Just thinking that if in bannerlord you can have children then all you need to do is marry the princess and have a child then your child has a claim to the empire after you kill the princess, who says you cant play ck2 in this 😂
@@bestkill6888 And who says this is the problem? If your chatacter will die, you will be playing as your kid. Basicly, an heir. I see that as an absolute win
Random Lord: What is your name? Me: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor HARLAUS!
I'm currently playing a Maximus playthrough!! Limiting myself to tournaments till I'm champion. Then siding with the Western empire for world domination
@@Ethan-zt7ky Except that King of the Commonwealth had military power. King was the highest commander. I think you meant that the ruler had limited political power.
@@williamsmith281 Noooo, he is just the first citizen bro, totally not a king, he is even elected by the senate, nevermind that is just a rubberstamp, he is totally not a king, and if you disagree, you are going to get banned to some island in the middle of the mediterranean
You forgot the most important Faction: "And the newest Faction is the "SmokeWeed69" lead by "Lord DiqWard" who hasn't done anything for 40 years, only to kill thousands of looters within a year, only to rise up as a general and suddenly and without warning breaking off from the faction, recruiting lords and now rules over half of the continent at the ripe old age of 42."
Or the faction that did half of that until they were overrun and the leader was held as slave for an entire year and just now got released, ONLY TO GET CAUGHT BY ANOTHER ENEMY WHO JUST DECLARED WAR AS SOON AS I GOT FREE.... this game is out to get me.
@@quintenbruggink1595 It seems that they used Byzantine theme for the culture, but I get the Crisis of the Third Century vibe with this one. But I can't definitely see that.
lore: "The empire wouldn't dare to send their legions and be cut off from their own supply lines" game: rhagaea rushes directly into the desert, proceeds to lose her original territory to Garios, Monchug then bomb rushes most of the eastern half the continent and she ends up running a cityless empire while sadly pacing between Lycaron and Vostrum.
In my game Rhagea has taken half of the aserai in the first 3 weeks of the game. The vlandians bypassed the battanians and took the the eastern portion of the northen empire in just a few weeks while at the same time overwhelming the eastern empire. The battanians are fighting the sturgians and the sturgians are fighting everybody except monchug's boys. And monchug apparently got lazy and his hordes are just sitting pretty at his borders. Hahaha. The Vlandians are so OP in my game, they are steam rolling everyone.
I've recently started playing and after aboit 3 weeks of game the South warred with the khuzites and the war is still going 3 years into the game. No one else has attacked us except aserai but we keep stopping them in their tracks. The khuzites are brutal but when you just go after their cities and castles they loose their horse advantage and become much easier. I found that out 2 years into the war with them
The factions in Warband are all descended from these factions. The Vlandians led to the Swadians and the Rhodoks. The Sturgians became the Vagiers. The Nords I think are a subfaction within Sturgia, plus some from the Vlandians. The Khergits and the Sarranids are are just the respective Bannerlord factions, ruled by different houses. I heard that the houses from Warband are going to be sub factions in Bannerlord.
This is such a good and informative video. I can see how much you effort you put into editing this with the faction fitting music, gameplay in the background etc. Very good!
@@kyrieeleison9599 All the names sound slightly different from their Warband versions (Pravend -> Praven, Ocs Hall -> Uxhal, Jaculan -> Jelkala, Galend -> Yalen, etc.). Though the map has also been shifted around a good deal--playing the game, Sargot is a lot further south than Sargoth in Warband, and Ocs Hall is further west than Uxhal.
Terry Pennington In my point of view , Sturgians are more Nords (sadly for me) There is some Slavic-Sarmatian elementa..like city Balgrad and other, but banners and names and elites are Nords imo. I like Nordic coulture, but i consider myself Sarmatian origin and this is why i dont like game. Bigest etnic population is not presented in game. Maybe i could go Khergit faction, i dont know... Preety disapointed for Vaegir miss..
I've just realized that I messed a line up during the video, I meant to say the Battanian capital is Ath Cafal. Dunthanach is their sacred hill where the coronations happen. Whoops!
Sturgia is the Rus kingdoms with the Northern mercenaries, Battanians is the Celts, there are arts, you at least read the developer blogs, do not mislead people because of the hype, complete disappointment and dislike.
What I like about this fictional lore is that it seems so much more accurate to a real life medieval situation rather than just any other fictional story like Skyrim or others, bannerlord just seems so much more accurate.
It seems accurate to real life because it is. The situation here is pretty clearly based off the Roman Empire and its neighbours in the High Medieval Era. The Empire is the Roman Empire. Battania are the Rus. Vlandia are the Normans. The Sultanate are the Islamic Caliphates. The Khanate are the Avars, Mongols, and various other Eurasian nomads. Battania is bit of an exception as they're probably based off Britannia.
I like how the factions in bannerlord really drive home the fact that none of the factions in the original game had any real historical claim to calradia Nords and Vaegirs were Sturgians Swadians and Rhodoks were Vlandian And obviously the sultanate was a sultanate and the khanate was a khanate
I stumbled upon this video in my recommendation because my algorithm knows how hyped I am for Bannerlord. Great video! Keep it up dude! I will watch your career with great interest
This is your first video? It's superbly made and the best one to explain the lore of each faction thus far! You've earned yourself another subscriber, keep it up!
The faction lore just reinforces how similar the vlandians are to anglo saxons, red flag with golden lion (although that came with the normans), used as mercenaries by the empire, invaders from overseas taking land from the native battanians (celts) it fits so well
Yeah, all the factions are based off of historical ones. The Vlandians are Anglo-Saxons/Normans, the Battanians are Celts, the Imperial factions are the Byzantines, the Sturgians are the Norse/Rus, the Aserai are the Islamic Caliphates, and the Khuzaits are Mongols.
I kinda think of Vlandia as a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Franks. Anglo-Saxon for obvious reasons, but also Franks because the territory they control in Bannerlord is almost as big as the entire map of Warband (in terms of landmass) and they would go on to fracture into the rival kingdoms of Swadia, Rhodoks, and (to a degree) Nords. Much like how the Frankish Empire under Charlemenge eventually fractured into smaller kingdoms in real life.
Bro I seriously can't believe this is your first video. I assumed, without seeing the sub count, that you had a following of at least 20-30 thousand. This is quality stuff, please make more M&B videos!
