The Rhodoks are swiss and northern italian. Why? Some of their names sound somewhat german (Grunwalder, Raichs, Matheas, Gerluchs, Gutlans), they live in the mountains, the "calradic alps", they rely on pikemen (Swiss) and crossbowmen (italian) and, although they managed it in our time much later, they broke away from a larger empire, namely the Kingdom of Swadia or in our world the Holy Roman Empire.
I completely agree, I hate how people forget about about the Swiss Confederation, and thank you for including the obvious historical fact about how Rhodoks and the Swiss became independent. One of the Helmets the Rhodoks use were also very common for Swiss soldiers to use ( I can't remember the exact name but it just covered the top of the head and had padding put over the head before the helmet ).
but the combination of both pike and crossbow to defeat cavalry thats more like bohemians and they use exactly weapons and armor they used in bohemia. Look at kingdom come deliverance. Thats basicaly rhodoks.
Maybe even some Spanish then as northern medieval Spain had such an architecture and Rhodoks border the Sarranids ( wich are like a muslim faction plus shariz used to be Rhodok/Swadian)
they also have some celtic (battanian) roots, remember that northern italy and switzerland were home of celts and old europeans long before rome (the empire) and the franks (vlandians) conquered them
Nords - Norsemen of modern day Denmark, Sweden and Norway (Location, King Ragnar, Huscarls, round shields and axes) Vaegirs - Kievas Rus, modern day Russia, Ukraine, Poland too (Boyars, Bardiches, locations, armor with fur designs) Swadia - Mostly Holy Roman Empire, with some of France thrown in (Superb cavalry - Knights, lack of archers, the name Swadia - Swabia, maybe even a connection between Praven and Prague or Praha, capital of Bohemia and at the time de facto capital and largest city in the HRE) Rhodoks - Northern Italy and Switzerland (pavise shields, kettle helmets, outstanding crossbowmen, mountainous terrain, lack of cavalry, mostly spearmen/pikemen) Khergits - All of the Asian steppe hordes mixed into one with mostly Mongol influence coupled with some far east Asian stuff (northern China to be precise) (location, nothing but cavalry, mostly cavalry archers, helmets and armor, the title Khan) Sarranids - The Saracens, or rather the Arab kingdom most famously led by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) during the Crusades that encompassed Egypt, Arabia and the Levant (similar name, location, titles Sultan and Emir, the Mamluks)
@@GriffinJones0325 Im implying that since the Sassanids are somewhat inspired by Arabian culture, it makes since for them to have Mamluks. Now at the time where Mamluks were prolific in the middeleast, Egypt and Syria had been under Arab control for centuries. I’m not so much looking at the location of where the Mamluks lived and came from but more which culture dominated that area.
Poland is definitely not an inspiration for Vaegirs. Their culture, weapons and armors remind more those of Swadia and Rhidoks. Don’t know where the author took information about polish “boyars”. There was no such thing lmao
can the Swiss also be regarded as an insiration for the Rhodoks, given the fact they also were in the mountains & were known to be anti-cavalry units ?
Rhodoks and their relationship with Swadia have always reminded me of England and France. Heavily armed knights being shot down by skilled ranged units, only instead of longbows it’s crossbows
More like The Swiss confederation and The Holy Roman Empire, Swadia is as he said inspired by the German Duchy of Swabia, the Rhodoks where once Swadians too, and since the game is set in a „13th century“ Style, it would make even more sense, cause in the 13th cenitry in our world, the Swiss rebellion against the Germans started. 🤷🏼♂️
The Sarranids immediately struck me as being more akin to the Saracens, not just because of the name, but because of the style of armor. I could see my boy Saladin rolling with this crew. Lol
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rhodocks are swiss... rhodocks are swiss.... like, everything about them says swiss, the german castle names, their in game history of using pikes to stop cavalry, their mountainous terrain. good gods man.
There is no way Sarinids are Sassanids. Persian Sassanids died before the Middle Ages. Sarinids have a distinct Arab look and are much closer to the middle eastern Arab then anything else. Also You missed the Turkish/Early Ottoman influence in the Kerghits.
Persia is basically what Western ppl call Iran... But, yes, Sarranid are from Sarracen, not Sassinids. Sarracen was basically a Slur for Muslim by Middle age Christian... and because of Mamluke, we can clearly say Sarranids are Egyptian based
Maybe the name "Sarranids" come from the Samanids, a Persian muslim dynasty aroud 1000AD who ruled eastern Iran during the Bouyide domination of the Caliphate Abassids, and not from the Sassanids.
I know this is inaccurate but I have always liked to compare Swadia to a sort of Medieval Prussia. There is actually a flag in the game which very (and I mean VERY) closely resembles the Prussian flag. Two black stripes covering the top half and bottom half of the flag with a white stripe through the middle. There is even the black eagle which also very closely resembles the Prussian coat of arms. I always looked at it as one of the many references to real word countries.
I always thought the rhodoks had a sort of Scottish feel to them due to the pole-arms, lack of cavalry (Scots preferred to fight on foot) their being in the mountains and their rebellious nature
mate the sarranids are arabs cuz they name sultan and emir not shah plus Arabs used scimitar as well and a lot of the names are Arab as well as the city ahmerrad or so , but like in real life they could be immigrants that came and toke that land and ruled there so the idea of Persian root is there just like when the caliphate expanded so far that even the Persians and Spanish joined the armies nice video btw
The clans and rulers and vassals are arabs,but the army could be... Arab/Turkic/Turkish/Persian/Circassian Like the Abbassid caliphate and their relations with the Seljuks. I’m not sure if Circassians are Turkic so I added that. If you are deep into Islamic history you would know why I mentioned different ethnicities for the army.
Shariz is there to, & is Persian when you switch the i & a in the word especially (Shiraz), & Arabs used light cavalry, the heavy cavalry was taken from the Persians, due to the fact that Arabs were lightly armored especially on horse back, since they had a speed focus in their battles, Sarranids are not entirely Arab, & are mixed with others Indians, Persians, Turks, forming a hybrid army
In as much as the Bulgars were a tribe originating close to the Volga that ended up migrating over a long period of time due to continued turkic hordes ravaging their lands. The title could have potentially come from their language as they migrated through what became the Rus lands. There are however contentions to this issue as the word Boyar shares roots with indo-european words for "lord" used throughout slavic and turkic languages. Hard to really peg down.
