The Kingdom of Vaegirs

The Vaegirs are a faction in Native Mount and Blade, and many mods too. They were one of the two original factions in early versions of the game.

Overview
The Vaegirs, in green, occupy the Northwest of the map. With a Russian basis, their armies are quite balanced between tough footmen, resonable knights, and very powerful archers which make them extremely hard to besiege. Thier leader is King Yaroglek, and thier claimant to the throne is Prince Valdym, the bastard.

The Vaegirs aren't as favourable as the Swadians for heavy armour, and so are easier to take down. However, many Vaegir troops carry axes or variants of axes (Such as the Voulge) and pack a massive punch, so en masse, Vaegirs are also quite hard to defeat. Vaegir archers are also incredibly annoying as they fire a lot more frequently and a lot more accurately than Swadians or Rhodoks, so they take down troops like flies. Best thing to do is use Swadian troops, who have heavy armour and can withstand a battering.

Southern Realms
The Kingdom of Vaegirs has changed little from Native - it is still essentially the same faction, with the geography a little tweaked. Its lords are now Lords, Boyars and Counts. Curaw is now independent, and the other cities have been moved to their 0.903 positions. The Swadians are pious Orinites, and support the Elector Bishop, Vimonan, who is a vaegir by birth.

Avarice of the Exiled
The Vaegirs were pushed into the mountains by the Nords, their homelands destroyed. They settled in a mountainous and pine-ridden land, unknown and feared originally by the Calradian inhabitants. They called it Kvatak, which meant gloomy forest in their old tongue. The Vaegir prefer to use a loose, casual army without military doctrine. They hire willing huntsmen, woodsmen and horsemen into their army, paying them poorly. The Vaegir recruits do not mind this though, as they fight for the honour of their once mighty nation, and fight to regain some of that might. The Vaegir are out to regain control of their old lands, but more importantly, to gain some of the honour their people where once known for. The sounds of Vaegir battle drums echoes throughout the mountains, the sound of marching men and horses resounds through valleys. Their enemies better be ready, for the reformed Vaegir are as strong and ruthless as ever.