Garios -

![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 18, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions > *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “My friend recommended me to the Bureau as someone who spoke to a lot of farmers. At the time, the general Garios Comnos was going about the west of the Empire, loudly demanding that state land be distributed to his veterans. The Bureau wanted to know how his demands might be received around Vostrum. I wrote up a brief summary of what my clients told me, saying that few farmers had heard of Garios and those who had, though they certainly would not turn down their nose at state land, seemed suspicious of his ambitions. But really I could not tell how they would react to him if they learned more.” — “During my stay in Lycaron the town was abuzz with preparations for war. Rhagaea's forces had recovered somewhat from their defeat at the siege of Husn Fulq, and her ally Pharon Leonipardes was preparing a new force to go out and do battle with Garios' troops.” — “I am in Vostrum. There are reports that Khan Monchug has declared war on the Southern-Empire and is approaching with a huge army. People say that Rhagaea's forces are busy with Garios, and that she will not be able to defend us.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-heroes-(Bannerlord)]] — “Epipheria is a noblewoman of the Impestores, a clan noted for their fanatical loyalty to the aristocratic, oligarchic wing of the Senate and their personal eccentricities. Unlike most of the women of the oligarchs, who tend to be conservative, she trained as a warrior. At the outbreak of the civil war, she took some of her family's famed wealth to raise her own warband to fight the 'tyrant' Rhagaea and the 'upstart' Garios in the name of senatorial supremacy.” — “The western third of the Empire is ruled by Garios, a charismatic general who represents a longstanding populist trend in imperial politics. He is deeply loved by his soldiers, both for his solid record in winning battles and for his insistence that his veterans be compensated in land afterwards. He often demands that the 'people' should settle key issues, but in practice this usually means an assembly of his soldiers, where his veterans can be counted on to shut down opposition.” — “Apys Varros was one of the most notoriously debauched, unscrupulous, and wealthy members of the old imperial Senate. But he made an early alliance with Garios, in whom he recognized a rising star. Garios provided the fame, Apys provided the money. And even if the populist general ever puts one of his land redistribution schemes into practice, few doubt that Apys would find a way to emerge even richer than before.” — “Crotor's family, the house of Dionicos, has taken charge of the empire's northwestern defenses for generations. The clan's leaders are more likely to keep the company of border raiders and scouts than senators in the capital. Crotor has backed Garios in the civil war, largely due to his innate sense of loyalty to a fellow comrade-in-arms.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-lords-(Bannerlord)]] — <-- Panalea, Heiress. Husband a general for Garios, he spoke up for her. Senate vote did not recognize her right to inherit --> > > *Pulled from* [[3-spkingdoms-(Bannerlord)]] — “According to tradition, the first Calradians entered the continent as exiles, coming from lands across the western ocean. But the Empire's center of gravity moved east and south, and their original heartland has, for the most part, been lost to the Vlandians. The west of the Empire today, a warm green land of oak forests and volcanic outcrops, was mostly conquered from the Palaic tribes. They have intermarried with Calradian colonists and today their old languages and customs are mostly forgotten. Service in the legions has traditionally been a path out of rural poverty and many an ambitious general has drawn his most loyal recruits from this region. The landowners here have naturally gravitated towards Garios, the partisan of soldiers and soldiers' interests, in the ongoing civil war.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-std_sandbox-(Bannerlord)]] — “Garios Garios brave and strong... Always right and never wrong...{newline}The men all trust him with their lives.. But not their daughters or their wives.” > >*Pulled from* [[3-std_story_mode-(Bannerlord)]] — “Choose one and pledge allegiance. When this civil war began, I was a bit torn... Rhagaea was the cleverest ruler, Garios probably the best fighter, and Lucon seemed to have the best grasp of our laws and traditions. But you can make up your own mind.” — “As I said before, there's a case for all of the claimants. When this war began, I thought Rhagaea understood best how to rule, Garios was the strongest warrior, and Lucon had the firmest grasp of our traditions.” > >*Pulled from* [[3-wanderer_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “We will never have peace until there is an Emperor whom the soldiers love. What do they want? A leader who trains them hard, fights them hard, and rewards them generously. I intend to do that.” — “The Heavens know I loved Arenicos. I shed his blood for them. But his dream of peace with our neighbors was moonshine. You can have war on the frontiers or war at home. I prefer war on the frontiers. Let the men earn glory, gold and slaves.” > >*Pulled from* [[3-world_lore_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “Most men do not break with tradition lightly. Gario does. But he does not grasp that when he makes his daring moves, it is no longer so