I always saw the Rhodoks more as Celts, mostly from Scotland and Ireland. Yes, the crossbows and shield are kinda a given to put them to Italian. Especially from their lore, like their independce from Swadia (England/France), their lack of cavalry, that they are called Tribesmen (Savages) when recruited, their choice of weapon (simple tools from pitchforks to spears), and their politics as well as their location
The sarranids is an islamic middle east kingdom not Sassanids because sultan is arabic word And Mamluk is an Arabic word thats mean slave Even the horses is Arab horse breed
dude actually they are amalgam of persians and arabs Sarranid = sassanid shariz=shiraz as for titles they are used by muslims even ottoman rulers used Sultan and padishah emir is a arab title as for troops mamlukes used by ayyubids actually I think they can be based on samanids too which was a Sunni Iranian empire
Here's my analysis for the factions in real life : -Swadia : some people said that they are mixed from France and Germany during the middle ages, I do not blame them because in fact, France and Germany used to be united under King Charlemagne, which eventually influenced the cultures and weapons. So of course if people sometimes mixed them up, it is because they are technically brothers alike, and after King Charlemagne's death, his sons eventually splitted up the kingdom, including France and German, one thing that corcerned me is that they got a red banner with a lion banner, which should be representing England during medieval times, although some kingdoms and soldiers also used the lion banner who aren't British. But overall, they don't have longbowmen which mean that they are likely not to be the British, but instead having a great shock cavalry which should be representing French during medieval times since they were known to have a great cavalry. But one theory suggest that the English could also have a good cavalry since they were influenced by the Normans during early high middle age period, which conquered England during 1066 AD and thus changing the cultures of England itself, including the cavalry army (the Normans were also known to have a great early middle age cavalry). And eventually, before King Charlemagne rule, the Normans were actually came from Normandy which located in modern France (not to mention the intermarriage that is happening between England and France during the medieval times). So to put into conclusion, they are mixed with France, Germany, British (possibly), and the Holy Roman Empire (which is also possible since they were also cousins to the France and Germany since both were used to be ruled under Roman Empire back in the ancient times) Rhodoks : now to put into more simple, both Northern Italy and Swiss were pretty much influenced by a whole lot of cultures from the Roman rules until the medieval period with France and other rulers, in fact, in the 12th century, the dukes of Zahringen were given authority over part of the Burgundy territories which covered the western part of modern Switzerland, which explained a lot why they are being mixed with a lot of similarities with France and other European countries, in fact, a few times their territory were given from kingdom to kingdom which summarized the cultures and the mixing that is happening. So in conclusion, the Rhodoks were most likely to be Swiss army who could be the mercenaries in the same time since in the history, they were also used a lot for mercenaries. Vaegir: they were most likely to be Kievan Rus with their expertise in bows and axes, which is possible since back then, Russia were used to be conquered by the Mongol Empire, and because of this, it could be possible for their culture to mix with the mongolian which explain why they are good with bows but still good at their infantry. And of course, they are most likely to be slavic, which shared the ame similarities with Polish and Ukrainain during middle ages. Khergit Khanate : now this is most likely to be mixing from Chinese and Mongolians, in fact, during ancient times, the Mongolians were being called Xiong Nu by the chinese which mean "Huns" or "Huna" refering to the Nomadic people, and in some cases, Nomads were being used by the chinese as mercenaries which might explain the culture mixture in Khergit Khanate. But one thing must be known that after Genghis Khan's death, the Mongol Empire will eventually broken up into many Khanates which mean that the Khergit Khanate itself is a part that is left from the fractured Mongol Empire. Sarranids : now they are not Persian, Sassanids or even the Parthian (even though they are related to the Turkish empire during middle ages), in fact, from the calling of "Sarranid Sultanate," explained that they are a muslim kingdom, which mean the Persian empire or even Sassanid kingdom are already being vanquised by the muslim invasion, which lead us to the Turkish influence. Their unit called Mamluke is basically a name for non-muslim soldiers or Muslim nobles that are used to be slaves or former slaves. So basically they are the Turkish empire (possibly the Seljuq Empire) who already went through the Muslim invasion.
I like to think of Swadia as Germans and Rhodoks as Swiss/Italian. I think the Vlandian Empire is like the HRE but in the M&B universe, therefore meaning that it could be an alternate universe where the HRE split into two states.
We can’t really say that this or that country had the best cavalry, the English and the Germans, poles and so on also had great cavalry, real life wasn’t a video game, but the French certainly were a nation that showed much pride in knights on horseback, so yes the inspiration is definitely there.
The Vaegirs remind me a lot of the huns, I think the vaegirs are some kind of combination of the Huns and the Kievan-Rus. Would’ve been cool if the vaegirs had lassos to drag their enemies. Huns used to lassos to drag enemy’s into their enemies would’ve been a really cool way to demount cavalry. Also useful for dragging infantry into your own lines, can’t fight back if you’re getting dragged.
Swadia is essentially Feudal mainline Northern Europe. Angivian Empire English Kings, Holy Roman Empire, Swabia, Capet dynasty France all have influenced them I think.
They got mameluks. The heavy cavalry of sassanids were the cataphracts , that were wearing only heavy mail armor, and they actually fell under Arab rule the early medieval period. The architecture of saranids is that of the caliphate and the titles are of caliphate ( the sassanids had a sakh and the saranids have a sultan , a term introduced during the first appearance of Turkish tribes because the Arab caliphate it was still strong and this way they sown that the caliph overruled them
For Rhodoks. I think its more like Bohemia than Italy. But Bohemia in control of Husites. They are know of they strong sharpshooters. Not only with balista even with a pre-modern guns. ANd They dont have much cavalry. Because they are defenders. And they basically fight without them. But agains them. And pavise was theyre usually shield. Gig ones and smaller ones
One of the things i most enjoy about this game is the historical looks it has to it, even though it is only influenced and not 100% full historical, i like that they gave more attention to pieces like different chainmails and helmets that can be used in the same historical context, i'm interested in viking age's kievan rus so Nords and Vaegirs are the only kinds of troops i recruit XD
My generalized viewpoint was always that Swadians are the western Europeans like England and France, Rhodoks were more HRE mixed with some level of Celtic and Germanic with all the tribal, Mediterranean, and Medieval Gothic German imagery, Vaegirs are eastern Europeans like the Baltics, Balkans, and Slavs, Khergits are obviously Asians, and Sarranids are obviously North Africans.
