Blackrock's Bandits

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Blackrock's Bandits
The Bandit Queendom
FlagMap
Ideology	Kleptocracy
Leader	Blackrock
Ruling party	Blackrock Bandits (70%)
Population	1,134,370
Ponypower	17,879
Race	Griffon
Stability	10%
War support	35%
Factories	3 1 0 2
Capital	Murkbeak
Continent	Central Griffonia
Demonym	Blackhollower
Tag	BAN
Color	#543325

Blackrock's Bandits are a band of bandits and mercenaries that have formed together to ransack villages, pillage farms and rob unsuspecting enemies. At the top of the Bandit food chain stands Blackrock herself. But not all is sunshine and flowers within the Bandit Queendom of Blackrock. To the east, there is a new Communist power emerging in  Brodfeld, soon to threaten the Bandits, surely. To the southwest,  Wingbardy is gathering power and could strike towards Blackrock at a moment's notice. And if the  Griffonian Empire to the north ever manages to re-emerge as the great power it once was, then this might be the early death of the Blackrock Bandits.

Lore

Much like the Sunstriker Clan in the north, the Blackrock Bandits are a band of bandits and mercenaries that have formed together to ransack villages, pillage farms and rob unsuspecting enemies.

The County of Blackhollow

However things were not always like this and the territory ruled by the bandits was once known as the  County of Blackhollow. The County of Blackhollow was ruled by the Bluecrest family who would faithfully serve the Kings of the  Kingdom of Griffonstone for centuries.

One of the most noticeable events in the history of Blackhollow occurred over two centuries ago when Grover I crossed the Creeper Mountains in the south of Blackhollow with his vast army to attack the east. The eastern principalities had expected him to attack from the north or the south and they were completely taken by surprise as Grover invaded from the west and occupied their towns and cities.

However, as time passed the  Griffonian Empire declined and grew weak. In the chaos of the 978 ALB Republican Revolution, the County of Blackhollow broke free from the Empire's rule alongside their masters in Griffonstone. The next year, Count Gabriel Bluecrest aided his overlords in Griffonstone against revolutionaries. Like the vassals of the Griffonian Empire, he too demanded increased autonomy as a reward, but Griffonstone's Regency Council refused to grant it to him. Outraged by this, he declared independence in 985, only to die in 990. His heir Caelan Bluecrest refused Griffonstone's demand to bend the knee and stood firm against them when they invaded Blackhollow.

But his victory did not last long. Sensing her opportunity Blackrock, a notorious bandit from Banditplace gathered a loyal band of thieves, outlaws and marauders there and started a revolt, aided by deserters from both the County and Griffonstone. This guerilla war lasted for a decade until Count Caelan met his demise at the end of Blackrock's rifle. Since then, she has ruled the former County's land as a bandit overlord.

The Bandit Queendom

Today Blackrock and her bandits still maintain their rule over Blackhollow and the surrounding area. Their rampant banditry, however, has led to a number of issues. There is virtually no industry to speak of with all possession being stolen from other nations. Furthermore, the place is a nightmare for anyone who isn't one of Blackrock's griffons. This has caused uprisings to be regular occurrences and made Blackrock's hold over the territory tenuous at best.

While none of the individual uprisings have any chance to overthrow Blackrock and her bandits, there remain two factions which could, if they are able to gather enough support.

First is the old nobility. Following their defeat by the bandits, many of them escaped to hiding in the mountains and have been planning to restore the County of Blackhollow ever since. Many of them have now united themselves behind Countess Cyrille Bluecrest, the daughter of Count Caelan Bruecrest, as their leader.

The other faction is the Communists led by the maniacal revolutionary Reeve Blyeddin. Reeve has recently returned from his foreign travels and is rallying the peasants into action. He has taken inspiration from  Our Town and wishes to implement his vision of a perfect society where everygriff is equal.

Even if Blackrock were to stay in power there still remains the issue of the rising Communist power in  Prywhen...

National Focus

Blackrock Focus Tree

Blackrock - The Bandit Queen

If Blackrock remains in power then the first choice will be how to deal with the Civil War in Prywhen. Choosing to get involved will give war goals on both civil war nations. Once both civil war nations are defeated the bandits will loot and burn Prywhen, after which cores will be given on all of Prywhen.

