Hey all, looking for some advice on my current Bannerlord game, as someone very new. Right now, I think I'm in a pretty good position. As someone new, I decided to take it slow and go through the standard mercenary to lord pipeline for the Western Empire, since their Emperor seemed cool. I married his daughter, and captured Syronea for him when rebels rose up, which led to him rewarding me with the settlement despite nuking my influence. However, I slowly started to realize after multiple losses to the Khuzaits, Northern Empire, and Vlandians, that I might be backing the wrong horse, and so I decided to secede from the Empire. After killing some of their smaller armies, plus capturing the Emperor after he lost a siege on the Northern Empire, I managed to peace out for about half my money, 75k-ish ducats. A while after this, looking for a way to boost my coffers after the garrison costs of Syronea were starting to get to me, I decided to declare war on the weak looking Aserai to tr...