Italy didn't have tomatoes until after Columbus landed in the new world..... tomatoes is a new world crop and when was brought to Europe, it was an ornamental plant due to the tomato being part of the nightshade family...
I believe the nords they make the appearance not only as small groups of sea readers but in the middle of the game one massive nord horde invade to calradia like the viking in total war throne of britannia
I believe Venice more specifically is the inspiration for the Rhodoks, because they had a lot of influence in the Balkans (Architecture) but were also known for their pavise crossbowmen.
The winged helmets are actually a German thing, they have nothing to do with the winged hussars, but in old manuscripts from the 13th century there are depictions of German and Danish knights wearing helmets with wings and other crests.
For me, the Sarrranids are based on all 3 main people from the Middle-East (Arabs, Persians and Turks). The name is based on the persians. But I think were the Sarranids are the most based on is the Mamluk Sultanate. Simple because it has Mamluks. The Sassanid Persian Empire was already defeated before there were Mamluks. The game is set in the 13th century. And in real life, the Mamluk Sultanate was a stong faction in the 13th century as it defeated both the Mongols as well as the Crusaders.
Turks Arent dirty People from the middle east we have nothing in Common and our soliders Arent Turban wearing weaklings the kirghit are turks in this game it even got confirmed by the developers
@@kemalsurmeli7722 People from Middle-East are not dirty. Yes I know Turks didn't wear Turban and have things in common with the Kirghit. But some Turks could also be found in Mamluk armies (real life Mamluk)
pretty good but I would saw Swadia is very much HRE and the Saranids are very much Muslim in most aspects with the Sassanids basically being the inspiration for the title. Specifically the Sarranids are of Islamic Egypt being both a "Sultanate" and being a Mamluke Society.
The mamluks mixed with the sassanid style armor makes me believe that the sarranids really are just a mix of the Arabs and the Persians. The Seljuk Turks being persian in culture also accounts for some of the Ottoman influences as well.
The Sarranid attire is far more Arab than Persian though, and their heavy cavalry were way more similar to Mamelukes than the Cataphracts of Persia. They're a solid mix, it's just the same that resembles Sassanids.
Saying Rhodok can be just as Hungarian as Italian is really misleading because Rhodoks employ nearly no Cavarly... both Huns earlier, but also very much Hungary later employs a lot of Light Cavalry. In medieval period, also heavy cavalry but early on horse archers and late times again light cav (Hussars - Hint: "Húsz" means twenty and one of those should be rised for 20 households in some areas). This high cavarly focus actually stayed even in WW1 in some cases where it was totally outdated. As the game plays in 1200s I would expect Hungary having a mix of heavy and light cavalry and light being horse archers, but slowly phased out towards knights. Of course there would be foot soldiers along the side. Just saying that Rhodok really feels not-much-Hungarian at all for lack of horses. I think the faction name "Rhodok" is a wordplay on Rhodos. That makes sense from Turkish viewpoint (developer is Turkish). The map areas and positioning resemble a mix of northern italy and greece. Interestingly the Khergits (which as s Hungarian I always play for getting horse archers) instead of representing the Scyth-Sarmatian-Hun-Hungarian kind of nomadic culture more represents the Hun-ProtoTurk-Mongol-Avar-Turk line. This is more or less clear from names, but in case of names there is some connection to the former list too (likely through Huns - just like in reality where that was having both of these lines). Vaegirs - and please mind that Polish people call Hungarians as "Wegier" and we call them "Lengyel" which both same words but different written form - I kind of can play and relate to as Hungarian, but again it feels too north, has Russian feel to it and more represent east europe as a whole. Also despite they employ good (best) foot archers in the game it is a bit weird. Also Tundra and similar names etc. Swadia is wordplay on "Swabia". Its basically "rest of western europe with heavy knights - mostly germanic". But to some extent we also used heavy cavalry like that as Hungary, but not that single-strategy kind of way as they do in the game. Also yes we used crossbows just like everyone else but not even sore enough for them in that century where I expect more regular bows for Hungary. Not so far away from our "basicaly full Khergit" strat time period... only like 1-2 centuries. So yes... they more like germans. Nords - I guess no one needs explanation... Sarranid Sultanate - wordplay on Sassanid empire - basically Parthia, Sassanids, then also all Arabs. How I think about this is that real nations are sometimes mix of these nations and sometimes these nations are mix of the real ones: Like Hungary is in the Khergit-Vaegir-Swadia triangle (in this order of magnitude from biggest to smallest) and Turkiye is mix of Khergit and Sarranide. I also like how the map is: like Wercheg is basically skandinavia (you can see this clearly if you orient the map properly) and you will see that way that Rhodoks totally encompass all southern mediterraneum except on the east. One more thing that makes Hungarians close to being Khergit: they have big lowlands but all around there is mountains to that: enter carpathian basin.... Also they mention other nomad tribes behind some of the mountains to the east - yet their land is not very fertile according to what people like Borcha says - which is then not carpathian basin, but more on the Steppes... As I said its a mix, but a mix that makes sense historically - if geography would be the way it is in M & B.
Mamluks is just a term for all slave soldiers, they were used everywhere in the middle east. Egypt is the most famous for them because the salve soldiers seized power and took control of the caliphate, it happened elsewhere as well, where slave soldiers would seize power for themselves but Egypt is most famous for it probably because it lasted a long time.
Guts Likes It In The Ass I wouldn’t say overthrow them,they figured that the Ayubid sultan became weak,so they have taken responsibility to fight them mongols
Guts Likes It In The Ass Qutz was a khwarezmian prince that got captured by mongols then sold to Egypt,he worked for the Ayyubid royal house for a time period,and became sultan cuz the ayyubid sultan was too young and weak.
The Nords really represent all of Northern Europe in the early middle ages. This incorporates all of the Germanic peoples like the English, and the Norse. They all used very similar gear and worshiped similar gods (until Christianity took hold in England and Germany).
A note on the Nords and their real life history: They were actually fairly well armored, but due to our climate, most chainmail is erroded, and all the leather and fabric gambisons is gone. But the Huscarl is mostlikely a very accurate representation of the successful viking raiders. After all, being a viking was a job for the elite warriors of the Scandinavian society, most normal people couldn't just sign up and be accepted.
@@noger1234 Not correct. Strong evidence exists that most Viking raiders were equipped hauberks (chainmail) and were quite successful at maintaining it too.
