Factions in Medieval 2
Overview
There are seventeen playable factions in Medieval II: Total War, five that are playable from the start and twelve that can be unlocked by successfully completing a campaign (or individually by exterminating that specific faction during a campaign). There are five other non-playable factions including a rebel faction.
The feel of each faction in the game is different. The degree of difficulty of the game is greatly influenced by the starting position of each faction. Each faction has its own unique appearance, including differences to the type and appearance of units it can recruit. Each faction has its own set of character names.
Further differences such as accents are leaders portraits are effected by which culture the faction belongs to.
Gameplay elements are effected by which religion a faction belongs to.
Culture and Religion
The possible cultures a faction can belong to:
The possible religions a faction can belong to:
Assignment
List of factions from Medieval 2: Total War with culture, religion and playable status.
Information taken from descr_sm_factions.txt and descr_strat.txt:
| Faction Name | Culture | Religion | Playable |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | Northern European | Catholic | Yes |
| France | Northern European | Catholic | Yes |
| Holy Roman Empire | Northern European | Catholic | Yes |
| Spain | Southern European | Catholic | Yes |
| Venice | Southern European | Catholic | Yes |
| Sicily | Southern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Milan | Southern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Scotland | Northern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Byzantium | Greek | Orthodox | Unlockable |
| Russia | Eastern European | Orthodox | Unlockable |
| Moors | Middle Eastern | Islam | Unlockable |
| Turks | Middle Eastern | Islam | Unlockable |
| Egypt | Middle Eastern | Islam | Unlockable |
| Denmark | Northern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Portugal | Southern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Hungary | Eastern European | Catholic | Unlockable |
| Papal States | Southern European | Catholic | No |
| Aztecs | Mesoamerican | Pagan | No |
| Mongols | Middle Eastern | Islam | No |
| Timurids | Middle Eastern | Islam | No |
| Slave | Northern European | Heretic | No |
Slots for the normans and saxons also exist but they are not fully set up in the vanilla game.
Please add any information you can to factions which presently contain little.
