This is a series where I play as a criminal mastermind trying to overtake the criminal underworld of the Aserai Kingdom in Bannerlord and become head of the crime syndicate.
The goal in this playthrough is a sort of zero to hero type of progression where I rise from a lowly bandit to a powerful crimelord.
0:00 Backstory of the Crimelord
1:06 Challenge goal, mods and plan to overtake the currect crimelord
3:29 Proving ourselves as a criminal
5:38 Grab and run mission
8:11 Starting our own gang and dropping Aserai knowledge
9:20 Trading and stealing from villages
10:37 Guard assassination mission
11:25 Supporting the local Desert Bandits
12:14 Capturing villagers for the Desert Bandits
15:44 Assassination mission
15:58 Collecting protection money from traders
17:20 Extorting money from Village elders
21:04 Outro
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a strategy action role-playing video game developed and published by TaleWorlds Entertainment. It is a prequel to Mount & Blade: Warband, a stand-alone expansion for the 2008 game Mount & Blade. Bannerlord takes place 210 years before its predecessor, with a setting inspired by the Migration Period.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a strategy/action role-playing game. The fundamental gameplay premise is the same as previous entries in the series: the player builds up a party of soldiers and performs quests on an overhead campaign map, with battles being played out on battlefields that allow the player to personally engage in combat alongside their troops.
Attention all Aserai gamers, Zaid needs your help, he is stuck in Qasira and needs the funny numbers on the back of your credit card I stream every friday and saturday on twitch btw, follow there for more content: www.twitch.tv/definitelynotsimo
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Waiting for King Harlaus to call a feast brb.
@@averageforestfish LoL
You know when you said you’d do an Aserai campaign based off of your personal experience as a Moroccan, didn’t quite expect this kind of experience lol
@@matthewsmith4710 This is just my daily life
I love how both koifish and simo’s series are implied to have taken place in the same world
Koirfish even references darius the destroyer. Apparently the videos are connected.
ON GOD
Excellent
14:37 is just hilarious to me. Despite scamming his way through the desert, Zaid actually cared if the Aserai were gonna win that siege. Looking forward to the next vid!
Aserai in the heart
Easier to scam
Hey dudes! For those that don´t know, the mod is called "Fourberie". Enjoy it!
Is this the mod that also adds being a soldier in a lord's army?
@@andrewlentner that’s called freelancer mod but i’m not sure if it’s working
Hello Simo, I humbly request that you continue 1000 stat man. I have watched the series over 10 times. My hunger growing larger each watch through. I await your response Sir Simo.
Taleworlds has unfortunately made it incredibly hard to make 1000 stats man in Bannerlord :/
@@NotSimo I understand. May the legends of 1000 stat man live on though his journey suspended in Pendor. It will be spread all throughout Calradia.
@@NotSimo continue it in Warband. We have noo problems
@@NotSimo It isn't too hard, all you need to do is open console, and add 100,000xp first to every skill then add 10,000,000,000 xp to every skill, and bam, 1023 skill points in every skill, however it makes it near impossible to hit anyone with a 1h, 2h or polearm weapon
@@NotSimo warband still exists
this will be the spiritual successor to kenshi bandits and im excited to see how it will go
I absolutely love the little reference to Darius at around 2:58. His bravery has become legendary, and now he is known throughout all of Calradia, even by the lowlifes in the sands of the Aserai. Rest in Peace, he will be missed. Long live the free city of Amprela!