You talk so much shit, so you think we traided us into being control of following countries and citys: Russia, Finland, Paris, Normandy, whole of England (look it up), Dubh linn? Also finding America hundred of years before colombus?
Rhodoks are also based upon Flemings, who heavily used urban militias made of heavy infantrymen. Rhodoks even have the most emblematic Flemish weapon, the 'goedendag' (long staff with a small pike). I doubt that Sarranids are inspired by Sassanids, despite their name. Although Calradia is a fictionnal world, Warband takes place in the 13th century, long after the end of the Persian Sassanids. Also some Sarranid stuffs bear pseudo-arabic inscriptions. Not to mention their clearly Arabic names and titles ('sultan', 'Hakim', etc.). To my eyes, Sarranids are mostly based upon 12-14th century Egyptians, Syrians and North Africans.
the very fact that the best armour of the sarranids is called mamluke armour should have been a dead givaway what sort of period and culture we're talking about, and the shape of the maces matches very much medieval arabic and egyptian armies rather than the armies from the early arab conquests
The Khergits are in fact based on the Mongol. Why do they have Chinese stuff then you ask? The First major kingdoms conquered by the Mongol was the Northern Chinese states, and a lot of weaponries, machinaries were made in China and in turn used by the Mongolian army in their conquest.
Rhodoks - mix of Italy and England, fielding a lot of billmen and crossbowmen. Vaegirs - Pretty much the Rus. Even the name sounds like Variag (Varangian for English speakers - the scandinavians who settled down and became the Rus).
Even crusaders and eastern romans wore turban while conquering Middle east xD, just imagine to have 30kg plate armor tip to toe in A fucking 40Celsius degrees desert
So um about Rhodoks italians plenty of evidence but i think that they are more inspired by the Byzantine empire. I know, I know pretty unheard of but the Byzantine empire was a pretty strong and influential faction plus they were desendents of the Roman empire so yeah Italian influence and that is why they would use the same weapons. That is in my opinion.
Um ackchewally the nords are clearly inspired from Skyrim cause they have axes and shout and stuff.
@@clubsamwitchguy9993 if you could count you would know that my comment was 16/17 English mate.
Have you seen those warriors from Durquba? They have curved swords. Curved. Swords!
Ulfric is the true High King!
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@@nukezy616 hey, hey dude, guess what! *It was a fucking joke*
The Rhodoks are swiss and northern italian. Why? Some of their names sound somewhat german (Grunwalder, Raichs, Matheas, Gerluchs, Gutlans), they live in the mountains, the "calradic alps", they rely on pikemen (Swiss) and crossbowmen (italian) and, although they managed it in our time much later, they broke away from a larger empire, namely the Kingdom of Swadia or in our world the Holy Roman Empire.
I completely agree, I hate how people forget about about the Swiss Confederation, and thank you for including the obvious historical fact about how Rhodoks and the Swiss became independent. One of the Helmets the Rhodoks use were also very common for Swiss soldiers to use ( I can't remember the exact name but it just covered the top of the head and had padding put over the head before the helmet ).
but the combination of both pike and crossbow to defeat cavalry thats more like bohemians and they use exactly weapons and armor they used in bohemia. Look at kingdom come deliverance. Thats basicaly rhodoks.
Also hungary relied on their cavalry very much so
Maybe even some Spanish then as northern medieval Spain had such an architecture and Rhodoks border the Sarranids ( wich are like a muslim faction plus shariz used to be Rhodok/Swadian)
they also have some celtic (battanian) roots, remember that northern italy and switzerland were home of celts and old europeans long before rome (the empire) and the franks (vlandians) conquered them
I thought that the Swiss Confederation would be also mentioned when talking about the Rhodoks because of the Pikes and Mountains
They're clearly Italians
Ehab Hussein I was thinking a mix of italian(Crossbows) and Swiss(Pikes)
I'm kind of thinking Scotland.
Zone Tan yeah, medieval Scotland mostly used bows instead of crossbows and they would likely resemble a mix of swadians and nords.
I completely agree, it is also mentioned by the outcast ruler of rhodoks that rhodoks is a Confederacy
Nords - Norsemen of modern day Denmark, Sweden and Norway
(Location, King Ragnar, Huscarls, round shields and axes)
Vaegirs - Kievas Rus, modern day Russia, Ukraine, Poland too (Boyars, Bardiches, locations, armor with fur designs)
Swadia - Mostly Holy Roman Empire, with some of France thrown in (Superb cavalry - Knights, lack of archers, the name Swadia - Swabia, maybe even a connection between Praven and Prague or Praha, capital of Bohemia and at the time de facto capital and largest city in the HRE)
Rhodoks - Northern Italy and Switzerland (pavise shields, kettle helmets, outstanding crossbowmen, mountainous terrain, lack of cavalry, mostly spearmen/pikemen)
Khergits - All of the Asian steppe hordes mixed into one with mostly Mongol influence coupled with some far east Asian stuff (northern China to be precise) (location, nothing but cavalry, mostly cavalry archers, helmets and armor, the title Khan)
Sarranids - The Saracens, or rather the Arab kingdom most famously led by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) during the Crusades that encompassed Egypt, Arabia and the Levant (similar name, location, titles Sultan and Emir, the Mamluks)
Mamlukes were in Egypt, Syria, and a few other areas, I couldn’t find a source where it said that a mamluke was in Saudi Arabia, or Iran
@@GriffinJones0325 Egypt at the time was basically also Arab culture.
@@Defferleffer basically does not mean in.
@@GriffinJones0325 Im implying that since the Sassanids are somewhat inspired by Arabian culture, it makes since for them to have Mamluks. Now at the time where Mamluks were prolific in the middeleast, Egypt and Syria had been under Arab control for centuries. I’m not so much looking at the location of where the Mamluks lived and came from but more which culture dominated that area.
Poland is definitely not an inspiration for Vaegirs. Their culture, weapons and armors remind more those of Swadia and Rhidoks. Don’t know where the author took information about polish “boyars”. There was no such thing lmao
can the Swiss also be regarded as an insiration for the Rhodoks, given the fact they also were in the mountains & were known to be anti-cavalry units ?