I believe this notion was no doubt inspired by the Polish-Lithuanian elective monarchy. Historically, the polish king (elected by the sejm) had no military power because the nobles always checked it, but he would speak for the kingdom diplomatically. Perhaps the sturgian king is weak militarily in Bannerlord? That would be interesting.
@@Ethan-zt7ky Alternatively it was inspired by early Slavic tribal organization (so called martial democracy), where warriors of the tribe elected a leader from amongst themselves (but only for the times od war). However, as the authority of said leader grew with consecutive wars, he would often use it to establish a de facto monarchy, though many decisions unrelated to war would still be made by a popular assembly of the members of the tribe. In this context it would propably mean that one prince had managed to gather enough fame and respect to vassalize most/all of the Sturgian tribes, but he is considered to be only their supreme commander (while he tries to make this post hereditary).
@@wojciechkowalski8061 I suppose that they are inspired by Kievan Rus rather than Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. To many similarities with Styrgians. Additionally it have more sense if we replace Empire with Byzantium en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27
It means monarchy in the imperial sense. You see a strict difference in monarchy between Roman/Latin Europe and other Europe (namely Germanic), who elected clan heads, tribe heads, and a head for confederations (of tribes) which you might call a king. Note that England is a mixed form, influenced by French Normans who installed parts of their system onto a Germanic (Anglosaxon) base. That's why it historically has a conflict between parliamentary power and royal power.
Roman Republic: "There shall never be a king of Rome again." also the Roman Republic: "You've consolidated all power into one person, but refuse to be called a king? I'm in Augustus lets go."
@@satriaputrapratama4703 But queen Zenobia wasn't married to an emperor, just the leader of a wealthy city in syria, so yeah, there are other differences as well.
@@caiawlodarski5339 Regent queen who rallied around her offspring as a source of legitimacy(Palmyra), a false emperor(Gallic Empire), and one who is backed by the senate(Aurelianus(granted, only at the end of the conflict, roman senate had their own candidate)). This game's main conflict is heavily inspired by the Crisis of the Third Century alright
I'm having a dilemma; should I become a simp for the widow empress in the southern empire? or restore the glory of the empire through military might with the western empire? One thing is for sure. I'm already starting to feel the hate for the senate and those noblemen in the north.
L0rd0fLight because the western Roman Empire, who’s capital was Rome was invaded and taken by barbarians. Similarly, the Vlandians have taken the western Calradian empire, who’s lands contained the old capital. The Vlandians are also based on the Normans, so we can assume they are based on the ones who invaded Italy
Sonderistic The Normans did not invade the Roman Empire, they didn’t even exist during that time. They settled in southern Italy several centuries after its fall. The Roman Empire fell because of internal controversies and bad politics and corruption that led to the invasion of a Germanic rebel army under the leadership of Odoacre. They were mercenaries that rebelled against their superiors basically.
Nameless Hero it’s Odoacer*, not Odoacre, I didn’t say that the normans invaded at that time, I’m saying that they have a similar story to the barbarians that invaded at the time. Given the fact that the Normans invaded Sicily later in history, and that the culture of the Vlandians is based on the Normans, we can assume that they are a mashup of the two.
@@sonderistic7664 I'd rather compare Vlandia to the Latin crusaders that briefly were mercenaries of the Byzantine Emperor against another claimant, but since he could not pay them, they took their pay by sacking Constantinople and establishing their own Kingdoms around the area. The Empire is clearly Byzantium since they have catapracts and such.
It is in a major way, and i don't say this in any negative way as I love it, ripped off from history. So there are probably plenty of shows about history already that cover many of these occurrences!
@@pizzafacemcbride3582 Yeah, it's clear that devs pulled inspiration from a multitude of examples most obviously roman based ofcourse but it's possible some came from other parts as well. How well can you run this game on a laptops btw? I have an I7 6-core 2,60 ghz with an Nvidia 1050 card. I only have a screen of 60 hrtz with max resolution of 1920x1080 native.
Basically, if we go by the world of the early 11th century, the empire is inspired by Byzantium, the Khuzait by Pechenegs/ Kipchaks/ Bulgars, the Aserai obviously stand for Iberian Berbers as well as Seljuq- Turks and Arabs, like the Fatimids, the Sturgians are basically Rus/Varangians, the Battanians may be Irish, Welsh and Highlanders (maybe even Bretons), but they look and have a culture like classical celts of the roman era like Gauls, Britons or Alpine Celts. Finally, Vlandia seems to be 'everything else' of europe, french, german, north italian, polish, english and so on, but if i'd need to specify them more, the closest to them in real life could be the french normans (the guys that conquered england and put all this french into the english language).
Love this video, the immersion that it gives is amazing. The role play environment was an awesome touch. Hope to see more videos of you! You gained a new subscriber and the bell is on :)
I think this is the best bannerlord video I've watched so far ,a lot of good information i didn't know about the old calradia , keep going bro you're amazing . ✌
One of the things I love about Bannerlord is the way they inspired these nations out of real life cultures and states without westernizing them, as an Arabian, it feels cheap and sometimes even offensive when Arabians or obviously Arab-inspired people are put in the game (looking at you, Call of Duty) This isn't the case with Bannerlord though, I always make Aserai or Aserai-associated characters because of how well-done they are.
It's maybe for historical accuracy for language about how people that conquer place sometime pronounce that same name differently sometime change the writing of that name. Or sometime the writing system change on the country (this case of my country Indonesia back then when we wrote "u" inside word we wrote it with "oe" example name today "Sukarno" back then was like this "Soekarno".)
@@husnuvesaire7972 for example, my hometown is Kütahya, derivated from the Thracian commender's name capturing it for Roman Empire; Cotys. The original name of the city is Cotyaeum; which basicly means 'City of Cotys'.
What an amazing video! Between finding out that there’s actually a release date for this game and finding this video today has been quite awesome. Definitely subscribed, I’m hoping to see more videos like this soon!
