The Northern Calradic Empire is a kingdom in Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord ruled by Lucon Osticos, an influential senator and aristocrat who wants the Senate to resume its right to appoint the new emperor. They have, as the other two empires (the Southern and Western Calradic Empire), a specialization in armored cataphracts and skilled archers.
The Northern Empire shares a border with the Battanians, Sturgians and Khuzaits, as well as the two other splinter states resulting from the splitting of the Calradic Empire.
Official Description[]
The Calradic Empire is not a monarchy. The Calradians insist on this. The emperor, formerly just a military commander, may have taken on most other affairs of state as well. Rather than be elected every few years by the Senate, he may now rule for life and often be succeeded by his son. The popular assemblies that once decided key policies may have withered away, and the Senate, a gathering of landowners, may have far less power than it did in centuries past. But it is not a monarchy, because it is absolutely forbidden for Calradians to be ruled by a king. The Empire is what happens when a league of city-states conquers a continent. A community once led by free farmers with relatively equal wealth now has vast gaps between the rich and the poor. Institutions designed to prevent one man from becoming a tyrant come into conflict with the necessities of unending warfare, which require unified command. Without any smooth means of succession, the death of an emperor has always been a potential crisis. Usually, the emperor nominated an heir, the senate ratified his choice, and the people (meaning the army) acclaimed it. But this did not always happen smoothly, and the succession was often settled on the battlefield. The current conflict, which broke out when the late Emperor Arenicos was assassinated, is the latest of these Imperial civil wars.
Ruler[]
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Politics[]
The Northern Empire stands as the embodiment of the oligarchic Senate, which flocked to Senator Lucon after Garios and Rhagaea laid claim on the title of Emperor with their ties in the military and aristocracy, respectively. The bulk of this faction's clans are purportedly ancient lineages with long-held roots in the Senate — and thus this third of the Empire is more traditionalistic and conservative in nature, favoring the supremacy of the Senate over the Emperor and fearing the Civil War rift that testifies to the bloated power of the Emperor. The Senate asserts that the Empire's decline is a consequence of alarmingly powerful Emperors who are not held accountable by their electors, and views Garios and Rhagaea as consequences of these monarchic trends. Lucon states, in reference to the old ways of the Empire, that "without [our] law, without the written word, there is but tyranny and the mob."
Economy[]
- Low.
6 cities, 9 castles, 32 villages. Main products: velvet (main manufacturer), iron, wood, fish.
Troop Tree[]
Clans[]
| Clans of the Northern Empire |
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| Osticos • Neretzes • Argoros • Impestores • Dolentos • Chonis • Phalentes • Vatatzes • Serapides |
Territory[]
| Territory of the Northern Empire |
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| Towns Amprela • Argoron • Diathma • Epicrotea • Myzea • Saneopa |
| Castles Ataconia Castle • Atrion Castle • Gaos Castle • Epinosa Castle Lochana Castle • Mecalovea Castle • Rhesos Castle • Syratos Castle • Varagos Castle |
| Villages Aeoria • Agalmon • Alatys • Alosea • Ataconia • Atrion • Avasinton • Boreagora • Crios • Dyopalis Epinosa • Enoisa • Gaos • Gymos • Hetania • Jeracos • Lochana • Marathea • Masangara Mecalovea • Nortanisa • Orthra • Pons • Potamis • Rhesos • Samatha • Stathymos • Syratos Temhem • Themys • Varagos • Vealos |
Gallery[]
| Classic/Warband Factions |
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| Khergits • Nords • Rhodoks • Sarranids • Swadians • Vaegirs |
| With Fire & Sword Nations |
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| Cossacks • Crimeans • Muscovites • Polish • Swedes |
| Napoleonic Wars Nations |
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| Austria • France • Prussia • Rheinbund • Russia • United Kingdom |
| Viking Conquest Factions |
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| Cultures Angles • Britons • Friese • Gaels • Norsemen • Picts • Saxons |
| Factions Aileach • Alban • Alt Clut • Brycheiniog • Connachta • Cornubia • Danmark • East Engle • Friese Glywyssing • Gwynedd • Laigin • Laithlind • Mide • Mierce • Mumain • Northhymbre • Northvegr Osraige • Uladh • West Seaxe |
| Bannerlord Factions |
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| Kingdoms Aserai • Battanians • Empire (Northern • Southern • Western) • Khuzaits • Sturgians • Vlandians |
| Minor Factions Minor Clan • Beni Zilal • Brotherhood of the Woods • Company of the Golden Boar • Eleftheroi Embers of the Flame • Forest People • Ghilman • Hidden Hand • Jawwal • Karakhergit Lake Rats • Legion of the Betrayed • Skolderbroda • Wolfskins |