He could report it. But who to? The forum's ethos was "sharing is caring, protection is deception." Any mention of DRM or ownership was met with a barrage of laughing emojis: :troll: :troll: :troll:

"Kael. Saw your DLL fix. Respect. But HorseKebab stripped your credits. I'm seeding a corrected version. Want in?"

Luwin replied with a single emoji: :salute:

He wasn't a lord. He wasn't a warrior. He was a hexer —a ghost in the machine.

Kaelen stared at the PM for a long time. Outside, the snow kept falling. Inside, Bannerlord was still running, his custom lords marching to a war that was legally his—but practically no one's.