BANNERLORD - Minor Factions and Their Lore

[@rathfoks5051]

Early into my first campaign, I saw a small party with an absurd amount of prisoners. I was feeling bold, so I attacked. I won, and when I got to recruit the prisoners, most weren't anything worth mentioning, aside from about 20 Triari. I had no idea where these came from, but they looked cool, so I adopted them all immediately. With most of my army at the time being low ranking sturgian troops, bandits, and the like, the 20 Triari immediately made a huge impact on my size 70 or so army. Where a battle would previously be a struggle, my new elite troops pulled through with ease. I wanted to recruit more of them, but no empire town ever seemed to have any available. Their numbers dwindled slowly over time, until just a handful remained. I had never sworn myself to any kingdom, as I wanted to be my own ruler one day, and when the time came that I finally mustered the strength and courage to siege my first town, I succeeded, but the last of my Triari had fallen in the battle. I named my kingdom after them, having saved them from slavery, not expecting to have them repay their debt tenfold. I eventually learned where they actually come from, and was sad that openly recruiting them wasn't an option ;(

[@manperor_32b8]

Aterna Calradios

[@mr.wilson9941]

Just cheat yourself a few hundred of those boys

[@WhosAskin-o1l]

@@mr.wilson9941 no sentimental value in that

[@tomhodges1552]

That was rimworld tier awsome

[@CoeGr]

o7

[@blackdeimis8827]

Wolfskins and the legion of the betrayed are my favorites. I always like when I can see the triarii on the battlefield they are amazing and be honest who don't like warriors with wolf pelt on then

[@Optio.]

I love the Legion of the Betrayed, it's too bad we can't join them otherwise I would!

[@blackdeimis8827]

@@Optio. agree, I would too ^^

[@kobiebrown6689]

Wolf skins took 3 of my forts I always execute a wolf skin after battles now

[@סתיועזר]

Also of note is that there's a removed faction hidden in the game's files: Removed Imperial Clan - Guardians (Guardians of the Hills), Description: "The Watchers are frontiersmen in the northwest of the Empire. They are used to working with the local nobility, specializing in scouting and tracking. But as the Empire descended into civil war, they have begun asserting power in the areas in which they live, becoming a law unto themselves and taking what they want from surrounding villages. They still will cooperate with imperial marcher noble families, but on their terms, not the Empire's."

[@Optio.]

They also removed a Khuzait minor religious faction called the "Chosen of the Sky" and a Vlandian minor faction "Freemen of the Marshes".

[@nikoladedic6623]

@@Optio. I am sure the modders will bring them back with enough time.

[@aisthetikos7721]

@@nikoladedic6623Unlikely

[@luchadorito]

Some of the minor factions are: •veteran’s day parade •literally just the state of Haiti •bedouins •mongol countryside •the order of the Assassins •viking warrior monks(?) •Rhodoks •Robin Hood and his merry men •Sauron’s Illuminatii •Louisiana people •the Irresponsible Agriculture Squad •Furries •self-enslavement(Hey isnt that Golden Company from GoT?)

[@averongodoffire8098]

Lol “the golden boar”😂 not “golden company” I don’t know if it’s also a joke but figured it was worth mentioning

[@luchadorito]

@@averongodoffire8098 I was comparing the Ghilman to the Golden Company from the Game of Thrones/ASIOAF franchise as a joke

[@averongodoffire8098]

@@luchadorito Aah figured Peace out M8

[@whyistherumgone5693]

The Ghilman = Mamlukes

[@luchadorito]

@@whyistherumgone5693 that makes sense too

[@uzytkownikx.9608]

Great video! In my opinion legion of betrayed should be aligned to questline for uniting empire.

[@issintf925]

That would be badass

[@curtisbarry7175]

Me to

[@fnapFNAP]

Thats would make me unite the empire

[@MultiMadmilk]

Hopfully as more modding tools get released we may see this soon!

