Event occurrence is strictly connected to passing of days in the game.

You should react differently on each of few different event types.

Usually, you will be informed about their attack three days before they come.

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you could order your hirelings and companions that reside in the stronghold to prepare defense.

This order doesn’t cost much, but virtually always few buildings are destroyed during battle.

Rebuilding them not only take few days, but cost thousands of coins as well.

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A better solution is to return to the stronghold and face enemy by your own.

You lose some time on that, but save lots of gold.

After every attack you must rebuild basic infrastructure, which costs few hundred gold.

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Player can pay the loan automatically as well.

From time to time, traveling merchants will visit you.

The higher yourprestigelevel, the more often it will happen.

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They usually offer you one very good item for not so small price.

Before deciding, find out if that item will be useful for any of your party members.

Bought items can be found in chest in the keep.

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Sometimes you are given an opportunity to send one of your companions with a mission.

It usually takes few days and is profitable for more than one reason.

Companion receives experience, you gain gold, and in some cases even prestige or reputation.

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Sometimes an unexpected guest arrives at the stronghold.

Sadly, it might be a local criminal as well, that will cause bothprestigeandsafetyto drop.

There are two ways of getting rid of him.

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you might pay him to get out or order one of your companions to “escort” him out.

You receive information about other events as well.

Each weak you receive information about how much does all hirelings cost you as well.

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Stronghold gives you access to additional quests.

Usually those are quests that focus on eliminating a specific person or group.

To be able to take those quests, you must build aWarden’s Lodge.

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This building can be found outside stronghold walls, in the northwest part of the map.

Inside you will findWarden Fyrgenwho is an intermediary between you and your employers and is responsible for paying rewards.

At the same time you might take more than one quest.

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