The Horse Archers You Forgot About - Crusader Kings 3 Alans

The Horse Archers You Forgot About - Crusader Kings 3 Alans - Gigachad Story

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We all know about the Mongols, the Turks, the Huns and other marauding Steppe peoples, but did you perhaps forget about the Scythians? It would be reasonable to do so, given they're not in CK3, but their descendants are, in the form of the Alans.
The Alans are an interesting culture to play in Crusader Kings 3, on account of their strange traditions. They're simultaneously specialized for mountain warfare, and use horse archers, who are awful in mountains.
I've played a little campaign here as Taus, the Mercenary Alan fighting for the Abbasids, but finding his own path for his people. It's interesting to realize, but often times, ethnogenesis can come from something as simple as settling a few mercenaries in a region and them forming a community, and in this campaign, I seek to simulate exactly that.
These are the Horse Archers you forgot about: the Alans.
Enjoy this Crusader Kings 3 Gigachad Story.
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Besides that, I hope you enjoy the video! Here are the timestamps, and music in the video:
Intro: 0:00
The Renegade Nomad: 2:15
The Hapless Schemer: 18:45
The Nation Builder: 26:50
Conclusion: 42:00
Music:
Steppes of the Nomads - CK2 OST
A Monster - Furi OST
War of the Sundered - Endless Legend OST
Coalescence - Risk of Rain OST
Praise the Lamb - Cult of the Lamb OST
The Stone Masons - EU4 OST (Guns, Drums and Steel Remix)
The Empire Strikes - Red Alert 3 OST
Finding Sein - Ori and the Blind Forest OST
Picture in Motion - Furi OST
Flawless Theory - Endless Space 2 OST
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple - Risk of Rain OST
The Dynasty - CK3 OST

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@freidfood3171 4 ай бұрын

bro's playing Cavalry Kings 3

@adolfwiggler2176 4 ай бұрын

The amount of times I tried to do a scythia run but finding out alans in game are Byzantine and not east iranic heritage

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

I think the reason they made Alans Byzantine is cause by this era, Alans and Georgians were like, best homies, so culturally, they'd have fit in with the Georgians, who are Byzantine, better than with, say, Persians or Tajiks

@MasterOfCydonia 4 ай бұрын

They are moved into the Iranian heritage group with their unique Alan language with the CFP mod.

@adolfwiggler2176 4 ай бұрын

@@MasterOfCydoniathank you I'll use that mod

@MausOfTheHouse 4 ай бұрын

@@Tarkusarkusar Alans and Georgians were the best of homies? I'm going to need a source for that chief.

@YayaToure1247 4 ай бұрын

@@MausOfTheHouse They weren't

@IronWolf123 4 ай бұрын

Part 2 would make an interesting continuation. The sons of Taus conquering Persia and the Romans, restoring Alan rule from the Khazars and proclaiming a new faith

@jetex1911 4 ай бұрын

I'd definitely love to see more of this timeline, or any past ones.

@boutthattime6982 4 ай бұрын

*clans start marauding the desert* What are you doing Steppe-Nomad?

@donpollo3154 4 ай бұрын

Have you ever considered a gigachad story in the Fallen Eagle mod? There's a lot of potential especially with migrations, which you seem to enjoy as much as I do For example, I once managed to take over all of persia as the magyars after migrating south, then I converted to Mandaeism and beat back the caliphate

@voltageesq. 4 ай бұрын

holy based

@HffFhj-nm7jv 4 ай бұрын

I love trying to speedrun rebuilding the Roman Empire and preparing for the Islamic invasion, complete pain

@dadassmms918 4 ай бұрын

It is very strange to hear the names of your relatives from an English speaker. A really cool rollplay video. Greetings from the Caucasus :))

@arthurg.calixto3338 4 ай бұрын

This one was really damn good! I want a sequel.

