This is Anbennar - EU4's Beloved Fantasy Mod Comes to CK3

[@squidopedia_]

“The Empire of Castanor will split into the kingdoms of Cast and Anor” 🔥🔥🔥✍️

[@Soul_Tomato]

🔥✍️

[@guccifer764]

Czechoslovakia shall become the Czech Republic and Slovakia 🔥🔥✍️

[@naruhina1997]

@@guccifer764 the Czech Republic is also called Czechia, so "Czechoslovakia shall become Czechia and Slovakia". Sounds better imo haha

[@GarkKahn]

What about cast and the anor republic?

[@rhycelcius8562]

Fun fact! These names were actually decided on by 19th century scholars who didn’t know how to name the two Castanoruan kingdoms

[@kondziro]

Castan II Beastbane went through gnollish portal to hell and closed it from within. Hes a heckin doomguy of Anbennar.

[@Soul_Tomato]

👀 is that true?

[@kondziro]

@@Soul_Tomato To be honest officialy at his last battle at Pits of Grillax He and his and his army just didnt returnand nobody knows what happened, but the lore among community for this gone so hard that devs didnt deny that he and his army went into hell to kick some demon ass.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s amazing haha

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

I hope the devs decided to leave a descendant of his alive to play as if not i can just make a custom character and roleplay as one

[@holikwakkemoli]

@@kondzirofyi the lore for what happened to him is out now. Forgot the name but it’s in the mission tree for the harpy paladin nation in Sarhal.

[@McHobotheBobo]

I bet sea-elves will be real interesting once Roads to Power releases

[@Soul_Tomato]

I agree that could be very cool

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

I misread this as "sea-levels" and for a milisecond i thought that Roads to Power will contain changing coastlines for some god-forsaken reason.

[@McHobotheBobo]

@@valentinmitterbauer4196 The human brain is a mysterious and fickle thing at times

[@bjornkonrad8007]

Ok, the elf effectively called Moon Moon the Moonelf, caught me off guard

[@Soul_Tomato]

Honestly no worse than King Theoden (effectively King King) of Rohan but it is funny

[@arbikiuszelemelek3347]

I mean it really highlights what he is about

[@johncarterofmars47]

An in depth lore video? About my favourite EU4 mod? About to become my favourite CK3 mod? It must be my birthday! Castellos bless you Soul Tomato!

[@Soul_Tomato]

You’re very welcome. May Munas guide you

[@azpont7275]

Castellos is dead. If the CK mod recieves similiar love and development as the EU one did/does, you might be right about that part tho!

[@asianlays2207]

cant wait to consume Jaher the moment I get my hands on this mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’m… what? 👀

[@olivermorin3303]

@@Soul_Tomato I don't know why you're surprised, it's not your first time dealing with the CK3 community.

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@olivermorin3303 they never cease to lower my lowered bar. It's astounding really.

[@asianlays2207]

@@Soul_Tomato😅

[@Zodroc]

Cant wait to consummate Jaher as the moment I get my hands on this mod.

[@MisterBlitzkrieg]

The major difference in anbennar is that gnomes have fallout power armor.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That… is a tremendous difference

[@Sternsson]

And fallout-style hand cranked laser muskets. But instead of a laser capacitor, it's a trapped lighting elemental. Early prototypes were prone to just exploding if the user didn't know what they were doing. It's very neat lol

[@markobucevic8991]

Dont forget the kobolds get cybernetic surgeries to become half machine and half dragon

[@quinnginbey3254]

Can't wait for the White Pestilence! Exciting stuff 👀

[@Soul_Tomato]

Oh man it’s gonna be epic

[@ziggydoesstardust7144]

I really can't wait for roads to power. So many mods are gonna really come together when that gets here. This , agot and Lotr are gonna have me in a chokehold

[@Soul_Tomato]

I just hope it lives up to our collective hype

[@AshleyGravesreal]

This mod feels different from any alternative fantasy world, the map seems way better made then those classic boring maps, the humans had a key role and remind our times and they had to interact with magical creatures it's a lovely mix I love this

[@carlin3297]

It's funny how many parts of the story of the proto-castanites seems to be based on the book of Exodus.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Very much so

[@gabrielclark1425]

Just needs a Khet parting the sea so it doesn’t get wet while looking for shinies.

