Playing the Rebels!

[Diehard_TH]

Here's an interesting one for you all. I'm currently playing on Vanilla VI a Polish campaign from early on hard (see pics thread) and i loaded up my Poland 1383 savegame to be greeted by the following

I seem to be controlling the rebels, and what on earth are Khazar Royal Cavalrymen?

I can build stuff in all the provinces, even Sahara!

Sahara in Vanilla VI

So i decide to try and play them, i do an end year and all seems normal(ish). 1088 sees me attack the English in Wessex.

Note strange colouring on the army base.

Well i've captured Poland, Wessex, Northumbria and Georgia including taking command of the rebel armies! I managed to ransom the English king for about 11000 florins so i'm flush with cash too.

Nearest i've got to a king.

I have no king and so no heirs, i can't change the tax levels in any provinces and the loyalty is always 100%. I can build troops and when a province rebels (Naples did last year) i get to command the army!

Will keep playing to see where this goes and will see if i can turn the map rebel. Very odd but strangely very cool.