SP - World Map Small Civilian/Mercenary/Notable Parties

[GG Cannon]

I feel like there should be a few small civilian, mercenary and wandering notable parties.
Similar to the player in the start of the game in a sense.

Exemples:

• A family or group of civilians going from one town to the other for any randomized reason, sometimes with a small escort, sometimes only the family.
• A small band of mercenaries not associated with any kingdom that don't really belong to a "clan" in the sense that there is only a single leader and they have no banner yet.
• A notable merchant that actually is the head of his or her own caravan and wanders from one town to the next together with their caravan.
• A gang leader that is migrating from one town to another together with their thugs due to the previous city having too high security or a "gang war" that they lost.
• A wealthy non-noble civilian together with an entourage.
• A villager alone or with a small party on a personal quest, such as getting medicine or enacting revenge.
• Wanderers going from one town to the next together with a group of peasants.

These parties would always anywhere have from 1 to 10 randomly generated named NPCs which could be added to the encyclopedia the moment when you first meet and and talk to them. They could even be related to available quests you did not do, like the villager groups on a quest for revenge could be triggered by not doing the "Family Feud" quest for too long.

There could even be hidden or dynamic quests by talking to them and if "Small Talk" is added to the game, new ways to get companions or marry.
They could trade with you or even have recruitable units depending on the party and their situation.
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[Clausewitz123]

+1
Even a small party of a few civilian units escorted by a pair of high tier ones (vlandian knights for example) would spice up early game and provide loot and challenges that small bandit parties and looters can't.
I really liked small knights parties in Prophesy of Pendor, they brought variety to campaign as well as battle map early on.