Sturgia : the Scandinavian kingdoms mixed with Russian principalities Vlandia : Norman mercenaries in southern Italy who established the kingdom of Sicily The Empire : the Byzantine Empire Asrai : the fatimid caliphate Battania : a mix of Ireland and Britanny but from the late antiquity The kahnat : the golden hord Globally this word is from our 10th- 11th century with some features from the end of the Roman Empire and from the 12th and 13th century
Battania is from their weapons and fighting styles germanic and balkan tribes looking especially at the Rhomphaia wich was used by the Thracians in eastern Europe, or the Oathsworn which were germanic troops. The Nords from warband having the Huscarls represented Britanny
Sturgia is very much the Kievan Rus, essentially early Russians, Belarussians, and Ukrainians. They not only used all the armor depicted in-game, the Kievan Rus were also usually split into many different principalities, which is why the Sturgians have an aversion to monarchy.
@@plaidpvcpipe3792 Actually this Scandinavian-Slavic mix is not specific to Kievan Rus only. Polabian Slavs like the Veleti fit too. Especially the part about hating monarchy.
Great video! Loved the material covered. However, I was disappointed I wasnt able to see the character model because the map was over him. great video though!
I definitely want to play as the Empire, but I'm still trying to decide which Empire Faction. They all seem to have legitimate claims, but each can also be corrupt.
So since we got petitions for all 3, I'll run down why I say they "could be corrupt" 1) a rich patrician Senate can be for the rich instead of the people. Maybe the late Emperor was forced to support them. 2) There must be a reason the Emperor did not name his child as heir, and his wife might be an Agrippina type; a puppet master. 3) A general would appeal to the plebian peoples, and he'd be a hero in the eyes of many, but it could turn into a dictatorship, and there were times when the Legions appointed Emperors and they didn't always turn out great. I think i might support the West however.
In the meritocratic perspective : Garios has the merit to be nominated Emperor. He dedicated and fought his entire life for the Empire. What have the other ''claimants'' done so far?
It is not a story the Democratic shills will tell you. It's an authoritarian legend. Julius Ceaser was a great man of the Romans, so powerful and so wise he could use the Senate to influence the minds of the people to create land reforms and armies. He had such a knowledge of how to manipulate people he could even keep the legions he created from dying. Charisma is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful the only thing he was afraid of losing was his power, which eventually of course, he did. Unfortunately, he told the Senate about all of his future ambitions and they killed him during a meeting. Ironic, he could save his legions from death, but not himself.
Julius Caesar, the Shakespeare play, is about a tyrant taking control of Rome by force and killing their Republic; senators tried to save it by assassinating him, but the moronic plebs only worship power. Read Act 3 and tell me it doesn’t sound like people you’ve probably met. Brutus was the most noble of all Romans, and his enemies even say this at the end of the play. Caesar turned an historic Greco-Roman republic into a fascist empire, which eventually consumed itself through endless war and strife. Death always to tyrants.
Watching this in 2022 and it's interesting to see what has changed about the geography of the game in the two years since this video was made. I noticed it when he was talking about Battania, that some of the cities on the screen didn't exist in today's version of the game. I think it's interesting to see what's changed.
"The Battanian people are Masters of Archery" Funnily enough, in release they ended up not having a single Archery Unit that can be trained from Standard Recruits. The Closest they get to a Ranged Unit is Melee with Javelins, or Seperate militia Units
I'm so torn on what faction I want to play, it's been years and I still haven't decided. Love the Aserai and the Khuzaits, but the Empire is really cool as well. Battania is also enticing which I didn't expect. Either way, I'm so excited to finally get my hands on this game. It's almost harvesting season boys!
Whoa, this map must have been an early version that got changed. Ath Cafal was apparently the capital of Battania but now it is a random village. Also, Sargot is in a location that would actually make it make sense as an early version of Sargoth from Warband.
@@Sandderad and No, i pledge myself to Senate,not to Brutus,nor Cassius ;) even so, 20 conspirators out of 50 senators were assassinating Caesar, 20 men, defined, not the whole senate, and, as an Italian, 100 times better to serve the Senate of the People of Carladia rather than a thot usurper and a general who wants become King
@@Seagull780 Roman Senate literally hold more than 500 years and let Rome expand in ALL mediterranean,in fact when Rome Republic became Empire, already all the Sea was under its control, it was way more balanced and strong than Imperial system, it collapsed is 2 century
@@wu1ming9shi I mean the Khanate lore is that a powerfull country in the east has forced them to migrate west, maybe we get to see this power in the future. Maybe a more Chinese inspired faction.
@@Spartiatai300 Really wonder what that'd look like. I mean sure the empire looks "roman" but more of a byzantine one with turkish inspirations here and there. Maybe the eastern one could be a mix of chinese/japanese or even some Fillipine influences? Korean also had it's own distinct culture though and the manchu. It'd be quite interesting to see indeed. As or the troop types. A lot of heavy cavalry with a few horse archers; perhaps some medium infantry with long pikes and hell why not some early firepower? Perhaps Song/Tokugawa era inspired? There's a lot of ways they could go with there. Also you Dutch btw? Just realized the meaning of your username lol. XD
@@wu1ming9shi Yeah most Bannerlord factions seem to be combinations of cultures or really abstract versions of a big culture. Maybe India could also work as it is culturally quite distinct. Maybe combining the Mughal Empire into it as well. The Chinese/Japanese one could also add in those Korean hats for lower tier units. Plenty of stuff to make an unique faction I feel. There could even be a faction in the south taking inspiration from Mali and that western-Africa region. Yeah I'm Dutch, most people seem to think it is a fancy French word. ;)
@@Spartiatai300 Bwahahaha! French! of all languages! Thanks for the laugh mate. I'm Belgian...Flanders I guess. Always difficult to explain to people lol. But yeah I agree. as an adition to the eastern faction it'd be awesome to see some actual "Iron Pagoda" cavalry units as well. They'd look absolutely awesome! (Here's a link to what I mean by that: www.pinterest.com/pin/430023464406916007/ ) Though it may not be very era appropriate. I mean bannerlord is set between 800-1000 ad I think. Iron Pagodas first appeared during the Jin dynasty which happened actually during the 13th century. So yeah they missed a big opportunity in warband. Waarom ben ik nog steeds in het engels bezig?... XD edit: blijkbaar verschenen ze voor het eerst in de 12de eeuw dus misschien niet zo onwaarschijnlijk. Ik zou het zeker in men broek doen als ik zoiets op me af zag komen lol.
Where did you find all this information? I would like to make a TH-cam series show kinda like red vs blue but I’d like to know all the lore so I can tie it in the story.
