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`Apr. 25, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-spspecialcharacters-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<!-- horsethief, boastful -->
<NPCCharacter
id="spc_wanderer_battania_4"
name="{=fJmGKlaO}{FIRSTNAME} Horsethief"
voice="ironic"
age="27"
default_group="Infantry"
is_template="true"
is_hero="false"
culture="Culture.battania"
occupation="Wanderer"
skill_template="SkillSet.spc_wanderer_battania_4_skills">
<face>
<face_key_template
value="BodyProperty.fighter_battania" />
</face>
<Traits>
<!--
<Trait id="CavalryFightingSkills" value="4" />
<Trait id="ScoutSkills" value="5" /> -->
<Trait
id="Honor"
value="-1" />
<Trait
id="Generosity"
value="1" />
</Traits>
<Equipments>
<EquipmentSet
id="npc_companion_equipment_template_battania"
civilian="true" />
<EquipmentSet
id="npc_companion_equipment_template_battania" />
</Equipments>
```
> [!custom-callout]- Backstory:
> [[3-wanderer_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<!-- horsethief -->
<string
id="prebackstory.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=OxBmSnh0}I shall tell you. Is there a bard in the house? He may wish to take notes. I believe this is fine material for a song." />
<string
id="backstory_a.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=9vt4wew9}I am a connoisseur of horseflesh, my friend. No one knows horses better than I. But I find, alas, that often the best horses are wasted on unworthy owners, so I try to rectify that." />
<string
id="backstory_b.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=VUbklG5U}I was raised as a stableboy. But I had a gift for breaking horses, and for my hard work, and the risks I took to my neck taming young stallions, the old lord promised me that on my fifteenth birthday I should have a horse of my own." />
<string
id="backstory_c.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=zwKDTWd5}But the old lord died, alas, and when my birthday came, his heir laughed at me. He told me that a fine horse would be wasted on me; perhaps I would like a goat. So that night I took the best animal in the stable, and rode off." />
<string
id="response_1.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=bagbVij6}So, what you're saying is that you're a horsethief." />
<string
id="response_2.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=ysfnd0id}Of course. Every felon is just an honest man wronged. I've heard a hundred such tales and I've no wish to hear another." />
<string
id="backstory_d.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=KHq1bUOa}I am the prince of horsethieves! I have stolen Aserai mares from amid the tents and ridden them across the desert under the moon, I have taken Vlandian stallions from their paddocks, the sturdy ponies of the Khuzaits, and the steady geldings of the imperial lancers. But, I'll be the first to admit, it is risky work, so sometimes I do other jobs." />
<string
id="generic_backstory.spc_wanderer_battania_4"
text="{=ZRQIdapZ}I am a horsethief. I come from a region where to be a horsethief is an honorable profession, and I am very good at it. But it is dangerous work, as owners can be vindictive people, and I am seeking safer work - as a mercenary, perhaps." />
```
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