Event
Target Character Last Name Reaches China
After years of wandering through maritime routes, deltas, and dynasties, Target Character Last Name has arrived in the legendary lands of our Flavor Rank. Though his/her notes are less precise than in earlier accounts, he/she describes grand cities teeming with activity, curious customs unfamiliar to him/her, and distant rulers whose power radiates across their realm.
Whether his/her journey brought him/her to Capital, or only to the sprawling ports of the southern coast, he/she stands in awe of the scale and order of Chinese civilization. Foreign scripts, temples, and great markets may soon fill the pages of his/her journal, a testament to a traveler who has truly crossed the edges of the known world.
Event chain
Each event is fired by the one it is nested under; the line below it says which choice leads there and when.
- A Worldly Traveler
Target Character Last Name Visits Our Lands↳ Option A “Guide [his/her] voyage to [Target Location 1].” · 8–12 months later- Target Character Last Name Reaches China↳ After any choice · 12–16 months later
- Arrival of Target Character Last Name↳ Option A “Let [him/her] attend our ceremonies and cultural events.” · 16–32 months later
Target Character Last Name in Target Location 5↳ Option A “Shower [his/her] with gifts worthy of the knowledge [he/she] brought us.” · 12–24 months later
Target Character Last Name Reaches Iberia↳ Option A “A fascinating individual.” · 12–24 months later- Target Character Last Name in Target Location 7↳ Option A “What stories does [he/she] have for us?” · 12–24 months later
- The Return of Target Character Last Name↳ Option A “Sit by the fire, stranger, tell us stories of faraway empires.” · 12–24 months later
- Target Character Last Name Reaches China (see above)↳ Option D “Send [him/her] directly to [his/her] destination.” · 12–24 months later
Definitionin_game/events/character/ibn_battuta_events.txt:348
349type = country_event
350title = ibn_battuta_events.3.title Target Character Last Name Reaches China
351desc = ibn_battuta_events.3.desc After years of wandering through maritime routes, deltas, and dynasties, Target Character Last Name has arrived in the legendary lands of our Flavor Rank. Though his/her notes are less precise than in earlier accounts, he/she describes grand cities teeming with activity, curious customs unfamiliar to him/her, and distant rulers whose power radiates across their realm.
Whether his/her journey brought him/her to Capital, or only to the sprawling ports of the southern coast, he/she stands in awe of the scale and order of Chinese civilization. Foreign scripts, temples, and great markets may soon fill the pages of his/her journal, a testament to a traveler who has truly crossed the edges of the known world.
Whether his/her journey brought him/her to Capital, or only to the sprawling ports of the southern coast, he/she stands in awe of the scale and order of Chinese civilization. Foreign scripts, temples, and great markets may soon fill the pages of his/her journal, a testament to a traveler who has truly crossed the edges of the known world.
352outcome = neutral
353historical_info = ibn_battuta_events.1.historical_info Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan traveler and scholar born in Tangier in the early fourteenth century. He left home as a young man to make a religious journey to Mecca, but his travels stretched across much of the known world. Over the course of three decades, he visited lands across Africa, the Middle East, Persia, India, Central Asia, and even parts of China. Along the way, he held positions as a legal expert and judge in several Muslim courts. His detailed account of his journey, known as the Rihla, gives a rare and rich view of many cultures and societies during that time.
354illustration_tags = {
35510 = regular
35610 = exterior
}
358trigger = {
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359is_alive = yes
}
}
361major = yes
362major_trigger = {
363OR = {
364AND = {
365country_exists = c:DLH
366this = c:DLH
}
368this = location:pasai.owner
369this = location:martaban.owner
370this = location:angkor.owner
371AND = {
372exists = scope:target_country_1
373this = scope:target_country_1
}
}
}
378immediate = {
}
381character:mor_ibn_battuta = {
382save_scope_as = target_character
383owner ?= {
383save_scope_as = prev_country_owner
}
384move_country = root
}
387capital.region = {
388every_area_in_region = {
389add_to_global_variable_list = {
389name = ibn_battuta_travels
389target = this
}
}
}
393region:deccan_region = {
394ordered_location_in_region = {
395limit = {
396has_owner = yes
397is_coastal = yes
398owner != root
399owner = {
400at_war = no
401is_during_bankruptcy = no
}
}
404order_by = {
405value = population
406if = {
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409location:kotte = {
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}
}
411multiply = 1.25
}
}
414max = 1
415check_range_bounds = no
416save_scope_as = target_location_4
417owner = {
417save_scope_as = target_country_1
}
}
}
}