Regional tradition
Palace Politics
tradition_ep3_palace_politicsPowerful eunuchs and silk-robed sycophants man a vast political apparatus, impressing with fineries, flattering with honors, and plotting viciously in the name of advancement.
Effects
Characters of this culture
- Monthly Court Grandeur Change+20%
Other effects
- Emperors have access to the Found the Varangian Guard Decision, which enables Varangian Guards as Men-at-Arms
- Can appoint the Akolouthos Court Position, when the Varangian Guard has been founded.
- Reduced Bodyguard Aptitude
- Rulers can Blind Prisoners
- Rulers can Castrate Prisoners
- The Eunuch and Beardless Eunuch Traits grant additional Skills, Aptitude, and Influence
- Can appoint the Chief Eunuch Court Position
- Can use the Castrate Kin Interaction
- The Ambitious Trait is more common
- Physically disfigured and infertile Claimants cannot press their Claims against Rulers of this Culture
- Improves the Withdraw from View Countermeasure (Tier 2)
- Loyal, Deceitful, Ambitious, Arbitrary, and Paranoid Characters gain additional monthly Influence
- Shy, Trusting, Maimed, One-Eyed, One-Legged, and Disfigured Characters have reduced monthly Influence
Traits it changes
These traits give extra effects to characters of a culture with this tradition (see each trait's page).
Cultures that start with it
No culture starts with it in the game files.
Added with a DLC
Greek (Roads To Power)
Source: game/common/culture/traditions/07_ep3_traditions.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.