[@TH3Darksider]

Yeah like she sends you to subdue the lost legion into your ranks before going against the regular factions

[@karl_franz_prince_and_emperor]

This was a great video. No pointless fluff to stretch it to 10 minutes, no obnoxious sponsorship deals, just good calradia lore.

[@55.]

Talesworlds these minor factions sound amazing, but please add more content to them! Let me talk to one of their lords and hire from them! Let me join them! Let them take over castles and towns and become major factions! There are lots of things that could be done to make them so much more interesting!

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

If not a whole Fife, their occupying towns without outright sacking them could be a thing. And if you execute a leader of the Lake Rats, most would cheer for you...

[@righter0o07]

great idea i missed this mechanic in warband and other modifications

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

i did think before release we would be able to join em :c

[@Dunleap]

You are missing some of the time stamps: 5:09 The Jawwal 5:41 The Ghilman 6:13 Beni Zilal 6:40 The company of the Golden Boar

[@King_Minos64]

It would be cool if you could recruit the Legion of the Betrayed if you want to unite the empire if you agree to their terms.

[@GrievousFrom]

So let me get this straight. The minor factions in Calradia are 10% Luck, 20% Skill, 15% Concentrated Power Of Will, 5% Pleasure, 50% Pain

[@crosh7851]

Like all the minor factions: Jokes on you i like pain

[@azizalmaskeri1679]

100% to remember the name XD

[@TheRepublic4]

Can’t Wait to be able to play Small Factions or even Support Claimants. One of my favorite features of Warband

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

I wish there were more to the minor factions than just flavour text, like being able to recruit individual troops instead of the entire clan; being able to join the faction, even if temporarily; being able to select them as your starting culture. As to my favourites, I have to go with the Karakhergits. These guys go way, way back in MnB's lore, being a bandit faction back in the earliest version of Mount and Blade classic. The Digital Companion also paints them as pretty cool. Other factions, I don't care much for. I guess the Elephteroi (or however you spell it) are interesting, and under the right mood, the Legion and Skoldebrodva could also play out pretty nicely, but otherwise, that's about it.

[@one_man_community]

The Jawwal in my current world are under the Empire, which is very surprising cause me being an Aserai, I've nearly eliminated the entire Empire. So the fact that there's Aserai factions working for the dying Empire, is shocking.

[@Optio.]

Thanks for watching the video! I just want to quickly give an update to those who watch my weekly top 10 mods videos. Unfortunately, I’ll no longer be making those videos due to a lack of mods for such frequent videos. However, I’ll still be continuing to make videos, but expect quite a bit of a delay before I have my next video posted. I have a few big projects working in the background, so I plan to have lots of good content for you all in the future! Also, if you're interested I have listed a mod relating to minor factions in the description, I highly recommend checking it out if you want easier ways to recruit minor faction troops! --- Much further into the future edit here: Unfortunately, I've been busy with starting a new career and haven't had the same time for KZbin that was available to me back in 2020/2021. I hope to eventually return, but there's a very good chance that I just won't be able to find the time. If you don't hear from me again, I wish you all the best of luck in life!

[@nord3153]

noooooooo

[@Jixxor]

@@nord3153 "7 months ago" damn that must be impressive projects

[@MinotaurvsCyclops]

@@Jixxor much longer now

[@OhDarth]

4 years now :(

[@Lowco5]

I'll be honest, The embers of the flame give me Dark Souls vibes.

[@davidb3155]

For the night is dark and full of terrors

[@adhdoggo9614]

It would be cool af to join minor factions.

[@Pan_Z]

Short-lived by good niche little channel. Glad I stumbled upon it

[@50mits]

Eleftheroi in Greek literally means "free ones“

[@andrewz6986]

Isnt it Eleutheroi though? I see it in games all the time for rebel factions but maybe its just bad translations

[@50mits]

@@andrewz6986 elutheroi is how you would spell it in Greek but in English it might confuse you cause an "u" after an "e" is pronounced as "f"

[@andrewz6986]

@@50mits to be honest I always assume Im pronouncing greek words wrong also gallic ones lol

[@markj2305]

@@50mits is that classical koine or modern?