Arsas I agree, and the outcast ruler of rhodoks said that rhodoks is a Confederacy
Rhodoks and their relationship with Swadia have always reminded me of England and France. Heavily armed knights being shot down by skilled ranged units, only instead of longbows it’s crossbows
More like The Swiss confederation and The Holy Roman Empire, Swadia is as he said inspired by the German Duchy of Swabia, the Rhodoks where once Swadians too, and since the game is set in a „13th century“ Style, it would make even more sense, cause in the 13th cenitry in our world, the Swiss rebellion against the Germans started. 🤷🏼♂️
Mount&Blade feels quite realistic and I often think that Calradian cultures are quite possible like in a parallel dimension
Dimension?
The Sarranids immediately struck me as being more akin to the Saracens, not just because of the name, but because of the style of armor. I could see my boy Saladin rolling with this crew. Lol
Some of the Baltic states 0:51? I highly doubt that. Maybe you meant Balkan?
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yea id agree he meant balkan
Lord Odyun
Baltic = Prussia, Poland Lithuania, etc
Balkans = Constatly war between Serbs and Croats
"Constatly war between Serbs and Croats"
More like constantly war between Christians and Muslims, especially in the Medieval and Pre-WW1 times.
Northem Poland is... I mean, Prussia is literally Polish Territory now, well, a part of it is Russian, but, who cares
man, they even said it , khergits are MOSTLY Turkic-Turkish and PARTLY Mongolian.
He said "and other. Steppe tribes.".
So no problem.
Yup and i said that aswell :)
the reason why i wrote it is that so many people think this faction is entirely Mongolian which it isn't. That's why i said it.
@@ResonantRTS huh guy by the way this game is Turkish game. 💪😉
@@turkishfolk6262 western people is more familiar with mongols when it comes to steppe tribes since audience for this channel is majority western it is normal to indicate mongols
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rhodocks are swiss... rhodocks are swiss.... like, everything about them says swiss, the german castle names, their in game history of using pikes to stop cavalry, their mountainous terrain.
good gods man.
Ah, a man of culture I see
So you say, swiss is german?
@@theaccusator6255 swiss is german in some respects but not in warfare
There is no way Sarinids are Sassanids.
Persian Sassanids died before the Middle Ages. Sarinids have a distinct Arab look and are much closer to the middle eastern Arab then anything else.
Also You missed the Turkish/Early Ottoman influence in the Kerghits.
Persia is basically what Western ppl call Iran...
But, yes, Sarranid are from Sarracen, not Sassinids.
Sarracen was basically a Slur for Muslim by Middle age Christian... and because of Mamluke, we can clearly say Sarranids are Egyptian based
Maybe the name "Sarranids" come from the Samanids, a Persian muslim dynasty aroud 1000AD who ruled eastern Iran during the Bouyide domination of the Caliphate Abassids, and not from the Sassanids.
I think they could be inspired by Sassanids, because the nords were inspired by vikings, who existed until X century, also long before 1267.
I know this is inaccurate but I have always liked to compare Swadia to a sort of Medieval Prussia. There is actually a flag in the game which very (and I mean VERY) closely resembles the Prussian flag. Two black stripes covering the top half and bottom half of the flag with a white stripe through the middle. There is even the black eagle which also very closely resembles the Prussian coat of arms. I always looked at it as one of the many references to real word countries.
I always used that flag because it adds 100 discipline.
The Swadians are all powerful. You please the Butterlords.
I always thought the rhodoks had a sort of Scottish feel to them due to the pole-arms, lack of cavalry (Scots preferred to fight on foot) their being in the mountains and their rebellious nature
Me to fam finally i found someone who thinks the same
The Sarranids' name comes from both Sassanid and Saracen.
what about samanid?
I'm about to get blue balls from all this Bannerlord teasing
mate the sarranids are arabs cuz they name sultan and emir not shah plus Arabs used scimitar as well and a lot of the names are Arab as well as the city ahmerrad or so , but like in real life they could be immigrants that came and toke that land and ruled there so the idea of Persian root is there just like when the caliphate expanded so far that even the Persians and Spanish joined the armies
nice video btw
whats up ?
im muslim arabic shah was used for small kingdoms sultan were for the bigger empires
i said that because he probbably will respond saying im wrong when im right
The clans and rulers and vassals are arabs,but the army could be...
Arab/Turkic/Turkish/Persian/Circassian
Like the Abbassid caliphate and their relations with the Seljuks.
I’m not sure if Circassians are Turkic so I added that.
If you are deep into Islamic history you would know why I mentioned different ethnicities for the army.
Shariz is there to, & is Persian when you switch the i & a in the word especially (Shiraz), & Arabs used light cavalry, the heavy cavalry was taken from the Persians, due to the fact that Arabs were lightly armored especially on horse back, since they had a speed focus in their battles, Sarranids are not entirely Arab, & are mixed with others Indians, Persians, Turks, forming a hybrid army
The title Boyar has Bulgarian roots.
That is true
In as much as the Bulgars were a tribe originating close to the Volga that ended up migrating over a long period of time due to continued turkic hordes ravaging their lands. The title could have potentially come from their language as they migrated through what became the Rus lands. There are however contentions to this issue as the word Boyar shares roots with indo-european words for "lord" used throughout slavic and turkic languages. Hard to really peg down.
So?
Nop. Not specifically Bulgarian, but Slavic roots. Heck, even the Romanians called their nobles boyars and they speak a latin language.
cmon man Swadian euqipment just screams Holy Roman Empire, not just germany
@Sinatra IV And Bohemia, parts of Poland, parts of France, Italy, Hungary and Pomerania.
@Sinatra IV ...'s poor attempt at recreating the greatest empire of all times! /s
Yes but swadian knights are probably based on french knights
@@jumperwilli7770 Or you know... Holy Roman knights.
Leo Persson well france had the most known elite cav in europe,but the hre were good too with cav so I’ll say it’s a mix
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I always saw the Rhodoks more as Celts, mostly from Scotland and Ireland. Yes, the crossbows and shield are kinda a given to put them to Italian.
Especially from their lore, like their independce from Swadia (England/France), their lack of cavalry, that they are called Tribesmen (Savages) when recruited, their choice of weapon (simple tools from pitchforks to spears), and their politics as well as their location
The sarranids is an islamic middle east kingdom not Sassanids because sultan is arabic word
And Mamluk is an Arabic word thats mean slave
Even the horses is Arab horse breed
dude actually they are amalgam of persians and arabs Sarranid = sassanid shariz=shiraz as for titles they are used by muslims even ottoman rulers used Sultan and padishah emir is a arab title as for troops mamlukes used by ayyubids actually I think they can be based on samanids too which was a Sunni Iranian empire
The Rhodoks may also be inspired by the Hussites, though no awesome war-wagons, early firearms, and a badass one-eyed general.
