The Northern 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.
Overview[]
The Northern Empire shares a border with Battania, Sturgia, the Khuzait, and the two other splinter states resulting from the fracturing of the Calradic Empire (Southern and Western). All three imperial sub-factions specialize in armored cataphracts and skilled archers.
Ruler[]
Emperor Lucon |
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Vassals[]
| Archon Manteos Argoros |
Archon Penton Neretzes |
Archon Encurion Impestores |
Archon Gyphor Dolentos |
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| Archon Nicasor Chonis |
Archon Tasynor Phalentes |
Archon Maritzios Vatatzes |
Archon Porphalios Serapides |
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. | ” |
Politics[]
The Northern Empire stands as the embodiment of the oligarchic Senate, which flocked to Senator Lucon after Garios Comnos and Rhagaea Pethros 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. In reference to the old ways of the Empire, Lucon states that "without [our] law, without the written word, there is but tyranny and the mob."
Economy[]
- Low
- 6 towns
- 9 castles
- 32 villages
- Main products: velvet (main manufacturer), iron, wood, fish
Troop Tree[]
Clans[]
| Clans of the Calradic Imperials (Northern) |
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| Major |
| Osticos • Argoros • Neretzes • Impestores • Dolentos • Chonis • Phalentes • Vatatzes • Serapides |
Territory[]
| Territory of the Calradic Imperials (Northern) |
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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 • Tememos • Themys • Varagos • Vealos |
Gallery[]
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