[@50mits]

@@markj2305 It's modern for sure but I think it is the same for classical. The word didn't change like it did for "water" for example.

[@MinecraftSons]

Fuck i am too late but i love Kara Kuzayits. Kara often means low born in the old Turkish, shows that they are not from a family with "Kut"(Right to rule given by god, taken by showing strength.). More over Seljuks and Ottomans had similiar issues with their nomadic brethren, the fact that they included this relation between sedentary and nomadic people is amazing.

[@MinecraftSons]

@¡ᒷᔑꖌ𒈙𒐫꧍𒈙𒐫¡ᒷᔑꖌ𒈙꧄𒈙I𒈙𒈙ꧥ𒈙L𒈙ᔑᒷᔑꖌ ꧍𒈙𒐫¡ᒷᔑꖌ𒈙꧄𒈙I𒈙𒈙ꧥ𒈙L yeah primary usage of the word means black in Turkish too. But its like a side meaning. As far as i know the Mongolians too used colors to indicate status, as "ak" means nobles, "kara" means common people. Well atleast it was the case in Golden Horde.

[@aw2584]

Aren't the creators of M&B Turkish? No wonder they would make such a faction then

[@AgamemnonVsSocratesAandS]

That's pretty cool, I didnt know that. I felt like they had a pretty similar name to the Qara Khitai (Western Liao) as well, who fought the Mongols

[@12bakteri]

would be cool if karakhuzaits protected the border of khuzaits instead of being hostile towards it. Its the only army apart from aserai that I lose my big boi khans guards in battles

[@sethleoric2598]

A pendor style system for these factions would be really badass, heck making them the ruling dynasty in certain factions would be badass.

[@al-mamluk]

Bruh, the Beni Zelal faction are likely assassins. Sick game!

[@ammarib1924]

Hassan Sabbah And His Batini

[@ammarib1924]

the batini was a mminor faction in real history and organaized by hassan sabbah he was an assassin a minor faction in the Fatimid Caliphate of shias

[@ammarib1924]

The Beni Zilal might be the ones who murdered the emperor who has united the empire

[@yourbrotachanka9221]

Karakhuzaits are my favorite, you can join minor factions right? And the khuzaits in general are just cool and I like the nomadic life style for sure!

[@cowboyinrussian8738]

And it broken

[@Jixxor]

Damn man this is so cool. I didnt know there were this many and that they actually had decent background stories. I wish you could join them. I'd love to join one of the mercenary groups, even if they make a slave out of me.

[@jaredjahmon6602]

lmao what.....

[@Hatypus]

Still to this day don't know what the Legion of the Betrayed's symbol is. Looks like some weird leaf.

[@oliverwoodcock5307]

Absolutely love this video. I've been playing mount and blade right from the beginning. So nice to see some context to the depth of the lore 👌👏👍

[@roblowery3188]

Another well produced Bannerlord lore video, keep up the good work!

[@gourmand3]

The Beni Zilal are definitely the coolest out of these on account of their mysteriousness. Wish I could join them instead

[@ammarib1924]

Hassan Sabbah And His Batini

[@ammarib1924]

the batini was a mminor faction in real history and organaized by hassan sabbah he was an assassin a minor faction in the Fatimid Caliphate of shias

[@ammarib1924]

The Beni Zilal might be the ones who murdered the emperor who has united the empire

[@jaredjahmon6602]

ya that would be dope if you could join beni zelal and learn "the secret" or join the wolfskins and they give you some kind of wolf helmet as initiation. or just something cool. they could do so much more with this game. but who are we to complain. not like were helping them develop the entire game with $45 bucks

[@catalinbostan3542]

*Eleftheroi moves into steppe and Imperial borders* *Start to live and fight as the Khuzaits* *Khuzaits move into the Calradic steppes and start to live and fight as Imperials* Monchug is fuming right now...