Also Saranid sultanate considering they have Mamluks its clear its supposed to be Mamluk sultanate. you have to go further than just the name.
Here's my analysis for the factions in real life :
-Swadia : some people said that they are mixed from France and Germany during the middle ages, I do not blame them because in fact, France and Germany used to be united under King Charlemagne, which eventually influenced the cultures and weapons. So of course if people sometimes mixed them up, it is because they are technically brothers alike, and after King Charlemagne's death, his sons eventually splitted up the kingdom, including France and German, one thing that corcerned me is that they got a red banner with a lion banner, which should be representing England during medieval times, although some kingdoms and soldiers also used the lion banner who aren't British. But overall, they don't have longbowmen which mean that they are likely not to be the British, but instead having a great shock cavalry which should be representing French during medieval times since they were known to have a great cavalry. But one theory suggest that the English could also have a good cavalry since they were influenced by the Normans during early high middle age period, which conquered England during 1066 AD and thus changing the cultures of England itself, including the cavalry army (the Normans were also known to have a great early middle age cavalry). And eventually, before King Charlemagne rule, the Normans were actually came from Normandy which located in modern France (not to mention the intermarriage that is happening between England and France during the medieval times). So to put into conclusion, they are mixed with France, Germany, British (possibly), and the Holy Roman Empire (which is also possible since they were also cousins to the France and Germany since both were used to be ruled under Roman Empire back in the ancient times)
Rhodoks : now to put into more simple, both Northern Italy and Swiss were pretty much influenced by a whole lot of cultures from the Roman rules until the medieval period with France and other rulers, in fact, in the 12th century, the dukes of Zahringen were given authority over part of the Burgundy territories which covered the western part of modern Switzerland, which explained a lot why they are being mixed with a lot of similarities with France and other European countries, in fact, a few times their territory were given from kingdom to kingdom which summarized the cultures and the mixing that is happening. So in conclusion, the Rhodoks were most likely to be Swiss army who could be the mercenaries in the same time since in the history, they were also used a lot for mercenaries.
Vaegir: they were most likely to be Kievan Rus with their expertise in bows and axes, which is possible since back then, Russia were used to be conquered by the Mongol Empire, and because of this, it could be possible for their culture to mix with the mongolian which explain why they are good with bows but still good at their infantry. And of course, they are most likely to be slavic, which shared the ame similarities with Polish and Ukrainain during middle ages.
Khergit Khanate : now this is most likely to be mixing from Chinese and Mongolians, in fact, during ancient times, the Mongolians were being called Xiong Nu by the chinese which mean "Huns" or "Huna" refering to the Nomadic people, and in some cases, Nomads were being used by the chinese as mercenaries which might explain the culture mixture in Khergit Khanate. But one thing must be known that after Genghis Khan's death, the Mongol Empire will eventually broken up into many Khanates which mean that the Khergit Khanate itself is a part that is left from the fractured Mongol Empire.
Sarranids : now they are not Persian, Sassanids or even the Parthian (even though they are related to the Turkish empire during middle ages), in fact, from the calling of "Sarranid Sultanate," explained that they are a muslim kingdom, which mean the Persian empire or even Sassanid kingdom are already being vanquised by the muslim invasion, which lead us to the Turkish influence. Their unit called Mamluke is basically a name for non-muslim soldiers or Muslim nobles that are used to be slaves or former slaves. So basically they are the Turkish empire (possibly the Seljuq Empire) who already went through the Muslim invasion.
For the Nords, they are already easy to be identified as the Scandinavians
The Rhodoks are Medieval Switzerland
Not a single mention of Poland when referring to Swadian.. I cri every time.
That’s when the winged hussars arrive
Well yes, makes sense, cause they are more German and French inspired. 🤔
“They do have the weakest cavalry in the game” - Resonant describing the Rhodoks
King Ragnar: see, none is better than some
I was schook when he called khergits chinese
what was my channel's name again yeh ı think like you . Khergist are mostly Turks and Mongol
@@atligbilig9519 I think mostly kazakhs.
@@Slamus04 as i know khazags are turks too
@@Slamus04 na maybe some but defo not mainly
I like to think of Swadia as Germans and Rhodoks as Swiss/Italian. I think the Vlandian Empire is like the HRE but in the M&B universe, therefore meaning that it could be an alternate universe where the HRE split into two states.
I feel like rhodoks are simply the holy Roman empire which includes German and Italian lands if I am correct.
I always thought of The Rhodoks as Genoese because you know merchant state, crossbows and stuff.
Swadian knights being the best cavalry is probably based on the french,because they had the best oriental cavalry
We can’t really say that this or that country had the best cavalry, the English and the Germans, poles and so on also had great cavalry, real life wasn’t a video game, but the French certainly were a nation that showed much pride in knights on horseback, so yes the inspiration is definitely there.
Keeping in mind samurai armour as an Easter egg was placed in Vaegir city of Rivacheg
It could lead on to something?
This is a really accurate video, I'm surprised you know so much about history, this is really specific and I agree with all of it
The Vaegirs remind me a lot of the huns, I think the vaegirs are some kind of combination of the Huns and the Kievan-Rus. Would’ve been cool if the vaegirs had lassos to drag their enemies. Huns used to lassos to drag enemy’s into their enemies would’ve been a really cool way to demount cavalry. Also useful for dragging infantry into your own lines, can’t fight back if you’re getting dragged.
I'd say that Swadia could be a mix of England and France, they have the best heavy cavalry after all
Swadia is essentially Feudal mainline Northern Europe. Angivian Empire English Kings, Holy Roman Empire, Swabia, Capet dynasty France all have influenced them I think.
Always figured the Rhoodok's were partially based on Scotland. With the highland placement and intense hatred for their lowland dwelling ex-kin.
Me too fam
Rhodoks is Scotland
They got mameluks. The heavy cavalry of sassanids were the cataphracts , that were wearing only heavy mail armor, and they actually fell under Arab rule the early medieval period. The architecture of saranids is that of the caliphate and the titles are of caliphate ( the sassanids had a sakh and the saranids have a sultan , a term introduced during the first appearance of Turkish tribes because the Arab caliphate it was still strong and this way they sown that the caliph overruled them
I'd say the rhodoks take more influence from Medieval switzerland than hungary. Everything else was quite accurate though, In my opinion.
