Vassal of a dying faction?

So I’m pretty new to this game, playing on XBox One.

When King Harlaus offered me vassalage, I knew I might be boarding a sinking ship—and as a midshipman at that. The realm had been reduced to Uxkhal and a few scattered castles.

Two wars later, Uxkhal has been lost and the Nords and Vaegris fight to divvy up what was once ours. I have no holdings to my name, and struggle to pay and feed my company of 80 men.

There doesn’t seem to be any hope of Swadia recovering its former glory. There are only a few vassals still loyal to Harlaus, and while we have occasionally retaken Uxkhal since originally losing it, we can’t hold it for long enough to mean much. I don’t have nearly the influence to become marshal, so even if it’s possible for us to bounce back I don’t know how I can make it happen.

So, what should I do? I’ve been kind of hoping we’d eventually be wiped out, so that I could join a different faction without trying to be relieved of my oath or defecting, which I haven’t done before. I mean I know it’s dumb, but I’d like to keep this character moving without doing anything... dishonorable? Lame? My other concern is if I do that, Swadia might bounce back and Harlaus will hate me forever. Anyway, can a faction the player is currently sworn to be wiped out in a war? If so, what happens?

I’m basically just in a rut, looking for ideas to get out of it that are... more fun/interesting than cutting my losses and moving on from Swadia for no other reason than it being a dying kingdom.

Submitted June 23, 2019 at 07:43PM by BatteredOnionRings http://bit.ly/2WX68dX