[@madballoonz]

yes another lore video!

[@valdoalmeida6866]

Eleftheroi and the Hidden Hand. My favourite prey. Brigand bastards who prey on honest folk. Their heads roll quite rapidly...

[@docmexicano6649]

Let's remember that bannerlord it's still an early access, yes it has been in early access/development for almost a decade now, but there's still an slight piece of hope that bannerlord could become Warband 2.0

[@NateEradicate]

Love the thrones of britannia music around 3:38

[@Davidofthelost]

The Golden Boar is for some reason always under Battanian control and given a castle or city in my playthroughs.

[@Gothic_Christian]

The legion are my fav minor faction because not only do they have very good troops thier back story is good too 👍

[@Citizen13]

Wow this video deserves more views, well done!

[@ungabunga9135]

Bro we need you back!

[@kallekulmala1876]

Personally I love the Embers of the Flame and the Wolfskins. They originally weren't just bandits or mercenaries and had some way of life or major goal they wanted to achieve. The embers are waiting for literal fire Jesus and the wolfskins are a battanian warrior society which live like wolves.

[@hismajestyofhimboism1460]

Definetly the brotherhood of the woods. Despite their tactics they are the only minor faction that seems to genuinely care for the impoverished masses and they are rebelling against the valandian monarchy which is good enough in itself

[@Ch-ew9tm]

sujammalover 16 pff no they are just evolved forest bandits to me.

[@Bowman0407]

I like the lake rats and skolder

[@christopherjustice6411]

I love how the free people are basically Cossacks.

[@gjorg_]

Total war attila's soundtrack, what a good choice :)

[@NIKSEEN]

Great video! Hope you make more

[@ragemauger]

Legion of Betrayed: Throwback to republic era roman troops, in reference to traditionalist factions in the major roman civil wars that saw the transition from republic to empire (think supporters of Pompei Magnus) Hidden Hand: Nod to ancient “mafia” types in Rome Eleftheroi: Self explanatory nomadic auxilia, free people’s not bound by feudal ties, servitude or or slavery typically in reference to groups within the roman empire Embers of the Flame: Cult of Mithras, an underground cult in the early roman empire before the widespread adoption of christianity which saw its decline, the cult was mysterious, had sacrificial rituals and symbolic imitation questions. Wolfskins: Celtic/Germanic fanatic pagan warriors, berserker types Skolderbrovta: Based on Jomsvikings, Baltic-Nordic mercenary viking conquerors who are historically seen as a foreshadowing to later christian and chivalric military orders such as the templars Lake Rats: Slavic-Nordic raiders, two cultures seen fused in both bannerlord and warband, based off of Baltic-Nordic shipwrecking in history, and historical customs in which ship wrecking, slavery and looting were allowed within ones territory against outsider ships Forest People: Representation of semi nomadic Finnish-Ugric tribes and their relationship with Rus Boyars Jawwal: Early Arab Nomadic traditionalists, roaming adventurer types, based off Bedouins. Ghilman: Akin to Mamelukes, Ghilman actually existed in history as slave soldiers and mercenaries in early the Islamic world. Beni Zilal: Early Arab mystic pagans, possibly “soothsayers”, influenced by mythical Djinn creatures, they were seen as fortune tellers/clairvoyants. Brotherhood of the woods: British Merrymen types, middle class (Yeoman) house servants who filled heroic archetypes in literature Company of the Golden Boar: Reference to Northwest/ Central european mercenary groups (free companies), the boar is usually a sign of France (Norman conquerors) although there is also reference to Italian and Catalan free companies who acted independent of government and would turn to banditry when not serving as mercenaries. Karakhergit: Independent nomadic traditionalists seemingly inspired by the story of Ghengis Khan, who created his own empire independent of pre-existing powers and eventually overtaking their rule and land

[@EnlistedGuerillaFan]

Give war a chance-Random Company of the Golden boar Crossbowsman

[@jacobholy4948]

Setting fire to land does not make it useless it improves it gets rid of the dead to make new life

[@galicanthemagus]

I wish any of this lore meant anything. They have no unique mechanics, they're all just reskinned mercenaries.

