Mount and Blade: Warband is a playground for mod lovers, with overhauls transporting players to Middle-earth, Westeros, or Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away. Arguably, though, its most significant mod isn’t set in some fantastical land, but in seventh century Britain. Brytenwalda is the passion project of Alberto ‘Ibidil’ Fuentevilla de Diego, a Spanish modder who transformed Britain’s Dark Ages into a mod, then DLC, and established an indie studio. When he began tinkering with game files in his spare time, he couldn’t have known how far his determination and passion would get him.
Ibidil is a creative type, always telling stories in whatever way he can, and he found recognition in the modding community for his work on Iberia: Total War, the 2005…