[@thequimsnaim]

Ayeee great to see you cover Anbennar history! Loved learning about this on my own but thats definitely a journey you have to dig into the depths of the wiki and discord for lol. Hopefully this videos serves as a good reference point for the lore. I know it helped sharpen my memory of it.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah there’s definitely more branching paths that can be explored from these points (events have a little more detail on occasion) but I felt this was a solid overview of most of it

[@Bel9601]

Eyo? In depth lore video?! ON MY FRIDAY?! LETS GOO

[@Soul_Tomato]

ENJOY MY FRIEND

[@3ipolarBear]

Man i knew in my heart it would not come, but i was so hopeful you would start narrating the events of the Greentide and the ascension of Corin, some of the coolest chapters of Escanni history imo

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’m sorry my friend. A bit further down the timeline than the scope of this one.

[@jaxjax5489]

WOW, what a cool video, thank you so much for putting this together. I'd not read the wiki and this has given me a lot of background.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Glad you liked it!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

It's time for Goblinating the World. There will be Goblin Hybrids everywhere.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Leave society be a gobbo

[@Illier1]

Going full Goblin mode. Run

[@whitehorizon2225]

I wonder how Jaher's conquests will work in this mod concerning he went FURTHER than Alexander and actually conquered "China" in Anbennar, which is completely off the in-game map.

[@Soul_Tomato]

A good question actually

[@bmobmo6438]

They plan on expanding the map over time just like they have been for the EU4 mod, the initial release will be Cannor, Bulwar and North Salahad but Rahen and Haless will be coming later.

[@TheVakama112]

@@bmobmo6438playing in Rahen is going to be so frigging cool. So excited for tiger India

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

Rumours say he died when he reached the far ends of the world

[@jzargofarag]

Super excited for this mod to arrive in ck3 , this and godherja have the best original lore i saw in a mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

Agreed

[@jetjavelin7593]

Ah yes, my favorite fantasy race, Human.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Be crazy if they were real

[@SereglothIV]

I couldn't find a video such as this one when I started playing Anbennar in EU4. It's nice to finally see the history summarized in one place.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Glad you liked it :)

[@nekrial]

EYOOOO. Anbennar! Favorite mod setting. Lol This is epic and I cannot wait.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s a great setting!

[@aruik8332]

Tbh I wasn't expecting this video but I'm glad it appeared. I recently started reading about some deeper lore of Anbennar and wondered if you'd make some videos about it someday, I'd specifically love to see Bulwari lore video since it's hella interesting!

[@Soul_Tomato]

There’s so much lore tbh

[@Capt.Steele]

At this point I don't even play base EU4, Anbennar is genuinely better, and you don't need to pay 20 bucks for a few half-assed mission trees. The quality of the EU4 mod should make Paradox embarrassed, and I can't wait to see where the team goes in CK3!

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

yes it's been hard to go back to vanilla eu4. the mission trees just are nowhere near as well used as those in anbennar. I'd really love to see them do some branched options where you can only do 1 or the other. either go left down the tall path with your free city or right down the expansion path and whichever one you don't pick is cut off. way more replayability.