Just thinking that if in bannerlord you can have children then all you need to do is marry the princess and have a child then your child has a claim to the empire after you kill the princess, who says you cant play ck2 in this 😂
But shed probably only accept a matrilineal marriage with someone important and near her age, not a newborn.
@@bestkill6888 And who says this is the problem? If your chatacter will die, you will be playing as your kid. Basicly, an heir. I see that as an absolute win
I thought the same shit lmao. Somebody tryna mod that in??
I'm sure they'll put in a setting where if you don't want to play as your child you don't need to and just restart
@@cheesyz7110 I belive you can also play as your companion when you die
Random Lord: What is your name?
Me: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor HARLAUS!
Isola of Suno protest!
@@gigaboredplays4619 Isolla of Suno the only true Queen!
Butterlord treasonist
I'm currently playing a Maximus playthrough!! Limiting myself to tournaments till I'm champion. Then siding with the Western empire for world domination
"Oh, these guys hate monarchies. Oh yeah, they're lead by a monarch"
Thats literally what the romans did in real life.
This notion is inspired by the Polish-Lithuanian elective monarchy, which had a king that had no military power but spoke for them diplomatically.
@@Ethan-zt7ky Except that King of the Commonwealth had military power. King was the highest commander. I think you meant that the ruler had limited political power.
@@williamsmith281 Noooo, he is just the first citizen bro, totally not a king, he is even elected by the senate, nevermind that is just a rubberstamp, he is totally not a king, and if you disagree, you are going to get banned to some island in the middle of the mediterranean
@@caiawlodarski5339 and that golden chair? who wouldn't want a golden chair.
You forgot the most important Faction:
"And the newest Faction is the "SmokeWeed69" lead by "Lord DiqWard" who hasn't done anything for 40 years, only to kill thousands of looters within a year, only to rise up as a general and suddenly and without warning breaking off from the faction, recruiting lords and now rules over half of the continent at the ripe old age of 42."
Or the faction that did half of that until they were overrun and the leader was held as slave for an entire year and just now got released, ONLY TO GET CAUGHT BY ANOTHER ENEMY WHO JUST DECLARED WAR AS SOON AS I GOT FREE.... this game is out to get me.
😂
Alexander the Great did that except he died at 32, undefeated.
@@HaloDude557except Diqward did'nt suck diks unlike alexander
I'm so glad pseudo-late Romans are getting some love.
jaelee1996 Lol i thought of Emperors Phocas and Alexios etc when watching this vid
@@quintenbruggink1595 It seems that they used Byzantine theme for the culture, but I get the Crisis of the Third Century vibe with this one. But I can't definitely see that.
The Eastern Roman Empire in this game is so obvious that i love it ahahaha.
@@jaelee1996 it's obviously not going to be an exact copy
@@jaelee1996 I think they went with a mix of several things. They wanted the Eastern/Western Roman empires, but in a medieval look.
lore: "The empire wouldn't dare to send their legions and be cut off from their own supply lines"
game: rhagaea rushes directly into the desert, proceeds to lose her original territory to Garios, Monchug then bomb rushes most of the eastern half the continent and she ends up running a cityless empire while sadly pacing between Lycaron and Vostrum.
In my game Rhagea has taken half of the aserai in the first 3 weeks of the game. The vlandians bypassed the battanians and took the the eastern portion of the northen empire in just a few weeks while at the same time overwhelming the eastern empire. The battanians are fighting the sturgians and the sturgians are fighting everybody except monchug's boys. And monchug apparently got lazy and his hordes are just sitting pretty at his borders. Hahaha.
The Vlandians are so OP in my game, they are steam rolling everyone.
@@gigaboredplays4619 butter for the butter god
I've recently started playing and after aboit 3 weeks of game the South warred with the khuzites and the war is still going 3 years into the game. No one else has attacked us except aserai but we keep stopping them in their tracks. The khuzites are brutal but when you just go after their cities and castles they loose their horse advantage and become much easier. I found that out 2 years into the war with them
Seems the case with the mighty Khan Elongus Dongus of Elongdongia
And thus started her OnlyFans to support her campaign.
Truly a tragic story,
The aserai territory legit looks like northern Africa
Yeah, true. How did you notice that?
@@itscolderout I don't know about him, but the big dividing river reminds me of the nile
Yeah I noticed that too. Just lacking the Mediterranean.
Roger boy Roger boy the West part looks like Morocco connecting to Spain, and then the middle looks like Libya
the whole calradia is based on middle east. just look at the map of turkey and its neighbors you'll see the resemblance
The factions in Warband are all descended from these factions. The Vlandians led to the Swadians and the Rhodoks. The Sturgians became the Vagiers. The Nords I think are a subfaction within Sturgia, plus some from the Vlandians. The Khergits and the Sarranids are are just the respective Bannerlord factions, ruled by different houses. I heard that the houses from Warband are going to be sub factions in Bannerlord.
mpitt0730
Rhodoks are from Battania
@@vuksrb1480 vlandia split into rhodoks and swadia
@@vuksrb1480 The Battanians are the mountain and forest bandits you find in west Caldia.
@@ThePointlessBox_ rhodoks are continiue of empire they are italians
battanians are forest bandits in warband
This is such a good and informative video. I can see how much you effort you put into editing this with the faction fitting music, gameplay in the background etc. Very good!
Thank you! You do great work with your videos as well!
Yes I totally agree, great work.
Me: Alright everything looks gre-
Me: (Notices Sargot is not held by the Nords)
Me: *_WAIT THAT'S ILLEGAL_*
but h o w will we d r i n k from they're s k u l l s ?
Isn't it Sargoth
@@kyrieeleison9599 All the names sound slightly different from their Warband versions (Pravend -> Praven, Ocs Hall -> Uxhal, Jaculan -> Jelkala, Galend -> Yalen, etc.). Though the map has also been shifted around a good deal--playing the game, Sargot is a lot further south than Sargoth in Warband, and Ocs Hall is further west than Uxhal.
They are more Kiewer Rus. The "Vegir" got together with Nord Vikings so it's a mix culture of Slavic and nord.
Terry Pennington
In my point of view , Sturgians are more Nords (sadly for me)
There is some Slavic-Sarmatian elementa..like city Balgrad and other, but banners and names and elites are Nords imo.
I like Nordic coulture, but i consider myself Sarmatian origin and this is why i dont like game. Bigest etnic population is not presented in game.
