Legends of the Dead & Free 1.12.1 "Scythe" Update - Available now!

Check out the release trailer below, and then the changelog itself under that.

Expansion Features

• Added Legends: a new system that allows you to create stories based on Legend Seeds (with events, decisions, court position tasks, and other ways to obtain them), a Legend Chronicler to visualize them, and special rewards.

  • 3 Legend Types: Heroic, Legitimizing, and Holy, with bespoke flavor, effects, and rewards, including special Legendary Buildings and decisions.

  • 3 Legend Quality Types: increasing the rewards upon completion and during its spread.

  • Legend Promoters: sponsor someone else's legend for a much smaller cost.

  • Added Historical Legends to characters in both start dates that would have a Legend Seed in history.

  • Added many events, decisions and interactions to spread Legends, affect the rewards, and change the Chronicle.

  • Added Legendary Buildings, with powerful rewards, unlocked after completing high quality legends and investing in the new Heroic Dynasty Legacy - all of them with special 3D models on the map, changing depending on the culture.

  • Added Legend Seeds to the old Major Decisions, allowing you to start legends based on previous content.

  • Added Legend Chronicler visual variations based on culture.

  • AddedAdded a new Dynasty LegacyHeroic, focused on Legends and unlocking new rewards for completing one.

• Added a special Black Death event chain for when the Black Death spawns, with special art, music, content and effects.

• AddedAdded new DiseasesHoly Fire, Bloody Flux and Measles, all of them available as potential plagues.

• 28 new character assets to immerse you into the late medieval era and give ailing patients and skilled physicians a distinct look:

  • 3 variants of male late style western nobility clothes

  • 1 variant of male bedchamber clothes

  • 1 physician male clothes

  • 2 variants of male late style western nobility cloaks

  • 4 variants of male late style western nobility headgear

  • 2 variants late style western commoner headgear

  • 1 variant western royalty headgear

  • 1 hooded male headgear

  • 2 variants of female late style nobility clothes

  • 2 variants of female bedchamber clothes

  • 1 physician female clothes

  • 2 variants of female late style western nobility cloaks

  • 3 variants of female late style western nobility headgear

  • 2 variants of female late style western commoner headgear

  • 1 hooded female headgear

• AddedAdded a new Funeral activitybury a close relative in a whole new activity, with new events, options, intents and rewards.

• Added a new Legendary Feast option to the Feast Activity focused on getting new promoters for your legend and increasing its spread.

• Added new Activity Intents: Extort Legitimacy and Spread Legend.

• Added a new building line to temple holdings: Scriptoria, which increases legend spread and county control.

• Added a new building line of Duchy buildings: Burial Sites. Build up your family mausoleum and obtain legend bonuses, plague resistance, piety, court grandeur, county control and popular opinion.

• Added a new Court Chronicler court position, focused on finding new legends and helping you spread yours both inside and outside of your realm using new Court Position Tasks.

• Added an exclusive Map Table, with unique assets that reflect both Plagues and Legends.

• Added map graphics VFX for the spread of legends.

• Added new legendary and fateful music tracks as well as new both Legend and Plague Mood Tracks.

Free Features

• Added Plagues: some diseases will now be treated as epidemics and spread through the