**COMPATCHING**
- Full compatch to bring the mod in line with fixes in vanilla v1.12.4.

**CONTENT**
- Complete revamp of the Numenorean Blood trait system, moving to a tiered trait with XP determined at birth that allows for greater detail in strength of the blessing, including full rework of all historical characters.
- New tiered version of the Mariner lifestyle trait.
- Added a new Daen faith, “Gifts of Ivann”, which enslaved Nurnoth people will practice in secret prior to Sauron’s demise.
- Should Sauron be destroyed, new events have been added for the slaves to openly convert and take over the kingdom of Nurn.
- The ruler who destroyed Mordor will be given the option to make Nurn a Client State, Protectorate, or simply sign a truce.
- Added Noldor spear 3D asset.
- Two new wilderness blocker events 'Bear Baiting' and 'Howls from the Hills'.
- New random event for Goblins: 'Decorations'.
- Gave the 'Axe that Walks' a family.
- Added numerous deceased elves to act as legend seed characters for Elven Ancestry.
- Added Godly Ancestor legends for Durin and some darkness faiths.
- Added Azaghal Legend and Telchar / Narvi saintly deed Legends.
- Added dwarf fathers Legends.
- Added dwarven regiment "The Undying" for dwarven rulers of the kingdom of Khazad-Dum, or empire of the Misty Mountains.
- New CoA for Dunedain Forochel.
- Added missing flavour text for some new elven MaA added previously.
- Additional new MaA for Avari, Grey Elves and High Elves to complete new Elven rosters.
- New cultural names for titles, including Dunedain naming for all of the Shire, Breeland and Old Forest.
- Added new nickname for character that kills the Balrog.
- Updated localisation for Ar-Adunaim expedition content, removing placeholders.

**BALANCE**
- It is now more difficult to Demand Conversion of Corsairs.
- De jure capital of Szreldor moved to Szrel-Kain.
- Reduced era scaling costs for legends.
- Locked the ability to select mining tree perks behind the ability to mine.
- Added legitimacy effects to Realms CBs.
- Armageddon province destruction in Balrog Struggle no longer targets lowest development holding first.
- Added a cross-race acceptance malus to vassalisation.
- Made Dunedain chieftains harder to vassalise.
- Added more information to tooltips when buying resources.

**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed income window being screwed up due to both being a tributary and having a tributary.
- Underground counties show province modifiers again.
- AI won't colonise disabled empires/kingdoms anymore.
- Huz-Margoz won't get the "Renew alliance between Dale and Erebor" event anymore.
- Nerfed an overpowered historical child in Dale.
- Moved the de jure capital of Szreldor from Mistrand to Szrel-Kain.
- You can now Demand Conversion of Master Mariners, but cannot Demand Conversion of Maia or Istari.
- Black Numenorean Kings of Numenor are now correctly titled “Ar” instead of “Tar”.
- Title names are invisible now in areas set to wastelands at game start.
- The Gondor/Bellakar alliance decisions and the Uniting the Faithful event chain have been adapted to account for the Reunited Kingdom.
- Fixed good Saruman forming the Cult of the White Hand on Sauron’s death.
- Fixed issue with colonisation blockers not being cleared.
- Fixed issues with Northron elective succession.
- Fixed some cases where Nazgul were getting sick.
- Can no longer take Reclaim Calenardhon decision if you are the King of Rohan's liege.
- Fixed issue in Scholarly Emulation court even with an empty character.
- Corrected incorrect wording in effects of Serve the Balrog decision.
- Corrected wording of news event when Balrog is killed mentioning a coronation of a ruler killed by the Balrog.
- Stopped downgrading building effects in Balrog events from triggering anger for building construction.
- Tom Bombadil should no longer be interested in promoting legends.
- Fixed issues with elven traditions giving obsolete MaA.
- Fixed issue with no realm info being visible in character window when in observer mode.
- Fixed issue with orc armour being used for restored Castimiri ruler of Gondor.
- Hopefully fixed issue with Resources Map not always updating when new resources discovered.
- Fixed some issues with game concepts.
- Numerous typos and minor fixes.