Choosing not to get involved will lead to the bandits preparing for the expected attack from the winner of the Prywhen Civil War. To prepare for the attack this path gives a line of fortifications in the mountains, 6 veteran divisions with 3 infantry battalions, and 10% division defense on core territory.

Next the left branch will allow the Blackrock Bandits to interfere with its southwestern neighbors. Plunder Griffonstone will give 6 piles of loot and 60 political power. The other 3 focuses will expand the drug trade into neighboring  Falcor Principality,  Sicameon, and  County of Cyanolisia. Giving Blackrock boosts to stability, political power gain and industry while the effected neighbors will receive penalties to their stability, political power gain, and industry. Note if the territory of the neighboring countries are annexed then the new owner will receive the penalties instead when the focuses are done unless the owner are the Blackrock Bandits.

The right branch will focus on turning the territory ruled by Blackrock into a civilized nation leading to the Lawless Land and Economic Wasteland national spirits being removed. Once civilized, Blackrock can declare the territory a Queendom.

Unique to the Supremacy path are the decisions. These decisions are based around the usage of loot. Loot can be gained from focuses, events, and the raiding decisions. Loot is used to hire mercenaries and for purchases on the Black Market. The raiding decisions allow Blackrock to start border wars with its neighbors. Victory will give 2-6 loot, depending on the target's industrial amount.

The mercenary decisions allow Blackrock to use loot to spawn divisions. These divisions will stay until their contract expires, at which point the hired divisions will be removed and can be hired again. These are unlocked by the Soldiers of Fortune focus.

Mercenary Name	Loot Cost	Spawned Divisions	Days Hired
Blackhollow Highwaygriffs	2	6 divisions with 6 infantry battalions each. 5 have regular experience and 1 is veteran.	60
Sicameon Privateers	4	4 divisions with 8 infantry battalions and 1 recon company each. All have regular experience.	100
Lushian Hussars	6	4 divisions with 9 infantry battalions each. All have seasoned experience.	120
Sons of Arcturius	8	4 divisions with 6 knight and 3 infantry battalions each. All have veteran experience.	140

The next set of decisions are the Black Market decisions. These are unlocked by the Black Market Deals and Black Market Expansion focuses.

Name	Loot Cost	Benefit
New Bandits	2	+10 000 griffonpower
Definitely Not Slaves	4	+20% construction speed for 180 days and +10 000 population
Illicit Firearms	5	+1 000 infantry equipment
Black Market Blueprints	8	1x 25% research bonus for infantry, support, or artillery technology
Stolen Scientists	8	-10% research time for 200 days

The next set of decisions allow Blackrock to demand its neighbors to be its tributary state by spending 100PP. A rejection will lead to Blackrock losing a further 20PP. The outcome depends on the strength of the nation receiving the event. If the nation has more then 75% of Blackrock's strength then the demand will be rejected. Otherwise the demand will be accepted and the nation will become a tributary of Blackrock.

Nations that have become a tributary of Blackrock can be sent demands for tribute which will give Blackrock bonus to construction, consumer goods and stability for 120 days in addition to the 2 loot received if accepted.

Blackhollow Civil War

Should either the non-aligned or Communist path be selected then the new leader will come to power via a civil war. This civil war is not an ordinary civil war. Instead all 5 states will be demilitarized and a set of decisions will have to be completed to gain control over the states. Only one battle can occur at a time, and whilst a battle is occurring, Blackhollow will have a temporary malus of -0.50PP per day and -10% Stability. Each state won will cost griffonpower and will give PP.

Cyrille Bluecrest - The Young Countess

If the Old Nobility gather enough support then they can finally start their plans to restore the County of Blackrock. They can look to  Lushi for aid. The other option is to overthrow Blackrock by themselves. Either way once the County has been restored, Cyrille Bluecrest will press the family's claim on  Griffonstone and work towards rebuilding Blackhollow.

The Mountain Holds focus will unlock decisions to search for bandit caches. It will take 40 days to find a bandit cache and another 10 days to open a cache. There will be a cost of -0.50PP per day while this is happening. Each cache can be sold to gain 100PP or kept to gain 1K infantry equipment. A total of 4 caches can be found.

The main benefits of this path are the cores on  Griffonstone, reduction in consumer goods, high number of research bonuses, and resources gained.

