haha well i just cant be bothered doing quests for people but i guess ill have to, i checked my character report and it says my only friend is the king, so im gonna see if he will follow me but i seriously doubt it btw i just held off my castle with 109 troops against almost the entire swadian kingdom of about 570 troops, then the khergits came so the swadians left, after i killed about half of their army, then the nords came and wiped out both, saved me If you keep gaining renown, eventually you'll be able to run for marshall, where the other lords will follow you around and help you in sieges (as long as they don't run off chasing caravans and farmers -.-)