**CONTENT**
- Several new 'Ancient Peoples', elven descent, Faderda, Mithrellas, Serkoz and Helm Hammerhand legend seeds.
- New Saruman Staff, Rohan, Gondor and Uruk-hai spear 3D models.
- New Wilderness events: "More Than Meets the Eye" and "Wolf-Dogs".
- New orc cultural names for some titles in the Vale of Anduin, and Dwarven names for Goblin Town titles.
- New CoA for Dwarven Goblin Town and Nadi-Manye Harwan, as well as several Dale and Dorwinion duchies.
- Some new nicknames and descriptions available.
- New title flavoured names for Dorwinion.
- Added missing flavour text to new generic elven MaA.


**BALANCE**
- Limited disease spread to dwarves on Lore-friendly game rule.
- Denethor and Umbar claimants receive large legitimacy loss if Aragorn returns to the throne.
- Permit marriage of Theodred should he survive and Rohan succeeds in war against Saruman.
- Added plot armour against certain diseases for certain core lore characters.
- Converted many mountain goblins to feudal.
- More innovations for goblins.
- Dwarves now gain / lose legitimacy for refusing / accepting a ring of power.
- Lowered tendency for Mayor of Michel Delving to be deposed by the Thain of the Shire.
- Grant claim on the Ulukai when taking Gundabad decision that would give you it, if already found by adventurer.

**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed some cases where orc clothing was appearing erroneously.
- Fixed an issue where character window was showing incorrect domain limit.
- Removed some cases where Wildmen invasions could be declared on the Wilderness.
- Removed a case where Wilderness could offer protectorate to some realms.
- Fixed an issue where Rohan would be able to take Isengard after success in war against Saruman, even if he doesn't own it.
- Shire Thaindom will now get drifted when Reunited Kingdom solidifies.
- Fixed issue with Gondorian Vassals not transferring in a fringe case when Aragorn is coronated.
- Solidified Reunited Kingdom can now use Oath of Eorl without Gondor title.
- Removed “Dominion of Dominion of” from "Dominion of the Sorceror".
- Fixed a case in the Yellow Mountains of Wilderness holding a non-wilderness county.
- Fix to 'Set Wastleands' GUI.
- Fix to issue with Defensive Alliance GUI.
- Fixed issue with duplicating Anduril and Steward's rod for adventurers.
- Numerous localisation fixes and typos.

**CONTENT**
- Added a new ruined model for Annuminas that will upgrade to the old non-ruined model when the special building is upgraded.
- Updated quest chain content for Margoz, including new special building in Lest and new decision.
- New historical defensive alliance mechanic including historical alliance between Dale and Erebor.
- New Turin Turambar, Eorl the Young and Elendil the Tall Heroic Legends.
- New texture of Arnor castles for Dunedain.
- Some compatching work of Legends events added with latest DLC.
- Added some intermarriages to old Northron dynasties and a mythological King of Rhudaur who united the Nine Tribes.
- Curated clothing set for Uialdain and updated headgear set for Hobbits.

**BALANCE**
- Additional rebalance work for the new base elven MaAs added in the last patch.
- Cant ask opposite alignment rulers to spread your legends anymore.
- Limited candidates of opposing races for recruitment in travel events.
- Beard-rot dwarven disease will now only occur on non-lore friendly game rules (and rename of said rule).

**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed most outstanding issues with Dwarven Reincarnation mechanic - should be mostly functional now!
- Numerous minor bugfixes and typo corrections.

