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![[west 1.png]] # Comnos Ruling Clan of Western Empire - Charismatic Populist Military Clan Tier 6 > The western third of the Empire is ruled by [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]], a charismatic general who represents a longstanding populist trend in [[Imperial]] politics. He is deeply loved by his soldiers, both for his solid record in winning battles and for his insistence that his veterans be compensated in land afterwards. He often demands that the 'people' should settle key issues, but in practice this usually means an assembly of his soldiers, where his veterans can be counted on to shut down opposition. # Politics Emperor [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]]' philosophy: > "I want everyone in [[Calradian-Empire]] to know that there is no better way in life to get ahead than to become a soldier. I want to hand out land. I want to give them pensions when they retire. I want them to hold high public office. And they should get to choose the Emperor." > > "I don't know if [[Arenicos]] really named [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] as Empress, or if that's one of her lies, and I don't care. What I do know is this: I don't want this empire run by a Padishah's daughter. It needs a soldier-emperor. It needs me." > > SUMMARY > ==YES - WOMEN CAN JOIN THE [[Senate]]== > ==YES - SOLDIERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED PENSION BY THE STATE== > NO - FOREIGNERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BECOME CITIZENS > ==YES - SLAVES SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FREEDOM== > NO - [[Senate]] SHOULD NOMINATE THE EMPEROR # Dialogue [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] on the [[Senate]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]], and his uncle [[Pateor]] > "Twenty years ago, my uncle [[Pateor]] led a deputation of his veterans through the streets of Ambrela (or [[Amprela]]), requesting a fair compensation for their services to [[Calradian-Empire]] - a bit of land, so they wouldn't end up on the streets begging scraps from those who they fought to defend. [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] [[Osticos]] and his friends in the [[Senate]] prosecuted my uncle for mutiny, then beheaded him. The army fondly remembers [[Pateor]] and my men have told me that they aspire, some day, to take [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]]'s head and parade it about on a pike. I hope you'll forgive me if I indulge them in this." [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] on house [[Comnos]] and [[Arenicos]] > "Our family has always sent its sons to become generals. It has been our privilege to lead the men of [[Calradian-Empire]] into battle. Without these men, there would be no empire. The great estates of the senators would be blackened ash." > > "The soldiers of [[Calradian-Empire]] don't ask for much in return. They want an Emperor who will train them hard, fight them hard, and reward them generously. Let them choose the man to do that." > > "The Heavens know I loved [[Arenicos]]. I shed my blood for him. But his dream of peace with our neighbors was moonshine. You can have war on the frontiers or war at home. I prefer war on the frontiers. Let the men earn glory, gold, and tales to tell their grandchildren." [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] on [[Penton]] [[Neretzes]] > "Ha! [[Neretzes]]. He took an army into the [[Sturgian]] woods and got himself ambushed and his army wiped out. I had to scratch together a new army and managed to surprise them when they were laying waste to the lands around [[Lageta]]. [[Neretzes]] will no doubt try to blame the defeat on someone else and take credit for my victory, but ask any soldier who served under him what he thinks of [[Neretzes]]' leadership." ## Others on [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] --- [[Crotor]] on house [[Dionicos]] and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] > "My people are the people of the hills. Up here, we watch out for each other. Your life and wealth depend on your neighbors spotting a [[Battanian]] raiding party coming your way. My people like [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]]. They trust him. I'm not going to spill their blood fighting for anyone else." [[Apys]] [[Varros]] on [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]], and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] > "Well, of course what I want to is to serve the people. [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] is a vile little hypocrite and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] a puffed-up foreign usurpress, so of course I would back [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]]." [[Milos]] [[Elaches]] on democracy, [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]], and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] > "The Empire, before it was an empire, was a republic. Popular assemblies made the decisions. My family were known for their talents as rhetors. We took it upon ourselves to speak to the popular assemblies, to steer them to reason. It is not easy to get a tumultuous crowd to think in its interests and not follow its passions, but we tried." > > "The popular assemblies are dead, of course. The temptation to turn our affairs over to a tyrant, or a gathering of rich old men - it was overwhelming. Who wished to deal with the chaos, the stubbornness, of a crowd? It was never easy. But I still believe that the only just way for a community to make decisions is for all its members to vote." > > "[[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] [[Osticos]] and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]] will never restore the assemblies. Neither has any faith in the people. [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]], well, he is no democrat, but he has that faith. I will fight for him. Maybe he will bring back the assemblies. No one else will." [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]] on [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] > "For me - you may wonder why it matters. Under a good king or an evil one, landlords will rape their tenants' daughters, watch captains will demand bribes from merchants, masters will beat apprentices, husbands will beat wives." > > "Well, perhaps it does not matter. But the common people - if the good king triumphs, even if it costs tens of thousands of lives, they will tell it to future generations. That right beats wrong. And perhaps the wrongdoers will be a bit more afraid, perhaps the righteous will be a bit bolder." > > "[[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] [[Osticos]] says he fights for the return of the old laws, that prevented tyranny. I do not believe that. > [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] says he fights for his own men. Him I believe" > > "The Empire... learned to love it. So long as the ruler is from one faction, there will be war. Men fight civil wars because they cannot stand to see one from the other faction lifted above them, to see his imitators in their alleys elevated by his glory." > > "Do not think it will end with the death of [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] or [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]]. The ruler must come from above. I am not aristocrat nor populist. I am a foreigner ([[Darshia-Cnty.]]). I am the memory of a dead man, my husband ([[Arenicos]]), a cold man who gave no one is full counsel." [[Olypos]] [[Chonis]] on