So I basically captured all of the nords kingdom. They started it randomly declaring for war so I said to myself, "ok bring it ****" I was ready for them I felt, after capturing first city from vaegris (wercheg) and I capture 2 castles from the nords at first, I guess it pissed off ragnar enough to come at me with a 450+ army. He was overconfident & me & my vassals took him out even though he had 120+ more, even worse for him was that our losses weren't that bad after the battle but best of all, I captured him... ? this is where the fun began lol. So I hold him hostage & they offer me 30k for his release, tempting but I declined. I was holding out for bigger $. Then they offered a lower amount next time. Immediate no & also I wanted to keep him for awhile because I knew when I released him, he'd cause me trouble with a big army but if they offered me a good price I'd agree. However, for poor ragnar it eventually became several months.. Then a year & a half... ?. At several points his relation with me increased while he was prisoner I've no idea why. Basically he was like a cuck while he watched me fk his kingdom lel.When I saw it increased I was like 
& after a good half hour laughing I came to the conclusion it was Stockholm syndrome. I guess he started to go a little nuts in his dungeon which was hilarious. So when I took curaw, it was definitely the most difficult city I had taken. Barely managed to take it, we took a beating but at least a good proportion was just wounded rather than killed & I think that was probably the pivotal moment in the campaign. Next was rivacheg which fell surprisingly fast. I tried to take it with 120 men & just couldn't. Was frustrating. But this time my vassals and myself were much better prepared & it was easy. At this point the nords are begging for peace, which was amusing. I still find it hysterical my relationship increased 3 times with ragnar. He was crazed in my dungeon, like a gollum or a reek. My new pet ? but it gets better. After taking sargoth easily enough I wanted to take their last castle because I was curious to see what happens when a faction completely disappears from map with no territory. I saw their last few jarls flee in terror from 4 of my vassals returning to home, was glorious. So when the notification came up saying the nords had been wiped out, I went back to wercheg out of curiosity to see if reek was still there, & he was!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I thought he'd disappear or something but I'm going to try recruit him, it'll be soooooo funny. (I swear I'm not making this up, I can provide screenshots as proof) ??
& after a good half hour laughing I came to the conclusion it was Stockholm syndrome. I guess he started to go a little nuts in his dungeon which was hilarious. So when I took curaw, it was definitely the most difficult city I had taken. Barely managed to take it, we took a beating but at least a good proportion was just wounded rather than killed & I think that was probably the pivotal moment in the campaign. Next was rivacheg which fell surprisingly fast. I tried to take it with 120 men & just couldn't. Was frustrating. But this time my vassals and myself were much better prepared & it was easy. At this point the nords are begging for peace, which was amusing. I still find it hysterical my relationship increased 3 times with ragnar. He was crazed in my dungeon, like a gollum or a reek. My new pet ? but it gets better. After taking sargoth easily enough I wanted to take their last castle because I was curious to see what happens when a faction completely disappears from map with no territory. I saw their last few jarls flee in terror from 4 of my vassals returning to home, was glorious. So when the notification came up saying the nords had been wiped out, I went back to wercheg out of curiosity to see if reek was still there, & he was!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I thought he'd disappear or something but I'm going to try recruit him, it'll be soooooo funny. (I swear I'm not making this up, I can provide screenshots as proof) ??
