Can I survive as JERUSALEM in CK3's NEW START DATE?

[@DnDSocks]

"I just have to outlive Saladin" *finger falls off from Leprosy*

[@ЯХЗ-я5з]

Then proceeds to do just that 🗿

[@GMRuckus]

Something something Saladinfingers... something something rusty spoons...

[@Fritzadood]

Laith showing up with the medieval serf look and seriously pulling it off frfr

[@beverlyblanton6031]

Nah he got the Jesus cut

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

Nah man, he is rocking the typical 13th century German Noblemans Haircut right there (fabulous), serfs even had to cut their hair shorter in some regions.

[@EthanMueller-h2q]

He jump scared me more than anything lol

[@avakiin6614]

Isn't it more common for nobles or people who are better to off to have long hair? Hair can get in the way of manual labor so if anything Laith looks more like a nobleman lol

[@DavidAndrews-eb7gm]

Princess Leia becomes a Wookie

[@SacredDaturaa]

Love that Baldwin's such a chad that he gets the Pope to consecrate his bloodline... while actively fighting in a crusade he hijacked from the Pope.

[@CokeZorro]

I just want to say how much I appreciate how casually edited these videos are. Compared to the trend of just hypercutting zooming in on faces cuts every couple seconds to different parts of the screen cuts on when somebody tries to make a joke but it's not funny. You can't even tell what the player is doing most of the time on these modern gaming videos because they're so hypercut. This one is perfect

[@NeakMeakk]

Same with the cringe little meme edits some of these content creators use. It’s terrible. This guys and Stray King are some of the best CK3 content creators out there.

[@hbskull321]

Sometimes Zlewikk does that, but I forgive him because he has middle aged man energy

[@arishok5091]

Kinda sad he wasn't given like Intelligent or Genius. Feels like if anyone deserved it, he did. (also rip to dreams of a custom model.)

[@now-semen-up]

that disfigured mask is so ugly

[@arishok5091]

@@now-semen-up Ridiculously so, hopefully we'll eventually get a proper model for it.

[@roach_is_online]

@@arishok5091 the modders will save the day as usual

[@davidkasparov8043]

they don't want to portray him well because they know that a lot of right leaning social media likes him. it's that simple. even kingdom of heaven (which itself is arguably very against the overall christian cause) gave him his due credit. he's not even one of the highlighted bookmark characters- sybille is. They're going out of their way to downplay his existence but surely if he was a SWEDE like the devs they would have gone above and beyond to buff him beyond belief, give him custom graphics and events, etc, as well as glossing over any potential negative aspects. (see: vikings in ck, gustavus adolphus and swedes in europa universalis)

[@arishok5091]

@@roach_is_online Shouldn't take too long. I expect the guy who made the Kingdom of Heaven mod will port over his additions to the normal start date

[@duceron]

The Leper king's story is one of the most amazing stories to ever happen in real life

[@BasileosHerodou]

Eh

[@ShahriarKabir-j1s]

not really

[@Wasserkaktus]

It's alright: I hope they being back some earlier dates because with the new DLC, Abd Al Rahman I would probably be the single best character you could ever play on CK3.

[@Gizz101]

​they probably won't@@Wasserkaktus

[@lolicomunista5258]

True

[@thepriorstone4064]

Fun fact: Baldwin and Saladin actually really liked each other outside of the conflict at large, they respected each other as leaders

[@varronitis]

*watched kingdom of heaven once

[@tortepasti2]

There is no historical record suggesting any form of friendship or respect. Quiet the opposite since Salah ad-Dins personal scribe describe Baldwin as quote: twisted and disgusting. Ibn al-Athir writes Baldwins position as king is one without substance and he describes him as a puppet of Raimund III. of Tripoli. I fail to see the respect you mention.

[@KOCChristian]

Saladin highly respected Baldwin, while Baldwin had pity for the old man who only won by having big number army and no skills

[@Elias_Ehler]

Future campaign idea: Play as the Bene Gesserit. Start as an unlanded woman of the custom dynasty "Bene Gesserit". Always play as the head of your dynasty and try to ensure that the head of your dynasty is female. Your objectives are the following: 1. Found a Witch Coven 2. Create the "Missionaria Protectiva", a custom religion in acceptance of witchcraft and closely related marriages. 3. Convert all the rulers of rank king or higher to your religion. 4. Manipulate the congenital traits of the rulers with the objective that the heir of a king or emperor is their son with the traits "Pure-blooded", "Lunatic" and "Genious". This heir should not be part of your dynasty. He is the Kwisatz Haderach.

