Skolderbroda

Nordic Mercenary Company - Jomsvikings

The Skolderbroda, or Shield Brothers, are a mercenary company for warriors who take fighting and training very seriously. They are primarily Nordic but do allow recruits from other cultures, as long as an already-serving Shield Brother will vouch for them. Their rules are almost monastic: no women in their encampments and no amusements, and no Brother is allowed to spend the night outside without permission. In combat they fight with spear and axe in the Nordic style, and are valued by all the noble houses of the north.

The Skolderbroda are a mercenary clan based out of Sturgia. While being in Sturgia, they're not actually Sturgian themselves but Nordic; from a country off of the game's map. Vikings essentially. It's commonly believed, though mistakingly, that Sturgia represents Vikings and Nords - however they're only Nordic influenced. Sturgia is based off of Kievan Rus' which is different. Read more below. ↓

Taleworlds' Dev Blog:

"Now, the Nords were a favourite faction in Warband, and we know a lot of people are drawn to Vikings - the blood eagles, the shipboard funeral pyres, the berserkers eager to join the feasting at Valhalla. Sturgia is Nordic-influenced but it's not really a Viking state: the Nordlands are off of the map (for the present, anyway) and they wouldn't really form the kind of proto-feudal kingdom that the Bannerlord factions represent."

"[...] Among the Sturgian minor factions are the Skolderbroda, a mercenary brotherhood based on the (possibly legendary) Jomsvikings of the Baltic."

Digging in the Files

Source	Text
companion_strings.XML	Sturgia Companion: Urgil Coalbiter - "[...] I fought a bit for the Skolderbroda, but I grew tired of them, because they fight more than most but they don't fight enough for me."
comment_strings.XML	<string id="str_comment_special_clan_intro_skolderbroda.default" text="{=ELtT9ctL}You may know of the Skolderbroda. On the battlefield, we are second to none. We expect to be paid according to our worth, and that is not cheap, but if we take your coin, you will have our oath to honor the terms of the contract, to our death if necessary.">