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`Apr. 25, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-spspecialcharacters-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<!-- the grey, professional veteran. fought for the empire -->
<NPCCharacter
id="spc_wanderer_battania_3"
name="{=pTuZB1Hj}{FIRSTNAME} Ironbelly"
voice="ironic"
age="35"
default_group="Infantry"
is_template="true"
is_hero="false"
culture="Culture.battania"
occupation="Wanderer"
skill_template="SkillSet.spc_wanderer_battania_3_skills">
<face>
<face_key_template
value="BodyProperty.fighter_battania" />
</face>
<Traits>
<!-- <Trait id="PeltastFightingSkills" value="5" />
<Trait id="SergeantCommandSkills" value="4" /> -->
<Trait
id="Valor"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Honor"
value="1" />
<Trait
id="Mercy"
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)]]
```
<!-- the grey, professional veteran. fought for the empire -->
<string
id="prebackstory.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=4qqsndje}One moment. I need a drink." />
<string
id="backstory_a.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=wH5GepOD}I am Battanian. But for 20 years, I fought for the Empire. Indeed, most Battanians my age learned their trade in the legions. We saw no dishonor in it. They fed us well, they paid us well, they respected our courage." />
<string
id="backstory_b.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=WmGxA0P1}But there's no legions any more. And since Caladog became king, well, he's gotten the young to think that to fight for the Empire is treason. Treason to what? 'Battania'? There is no Battania. Never has been. Just a bunch of quarreling warlords, who'll steal your cows as soon as you turn your back on them." />
<string
id="backstory_c.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=7QFCINsI}Every time I've fought with a band of my 'countrymen,' I've told them: 'Hold your lines. Stay firm. Fight as the Empires does: as a solid hammer, not a gaggle of goats.' And every time I have seen them disintegrate into a screaming rush as soon as the arrows start flying, to dash themselves on the enemy's shields or be cut down by cavalry coming in on the sides." />
<string
id="response_1.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=VnfPb4ji}Indeed. There's much to be learned from the foreigner, whoever the foreigner is to you." />
<string
id="response_2.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=F9dSDE2k}A man should fight for his hearth and his kin, however much they disappoint him." />
<string
id="backstory_d.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=HREVUExb}Anyway, well, I've had it with narrow escapes from charging cataphracts, and I'm going to seek work in a more professional force." />
<string
id="generic_backstory.spc_wanderer_battania_3"
text="{=kqbifZIo}I am Battanian by birth but I served with the Empire. Many of us did. A brave lord, a captain who cares for his men... What does it matter in which language your oath of fealty is given, as long as you honor it? " />
```
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