So here we'll be creating the "skeleton" in code so to say for your character. Their name, religion, culture and so on.

1. We'll need to go to the folder LotRRealmsInExileDev\history\characters. That's where all the characters are listed under their respective cultural text document. By using windows notepad you'll need to open one of these .txt files (or create a new one) to put your new character/s in.

2. By looking here on an already existing character (picture down bellow) we'll see that the code is applied to lineofskrog1 this is the code-line & name of code that is the character your making, in which you need to apply the code of which make up your character (which you can see it's brackets in red on the picture below). here you'll need to apply the character in-game name, dynasty (if they have one), religion & culture. then you can apply different variables of traits by applying their code name here. If your character have parents then you can apply that under the traits here by writing for example father = lineofskorg1 (like in the green line on the picture below). Lastly you'll need to apply birth and death if the character have passed. In this mod you'll need to apply our in-mod/game time, since we have 3 ages some math will be needing to applying it. In-game code/math = middle earth recorded timeline; 3 = F.A. 1, 592 = S.A. 1, 4033 = T.A. 1, 7033 = T.A. 3000. Then if the character have died you need to write/code the cause of it, for example death_reason = death_natural_causes, more variables can be found in the folder common\deathreasons. After this make sure to have a closing bracket that connects with the starting one.

(More information on variables and where to find them would be useful for this section)

3. With this you will probably successfully have created a character that exist inside the mod now!

• To make and apply a Character Portrait/Dna to you character check Creating and applying a Character Portrait/DNA
• To make create a Dynasty check Creating a Dynasty
• To apply a title to your character check Applying Titles to the Character

You want to make a character design and ad it to the mod? well n this page, it will explain on how to copy DNAs from the Ruler Designer and move them into the game files so the historical characters have pre-scripted look:

1 Open the Ruler Designer and create the look of a historical character.

In the Debug mode, you will see SHOW UGROUPED button with hidden genes.

2.Once done, hit Copy DNA

3. Open any text editor like Notepad++.

4. Paste your DNA there. You will see something like this:

5. Copy everything from the genes enclosed block and downwards to the closing brace. If you use Notepad++, it will highlight where this block opens and closes once you click near a brace like on the screenshot above.

6. Open a suitable file or create a new one (several cultural files already exist there) in the folder LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\dna_data with any text editor.

7. Create a new enclosed block there and copy the genes block inside the portrait_info block. Here is its basic template of the enclosed block:

<Character_name_here>_dna = {
	portrait_info = {
		<Copy genes block here>
	}
	enabled=yes
}

8. Scroll down to the end of the genes block, you will find the clothes line there. Delete it. Otherwise, your character may end up wearing bedchamber clothes.

9. <Character_name_here>_dna is the name of your DNA data, we will use it soon. Open the folder LotRRealmsInExileDev\history\characters. That's where all the characters are listed under their respective cultural text document. Search for your character name in these files, using windows notepad, you can click edit then search.

10. Here you will Find the block of your character and you'll need to put down name of your character dna here in the document dna = <Character_name_here>_dna. Remember the character ID. You will need it later.

11. Since 1.3.0, to assign hairs (or beards), you have to do a little scripting (to make it easier and cleaner, you may use Tools Like Notepad++.

12. Visit these files in LotRRealmsInExileDev\gfx\portraits\portrait_modifiers and open the 50_hairstyles_scripted_characters.txt and/or 50_beards_scripted_characters.txt

13. Inside these files, find the beard/hairstyle section you want. Inside weight, put a modifier in this format whit add=200, exists = & this = with your characters historical id after wards:

14. Now we are Done! Open the game to see if the character looks right.

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This part of the wiki page is unavailable for now If your character is of noble birth, they will need a noble family, a Dynasty! To create a new dynasty you need to add files to four folders.

1. The first change is applied by adding a new file dynasty.txt found in the folder \LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\dynasties. In the file an id is assigned to the new dynasty, for example "dynasty_gundurub". Then lines are added for culture and name. The name line doesn't contain the name, but instead the path in the localisation file. It should look like this when finished:

dynasty_gundurub = { 
	name = "dynn_gundurub"
	culture = "worauthai_madur"
	motto = dynn_gundurub_motto
}

2. The second change is made in the folder \LotRRealmsInExileDev\localization\english\dynasties open up the file lotr_dynasty_names_l_english.yml with notepad++. The same path applies for other languages, only the name of the file changes as well as the folder following common/localization. In this file, the real name of the dynasty is added.

To see a list of existing prefixes, see localization/english/dynasty_names_l_english.yml (or the version for your language). They are at the top of the file, starting with dynnp_. To add a new prefix, simply add it to your customised dynasties file, or (if you have a lot), create a new file, such as dynasty_prefixes_l_english.yml. Note that you need to leave a space in the localization string if there is supposed to be a space in the resulting text. For example:

# In localization/english/my_dynasty_names_l_english.yml
dynnp_de:0 "de " # Space after de
dynnp_d-:0 "d'" # No space after d'

# In common/dynasties/my_dynasties.txt
200001 = {
  prefix = dynnp_de
  name = dynn_Lyon
}
200002 = {
  prefix = dynnp_d-
  name = dynn_Oeuvre
}

The next change is made in \LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\coat_of_arms\coat_of_arms to the lotr_dynasties.txt or an empty new file. Here any existing or new one can be pasted (By creating one in game). The example uses the coat of arms the dynasty of Gundurub.

Mottoes can be added to dynasties or to houses (or both), you write their code in either the file in \LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\dynasties and/or the file in \LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\dynasty_houses

The you apply their localization in the file lotr_mottos_l_english.yml found in the folder \LotRRealmsInExileDev\localization\english

Finally, the founding house can be assigned in a text file in \LotRRealmsInExileDev\common\dynasty_houses. If you choose not to do this, the game will create a founding house using details from the dynasty.

When every step is done, you should have succeeded in creating a Dynasty and the final result ingame should look like this:

This part of the wiki page is unavailable for now If you want you character/s to be landed you you'll need to assign titles to them in history.

1. Open the folder \LotRRealmsInExileDev\history\titles here you'll find a bunch of .txt files. Open the one file that fits the title you want to assign or create a new one and open that with notepad++.

2. Here you'll need to apply the code for the titles you want to apply, the years they are hold (applying our internal math for our timeline 3 = F.A. 1, 592 = S.A. 1, 4033 = T.A. 1, 7033 = T.A. 3000) and who the holder is. To find what the titles are called you can look in the folder \LotRRealmsInExileDev\history\provinces

3. With this Your character would now be shown in the mod if everything was done correctly!