# CONTENT
- Several historical legends have been added
- 2D event FX effects have been added (Alongside some FX graciously given to us by the PoD team, go check out their mod!)
- A few new goblins in the Yellow Mountains
- Castamiri claim has been reworked to fit with legends
- Goblins now have their own character background
- Dunedain Ranger now have their own outfits, they no longer have fancy clothes in the wilderness
- A new tenet for certain elven faiths
- Several dynamic CoAs have been added + several old CoAs have beenreworked
- A dwarf specific plague
- A cheeky event referring to a *cough* *cough* series
- AA now have their own background
- A _lot_ of music has been added to the mod
- The Tedjin faith icon has been updated
- A few CoA assets have been added
- The start of the elven MaA rework
- A ruined model of Annuminas before it gets upgraded (once again by @Arkia)
- Game rules added by the mod now have a "Realms" prefix

# BALANCE
- Orcs are immune to balding
- Effects of Sauron being destroyed in terms of faith and culture has been reworked slightly
- Orcs and elves can convert same race counties
- Orc + Dwarf building rebalance
- Balding gene has been adjusted
- Dwarven fertility modifiers are being played around with

# BUGFIXES
- Attempts at limiting wandering courtiers
- Tom won't appear in county windows anymore
- Ability to appoint Loremaster cooldown fix
- Elves won't get sick anymore
- More generated characters start at appropriate ages
- Can't adopt different race heritages anymore
- Aragorn bookmark fixes
- Theodens mother has the widowed trait
- Marketcher goblin culture now has a description
- Disease won't spread to elven lands
- Disease has a very low chance to spread to dwarven lands
- Disease is _more_ likely to spread in orc lands
- Prester John nickname won't appear anymore
- Localization for the wastelands button doesn't have spelling mistake
- Celduinion faith now has correct gameconcept link in description
- Reunited Kingdom rulers will now wear the winged crown
- Diseases won't spawn in the wilderness, though it'll still spread through it

Legends of the Dead - Day One Compatch

# Friday Patch #3 - Patch Notes

**CONTENT**
- New experimental Balrog Struggle framework in Moria.
- Full music rework, with dedicated tracks for Dunedain, Elves, Dwarves, Goblins and Adûnâi.
- New 'Set Wastelands' functionality to turn parts of the map into uncolonisable wastelands on game set up for those wanting a more focussed game.
- New content for Nordinbad, including a special building, decision to contact Erebor and associated event.
- Added new game rule to control the potential areas in which Mithril can spawn.
- New Claim Kingship of Gondor Decision.
- New progress wheel for crafting system.
- New HUD element showing colonisation limit.
- New 'Corpse Candles' mining event.
- New 'Intruders!' random event for Goblins.
- Added new Dunedain Corridor, Balrog and Siege of Osgiliath event backgrounds.
- Tweaks to Durin, Baggins, Framling, Calenardhon, Shire, Bree, Amrun, Rhuntir, Daen Lamedon, Good Angmar, Druwaith and Imladris CoA.
- New fixed DNA for several Gondorian and Rohirrim characters.
- Added some historical Mundburgians to Rohan.
- Option to resist a ring's influence as a dwarf.
- New icons for Durin's helm and axe.
- New icons and descriptions for the Rings of Men.
- New Arnorian Law cultural tradition.
- Additional history for the Saralain.
- Reflavoured faith for Gwathlo Dynion.
- Walrus tooth artifact discoverable for Lossoth.
- Fellow sailors now have a ***new*** thing to complain about...


**BALANCE**
- Orc buildings are no longer unlocked by Sauronic faith.
- Tweaks to marriage desperation modifiers to better understand non-vanilla lifespans.
- Improvements to Destroy Mordor AI behaviour.
- Changed the random generation of Rohirrim hair and beards.
- Ethnicity tweaks for Rohirrim, some Dunlending, Hillmen and others.
- Nazgul, Sauron and Maiar can now attack underground holdings.
- Buffed the prowess modifiers of historical artifacts to be more impressive than vanilla.
- Reduced the frequency of orc usurpers and dualists appearing.
- Stopped Maiar, Istari and Nazgul from taking useless Temptation lifestyle focus
- Made it so that unused crafting material artifacts are inherited on death.
- Minors can now go on playdates.
- Choosing celebacy will now break betrothals.
- Cannot marry trait now grants a lifestyle XP bonus.
- Aragorn will only marry Arwen if he rules the Reunited Kingdom.
- Piety loss from gifts for gold veneration tenet.
- Elves will die under torture.


