Origins

The 'Warriors of the North' DLC adds a number of company origins to pick from when starting a new campaign. Each of those comes with a flavor introduction, different starting characters, equipment, resources, and special rules for your campaign. Some origins change the game more than others, but most of them impact it from beginning to end. If the 'Beasts & Exploration' DLC is also installed, the Beast Slayers origin can be selected.^[1]

Rebuilding a Company

You are second-in-command in a mercenary company that has been tracking a brigand named Hoggart for some time now. An unexpected turn of events leaves the company in shatters, and you in charge to rebuild it to its former glory.

Inexperienced: Recommended for new players as it includes some helpful guidance in the beginning.

Backgrounds

Companion老战友, Companion老战友, Companion老战友

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2500	40	80	30
Medium:	2000	20	40	20
Low:	1500	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮
100	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	2x

Special

Starts off with a basic tutorial
Can choose to do the Hoggart mission
Has access to the Renown Tutorial and Undead Hoggart events

A New Company新生战团

After years of bloodying your sword for meager pay, you've saved enough crowns to start your very own mercenary company. With you are three experienced mercenaries with whom you've fought side by side in the shieldwall before.

Impatient急躁: A quick start into the world, without any particular advantages or disadvantages.

Backgrounds

Companion老战友, Companion老战友, Companion老战友

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2900	40	80	30
Medium:	2400	20	40	20
Low:	1900	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮
0	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	2x

Special

Starts without any tutorial

Southern Mercenaries南方佣兵

You and your small band of mercenaries have done the dirty work of small-time merchants for years, yet you're barely a step above brigands. You want to be bigger than that. You want it all. And the Gilder will reveal to you the way.

Impatient急躁: A quick start into the southern part of the world, without any particular advantages or disadvantages.

Backgrounds

Companion老战友, Companion老战友, Companion老战友

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2900	40	80	30
Medium:	2400	20	40	20
Low:	1900	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮
0	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	2x

Special

Starts without any tutorial
You will spawn in the southern part of the map

Trading Caravan贸易商队

You're running a small trading caravan and have most of your crowns invested into trading goods. But the roads have become dangerous - brigands and greenskins lay in ambush, and there's rumors of even worse things out there.

Caravan: Start with two caravan hands in your employ.

Trader: Get 10% better prices for buying and selling.

Not a Warrior: Start with no renown, and gain renown at only 66% the normal rate.

Backgrounds

Caravan Hand商队杂工, Caravan Hand商队杂工

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1650	40	80	30
Medium:	1400	20	40	20
Low:	1150	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
0	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	1x 1x 1x	1x 1x 1x 1x 1x

Special

Gains -34% from all sources
10% increased selling prices
10% lower buying prices
your brothers start with dissatisfied mood

Peasant Militia农民民兵

It started as a ragtag militia made up of anyone brave or desperate enough to volunteer for defending their homes, but has grown into a small army. An army that needs to be fed each day. Perhaps the militia's services could be rented out?

Peasant Army: Start with a roster of 12 poorly equipped peasants.

Human Wave: Take up to 16 men into battle at once, and have up to 25 in your roster.

Dirty Peasants: Can never hire anyone that isn't a lowborn peasant.

Backgrounds

Farmhand农场帮工, Farmhand农场帮工, Poacher偷猎者, Daytaler短工, Daytaler短工, Miller磨坊主, Fisherman渔夫, Militia民兵, Militia民兵, Minstrel吟游诗人
+1 Vagabond流浪汉, Thief盗贼 or Gambler赌徒
+1 Butcher屠夫, Tailor裁缝 or Shepherd牧羊人

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1250	20	40	15
Medium:	1000	10	20	10
Low:	750	5	10	5

			Provisions口粮
-100	Neutral 中立	+40 in the starting village	4x

Special

Can only hire Lowborn men
You can still get and keep non-lowborn brothers from random events
You can take up to 16 men into battle and have 25 men in your roster
Has 108 instead of 99 inventory slots

Band of Poachers偷猎团伙

For years you've made a decent living by poaching in the local woods, evading your lord's men by being quick on your feet. But pickings have become slimmer and slimmer, and you're faced with a decision - how to make a living when all you know is how to use a bow?

Hunters: Start with a group of three woodsmen.

