He in turn recognized his lieutenants as barons and counts, granting them suzerainty over their lands in exchange for rallying to his banner in war. The Vlandians were employed by the Calradic Empire and paid in land grants and titles, predominately located along the western coast.ĭuring a period of instability in the Empire, Osrac Iron-arm declared himself king of Vlandia, leading to de facto independence. They take their name from one of their first warlords Wilund the Bold (Calradic: Valandion).
The Vlandians originated overseas and came to Calradia as mercenaries and adventurers. He seized the imperial capital of Baravenos and the lands along the coast, and that was how the west was lost to the empire. It was not difficult, during the recent interregnum, for Osrac Iron-arm to declare himself king, independent in all but name. The Vlandians settled, married, planted farms, and built fortresses. This was perhaps not the most far-sighted of policies. But the empire never had as much silver as it needed, and treasury officials soon learned that it could pay its mercenaries with land grants and titles. Their heavy cavalry, second to none, ran down the Emperor's foes from the Aserai wastes to the distant steppes.
They took their name from one of their first warlords, Wilund the Bold - Valandion, in Calradic - and became known as the Vlandians. They came from overseas, mercenaries and adventurers, speaking the tongues of many lands, taking the empire's silver to guard the frontiers against the unsubdued tribes of the interior.
In Warband, Vlandia's old and more expansive land is split between the Rhodoks, who rebelled and split off from Swadia, the Swadians in central Vlandia, and the Nords who were able to take a portion of northern Vlandia. Charas in the south is Sarranid territory in Warband, presumably the predecessor to the Sarranid capital of Shariz. Vlandia is the predecessor to the Kingdom of Swadia in Warband. They start with slightly more territory than the other factions, but are vulnerable to internal dissent.
Ruled by King Derthert, it occupies the western coast of the Calradian continent.Īt the start of Bannerlord, the Vlandians are ruled by King Derthert. Vlandia is a faction in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
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