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Warlord
Kievan Rus Empire (Kyivan Rus)
The Men Who Row
Traders can cross Coast and Ocean tiles from the beginning of the game. All Trade Routes which cross at least 3 tiles of water increase their normal yields by +15%. Galleys and Quadriremes gain +1 movement. Melee and ranged units suffer no movement penalty when crossing Rivers.
Druzhina
Medieval Era heavy cavalry unit that replaces the Knight. Less expensive to produce and maintain than the Knight, and gains +5 combat strength if adjacent to another Druzhina. When within range of an allied Great General, the Druzhina gains +10 combat strength when attacking and yields Great General points when killing units (does not stack.)
Veche
Unique District that replaces the Government Plaza. Multiple Veches can be built, but only one per era and one per city. Once a building is built in one Veche, the same building appears for free in all other Veches. The empire-wide effects of the Veche’s buildings do not stack. Each Veche yields Culture equal to 5% of your total Culture yield, boosted to 10% with Ideology. While one of your Spies is counterspying on a Veche, that city’s Governor is 95% more likely to survive neutralization attempts.
Vladimir I
The Fair Sun
Gain +100 Faith whenever a city you founded adopts a Religion. When one of your cities with a Holy Site adopts a new Religion, you can replace the preexisting Worship building with the new one; the city gains Production equal to the Production cost of the previous Worship building. All Apostles gain the Orator promotion in addition to their normal promotion when created.
Evangelist of a Nation
Likes civilizations who spread their founded Religion to all of their cities, and will try to always keep his cities following his Religion. Dislikes civilizations who are religiously diverse or who don’t spread their Religion domestically.
Vladimir of the Rus, called the Great and Equal to the Apostles, the strength of your faith and the strength of your people have gone down in history. Now, it is time once again for you to rally your countrymen and set them forth towards greatness. Merchant and mercenary, priest and pauper alike all play their part in bringing light and prosperity to the rivers and steppes, and watching over them all is you, guided by God's hand. Go now, and let none stand in the way of your ship's prows or your horses' hooves.
Vladimir I's Details
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
General personality: Calm and judicious in his actions, though very welcoming; steadfast and stern if angered.
Dialogue:
Vladimir would speak Old East Slavic, though if that language isn't reconstructed well enough to use, Old Church Slavonic could also work quite well.
Kievan Rus' Details
Start bias: Tier 1 towards Rivers, Tier 2 towards Grassland, Plains, Tier 4 towards Mountains
Ideal victory types: Religious, Culture
Jerseys:
This trident was a symbol of the Rurikid dynasty which established and long ruled the principality of Kievan Rus. It has since become a symbol of modern-day Ukraine, from which the default colors are derived. Jerseys 2 and 4 are derived from the modern-day colors of Belarus, much of whose territory also fell within the principality.
City List:
Citizen List:
River names: Dnipro River, Danube River, Irpin' River, Teteriv River, Psel River, Inhulets River, Dnister River, Bazavluk River, Tiasmyn River, Desna River, Bug River, Seret River...
Lake names: Yalpuh Lake, Lake Lemuria, Lake Synevyr, Lake Donuzlav, Lake Vorozhes'ka, Kuhurluy Lake, Uzunlarske Lake, Lake Kurukove, Soledarske Lake, Apshynets', Bile Lake, Kobylka Lake...
Sea/Ocean names: Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Tahanroz'ka Gulf, Yasenskiy Zaliv...
Mountain Range names: Crimean Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Chornohora, Maramureș, Gorgany...
Volcano name: Starunya
Civilization theme: To be determined
Okay, I'll be honest, I'm having trouble picking one. I couldn't find any trace of music that survived from the Rus period, except perhaps for the lullaby Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon which really sounds more like ambient music to me instead of the theme of a civilization.
That lead me to turn to more contemporary Ukrainian folk songs, the one I like best of which is Hey, sokoly!, which just sounds... well, so Ukrainian. Which leads me to think - the civ as I've described is a representation of a medieval, almost pan-East Slavic civilization that happened to be centered around modern-day Russia and Ukraine, but how much can you go in the other direction before someone says "this is just a Ukrainian civilization"?
The last idea I had (probably again for ambient music) was a Kyivan-style Orthodox chant, something like this. It would certainly sound nice and fit in with Vladimir's whole shtick. As for the overall Rus theme, it may just be best to go with a fitting original composition.
I took a big break from Enriched & Expanded for this one, not only because Kievan Rus proved difficult to design, but also because school/life got really busy and I stopped playing Civ VI for most of a year. Now that I've gotten back into the swing of things, however, I feel more inspired to keep pushing forward with the rest of the project, and hopefully keep surprising you all with interesting designs.
Druzhina's Details
Era: Medieval
Promotion Tree: Heavy Cavalry
Upgrades from: Heavy Chariot
Upgrades to: Cuirassier
Unlocks with: Stirrups
Obsolete with: Ballistics
Cost:
•20 Iron
•180 Production
•700 Gold
•3 Gold maintenance cost
Stats:
•Movement: 4
•Melee: 50
•Sight: 2
Veche's Details
Unlocked by: State Workforce
Pillage award: Culture
Production cost: 30
Maintenance: 1 Gold
Yields:
•Culture equal to 5% of total Culture yield, boosted to 10% with Ideology.
