diff --git a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_albanian.txt b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_albanian.txt
index de966020..f4dfbbbd 100644
--- a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_albanian.txt
+++ b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_albanian.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-NEOW_albanian = { #Still a WIP I assume
+NEOW_albanian = { #Still a WIP I assume, maybe add banditry, can explain some post-event lore
 	color = { 0.4 0.65 0.4 }
 	
 	ethos = ethos_communal
diff --git a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_italian.txt b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_italian.txt
index c42a916e..a626ffb3 100644
--- a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_italian.txt
+++ b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_italian.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ neapolitan = { #Napulitano
 		tradition_republican_legacy	
 		tradition_music_theory
 		tradition_culture_blending
-		tradition_swords_for_hire
+		tradition_romanticised_banditry
 	}
 	
 	name_list = name_list_NEOW_campanian
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ pugliese = {
 	head_determination = head_determination_domain
 		
 	traditions = {
-		tradition_swords_for_hire
+		tradition_romanticised_banditry
 		tradition_culture_blending
 		tradition_agrarian
 		tradition_castle_keepers
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ sicilian = { #Sicilianu
 		tradition_castle_keepers
 		tradition_seafaring
 		tradition_fishermen
+		tradition_romanticised_banditry
 	}
 	
 	dlc_tradition = {
diff --git a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_northeast_caucasian.txt b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_northeast_caucasian.txt
index 1997933f..0c7a0c6e 100644
--- a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_northeast_caucasian.txt
+++ b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_northeast_caucasian.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ nakh = {
 		tradition_caucasian_wolves
 		tradition_warrior_culture
 		tradition_quarrelsome
+		tradition_romanticised_banditry
 	}
 	dlc_tradition = {
 		trait = tradition_staunch_traditionalists
diff --git a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_sardic.txt b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_sardic.txt
index 18f8daf7..42624f23 100644
--- a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_sardic.txt
+++ b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_sardic.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		tradition_isolationist
 		tradition_seafaring
 		tradition_practiced_pirates
+		tradition_romanticised_banditry
 	}
 	
 	name_list = name_list_sardinian
diff --git a/common/culture/traditions/NEOW_traditions.txt b/common/culture/traditions/NEOW_traditions.txt
index 57e6d702..31753822 100644
--- a/common/culture/traditions/NEOW_traditions.txt
+++ b/common/culture/traditions/NEOW_traditions.txt
@@ -1146,10 +1146,17 @@ tradition_romanticised_banditry = { # romanticized banditry
 	is_shown = {
 		OR = {
 			has_cultural_pillar = heritage_greek
+			has_cultural_pillar = heritage_sardic
+			has_cultural_pillar = heritage_italian
+			has_cultural_pillar = heritage_albanian
 			this = culture:goral
+			this = culture:NEOW_slovak
+			this = culture:nakh
 			any_parent_culture_or_above = {
 				OR = {
 					this = culture:goral
+					this = culture:NEOW_slovak
+					this = culture:nakh
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1161,6 +1168,8 @@ tradition_romanticised_banditry = { # romanticized banditry
 		unlocks_contract_assistance = yes
 		unlock_voluntary_laampdom = yes
 		more_likely_to_be_laamps = yes
+		not_tribal_raiding_malus = yes
+		culture_can_raid_over_land_even_if_feudal = yes
 	}
 
 	character_modifier = {
diff --git a/history/characters/NEOW_e_baltic.txt b/history/characters/NEOW_e_baltic.txt
index f61857e1..05d6574d 100644
--- a/history/characters/NEOW_e_baltic.txt
+++ b/history/characters/NEOW_e_baltic.txt
@@ -161,7 +161,13 @@ baltic0011 = {
 	dynasty = metsast_dynasty
 	religion = "hiisalka"
 	culture = estonian
-	2524.2.13 = {
+	trait = eccentric
+	trait = fickle
+	trait = just
+	trait = education_intrigue_3
+	trait = whole_of_body
+	trait = drunkard
+	2511.10.15 = {
     	birth = yes
 	}
 	2600.1.1 = {
diff --git a/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt b/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
index e224518c..34b0cf2f 100644
--- a/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
+++ b/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ nistria0006 = { #king of transylvania
 	name = "Valdemar"
 	dynasty= alucard_dynasty
 	religion = "draculean"
-	culture = patoues
+	culture = szeklers
 	trait = education_intrigue_4
 	trait = eccentric
 	trait = diligent
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ nistria0007 = { #king of transylvania
 	name = "Valdemar"
 	dynasty= alucard_dynasty
 	religion = "draculean"
-	culture = patoues
+	culture = szeklers
 	trait = education_learning_4
 	trait = eccentric
 	trait = vengeful