![[about_calradica_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 3, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Cluster #Characters > [!custom-callout]+ [[Blog_39_Q&A_Steve]] > “In Warband, we concentrated a lot of the elements of a traditional role-playing game into the companion system - they told you the lore, their preferences forced you to make choices, etc. In Bannerlord, we've spread the role-playing elements around more evenly. There are a lot more potential companions in Bannerlord, and they have backstories, but we want the companion system to feel more open-ended.” <p align="right">— Steve Negus</p> This page is for those interested in the companion characters of the *Mount & Blade* series, who often a chance for writers to offer various lore insights to the player, and subsequently the Encyclopædia Calradica – albeit, *Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord* took a more – *“less is more”* – approach.