

Ha, who needs mercenaries? And, unlike mercenaries, they will stick around with no time limit no 3-year contracts! You can only ever hire a single Holy Order, but if you are the patron of an order (more on this further down) it costs nothing to rope them into your religious conflicts. They are truly a force fighting for the good of your faith! Or, of course, a scary opponent to face on the battlefield… These regiments will work as regular MaAs and have a type, specified terrain effects, etc.

A thing to keep in mind, however, is that Holy Orders are dismissed as soon as you’re no longer at war with someone of another faith, so make sure to really time those wars right!Īside from ordinary levies a Holy Order also has a number of MaA regiments that are special for Holy Orders (based on Religion and not Faith), e.g. Much like in CK2 you will be able to hire Holy Orders to help you out in religious wars, but unlike in CK2 they will fight all enemies once hired. However, unlike mercenaries the members have dedicated their lives to a higher purpose than that of the pursuit of gold. If you read the earlier dev diary about mercenaries you will notice that Holy Orders have a lot in common with them: succession, being a Title with a Court, etc.

Let’s start off with some general information: a Holy Order is an independent military organization that fights to defend and expand the influence of their faith their first and foremost loyalty in the game will be to their god/s. Hello everyone, I’m back with some spicy information about Holy Orders in Crusader Kings III!
