If you went with Arzagos, you can own any settlement.Īnd that's it! You will now have access to the Kingdom screen and the ability to pass laws using influence. Faction ownership is separate from culture, so it doesn't matter what faction you captured it from. You can check the culture of a settlement by seeing what kinds of troops are available to recruit there. If you went the Imperial route, you will specifically need to own a settlement of Imperial culture. This will require you to have at least Clan Rank 3, 100 soldiers under your command, and to own at least one settlement. If you want to wear the crown right away, you'll want to choose the independent option. You will then be given a choice by either Arzagos or Istiana to support an existing faction or start your own. This choice is permanent, so don't take it lightly! You can side with Arzagos and try to destroy what is left of the Empire, or you can side with Istiana and try to restore it under one banner. Once you have all three pieces of the Dragon Banner, you have a choice to make.

These camps aren't much more difficult than a typical bandit camp, but they can be tricky if you don't bring the right troops. Since Bannerlord doesn't let you pick which troops to bring, it might be helpful to hand-select the ones you want ahead of time and transfer the rest of your army to a castle you own or another clan member's war party.

Both pieces are located in bandit hideouts that you will have to infiltrate with a small number of troops.

You'll have to meet up with a character named Arzagos in Battania to learn the location of the second piece, and an imperial spy named Istiana for the last one. You should already have the first one from completing the tutorial mission.

Next, you'll be prompted to seek out two missing pieces of the Dragon Banner.

Horses will allow you to get around faster and outrun any dangerous bandits who might want to pick a fight.

During this phase, it might be better to keep a small army of mostly mounted troops so you don't need to worry about running out of money.

They will suggest someone and give you their last known location. If you're having trouble, you can talk to any noble you run across (even one you've already talked to for this quest) and ask them who might be able to tell you more about the battle. The nobles who can fulfill this objective are scattered across the realm, so you'll have to travel far and wide to find them.

First, you'll need to progress the main story quest by speaking to 10 different nobles about the Battle of Pendraic.

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