Is this based on a book?

This mod is inspired by the World of Darkness role-playing

games. Starting with Vampire: the Masquerade, that is more than 30 years of
universe building by authors, storytellers and players spanning hundreds of table
top roleplaying game books, novels, card games, board games, a half dozen video
games, youtube live sessions like "L.A. By Night", the "Kindred: the Embraced"
television drama and even a mod for Crusader Kings II. The 1230 bookmark is Classic
World of Darkness (CWOD) regard as canon in the following order of precedence:
Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages, V20 Dark Ages Companion,
Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition/V5 (largely for hunger mechanics, resonance,
etc...), Cults of the Blood Gods, Dark Ages: Vampire (2002), Dark Ages: Europe,
DAV: Players Guide to High Clans, DAV: Players Guide to Low Clans, Veil of Night,
France by Night, Transylvania by Night, Constantinople by Night, Jerusalem by
Night, Iberia by Night, Winds from the East, Cainite Heresy, Dark Ages: Inquisitor,
Dark Ages: Inquisitor Compaion, Ashen Cults, The Ashen Knight, The Ashen Thief,
Under the Black Cross, Bitter Crusade, Clanbook: Cappadocian, House Tremere,
Clanbook: Salubri, Clanbook: Baali, Dark Ages: Werewolf, Libellus Sanguinis series,
Transylvania Chronicles series, Giovanni Chronicles series, Dark Ages Clan Novel
Saga and other old World of Darkness resources. The 1230 bookmark may also take on
minor elements from Chronicles of Darkness such as vampire dynasty names and Coat
of Arms for houses.

Instead of the description of any action, choice or character, I've only got
written: 'podintroductions.2001.d' or a different number. You are playing in a
language other than English or Chinese. CK2 defaulted to English when there was no
localization present for another language. CK3 defaults to showing the localization
reference rather than the English localization. There are other translations being
worked on. You can help by joining the discord and discussing it on the appropriate
language channel. See also: Russian Translation submod.

Do mortals know vampires have taken over the map? Where is the Byzantine Emperor?
What if I want to play a mortal? The map reflects the politics of the supernatural
world, not those of the mortal world. The world that mortals know is still there,
this mod's map is a depiction of the secret underworld of monsters, just out of
view of mortals. Its sort of like a map of mafia family territories. The Toreador
might control Paris, while the Ventrue control London, but there is still mortal
kings of France and England. Sometimes, events in the mortal world do have an
influence on supernatural society, this mostly comes from events that seem related
to Gehenna or the supernatural monsters taking interests in the lives of mortal
Great Persons. Right now, mortal play is not an option in the mod; however you can
choose to play a mortal witch-hunter--such as a member of one of the Shadow
Inquisition Orders in the Dark Ages: Inquisitor bookmark.

When my vampire character embraces a mortal character that character is not set as
childe of my vampire character. They are a member of my vampire character's house.
Is my game bugged? This is mostly likely this caused by a vampire character sire
not being in age older than the embraced childe. CK3's engine does not allow for a
parent to be younger than their children. Vampire duchies and above use elective
succession, while counties use primogeniture. Your character is also missing out on
having an opinion bonus with their childe. Try aging your character via console
command if the character seems to young on game start.

I can't figure out how to increase development. How do I do it? With a few rare
exceptions, you don't. Vampires are parasites on society more than its movers and
shakers. They have enough influence to hide their existence, hunt mortals and
increase their permanent wealth--but they can't influence the establishment of a
city or its growth. There are specific cities on the map with high development.
These are geographic prizes to take. Also, we wanted to avoid situations like the
prince of Siberia raising its development high. We also use development as a stand
in for the population of a city. Hunters, even those of the Shadow Inquisition, are
too focused on hunting vampires to spend time and have much impact on development.

I can't figure out how to convert the culture of my provinces. How do I do it? You
don't. Vampires are parasites society more than its movers and shakers. They have
enough influence to hide their existence, hunt mortals and increase their permanent
wealth--but they can't influence the mass population adopting a new culture or
changing its language. Those of you dreaming of re-establishing ancient Roman
culture in Europe as a vampire will be disappointed. While vampires have minimal
influence on county culture; they can convert to the local culture.

What is resonance? See here.

Conversion of provinces and other vampires to my faith seems slow. Is my game

broken? It is not. We have made it more slower and more difficult to change the
faith of a province or to get a vampire to change their Road/Path.

I'm broke. How do I make money in this mod? Try black mail. Try raiding. Be careful
in your selection of buildings to build.

Why does this character have the sexual orientation that they do? By default,
unless a character has specified a sexual preference in the history files, sexual
orientation is assigned at random with more weight towards heterosexuality and the
least weight towards asexuality. This is the vanilla CK3 behavior.

I can't figure out which clan to play, help me pick! Try this quiz.

I subscribed to the mod. It doesn't seem to load. Try unsubscribing, resubscribing,

waiting for the mod to download (unzipped, it is nearly a 1GB in size). You may
also need to uninstall the Paradox Launcher, unsubscribe from the mod, delete the
contents of your mod directory, subscribe to the mod, reinstall the Paradox
launcher. You might also try downloading the zip file directly from
mods.paradoxplaza.com.

What other mods are compatible with Princes of Darkness mod? This mod is not
compatible with Nope's "Vampirism and Lycanthropy" mods. Princes of Darkness mod is
very complicated and modifies many aspects of the vanilla game including GUI
elements. It is not compatible with most other mods. A list of mods that are/were
compatible can be found here.

Are there any other Wikis? First, have you explored this wiki completely yet? Yes,
there are other wikis you might find helpful! Try these:

The Unofficial White Wolf Wiki

Dark Ages Wiki
But I don't want to read! Are there any videos or podcasts?
Introduction to Vampire: the Masquerade by World of Darkness
World of Darkness: the Basics by Lore by Night
Vampire: the Masquerade by The Primogen
Vampire: The Masquerade Clan Lore by Outstar
Vampire: the Masquerade Clans by the Gentleman Gamer
Clan Lore by Lore by Night
Who's Who by The Primogen
Roads & Paths of Enlightenment by Lore By Night
Disciplines by Lore By Night
Vampire: the Masquerade Lore by Huddy
Dark Ages: Vampire Chronicles by the Gentleman Gamer
25 Years of Vampire: the Masquerade by Utility Muffin Labs