Northern Empire

Northern Empire Official Information Culture Calradic Empire Capital Diathma Ruler Emperor Lucon Claimant Unknown Ruling Clan Osticos Minor Factions EleftheroiEmbers of the FlameHidden HandLegion of the Betrayed Faction Location Northern Empire in light purple 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. Contents 1 Overview 2 Ruler 3 Vassals 4 Official Description 5 Politics 6 Economy 7 Troop Tree 8 Clans 9 Territory 10 Gallery 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 LuconOsticos Vassals[] Archon ManteosArgoros Archon PentonNeretzes Archon EncurionImpestores Archon GyphorDolentos Archon NicasorChonis Archon TasynorPhalentes Archon MaritziosVatatzes Archon PorphaliosSerapides 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 cities 9 castles 32 villages Main products: velvet (main manufacturer), iron, wood, fish Troop Tree[] Troops of the Calradic Empire Peasant Looter Recruit Infantryman Archer Vigla Recruit Trained Infantryman Trained Archer Equite Veteran Infantryman Menavliaton Veteran Archer Crossbowman Heavy Horseman Legionary Elite Menavliaton Palatine Guard Bucellarii Sergeant Crossbowman Cataphract Elite Cataphract Clans[] Clans of the Northern Empire Osticos Argoros Neretzes Impestores Dolentos Chonis Phalentes Vatatzes Serapides Territory[] Territory of the Northern Empire TownsAmprela Argoron Diathma Epicrotea Myzea Saneopa CastlesAtaconia Castle Atrion Castle Gaos Castle Epinosa CastleLochana Castle Mecalovea Castle Rhesos Castle Syratos Castle Varagos Castle VillagesAeoria Agalmon Alatys Alosea Ataconia Atrion Avasinton Boreagora Crios DyopalisEpinosa Enoisa Gaos Gymos Hetania Jeracos Lochana Marathea MasangaraMecalovea Nortanisa Orthra Pons Potamis Rhesos Samatha Stathymos SyratosTememos Themys Varagos Vealos Gallery[] Map of the Northern Empire as of the release of Early Access (created by Vesper) Factions Classic/Warband Factions Khergits Nords Rhodoks Sarranids Swadians Vaegirs With Fire & Sword Nations Cossacks Crimeans Muscovites Poles Swedes Napoleonic Wars Nations Austria France Prussia Rheinbund Russia United Kingdom Viking Conquest Factions Cultures Angles Britons Frisians Gaels Norse Picts Saxons Kingdoms Aileach Alban Alt Clut Brycheiniog Connachta Cornubia Danmark East Engle FrieseGlywyssing Gwynedd Laigin Laithlind Mide Mierce Mumain Northhymbre NorthvegrOsraige Uladh West Seaxe Bannerlord Factions Major Aserai Battania Khuzait Sturgia Vlandia Calradic Empire (Northern Southern Western) Minor Beni Zilal Ghilman Jawwal Wolfskins KarakhergitForest People Lake Rats Skolderbroda Brotherhood of the Woods Company of the Golden BoarEleftheroi Embers of the Flame Hidden Hand Legion of the Betrayed