Maybe i could go Khergit faction, i dont know...
Preety disapointed for Vaegir miss..
Really nice video, cant wait to get into the shoes of the EMPIRE!
Nah man, Vlandia all the way.
Sturgia is a fit for me!
FOR THE EMPIRE!
@Resonant bro you should learn from this video
Typical Brit
A moment of silence for those who didnt make it. Finally ITS HERE
E B friend was obsessed with warband and napoleonic wars, perished in 2018 :(
I never thought of that. Fuck... It's like that guy who died a week fefore the Force Awakens came out and he was a star wars fan.
@@placeholdername3818 I thought Disney granted him a last wish and let him watch the movie from his hospital bed
a clan mate of mine from back in the day that has sadly enough died before Bannerlord :/
I've just realized that I messed a line up during the video, I meant to say the Battanian capital is Ath Cafal. Dunthanach is their sacred hill where the coronations happen. Whoops!
Sturgians seem more slavic. Which would more likely make them Vaegir predecessors. Nords must have invaded later.
@@vilevagrant4632 Pretty sure that some of the troops in Sturgia are nordic, so the Nords might already have had some influence.
unquid
Battanians are more like celts then slavs, I think
Sturgia is the Rus kingdoms with the Northern mercenaries, Battanians is the Celts, there are arts, you at least read the developer blogs, do not mislead people because of the hype, complete disappointment and dislike.
What I like about this fictional lore is that it seems so much more accurate to a real life medieval situation rather than just any other fictional story like Skyrim or others, bannerlord just seems so much more accurate.
It seems accurate to real life because it is. The situation here is pretty clearly based off the Roman Empire and its neighbours in the High Medieval Era. The Empire is the Roman Empire. Battania are the Rus. Vlandia are the Normans. The Sultanate are the Islamic Caliphates. The Khanate are the Avars, Mongols, and various other Eurasian nomads. Battania is bit of an exception as they're probably based off Britannia.
@@Pan_Z the battanian's are celt's
@@Pan_Z Battania are celts and the Sturgians are Rus
@@Pan_Z almost accurate the battanians are not rus but ancient celts of Europe the khuzite are turks and the vlandians are the ancient anglo saxons
@@umarsidi1272 vlandians are not anglo saxon theyre Norman
I like how the factions in bannerlord really drive home the fact that none of the factions in the original game had any real historical claim to calradia
Nords and Vaegirs were Sturgians
Swadians and Rhodoks were Vlandian
And obviously the sultanate was a sultanate and the khanate was a khanate
Anyone with enough men and money to take land has a claim, basically.
I stumbled upon this video in my recommendation because my algorithm knows how hyped I am for Bannerlord. Great video! Keep it up dude! I will watch your career with great interest
I waited 8 years for this masterpiece of a game, sure i can wait couple of days
stannis the mannis so hyped
It’s out tomorrow!!!!!
TheGameLab /gaming 3 hours left
stannis the mannis can’t wait
Nippy Nippy 10 minuets !!!!
This is your first video? It's superbly made and the best one to explain the lore of each faction thus far! You've earned yourself another subscriber, keep it up!
The faction lore just reinforces how similar the vlandians are to anglo saxons, red flag with golden lion (although that came with the normans), used as mercenaries by the empire, invaders from overseas taking land from the native battanians (celts) it fits so well
The game is just a fall of rome theme game with a rename of historical actors. That is it.
@@dorianvedrashko9172 yeah, and one of the renamed historical actors are the anglo saxons
Yeah, all the factions are based off of historical ones. The Vlandians are Anglo-Saxons/Normans, the Battanians are Celts, the Imperial factions are the Byzantines, the Sturgians are the Norse/Rus, the Aserai are the Islamic Caliphates, and the Khuzaits are Mongols.
I kinda think of Vlandia as a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Franks. Anglo-Saxon for obvious reasons, but also Franks because the territory they control in Bannerlord is almost as big as the entire map of Warband (in terms of landmass) and they would go on to fracture into the rival kingdoms of Swadia, Rhodoks, and (to a degree) Nords. Much like how the Frankish Empire under Charlemenge eventually fractured into smaller kingdoms in real life.
Bro I seriously can't believe this is your first video. I assumed, without seeing the sub count, that you had a following of at least 20-30 thousand. This is quality stuff, please make more M&B videos!
Styrgia: "Starkly against a monarchy"
Also Styrgia: "A prince that has basically turned the government into a monarchy"
Did I miss something?
I believe this notion was no doubt inspired by the Polish-Lithuanian elective monarchy. Historically, the polish king (elected by the sejm) had no military power because the nobles always checked it, but he would speak for the kingdom diplomatically. Perhaps the sturgian king is weak militarily in Bannerlord? That would be interesting.
@@Ethan-zt7ky Alternatively it was inspired by early Slavic tribal organization (so called martial democracy), where warriors of the tribe elected a leader from amongst themselves (but only for the times od war). However, as the authority of said leader grew with consecutive wars, he would often use it to establish a de facto monarchy, though many decisions unrelated to war would still be made by a popular assembly of the members of the tribe.
In this context it would propably mean that one prince had managed to gather enough fame and respect to vassalize most/all of the Sturgian tribes, but he is considered to be only their supreme commander (while he tries to make this post hereditary).
@@wojciechkowalski8061 I suppose that they are inspired by Kievan Rus rather than Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. To many similarities with Styrgians. Additionally it have more sense if we replace Empire with Byzantium en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27
It means monarchy in the imperial sense. You see a strict difference in monarchy between Roman/Latin Europe and other Europe (namely Germanic), who elected clan heads, tribe heads, and a head for confederations (of tribes) which you might call a king. Note that England is a mixed form, influenced by French Normans who installed parts of their system onto a Germanic (Anglosaxon) base. That's why it historically has a conflict between parliamentary power and royal power.
Roman Republic: "There shall never be a king of Rome again."
also the Roman Republic: "You've consolidated all power into one person, but refuse to be called a king? I'm in Augustus lets go."
The regent queen reminds me of the historical Queen Zenobia
Probably inspired by her
@@caiawlodarski5339 I'd say a downright copy if it werent for her daughter
@@satriaputrapratama4703 But queen Zenobia wasn't married to an emperor, just the leader of a wealthy city in syria, so yeah, there are other differences as well.
