====== Getting started ======
Enable one copy of **Birthright — Ballads of Cerilia** in your CK3 playset. The current release is **[[:releases:0.0.3|v0.0.3 — Realms & Strongholds]]**, released **18 October 2026**, with declared CK3 compatibility **1.20.1.1**. Fully restart CK3 when installing or switching versions; enable only one Birthright copy.

===== Create your first ruler =====
  - Choose a [[:world:human_cultures|human culture]], [[:cultures:orog|Orog culture]] or [[:cultures:sidhelien|Sidhelien culture]]. Read its guide to understand its traditions.
  - Choose a [[:world:faiths|faith]] that suits your ruler's personality and plans.
  - For elven ancestry, choose [[:world:sidhelien|Elven Blood]] in Ruler Designer: the ordinary entry starts at 25, while Elven Blood — Sidhelien starts at 100. Scores 1–25, 26–50 and 51–99 grant +20, +200 and +500 years of life expectancy; only 100 grants full disease immunity and immortality from age 18. Culture alone does not grant these benefits.
  - If your ruler is blooded, check their [[:systems:bloodlines|derivation and strength]]. These decide their possible bloodpowers.
  - Open **Decisions** to choose a [[:systems:classes|class]]. This is permanent in normal play.
  - Open the lifestyle window, pick a focus and earn perks. Right-click characters for targeted abilities; look in Decisions for abilities used on yourself.

===== Understand the main resources =====
^ Resource or choice ^ What it means ^
| Bloodline strength | How strong your divine inheritance is. It opens power tiers and raises RP capacity. |
| Regency Points (RP) | Power you can spend on special actions, bloodline growth and elite troops. |
| Bloodpower | An inherited gift, with permanent bonuses or an activated ability. |
| Class | Your lifelong training: Warrior, Divine, Merchant or Arcane. |
| Class experience | Progress toward perks in your chosen lifestyle. |
| Source holding | Arcane research site with study bonuses and eligible blooded-holder RP income. See [[:systems:sidhelien_sources|Sources]]. |
| Ley Line / Arcane realm-spell access | Integration remains unfinished; a Source holding does not yet unlock realm casting. |

===== Guardians and wards =====
Each guardian can educate **up to four wards at once**, increased from the vanilla limit of two. Use the usual education and guardianship interactions to assign children; the education reminders also recognize the four-ward capacity.

Fully restart CK3 after installing the release. An existing save is sufficient for this change.

===== Before starting a long campaign =====
This is a developing mod, and a complete Cerilia map is not available yet. Use a separate campaign or a copy of a save while trying new features. A new game is the best starting point for culture, faith and portrait choices.

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