Pravend

Pravend
Settlement Information
Type	Town
Kingdom	Vlandia
Villages	Rulund Larnac Palisont
Sieges with...	Battering Ram Ladders Towers
Port	No

Pravend is a town of the Kingdom of Vlandia, ruled by the Baron Aldric of House dey Tihr.

Given the similar names and location, Pravend is presumably the precursor of the town of Praven, capital of the Kingdom of Swadia, as featured 173 years later in Mount&Blade: Warband.

Description

The city, formerly known as Paravenos, was the second major colony founded by Calradios the Great and the Calradians after their arrival on the continent. The town succeeded Charasea as the capital of the Calradic Empire, being so for centuries before the center of gravity of the Empire moved eastward. Nevertheless, Paravenos retained its primacy as the economic center of the West. When Osric Iron-Arm invaded, he recognized Paravenos would be far more valuable as a seat of power than as simply as a source of loot, and negotiated its surrender with local senators. The city subsequently passed under the control of the dey Tihr, a cadet branch of the ruling clan of Vlandia, the dey Meroc.

Territory

The villages of Rulund, Larnac, and Palisont are bound to the town. Additionally, the castle-bound villages of Drapand and Valanby do their trade here.

Points of Interest

Like most towns in Calradia, the town has a number of facilities and points of interest:

• By taking a walk through the streets you may encounter town notables looking for employees for various quests and jobs.
• The keep, where the nobles reside and its dungeon where any prisoners will be located.
• An arena where you might practice combat, participate in tournaments, and pay the arena custodian to reassign character perks.
• A tavern, where you might rest and enjoy food and drinks. You may encounter Wanderers here to hire as Companions, or find Mercenaries for hire. Taverns also hosts patrons like Ransom Brokers, and those who might be interested in playing the local board game.
• A market to buy and sell food supplies, equipment, horses, and other livestock.
• A smithy where you may refine materials, forge new weapons or smelt down undesirable ones.
• Criminal gangs may be present at different locales such as the Backstreet, Clearing, or Waterfront.

Economy

At its starting point, the town is of average Prosperity.

Trivia

• The historical name of Pravend has seen a number of revisions across the development of Bannerlord, as well as a number of inconsistencies. The alternate spelling of Paravenos - 'Baravenos' - appears a number of times, but is most likely a typo. Furthermore, in the settlements.xml file, Paravenos is said to originate from the Calradic 'Parzeonerea' - the 'City of He who Rules by Heaven's Will'.
• According to earlier development images, Pravend's location was originally closer to the coast, which would align more closely with the location of Praven in Warband. With the major changes in Bannerlord's map topography closer to the Early Access release, this was changed to an inland location, closer to Ocs Hall.