Tips for starting out the quest for Arwa the pearled one.

[M249 SAW]

Thanks! I have one lord and just beat the leader in a battle. I have 54 high level troops, give or take a couple, and the lord that is with me has 116 mixed level troops, I'm trying to take a castle for Arwa soon. (I have the mod Diplomacy on.)

[ricklong]

Putting a claimant on the throne is not an easy thing. Every time you talk to a lord, try to talk him into joining (and if he doesn't, then beat him up and let him go). Whatever argument you decide to use in that dialog, stick with it. Getting lords to switch sides is eventually how you win.

Whenever starting a new kingdom, whether for a claimant or yourself, try to grab territory as fast as possible. Don't stop to defend villages, and if they go to siege one of your fiefs, capture two of theirs while they are busy. Even if you are trading castles or towns, it means that the other side's lords are losing their income since it takes a while to assign those fiefs. That means fewer troops for them and a lord with no holdings is much easier to persuade to join you.

[Wizard of Woz]

You don't need lords to win anything. Everytime I have conquered the map, I just used my companions for generals.

[MikiTheBerserkr]

Just get an army of huskarls and swiadian knights, then spam LMB at the backs of enemy bots and you can win every battle