![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 21, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions > *Pulled from* [[3-heroes-(Bannerlord)]] — “The current Sultan of Aserai is Unqid. He wears his authority lightly, preferring to charm rather than to coerce, always deferring to the laws of the Banu Asera in his judgments. But there are some who say that Unqid is remiss in his duty to administer justice, allowing the wealthiest clans - such as his own - to use bribes and clever legal arguments to oppress the others.” > - (*Note*: the Banu Asera is the name of the Aserai Sultanate as a collective tribe; sons of Asera) > > *Pulled from* [[3-settlements-(Bannerlord)]] — “The inland city of Hubyar is said to be built on the ruins of a luxurious hunting lodge built by the decadent and cruel king Thuran, whom the patriarch Asera slew in vengeance for the enslavement of his family. This memory may explain the worldview of the fierce and austere Banu Qild, who hold the castle today and who detest all frivolity. But the scent of jasmine that can be detected on the night breezes here carries an undercurrent of temptation. It was here that the hero Nimr came to grief, caught in the chamber of a Banu Qild maiden and left hanging in a cage in the market until he perished.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-spclans-(Bannerlord)]] — “The Jawwal, or “Roamers,” are the main bedouin confederacy in the Nahasa desert. They wander from highland to lowland grazing grounds, declaring huge swathes of the desert their “territory” in which any caravan must offer protection money. They compose poems of their deeds and mock other clans of the Banu Asera for having given up the “freedom” of black wool tents for stone houses in the oases. The other clans consider them boastful nuisances, though grudgingly respecting them as protectors of the old Aserai ways.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-spcultures-(Bannerlord)]] — “The Aserai are the principal inhabitants of the Nahasa, the Bronze Desert, in the south of Calradia. To the outsider it would appear a desolate place, fields of dunes broken by gravel plains and volcanic outcrops. But there is water underground, trapped in depressions or beneath the wadis where the occasional flash flood rumbles by, and in these oases people have settled. They are divided into dozens of clans and sub-clans, each with its elaborate genealogy, but are collectively known as the Banu Asera, the sons of Asera. Their sense of nationhood, such as it is, comes from tracing their lineage to this legendary patriarch. Their wealth and power, which is considerable, comes from controlling the isolated water-sources that allow caravans from distant lands to cross the desert.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-std_taleworlds_campaignsystem-(Bannerlord)]] — “You shall be numbered among the sons of Asera. Your blood is our blood. Our swords shall defend your rights as you defend ours. You may drink from our wells and rest in the shade of our trees. You may be granted the authority to judge disputes and collect revenues from oases and towns.” — “You command the sons of Asera in war and govern them in peace...” > > *Pulled from* [[3-world_lore_strings-(Bannerlord)]] — “Founded in 923 when the Empire recognized Thalas al-Asera, a chief of the southern tribes, as king of the lands between the Baetoric Sea and the great desert. Includes farmers in the lands near the sea, the nomadic bedouin of the wastes, and oasis dwellers in the far south.” — “For that reason, the clans have always brought their quarrels to us, to adjudicate. And it was natural that, when it came time for the Banu Asera to choose a sultan, that we were the ones chosen.” — “We are the Banu Sarran. Our lineage is as old as is any of the Aserai. Our forefather Sarran was a grandson of Asera, no less than Qild or Hulyan. . But a hundred years ago we were driven into the desert. Only recently have we returned. The others look down on us for this.” > > *Pulled from* [[Blog_38_Aserai]] — “To the south of the imperial heartland lies the Nahasa, the Bronze Desert, ringed by mountains, hammered by the sun. A traveler coming over the passes from greener lands would first see fields of dunes broken by gravel plains and volcanic outcrops, shimmering under the heat haze. But there is water to be found underground, trapped in depressions or beneath the wadis where the occasional flash flood rumbles by. And in these oases people have settled. They are divided into dozens of clans and sub-clans, each with its elaborate genealogy, but are collectively known as the Banu Asera or the Aserai after the legendary patriarch Asera, whom they all claim as an ancestor.” > &emsp;&emsp;<br> ![[encyclopedia_calradica.gif|center|300]]<br> >*“A massive `Mount & Blade` wikipedia.”*<br>About [Encyclopædia Calradica](About-the-Encyclopædia.md)<br>About the [Project](Project-(Pillar).md)<br>About the [Author](Horseapple.md) <br>&emsp;&emsp;