[@andrew3203]

Kwisatz Haderach was always a Bene Gesserit, if a male. He had to be born from one. All three of them in Dune were descendants and genetic projects of Bene Gesserit.

[@Elias_Ehler]

@@andrew3203 I know. But neither the Atreides nor the Harkonnens were a family of Bene Gesserit. The "not of your dynasty" limitation is supposed to imitate how the Bene Gesserit tried to produce a Kwisatz Haderach in the Atreides and the Harkonnen dynasty. The Kwisatz Haderach should of course cout many Bene Gesserit in his ancestry. I just don't want him to BE a member of their dynasty.

[@imaxinsertnounherex]

I was going to do a landless run where I get as many of my children on thrones as I can while never holding one myself. That sounds like a decent way to go about it.

[@DumbAraya]

This is a great idea, would love to see it come true

[@chaoxknight7228]

Outremer vs Mongols would be pretty lit

[@robertandersson3417]

Yeah, that was a missed opportunity.

[@iratepirate3896]

"Even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that." - Baldwin IV, Kingdom of Heaven

[@a.a677]

Kingdom of Heaven (the director's cut) is one of my favourite movies, everyone should watch it at least once

[@otherwize12]

I have watched it at least once.

[@Mar99025]

Where do I watch it?

[@arthurg.calixto3338]

@@Mar99025 Same question here

[@yellomonky4272]

Not the most historically accurate, but the point is brining interest into that specific time period, which it does a good job in. The Director’s cut is not watchable on any streaming site, but the original movie is on Disney Plus. I bet there’s a couple of 🏴‍☠️sites that have the directors cut, just watch out for any viruses.

[@johnherosalvador2708]

@@Mar99025it is here in youtube try it

[@henryglennon3864]

"There are many rooms in my Father's house, apart from the kitchen, none of them are on fire." -Jesus Christ, I mean; Laith.

[@XMysticHerox]

This video is a nice showcase of why I always use the fewer diseases rule. The spam is just ridiculous.

[@_.l4n3]

meanwhile ck2 you're gonna be closing the gates every 40 years

[@razier5299]

Laith not recruiting anyone in court to spread his legend abroad kills me.

[@iusedtobearaccoononceupona3514]

laith wanting prestige and not creating and handing out ANY duchy titles while always complaining about counts dying and having to hand out the titles again is peak "I barely know how to play this game"

[@sparty1928]

Troops dying from starvation in war, too. That's the way you beat the AI, shoudn't happen to an experienced player.

[@oldylad]

@@sparty1928an experienced player wouldn’t even need to worry about starvation unless you’re fighting ridiculous odds, and laith was not

[@sparty1928]

@@oldylad That's exactly what I was alluding to. Only the AI does that, which is the way to often beat them against great odds. Play defensively, wait for them to starve, fight as defender in an adventageous postion... or beat them after disembarking, the penalty is mad.

[@yeremialuwskia1470]

It feels like they need to give every monarch their own Kingdom armored uniform instead their h ouse uniform

[@AESunsField]

This is more of a historical thing where each feudal house has their own armies and the king's armies are mainly composed of their levies and vassals. It's kind of like how army regiments function today with differences in uniform based on their identity, but in the medieval era, each soldier, man at arms and knight has the coat of arms of their direct liege.

[@yeremialuwskia1470]

@@AESunsField The problem is they make this to all Monarch. Byzantine & Kingdom of Jerusalem alike. Which is kinda funny.

[@darkphoenix2745]

The thing is medieval soldiers didn't really had "uniforms", they bought their own equipment. Uniforms were created during the modern era.

[@tommaso7649]

Off topic but i recently discovered that the Aleramici family has originated from the region of italy i live in and pretty much reigned on a vast part of the East. One of their most prominent members was Corrado del Monferrato, a key figure in the Third Crusade , known for his defense of the city of Tyre against Saladin. You can still find their traces here in castles as well as templar ruins.

[@zangtar31]

I believe Raimon of Lebanon (of Toulouse) is Tiberias in Kingdom of Heaven, they changed his name in the movie to not confuse people with Renaud de Chatillon.

[@superdupergrover9857]

Let's have Baldwin's heir recreate the feats of Alexander the Great!! Conquer all the lands from the eastern Mediterrenian through India!!

[@imhollywood101]

Baldwin sitting on the throne thinking "In a thousand years ill be trending on TikTok" 😂😂

[@TheRealVenusian]

Also you should do a part 2 of this, I’d love to see Outremer vs. the Mongols!

[@secularpastor]

To be honest, i would go with learning to get that health bonus early on so you can create a dynasty of badasses.

