![[sturgia 1.png]] # Balgard ## Coastal Towns - Raganvad - White Fortress --- # Backstory & History [[Balgard]], which sits on the icy waters of Mazopor bay, was founded by migrants from the [[Nordland-Cnty.]] ([[Nord]]). Legend holds that the initial wave of [[Nord]] arrogantly demanded tribute from the nearby [[Vakken]] and [[Sturgian]] tribes ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]), who formed an alliance and drove the newcomers back to their ships. But the victors fell out over the spoils, until a canny Nord, [[Gundar]], landed and volunteered to help them fairly divvy up the weapons and armor of his dead kinsmen. The residents recognized [[Gundar]]'s lordship over the region and his descendants, intermarried with the Sturgians, are today the Grand Princes of [[Principality-of-Sturgia]]. This settlement is part of [[Principality-of-Sturgia]]. --- # Game Files / Developer Diaries "Coastal towns, Raganvad, White Fortress" [[Revyl]], chief town of the rocky Kachyar peninsula, was a traditional rival of [[Balgard]]. According to legend the Balgardian princess [[Arkina]], whose husband had been slain by the Revylians, accepted a proposal from her enemy's king to marry and settle the feud. On her wedding night, however, she barred the door of his hall and burned him and a hundred of his kinsmen and warriors alive inside. The feud has long since been settled by pacts and marriages with happier outcomes, although Revylians still resent the ascent of the Balgardian [[Gundaroving]] dynasty.   ![[[revyl]] 0000 2023 04 30 15.52.26](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/[[revyl]]__0000_2023-04-30_15.52.26.jpg "[[Revyl]]__0000_2023-04-30_15.52.26")