Factions for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord features different groups of individuals with aligned interests. Players can choose which Faction they want to join at the beginning of the game during Character Creation and as the game progresses, you can work on your Reputation against other factions which can impact various aspects of the game such as building an allegiance or recruiting other units from another faction. This page covers a list of all the factions that are presented in the game.
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord Factions
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Northern Empire
Aristocratic and Oligarchic Republic
Traditional Legalists and Stoics.
A land of the Wealthiest Imperial Families.
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Southern Empire
Vengeful Monarchy
Land of Rich Nobility and Deep History.
Home to Claimants to Kings, Champions, Demigods, and Eastern Legends.
With a High Populous and Strong Stability.
Practicing the Dynastic Cycle / Principle.
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Western Empire
Militaristic Democracy
A Loyal Populistic and Adventurous Land of Veterans.
Both Daring and Ambitious.
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Kingdom of Vlandia
Monarchical Legalistic Fractious Independent Kingdom
Long Ago Foreign Mercenaries, Adventurers, and Traders Turned Clients of the Empire.
Known for their Excellent Armored Cavalry, Crossbows, Horse Breeding, and Steel-Forging.
Preferring to Fight with Spear and Lance on Horseback.
Warlike People and Nobles of Mixed Traditions In a Well-Organized Feudal Society of Fury and Discipline.
A Land of Ferocious Knighthood, of Oaths, Cunning and Courage.
Heraldic and Powerful, but Aggressive and Fraught with Internal Dissent.
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High Kingdom of Battania
Ancient Authoritarian High Kingdom
Land of Glory and Devious Aristocratic Native Inhabitants of Calradia.
Mystical Tribal Despots Idolizing Valor and Mischief.
Masters of the Long Bow, Night Raid, and Wild Charge on Foot.
Possessing Deadly Efficiency with Two-Handed Weapons.
War, Battle, and Free-Minded Vigilant Loyalists to Tradition and Flamboyance.
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Principality of Sturgia
Centralizing Monarchical Principality
A Former Confederation.
Rebellious Descendants of Foreign Conquerors.
Efficient and Crafty In a Land of Fortune and Fur.
They are Simultaneously War and Business-Minded in Search of Preeminence.
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Khuzait Khanate
Former-Confederacy Turned Feudal Chiefdom
Tribal Nomads. Traditionalists to Horses and Bows. Spinning Beautiful Tales and Sagas in an Evolving Agrarian Society.
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Aserai Sultanate
Confederacy and Legalistic Pseudo-Monarchy
Strong Practicitioners of Trade, Medicine, and Horsemanship - Legalistic, and Genealogically-Centered Nationalists - Collectively Called Banu Asera or "the sons of Asera" - Ammassing Wealth by Strong-Arming Traveling Caravans by Controlling the Nahasa's Few Water Sources - Originally a Client Kingdom of the Empire, Fighting Amongst Themselves, Today They've Formed a Confederacy - Some Claim Dynastic Inheritance to the Empire's Throne
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