[@epicmike43]

why didn't they add his cool mask 😭

[@pdwissam]

cuz we don’t actually have any proof he wore a mask to begin with, let alone a different one from the standard disfigured mask🤷 it would be cool though to have another option for it but yea that’s just sort of something the movie made up ig

[@BLANK-kq8wv]

Because it was made up for the movie?

[@epicmike43]

@@BLANK-kq8wv but it still looks cool af plus it would be a nice reference

[@tankpea2]

​@@BLANK-kq8wvif they were gonna add the mask , they should have done so properly

[@XMysticHerox]

@@pdwissam Yeah that makes no sense because the masks in general are completely ahistorical (and I assume based on his portrayal in the movie) so not adding his mask is just PDX being lazy again.

[@jesperihalainen3132]

Why does Laith look like Jesus 😭😭🙏🙏

[@Heranara]

Jerusalem was in need and Jesus decided to take the wheel.

[@henryglennon3864]

Think about it: have you ever seen Laith and Jesus in the same room at the same time?

[@Vikman3505]

It's no longer Jezus Christ but Laith Christ

[@flameguy3416]

Bro is going to face a massive betrayal soon 😬

[@Exocrotic-yn2ck]

I don't think laith is even christian he probably is an non-religion or Muslim because name laith is overwhelmingly and predominantly muslim

[@Gabe-cv4yr]

i hate the "too far away" to interact mechanic, just make messages between kingdoms take time like in real life, interaction possible for all as long as its on the map.

[@JimmyLeeJr]

I'm reminded of how active priests would do several circuits of the continents just to debate people. Not even sending messages. Athanasius and Arius are two I remember. Egypt one month, Constantinople the next. Spain for the winter. Summer in Rome. On foot. I believe the ancients did so much wandering around that they didn't bother recording it for the most part.

[@marveludus]

"this is you, unfortunately" bro?? I knew CK3 liked throwing shade but I never noticed it saying that before lol

[@Ethan-0000]

"This is you unfortunately". Always when you are so horribly scared and have to wear a mask

[@marveludus]

@@Ethan-0000 good to know! was my first time seeing it

[@kixone288]

that succesion war is gonna be insane

[@foxdavion6865]

What's cool about this start date is that it is weirdly between CK3 and EU4 in terms of scale. We're now in a time period were we have 10K+ armies. No longer seeing armies of just 500 to 2000 troops, but actual full scale armies like in EU4.

[@jira6423]

In Ck2 you could start at 1337 so way later than this

[@hickspaced2963]

Expecting the crusader states surviving longer is like expecting the mustache man to hold germany afloat for another year.

[@jamimusmaximus5205]

The supply system is a mystery to higher minds

[@lycaon6467]

Laith chose to play as the catholic king of Jerusalem, and then, decided to try a Jesus cosplay How are your carpenting skills m8 ?

[@pl-AEtheRR]

Jesus, if real, was a brown-skinned Jew with curly hair more likely than not.

[@granddukethedan7029]

​@@pl-AEtheRR, no.

[@pl-AEtheRR]

@@granddukethedan7029 Lmao yes.

[@granddukethedan7029]

@@pl-AEtheRR, He looked like He has always been portrayed.

[@pl-AEtheRR]

@@granddukethedan7029 Like he has always been portrayed? Cause you know, in the earliest consistent western portrayals of Jesus he looked like a short-curly-haired Roman youngster in a toga. In Muslim art, he has consistently looked like an Arab for over a thousand years, which is honestly closer to the truth than whatever these Renaissance crackheads would want you to believe. In any case, he definitely wasn't white and blonde, with a perfect symmetrical face. If you go back to what the Bible prophesied the Messiah would look like, Jesus would be ugly and hunchbacked. In all likelihood, he just looked like your typical Jew of the period - brown or olive-skinned, with a hooked nose, brown eyes and dark, curly or coily hair.

[@TheLegend1008]

Can you make a series where you’re just explaining the history of start dates? I love when you ramble on

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

Yoooo you should fight off the Mongols and convert Outremer to administrative! I haven't see anyone do admin outside of Byzantium

[@Stayoutofmahshed]

This 100%

[@Ankannz]

Planning a adventurer campaign myself with Ubba Lothbrok, making a name for the brother that usually dies without heir and lands. I recommend you try it too Laith!

[@Stayoutofmahshed]

Ayy I'm doing the same thing, but i'm going to conquer Frisia and from there try to get the North Sea Empire

[@raulbarros8077]

While playing my custom character in the same era, I learned about a water that could “heal everything” and I started doing anything I could to pass it to baldwin, I ultimately managed to give to him, but the leper is not gone

[@bonnieamof7033]

This was way more fun then I thought it would be.

