Free companion (with a decent-sized free party, sometimes); you can take their stuff, which can be high end; baby production (needs fine tuning); good relations with their family (I didn't get any notifications so I only noticed it when I was playing around in the encyclopedia, but marrying Ira boosted my relations with Rhagaea by well over 20 points); more, likely, in the future.
Along with being a simulation of medieval war and conquer, Mount and Blade: Bannerlord is, at its core, an RPG game. A part of being a sandbox RPG is that ability to make your own character and choose you own path. One of the mechanics of Bannerlord is the aging mechanic meaning your character will eventually die from old age.
back then marriage was still about having children, religion, and politics, not just attraction or "love". why do you think the concept of "illegitimate children" even exists? although the politics could still apply to same sex marriage, it would be much more shallow because there is no offspring. i suppose even adoption could apply there but
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Marry townsfolk, companions, faction leaders, and so on. doesnt work 1.2 Marry Anyone updatet same doesnt work
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