With the latest updates to e1.5 and e1.5.1, death is something you’ll have to reckon with as you roam the countryside in search of adventure. Sure, it’s never been all that uncommon to find yourself on the losing side of a battle in the war-torn lands of Calradia, but actually dying hasn’t been part of the programme until now. The gnarled hand of death will eventually find you in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – and now it’s permanent.