This roleplay is going to be set in Calradia, from Mount and Blade: Warband.

For those of you who haven't played Mount and Blade, the general premise of the series is that the main character is the leader of a band of troops, and travels the land doing... whatever they want, really. Protecting or raiding caravans, plundering or rescuing villages, buying up businesses and conquering land, serving a liege or trying to become King and take power for yourself, and so on. As for the actual lore, don't worry about that, it's fairly simple and straight forward.

Now, as for the actual premise of the roleplay, I have some ideas.
-The story will follow the journey of one warband, led by my character. You will all take on the role of his companions, fulfilling a specific role in the army (second in command, medic, engineer, tracker, etc.) I could either start at the beginning of his arrival in Calradia, or have him already be established a minor lord in one of the Kingdoms.
-We are all minor lords in a specific kingdom (we can decide which Kingdom by vote), and the goal will basically be to further your own political agenda.
-We all command our own warbands, and don't start out in service of any lord, basically free to do whatever we want. I am reluctant to do this, however, because we will be unlikely to encounter each other. And it would probably be more suited to the Nation section instead.

So, which of these do you think is best?