The Sarranid Sultanate - People who resemble Arabs or Persians that have light infantry who could leave a volley of javelins and jarids before following it up with a charge as their mamlukes descend upon their enemies to knock foes into valuable prisoners for ransom.

Horse archers pepper cavalry too slow to catch them while lancers use the chaos of the battlefield to strike at those who cannot grasp their speed.

The Khergit Khanate - These steppe riders are quick to get on a horse and bring the fight to the enemy through mobility alone.

What they lack in cavalry, they make up for it through sheer versatility whether it be an archer in a byrnie picking off stragglers or huscarls throwing their axes at infantry with shields suitable to take arrow and bolt fire during a siege.

The Kingdom of the Nords - These Scandanavian-like warriors have the best heavy infantry that few other nations could compare in skill and equipment.

The Kingdom of the Vaegirs - The opposite of the professional forces of the Swadians, the Russians Slavs Vaegirs make up for that with a wide variety of troops that have the means to break the shields of other soldiers with their bardiches or hunt them down with one of the best foot archers ever encountered.

The Kingdom of the Rhodoks - A kingdom that succeeded from Swadia, they make up for their lack of cavalry through a wall of spears and pike infantry while accompanied by elite crossbowmen whose volley of bolts would be enough to stop an attack in its tracks.

After the original factions has been defeated, the claimant will assume control of the original faction and from. This will start the quest and put the player in charge of the rebels. The first step is to go talk to one of the two female claimants in the game and support their claim to the throne. Then they are followed up by professional troops of sergeants and crossbowmen to dispatch those who survived. It is possible to marry female claimants (either Lady Isolla of Suno or Arwa the Pearled One).

The Kingdom of Swadia - A nation based on the French and German kingdoms of Europe who are renowned for their high-quality knights that crash into the ranks of the enemy through a brutal charge as their lances inflict massive damage on those unfortunate souls.

In the foreign lands of Calradia, there are five nations to choose from:

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