Derthert -

![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 19, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions > *Pulled from* [[3-heroes-(Bannerlord)]] — “The current king of Vlandia is Derthert. In his youth, he dreamt of glorious conquest. In fact he spent most of his reign simply putting down revolts, quashing pretenders, and keeping the fractious barons in line. When possible, he prefers to rule by arbitration, cajoling his vassals to set aside claims to each other's lands and enjoy what they have. But some Vlandians murmur that a warrior people deserve a more virile king.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-spclans-(Bannerlord)]] — <-- Derthert - Cunning but weary king, Hugh Capet, trying to retain compassion. Derthert, of the House of Meroc, is King of the Vlandians. His subjects regard him as a decent man but a tired one. He is worn down by years of struggle against vassals who swear oaths of fealty only to break them, who see no patch of pasture so worthless, no dynastic claim so unconvincingly traced, that they will not go to war over it. His heir, Alary, retains some of the optimism and vigor of youth, and it's widely believed that he will make a popular king. The House of Meroc thinks of commoners as a counterbalance to the nobles, and have tried to elevate them to offices of authority when possible. Eldest son is XXX. Dissolute, his father;s greatest headache. Younger son is Alary, knight-errant, gallant, but loyal to father. Heiress is Elyce, like Eleanor of Aquitaine, her father's daughter, determined to play the dynastic game to her best ability. Lieutenant - Merteon. MINOR FACTION ties to Brotherhood of the Woods. --> — <-- Fourth clan. Ingalther, lord of the House of Cortain, seized his estate from a much older illegitimate half-brother. His ambition and sense of entitlement is extreme even by Vlandian standards. He has a dynastic claim to Arromanc lands, and has been pressing Derther to disinherit Calatild and award her lands to him. Derthert has of course refused, as this would both start a war with the Arromancs and make Ingalther twice as powerful as the king, but Ingalther nonetheless greatly resents him for it. Ingalther keeps close ties with the Free Company, a notoriously rapacious band of mercenaries whose seaside castle lies near his domains. MINOR FACTIION ties to free company. --> (*Note*: the free company here is the old name for the Company of the Golden Boar) > >*Pulled from* [[3-std_sandbox-(Bannerlord)]] — “The foes of Vlandia came a-plundering. King Derthert summoned his men to the keep! They rode to his muster with their hooves a-thundering. But Derthert had already gone to sleep.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-std_story_mode-(Bannerlord)]] — “Yes. I was tasked by Derthert with command of the crossbowmen.” — “Imperial cataphracts showed up, armored head to foot and their horses too, so they just ignored our shooting and tore right through us. I was swept away in the retreat and saw no more of the battle. King Derthert had a good enough plan but the barons - Ingalther, Aldric, that lot - ignored him, as they always do.” — “We should have gone on to seize all the western empire. If Derthert had any manhood, we'd have done so. But his heart was never in the war. He believed he'd broken his oath to the Empire by helping the Sturgians, and it gnawed at him. He'd have made a fine lackey. Instead he's our king.” > *Pulled from* [[3-wanderer_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “My lineage is as ancient as it is noble, so of course when King Derthert called the muster of the vassals, I took my father's horse and mail and rode off to join it. This was in our war against the Empire, you see.” > *Pulled from* [[3-world_lore_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — Vlandians - Derthert is legalist — “When my great-grandfather Osric Iron-Arm declared himself king of Vlandia, the emperor himself sent us a golden crown as a goodwill gift. Hmf. Do not trust gifts from the Empire.” — “If you toss a bone into a pack of wild dogs, what does having that bone mean? It means that you get bitten a lot. I have spent most of my life in the saddle or sitting in front of a besieged fortress. Once I thought, 'I suffer, but at least my son will rule in peace.' Such lies we tell ourselves. There will never be peace.” — “My son will rule, and he will fight his brothers and vassals. And after him my grandchildren will fight each other. At least, as kings and princes, they can enjoy a dry tent, good wine, and a soft bed between dusk and dawn. That is all the peace one gets in life.” > > *Pulled from* [[Blog_34_Vlandia]] — “The Vlandians control slightly more territory than the other factions, but we've seeded the ground for a lot of internal dissent among them. The world-weary Vlandian king, Derthert, will have to deal with barons who are more interested in pursuing their own agendas than fighting under his banner.” > [!location]- Info from: > [[3-lords-(Bannerlord)]] ```  <NPCCharacter id="lord_4_1" name="{=jEIsVazl}Derthert" age="48" voice="ironic" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.vlandia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> <face>  <BodyProperties version="4" key="0000FC02C000220458C56743D5B5AB56396A8C717B876E66C7B287AB79C2A84B0000000305C96766000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F02000" /> </face> <skills></skills> <Traits> <Trait id="BalancedFightingSkills" value="4" /> <Trait id="Commander" value="12" /> <Trait id="Politician" value="14" /> <Trait id="Manager" value="18" /> <Trait id="Calculating" value="1" /> <Trait id="Mercy" value="1" /> <Trait id="Valor" value="-1" /> </Traits> <Equipments> <EquipmentRoster /> <EquipmentSet id="vla_king_template_bat_m" /> <EquipmentSet id="vla_king_template_civ_m" civilian="true" /> </Equipments> ``` > &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;