Bookmark · 1066.9.15
Song of Splendor
Needs the All Under Heaven DLC.
Out of the ruins of the Tang was born the glory of the Song. Greatness such as this has not been seen for nearly two centuries – tribute flows to the imperial capital from afar like a mighty river, rebellions are infrequent and swiftly suppressed, and the government is firmly in the hands of the capable and meritorious. However, with great prosperity comes great temptation. Nomads have coveted the bounty of Central Plains since time immemorial, while even within the empire the unscrupulous oft cloak themselves with feigned nobility to divert its wealth into their own pockets. The Son of Heaven holds the world in his palm, but what of those who may compel even the Son of Heaven to act according to their will?
Characters
Qín Guān
EasyQín Family · Celestial · Han · Confucianism · age 17
1 county, vassal of China
His family impoverished by the death of his father, hardship has done nothing to dull young Qín Guān's aspirations; if anything, they burn all the brighter in his diminished circumstances. With every book he can borrow, he immerses himself in poetry and military strategy, dreaming of the day that he'll equal the feats immortalized in these pages. It is one thing to dream of achieving greatness and another entirely to make them into reality. What fate will your hand guide him towards?
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Lady Liáng Luòyáo
AdvancedLiáng Family · Meritocratic · Han · Mahayana · age 26
1 county, vassal of Xia
Once merely the daughter-in-law of the powerful Xia statesman Mòzàng Épáng, Liáng Luòyáo's cloaked ambitions proved even greater than those of her wastrel husband's clan. Utterly enthralled by her beauty and wit, the young Tangut ruler Nínglìng Liangchà put the Mòzàng clan to the sword, his own wife included, and seated her beside him as his queen. The Xia state is still young and fragile – will you take its future into your own hands?
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Prefect Sū Shì
EasyMeizhou · Celestial · Han · Confucianism · age 29
2 counties, vassal of Qiongnan
Sū Shì's father, despite failure in the imperial examinations, gained fame for his writings in his fifth decade, a reputation bolstered by Sū Shì's exemplary and celebrated performance in his own examinations. Having attracted the attention and favor of both the empire's preeminent historian and the emperor himself, the recent death of his father is the only cloud marring what is expected to be an auspicious future. Will Sū Shì be able to live up to the weighty expectations placed him?
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Sīlián Wáng
MediumDali · Meritocratic · Bai · Vajrayana · age 61
31 counties, independent
As a distant descendant of the founder of Dali, few would have imagined when he was born that Duan Sīlián would one day sit upon the throne, but fate is capricious and unpredictable. The natural order of things was overturned by the powerful Gao family, second only to the imperial clan in influence, who deposed the dissolute then-reigning emperor and installed Sīlián in his place. Will Sīlián Wáng escape the clutches of the Gao family to reign in his own right, or will he fall prey to their ambitions?
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Nhat Ton Vuong
AdvancedDai Viet · Meritocratic · Viet · Mahayana · age 43
13 counties, independent
As ruler of Viet, Ly Nhat Ton exudes the unshakeable self-assurance that only those raised to rule from birth possess. Proven in battle, benevolent in governance, and diligent in justice, to his people his word is absolute. Even the sole shadow looming over his glorious reign, the absence of an heir, has recently been dispelled with the birth of his first son, Can Duc. Can Nhat Ton Vuong raise Viet to an empire to rival its northern neighbor, or will lasting achievements prove ephemeral?
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Source: game/common/bookmarks/bookmarks/00_bookmarks.txt (bm_1066_china) and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.