Reeve Blyeddin - The Extreme Revolutionary

If Reeve gathers enough support then he will start a rebellion against the bandits. Once the Bandits are defeated Reeve will proclaim the creation of Our Blackhollow and start implementing his vision of a perfect society. This will be done by making everyone equal in all aspects of society such as education and conscription. Notably the focus Equal Factories will set every state to have 1 military and civilian factory.

Unfortunately dreams of creating an utopia doesn't work as well in reality and this path will have several consequences. The most notable being the loss of a research slot and the large loss in population. The main benefits is the large recruitable population, strong early boost to industry from Equal Factories, and being able to switch to the All Adults Serve conscription law without being at war.

The comparison table below takes into account the Blackrock Civil War in the non-aligned and Communists paths. In the Supremacy path it does not take into account the random events beyond the first one which is guaranteed to give a civilian factory. Bonuses from the army and industry paths are included.

Tree Bonus	Supremacy	Non-Aligned	Communist
Political	1568	819 (+7 L)	1008
Industry	420	420	420
Army	490	490	490
Complete Time (d)	2479	1729 (+7 L)	1918
Political
Stability	+35%	+15% (-5% R)	+40%
Political Power (Flat)	+760	+525 (+100 L) (+150 R)	+225
Political Power (Daily)	+0.35	+0.45 (+0.20 L)	+0.25
Military
War support	+35%	+10% (+10% R)	+30%
Recruitable Pop	+2% +30 000 griffon power	+1500 (+10 000 R) griffonpower	+6% +21 500 griffonpower
Recruitable Pop Factor	(-50 000 L) population	-32 500 population	-142 501 population
Construction
Civilian factory	4 (-2 L)	4	1 +20% construction speed
Construction Speed	+20%	+15%	+20%
Consumer Goods	-4%	-10%
Infrastructure	4 (-4 L)	3	5
Production
Military factory	2	1	1 +20% construction speed
Factory Output			+10
Production Efficiency Cap	+20%		-10%
Science
Research Time (all)	-5%		-10%
One-off reductions (50%)	2x 25% Infantry Weapons 1x Infantry Weapons 2x Knights Technology 2x Mobile Warfare	2x Excavation 2x Industry 2x Mountain Infantry 2x 25% Infantry Weapons 1x Support Technology 1x Special Forces Technology 2x Grand Battleplan	2x Mass Assault doctrine
Combat
Attack (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	10% / 10% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Defence (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	10% / (10% R) / 0%	10% / 10% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Speed	+10%
Organization			+10%
Recovery Rate	+10%
Max Planning			-20%
Supply Consumption			-20%
Resources
Resource Gain Efficiency		+15%	+10%
Tungsten		12
Steel		22
Crystal		12
Other Notes / Bonuses
	12 (+4 L) piles of loot (R) level 1 fort line (6 R) border patrol divisions (L)Cores on Prywhen -25% justify war goal time +0.05 daily army experience +5% encryption -10% effect of partisans on us Gain 1 Research Slot -20% infantry equipment production cost +20 (+30 R ) army experience 3K basic infantry equipment 4 griffon knight divisions	(1500 L) (750 R) basic infantry equipment (200 L) Towed Artillery (+0.10 L) daily army experience Cores on Griffonstone +20% construction speed and -0.20 daily political power for 720 days -10% effects of partisans on us +15% monthly population +4 building slots +30 army experience	2K basic infantry equipment All states set to 1 military and civilian factory Lose 1 Research Slot Conscription Law set to All Adults Serve -50% justify war goal time +15% Reinforce Rate -10% infantry equipment production cost

Technology

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Breech-Loaded Rifle Mountain Infantry I Engineer Company I Recon Company I Civilian Train Pre-Industrial Artillery	Torpedo Boat Destroyer Designated Landing Barges	None	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	We Can Fly?!

Politics

National Spirits

Lawless Land

• Daily Political Power Cost: +0.3
• Stability: −30%
• War Support: −15%
• Resistance Target in our states occupied by the enemy: +15%

For anyone who isn't one of Blackrock's griffons, this land is a death trap. The civilians can barely live without being harassed by bandits, and no foreigners dare to visit, if they value they life and wealth. Just the way Blackrock likes.