[@eskipotato]

Never played EU4 but now this mod is definitely on my radar. What awesome background and worldbuilding

[@Soul_Tomato]

Same and same

[@Michaelonyoutub]

Usually it would be hard to get into a world/universe you have no knowledge of or interest in, that why conversion mods for stories like elder scrolls, game of thrones, lord of the rings, warcraft are so much easier to make and be successful, but all of those mods are limited by having to stick to a "canon", preventing them from adding more outlandish things and going too far off script. For Anbennar though, since it is mostly generic dnd stuff, it isn't too hard to get into, yet still leaves the developers and writers the freedom to do whatever cool awesome shit with their story and world, and balance it in cool and interesting ways. The EU4 mod is absolutely insane with what it has done, and their approach to decentralized community driven modding and developing has led to a lot of flavour everywhere you look. Will be great to see how the CK3 mod develops.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah I look forward to seeing how they deviate from here

[@Vexsildan]

The Sorcerer King shall rise again and this time no one in Anbennar will be safe from my dark conquest!

[@Soul_Tomato]

👀

[@murfmur]

I saw Rimmy's video on the EU4 mod and it already took my interest then so i'll be looking forward to it coming to ck3!

[@RKGrizz]

I have always been interested in playing Anbennar but I am a CK player and completely suck at EU4. I had no idea they were making a CK3 version, I am hyped.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Kinda my thing too. I tried to get into EU4 but I’m not actually a strategy game player - not really anyway. I prefer RPGs for the most part. So this has me excited to at least be able to experience the world.

[@олегснюсоед]

The human lore is nice, but it all fades in front of hundred's of years long fights and sieges of dwarven holds and thusand's years history of beer lovers

[@Soul_Tomato]

It is a shame the real meet of the dwarf lore doesn’t really happen in this region

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

Sound great cant wait to try restore castanor hopefully as a descendant of castan ii if the devs decided to leave any. Great video and nice explanation of the lore

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thanks! And that would be cool. Personally I’d like a redemption arc for ebonfrost

[@griffinhunter3206]

poggers Anbennar! Kobolds my beloved

[@Soul_Tomato]

Kobolds rise! (Not really tho)

[@kesorangutan6170]

Yeah the "Deep Devils" are just "Sea People" and the onslaught is just bronze age collapse. You guessed it right, only Egypt/Khetarata survived this event. I love how different yet similar Halann is to our own world.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah it’s a fun nod. I hope the bronze age mod adds a sort of end game event with the sea people

[@LSK947]

Damn, this mod looks awesome

[@Soul_Tomato]

It really does. Can’t wait until it’s fully released.

[@SimonDoherty-o6l]

Mods are really creating the best settings lately

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s true

[@447GHT]

i was kind of hoping for a video talking about the starting situation of the CK3 Anbennar mod, it’s hard to get excited about the lore of something going in blind.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That is more or less what this is. There’s not a TON of minutiae to a lot of the lore.

[@447GHT]

@@Soul_Tomato ok well i appreciate your hard work on this video

[@ElfDestiny]

Elves are Love, Elves are Life

[@TheRealKiRBEY]

Alright knife ear

[@IvanHavid]

At last, elven appreciation

[@mattyman1241]

this grudge is going into the book!

[@IvanHavid]

Oh wait, it's the elf destiny mod!

[@Bala-ball]

Elves are Shreks, confirmed

[@houselemuellan8756]

7:19 this guy is just fantasy moses lmfao

[@Soul_Tomato]

Let my people go and so on

[@sulmage9926]

Thank you for the deep lore

[@Soul_Tomato]

You’re very welcome

[@J_A_W_]

Wait, I just got the Deep Devils. It's a Bronze Age collapse reference, attack of the Sea People. :D

[@Soul_Tomato]

You got it :)

[@sethleoric2598]

Dragon Moses chads rise.

[@janoschkitze6461]

Cant wait to play serpentspime dwarfs one day i neeed to

[@ivan-to2zy]

Age of Mythology music? Heck yeh!

[@Soul_Tomato]

You know it

[@visegradmapping6279]

Currently taking a break but I should soon start once again working on the mod. Anyways really cool video

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thanks!

