What's the ideological basis for the factions?
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hfalkfhaljfdh
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I don't remember there being any, but it's not something I'd pay attention to so I may be wrong.
I mainly just remember skipping over some backstory told to me by some of the companions, such as the Rhodoks originally being part of Swadia and having broken off at some point in the past. If it doesn't explicitly state their ideologies it should be possible to glean them from whatever bits and pieces you hear. I do recall some of the companions will also give you their opinion of certain factions, and there's also what the claimants have to say about the factions' current rulers and maybe their governing style.
I mainly just remember skipping over some backstory told to me by some of the companions, such as the Rhodoks originally being part of Swadia and having broken off at some point in the past. If it doesn't explicitly state their ideologies it should be possible to glean them from whatever bits and pieces you hear. I do recall some of the companions will also give you their opinion of certain factions, and there's also what the claimants have to say about the factions' current rulers and maybe their governing style.
Andropov
Regular
As of now I have enough renown to be a vassal of any king I want. The issue is that I can't decide which faction to support purely based on aesthetics or army composition. Which one is more... I guess, for lack of a better word, "liberal"? Meaning they treat their subjects better than the rest.
SMST
Knight at Arms
The Rhodoks are the most "democratic" of all factions, given that they have no hededitary monarchy, but that the monarch is elected by a council consisting of the richest merchants and nobles of the realm. Though the system has been overthrown lately by now-King Graveth, who acclaims the council to be corrupt. If you are up for democratic principles, you may want to join with the Rhodok throne claimant, Lord Kastor, who wants to topple the "usurper". For more info, you can read the dialogs ingame by both Lord Kastor and King Graveth.
I'm afraid there is no real "goody" faction in Calradia. The Rhodoks may be, but to me their "democracy" seems to be more of an aristocracy of the rich and influential. The rest of the factions is pretty much the average feudal kingdom in which it is up to the individual lord to treat his subjects with respect or with despise.
I'm afraid there is no real "goody" faction in Calradia. The Rhodoks may be, but to me their "democracy" seems to be more of an aristocracy of the rich and influential. The rest of the factions is pretty much the average feudal kingdom in which it is up to the individual lord to treat his subjects with respect or with despise.
Sir Missesalot
Regular
Medieval warfare wasn't really ideological, it was rather integral to their political and economic systems. Propaganda wasn't really necessary either, the people having no real say anyway. Ultimately, people made war because, in the case of the rich, they wanted more land and wealth, in the case of the ambitious, because they wanted opportunities for loot, pillage and adventure, and for the poor because they were forced into it. In many ways, not all that different from today really, but they were more stark and honest about it. If there was an "ideological" tinge it might be over something like religious differences but they wouldn't map onto modern ideas of morality very well and that was usually just a flimsy justification anyway. It's better if you don't think about present-day rhetoric like armed combat being over freedom or bringing people democracy and just think of it like ant or bee colonies fighting over space. There really doesn't need to be any philosophy going on there.
What you're concerned about, how well a serf would have been treated, was up to individual lords, or just the passing mood of a lord, and not really by kingdoms. So, the only thing you can do is be a good lord yourself, regardless of faction, and try to become king and perhaps only promote honorable lords and then eventually take over the map. Of course, the latter part means even more war and fighting than there'd normally be.
What you're concerned about, how well a serf would have been treated, was up to individual lords, or just the passing mood of a lord, and not really by kingdoms. So, the only thing you can do is be a good lord yourself, regardless of faction, and try to become king and perhaps only promote honorable lords and then eventually take over the map. Of course, the latter part means even more war and fighting than there'd normally be.
Sobutai
Recruit
I think the factions can be more closely associated with nationalities or cultures rather than ideologies. The Khergit, for example, are most obviously Mongols, while the Vagyrs and Nords are akin to Scandinavians. The Swabians appear to be like the established German or Polish states, while the Rhodoks are most like the Swiss.
I don't think liberals have any place in the medieval world, other than as those who provide heads for my sabre to slice clean off, or for torsos to cushion the heads of my arrows. I take especial pleasure in granting equality to those female warriors I find by putting them to death in amusing ways. I think civility and chivalry are for the dogs of the cities. My ideology is that of the mounted clan, and I know what the best thing is in life. Thus I am Khergit.
But you play as you like. Have fun.
I don't think liberals have any place in the medieval world, other than as those who provide heads for my sabre to slice clean off, or for torsos to cushion the heads of my arrows. I take especial pleasure in granting equality to those female warriors I find by putting them to death in amusing ways. I think civility and chivalry are for the dogs of the cities. My ideology is that of the mounted clan, and I know what the best thing is in life. Thus I am Khergit.
But you play as you like. Have fun.