@@caiawlodarski5339 Regent queen who rallied around her offspring as a source of legitimacy(Palmyra), a false emperor(Gallic Empire), and one who is backed by the senate(Aurelianus(granted, only at the end of the conflict, roman senate had their own candidate)). This game's main conflict is heavily inspired by the Crisis of the Third Century alright
@@satriaputrapratama4703 It is, but it still has significant differences.
6:22 "be careful not to choke on your aspirations"
I'm having a dilemma; should I become a simp for the widow empress in the southern empire? or restore the glory of the empire through military might with the western empire?
One thing is for sure. I'm already starting to feel the hate for the senate and those noblemen in the north.
Dude exact same feeling
Or become THE SENATE yourself
DO IT
I'm doing either the Republic or the South.
Surprising people would ever support a bunch of rich aristocrats trying to gain power instead of a renowned general or child of the emperor.
Taleworlds looked at the Eastern Roman Empire and said, "holy hell why aren't their more stories about this? Change the names and our lore is done."
Fun fact they live in Istanbul not Constantinople!
@@karlvonfredrick wtf are you talking about?!?
@@nekogaming5300 tale worlds is based in Istanbul!
@@karlvonfredrick dumbass they are literally the same damn city and blatant stupidity like what you typed is ridiculous
@@karlvonfredrick it’s Constantinople
Why does this remind me so much of the eastern Roman empire in its before the fourth crusade?
Great video for the first time, i see you took the style from generals and kings which made the video even better good luck in the next one
I’m guessing the Vlandians got inspired by the normans, settling in Italy?
Why Normans settling in Italy? Why not just the Normans in general? Normandy was given to them after all by the French King.
L0rd0fLight because the western Roman Empire, who’s capital was Rome was invaded and taken by barbarians. Similarly, the Vlandians have taken the western Calradian empire, who’s lands contained the old capital. The Vlandians are also based on the Normans, so we can assume they are based on the ones who invaded Italy
Sonderistic The Normans did not invade the Roman Empire, they didn’t even exist during that time. They settled in southern Italy several centuries after its fall. The Roman Empire fell because of internal controversies and bad politics and corruption that led to the invasion of a Germanic rebel army under the leadership of Odoacre. They were mercenaries that rebelled against their superiors basically.
Nameless Hero it’s Odoacer*, not Odoacre, I didn’t say that the normans invaded at that time, I’m saying that they have a similar story to the barbarians that invaded at the time. Given the fact that the Normans invaded Sicily later in history, and that the culture of the Vlandians is based on the Normans, we can assume that they are a mashup of the two.
@@sonderistic7664 I'd rather compare Vlandia to the Latin crusaders that briefly were mercenaries of the Byzantine Emperor against another claimant, but since he could not pay them, they took their pay by sacking Constantinople and establishing their own Kingdoms around the area. The Empire is clearly Byzantium since they have catapracts and such.
Impressive first video, the only one I’ve seen to actually go over them both satisfactorily and concisely
Thanks for this video, the lore has been so widespread in many different videos, this is a good summary of it all!
I love the campaign coop in this game, invite your friend and they play as one of your lieutenants in your army, its amazing.
The lore on this game is top notch. Imagine if there was a movie or show based off this game.
It is in a major way, and i don't say this in any negative way as I love it, ripped off from history. So there are probably plenty of shows about history already that cover many of these occurrences!
Pizzaface McBride Oh I didn’t know that lmao.
@@pizzafacemcbride3582 Yeah, it's clear that devs pulled inspiration from a multitude of examples most obviously roman based ofcourse but it's possible some came from other parts as well. How well can you run this game on a laptops btw? I have an I7 6-core 2,60 ghz with an Nvidia 1050 card. I only have a screen of 60 hrtz with max resolution of 1920x1080 native.
Basically, if we go by the world of the early 11th century, the empire is inspired by Byzantium, the Khuzait by Pechenegs/ Kipchaks/ Bulgars, the Aserai obviously stand for Iberian Berbers as well as Seljuq- Turks and Arabs, like the Fatimids, the Sturgians are basically Rus/Varangians, the Battanians may be Irish, Welsh and Highlanders (maybe even Bretons), but they look and have a culture like classical celts of the roman era like Gauls, Britons or Alpine Celts. Finally, Vlandia seems to be 'everything else' of europe, french, german, north italian, polish, english and so on, but if i'd need to specify them more, the closest to them in real life could be the french normans (the guys that conquered england and put all this french into the english language).
@@pizzafacemcbride3582 well every fantasy is ripped of from human history.
Asarei land looks like north afrika with the nil
calradia is shaped like turkey and its surroundings
@@DonteatpieRotmgScam hmmm might be because the devs are turkish
Yes in calradia map you can see black sea, khazar(caspian)sea and mediterranean sea
Seitrand you’re assuming he doesn’t know that
Love this video, the immersion that it gives is amazing. The role play environment was an awesome touch. Hope to see more videos of you! You gained a new subscriber and the bell is on :)
This is a great concise video with all the info I need, not a 30 minute long analysis lmao
This is awesome!
Thanks for making this, I was trying to decide which Faction I wanted to side with and this helped a lot.
Personally think a naval update sometime in the future would be great
I wish. If they added the Mediterranean, it would be perfect with naval battles
I think this is the best bannerlord video I've watched so far ,a lot of good information i didn't know about the old calradia , keep going bro you're amazing .
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The quality of the video is amazing, looking forward for the next one
One of the things I love about Bannerlord is the way they inspired these nations out of real life cultures and states without westernizing them, as an Arabian, it feels cheap and sometimes even offensive when Arabians or obviously Arab-inspired people are put in the game (looking at you, Call of Duty)
This isn't the case with Bannerlord though, I always make Aserai or Aserai-associated characters because of how well-done they are.
I'm gonna go Western Empire or Vlandia. Their armors are just too badass.
Same. Vlandia, Sturgia, or Battania. Whichever one has capes lol.
Probably western empire for me too, barrack emperors usually turn out alright.
I'm going Battania.
My longbow spam will be legendary.
