Once you declare an interest you’ll get summons occasionally or you can go to the city where the lady resides and you’ll see Attempt to visit a lady as a new menu option. In order to meet eligible ladies you should win tournaments and then visit the feast and dedicate the tournament win to the lady you fancy. Be warned though, if you elope and marry without the permission of the male relative then you’ll be making an enemy for life. It also brings you closer to the family, provided the marriage was sanctioned. The benefit of marriage is that it gives you the ability to hold feasts and increase your standing. You can learn poems in taverns and there seems to be a limit of five in total. It takes several visits to worm your way into a bedchamber and it’s not a good idea to rush. You can do it in secret or you can get her father’s permission (sometimes brother). MarriageĪnother new option in Mount & Blade: Warband is to woo a lady with poetry and marry her. It is important you recruit lords and promote companions with similar ideas or you’ll end up with a hopeless kingdom.

You can find out the situation by observing messages, talking to lords and ladies and sending your companions to gather intelligence. It is a smart idea to survey the scene before making any moves and make sure you approach the disaffected lords. You can also question the competency of the current king and suggest you would do a better job. Make sure that you have a decent relationship before you broach the subject so as to avoid trouble. You’ll need to talk to them in private if you want to recruit them. If you make a companion into a vassal make sure they are levelled up with good armour and weaponry first because you won’t be able to change it afterwards. If you persuade a lord to defect or you make a companion into a vassal you will need to grant them lands of their own to keep them happy. This will make your faction more powerful but it will also decrease your chances of grabbing land for yourself. You can also improve your chances of victory by recruiting lords to your cause. Now we’ll have a look at recruiting lords, marrying ladies and increasing your Right to Rule. Making friends will also help because there is a greater chance that other lords will stay neutral when you rebel.

Obviously you have to be levelled up, kitted out and in command of a large, well trained army. The problem is keeping your empire and avoiding a crushing attack from the other factions. In simple terms you simply have to seize a town or city as an independent. We have established the basic process of how to create your own faction.

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