Expert Scouts: You move faster and can always get a scouting report for any enemies near you.

Travel Light: You can carry less items in your company's inventory.

Backgrounds

Hunter猎人, Poacher偷猎者, Poacher偷猎者

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2500	20	160	30
Medium:	2000	10	80	20
Low:	1500	5	40	10

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
100	Neutral 中立	-20 towards the closest noble house	1x	1x

Special

Has only 81 instead of 99 inventory slots
Has a movement speed of 111 instead of 105
Can always see the enemy composition in wild locations
Has access to the Rangers Origin Hunt Food event

Oathtakers立誓者

Oathtakers are knightly warriors beholden not to liege lords, but to the ideals and teachings of their founder, Young Anselm. The order now finds itself in dire straits, and they've turned to you to reverse their fortunes. Can you teach these zealots to become successful mercenaries?

Paladins: Start with two battle-hardened warriors and good equipment.

Oathtakers立誓者: Sworn to Young Anselm's teachings, you must take oaths that confer various advantages and disadvantages until fulfilled.

Backgrounds

Oathtaker立誓者 (lvl.3), Oathtaker立誓者 (lvl.1)

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1500	20	7	15
Medium:	1000	10	5	10
Low:	500	5	2	5

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
0	60	Neutral中立	1x	1x 1x

Special

Start with only 2 brothers, but each has good equipment. One is always Old年迈, level 3 and equipped with Young Anselm's Skull小安塞尔姆的头骨 and a Battle Standard战旗
Can only have 18 brothers in their roster
Forced to undertake oaths which confer buffs and debuffs as well as rewarding renown
Cannot take ambitions, meaning certain items such as goblin trophys cannot be gained
If playing without Blazing Deserts they start with a fully upgraded cart
Can get the Lindwurm Slayer屠龙者 for free, as well as an extra Oathtaker for free and a free Noble Sword贵族长剑 in Tree Fort event
Has access to many events: Apprentice vs Oathtaker, Bad Reputation, Captured Oathbringer, Oathtaker Joins, Oathtaker Happy with Company, Oathtaker Mistaken Identity, Oathtakers All Oaths Complete, Oathtakers Confrontation, Oathtakers Lore, Oathtakers Noble Contracts, Oathtakers Skull Cracked and Ruined Priory events

Deserters

For too long have you been dragged from one bloody battle to another at the whim of lords sitting in high towers. Last night, you absconded from camp together with three others. You're dressed like soldiers still, but you're deserters, and the noose will be your end if you stay here for too long.

Deserters: Start with three deserters and decent armor, but lower funds and a noble house that wants to hunt you down.

First to Run: Your men always are first to act in the very first round of combat.

Backgrounds

Deserter逃兵 (lvl.2), Deserter逃兵 (lvl.2), Deserter逃兵

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1250	40	80	30
Medium:	1000	20	40	20
Low:	750	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮
150	Neutral 中立	-100 towards the closest noble house	2x

Special

You can start with pretty decent equipment (For example, three Mail Hauberks, two Heater Shields, Aketon Caps, one Light Crossbow轻弩, one Shortsword短剑 and one Hatchet短斧)
Your men always are first to act in the very first round of combat and you get no mood penalty for retreating from fights
Each brother is either a heavily (20-40 hp missing) or lightly (5-20 hp missing) injured, as well as some damaged equipment
Has access to the Deserter Origin Volunteer event
Your brothers will get no mood loss after retreating from fights

Northern Raiders北境劫掠者

For all your adult life you've been raiding and pillaging in these lands. But with the local peasantry poor as mice, you may want to finally expand into the profitable field of mercenary work - that is, if your potential employers are willing to forgive your past transgressions.

Warband战群: Start with three experienced barbarians.

Outlaws: Start with bad relations to most human factions.

Pillagers: You have a higher chance to get any items from slain enemies as loot.

Backgrounds

Barbarian蛮族 (lvl.3), Barbarian蛮族 (lvl.3), Barbarian蛮族 (lvl.3), Monk

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1250	40	40	30
Medium:	1000	20	20	20
Low:	750	10	10	10

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
-50	-30	-100 towards the two closest noble houses	1x 1x	1x 1x 1x

Special

Starts in the north of the map at a freshly raided village
You have a higher chance to get items from slain enemies as loot
Has access to the Raiders Origin Redemption event
Has a higher chance to get the Barbarian Volunteer event

Anatomists解剖学者

Fueled by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, the Anatomists have spent years dissecting the exoctic and the alien. With social mores dogging their research, however, they've turned to you to form a mercenary company and provide them a new source of fresh specimens.