Trade Yields:
•Domestic destination: +1 Food, +1 Production
•International destination: +2 Gold
Unlocks:
Buildings:
•Ancestral Hall
•Audience Chamber
•Warlord's Throne
•Foreign Ministry
•Grand Master's Chapel
•Intelligence Agency
•National History Museum
•Royal Society
•War Department
The Men Who Row
Traders can cross Coast and Ocean tiles from the beginning of the game. All Trade Routes which cross at least 3 tiles of water increase their normal yields by +15%. Galleys and Quadriremes gain +1 movement. Melee and ranged units suffer no movement penalty when crossing Rivers.
Druzhina
Medieval Era heavy cavalry unit that replaces the Knight. Less expensive to produce and maintain than the Knight, and gains +5 combat strength if adjacent to another Druzhina. When within range of an allied Great General, the Druzhina gains +10 combat strength when attacking and yields Great General points when killing units (does not stack.)
Veche
Unique District that replaces the Government Plaza. Multiple Veches can be built, but only one per era and one per city. Once a building is built in one Veche, the same building appears for free in all other Veches. The empire-wide effects of the Veche’s buildings do not stack. Each Veche yields Culture equal to 5% of your total Culture yield, boosted to 10% with Ideology. While one of your Spies is counterspying on a Veche, that city’s Governor is 95% more likely to survive neutralization attempts.
Vladimir I
The Fair Sun
Gain +100 Faith whenever a city you founded adopts a Religion. When one of your cities with a Holy Site adopts a new Religion, you can replace the preexisting Worship building with the new one; the city gains Production equal to the Production cost of the previous Worship building. All Apostles gain the Orator promotion in addition to their normal promotion when created.
Evangelist of a Nation
Likes civilizations who spread their founded Religion to all of their cities, and will try to always keep his cities following his Religion. Dislikes civilizations who are religiously diverse or who don’t spread their Religion domestically.
Vladimir of the Rus, called the Great and Equal to the Apostles, the strength of your faith and the strength of your people have gone down in history. Now, it is time once again for you to rally your countrymen and set them forth towards greatness. Merchant and mercenary, priest and pauper alike all play their part in bringing light and prosperity to the rivers and steppes, and watching over them all is you, guided by God's hand. Go now, and let none stand in the way of your ship's prows or your horses' hooves.
Vladimir I's Details
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
General personality: Calm and judicious in his actions, though very welcoming; steadfast and stern if angered.
Dialogue:
Vladimir would speak Old East Slavic, though if that language isn't reconstructed well enough to use, Old Church Slavonic could also work quite well.
Spoiler Dialogue :
Kievan Rus' Details
Start bias: Tier 1 towards Rivers, Tier 2 towards Grassland, Plains, Tier 4 towards Mountains
Ideal victory types: Religious, Culture
Jerseys:
This trident was a symbol of the Rurikid dynasty which established and long ruled the principality of Kievan Rus. It has since become a symbol of modern-day Ukraine, from which the default colors are derived. Jerseys 2 and 4 are derived from the modern-day colors of Belarus, much of whose territory also fell within the principality.
City List:
Spoiler Kievan Rus Cities :
KyivCitizen List:
Spoiler Kievan Rus Citizens :
River names: Dnipro River, Danube River, Irpin' River, Teteriv River, Psel River, Inhulets River, Dnister River, Bazavluk River, Tiasmyn River, Desna River, Bug River, Seret River...
Lake names: Yalpuh Lake, Lake Lemuria, Lake Synevyr, Lake Donuzlav, Lake Vorozhes'ka, Kuhurluy Lake, Uzunlarske Lake, Lake Kurukove, Soledarske Lake, Apshynets', Bile Lake, Kobylka Lake...
Sea/Ocean names: Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Tahanroz'ka Gulf, Yasenskiy Zaliv...
Mountain Range names: Crimean Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Chornohora, Maramureș, Gorgany...
Volcano name: Starunya
Civilization theme: To be determined
Okay, I'll be honest, I'm having trouble picking one. I couldn't find any trace of music that survived from the Rus period, except perhaps for the lullaby Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon which really sounds more like ambient music to me instead of the theme of a civilization.
I took a big break from Enriched & Expanded for this one, not only because Kievan Rus proved difficult to design, but also because school/life got really busy and I stopped playing Civ VI for most of a year. Now that I've gotten back into the swing of things, however, I feel more inspired to keep pushing forward with the rest of the project, and hopefully keep surprising you all with interesting designs.
Druzhina's Details
Era: Medieval
Promotion Tree: Heavy Cavalry
Upgrades from: Heavy Chariot
Upgrades to: Cuirassier
Unlocks with: Stirrups
Obsolete with: Ballistics
Cost:
•20 Iron
•180 Production
•700 Gold
•3 Gold maintenance cost
Stats:
•Movement: 4
•Melee: 50
•Sight: 2
Veche's Details
Unlocked by: State Workforce
Pillage award: Culture
Production cost: 30
Maintenance: 1 Gold
Yields:
•Culture equal to 5% of total Culture yield, boosted to 10% with Ideology.
Trade Yields:
•Domestic destination: +1 Food, +1 Production
•International destination: +2 Gold
Unlocks:
Buildings:
•Ancestral Hall
•Audience Chamber
•Warlord's Throne
•Foreign Ministry
•Grand Master's Chapel
•Intelligence Agency
•National History Museum
•Royal Society
•War Department
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