums After Action Reports - text content written from a POV as if it's an actual historical record from an alternate timeline. It's like if he wrote an AAR, but then did a dramatic reading of it and paired that with video footage of the gameplay. Plus jokes about political issues today that stem from medieval conflicts that add to the "nothing ever changes" vibe that the blending of old CK2 content style and old AAR writing style creates. A new video from this guy always feels just as "I'm 14 years old, just got home from school, time to boot up CK2 on my computer and watch someone else trying one of my fave starts or read some guy's AAR on the forum waiting for my game to load" as my old comfort playlists, even though it's CK3, because it's such a perfect blend of the latest game and the old popular storytelling styles.

[@manfredvonmanfred199]

zun decided that your SSD was unworthy

[@iSyriux]

Those damn UV rays

[@Panoleon]

Will there ever be a continuation of the horse dynasty?

[@AlzaboHD]

Yes!

[@Panoleon]

@@AlzaboHD 🤌🏻

[@Tripdog99]

Dragon of the West Challenge: Starting as one of the Han Chinese characters on the eastern edge of the map, restore the Roman Empire.

[@MegaGun2000]

It could also be nice if He abandoned his eastern territories, otherwise it would just become a map-painting game

[@ObligedUniform]

"We're not interested in a lengthy anecdote Alzabo..." "Its more of a 'demonstration' really!"

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

That would be like One Proud Bavarian's run of the Allahdin achievement of CKII. Basically worming your way west, abandoning your lands East, becoming a vassal of the Byzantines and taking it over to reform the Empire.

[@dashiellhellickson2575]

Well boy do I have good news my friend

[@VarangianGuard13]

To make it proper, his name should be Iroh the Dragon, or Iroh the Wise, perhaps.

[@creeker2017]

There's just something so much more regal and demanding of respect when calling it the "Solar Throne"

[@Fragolux]

Hypergamy, inbreeding, religious conversion, conquest, ruthless intrigue that would impress GRR Martin and a random short guy to boot? I gotta say, Alzabo, that was quite the ride.

[@imokin86]

You, sir, are a true master of Xwedaddad jokes.

[@TheColombianSpartan]

he is the true master of Xwedaddad

[@arma5166]

in persian it means God Given

[@imokin86]

@@arma5166 cool. Does the first X sound like the Spanish one in Mexico?

[@arma5166]

@@imokin86 It sounds like the CH in the word MACHT in german,or the first sound in the name Khomeini. you can just put the word Macht in google german translator to get the idea

[@imokin86]

@@arma5166 thanks, I speak some German, I got it.

[@HammerspaceCreature]

Revoke Title Revoke Title Extort Subjects Extort Subjects "A man of pleasant disposition"

[@thesterwood6721]

I wish you got a pdx award. You’re so helpful and it is soothing to listen to you

[@dub4sam95]

I have to say, I always enjoy seeing that you have uploaded. It really does make my day so much better

[@floor_tank_shanks4194]

I legitimately love the way you tell the gameplay as if it was a story. Very fun way to watch. 👍

[@jameslevin9720]

One of the best, if not the best CK3 challenge let's play channel, keep making it bro,great content.

[@AlzaboHD]

Thanks for the support James! Really appreciate it, cheers

[@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757]

@@AlzaboHD challenge idea take over the whole world as the worst province in ck3

[@SirSpiderPig]

That’s some king Henry type shit right there where you take your brother’s recently widowed wife

[@tjn2254]

Hell joe Biden’s son hunter did that to his dead brothers wife

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Well the Torah or Old Testment has at least a couple of cases like that. The women belong to their husband so they are inherited like cattle and it's the heir's duty to fulfill his deceased brother's obligation to her, breed.

[@blktauna]

The stories and the way you tell them are gold!

[@JariahxSynn]

That SSD failure though... I was looking forward to the Empire of the Sun

[@caeod]

It is astonishing how much this sounds like a presentation for history class, and I mean that in the best possible way.