[@Eltener123]

Really looking forward to more Anbennar content

[@Soul_Tomato]

Same. Will be a bit but I’ll be sure to cover more of it

[@mementomori771]

Ive been wanting a DnD mod for CK3 forever looks like that will gill the void in my heart until we get a proper forgotten realms mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’ll definitely satisfy that

[@mitchellfarmer5666]

This. Was. Fantastic. So well done.

[@Soul_Tomato]

thanks!

[@kobinho1917]

So excited to play this can’t be bothered to learn eu4 just yet lol

[@deltafox409]

Ayo has it dropped on my bday? Might just spend some time with the mod. Edit: Probably should’ve waited to watch further.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Sorry about that friend. Tried to put the disclaimer early enough to quell any sudden excitement

[@deltafox409]

@@Soul_Tomato nah man, my fault. Keep up the good videos!

[@pimmpslap]

I've been following this mod for a very long time and I presume I will be following for an even longer time before it's playable.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It's definitely getting there

[@angry_strawberry2733]

awesome! thank you for making this video. do you have a similar one for the eu4 setting, I'd love to see it. Follow up question, are you planning to do a similar video when victoria 3 anbennar mod comes out?

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’ve not played EU4 so I have no but I have played Vicky 3 so maybe!

[@angry_strawberry2733]

@@Soul_Tomato lets goooo

[@irfanwafiy816]

lessgo

[@Soul_Tomato]

We goin!

[@shashumgadimbo6857]

Cant wait to spread the light of Jadd a few years early

[@Soul_Tomato]

Spread it!

[@bmobmo6438]

Jaddar won't even be born for another 200 years so sadly no Chadd Empire in ck3.

[@shashumgadimbo6857]

@@bmobmo6438 Nothing custom culture and custom religion can't fix What is the light of Jadd but the truth of the sun cult

[@Dryrubbersock]

It's always cool to learn about the story of a cool fantasy world

[@Soul_Tomato]

My whole reason for being a KZbinr at this point haha

[@zackvansiclen3502]

Never played the original this world is super cool! I know it would be a departure from your usual content but are you thinking of doing a follow up vid for the eu4 mod? Would love to hear the lore of the world entering the early modern era

[@Soul_Tomato]

I have 0 experience with EU4 and doubt I would ever do a run in it tbh but glad you liked it

[@Lightspeedloser_]

This needs a bannerlord port too

[@dr.vikyll7466]

I've been looking for this video for ages

[@Soul_Tomato]

And like Rohan, it has come at last

[@SirLewgor]

Just going to pop this in here and leave; "Anbennar Mega Campaign"

[@Soul_Tomato]

Just gonna pop this here; What?

[@SirLewgor]

@@Soul_Tomato Eh, having a CK3 version of Anbennar, the EU4 version and a VIC3 version opens the possibility of a good old Mega Campaign, where you start in CK3, play until the end date, then export the world data into the next chronological game. As far as I know, it's never been done with a Mod before, although they're not as popular as they used to be, not even sure if you can import CK3 data into EU4 thinking about it. I know you can with CK2. Meh.

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@SirLewgor Ohhhh I'm following now

[@starhalv2427]

So I can play as dwarf fortresses now? Rock and Stone!

[@Soul_Tomato]

ROCK AND STONE BROTHER

[@raiznsisig]

Looks good. Nice.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Nice comment. Nice.

[@rexnas8150]

5:42 that's the most fantasy named shit I've heard in a bit

[@Soul_Tomato]

It does suffer a bit from fantasy name syndrome at times

[@rexnas8150]

@@Soul_Tomato Ay man, that's fine by me😂 good lore is good lore

[@geokou7645]

We have EU4 in CK3, now we need VIC3 and HOI4. My vote for HOI goes to equestria at war, the my little pony mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

👀🤔✍️ I’m about to start a patreon and run with this idea

[@eamonnkelly8945]

Is there a book of this, this is some really elaborate worldbuilding

[@Soul_Tomato]

There is not. It’s mostly based on DnD, Dragon Age, and The Witcher (the latter having several books).

