How do i get Vassals?

[Lgore]

I have captrured 8 castles but i dont know how to get any vassals to give them

[Esce]

You need:
Right to rule (99 is max)
You get it by:
-making peace
-sending companions on their "Right to rule" quest
-get married
-be recognized as a king by another king (you have to send him a letter)
-recruit a lord

good relation with the lord
Do quests for him, be nice, help him in battles, get him out of prisions

persuation
Level it up.

A strong kingdom
Many fiefs, win battles

This is what you need if you talk to a lord and want him to join your kingdom.

There are other ways to get lords:
-Give a companion a fief (other lords do not like it, if you give a fief to a not noble hero)
-After some time lords will join your kingdom, because they left somewhere else. These lords are bad people most of the time. Give them villages, because they will not like anything you do, and if you give them a castle and they leave, they will take the castle with them.
After a kingdome got destroyed, you have a chance that some good lords will join you. Good lords will like you, just because of your high honor. So it can happen that you talk to a lord the first time and already have 100 relation with him.

[lionhart]

A high honor rating is very important; even more important than right to rule, in my experience. Doing honorable deeds increases your relation with every honorable lord in the game, even if you have never met them or done anything for them. If you have high honor, and you defeat one of the other factions completely, there is a very good chance that all (or almost all) of the honorable lords from that faction will join you.

[✪︎DΞ︎AD_iwnw]

You befriend lords and ask to talk to them in private. When they agree to it, then you ask what they think of their current lord and if they hate their King's guts, you can persuade them to join you instead. Also, lords will pop up in your hall at your capital if they want to join you.

Also, you can give fiefs to companions, however giving a fief to a commoner companion will piss off basically everyone.

[Rabbit CoCo]

Originally posted by SS:

I have captrured 8 castles but i dont know how to get any vassals to give them

Since you didn't mention whether you already have your own kingdom......
If you're NOT the King/Queen you can NOT have vassals.
If you already have your own kingdom, inside your capital you will see some Lords standing there, talk to them to refuse/recruit them or leave them alone if you didn't make up your mind. Appoint one of your companion as the new minister so that you can give a Lord a fief.
Also, "✪ Dead" have mention another ways to recruit Lords.
"ESsce" and "lionhart" have also mention some other inportant factors from recruiting Lords.
Good luck and happy gaming.

[✪︎DΞ︎AD_iwnw]

Also, be wary of who you give fiefs to. Each lord has a personality type. You can find them out by talking to the person in private and asking what they think about the court and lordship and all that jazz.

If they act like a warmongering ass or act like they're plotting something, they are. Don't trust them with anything beyond a village.

If they something on the lines of "I will pledge my services to a king that upholds his duty to me as a lord", you want at least one of them. Their personality type is "martial" meaning that they spend a lot on having a really good army and really large army. They are the perfect martial as the warmongering guys are too agressive and pick fights and the good-natured guys are too passive. They will not care if you give fiefs to someone as long as you have given them enough.

Upstanding and good-natured guys will preach about being fair to everyone, these are the best lords as they will not care if you give someone a fief as long as they have one. They will often back up their friends. However, in times of war, good-natured lords will be extremely passive and stay within the Kingdom's borders, fighting bandits.