@pedrotbird5426 4 ай бұрын

Every game should have recurve bow horse archers, no matter if its a cosy game or action game you should be CONSTANTLY under threat by the steppe horde

@macinnes800ad 4 ай бұрын

This is actually so cool! 14 minutes in and its only 887, taking your time with this stuff. I think the new DLC that allows you to play unlanded characters could make this even more immersive

@HATEVER12321 3 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel today. This is exactly what I've been hoping creators would make.

@tibaronmagnus3672 4 ай бұрын

Only found your channel today, already in love with this video format, gonna go binge some of your other CK3 story style vids once I wake up, honestly love this.

@NathanRodriguez-pu9dc 4 ай бұрын

Barley came across this and I love how it feels like I’m watching an historical documentary. Keep up the good work. My love from Texas

@zal7782 4 ай бұрын

This was great, these narrative videos are the best ck3 content. You made me start playing the game again.

@melkormorgothbauglir.4848 4 ай бұрын

This is a back to form definitely the Greatest one of these videos since Samaria.

@Romanmonkey182 4 ай бұрын

finnaly somebody doing the Alans inck3

@ulf9550 2 ай бұрын

i haven't just watched a 40 mins ck3 gameplay video .. i instead watched a historical documentary about the Alans. awesome commentary, mate

@ninokhristianeleponga4916 4 ай бұрын

My guy, I really like your "narrative" style of ck3 vids. Hope we keep getting them.

@carltonleboss 4 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff, dude. Love these types of videos.

@BigScreamingBaby 4 ай бұрын

Cant wait to see the Alans show those new wanna be horse archers how a real horse lord operates

@sunmariney.2877 4 ай бұрын

Awesome storytelling. great job mate

@sidneysill8495 4 ай бұрын

First time viewer, I love your RP narration style! I haven't seen this in any other CK videos, and its super engaging. Have a sub, thanks for the video! Also, I think you can play as actual Scythians in Fallen Eagle IIRC

@afridge8608 4 ай бұрын

My two favorite parts of steppe history are that 1 nobody from the outside can understand who is who. Were all the people called scythians actual scythians? Not really. 2 for some odd reason steppe nomads loved to steal names for prestige. "200 years ago the bulanid clan or whatever held lots of land and prestige so now i will rename my clan to bulanid even tho i have literally no connection to them" was a surprisingly common sentiment. Both of these make anthropologists cope and seethe. The alans btw are probably not scythians. They were probably vassals of the scythians that moved around eventually reaching the caucuses. There were also other groups that were called alans like some invaders in the rhein during the late empire and apparently they settled in spain but again we are not sure about any group of steppe peoples. The term peoples might even be itself incorrect since steppe life was very nomadic and fragmented. As long as you could communicate with someone they might aswell be part of your tribe

@floridaball4896 4 ай бұрын

The Alan's were at least related to the Scythians, as both were Iranian

@manugeorge2362 4 ай бұрын

Great video, great music 10/10. Best ck3 youtuber.

@berkayakpinar136 4 ай бұрын

I am a history student in turkey and ı am learning ottoman turkish (turkish written with arabic alphabet) ı understand your scream wery well when you said where there is no vowels in arabic 😂

@user-tl9gp4dn4q 4 ай бұрын

Love your story vids

@carltonleboss 4 ай бұрын

The Caliphate falling apart due to nomadic meddling is very historically accurate.

@noahjohnson935 4 ай бұрын

Here I was thinking you would try to do Regent shenanigans as the second ruler but you did an excellent job crafting a story

@Dryrubbersock 4 ай бұрын

These videos are awesome, you get a sub emediatly

@foxdavion6865 3 ай бұрын

I imagine by this time next year the Alans would be far more fun to play as by that time you can start as a landless mercenary company as Alans and you could potentially settle wherever you want to. Also, the next DLC will drastically destabilize the Khazars in the 9th century start date as the changes to the legitimacy system will drastically change their situation, making them both fun to play, while also making it easier to break free of them as a vassal. Historically, shortly after the CK3 9th century start date, the Khazars destabilised, when this occurred their former Pecheneg tributary and their allies took advantage of the situation to invade and take the former lands of the Khazars, in the process the Alans took the opportunity to break free. Over the course of the following 200 years the Alans would wind up taking over the entirety of the Caucasus Plains, to only then lose the territory when the Mongols showed up.