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

Bruh, you forgot why Jaher went to Bulwar- a literal phoenix came by and told him to.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I don’t recall reading that anywhere but sounds dope

[@isopropyl1314]

i'm so excited for this mod

[@VelascoAnastasi]

Good lore video

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thank you very much :)

[@michalzakrzewski3785]

Woohoooo

[@Soul_Tomato]

Indeed!

[@elmarm.5224]

Ohhhh woooow😍😍😍😍

[@Soul_Tomato]

I know right

[@TheRealKiRBEY]

Yipee

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hurrah!

[@floflo1645]

Aren't you the med 2 modder for the updated wh mod ? If true, funny how I find you modding another game I follow. Also great narrative skills and voice !! 👍

[@Soul_Tomato]

I am not! But thanks!

[@floflo1645]

you probably just share the same pfp I suppose, my bad

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@floflo1645 that would be unlikely - I had this one commissioned specifically for me. What’s their name?

[@floflo1645]

@@Soul_Tomato it was tomato something lol. Maybe I just saw you on this discord group for a med 2 total war mod and for some reason I remember you as the modder because my memory of people kinda sucks. If you have never interacted with anything that has to do with total war then I am just turning crazy, I don't know what to else to say

[@lamename2010]

Considering they are supposed to be gods, i was not expecting a deification of mortals, like what likely happened in OTL, what with all the magic present in Anbennar. Dunno how to feel about that. It just doesn't feel right. Maybe if they somehow became powerful like gods, not just a step away from the average ancestor worship.

[@datrandom134]

Lore YUM!!!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Finally, some good fucking food.

[@excessiveone9952]

Need Harpy wife

[@Soul_Tomato]

Love me Avian Waifu

[@penzorphallos3199]

You, you. Give me, warm. Give me, soft. Snuggly the Crow

[@kaszlnikk7772]

jaher be like:

[@DenizenOfHabsburgia-tq8wx]

THERE IS NO GOD BUT SURAEL AND JADDAR IS HIS PROPHET

[@Eldagusto]

Very interesting

[@vitaminc2161]

i recognize some of the background song! it comes from Neverwinter Nights right?

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s in the description but I believe you’re right

[@kucimaka8092]

Somebody wake me up when the harpies or dwarfs will be playable....

[@Soul_Tomato]

Dwarves are playable now

[@kucimaka8092]

​@@Soul_Tomato c :

[@dcomic1504]

Oh fuck this is gonna be so good

[@Soul_Tomato]

Agreed

[@terrencehawk8201]

The only lore one needs to know is that Surael is the one true god and Jaddar is his Prophet

[@Soul_Tomato]

True

[@jkdragonjk6895]

damn, kinda really want to use this place as a setting for a DnD campaign now.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Someone on my discord is literally making a map to use it it as one!

[@jkdragonjk6895]

@@Soul_Tomato Honestly the lore and world are so fleshed out, it compares to Critical Role and Exandria with how fleshed out everything is, its crazy. Would love to see that map once its made!

[@konnosx1213]

Is it weird that I hope the mod allows you to play as a Gnoll and become Xhazobin? I don't support slavery... I am just a furry degenerate

[@Soul_Tomato]

We don’t kink shame here

[@teeth716]

Finally now I can play it AND FUCKING UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING

[@pyxelknyght7149]

This video inspired me to redownload EU4, subscribe to their service to get all the DLC, download Anbennar, launch it, and remember I have never figured out how to play EU4

[@Soul_Tomato]

As one does

[@Hyperion2705]

I think that not including Haless will make the Phoenix Empire expansion very weird

[@toxsyxx]

I'd love to do a grand campaign with this mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

Practically there now once Vicky 3 gets thrown in the mix

[@totallynotmiku]

Nice use of Age of Mythology Music.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ty. Gotta remember my roots

[@clarkwoods4035]

You can tell it is eu4 because all the flags are the 1:1 eu4 shape

[@Soul_Tomato]

You know I never thought of that 🤔

[@TomCouger]

Do NOT sleep with a Harpy.

