EventAcross the pillars
The Sabbatean Messianic Movement

A mystic named Target Character has declared himself/herself the long-awaited Messiah in Smyrna, and the news has set our Jewish subjects alight with an excitement no rabbi's caution seems able to dampen. Whole Sephardi congregations abandon their trades and prepare for a return to Zion that our own officials are at a loss to either confirm or deny. Whether this passes as a fever of the season or reshapes the community for good is not yet clear, and our Court Title is divided on whether it is even our place to intervene.
Historical event
- Is
Ottomans - Date: 1665–1667
- Monthly chance: 100%
Trigger
- Has DLC:
Across the Pillars - Religion population in country (
Judaism) > 0 - Culture population in country (Sephardi) > 0
Exact conditions
Requires 5
Religions
JudaismAs soon as it happens, Option 2…
Countries
OttomansTag
DLCs
Across the PillarsTrigger
Changes 1
Spiritualist vs HumanistOption 1
References 2
Mentions 2
Religions
JudaismDesc
Cultures
- SephardiDesc
Scripting 7
Grants 2
- d009_sabbatai_zeviAs soon as it happens
- d009_sabbatean_movement_allowedOption 1
Uses 1
- event_illustration_estate_effectbackground = estate_type:burghers_estate · foreground = estate_type:clergy_estateAs soon as it happens
References 4
Script Values
- pop_satisfaction_mild_penaltyOption 2
- societal_value_move_to_leftOption 1
- stability_mild_bonusOption 2
- stability_mild_penaltyOption 1
type = country_event
title = d009_late_minorities.1.title The Sabbatean Messianic Movement
desc = d009_late_minorities.1.desc A mystic named Target Character has declared himself/herself the long-awaited Messiah in Smyrna, and the news has set our Jewish subjects alight with an excitement no rabbi's caution seems able to dampen. Whole Sephardi congregations abandon their trades and prepare for a return to Zion that our own officials are at a loss to either confirm or deny. Whether this passes as a fever of the season or reshapes the community for good is not yet clear, and our Court Title is divided on whether it is even our place to intervene.
outcome = neutral
historical_info = d009_late_minorities.1.historical_info Sabbatai Zevi, born in Smyrna in 1626, declared himself the Jewish Messiah in 1665, igniting a wave of messianic fervor that swept Jewish communities from Amsterdam to Yemen, including large parts of the Sephardi diaspora. Ottoman authorities eventually arrested him in 1666, presenting him with a choice between conversion to Islam and execution.
fire_only_once = yes

