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`Apr. 18, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!custom-callout]- All mentions
> *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “For this, I received a fee of 100 denars, and a response from one Istiana, apparently some sort of high official in the Bureau, who thanked me for my honesty.” — “It was from Istiana. She apologized that she had not contacted me in the last year, as the Bureau had indeed ceased its normal operations, with its officials all going off to find work with one faction or the other. But she needed "for the sake of the public interest" to revive her network of informants, both in the Empire and in the outer kingdoms, and thus she needed an agent to go and visit them and check up on their circumstances.” — “I related to him [[Istiana]]'s philosophy: 'that any kingdom that replaced the Calradians would make the same mistakes, and it was better to have an old Empire whose crimes of conquest were in the past than a new Empire whose crimes of conquest were in the future'.”
>
> *Pulled from* [[3-world_lore_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “Arenicos is a man of genius with one great flaw: he believes everyone understands him when he speaks. He thinks that when he talks for three hours before the Senate, the Senators have followed every word and grasp the urgency of what he says, not that they applaud because he is Emperor.” — “Most men do not break with tradition lightly. Garios 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 sees us weak, when we were once strong, and the outer kingdoms strong, when they were once weak. He believes, as a man who cares nothing of events outside the Empire, that the cause is entirely within ourselves - we have abandoned our old traditions, and grown weaker. It does not occur for him for an instant that barbarians have learned our tricks, and grown stronger.” — "Rhagaea knows she would be a good Empress, and that the time is right to establish that a woman can inherit. Believe me, I am the last to dispute that only men can sit on the throne. But if Rhagaea is empress, then it is only one easy step for her mad daughter Ira to inherit it.”
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-story-mode-characters-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<NPCCharacter
<!-- Should not have any armor -->
id="storymode_imperial_mentor_istiana"
name="{=uCmEaWOI}Istiana"
age="50"
is_female="true"
default_group="Infantry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Special">
<face>
<BodyProperties
version="3"
age="102.37"
weight="0.4422"
build="0.5789"
key="0005580FC03C200BDB84B49DACA43AB73D8087C8B504F703DAAC6C108CDCA6990BA976BC0AA8F58C0000000000000000000000000000000000000000003C1040" />
</face>
<Traits>
<Trait
id="BalancedFightingSkills"
value="0" />
<Trait
id="Commander"
value="8" />
<Trait
id="Politician"
value="6" />
<Trait
id="Manager"
value="7" />
<Trait
id="Valor"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Honor"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Generosity"
value="-1" />
<Trait
id="Oligarchic"
value="1" />
</Traits>
<Equipments>
<EquipmentRoster>
<equipment
slot="Item0"
id="Item.empire_sword_3_t3" />
<equipment
slot="Head"
id="Item.ironlame_feathered_spangenhelm_over_mail" />
<equipment
slot="Body"
id="Item.empire_horseman_armor" />
<equipment
slot="Gloves"
id="Item.decorated_imperial_gauntlets" />
<equipment
slot="Leg"
id="Item.decorated_imperial_boots" />
<equipment
slot="Horse"
id="Item.noble_horse" />
<equipment
slot="HorseHarness"
id="Item.chain_horse_harness" />
</EquipmentRoster>
<EquipmentRoster
civilian="true">
<equipment
slot="Body"
id="Item.vlandian_woman_dress" />
<equipment
slot="Leg"
id="Item.ladys_shoe" />
<equipment
slot="Cape"
id="Item.scarf" />
<equipment
slot="Horse"
id="Item.noble_horse" />
</EquipmentRoster>
<EquipmentSet
id="emp_bat_template_lady" />
<EquipmentSet
id="emp_noncom_template_stoic"
civilian="true" />
</Equipments>
</NPCCharacter>
```
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