Blackrock's Army

• Division Speed: +5%
• Recruitable Population: 4%
• Division Attrition: +10%
• Supply Consumption: +20%
• Division Attack: +10%
• Division Defense: +5%
• Resistance Growth Speed in our states occupied by the enemy: +20%

The raiders of Blackhollow have been fighting and pillaging for a long time, some even from the time the Empire collapsed. True veterans, these griffons fight ferociously, flee with their loot before a proper response can be organised, although they lack finer tactical sense and logistical plans.

Economic Wasteland

• Construction Speed: −10%
• Production Efficiency Cap: −5%}
• Production Efficiency Growth: −5%

Economy is a foreign word around these parts, with everything needed being simply stolen from other nations. This severely limits the production of goods and industry.

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Blackrock		Kleptocracy Supremacy Blackrock Bandits	None	Her name is shrouded in infamy and her exploits are legendary. Blackrock, whose real name is known by few, has always been a staunch rebel against the established norm and rule, having once been a republican and participating in the revolution of 978. Griffonia at large first heard of her name when she led deserters and bandits against Count Caelen Bluecrest, slaying him personally in 1001 after a decade of war. Now, she seeks to subjugate and pillage southern Griffonia to her heart's content.
Cyrille Bluecrest		Benevolent Absolutism Harmony HMPHarmonic Mountain Party	None	The young Countess is the last scion of the Bluecrest family. The dynasty ruled over these lands in a just manner as loyal subjects of Griffonstone, but when their overlords refused to reward them for their aid in the counter-revolution of 979, they declared independence. This was soon followed by a failed invasion and a bandit uprising. With their beloved Count Caelen Bluecrest slain by Blackrock herself, thugs had an easy way taking over these lands. Nonethless, the Bluecrests have persevered and Cyrille swore in her father's name to restore the rightful rulers of Blackhollow. After a bloody struggle, her dream became a reality, and now Cyrille wishes to undo the devastation of the previous decades.
		Despotism Non-Aligned Countess' Supporters
Reeve Blyeddin		Equalism Communism EPBEqualist Party of Blackhollow	None	Reeve Blyeddin was born in a family that was always a brink away from complete poverty. Despite these setbacks, young Reeve had a passion for learning, and his dedication was rewarded with a foreign scholarship in New Mareland. During his studies, he learned of something he considered impossible - an equal commune, where everypony had everything they wanted, and nopony was superior. This perfect society latched to his thoughts and desires, and once he returned to his former home, now a haven for bandits, he put every effort into replicating that community. His vision is now on the cusp of success.

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Blackrock's Bandits			Kleptocracy Supremacy	Blackrock	70%
HMP Harmonic Mountain Party			Benevolent Absolutism Harmony	Cyrille Bluecrest	10%
EPB Equalist Party of Blackhollow			Equalism Communism	Reeve Blyeddin	10%
Countess' Supporters			Despotism Non-Aligned	Cyrille Bluecrest	10%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Zikoba Gruber	Silent Workbird	None	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Phantomcrest Friesinger	Backroom Backstabber	None	Justify war goal time: −10% Subversive activities cost: −25% Ideology drift defense: +25%	150
Flatfeathers Suber	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Generic Advisor	Illusive Gentlebeing	DLC  La Résistance is enabled Can create an Intelligence Agency Has created an Intelligence Agency	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: −15%	150

Tank Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Armor Company	Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Reliability: +5% Armored Car: Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Naval Company	Ship Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Light Air Company	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Medium Air Company	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20% Scout Plane Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Large Airframe: Strat. Bombing: +10% Transport Plane: Range: +10%	150
Naval Air Company	Naval Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Naval Bomber Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Naval Bomber Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Range: +10% Agility: +10% Carrier CAS Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Bandits Black Market	Infantry Equipment Designer	Current ruling party is Supremacist	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Infantry Equipment: Production Cost: −20%	100
Small Arms Company	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
Artillery Company	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15%	150
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Speed: +15%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Industrial Company	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Electronics Company	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Ruqualash Bund	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Vellare Hoenbrig	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	100

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Blackrock	Army Offense (Genius)	Current ruling party is Supremacist	Army Experience Gain: +0.40 Division Attack: +15% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +30	200
Aouranos	Army Defense (Specialist)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.20 Division Defense: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Bluein	Naval Aviation (Specialist)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.20 Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +3% Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +3% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +4% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50
Elmar	Decisive Battle (Genius)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.40 Capital Ship Attack: +15% Capital Ship Armor: +15% Screen Attack: +15% Screen Defense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +30	200