The Quyaz Crime Report to the honorable Unqid: Due to a large spike in crime, likely caused by refugees and the damage to trade as a result of the northern empires crippling at the hands of a rogue soldier and the Calradian civil war as a whole, many civilians, especially the youth turn to crime. Theft has also shot up and guards are proving unable to prevent it due to the convoluted markets and alleys of Quyaz Taverns are more filled than ever, which has become popular for visitors and refugees to try and forget the troubles of travels and see the Aserai culture, however it has afforded petty thieves plenty loaded coin purses, which fill the local guards duties and distract them from stopping other crimes. It is not uncommon for bodies to show up in the morning, often of guards or noble retinue. A powerful local named Zadina, who has been open to some shady business in the past has come forth and named a few names of other criminals who are using guard killings as proof of strength for recruits in gangs. An especially popular case recently was a guard killed in the middle of the night by a local, who is also a suspect in a theft a few days later. A few locals came forth and claimed they had seen the man talking to Zadina. When confronted she said she could know his name if she was promised a powerful position by your side, noble Unqid. It’s possible that we could take down a much larger crime ring potentially run by Zadina if we track down the suspect of these crimes and convince him to give up some details of her wrongdoings. This has effected not just the safety of our towns, but relations with other nations and potential trade. Nobles of the western empire and vlandia have petitioned to the great Unqid over Aserai bandit groups parading through their towns and taking villagers as slaves. We turned away the western imperial nobles due to the war, but the Vlandian relations could severely impact lucrative trade opportunities. Despite the increasing guard presence, merchants have begun to form mercenary gangs to protect themselves from crime, and trust in the nobility to collapsing. As a final note: small villages outside of the more controlled lands have claimed bandit crews have harassed them intensely and slaughtered local militias. So as a summary, local crime lords are rising in power, small time criminals are becoming local icons, bandit crews are straining foreign relations and slaughtering villagers, and petty crimes have shot up to unseen levels.
"He was hungry as a kid" *vine boom* "His mom is dead" *vine boom* "He is Aserian* *vine boom*
This seems like it's going to be a very interesting series, hype for the rest of it.
I love the bannerlord series' the most. Idk how this game looks so different and interesting with each story
LOL his dad gone to get milk
😂💯🔥
Bannerlord with Stronghold Crusader music = gold
Ah yes, Stronghold Crusader OST ^_^
Man, that Stronghold Crusaders flute song at the start got me all nostalgic
I can't find Bannerlord videos as good as yours anywhere, Simo. I don't know how you do it, but I'm always waiting to jump on any of your new tales.
This is so dang cool! Zaid's story is gonna be soo fun to watch, very keen for more. Thanks Simo!
I hope this series doesn't have a sad ending like the last one. (It got me into my feelings)
Wow, pretty interesting features in this mod. Looking forward to seeing more.
The best episode of all your Bannerlord storylines for sure! Keep it up man
The Command and Conquer GLA background music: 🤤👌 Also a very good video. Doing a crimelord/raider run myself and this inspired me to install this brilliant mod. Hope the series goes well and we get even more Simo content!
Ahhh now this is the simo content that gets me excited to do my own play throughs
Truly a RANCID episode (in a good way of course). Thanks, Simo!
Triggered some memories with the Stronghold Crusader music at the beginning
Simo uploads = instant good day
Dayum... the stronghold crusader bgm is really good. I slipped into nostalgia for a moment
I can not get that song out of my head, I have traumas from playing stronghold when I was a child, that song Dar Meshq is a masterpiece and a curse in the same time
love the stronghold crusader background music
I’m looking forward to seeing yet another series all the way to the end👍🏻
Love your videos. I wish you made them more often, but I understand the difficulties of it all. I also really like the random Arabic facts you drop.
Saw the backstory intro and instantly subscribed....well done my friend.
This is going to be an interesting series, I also love that you used music from Stronghold Crusader that game is my childhood
Nice video! I absolutely love the mod fourberie. Good to see that it's getting some love
This was GREAT! Im really enjoying this storyline so far😂
I look forward to seeing this become a full series
The Stronghold soundtrack in the beginning
Zaid selling NFTs in all of the towns this side of the Aserai lands
the unexpected stronghold crusader music at the start brought some good nostalgia
ay yes the stronghold crusader music :D gives me nostalgia big time
The Stronghold Crusader music is a cherry on top Edit: Let's not forget the Medieval II Total War music
Hell yea Simo brother, looking forward to the rest of the series 🤙
Great vid. Keep it coming please. Best story so far👍🏻🌹❤️
Amazing video Simo!
the stronghold crusader music in the background tho. chef's kiss
The simo cinematic universe expands! That clutch with the 1v6 tho, fences op :D
Love Zaid so much. I was worried when Darius made his exit, but I'm hyped for the new series. Much love my friend and keep up the excellent work ❤️
Man, after the end of Darius I really thought there wouldn't be another series that would grab my attention... proving me wrong here!!