[@Makarosc]

Honestly imagine forming the Outremer Empire gets formed only to immediately be destroyed by the Mongols

[@SmoggyFroggy]

I think you have confused Raymond of Toulouse for Raynald of Châtillon.

[@jakeschwartz2514]

The classic blunder

[@raiznsisig]

5:10 There it is... Been expecting that...

[@Gamingxeditz_]

Ayo..

[@imaxinsertnounherex]

Sad you didn't End with fighting the Khan. As far as ideas for runs I am going to do: Landless Freebooter Being St. Paul Reborn in Byzantium (Paulician religion run) Landless Gnostic in the north converts the Steppe, reclaims holy sites Rum/Darius Revenge run starting as landless in Mesopotamian border lands Greater Armenia Run West African Pagan Great Conqueror

[@pwningmonkey12]

5:34 should have taken the 2 castles in Jerusalem from his barons. He ounly had 2 of 5 domain. Even with the 2 additional castles hed be at 4/5 and since Its easier to take from vassals then from neighbors he should have revoked from a count vassle.

[@qhu3878]

revoking the barons yes but not the count, not having max domain is fine if the other option is tempting a tyranny war you might lose

[@AAGREEDYFISH]

Balian of Ibelin be like "...wow"

[@donatedpizza]

How does King Baldwin outlive Saladin 😭

[@jasonaarninkhof871]

By chance

[@theImpaler710]

Gods Will

[@erikkarlsson861]

Its obvious that the teenage leper chad will win when he has discount Jesus guiding his every action! *blasting Kingdom of Heaven OST*

[@Shadow-jw1kt]

Outremer vs the mongols. Pretty awesome. Do it!

[@RealEuanGilmour]

Great video, Laith!

[@andreascovano7742]

Laith, the King who invaded Egypt was Amalric, not Baldwin

[@DaneTheInsane675]

Had this impressive game where no further than October of 1179, a plague of Consumption dropped by and claimed almost the entire Byzantine court no more than a few months after i had gotten an alliance with them. The Plague extended all the way to Egypt and while Saladin was fine, all of his children had it. Also Raimon died so i lost his lands.

[@DaneTheInsane675]

And the dude who took over after Raimon also died, and now King Louis VII has it directly

[@PartyNearTheDoorKBR]

Whenever i play in 1187 he usually lives well into his 50s. He only died before 30 once out of like 5 play throughs

[@nehemiahjacinto8439]

Laith should play as Sybilla and the challenge is to Marry Balian of Ibelin (or Nablus for some reason) and have a kid that will make Outremer.

[@sweden4thewin]

Really enjoyed this video 👍

[@yernat.ali1453]

laith slowly turning to El cid

[@imogencrusader6306]

The dedication to playing Baldwin as his historical self only to switch to a murder plot against Saladin made me laugh way too hard xD

[@AkodoGarou]

I hope Laith explains his pure disgust for Richard the Lionheart? I'm all for someone well versed in history explain their biases, always enlightening!

[@Exocrotic-yn2ck]

Maybe because laith is Muslim his name is Islamic or atleast muslims mostly use it so he hates him for the crusade and the massacre he did, but laith keeps being neutral to all christians and muslims.

[@The_Yukki]

I mean in general history ppl dont really like him cause he was a shit king, his crusader larp lead kingdom of england in poor state, which directly caused Magna Carta when his successor wanted fix the coffers with higher taxes.

[@me-dc8pj]

I'm sure he explained once but I honestly can't remember when

[@AkodoGarou]

@@Exocrotic-yn2ck I strictly only follow Laith on KZbin and no where else, and in all the videos, he's never mentioned his ethnicity. Just flexing that historical brain. ANd Laith as a Arabic, didn't guess, as I've only seen it either attached to Hebrew or Scotland/Scandanavia region of the world. So I learned something new today. As far as RIchard, I'm aware of his track record for his crusade as well as almost bankrupting the kingdom. But again, some don't list those while others do, so that's why I'm curious on what's Laith leaning and what not.

[@AkodoGarou]

@@The_Yukki Agreed, as some see him in that light, other see him as a Firebrand, a Warrior-King defending the Christian faith, and just a warrior in general. I always find it funny when historians have biases, and seeing the why. Always intriguing.

[@Red_Planet]

Man I wish I understood anything about this game. I've tried so many times to learn it but lose the desire to play when the country inevitably explodes after one (1) ruler dies.

[@Benrman]

Play Ireland in the 1066 date, it’s pretty chill and you can get a hang of the mechanics. Ireland is called “tutorial island”

[@roxsauce7862]

19 seconds is the earliest I've been to a video. Wow!

