![[sturgia 1.png]] # Varcheg ## "Sworn Companion" --- # Backstory & History The former Nord ([[Nord]]) colony of [[Varcheg]] sits on a windswept sea-bluff at the base of the Kachyar peninsula in what was once [[Battanian]] land ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]). The jarl who founded this coastal outpost, hoping to trade with the interior, pledged himself in fealty to the [[Battanian]] High King [[Dernmachad]], but then proceeded to dabble in [[Battanian]] politics. Annoyed, [[Dernmachad]] hired a [[Sturgian]] army ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]) to crush his unreliable new vassal. The Sturgians complied and routed the [[Nord]], but then demanded the newly captured town as their payment. They called the town '[[Varcheg]],' a corruption of the [[Nord]] term for 'oath sworn companion,' to mock both rivals whose quarreling had handed them their prize. This settlement is part of [[Principality-of-Sturgia]]. --- # Game Files / Developer Diaries [[Car Banseth]] sits high on the cliffs of Ailta Druin. Staring north on a clear day, across lands that were once [[Battanian]] ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]) but are now held by the Sturgians ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]) and Vlandians ([[Kingdom-of-Vlandia]]), one can see the waters of the Bay of [[Varcheg]]. It is said that those who keep faith will one day witness from this high point the ships of the vanished [[Mon]], who shall return to deliver his people from their enemies. But today, one is far more likely to see the sails of [[Nord]] ([[Nord]]) adventurers and mercenaries, coming to assist the foreigners in their relentless push into [[Battanian]] land. "Varcheg, far-flung on peninsula. Probably [[Sturgian]] version of [[Nord]] 'Varjag,' sworn companion"   ![[[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")