We have 6 Warband factions: Swadia, Rhodock, Nords, Vaegirs, Khanate, Sultanate.
And 6 ( or 8 ) Bannerlod factions: Vlandia, Battania, Sturgia, Calradic Empire (Senate, Queen, Military), Khuzait, Aserai.
Some continutiy is pretty clear:
Vlandia is Swadia + Rhodock since Rhodock are Swadians rebels.
Sturgia is a clear Nords.
Khanate is Khuzait.
Sultanate is Aserai.
What about Battania, Calradic Empire and Vaegirs?
Battania is clearly based upon the Celts/Brittons, they seem to have no counterpart in Warband, which may imply their people we assimilated and died out. Some would connect them with Vaegirs since they are the only ones left, but their locations don't match up and while Battanians seem to have a Celtic/Britton culture the Vaegirs seem to have an Eastern European culture with "Boyars" for their nobles' names.
But again, the Battanias have Falxmen which were used by the Dacians so maybe they are a mix of cultures the Roman Empire/Calradic Empire considered barbarians? This is in tone with the Battanias' stance as natives of the land.
Or the Vaegirs used to be the Battanians but then climate change happened? So they went from forest wooden people to snow wooden people.
And the Calradic Empire, there seems to be no cultural continuity for them in Warband, did they all died out? Or were they assimilated by the Vlandia/Swadians?
The factions' best troops also match up:
Sultanate/Aserai -> Good cavalry.
Vaegirs/Battanian -> Good archers.
Khanate/Khuzait -> Good mounted archers.
Nords/Sturgia -> Good infantry.
Vlandia/Swadia -> Good cavalry. (Sorry Rhodocks, no good Spearmen)
And 6 ( or 8 ) Bannerlod factions: Vlandia, Battania, Sturgia, Calradic Empire (Senate, Queen, Military), Khuzait, Aserai.
Some continutiy is pretty clear:
Vlandia is Swadia + Rhodock since Rhodock are Swadians rebels.
Sturgia is a clear Nords.
Khanate is Khuzait.
Sultanate is Aserai.
What about Battania, Calradic Empire and Vaegirs?
Battania is clearly based upon the Celts/Brittons, they seem to have no counterpart in Warband, which may imply their people we assimilated and died out. Some would connect them with Vaegirs since they are the only ones left, but their locations don't match up and while Battanians seem to have a Celtic/Britton culture the Vaegirs seem to have an Eastern European culture with "Boyars" for their nobles' names.
But again, the Battanias have Falxmen which were used by the Dacians so maybe they are a mix of cultures the Roman Empire/Calradic Empire considered barbarians? This is in tone with the Battanias' stance as natives of the land.
Or the Vaegirs used to be the Battanians but then climate change happened? So they went from forest wooden people to snow wooden people.
And the Calradic Empire, there seems to be no cultural continuity for them in Warband, did they all died out? Or were they assimilated by the Vlandia/Swadians?
The factions' best troops also match up:
Sultanate/Aserai -> Good cavalry.
Vaegirs/Battanian -> Good archers.
Khanate/Khuzait -> Good mounted archers.
Nords/Sturgia -> Good infantry.
Vlandia/Swadia -> Good cavalry. (Sorry Rhodocks, no good Spearmen)