Renown – Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Renown represents the perception of a character’s importance, derived both from their birth and their deeds. The higher a character’s renown, the more they are expected to take precedence in the affairs of their faction. It differs slightly from influence, in that influence reflects the titles, lands, responsibilities and honors that other lords feel that a character has earned and functions as a currency, while renown represents what the character actually has and is a rating.
Influence also does not transfer from realm to realm – if you fight for Battania, the Empire doesn’t owe you anything – whereas renown does translate – if you’re a VIP at home, you’re also usually a VIP in other kingdoms. Renown gains you access to important people, gets nobles to treat you as a peer (or a potential spouse, in some cases) and eventually may even get people to start thinking of you as a potential ruler.