Anatomists解剖学者: Start with three men and high funds.

Researchers: Research the corpses of your fallen foes and gain knowledge to empower your men.

Not Fighters: Your men will never be of confident morale.

Backgrounds

Anatomist解剖学者 (lvl.1), Anatomist解剖学者 (lvl.1), Anatomist解剖学者 (lvl.1)

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	3200	40	80	30
Medium:	2700	20	40	20
Low:	2200	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
0	Neutral中立	Neutral中立	1x 1x	1x 1x 1x 1x 1x

Special

Your brothers may never be of confident morale, which makes certain traits less undesirable
Slaying non human enemies for the first time will yield unique potions
Each potion will provide a permanent buff but will make the brother who drank it sick, the sickness will last longer the more potions they have drank
If a potion is lost or the brother who drank it killed another can be acquired by killing the relevant enemy again
Begins the game with an apotheosis potion and four ledgers to keep track of what potions you have acquired
Has access to a plethora of events; Anatomist vs Ailing, Anatomist vs Asthmatic, Anatomist vs Clubfooted, Anatomist vs Dog, Anatomist vs Historian, Anatomist vs Iron Lungs, Anatomist Wants Skull, Anatomist Bummed at Mutations, Anatomist Okay With Mutations, Anatomist Old Patient, Anatomist Creeps Out Locals, Anatomist Dead Knight, Anatomist Exhumes Hero, Anatomist Joins, Anatomist Helps Blighted Guy 1, Anatomist Helps Blighted Guy 2, Anatomist Confronts Healer, Black Market, Killer on the Run Reminisces, Missing Kids, Mutated Gladiator Annoys Others, Something in Barn & Strange Scribe

Davkul Cultists达夫库尔教徒

Davkul awaits. You lead a small flock devoted to the elder god, and it's time to spread the word. Find more followers, acquire riches, and please Davkul with sacrifices.

Cultists邪教徒: Start with a group of four cultists with poor equipment.

Sacrifices: Davkul will occasionally demand sacrifices from you, but also bestow boons upon those loyal to him.

Backgrounds

Cultist邪教徒, Cultist邪教徒, Cultist邪教徒, Cultist邪教徒

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2900	40	80	30
Medium:	2400	20	40	20
Low:	1900	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮
0	-10	Neutral 中立	1x

Special

Has access to special cultist-traits
Has access to the Cultist Origin Armor, Cultist Origin Finale, Cultist Origin Flock, Cultist Origin Hood, Cultist Origin Sacrifice, Cultist Origin vs Old Gods and Cultist Origin vs Uneducated event
New cultists might want to join your company
Needs to do human sacrifices
Has a chance to recruit cultist brothers in any settlement

Manhunters捕奴者

Constant conflict between city states and nomads makes for good business. The bulk of your outfit are captives, forced to fight to earn their freedom, and their ranks grow after each battle.

Army of Captives: Start with two manhunters and four indebted. Take up to 16 men into battle at once. Having equal or fewer indebted than non-indebted will make your men dissatisfied.

Overseers: All non-indebted can whip indebted in combat to reset their morale and buff their stats. Non-indebted earn 10% less experience.

Captives: Indebted earn 10% more experience, are capped at level 7, and will die if struck down.

Backgrounds

Manhunter捕奴者, Manhunter捕奴者,
Indebted负债者, Southern Indebted, Southern Indebted, Southern Indebted

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	2500	20	40	15
Medium:	2000	10	20	10
Low:	1500	5	10	5

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
100	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	3x	1x

Special

Has 108 instead of 99 inventory slots
You can take up to 16 men into battle and have 25 men in your roster
Non-Indebted负债者 brothers can use Crack the Whip (Manhunters) on Indebted负债者 brothers to reset their morale back to steady and improve their stats for 2 rounds
You have a Company Ledger战团账册 item that helps keep track of the number of Indebted and Non-Indebted in the company
Has access to the Manhunters Origin Capture Prisoner event
Can get 2 Indebted负债者 in the Pirates event

Beast Slayers猎兽者

You and your men make your living by hunting down the many beasts that beset villages on the fringes of civilization. It's dangerous work, but it pays well enough, and there's always a bigger beast to slay and more crowns to earn.