**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed missing CoAs when provinces granted by Return of the King.
- Fixed some issues with recessive genes in character DNA.
- Fixed issue where AI was not using Gondorian Renaissance decision
- Fixed some issues with is_adult triggers for non-human races.
- Minors will no longer leave their parents' court.
- Fixed Marshal trying to bring relatives back from Valinor.
- Removed placeholder Morgul and Barrow Wight cultures.
- Fixes to AI for Khazad legacy.
- Fixed some erroneous terrain in Mordor.
- Dwarven expedition tributaries will no longer seek to be vassals of counts.
- Fixes to Stone Singer and Overseer of the Mines court positions.
- Fixed erroneous ability to build Delvings and underground buildings in castles.
- Fixes localisation issue with wooing intent event when courting.
- Fixed issue that stopped characters forming factions against their liege.
- More wet nurse fixes.
- Fixes to misplaced building locators in Tedjin Confederacy.
- Fixed obsolete river crossing which gave direct path from Hariantryn to Iasgach Phuing provinces.
- Fixed misplaced Fords of Isen crossing point.
- Fixed incorrect historical statement in description of Weathertop.
- Fixed issue with old borders of MERP Lindon landmass still being visible underwater.

# Friday Patch #2 - Patch Notes

**CONTENT**
- Added Annuminas map model
- Additional elven character backgrounds
- New Sauron character background
- New faith icon for corsair faith
- Added more music cues to Realms events
- Additional CoAs for Easterling Northern Kingdoms, Near Harad, Daen, Tedjin, Qadjajar, Nolornieth, Umbar and some Goblin titles
- Rings of power icon rework and addition of remaining dwarven rings art
- More history work around Donan, Annabrith, Caldur, Eradas and Eastern Calenfalas
- New predefined DNA for Elegost, Eomund, Dunhere and Umarth
- Addition of 'Superior Beard' dwarven court event
- Addition of 'Lost in the Caves' and 'An Enticing Gleam' mining activity events

**BALANCE**
- Tweaked AI weightings for Annuminas vassalisation event options
- Made it so canon characters refuse rings on lore-friendly game rules settings
- More appropriate ages of generated characters for races with different lifespans
- Stopped Elrond building so many damned Onager MaA
- Reduced fertility for Dwarves
- Dwarven Duchy buildings
- Switch development growth bonus for Belegost and Nogrod from character to county modifier
- New event for young Dwarves to decide whether to seek a partner in life
- Added Deep and Mallorn forest to triggers for Forest Fighters cultural tradition
- Require same faith alignment to use buy resource interaction
- Lowered the amount of monthly income required for AI to consider colonisation and gave it actual knowledge of costs
- Tweaks to orcish ethnicity appearances
- Added an effect so all members of the haradric Castamirioni house gets transferred to the Castamiri house if they win the event war against Gondor
- Experimenting with Huz Margoz appetite to take Dorwinion decision
- Deprioritising generic music

**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed issue where buildings couldn't be built in dwarven cities and temples
- Fixes issues with pre-v4 dwarven and hobbit DNA with human recessive genes
- Fixed issue where everyone had access to raiding
- Additional eligibility checks for new council during dwarven relocation expedition
- Fixed issue with innappropriate wet nurse ages
- Fixed Stormhost not actually using the Stormhost title
- Added definite form definition to certain mountain titles
- Fixed issue where found Mithril was being shown as found Quartz deposit
- Dwarven duchy buildings now require duchy title to build
- Blocked more random events firing for Wilderness
- Stopped Aragorn marrying Arwen should he stay in Arnor
- Various localisation fixes and typos

Hotfix to fix an issue where everyone could raid.
(Whoops!)

