More Starts I Recommend in LotR: Realms in Exile for CK3

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@wildworld1643 2 ай бұрын

Here's some more *Non-Bookmarked* starts that are very fun/worth playing, from yours truly (A contributor for the Realms mod). Gorin of Nordinbad. They are a fairly challenging but doable start, with a custom quest chain to take over the Grey Mountains with the aid of Erebor. They are the only Dwarven ruler in the Grey Mountains. Katajan Gyuruchill II of Kref Nilja. He is a vassal of the Tedjin Confederacy, and while the Tedjin Confederacy is a bookmarked start, generally you go good as them and fight against Sauron. As Gyuruchill and his son Azumen, you can instead resist turning good, taking the Tedjin Confederacy for yourself and turning south, as you have a decision to crush Bellakar and Felaya. Eldberk of Zillinakhur. He is the Eccentric nephew (?), rival, and claimant of Uri the Generous, Lord of Buzra Dum. He is a slightly funny character, he has his own intro event, and as him you can claim Buzra Dum to the south for your own. Eldberk starts as a count just south of Gabilgathol, in the northern Blue Mountains. Arphen Karamar of Emyn Beraid. He is the Sirrandai vassal of Cirdan, and if I'm not mistaken, the only Sirrandai ruler in Middle Earth at this start date. He has a custom decision to Restore the Realm of Sirgala, which was an ancient realm in Lindon. Aran Lanthir of Nelornieth. He is another Elven ruler, this time at the very east of the map. He has an intro event (written by yours truly), a custom artifact, and a decision to reach out to other Elven realms. Chieftain Caradoc II of Moin Dulachald. He is the Hillman ruler of Moin Dulachald, in Rhudaur. He has a decision to restore Rhudaur, which involves quite a bit of colonization. He also faces threats from the Orcs of Mount Gram.

@q1w2e3621 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that custom noldor event chain today. Both branches.

@q1w2e3621 Ай бұрын

Imma try Aran

@ferbintegabriel4714 2 ай бұрын

I would like to mention another interesting flavor is to restore the Rhovanion Culture and Empire as a Rhovanion ruler. It's a challenging start because plenty of lands you require are ruined, and the others are held my easterlings and you also gotta defeat the 2 mighty Kingdoms in the north, so basically there is also desicions that make your culture more cooler and you also stand near Mordor which can also get quite challenging. In my opinion this has to be one of the hardest challanges you can do in this mod, except the Ballin one.

@caleboverman4464 2 ай бұрын

The Axe that Walks starts off with a special event that gives you some gold and prompts you to migrate to another Wilderness mountain county. On my playthrough, I ended up resettling in some mountains right between Dorwinion and Rhun and proceeded to fight a bunch of wars to keep Dorwinion from falling.

@noahblackwell5795 2 ай бұрын

Funny how they went out of their way to give custom content for a cool character only for them to have to redo it when adventurers come out. Mod makers truly live in a two steps forward one step back pendulum.

@maximdrager3639 2 ай бұрын

@@noahblackwell5795 And yet, you still can't be a Baron. you can't just be given land as a minir vassal

@Delboy_1999 2 ай бұрын

@@maximdrager3639baron gameplay wouldn’t be that interesting atm tbf, it’s the same gameplay loop as a count, just on a smaller scale. I think they’re waiting to add barony gameplay once they release playable republics and theocracies

@jorikrouwenhorst7220 2 ай бұрын

If there's one thing I wish I could do in Lotr is having religions with "Echo's of the Ainur" being able to "Reembrace the Ainur".

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

@@jorikrouwenhorst7220 that wood be sweet

@jorikrouwenhorst7220 2 ай бұрын

@@Soul_Tomato I really want to do that cause I want to play a prince in Far Harad that's a decendent from a Nuemenorian prince that was invited to be a king and revive the kingdom.

@TacticusPrime 2 ай бұрын

@@jorikrouwenhorst7220 You can just reform your religion with the vanilla mechanics, can't you?

@jorikrouwenhorst7220 2 ай бұрын

@@TacticusPrime well yes but the religions in the mod are divided into three groups. Children of illuvitar (good guys) Melkor/Sauron (evil) People of darkness (everyone else) These are ‘doctrines’ that you can’t change so for the ‘people of darkness’ you can’t get the “Primacy of X deity” doctrine that you can with ‘children of Illuvitar’.

@TacticusPrime 2 ай бұрын

@@jorikrouwenhorst7220 Huh. I could have sworn that I changed that doctrine in my religion once. Maybe I'm misremembering what change I made.

@d2ws_ 2 ай бұрын

Maglor was a super fun playthrough for me, cool af event chain and decisions

@dominus1444 2 ай бұрын

Finally some Realms content its like a desert out here.