[@MrWepx-hy6sn]

I now know what my first playthrough will be

[@DeaairisWorley]

The rattleing the keyboard making 😂 great content

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@bryanmcclure2220]

Do another episode I want to see it how this story continues. What happens when the Mongols eventually invade your lack of create a succession crisis?

[@swanyson]

I swear every time I watch a Laith video its a new person in the face cam

[@bilbo396]

Yeah I stopped watching eu4 ck3 and hoi4 videos for a 4 months, I come back and there it is. Jesus playing as Jerusalem. I think I'm hooked again.

[@yaroslavrudyuk5872]

Holy f**k, Laith really going for the full-blown renaissance look with the hair and beard :DD looking good tho, fair maidens surely be smitten right and left

[@seductivehat9914]

It's kinda crazy how low his stats are in the game. Nvm you said it a minute later.

[@AMpersand_videos]

Silence ✋🏻 Laith has posted

[@duphasdan]

The Deus Vult vibes in this are grand and fun to watch.

[@strikergamer2979]

I would absolutely LOVE it if you played as Richard!

[@Catalina-Winemixer]

It’s crazy to see someone actually knows what they’re doing. 😭

[@BileyyggR]

This... Soothes my heart.

[@anselboyd2896]

whats the benefit of laith landing his knights?

[@MunchKING]

I didn't know the Leper King of Jerusalem was Norse!!

[@tposingjesus5491]

Fun fact: Baldwin IV was the cousin of English King Henry II

[@craftingcameron8636]

This is how history should have gone. No terrorism

[@hagymascsiposgyros5780]

omg the beard goes so hard

[@RubberToeYT]

Looking forward to this start date so much

[@vtethys6116]

As the African emperor of Ghana I was called to defend the kingdom on Tunisia against a crusade, as my large army reached the northern shores I could see 150k crusaders press across the entire northern coast of africa despite the crusader strength only being 90k

[@MasterChief968]

dam

[@Karlsefnii]

I feel like Baldwin should've been given congenitals, namely Handsome (or comely) and Intelligent. He was recorded to have been good looking before suffering his deformities, and was stated to have a really good memory along with learning really fast. I'd say his personality traits are spot on though.

[@elcris716]

UN VÍDEO MA MI GENTE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@Crackparty803]

Haven't checked in with Laith for a while and he's aged 10 years

[@revoktorment440]

Edward Norton's character in Kingdom of heaven!

[@losisansgaming2628]

3:09 someone mind explaining italy? Idk much about that region in this time period

[@thetgomes6322]

Laith is looking like a historically correct Jesus Christ

[@GoosetavoIsBuff]

Pilgrim beard laith is crazy

[@Nothing5868]

Laith looking like Jesus with this one

[@pzsilospasz2668]

Laith you should try and Mend the Great Schism in the next episode.

[@jason8077]

whenever find myself dancing on a someone else's grave in this game, I feel something is very off

[@Yuuzer_]

Baldwin was so OP in real life he had to get nerfed with leprosy

[@EshBBX]

So wait is 1178 the actual startdate or can you now custom choose like in CK2? Because 1178 as the actual start date is kinda 100% made with Baldwin/Kingdom of Heaven in mind if so lol.

[@isaacrubin9291]

Soooo cool they added this

[@ToriTrak]

if you have leper and the plague, do the buboes just fall off?

[@HowDareYouSpeakToMe]

25:38 "Inspiration Strikes!" "DESCRIPTION" thanks ck3 :)

[@CarnaghSidhe]

It's been a couple of minutes since I last drove by... and... look at you, you suave bastard... it works. You look like you're about to tilt at windmills :)

[@quadcannon]

Still waiting for Laith to show up in a white robe and red sash to then declare himself the Second Coming.

[@uberepiczach]

What are we, some kinda Kingdom of Heaven?

[@DavidJuszczuk]

You should do a challenge video as Eleanor of Aquitaine

[@Realdrlipschitz]

Kingdom of Heaven 2: The Jerusequal

[@fancythechef]

not sure if you have done this before in ck3 but you should try and form the ottoman empire to its fullest.

[@robertandersson3417]

It is actually more difficult to start as the daughter, since you can't control the king. Makes for a bigger challenge. But nonetheless, very impressive to form the Outremer Empire in one lifetime.

[@jalenbirkett9568]

Lol this is funny, I just watched the movie kingdom of heaven last night, timing couldn’t of been better

[@a.a677]

If you haven't watched the director's cut then I highly recommend that

[@jalenbirkett9568]

@@a.a677 yeah I did great movie, I enjoy 3 hour long movies

[@renegradermax]

Wtf I feel like I haven’t seen a video in awhile when tf did Laith get the flow going?