Official list of factions and Q&A about them

[kataphraktoi]

This is final list for the first version of MTR, any faction changes will be made in future versions if necessary. This is the faction list we're working from.

Starting Date: 1071

1) Byzantine Empire (Orthodox)
2) Holy Roman Empire (Catholic)
3) France (Catholic)
4) England (Catholic)
5) Poland (Catholic)
6) Italo - Normans (Catholic)
7) Ducate Venice (Catholic)
8) Kingdom of Leon-Castile (Catholic)
9) Kingdom of Portugal (Catholic) note: briefly independent, will have to fight scripted Battle of Pedroso to maintain independence before effective independence date of 1128
10) Moors (Muslim)
11) Danes (Catholic)
12) Norway (Catholic)
13) Serbia (Orthodox)
14) Hungary (Catholic)
15) Aragon (Catholic)
16) Papacy (Catholic)
17) Scots (Catholic)
18) Egyptians (Muslim)
19) Rus (Orthodox)
20) Georgia/Abkhazia/Sakartvelo (Orthodox)
21) Bohemia (Catholic)
22) Qipchaqs (Pagan)
23) Lithuania (Emerging Faction)
24) Mongols (Emerging Faction and Pagan)
25) Khanate of Volga Bulgaria (Muslim)
26) Khanate of Transoxiana (Muslim and vassal of the Seljuks/Turkic Sultanate)
27) Berbers (Same as Moors, but based around Tunis and predominantly a naval piratical force, Muslim)
28) Republic of Novgorod (Orthodox)
29) Timurids (Emerging Faction)
30) Turkic Sultanate
31) Independents

@Omni, has anyone tried it on MTW2 yet?