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

"Our king will need to reform Islam itself." You know, no biggie.

[@riverman6462]

Yup. Very ez. Definitely has been tried millions of times

[@radioactiveriver6718]

Zunism is Perfectly Balanced

[@rasmusdegn9690]

"Outside the affairs of our realm the universe recalibrated and reverted back to the old ways." It's including information like this that normally gets left out of historical retellings that made me want to subscribe.

[@Arastat1]

3:40 "Jesus, deliver me from these temptations!" Exactly the thoughts an Afghan pre-islamic paganist would have in the 9th century :D

[@m.elizabeth985]

I think that's a conversion option 😉 When you get stressed and have that event, the second option usually entails a conversion

[@xtreme7672]

Afghan pre islamic were Hindus. The last Hindu kingdom was Hindushahis which lasted 1026 C.E .

[@xtreme7672]

Afghanistan first hindus then Buddhist then Hindus again then falled to islam

[@003mohamud]

@@xtreme7672 alhamdulilah

[@christopherhardy8808]

Dude, I slept to this. Your voice is so soothing. Great video, as always!

[@forbiddencrystalinternet6201]

I haven't even gotten this game but ive seen your other videos and you seem so good at it you can just do whatever the f*ck you want and always win but its fuggin hysterical what a sadist you play as LMAO. I subscribed after you gave that guy a "complimentary tanning session" LMFAO. pure gold.

[@xeanderman6688]

Wow. I thought Hellenism is the hardest to legitimately revive

[@jaredbrown3726]

I tried it with an OP created ruler and the Catholics kept doing holy wars on me

[@ryokiritani4187]

​@@jaredbrown3726 I did the same and had no issue dismantling the papacy, granted I started in the island of Sardinia

[@owlroseproductions8876]

I love how 95% of your videos are legitimate could happen scenarios but then a 4 years old emirate says he would rather die defending what's his lol. It makes the videos both interesting as a historic alternate universe and a fun recollection of oddities

[@aonirsplayground6224]

Re-make it in the future perhaps? I'm finding that I enjoy this style of story telling as well, I'm a fan of "episodes" I guess but this feels quite natural and still nice to follow instead of a recording of every single moment, even if its eventually split as if they're episodes. You seem good at making the story, definitely.

[@parsatayebi7652]

Fyi "Amir" means Duke and "Amie-e Amiran" means Duke of Dukes (King) So you essentially said this guy's name was King King II lol

[@hannibalburgers477]

Probably a mistranslation like "Akbar the Great" by amazing western professors who were definitely not hacks.

[@merritiern2270]

You did this about as legitimately as dream would have.

[@FBergman85]

Can't get enough of your ck3 videos!

[@Solidaniel62]

Very nice video, Alzabo! I just wanted to put something out there as a little fun "in-universe" thingy since the concept alone was so interesting. In Farsi (Persian), the word for solar is 'Khurshid'. It means 'sun' or 'radiant sun' and was used as a name at the time Hurmiz took power in this world. I say this because Solar Sharia in what was Middle Persian (the language spoken by the Sassanids at the time the video started) would be something along the lines of Khurshidi Sharia; Roughly translating to 'the way of the sun'. This is because of the definition I gave before along with the fact that Sharia means 'the way'. *Insert followers of this fictional faith saying "do you know de wae?" here* And hell, if you want to, it could be shortened to Khuria to distinguish it from Sharia proper. *Insert jokes about Khuria being Best Korea here* Thanks for reading and again, great vid!

[@charlesprichard5235]

Your skills are gloriously incandescent Alazbo

[@andrefourier]

Your CK3 videos are the ones I like to watch the most

[@alanmonteros6432]

"Instability in the Afghan region" Also known as Seh-shanbeh (سه‌شنبه) by the locals

[@haraberu]

( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanbeh )

[@hannibalburgers477]

Yea, care to explain a bit more? I now what those two words mean but never heard something such as seh-shanbeh to describe instability in Afghanistan.