@AbstractTraitorHero 4 ай бұрын

WOW, those subtitles are not automatic, good fucking job!

@Ste.V 4 ай бұрын

Great storytelling

@dumpster-kun7132 4 ай бұрын

6:47 real brother, REAL

@kitimaksbiti9144 4 ай бұрын

gigaCHAD story and gigaCHAD storyteller gj man

@doudline2662 3 ай бұрын

thank you sir.

@abewright1713 2 ай бұрын

Alans are very interesting good video

@MausOfTheHouse 4 ай бұрын

It's pretty ridiculous that Alans and Georgians are of Byzantine heritage in CK3. There should be a "Caucasian heritage" grouping, IMO.

@beans209 4 ай бұрын

wow,not a lot of people even know about them,my boy made a video bout them

@kys6557 4 ай бұрын

Please do a part 2 where you liberate the Alan’s from the khazars

@helgengdansk856 4 ай бұрын

Endless space music detected: noice :))

@hyugahablak1186 3 ай бұрын

You should redo this when Legends comes out as a dlc

@volk4523 4 ай бұрын

Gok Tanri biz menen!

@user-xc6jh6mt2p 4 ай бұрын

You make the best narrative ck3 videos put there man.pls keep making ids

@moreDLCdaddy 4 ай бұрын

I hope you will make a review on Legacy of the Dead

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely will

@adhiwicaksono6149 4 ай бұрын

please share this save!

@A_I_N_P 4 ай бұрын

Just curious.. From where did you bring awar as meaning fair skinned in arabic. Didnt find that meaning in the arabic dictionary or any common metaphors

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

It’s going to sound funny, but I got the meaning by going to one of those baby name sites and they have the meaning listed with it, and it said Awar meant “brightest” so I just rolled with it. No idea if it’s valid or not.

@A_I_N_P 4 ай бұрын

@@Tarkusarkusar ahahha yeah that definitely isnt a word in the arabic language with that meaning. Pretty sure the word you found is "anwar" not awar though

@suddenskyfall 4 ай бұрын

Which map mod is that?

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

IR : Terrain, makes the map like Imperator

@AbstractTraitorHero 4 ай бұрын

What mods do you use?

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

Just IR: Terrain. It changes the map's look, but does nothing else.

@abubakral-spongebob4270 4 ай бұрын

taus just like me fr

@AbstractTraitorHero 4 ай бұрын

I do find it a bit weird to not call them civilization honestly.

@ardadenizkizilkaya9937 4 ай бұрын

The scythians are a Proto-Turkic group of people, as more Turkic group of people migrated to scythian lands they got assimilated/mixed with them. But it is hard to know something when talking about nomads since they dont leave anything behind that we can look for clues but in modern day genetic studies does help a lot when dealing with these tricky situations

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

I’m not sure that calling Scythians proto-Turkic would quite be right, at least genetically. I’d argue that Scythians and Turks are two distinct ethnicities that certainly did mix, but indirectly, since by the time large numbers of Turks went west, Scythians themselves had mostly already assimilated into other cultures or become Alans or other descendant peoples. Nonetheless, the two certainly share a sort of cultural heritage as fearsome horseback pastoralist nomads that brought much change to the regions they eventually settled in.

@SuperAzoz99 4 ай бұрын

Isn’t Awar Crippled in Arabic ? Since he’s one legged

@Tarkusarkusar 4 ай бұрын

@SuperAzoz99 4 ай бұрын

@@Tarkusarkusar oh I was wrong too, its actually One-eyed. If you type in Google One Eyed in Arabic you will see the word. Also bright could be some kind of synonym? I don’t know. Arabic is one of those languages where one letter difference gives a whole meaning