@wildworld1643 2 ай бұрын

Also, not only does Maglor have a ton of content in the form of his quest chains, it's also incredibly written

@saytans7497 2 ай бұрын

the ending where he goes back to himring feels good

@Torag55 2 ай бұрын

@@saytans7497 I got that ending and got the Silmaril from Ulmo. I think at that point, it makes sense for Maglor to journey to Valinor since his ban has been lifted due to his redeeming actions. Ulmo himself even tells him to go to Valinor to ease and soothe his melancholic and aching heart.

@_byron_0 2 ай бұрын

@@Torag55i have a question. In my game Maglor doesn‘t have his sword. Does anyone know why?

@Torag55 Ай бұрын

@@_byron_0 He should have his sword when you start the game. You always start with equipment unequipped. Have you checked your artifacts?

@_byron_0 Ай бұрын

@@Torag55 i checked it. I tried it multiple times but its always the same. I opened the artifact menu but its completely empty. I also started with a different character and then i checked Maglors Inventory but he again has no sword. Do I need a Dlc or something like that? Maybe it is because I play the older version of Ck3 (1.12.5 i think) because with the last update the mod doesnt work anymore.

@peter3664 2 ай бұрын

I don't know if you covered them in a previous video, but the Blue Mountain Dwarves have some really cool options to recolonize and rebuild Belegost and Nogrod, both of which give them some insane units and modifiers. They make for some super fun midgame goals.

@mementomori771 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact Khamul is the only named Nazgul other than the witch king

@TacticusPrime 2 ай бұрын

Well, the mod names them, often drawing from MERP

@comradezy 2 ай бұрын

I think my favorite playthrough so far was just basic Denethor. I love all the mountain goblins and orcs but the colonizing places is a bit too slow for me.

@kohlicoide2258 Ай бұрын

8:20 He was a rebel against King Eldecar because his Mother was from Rhovanion where the Rohirrim lives before they get their land north of gondor.

@xGhost4000x 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if they could use the landless adventurer mechanic to create a "Fellowship" unique adventurer type in this mod.

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

I honestly don’t know. I think it would be incredibly difficult to make it work because you’d have to plan for so many variables

@dominus1444 2 ай бұрын

That is exactly what they are doing

@sidneysill8495 2 ай бұрын

Maglor is the best run I've done in this mod.

@ShadowKingDrakkon 2 ай бұрын

My last one and current playthrough created own character replaced the hillman with a black numenorian and colonized all the way up to and rebuilt angmar having a lot of fun with you get some cool custom decisions doing that also and can make empire of the iron crown

@Jaguaist 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the AOE2 and OSRS music btw!

@jefferyhanderson7849 2 ай бұрын

I have a dream…. That one day I will be able to play tall as a united Hobbit nation.

@cretinoussmile1295 Ай бұрын

i had like 23 khamul wars once lol. this is a great list!

@billychops1280 2 ай бұрын

You should definitely do a Maglor run

@dominus1444 2 ай бұрын

I cannot believe you said playing as the King of Bellakar would be boring. That is absolutely my favorite playthrough by a long shot.

@Jaguaist 2 ай бұрын

Can you play all of the Dwarf-fathers in this? I only found the legendary houses of house Dwalin, Uri and Durin. Not the other 4. Wonder if they can spawn. You can find the other dwarf tribes on the map, but they are not of the Dwarf-father's lineage.

@TacticusPrime 2 ай бұрын

Maybe they will be added as the map continues to explore

@samwill7259 2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of a lot of the mechanics of Anbennar in EU4, dunno if that team is working on CK3

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

They are indeed working on a CK3 version

@klemenslam1916 2 ай бұрын

Good guy Saruman?

@jefferyhanderson7849 2 ай бұрын

It’s possible.

@SirBoggins 2 ай бұрын

He can redeem himself!

@TrajGreekFire 2 ай бұрын

Argon looks like driller from Deep Rock

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

@@TrajGreekFire ROCK AND STONNNNNNNEEEEEE

@wildworld1643 2 ай бұрын

Hi Traj it's Icy. You should play this mod Traj.

@estonimacedonii Ай бұрын

Playing as Bellakar you have to worry about the Stormhost trying to sunder you. I'm not sure what you consider relaxing. :/

@sebastian4507 2 ай бұрын

The balrog is literally the most irritating creature in the universe

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

@@sebastian4507 true and real

@wiedzmin8204 2 ай бұрын

My problem with this mod, is things go down way too fast. Literally Morder conquers Gondor within 10 years

@Soul_Tomato 2 ай бұрын

That is pretty accurate to how the world works unfortunately. It’s a big issue with playing within the setting. You kind of have to deal with Mordor first before doing normal ck3 stuff

@karaltar7914 2 ай бұрын

Even with a nerfed Sauron in one of my games Gondor fell before Aragorn returned.

@niklass.8699 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, if you don't play as Gondor yourself they get rekt pretty hard. When I play elsewhere I usually switch to Sauron and disband some his Men-at-Arms to even the odds a little.

@moskaumaster1594 2 ай бұрын

@@Soul_Tomato Its why they should have started the mod further in the past