I love the fact that you put the stronghold crusaders sound track !
Starting to seem like every series you make is instantly fire
This was amazing bro
I always Love when simo drops exclusive sandboi knowledge
nice 1st chapter of this new series! i really enjoy your way of story telling. have you ever directed or played a ttrpg game before?
Thanks for the content my dude
Nice to see a new playthrough. I am loving this format where you don't necessarily start out as a petty warlord but roleplay a specific build. BTW, was that a medieval 2 track when you were fighting the mercs.
It was yes!
Nice vid, cool concept...i hope to see wome sturgia or khuzait story, my two favourite factions in bannerlord
Starvation, swindling, stealing, stabbing, squad-building, slavery and sprinting through the sands - sounds like Kenshi!
glad you did this my dude
Super fun video man!
loll the fence trick is so dirty i love it!
every time I enter a Hideout and beat it and it asks to duel I always say "LET MY MEN FIGHT"
The Arabic flute from Stronghold sent goosebumps through my body and perhaps almost shed tears from the memories of my childhood
freking awesome video, i love the mod fourberie you just introduced ! keep up the great work simo, merci for the laugh my friend !
Anytime brother!
Love the stronghold music
Love the series keep it coming
Appreciate the Stronghold: Crusader music
The Stronghold Crusader sound track hits different, the nostalgia is 10/10. *Your popularity, is rising :)*
1:40 Is that the original soundtrack of stronghold crusader. Already in love with this new series.
Yo its fun to watch be a criminal. Not even a bandit, but like legit petty crimes and extortion
The stronghold soundtrack at the start brought back some old memories
After he mentioned some trouble in the northern empire I immediately thought of the sim0 cinematic universe.
Knowing Calradia, Zaid's father probably loved him very much and did not actually leave to get milk for 20 years. Rather, he was one of thousands of unfortunate victims of looters or sea raiders.
Love the little Simo Arabic insights on names and such!
im so happy Simo is back in my reccomended
Heck yes, that is an awesome premise.
This mod looks like lots of fun! I am going to check it out. Thanks!
Oof that stronghold crusader music at the beginning 👌
A crime boy like this, you wouldn't expect him to be so good at... fencing
This is awesome ❤🙏
Some of these mods are so good it insane that they are not added in the game
Oh my god i love the stronghold music so much
I love this!
This series is so sick
Simo is back with another great story
This is dope as hell
Ok we need a joint Playlist of the Mount and Blade Cinematic Universe
Cannot wait for more, this is such a based and Aserai pilled playthrough
Not getting a shield and almost dying only to turn it back with patience, Zaid sure loves to live on the edge, surely that will not get him in big trouble in the future.
Love it!!
love this
Return of the King
Love this!
Zaid is still very much an amateur warlord, but he's got the spirit! Only a matter of time until he's catching slaves and making them eat nothing but the ones you killed (or eventually died of starvation/natural causes), leaving their skulls for display as examples along trade routes and town squares, like a pro! A bright future ahead of him, I say!
Damn seeing dragons dogma in here made me wanna replay that, damn now i just wanna sit back and relax im looking forward to finish watching this video.
best channel, with the best series
Love the video.
High quality video. Nice bandit tricks and esoteric Aserai lore. Looking forward to seeing more high-stakes action in this series! Wait... TaleWorlds is Turkish, how could they get no one for a proper Arabic translation? Is House Phone some sort of inside joke?
It's not an inside joke lol there's a lot of butchered Arabic stuff I'll make sure to point it all out whenever I run into it
10:45 KENNNYYYY - Levi
Simo: Some guy made alot of trouble up there (Northern Empire) Me: Darius 😭😭😭
Lol @ the medieval total war battle music.
Yes another adventure! 🙌