For Rhodoks. I think its more like Bohemia than Italy. But Bohemia in control of Husites. They are know of they strong sharpshooters. Not only with balista even with a pre-modern guns. ANd They dont have much cavalry. Because they are defenders. And they basically fight without them. But agains them. And pavise was theyre usually shield. Gig ones and smaller ones
Rhodoks specialised in Grapes and Wine, guess who else specialised them? Italians.
And as they specialise in on-foot battles and have gigantic shields, it proves they have roman descent just like the Italians.
I just want freedom of thought. People dont know Turkish and Turks culture. We are steppes nomads too
Good for you, I will be sticking with the Mongols.
with a very long history as well, alan, avars, khazars cumans and seljuks
One of the things i most enjoy about this game is the historical looks it has to it, even though it is only influenced and not 100% full historical, i like that they gave more attention to pieces like different chainmails and helmets that can be used in the same historical context, i'm interested in viking age's kievan rus so Nords and Vaegirs are the only kinds of troops i recruit XD
The paveze shiled was used by hussites. Hussites were masters to counte cavalry just like rhodoks. I will say it that rhodoks are basically bohemians.
My generalized viewpoint was always that Swadians are the western Europeans like England and France, Rhodoks were more HRE mixed with some level of Celtic and Germanic with all the tribal, Mediterranean, and Medieval Gothic German imagery, Vaegirs are eastern Europeans like the Baltics, Balkans, and Slavs, Khergits are obviously Asians, and Sarranids are obviously North Africans.
Italy didn't have tomatoes until after Columbus landed in the new world..... tomatoes is a new world crop and when was brought to Europe, it was an ornamental plant due to the tomato being part of the nightshade family...
Hippity hoppity another great vid resonant
Love the vid, i only found this game a few months ago n i love playing it, my Rhodok army been taking over every castle ahaha
I believe the nords they make the appearance not only as small groups of sea readers but in the middle of the game one massive nord horde invade to calradia like the viking in total war throne of britannia
I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR MEMES
Where did you find that picture 4:30???
I believe Venice more specifically is the inspiration for the Rhodoks, because they had a lot of influence in the Balkans (Architecture) but were also known for their pavise crossbowmen.
The sarranids could also be inspired by the Mamluk Sultanate
I thought swadia would be based on Poland cos of the winged helmets shared with the winged hussars
The winged helmets are actually a German thing, they have nothing to do with the winged hussars, but in old manuscripts from the 13th century there are depictions of German and Danish knights wearing helmets with wings and other crests.
For me, the Sarrranids are based on all 3 main people from the Middle-East (Arabs, Persians and Turks). The name is based on the persians. But I think were the Sarranids are the most based on is the Mamluk Sultanate. Simple because it has Mamluks. The Sassanid Persian Empire was already defeated before there were Mamluks. The game is set in the 13th century. And in real life, the Mamluk Sultanate was a stong faction in the 13th century as it defeated both the Mongols as well as the Crusaders.
Turks Arent dirty People from the middle east we have nothing in Common and our soliders Arent Turban wearing weaklings the kirghit are turks in this game it even got confirmed by the developers
@@kemalsurmeli7722 People from Middle-East are not dirty. Yes I know Turks didn't wear Turban and have things in common with the Kirghit. But some Turks could also be found in Mamluk armies (real life Mamluk)
@@computerinsurgent1204 ı agree with you cavalry units is pretty similar to turks.
pretty good but I would saw Swadia is very much HRE and the Saranids are very much Muslim in most aspects with the Sassanids basically being the inspiration for the title. Specifically the Sarranids are of Islamic Egypt being both a "Sultanate" and being a Mamluke Society.
Interesting information about sasanids, it makes sense. Never thought about it. Thank you!
Some I think is.
Swadia: Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Nords: Vikings (Scotland)
Vaegirs: Rus (Russia)
Khergits can be compared to early medieval Hungary too because of the horses and horse archery.
The Sarranids are my new favorite faction.
Why?
To make sarranids better add elephants. For having a crappy infantry they need calvary.
@Resonant what is the artwork @ 4:31 ? Thanks
I was thinking on Rhodoks also like northern Spanish and Basques. They are like a mixing of peninsular/alpine cultures.
The mamluks mixed with the sassanid style armor makes me believe that the sarranids really are just a mix of the Arabs and the Persians.
The Seljuk Turks being persian in culture also accounts for some of the Ottoman influences as well.
The Mongolian tribe is found after Genghis United all of the tribes in the stepps so the Khgertis being Mongolian is not off at all.
The Sarranid attire is far more Arab than Persian though, and their heavy cavalry were way more similar to Mamelukes than the Cataphracts of Persia. They're a solid mix, it's just the same that resembles Sassanids.
Saying Rhodok can be just as Hungarian as Italian is really misleading because Rhodoks employ nearly no Cavarly... both Huns earlier, but also very much Hungary later employs a lot of Light Cavalry. In medieval period, also heavy cavalry but early on horse archers and late times again light cav (Hussars - Hint: "Húsz" means twenty and one of those should be rised for 20 households in some areas). This high cavarly focus actually stayed even in WW1 in some cases where it was totally outdated.
As the game plays in 1200s I would expect Hungary having a mix of heavy and light cavalry and light being horse archers, but slowly phased out towards knights. Of course there would be foot soldiers along the side. Just saying that Rhodok really feels not-much-Hungarian at all for lack of horses.
I think the faction name "Rhodok" is a wordplay on Rhodos. That makes sense from Turkish viewpoint (developer is Turkish). The map areas and positioning resemble a mix of northern italy and greece.
Interestingly the Khergits (which as s Hungarian I always play for getting horse archers) instead of representing the Scyth-Sarmatian-Hun-Hungarian kind of nomadic culture more represents the Hun-ProtoTurk-Mongol-Avar-Turk line. This is more or less clear from names, but in case of names there is some connection to the former list too (likely through Huns - just like in reality where that was having both of these lines).
Vaegirs - and please mind that Polish people call Hungarians as "Wegier" and we call them "Lengyel" which both same words but different written form - I kind of can play and relate to as Hungarian, but again it feels too north, has Russian feel to it and more represent east europe as a whole. Also despite they employ good (best) foot archers in the game it is a bit weird. Also Tundra and similar names etc.