the [[Senate]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]], [[Arenicos]], and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] > "From the birth of our empire until only 100 years ago, the [[Senate]] chose the emperor. The [[Senate]] could remove him. Any emperor who went against the [[Senate]] was a tyrant. We were remiss in our duty. We thought of wealth and trade, and we did not assemble as often as we should. The emperors began choosing their children and comrades to follow them, and we acquiesced." > > "You have seen what happened in the past 100 years: we have had some good emperors, some bad ones, and some lunatics. A strong [[Senate]] is the only reliable barrier both against tyranny." > > "[[Arenicos]] was a good emperor, all told. But if he indeed named [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]] his heir, and that is not just a lie, it shows that even the best of men may be seized by madness. The daughter of the former Padishah? How do we know she won't just serve us to her people on a plate." (the [[Darshia-Cnty.]] Empire) > > People like [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] hate the [[Senate]], calling it corrupt and that it blocks any change. He would have the army proclaim the emperor. I respect our men; I would even call them heroes. But they are easily enough swayed by a ration of free wine and a good speech. Letting them choose the emperor is the rule of the mob." [[Encurion]] [[Impestores]] on [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] > "[[Echerion]], the Tyrant-Slayer, was my ancestor. Wouldn't be right if I fought for an upstart demagogue like [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] or a half-foreign adventuress like [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]], now would it?" [[Penton]] on house [[Neretzes]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] > "The [[Neretzes]] have always upheld the law, upheld order, and made sure that the best people are the ones in charge. So that's what I'm doing now." > > "The quality of blood will always show itself. Look at [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] and his scoundrels. Play to the mob. Who are [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]]' people? Nobodies. She's a jumped-up adventuress." > > "Anyway, [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] [[Osticos]]. He's from a good family, you can't deny that. He knows our laws and respects our laws, and you know he'll keep up standards." [[Penton]] [[Neretzes]] on [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] > "Ah, yes. He's a scoundrel, that one. Years ago, I led an army against the Sturgians, to subdue them and return them to [[Imperial]] tutelage. Well, to make a long story short, I wasn't given the support I was needed and ultimately our army came to grief, although we inflicted many casualties upon the enemy. Well, [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] mops up their depleted force and then claims he rescued [[Calradian-Empire]] from my incompetence. Can you believe that?" Mentor (Either [[Istiana]] or [[Arzagos]]) on [[Arenicos]] and the [[Senate]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]], [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]], and [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] > "[[Arenicos]] is a man of genius with one great flaw: he believes everyone understands him when he speaks. He thinks that when he talks for three hours before the [[Senate]], the Senators have followed every word and grasp the urgency of what he says, not that they applaud because he is Emperor." > > "Most men do not break with tradition lightly. [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] [[Comnos]] does. But he does not grasp that when he makes his daring moves, it is no longer so daring, and his rivals will soon imitate him. And thus, the unspoken contracts that have tied together our Empire fall apart." > > "[[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] [[Osticos]] sees us weak, when we were once strong, and the outer kingdoms strong, when they were once weak. He believes, as a man who cares nothing of events outside [[Calradian-Empire]], that the cause is entirely within ourselves - we have abandoned our old traditions, and grown weaker. It does not occur for him for an instant that barbarians have learned our tricks, and grown stronger. " > > "[[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] [[Pethros]] knows she would be a good Empress, and that the time is right to establish that a woman can inherit. Believe me, I am the last to dispute that only men can sit on the throne. But if [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Rhagaea]] is empress, then it is only one easy step for her mad daughter [[Ira]] to inherit it." # Game Files / Developer Diaries !-- Populist starting kingdom - WEST--> ![[garios said.png|234]] | ![[garios.png]] | # [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] ## Head of House Comnos - Charismatic Soldier's Soldier - Militant Populist !--Clan 4 patriarch Gario Comnos is soldier's solder, head of populist/military [[Imperial]] faction STEVEDIDFACE. --> NPCCharacter id="lord_1_7" name="{=I72U5ttG}[[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]]" age="43" voice="ironic" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" default_group="HorseArcher" face_mesh_cache="true"> <> !-- [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] should be middle-aged, with a soldier's face - short hair, preferably no beard. --> | | ---- | ---- | | ![[pateor 1.png]] | [[Pateor]], killed by the [[Senate]] as well as [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Lucon]] | | ![[vendalia.png]] | # [[Vendentia]] ## Bitter - Treats Marriage as Duty !-- [[Vendentia]], somewhat bitter, feels she is taken for granted by [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]], accepts her marriage as a duty--> NPCCharacter id="lord_1_8" name="{=VzhbUL60}[[Vendentia]]" default_group="Cavalry" age="47" voice="curt" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> rties version="4" weight="0.5507" build="0.5759" | | ![[nadea.png]] | # Nadea ## Huntress - Daughter of [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] NPCCharacter id="lord_1_34" name="{=uLjRHv9p}Nadea" age="24" voice="earnest" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" default_group="Cavalry" face_mesh_cache="true"> !-- Nadea, Gario's daughter. Huntress.--> | | ![[nemos.png]] | # Nemos ## Lieutenant of [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] - Dedicated and Stern !-- Nemos. clan 4 lieutenant for gario. dedicated to gario. stern --> NPCCharacter id="lord_1_44" name="{=u1lTJoPO}Nemos" voice="curt" default_group="Cavalry" age="38" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[thephilos.png]] | # Thephilos ## Son of [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] and [[Vendentia]] NPCCharacter id="lord_1_75" name="{=LiAefNmE}Thephilos" age="20" voice="earnest" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" default_group="Cavalry" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[tadeos.png]] | # Tadeos ## Nephew of [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]] !-- [[Characters/Bannerlord/Imperials/Garios]]'s son or nephew, traits not set. younger than father. Switch face with someone else --> NPCCharacter id="lord_1_24" name="{=PjSQYAaR}Tadeos" default_group="Cavalry" age="21" voice="ironic" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.empire" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> |