[@gloomsouls]

It means something to me 😔

[@restitutororbis675]

Come back bro bannerlord needs u

[@hori1371]

I always wiped out the embers of flame because they constantly raided my caravans, absolutely loathe them

[@noahoverton2399]

Where you go brother

[@liltaki1270]

more? 👏

[@Saztog1425]

Did I hear England's Medieval theme from Civ 6?

[@Jayclay3000]

lol came here for this

[@akshine1309]

Nice one 👌

[@reesedowney6113]

I wish you could ally with them or even join the minor factions

[@leroiducrepusculegrimsoul8798]

I encounter the hidden hand and they are a tuff ennemy. They ambush half of your army that guet slaugter

[@usdibad6292]

Wait did you just refer to the Jawwal as "Bedouin"? Like, as in the real people?

[@JagoPulastra]

The Jawwal Units in-game have names like "Jawwal Bedouin" as well, and their official description in the game describes them as "The Jawwal, or 'Roamers,' are the main bedouin confederacy in the Nahasa desert", so I imagine he's just using the in-game terminology. The game already uses a lot of real-world historical terms and words for its cultures and units, like the Khuzaits fielding Keshigs (actual name for the Royal Guard of Mongolian Khans), Battanian Fians (based on the Irish Fianna of Celtic Mythology) and Sturgian Varyag (literally the origin of the word Varangian, meaning the Viking peoples of modern-day Russia)

[@usdibad6292]

@@JagoPulastra Yeah I get that, I just found it very strange. I understand all these other historical use of the terms, since they're mostly historical and not used as a term for an entire culture. Like, keshigs and varyags are immediately understood to be a military unit, and the fians are as such too. But the use of Bedouin felt kinda off, since Bedouins are an actual people haha.

[@ammarib1924]

i Chopped the head of the jawwal members they had becomen mercanaries of sturgia and i was a vassal of khuzait and i was in war with sturgia and they were in a sturgian army of 980 men Vs My army of 400 men

[@jacobrasberry7139]

The skolderbrotva are based on the historical jomsvikings

[@zab6124]

Ghilmans are basically just Mamluks from their description

[@jasonlyons1575]

The minor factions are always the ones I go after first once you get to a certain point, they become easy targets lolz😅

[@deadlyfingerx6788]

The way the factions are talked about makes me think I am watching a mod for skyrim about added factions you can join. Like the thieves guild, dark brotherhood and ect with their own questline for each.

[@mcpopcorn3195]

They wrote so much lore for every minor faction only to make them all function the exact same as one another; bandits/mercenaries

[@CoeGr]

Embers of the flame sound really cool but in-game they have the worst troops in all of Calraida.

[@lorenzomacchiavello3701]

Long live The Legion¡

[@spacelesslazagnapc8622]

“Essentially, everyone’s an asshole.”

[@thehashslingingslasher6443]

beni zilal and legion of the betrayed are my favorites. wolfskins #3

[@Crytica.]

Let's be real the Legion of the Betrayed are the best and Holy boys look the best.

[@Breetarded]

I thought you were playing warband, the graphics settings you're on

[@ImperadorLucius]

would be good if we could raid big cities, instead of just take them

[@abstractfactory8068]

It's the same, to raid a big city you need to break the walls first. Just pillage or devastate and leave it to fate afterwards.

[@Vsevolod2002]

What’s the name of ost for skolderbrotva and lake rats? They sounds so badass and

[@nikoladedic6623]

So, still around?

[@Optio.]

