If they have less, they will be angry each time you give a fief to another vassal. ➁ Martial lords do not care if you give another lord a fief when they have 3 fiefs themselves. You will always get an initial +2 relationship for releasing them, or -5 for taking them, prisoner. ➀ Relationship points awarded when meeting the lord again after releasing them. The result is nearly -10 relationship penalty.

If you try to marry a lady, some lords will say you're foreigner and have no rights to do so. The player is always of foreign birth, and this attracts hate from some xenophobic lords. Lords do tend to support their friends, if a lord has many friends within his faction, then his friends will attempt to help defend his fiefs, whereas if a lord is hated, they will not defend him by their own choice. With aggressive lords, it's the exact opposite. If that lord becomes marshall of the kingdom, the campaigns will often be touch-and-go without any progress every time. They stick themselves inside the kingdom, battle with bandits, and do nothing else. When they offend you they are likely to hate you for it. Usually when this remark is 'honorable' they will like being released. Also, when capturing a lord, he will make a certain statement such as 'grant me the honors of war' or 'I yield, call off your dogs'. The best way to find out who hates being released is by releasing every caught lord and keeping track. However as mentioned before, some take being released as dishonorable, resulting in a relationship penalty on your next meeting. Others, however, will take it as an offense, stating that 'You would rather see me free and humiliated than in chains.' You gain relationship bonuses after you release them, and you get your chance to beg them to let you go in the next battle (with a big cost of relationship points).

If defeated in battle by the player, some lords take being released as honorable act. All vassals have different values and personalities, ranging from peaceful inland patrol to restless warmongers.īest lord personality to recruit is Good-natured & Upstanding.Īvoid the lord with this personality which are Pitiless, Quarrelsome, Calculating & Debauched.

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