[@Soul_Tomato]

>:(

[@thatguy7217]

There is a lot of content in the Ynn valley, will that also be coverd, maybe in a later update?

[@Soul_Tomato]

You’d have to ask the devs!

[@djdorkyduck1242]

Is there a play through on this early version? If so I'm gunna binge it and might just subscribe to keep up with the mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

not on this channel unfortunately

[@kralkralovsky8416]

i wonder how the magic system will be done in this one? considerng magic was quite a big part to the game in general like literally 200 days for one siege tick to go by or instantly sieging down castles wonder what versions of those spells will remain or be in their *infancy* stage looking orward to what happpens to this but for now ill LURKE

[@Soul_Tomato]

I think it’ll be interesting for sure but it’s too early to say right now

[@kralkralovsky8416]

@@Soul_Tomato i hope there would be a systme like in warhammer 3 with the witch ogre lord that can cook up shit for random buffs to units heroes and lords. Where you basically can cookup some spells but theyre not as effective but it would give alot of flexibility or something along those lines maybe?

[@Soul_Tomato]

That could be really cool actually. It depends on the magic school though since there would be several obviously. Idk if that mechanic would work as a catch all.

[@kralkralovsky8416]

@@Soul_Tomato i would imagine if you wanted to mix up a spell of life with the death one it would probably not work but spell of death(necromancy) with like destruction one like corpse explosion would work OOOOR if you could mix all it would in the necromancy+life heal undead corpses or something like that i.e cheating life adding lifespan etc? though thisi s more fuzzy for me as ive no clue what to base it upon

[@exudeku]

Marrhold gaming

[@zergling5217]

Do you know if the greentide, which is mentioned in the EU4 mod, begins during this mod (kinda like the Mongols) or does it not kick off until th EU4 start date?

[@Soul_Tomato]

I can’t recall specifically but I think it’s a bit later than they have planned initially

[@therealzizmon1748]

Correction: Anbennar is not dark fantasy, it's mainly high fantasy. Fantasy with dark elements does not make it automatically dark fantasy.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Noble dark isn’t dark fantasy… it’s also how the mod describes itself in its own primer document.

[@therealzizmon1748]

@@Soul_Tomato Brother, you literally said "dark fantasy" in the video. The primer doc says it's high fantasy, so I don't know what you're talking about.

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@therealzizmon1748 ah, my mistake you’re correct. So it goes.

[@woodlandleshy3876]

Im exited what kinda magic will be usable

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah I barely touched on it but there’s many magic schools

[@HeroNotFound05]

I’m still a little sad that the dwarves and serpent spine aren’t really going to be in the mod as far as I understand

[@Soul_Tomato]

Plenty of dwarves, not much Serpent spine

[@HeroNotFound05]

@@Soul_Tomato that’s what I meant sorry yea, the serpentspine is my favourite part of the eu4 game and it seems like it would just have been easy to include so maybe they’ll add it in an update hopefully

[@erisch126]

Second sentence is wrong :) It is set in the world of Halann. Anbennar is just a... lets say... "very messy" empire in Cannor.

[@wintersking4290]

BLACK CASTANOR WILL RISE AGAIN!!

[@Soul_Tomato]

But should it 🤔

[@imaxinsertnounherex]

So no colonization? Damn, thats one of the main reasons i wanted to play this. Muh ruin elves.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s in Alpha so there’s no way I could say if it will be or not

[@nuncasaberas5926]

Is it on steam workshop already, or still in their gitlab?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Gitlab. It’s still in alpha basically

[@LamiaHajBrahim-u4q]

Doesn't this mod originate from inakunzi

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’m not sure what that is. Mod’s world, from what I understand, was made initially as part of a PHD or Masters program for Jay.

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

how long til the orcs show up?

[@Soul_Tomato]

The green tide? Few hundred years iirc