Sort of! I just don't have time for new videos at the moment, unfortunately. Had a huge video project with over 500 hours invested that I scrapped, would like to revisit it someday. I occasionally work on the Life in Calradia mod as well. You can usually find me around the mod Discord, I don't post very much on KZbin anymore lol

[@louditalian1962]

Bannerlord had lot’s of potential it’s a shame TaleWords didn’t follow through adding extra things

[@2_protects_the_1]

I think Bannerlord would be alot more fun if the player could join any of these mercenary groups become a leader of it or befriend and ask them to join their clan or kingdom as lords. Would also be cool if serve as soldier mod worked with mercenary groups and the players clan was interchangeable with other houses and clans. would also be cool if the Mod Fourberie worked in such a way where the mercenary clans actually had bases of operations to call a home and where villages could have a tavern like towns and minature towns that had walls. but very unlikely from the Devs. thank god for the modding community though. I'm still annoyed at the Devs for teasing Elephants two years ago and still no sign.

[@wosstudiosw8768]

Legion of the betrayed are my favourite minor faction

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

I thought that they were called the “Karakhergit” not “Karakhuzait”

[@malefico0079]

Everytime I choose war to a faction, somehow all Minor faction are with them. So I choose to execute al minors.

[@Ponticus3023]

Im really impressed eleftheroi in greek means free person in major😂😊

[@CataciousAmogusevic]

>Karakhuzaits Not really subtle lol

[@thefettofthevoid]

Shield brothers!

[@Duxmamalakis]

why u stopped uploading ?

[@Optio.]

Sorry for the very late reply! The most simple answer is that I've been extremely busy with IRL work and moving houses, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to return to the channel in the coming months. I've already spent at least 200 hours on the next video, so hopefully when I do come back it's going to be with something far surpassing the quality of work that I've released so far!

[@mows6356]

@@Optio. can't wait for that!

[@YawnWoofDog]

@@Optio. still waiting

[@jamiewenham6664]

Why stop uploading

[@marciwyrd8905]

I'd like to be able to join a minor faction

[@nikoladedic6623]

You still uploading?

[@IMugMuggers]

some benizilal dude tried jumping me so I politely told him it was a bad idea and he didn’t listen so I executed his ass after capturing him, now he really watching from the shadows and telling no secrets lol

[@barbaricvm0]

Skolderbrotva all the way.

[@HSstriker]

Tbh, i hate and love them all. You cant count on any of them when shtf however, easy big army loot when they betray you 🤷 just starting to get hard to find traders that can actually pay for the loot... I need comstant war to pay for security against bandits... I feel like thats an inbalance that needs fixing. No amount of towns supply enough money to keep a working army to keep towns safem

[@spacewargamer4181]

You have to level up the skills that make you pay less to your armies.

[@Bingliuau]

can u eradicate them? here's always last one member in their clans

[@saud892]

You could join them right ?

[@yousif9375]

مع الأسف لا

[@saud892]

@@yousif9375 😕

[@cagobaba31]

Useful

[@janferschmann464]

Where IS a wolfskin?

[@jacobrichards4114]

Why did bro stop uploading

[@Optio.]

Just don't have enough time to consistently commit to the channel right now. Hopefully one day in the future I can find time for it

[@Hockey-gn2tj]

Come back

[@lucianopivetta6066]

Legion of the Betrayed.

[@MasterCheeks2998]

Yo make more content man

[@angrycrusader3926]

Legion!

[@janpala5922]

Check out game called Gloria Victis :) its coming out in few days on Steam (full game) - it has the same combat system as Bannerlord but is medieval MMO :D

[@natedogg1088]

I honestly hate them all XD all seem satisfied to throw their lives away to be a thorn in my side.

[@TURBOTAC]

Embers of the Flame seem to be satanic

[@joshuatacheny3342]

Skodler Broda bruh

[@hakikitosunpasa908]

Karakhuzait and Skolderbrotva >

[@derpco.69420]

Bro the faction of communist Israel

[@ItsNotaCult420]

If your favorite isnt legion of the betrayed, get out

[@ИванИванович-с3з]

Minor Factions is absolutely garbage