# Friday Patch #1 - Patch Notes

**CONTENT**
- Compatibility patch for CK3 v1.11.5 and Couture of the Capets DLC
- Added Hobbit building models
- Added character backgrounds for different title tiers of dwarves
- New icons for the dwarven ring artifacts
- Changes to some character history, particularly for Yellow Mountain Blacklocks, Dusalan and Calenfalas
- Added music cues to numerous events
- Added CoAs for evil-controlled Lothlorien and Lasgalen, East Angmar/Langwell, Anduin Vale and more
- Gave new Maglor his sword, Hyandolírë
- Gave new Durin's Axe and Helm to Balin
- Added a few new Wilderness / Colonisation events
- Added some new random dwarven events by @redarkady and @sakkar_
- Added more variety to Orc ethnicities
- Updated Easterling Swordsmen MaA art

**BALANCE**
- Gave players the option to disable the placeholder Balrog mechanic in Balin's game start event (Plus some extra gold for your suffering!)
- Increased the bonus chance given to find rarer resources via the Rare Finds lifestyle perk
- Added settlement level requirements to resource mine buildings
- Restricted the ability to hold council and court positions to require adult age of given race
- Increased the average age of *most* randomly spawning dwarves of an adult age
- Made 'The Book of Grudges' dwarven event fire less frequently
- Made more lore-important characters safer from harm events
- Made negative health events take into consideration typical 'old age' for different races / blood
- Made dwarven duchy building names a little clearer in their purpose
- Changed up some blockers in the Forodwaith de jure empire area, generally making them less severe
- Made it so that different race's prowess skill begins to lower at different ages
- Made elves naturally despise Forces of Evil religions just a little bit more
- Made dwarves naturally despise Orcish religions just a little bit more
- Made orcs naturally despise Eruhini religions just a little bit more
- A successful Castamiri reconquest will now destroy the Reunited Kingdom title
- Increased priority AI gives to increasing settlement development via Steward task
- Rebalanced Athaircuile, Barrow Downs, Thalion, Argond and Annuminas special buildings
- Reduced the adult education activity cost
- Rings of Power are now treated as normal artifacts if Sauron dies

**BUGFIXES**
- Fixed issue where no new Mithril deposits could spawn, despite what the UI told you
- Fixed an issue where anyone could pick the Khazad legacy tree
- Fixed an bug where you could dismantle an artifact you were planning to steal
- Fixed an issue where Tom Bombadil would give away his Wilderness titles
- Fixed a broken alliance between Cirdan and Elrond in the Good Saruman event chain
- Fixed broken independent ruler count requirements on the Grey Mountain and Misty Mountain decisions for Gundabad
- Made Tatyarin and Nelyarin cultural traditions mutually exclusive to their cultures
- Fixed issue where Elven and Dwarven mechanic intro events weren't firing
- Improved tooltips for high level delving building requirements and restrictions on surface dwarves
- Fixed some broken ship locators around Lindon that let you sail over land
- Fixed an issue where child Eomer had a beard
- Corrected issues with the dimensions of some event backgrounds
- Fixed various instances where age checks were inappropriate for non-human races
- Fixed some issues with Quenya title flavourisation names for Imladris king level-title name
- Fixed one cause of Nazgul death as a Deserting Soldier in an event
- Fixed an issue that was causing Aragorn to desert Arwen at the altar
- Fixed a trigger for declaring war on goblins that had above ground holdings
- Fixed one instance by which parents in Valinor could return to Middle-earth
- Fixed another cause of death by stampede
- Fixed an issue where hobbits would wear orc armour
- Fixed an incorrect texture for the cancel colonisation button
- Fixed issue where certain settlement buildings were unavailable for certain Government types
- Fixed an incorrect faith showing in Madogh's bookmark
- Fixed a missing localisation for the Black Wizard cloak in the Barbershop
- Fixed missing localisations for some orc cultures in Ruler Designer
- Fixed some placeholder mercenary company names
- Fixed placeholder Hillmen MaA descriptions (RIP 'E is on da orse an' in da hills')
- Stopped Bison and Bears appearing in the Shire
- Stopped Hunt sightings appearing underground
- Removed an event referencing Ganesh
- Fixed some bugs with the Abrakhan code
- Stopped Rings of Power being able to be stolen in sieges
- Replaced placeholder text in various decisions and events that we'd missed
- Fixed numerous typos

**TRANSLATION**
- Additional coverage for French localisation

Release of the v4 Open Beta.