[@GDPanda69]

Oh no! So sorry to hear about the hard drive failure; I was really looking forward to A Perfect Circle achievement ding =(

[@smh1245]

"Solar Sharia" lmfao, that is the funniest thing I've heard today. Love this channel.

[@Kingneo0053]

this is an amazing channel to find. I didn't realize we had ck3 narrative videos.

[@villagerempire5104]

This video is Interesting 1. AlzaboHD storytelling is great, 2. Good CK3 Gameplay, and 3. He found a solution to make the main objective of the challenge complete.

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

The king is back!!!! I know this videos is gonna be great before even watching it

[@Enward834]

Calling it a ducky 🐤 has to be a way to mess with us at this point right?

[@MkDan-tz8gp]

AlzaboHD is giving away hearts like its Valentine's day 😂

[@polishraspberries]

I seen the comment by Alpha Toad and thought what about a Roman in Burma, declaring himself the ruler of the world and reforms the roman empire? Rules You would start as a Roman cultured male at 18 yo You follow the Hellenic faith By the end date fof 1453 you need to have two imperial titles, that of the Indian Empire and the Roman Empire You can convert away for the Hellenic faith to form the Indian Empire and convert back to hellenism

[@nicolopez2181]

Pro-tip in CK2: If you have a high enough troop count (~2000), you can imprison your barrons. They will most likely rise up in rebellion, then you smash their army with your prepositioned raised levy, kill them all, siege the holding, imprison him, revoke, banish and steal all their money. Create a new vassal from the holding, and he will start accumulating cash. Do it with everyone, become the most tyrannical ruler ever and get RICH. Mercenary your way to victory.

[@noahhill4023]

I fucking adore the story telling side of your campaigns

[@miles6492]

Jesus fucking Christ, becoming Zunist in CK3 costs 90K Piety!? Meanwhile in CK2 it's just like "hooha convert from holy site"

[@y33t23]

Is it Even possible to get it without using tricks? A Pity.

[@papisuckmypoosay69]

@@y33t23 Yes, you have to start as a tribal unreformed Norse/Bon and chain sacrifice wars. It costs around 40k piety then which takes a while but isn't impossible if you chain sacrifice wars and sacrifice every prisoner

[@miles6492]

@@y33t23 Do you mean the 90K Piety or the Zunyasna faith? I don't know about the former, but for the latter, the 769 start date in CK2 Charlemagne features a playable (with Old Gods) Zunist ruler.

[@y33t23]

Miles In CK2 I have Heard it exists, But in CK3 Not, so it Would only be possible with the immense amount of piety

[@miles6492]

@@y33t23 Yeah, it's sad that CK3 doesn't have the wide variety of start dates that CK2 does. Sure, 769-936 were DLC-only, but even for 1066+, CK3 only has two dates while CK3 had a megafuckton of base game dates.

[@latiolo678]

I love how he narate the game, I wish he does it more often

[@historyafficionado478]

Alzabo you should do the Aladdin Challenge. Start as a Han character and end up becoming A Sultan in the Middle East

[@anderlopez6699]

So sad to hear that the save corrupted, this was looking ultra interesting

[@thewynshow]

New viewer and really impressed really great pacing and the voice over work is great 👍

[@ksundheitkek6371]

When Graveyard of Empires is taken too literally

[@CherriPicking]

ohhh, so THAT'S how you did it! i figured you'd swap to the unreformed bon religion and utilize the human sacrifice like you would with norse for reforming hellenism

[@hansofaxalia]

Toddler: “I would rather die on my ancestral land than yield to your tyranny!”

[@biornr.4031]

I love the narrative style

[@We_TheFuture]

Praise the sun? Praise Alzabo for making quality content.

[@MrGrombie]

16:00 Why is everyone trying to invade the Panshir disctrict.... smh

[@AtomicSpeedFT]

I just want to let you know I love these videos so much!

