Stand ready, increase your prestige, and listen to the world whisper your name in awe. But beware, as your rule and realm may find trouble when a loyal vassal becomes a bitter rival. A beleaguered king will always have friends to support him. Increase your lands and fill your coffers, appoint vassals, battle traitors, introduce laws while interacting with hundreds of nobles, and create the most powerful dynasty of medieval Europe. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs, the emperor struggles with the Pope, and the Holy Father declares that all those who go to liberate the Holy Land will be freed of their sins.