The current conflict, which broke out when the late Emperor Arenicos was assassinated, is the latest of these Imperial civil wars.C alradia Reimagined is a mod focused around a complete reconstruction and redirection of the original Warband world. But this did not always happen smoothly, and the succession was often settled on the battlefield. Usually, the emperor nominated an heir, the senate ratified his choice, and the people (meaning the army) acclaimed it.

Without any smooth means of succession, the death of an emperor has always been a potential crisis. Institutions designed to prevent one man from becoming a tyrant come into conflict with the necessities of unending warfare, which require unified command. A community once led by free farmers with relatively equal wealth now has vast gaps between the rich and the poor. The Empire is what happens when a league of city-states conquers a continent. But it is not a monarchy, because it is absolutely forbidden for Calradians to be ruled by a king. The popular assemblies that once decided key policies may have withered away, and the Senate, a gathering of landowners, may have far less power than it did in centuries past. Rather than be elected every few years by the Senate, he may now rule for life and often be succeeded by his son. The emperor, formerly just a military commander, may have taken on most other affairs of state as well. This empire is led by an influential senator who wants the Senate to resume its right to appoint the new emperor. The Northern Empire shares a border with the Battanians, Sturgians and Khuzaits, as well as the two other splinter states resulting from the splitting of the Calradic Empire.

They have, as the other two empires (the Southern and Western Calradic Empire), a specialization in armored cataphracts and skilled infantry. The Northern Calradic Empire is one of the factions in Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord.

Mount and blade wiki factions