Beast Slayers猎兽者: Start with three beast slayers and decent equipment, as well as some beast trophies.

Expert Trackers: See tracks from further away.

Expert Skinners: Each beast you slay has a 50% chance to drop an additional trophy.

Prejudice: Most people don't trust your kind, so you get 10% worse prices.

Backgrounds

Beast Slayer猎兽者 (lvl.2), Beast Slayer猎兽者 (lvl.2), Beast Slayer猎兽者 (lvl.2)

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Ammunition弹药	Medicine
High:	1875	40	80	30
Medium:	1500	20	40	20
Low:	1125	10	20	10

			Provisions口粮	Other Items
200	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	1x	1x 2x 1x 1x

Special

10% increased buying prices
10% lower selling prices
Can see tracks from further away
50% chance to get additional beast trophies (100% from the kraken)
your brothers start wounded and with disgruntled mood
one brother starts with a temporary injury

Gladiators角斗士

You've fought in the arenas of the south for years. First for your freedom, then for crowns, and finally to become immortal. What else does fate have in stock for you?

Gladiators角斗士: Start with three experienced gladiators with good equipment, but very high daily wages.

Legends of the Arena: Each gladiator has a unique trait in combat.

Glorious Three: You can never have more than 12 men in your roster, and if all of your three starting men should die, your campaign ends.

Backgrounds

Gladiator角斗士 (lvl 3), Gladiator角斗士 (lvl 3), Gladiator角斗士 (lvl 3)

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Medicine
High:	950 +300 on beginner	20	15
Medium:	700 +300 on beginner	10	10
Low:	450 +300 on beginner	5	5

			Provisions口粮
100	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	1x 1x

Special

Has only 90 instead of 99 inventory slots
Has only 12 instead of 20 slots in the roster
You start near one of the southern independent city-states. In most cases the starting settlement has an Arena竞技场^[2]
The Gladiators角斗士 from this origin have a base wage of 50 instead of 35
Each Gladiator角斗士 has a bonus trait (Glorious Endurance不屈耐力, Glorious Quickness迅捷连杀 or Glorious Resolve坚定意志)
Each Gladiator角斗士 has the Arena Fighter竞技勇士 trait and 5 won arena fights
You lose the game when all 3 Gladiators角斗士 die
Has access to the Gladiators Food, Gladiators Vibes, Gladiator Origin vs Anatomist and Gladiator Origin vs Oathtaker events

Lone Wolf孤狼

You've been traveling alone for a long time, taking part in tourneys and sparring with young nobles. A hedge knight tall as a tree, you never needed anybody for long. Is it true still?

Lone Wolf孤狼: Start with a single experienced hedge knight and great equipment, but low funds.

Elite Few: Can never have more than 12 men in your roster.

Avatar: If your hedge knight dies, the campaign ends.

Backgrounds

Hedge Knight流浪骑士 (lvl.4)

Resources

Starting Funds	Crowns克朗	Tools	Medicine
High:	1250 -100 on expert	20	10
Medium:	1000 -100 on expert	10	6
Low:	750 -100 on expert	5	3

			Provisions口粮
200	Neutral 中立	Neutral 中立	1x

Special

Has a roster of 12 brothers at most
Has only 90 instead of the usual 99 inventory slots
When the hedge knight dies the campaign ends as a result of the Player Character玩家角色 trait
The hedge knight can't start with Survivor幸存者, Greedy贪婪 or Disloyal不忠 trait
The hedge knight avatar is excluded from any events that could kill or sacrifice him as a brother
The hedge knight you start with has his modified by -2 so he has a range of 4-8
Has access to the Lone Wolf Origin Another Squire, Lone Wolf Origin Depressing Lady and Lone Wolf Origin Squire event

References

↑ Dev Blog #113: Company Origins, Part I
↑ The nearest city state is supposed to have an Arena, however, apparently due to a bug, players report that it is not always the case - an Arena is not guaranteed to be spawned.