![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 24, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions > *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “I found Istiana's agent Salion easily enough in the tavern where she said he'd be waiting. He was there with his constant companion, Skioren, a Nord (Nord). Skioren was a former member of the 'Shield Brotherhood' (Skolderbroda), a band of Nord mercenaries famous for their discipline.” — “Salion and Skioren met, if you can call it that, on a battlefield, where their respective mercenary companies had fought for opposite sides, and both had been badly wounded. They helped each other stagger to safety in a peasant's barn, and after a month's convalescence, decided they never wished to be parted. The Shield Brothers would not admit a Legionary, nor would the Legion admit a Brother, so they found their way to Epicrotea and accepted work as enforcers for the local gang leader. They were not cruel men, and seemed to see the breaking of debtors' legs as an unpleasant task of last resort rather than a perk of the job. But, as Salion said, any man who owns no land must make him useful to someone else. His great regret, he said, was that military orders like the Legion or the Shield Brothers preserve the memory of comrades-in-arms in songs and epics, while no one will ever remember two petty enforcers of a petty gang lord, no matter how deep their friendship might be.” — “I told him that my "aunt" Istiana owed me 500 denars, which was probably much more than my father could raise on short notice. Plus, my father would probably try to bargain with Radagos, which defeated the purpose of the bandit's "dice game" and I think would have been dangerous. As for finding Istiana, I suggested he send word to Salion and Skioren in Epicrotea, who seemed the most reliable of her agents.” ``` Project character mesh: <BodyProperties version="4" age="42.05" weight="0.7886" build="0.8596" key="0002AC0080003383A6AC25E023536DAE34CA36454656EBB83ADAC64AE5AB65EC039DC03509A9A81900000000000000000000000000000000000000003F288082" /> ``` > &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;