
Olek the Old holding the Dragon Banner during the Battle of Pendraic
Dragon Banner is a main questline in Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord and is comprised of several quests. It centers around the legend of the Dragon Banner, whose owner is believed will reunite the Calradic Empire.
During the Battle of Pendraic, the Sturgians marched alongside the Vlandians and the Battanians in confronting the Empire. Grand Prince Vadinslav, the ruler of Sturgia, was killed during the battle. The Empire ultimately lost the war and the Dragon Banner along with it.
Upon receiving word of his father's death, Raganvad Gundaroving wanted to claim the banner as Vadinslav's trophy and thus his inheritance, but Olek the Old refused, taking the banner for himself and breaking the staff before throwing it at Raganvad's feet, enraging the young prince.
Quests[]
Assembling the Banner[]
Six years after the Battle of Pendraic, Arenicos Pethros, last emperor before the three-way Calradic civil war, was assassinated under suspicious circumstances.
The player then comes into the fold and is tasked with a quest to assemble all three pieces of the Dragon Banner by Istiana or Arzagos. They are also tasked with either supporting one of the Imperial factions or to restore and unify the Empire themselves, which will infuriate Arzagos. The player can also support a non-Imperial faction or create a non-Imperial faction themselves using the banner, contributing to the decline of the Empire instead. Like Arzagos, Istiana would not be pleased.
Whoever you choose to pledge the banner to, either Arzagos or Istiana will start a conspiracy against you in order to halt your progress, and have the entire continent of Calradia against you.