daring, and his rivals will soon imitate him. And thus, the unspoken contracts that have tied together our Empire fall apart.” — “Lucon says he fights for the return of the old laws, that prevented tyranny. I do not believe that. Garios says he fights for his own men. Him I believe.” — “The quality of blood will always show itself. Look at Garios and his scoundrels. Play to the mob. Who are Rhagaea's people? Nobodies. She's a jumped-up adventuress.” — “Echerion the Tyrant-Slayer was my ancestor. Wouldn't be right if I fought for an upstart demagogue like Garios or a half-foreign adventuress like Rhagaea, now would it?” — “People like Garios hate the Senate, calling it corrupt and that it blocks any change. He would have the army proclaim the emperor. I respect our men; I would even call them heroes. But they are easily enough swayed by a ration of free wine and a good speech. Letting them choose the emperor is the rule of the mob.” — “Our family has always sent its sons to become generals. It has been our privilege to lead the men of the Empire into battle. Without these men, there would be no empire. The great estates of the senators would be blackened ash.” — “The soldiers of the Empire don't ask for much in return. They want an Emperor who will train them hard, fight them hard, and reward them generously. Let them choose the man to do that.” — “The Heavens know I loved Arenicos. I shed my blood for him. But his dream of peace with our neighbors was moonshine. You can have war on the frontiers or war at home. I prefer war on the frontiers. Let the men earn glory, gold, and tales to tell their grandchildren.” — “My people are the people of the hills. Up here, we watch out for each other. Your life and wealth depend on your neighbors spotting a Battanian raiding party coming your way. My people like Garios. They trust him. I'm not going to spill their blood fighting for anyone else.” — “Lucon and Rhagaea will never restore the assemblies. Neither has any faith in the people. Garios, well, he is no democrat, but he has that faith. I will fight for him. Maybe he will bring back the assemblies. No one else will.” — “Well, of course what I want to is to serve the people. Lucon is a vile little hypocrite and Rhagaea a puffed-up foreign usurptress, so of course I would back Garios.” — “Ah, yes. He's a scoundrel, that one. Years ago, I led an army against the Sturgians, to subdue them and return them to imperial tutelage. Well, to make a long story short, I wasn't given the support I was needed and ultimately our army came to grief, although we inflicted many casualties upon the enemy. Well, Gario mops up their depleted force and then claims he rescued the Empire from my incompetence. Can you believe that?” — “Ha! Neretzes. He took an army into the Sturgian woods and got himself ambushed and his army wiped out. I had to scratch together a new army and managed to surprise them when they were laying waste to the lands around Lageta. Neretzes will no doubt try to blame the defeat on someone else and take credit for my victory, but ask any soldier who served under him what he thinks of Neretzes' leadership.” — “Twenty years ago, my uncle Pateor led a deputation of his veterans through the streets of Ambrela, requesting a fair compensation for their services to the Empire - a bit of land, so they wouldn't end up on the streets begging scraps from those who they fought to defend. Lucon and his friends in the Senate prosecuted my uncle for mutiny, then beheaded him. The army fondly remembers Pateor and my men have told me that they aspire, some day, to take Lucon's head and parade it about on a pike. I hope you'll forgive me if I indulge them in this.” — “” > >*Pulled from* [[Blog_42_Empire_Pt.1]] — “Meanwhile, the wildly popular Garios, victor of wars against Battania and the Aserai, let it known that he expected his veterans be allowed to acclaim a new emperor. ‘The corruption of the powerful saps our strength,’ he told his men. ‘Let you, the soldiers, who bleed for this land, choose its rulers.’” — “Garios, campaigning on the Battanian frontier, stood before an assembly of his soldiers who cried out for him to don the purple.” > [!location]- Info from: > [[3-lords-(Bannerlord)]] ``` !--Clan 4 patriarch Gario Comnos is soldier's solder, head of populist/military imperial faction STEVEDIDFACE. -->  <NPCCharacter id="lord_1_7" name="{=I72U5ttG}Garios" age="43" voice="ironic" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" default_group="HorseArcher" face_mesh_cache="true"> <face>  <BodyProperties version="4" weight="0.7" build="0.9" key="0011700FC0FC028F96938148227587B6674886898A943687452B87978A7875940007565A0F889888000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F48040" /> <hair_tags> <hair_tag name="Short" /> </hair_tags> </face> <skills></skills> <Traits>  <Trait id="KnightFightingSkills" value="6" /> <Trait id="Commander" value="20" /> <Trait id="Politician" value="16" /> <Trait id="Manager" value="14" />  <Trait id="Valor" value="1" /> <Trait id="Generosity" value="1" /> <Trait id="Mercy" value="-1" /> <Trait id="Honor" value="-1" /> <Trait id="Calculating" value="1" /> <Trait id="Egalitarian" value="1" /> </Traits> <Equipments> <EquipmentRoster /> <EquipmentSet id="w_emp_king_template_bat_m" /> <EquipmentSet id="w_emp_king_template_civ_m" civilian="true" /> </Equipments> </NPCCharacter> ``` > &emsp;&emsp; ![[encyclopedia_calradica.gif|center|300]] >*“A massive `Mount & Blade` wikipedia.”* About [Encyclopædia Calradica](About-the-Encyclopædia.md) About the [Project](Project-(Pillar).md) About the [Author](Horseapple.md) &emsp;&emsp;