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`Apr. 19, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!custom-callout]- All mentions
> *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “When I entered the gates I saw the Boyar Olek Kuloving ride by, and he really was an image out of a southerner's nightmares - all bearskins and metal and beard, and a great scowl on his face.” — “Zorgan was a great admirer of Olek Kuloving. Olek, he said, was leading resistance in the Sturgian council of Boyars to a law that would allow Raganvad to hire one of the mercenary bands of the north, possibly 'the Shield Brothers' (Skolderbroda), and place them under royal protection. This would give him troops that would rally to his banner more quickly and readily than the Boyars, without needing to raise taxes. But Zorgan griped that this would mean that foreigners would go strutting around the realm as though they were Boyars. He said that some Boyars, who licked Raganvad's boots, would back the law, but men like Olek, who recognized that Sturgians had pride, would never stand for this.” — “”
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> *Pulled from* [[3-heroes-(Bannerlord)]] — “Olek is patriarch of the Kuloving, one of the oldest of the Sturgian clans, which never really accepted the idea of the monarchy. He believes the boyars should be lords in their own lands. He is famed for once telling the prince, 'Every wound I suffer in battle under your banner is like my wife's caress, but every denar I pay to your treasury in tax is like an arrow in my gut.' He is older now, and keeps his counsel, but few believe that his resentment of princely authority has in any way diminished.”
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> *Pulled from* [[3-spclans-(Bannerlord)]] — “Old Believers, ties to Jomsvikings. Patriarch - Olek old, ferocious.” — <-- Kostaroving, dominated by a matriarch allied to Olek -->
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> *Pulled from* [[3-std_sandbox-(Bannerlord)]] — “Olek Olek fought a bear. Took it down, fair and square. Not with his sword and not with his spear. But with his breath of garlic and beer.”
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> *Pulled from* [[3-world_lore_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “Ah, yes. Raganvad, the glorious king, gave my little sister Pira to a Khuzait to seal an alliance. Well, my other sister - Siga - she wasn't having any of that. She rescued NAME, and left the Khuzait's castle in flames behind her. Well, Raganvad couldn't have that - he had my sister taken by surprise, and sent her head to the Khuzaits. This is not something that our family can forget.” — “Our family have been the masters of this corner of the woods since the gods willed that the trees grow and the rivers flow. Someone wants to call himself Prince of the Sturgians? We have no quarrel with that. Just let that prince know that on our land, we're still the masters.”
> - (*Note*: Pira, in the above text, is actually [[Varra]].)
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-lords-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<!-- Olek, fierce old traditionalist. Custom equipment -->
<NPCCharacter
id="lord_2_3"
name="{=xtEfnInH}Olek"
voice="curt"
default_group="Infantry"
age="48"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.sturgia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">
<face>
<BodyProperties
version="4"
weight="0.9"
build="0.8"
key="00002C04405838836569E86B42547942A953B158E6A5883394A97756BC9B75A90197701309CE53B8000000000000000000000000000000000000000025283042" />
</face>
<skills></skills>
<Traits>
<Trait
id="HuscarlFightingSkills"
value="8" />
<Trait
id="Commander"
value="12" />
<Trait
id="Politician"
value="10" />
<Trait
id="Manager"
value="6" />
<Trait
id="Mercy"
value="-1" />
<Trait
id="Valor"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Generosity"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Oligarchic"
value="1" />
</Traits>
<Equipments>
<EquipmentSet
id="stu_bat_template_heavy" />
<EquipmentSet
id="stu_civ_template_default"
civilian="true" />
</Equipments>
```
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