@@willjohnson210 yeah and surrounded by enemies
@@censorduck Of course, at least untill your legion asks for outrageous donatives
I like how the names are slightly different than in Warband i.e. Saragot-Saragoth, Oks Hal-Uxhal etc
It's maybe for historical accuracy for language about how people that conquer place sometime pronounce that same name differently sometime change the writing of that name. Or sometime the writing system change on the country (this case of my country Indonesia back then when we wrote "u" inside word we wrote it with "oe" example name today "Sukarno" back then was like this "Soekarno".)
Pravend-Praven
You got good catch. My citys name is kayseri today. İt is in the middle of turkey. İt comes from (Caius Julius )Caesara a roman emperor.
@@husnuvesaire7972 antiochia/antakya is a similar & close example
@@husnuvesaire7972 for example, my hometown is Kütahya, derivated from the Thracian commender's name capturing it for Roman Empire; Cotys. The original name of the city is Cotyaeum; which basicly means 'City of Cotys'.
0:56
A woman running a country? Nonsense! Only big fat noble lords who have feasts every week are worthy of such a position
lol western empire best
Short but very informative video with good editing. Gotta say I like this very much
You make it sound like there's rebellion and chances of civil wars.
Wish this becomes a feature would be so cool for late game and mid as a emperor
This was very well done how do you only have 386 subs ? How dose this only have 18k views ? This video should be on taleworlds website.
It’s basically Europe and the Near East if someone with dementia had to draw it
What an amazing video! Between finding out that there’s actually a release date for this game and finding this video today has been quite awesome. Definitely subscribed, I’m hoping to see more videos like this soon!
5:06 that castle on the map is Rattay from Kingdom Come Deliverance
This video is great i'm suprised this is your first video. please bless us with more videos
Sturgia : the Scandinavian kingdoms mixed with Russian principalities
Vlandia : Norman mercenaries in southern Italy who established the kingdom of Sicily
The Empire : the Byzantine Empire
Asrai : the fatimid caliphate
Battania : a mix of Ireland and Britanny but from the late antiquity
The kahnat : the golden hord
Globally this word is from our 10th- 11th century with some features from the end of the Roman Empire and from the 12th and 13th century
Battania is from their weapons and fighting styles germanic and balkan tribes looking especially at the Rhomphaia wich was used by the Thracians in eastern Europe, or the Oathsworn which were germanic troops. The Nords from warband having the Huscarls represented Britanny
@@MaxMustermann-ze1iv you seem to be right but the huskarls were specific to the Saxons, a German tribe which moved to great Britain
Sturgia is very much the Kievan Rus, essentially early Russians, Belarussians, and Ukrainians. They not only used all the armor depicted in-game, the Kievan Rus were also usually split into many different principalities, which is why the Sturgians have an aversion to monarchy.
@@plaidpvcpipe3792 Actually this Scandinavian-Slavic mix is not specific to Kievan Rus only. Polabian Slavs like the Veleti fit too. Especially the part about hating monarchy.
I would say the asrai are more like the OG Rashidun Caliphate than the fatimids
Really enjoyed all the information, the video and your narration. Thanks buddy!
@ 3:00 Ask your pet dog what house he lives in, he will reply, "Mine, of course!" ::Takes food, then takes a shit::
Great video! Loved the material covered. However, I was disappointed I wasnt able to see the character model because the map was over him. great video though!
@3:57 I though you were gonna say butter 😂
but u think bannerlord is boring n nerdy tho
This was a really helpful and informative video. Very well presented 8/8
Southern Empire - my character married Ira, left the realm while keeping his fiefs, kicked Rhagaea's butt and then joined Western Empire :D
I love the floating bows and arrows at 0:46, haha already love this game
I definitely want to play as the Empire, but I'm still trying to decide which Empire Faction. They all seem to have legitimate claims, but each can also be corrupt.
long live the queen!
Well I'll go for the senate, I'll restore the Republic, claim my self it's saviour and years later take the power as emperor...irronaclly
As a Roman I'll help the general.
So since we got petitions for all 3, I'll run down why I say they "could be corrupt"
1) a rich patrician Senate can be for the rich instead of the people. Maybe the late Emperor was forced to support them.
2) There must be a reason the Emperor did not name his child as heir, and his wife might be an Agrippina type; a puppet master.
3) A general would appeal to the plebian peoples, and he'd be a hero in the eyes of many, but it could turn into a dictatorship, and there were times when the Legions appointed Emperors and they didn't always turn out great.
I think i might support the West however.
In the meritocratic perspective : Garios has the merit to be nominated Emperor. He dedicated and fought his entire life for the Empire. What have the other ''claimants'' done so far?
Thanks for this video. Had not paid much attention to Warband lore but this is fascinating.
If Rome taught us something is that we should NEVER TRUST THE SENATE
How dare you say that about palpatine
Charlie Freeman ever heard of the tragedy of Julius Caesar?
It is not a story the Democratic shills will tell you. It's an authoritarian legend. Julius Ceaser was a great man of the Romans, so powerful and so wise he could use the Senate to influence the minds of the people to create land reforms and armies. He had such a knowledge of how to manipulate people he could even keep the legions he created from dying. Charisma is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful the only thing he was afraid of losing was his power, which eventually of course, he did. Unfortunately, he told the Senate about all of his future ambitions and they killed him during a meeting. Ironic, he could save his legions from death, but not himself.
@Imperatis what a masterpice
Julius Caesar, the Shakespeare play, is about a tyrant taking control of Rome by force and killing their Republic; senators tried to save it by assassinating him, but the moronic plebs only worship power. Read Act 3 and tell me it doesn’t sound like people you’ve probably met. Brutus was the most noble of all Romans, and his enemies even say this at the end of the play. Caesar turned an historic Greco-Roman republic into a fascist empire, which eventually consumed itself through endless war and strife. Death always to tyrants.
Damn you killed it with this video man! Good work!
CELTS! Tiocfaidh ár lá!
Love the effort you put in this video.
Nice video dude
The captions say the empire is Canada so I’m sticking with that nothing better than the Canadian empire
Nice video
Watching this in 2022 and it's interesting to see what has changed about the geography of the game in the two years since this video was made. I noticed it when he was talking about Battania, that some of the cities on the screen didn't exist in today's version of the game. I think it's interesting to see what's changed.
Reminds me of Third century crisis
Yep, regent queen, false emperor with senate at his back, and the one true emperor bidding his time outside of the capital.
