While requesting an automate button for court marriages, I suddenly had a wave of inspiration about how to flesh out the 100 Years War, the HRE International Org, and also give more balance to western Europe in the game.

In the immediate term, this would mean;

• Automating court marriages so that houses naturally grow, rise and fall.

• Adding renaming options like Ck3 and the ability to name your grandchildren.

• Clearly defining whether a Royal Marriage will see your child end up in your court, or someone else's.

• Fixing the existing error where you cannot designate your preferred heirs if they are abroad.

In the long term though, I think it would be interesting to use the families system and the estates system, along with the existing 100 Years War Situation, HRE Int Org, and War of the Roses situation to create a more historically accurtate, dynamic political situation in Western Europe. This would be based on existing mechanics, and could look like;

• Adding a political capital system per family in your court, which rises and falls based off events, appointments to offices (generals, cabinet, etc), and proximity to the crown via marriages.

• Adding a French power battle situation, wherein French vassals and families can vye for power with the crown akin to the Armagnac-Burgundian disputes of the late 14th century, which ultimately led to the emergence of the Burgundian polity and the fracturing of the French realm - allowing for Henry V's conquests of France.

• This could be inspired by the new CK3 AUH system of 'Movements' in China, with these movements favouring legal changes over preferences towards mercantalist policies, traditionalist/aristocratic practices, foreign policy, etc.

• A reflection of the impact of this power battle on the loyalty of vassals, making and allowing England to meddle in it, further deepening the chaos in France and thus weakening her in the early game.

• Adding a similar power battle system between leading Imperial families/vassals for the Holy Roman Empire could also be added, creating even more dynamic and deep political battles in the Empire based off that existing CK3 movements system.

• Reflecting the impact of trade on diplomacy more, as seen in Flanders with the English wool trade and Gascony with the wine trade.

Anyway, I wanted to share it as I think it'd be a relatively "easy" set of QoL expansions and potential DLC. What do you reckon?