Ck3 Map 867 _hot_ -

If you want to play tall, avoid this region. If you want to form a massive empire from scratch, start as Rurik. Use Norse conquest to swallow the Slavic tribes, then settle as a Feudal ruler. You will have the economy of the East and the military tech of the West.

In the east, the map tells a story of religious and nomadic tension. The Byzantine Empire, while still a formidable force under the Macedonian dynasty, is not the bulwark of 1066. It is constantly harassed by the Paulician heretics and the Emirate of Sicily. More critically, the arrival of the Magyars (Hungarians) is imminent in the Carpathian basin. On the Eurasian steppe, the Khazar Khaganate is in decline, leaving a power vacuum that will soon be filled by the Pechenegs and, eventually, the Cumans. Meanwhile, the Slavic tribes are largely still organized as tribal confederations rather than centralized kingdoms like Poland or Bohemia. The 867 map, therefore, offers a unique opportunity to shape the Eastern European landscape. A player can, for example, prevent the Magyar migration, form a Slavic empire centuries before history allowed, or lead the Norse Rurikids to forge a Russian state from the ashes of the Finnic and Slavic tribes. ck3 map 867

Large parts of England are under the control of the "Great Heathen Army" led by the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, including Ivar the Boneless (The Isles) and Halfdan Whiteshirt (Jorvik). Northern Europe: If you want to play tall, avoid this region

The precursor to the Holy Roman Empire.