@Joseph Sosa The western empire seems more like the gallic empire than aurelian
@Joseph Sosa the player is Aurelian
This was a really good quick over good job! Subbed and watching more vids
I cant wait to role play a scandinavian from the Kievan Rus and form my own Varangian Guard for the true Empress
Viking niggas really be out here simpin'
Thank God this video exist I had no idea what any of the factions even stood for
Who is joining me in Sturgia
"The Battanian people are Masters of Archery" Funnily enough, in release they ended up not having a single Archery Unit that can be trained from Standard Recruits. The Closest they get to a Ranged Unit is Melee with Javelins, or Seperate militia Units
The Empire is rising as we speak.
The Calradic Empire Shall be United Once More! through IRON AND BLOOD! FOR THE EMPIRE!
Long live The senate, The true heir to The empire's throne!!!
Fuck off boomer
@@kaikart123 well at least I will die earlier
i love the editing to this , easy to understand
Me: I'm Gonna Be a Trader! :D
Everyone Else on Hourse: AaaaHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Me ***Dead***
Wtf
@@realcibbanshit36 I think he's talking about Steppe bandits or an army filled with mounted units.
This is a very good video! Good job, and thank you!
I'm so torn on what faction I want to play, it's been years and I still haven't decided. Love the Aserai and the Khuzaits, but the Empire is really cool as well. Battania is also enticing which I didn't expect. Either way, I'm so excited to finally get my hands on this game. It's almost harvesting season boys!
Never seen a video this short and informative.
loool at 5:00 u just stole rattay from kingdom come :D
@DEinarsson They created it themselves LOL XD
@DEinarsson real life
@@CommanderTavos99 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rataje_nad_S%C3%A1zavou
@@CommanderTavos99 Czech Republic, peasants.
The music was spot on GG King.
5:29 Swadians, not Nords. The Nords came over 100 years later, conquering the westernmost areas of Sturgia and the northernmost region of Vlandia.
Whoa, this map must have been an early version that got changed. Ath Cafal was apparently the capital of Battania but now it is a random village.
Also, Sargot is in a location that would actually make it make sense as an early version of Sargoth from Warband.
I PLEDGE MY LIFE TO SERVE THE HOLY IMPERIAL SENATE
You mean those Caesar stabbing snakes?
@@Sandderad Calradia=/= Europe, i dont think a Caesar existed in Mount and Blade Lore
@@Sandderad and No, i pledge myself to Senate,not to Brutus,nor Cassius ;)
even so, 20 conspirators out of 50 senators were assassinating Caesar, 20 men, defined, not the whole senate, and, as an Italian, 100 times better to serve the Senate of the People of Carladia rather than a thot usurper and a general who wants become King
If European history teaches us anything, it is that the senate is always wrong.
@@Seagull780 Roman Senate literally hold more than 500 years and let Rome expand in ALL mediterranean,in fact when Rome Republic became Empire, already all the Sea was under its control, it was way more balanced and strong than Imperial system, it collapsed is 2 century
Best bannerlord channel so far. And it only has 2 videos...
So there is a strong power in the east, perhaps we could see new countries join the game in the future.
it already did because the map is now 3 times bigger than before.
@@wu1ming9shi I mean the Khanate lore is that a powerfull country in the east has forced them to migrate west, maybe we get to see this power in the future. Maybe a more Chinese inspired faction.
@@Spartiatai300 Really wonder what that'd look like. I mean sure the empire looks "roman" but more of a byzantine one with turkish inspirations here and there. Maybe the eastern one could be a mix of chinese/japanese or even some Fillipine influences? Korean also had it's own distinct culture though and the manchu. It'd be quite interesting to see indeed. As or the troop types. A lot of heavy cavalry with a few horse archers; perhaps some medium infantry with long pikes and hell why not some early firepower? Perhaps Song/Tokugawa era inspired? There's a lot of ways they could go with there.
Also you Dutch btw? Just realized the meaning of your username lol. XD
@@wu1ming9shi Yeah most Bannerlord factions seem to be combinations of cultures or really abstract versions of a big culture. Maybe India could also work as it is culturally quite distinct. Maybe combining the Mughal Empire into it as well. The Chinese/Japanese one could also add in those Korean hats for lower tier units. Plenty of stuff to make an unique faction I feel. There could even be a faction in the south taking inspiration from Mali and that western-Africa region.
Yeah I'm Dutch, most people seem to think it is a fancy French word. ;)
@@Spartiatai300 Bwahahaha! French! of all languages! Thanks for the laugh mate. I'm Belgian...Flanders I guess. Always difficult to explain to people lol.
But yeah I agree. as an adition to the eastern faction it'd be awesome to see some actual "Iron Pagoda" cavalry units as well. They'd look absolutely awesome! (Here's a link to what I mean by that: www.pinterest.com/pin/430023464406916007/ ) Though it may not be very era appropriate. I mean bannerlord is set between 800-1000 ad I think. Iron Pagodas first appeared during the Jin dynasty which happened actually during the 13th century. So yeah they missed a big opportunity in warband.
Waarom ben ik nog steeds in het engels bezig?... XD
edit: blijkbaar verschenen ze voor het eerst in de 12de eeuw dus misschien niet zo onwaarschijnlijk. Ik zou het zeker in men broek doen als ik zoiets op me af zag komen lol.
Exactly the type of video I was looking for
Where did you find all this information? I would like to make a TH-cam series show kinda like red vs blue but I’d like to know all the lore so I can tie it in the story.
Dev blogs. You can find them on www.taleworlds.com/
Very good editing, good job!
The Western empire is lead by a great general.... thats ironic since they seem to always die first in my games
Great work on the video, you've earned a new subscriber! Keep it up! :)
I'm gonna start off playing as a khuzait. Can't frickin wait!
getting into this after it was released on console thanks for the video
Great video! I was looking for something like this. Do you have other videos planned?
Absolutely, I hope to have some new videos out very soon!
So we have Celts, Mongols, Eastern Romans, Abbassids, Normans and Vikings/Rus
their factions are parody of those
@Brandonhayhew obviously
I'm going with the Nords, VALHALLA
There are no Nords, the sturgians are the vaegirs of the past as the Nords haven't arrived here yet... *cries in Huscarl*
Glory for the Germani Hail Woden!
That's it, I'm deleting my current play and play serve Garios. Dude looks cool and rarely looks down on me. If I'm good enough, he'll make me king.