NovusOperandi I know that we talked about Golden Horde in the past, so I'm returning to you with a couple of ideas
First small thing, this one's a bit overdue, because it was added a while ago, but it would be nice if the Strength/Persuasion challenge events would also provide boost to follower's skills as a reward for succeeding, unless it screws up something with gating next tier of profession. Just a thought that came up to me, because Knight-Errants tend to end up equal in skill while working to gather funds and build up the College, especially with skill level mattering for overall Strength/Persuasion it would be nice if a challenging task could boost them.
Now for the second, I really think we could get more ethnicity in the game, and just for flavour's sake, some more scenarios of acquiring followers:
- Slavic women could be found while witnessing Cuman (1050s-1200s), Mongol (1240s-1300s) or Tatar (1480s-1600s) raiders pillaging a settlement somewhere in Eastern Europe. They'd try to flee on horseback, or swimming across the river, to warn their own village and Eve could locate them just as the first arrow is about to hit.
- Native American/Mesoamerican women could be interesting? I'm less well-versed with the history here, but I think they could be pursued by either Mayan (roughly 200sBC-800s) or Aztec (1400s) slavers similarly to the existing events.
- Human Sacrifice, of Druidic (Celtic), Mesoamerican or early Slavic flavour, just as the deed is about to happen you can swoop in. Feisty followers could be seen battered and restrained, naive going with it but not fully aware of what's going on and others silently accepting it, hoping it's for the best of her people. Cheeky note 'well, their sacrifice will surely appease at least one god-like being today' otpional.
- Viking raid would be a cool setting too, IMO, and could incorporate various regions from Baltic Coast all around to Mediterrenean. Have the girl and her companions accidentally stumble upon vikings that landed nearby and get separated, either accidentally or by choice, to serve as a bait in case of brave followers, with others running to warn their village of the attack, while the unfortunate 'hero' is about to get silenced by the raiders.
- Napoleonic period, maybe? Unfortunate girl is either accosted by rowdy soldiers or discovered crossdressing as one of them (in case of military-inclined followers) and kills one during a struggle, before fleeing briefly. Now she's pursued and they're more focused on revenge than having their way with her. To be honest here, I wanted to find a named follower amongst the ladies that actually went to war as men during the period, but apparently they tended to just survive, go back home and die of natural causes.
- Speaking of, "natural" causes, could be anywhere, rather early period though, returning to her home with supplies and either getting pursued by wild animals and already wounded after first encounter or falling into ravine, getting pinned by a falling tree, stuff like that.
And lastly, because I saw unnatural skin colours being added in the changelog, 'Obsidian Black' and 'Ghostly Pale/White' would be cool variants to have.