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Huen Bendel	Air Superiority (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Air Superiority Mission Efficiency: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Jochen	Close Air Support (Specialist)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.20 Ground attack factor: +3% Air Support Mission Efficiency: +5% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Raintail Schutz	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Coeus Schutz	Artillery (Expert)	None	Artillery Attack: +15% Artillery Defense: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Adlar Behrendt	Armor (Specialist)	None	Armor Division Attack: +5% Armor Division Defense: +5% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50
Chronus Roth	Army Regrouping (Expert)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +8% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100

Military Leaders

Field Marshal
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Kajetan Bronsfeather	Aggressive Assaulter The best defence is a strong offence. Breakthrough: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 1 Logistics: 3	Griffon

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Dominik Pinfeather	Mountaineer An excellent climber and skilled at Mountain warfare. Mountain: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Griffon
General Ulrich Hiperion		None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Griffon

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Blackrock's Bandits / Blackrock's Bandit Queendom
	County of Blackhollow
	Our Blackhollow
	Queendom of Griffonstone Controls  Griffonstone as Cyrille Bluecrest

Economy

Laws and Development

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Volunteer Only Recruitable Population: 1.50%	Limited Exports Construction Speed: +5.00% Research Speed: +1.00% Factory Output: +5.00% Dockyard Output: +5.00% Resources to Market: +25% Trade deal opinion factor: -30.00% Lend-lease tension limit: +20.00% Civilian intelligence to others: +10.0% Navy intelligence to others: +5.0% Base construction line speed boost: -5.0%	Criminal Economy Daily Political Power Gain: -0.20 Consumer Goods Factories: 20.0% Stability: -20.00% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: +20.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: -20.00% Factory Output: +20.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: +20.00% Military Factory construction speed: -20.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: -20.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Poor Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.30 Research Speed: -80.00% Air Doctrine Cost: +80% Land Doctrine Cost: +80% Naval Doctrine Cost: +80% Special Project Speed: -45%	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Supply Consumption: -30.00% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -20.00%	Negligible Illiteracy No penalties
Poverty	Race
Negligible Poverty No penalties	Griffon Race Uses Griffon Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
1	0	2 (-1)	0	0

Numbers in red indicate the number of civilian factories required to produce consumer goods, based on economy laws and the total number of military and civilian factories, rounded up.

Resources

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	16 (-4)	16 (-4)	0	21 (-5)

Numbers in red indicate how many resources are reserved for export due to trade laws.

Strategies and guides

Starting Situation

The Blackrock Bandits start in a weak position with a very small number of factories and low core population. It is further disadvantaged by the Lawless Land and Economic Wasteland national spirits. However, its mountainous terrain can make any attack difficult.

The Blackrock Bandits start with a military of 7 fully trained infantry divisions totaling 39K deployed griffonpower.

Threats and Opportunities

 Griffon Liberation Army - The most immediate threat to the Blackrock Bandits. They will often attack shortly after winning their civil war.

Sometimes the  Kingdom of Brodfeld will ask Blackrock for help if the Supremacy path is taken and Brodfeld is losing the civil war. If the GLA wins the civil war, Blackrock will get a event asking them if they want to declare war on the GLA. Blackrock can accept in the hopes the counter-revolt in Prywhen is successful.

If Blackhollow is Communist then the GLA will not attack Blackhollow. They will propose you to join them in an union. Accepting will lead to them puppeting you. There is no consequences in declining.

 Kingdom of Griffonstone - Will generally be a target for expansion. They are one of the weakest neighbors and have a cultural Griffonian state, allowing the Blackrock Bandits to upgrade their science base to a substantial science base. A non-aligned Blackhollow will get cores on Griffonstone.

 Wingbardy - A Supremacist Wingbardy will get a war goal on the owner of Griffonstone. The Kingdom of Griffonstone usually being a target for the Blackrock Bandits, this can easily lead to Wingbardy going to war against the Blackrock Bandits.

 Griffonian Empire - Will eventually come after the Blackrock Bandits.

 Principality of Lushi - They have a focus to declare war on the Blackrock Bandits should the GLA be at war with the Blackrock Bandits.

Guides

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