Swadia is wordplay on "Swabia". Its basically "rest of western europe with heavy knights - mostly germanic". But to some extent we also used heavy cavalry like that as Hungary, but not that single-strategy kind of way as they do in the game. Also yes we used crossbows just like everyone else but not even sore enough for them in that century where I expect more regular bows for Hungary. Not so far away from our "basicaly full Khergit" strat time period... only like 1-2 centuries. So yes... they more like germans.
Nords - I guess no one needs explanation...
Sarranid Sultanate - wordplay on Sassanid empire - basically Parthia, Sassanids, then also all Arabs.
How I think about this is that real nations are sometimes mix of these nations and sometimes these nations are mix of the real ones: Like Hungary is in the Khergit-Vaegir-Swadia triangle (in this order of magnitude from biggest to smallest) and Turkiye is mix of Khergit and Sarranide.
I also like how the map is: like Wercheg is basically skandinavia (you can see this clearly if you orient the map properly) and you will see that way that Rhodoks totally encompass all southern mediterraneum except on the east. One more thing that makes Hungarians close to being Khergit: they have big lowlands but all around there is mountains to that: enter carpathian basin.... Also they mention other nomad tribes behind some of the mountains to the east - yet their land is not very fertile according to what people like Borcha says - which is then not carpathian basin, but more on the Steppes... As I said its a mix, but a mix that makes sense historically - if geography would be the way it is in M & B.
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Aren't Mamluks Egyptian?
Kinda. But the Mamluks in M&B are cataphracts.
Mamluks is just a term for all slave soldiers, they were used everywhere in the middle east. Egypt is the most famous for them because the salve soldiers seized power and took control of the caliphate, it happened elsewhere as well, where slave soldiers would seize power for themselves but Egypt is most famous for it probably because it lasted a long time.
Mamluks were Turkic slave soldiers who overthrew their masters in Egypt. They were Kipchak, Oghuz, Turkish turkics.
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I wouldn’t say overthrow them,they figured that the Ayubid sultan became weak,so they have taken responsibility to fight them mongols
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Qutz was a khwarezmian prince that got captured by mongols then sold to Egypt,he worked for the Ayyubid royal house for a time period,and became sultan cuz the ayyubid sultan was too young and weak.
instead of the sassanids i thought about saracens
The Nords really represent all of Northern Europe in the early middle ages. This incorporates all of the Germanic peoples like the English, and the Norse. They all used very similar gear and worshiped similar gods (until Christianity took hold in England and Germany).
M8 my dad worked with the creators of mount and blade he designed the characters and made one of the biggest mod in the game
A note on the Nords and their real life history: They were actually fairly well armored, but due to our climate, most chainmail is erroded, and all the leather and fabric gambisons is gone. But the Huscarl is mostlikely a very accurate representation of the successful viking raiders. After all, being a viking was a job for the elite warriors of the Scandinavian society, most normal people couldn't just sign up and be accepted.
.....Vikings were common folks mostly traders but of course they also did raids sometimes.
Also most vikings didnt wear armour really. The mostly wore their clothes and used spears
@@noger1234 Not correct. Strong evidence exists that most Viking raiders were equipped hauberks (chainmail) and were quite successful at maintaining it too.
You talk so much shit, so you think we traided us into being control of following countries and citys: Russia, Finland, Paris, Normandy, whole of England (look it up), Dubh linn? Also finding America hundred of years before colombus?
Rhodoks are also based upon Flemings, who heavily used urban militias made of heavy infantrymen. Rhodoks even have the most emblematic Flemish weapon, the 'goedendag' (long staff with a small pike).
I doubt that Sarranids are inspired by Sassanids, despite their name. Although Calradia is a fictionnal world, Warband takes place in the 13th century, long after the end of the Persian Sassanids. Also some Sarranid stuffs bear pseudo-arabic inscriptions. Not to mention their clearly Arabic names and titles ('sultan', 'Hakim', etc.). To my eyes, Sarranids are mostly based upon 12-14th century Egyptians, Syrians and North Africans.
even my highest amount of cringe tolerance cant revive me of the fact that he thought the Sarranids were persian
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the very fact that the best armour of the sarranids is called mamluke armour should have been a dead givaway what sort of period and culture we're talking about, and the shape of the maces matches very much medieval arabic and egyptian armies rather than the armies from the early arab conquests
The Khergits are in fact based on the Mongol. Why do they have Chinese stuff then you ask? The First major kingdoms conquered by the Mongol was the Northern Chinese states, and a lot of weaponries, machinaries were made in China and in turn used by the Mongolian army in their conquest.
Rhodoks - mix of Italy and England, fielding a lot of billmen and crossbowmen.
Vaegirs - Pretty much the Rus. Even the name sounds like Variag (Varangian for English speakers - the scandinavians who settled down and became the Rus).
Even crusaders and eastern romans wore turban while conquering Middle east xD, just imagine to have 30kg plate armor tip to toe in A fucking 40Celsius degrees desert
I think the Rhodoks are partly inspired from Medieval England and France because of the colors and the hoods.
2:07 weakest calvary? You mean no calvary right?
There's actually a place called Rodos in Greece.
Vaegirs are based on the Kyivan Rus' which existed on the territories of modern Ukraine, Belarus and other eastern european countries
I though the rodocks were inspired in the scotch.
Khergits are a mixture of Turkic, Mongolic and Iranian steppe tribes
I think the Rodoks are based on Milan and by the why how the hell you know middle age architect especially Italy and hungry
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The rhodoks have the weakest cavalry in the game? Better than the nords?
What mod are you playing in this video?
why you deleted a new video?
So um about Rhodoks italians plenty of evidence but i think that they are more inspired by the Byzantine empire. I know, I know pretty unheard of but the Byzantine empire was a pretty strong and influential faction plus they were desendents of the Roman empire so yeah Italian influence and that is why they would use the same weapons. That is in my opinion.
Calradia is turkey georgia the place where our characters are from is a real place on earth
I always thought the rhodocks were like hussites or flemmish
I thought Rhodok Architecture us inspires by Northern Spain, specially since they border the Arab faction.
Swadia is also late middle ages northern Italy
LONG LIVE THE RHODOKS
THIS LAND IS RHODOK LAND NOT SWADIAN
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