Story & Timeline
12 entries in the Crusader Kings compendium.
First CrusadeFaith ignited steel as Western knights marched East to reclaim the Holy Sepulchre.Fourth Crusade SackA holy war turned betrayal that shattered the Eastern Roman capital.Albigensian CrusadeA crusade of faith and politics that crushed heresy in the south and forged a kingdom.Norman Conquest of EnglandOne invasion changed England's crown, language, and bloodlines forever.Mongol Invasions of RusThe steppes roar as the Rus lands burn under the Mongol storm.Magna CartaA king's surrender to his barons that forever changed the balance of power in England.Capetian AscendancyFrom weak kings to mighty monarchs, the French crown rises above its vassals.Rise of the Golden HordeThe Mongol storm settles over Rus', forging a khanate of iron, gold, and endless steppes.Fourth CrusadeA holy vow to free Jerusalem that ended in the bloody destruction of Christian Rome.Battle of ManzikertThe decisive clash that shattered Byzantine Anatolia and birthed the Turkish Sultanates.Wars of the RosesA bloody dynastic struggle where red and white roses clashed to decide England's fate.Battle of Las Navas de TolosaThe crushing defeat that shattered the Almohad dream and reshaped the map of medieval Iberia.
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