New player. Not sure what to do now that I'm a vassal.

I bought the game a couple days ago and have no idea what I'm doing. I'm currently Clan 2, started with the Empire and declared allegiance to the Southern Empress after I became a vassal.

I had a decent business going on killing looters and barbarians and getting some gear through the arena, but I didn't realize I could make a lot more when my liege was at war. I ended up getting a decent chunk of money from a war with the Western and Northern Empire factions.

Currently I'm still Clan 2 with a band of about 80 troops. I'm trying to get a castle and I assume that I get this by getting 200 influence (?). I'm completely lost as to what my next step is.

I get influence at a very slow rate, I rarely find battles I can legitimately fight in during a war due to the small size of my army, and I'm just wandering around my liege's empire aimlessly looking for arena fights and good market deals right now.

Any tips on what I could potentially be doing in this game?

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