The more Renown you have, the more difficult it becomes to maintain and accumulate. A female character will need 700 renown to own a fief. To be able to help a claimant gain control of one of the factions, you need 200 renown. The base requirement to join a faction is 150, or 200 if your character is female. Renown is important, as it affects a number of things, such as whether you can join a faction. You can also lose renown over time by not doing any or enough of the above. Others will admire your quick tongue and you will gain relation.
However, depending on their personalities, you may lose relation and some will want to duel you, or even worse, send their army at you. As a female character, countering remarks from lords.Holding successful Feasts ( Warband only).Winning battles - The more the odds are stacked against you, the more renown you will earn, up to a maximum of 50 per battle.The other lords and rulers also have renown, which over time, assuming you are relatively successful, you will surpass. Your character's renown is basically how well known they are throughout Calradia or Eastern Europe. Renown will be earned by your character as you progress through the Mount&Blade games.
