Peoples of God - total war

[Orb]

A mod focussing around the eastern world at the time of the crusades. I'm still debating the start time with myself (looks like a 1098/1099 start at the moment - to let people start out as a crusading horde-style army).

Dev Forum Being set up as we speak.

Factions:

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Playable:

Catholic Christian:
The Kingdom of Jerusalem and County of Edessa (Catholic Christian)
The Principality of Antioch

Shi'a Islamic:
The Fatimid Caliphate
The Emirate of Tripoli
The Banu (Bedouin and Berbers)

Orthodox Christian:
The Byzantine Empire
The Kingdoms of Armenia
Makuria
Bulgaria

Sunni Islamic:
Great Seljuq
Iranian Emirate
Emirate of Aleppo
The Danishmends
The Burid Dynasty
The Atabeys of Mosul

Nizari:
The Hashishin

Non-Playable - The Timurids, The Ottomans (both emergent and Sunni)

Team Members:

Orb: coordinator, researcher, text editor, official mufti
Alias: 2d Artist
Leet Eriksson: Historian/researcher
Harmless: researcher/odd jobs

We need: anyone we can get our hands on

Previews so far:

Hashishin faction preview 1
Makuria and Nobatia faction preview 1
Principality of Antioch preview 1