You may start being neutral with Adventurer Companies for example, or being enemies with the Order of the Lion. Some minor factions can start with different relations to the player compared to the ones on the list due the Stage 4, e option. With the Knighthood Orders, the player stands neutral with all except for: Meaning player can't befriend heretics nor Snake Cult as their highest relation value posible is negative. A cap was added to avoid being friendly with some of these factions, these limits are: Singalians initial value was raised from -50 to -30. Noldor initial value was lowered from -20 to -30. Militia starting value was lowered from 20 to 10. *: Values can be 0, -10 or even -20 depending on the starting choices below.
The chart below shows the starting relations of the player with the kingdoms, most of these are enemies with each-other as well. Pendor is a hostile and difficult land, where factions don't trust the rest and whenever the chance shows up, they won't hesitate for a second if they can murder and loot the weakest, some do this for living, others for power, and a few just because they're fanatics and they do it for fun.