[@ISELLSALT]

ZUNism? i knew touhou was holy

[@davidmapping4041]

I knew I would see a touhou related comment

[@bapo4897]

this video was amazing, i would kill for a sequel

[@CaptainWafflos]

my dude single-handedly bringing back Zunism, most poppin' dis religion has been in like, millennia

[@combrade-t]

Well I need to think of a Way to do an Aurelian Run now - not sure if you can take the Roman empire decision as a Zunist though - probably need to form it as a reformed Christian with Lay Clergy and similar to Zunist doctrines - only way I can think of doing that legitimately with a base game character. Though the internal strife of trying to change the entire empire to a New Faith would mean you would have to be as good of a general as he, if not more so because the local populace would not be as greeting. Would definitely be an interesting run though, - would definately have to be a Custom Ruler realistically though, maybe a custom ruler starting in Bulgaria/Serbia since thats where he is believed to be born. You'd probably also need to use a mod that added Immortality too, CK doesn't really allow for that quick of conquest...

[@camelofsiberia962]

Cant you just culture convert to greek and convert to orthodox after conquering enough land to form rome as a afghan zunist characther tho? It is cheesy I know but at least it doeant use bugs u know

[@Blythe985]

You know I WAS thinking "why didnt he tick the box that says "save to cloud?". Well stuff like this can happen I guess

[@linstough]

All of your videos would make wonderful mega campaigns.

[@thiagooshiro4857]

That Zunist reformed faith remembered me of the Fire Nation from Avatar xD

[@inferno_slayer]

You missed your calling in life. You’d make an amazing asmr or audiobook voice

[@AlzaboHD]

Thank you for the compliment!!

[@inferno_slayer]

@@AlzaboHD Thanks :D I love your videos

[@SageThyme23]

A crypto advert filled with random images of technology that the crypto had nothing to do with. Nothing sus there. On another note i've been hoping you'd make a video about this religion for ages.

[@idsbraam]

The whole crypto add just set off my bullshit detector something fierce.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

There are legitimate ideas but no real hook. No real point or product. Highly sus.

[@toastingtoast161]

I really like all of your ck3 tales

[@magnificentscoop]

Here's a good idea: Play a game where you can ONLY conquer places on the coast. Any territory gained that is not touching the water means you lose.

[@martinchernev]

Can't wait for more videos like this!

[@NemesisMKIII]

Your alliteration is ON POINT

[@watermelonhead8054]

i dont think ive been diagnosed with anything that would explain it, but i have serious trouble listening and paying attention to videos where people talk for large periods of time, and the weird alliteration thing you do really helps

[@aniellord7088]

I closed my eyes to listen to your videos to fall asleep. I almost thought I was listening to a historical documentary. Until I heared that crashing of save game. 😅

[@Ph34rn03V1L]

Any video where you have even more chances to form a ducky would be great, quack quack!

[@Ciech_mate]

I absolutely love your naration

[@andrew-channel]

I loved this story! I have never been able to restore ancient faiths. Well done!

[@user-gk8ss6mt1d]

this guys voice is up there for my fav youtubers

[@AlzaboHD]

Thank you for the support!

[@jaodasaveiroprata2764]

Remember the good old days of zunism in ck2?

[@ManiaGin]

Praise the sun! it was fun to play it in ck2

[@llamaboioflusatia]

You know, I’m surprised more of your leaders weren’t assassinated considering what you were doing with the game

[@danman2524]

Hell yeah, new upload! (Nice video btw)

[@spunj]

This is just CK3 ASMR honestly and I'm sold.

[@Dtyn8]

Loved this challenge, would be cool to see more religion-based challenges!

[@williammartin7343]

Your videos are so great

[@carramba666]

19:50 Instantly regrets hovering over "save to cloud" and not enabling it.

[@alvanrafi]

The narration is epic 😂👍