In Dovahgolt you basically just "sail" to an uninhabited (not including wolves and other a animals) island. When you're walking on the island you will eventually find a shack where the city will be build around. You can add shops, a wall, houses for citizens, a Jarl's Longhouse (You are the Jarl!), an Inn, Mines, a sawmill outside the city, barracks for the guards and more. So Dovahgolt is actually a "build your own city" mod.
As you build more things in your city this will attract people. So if you build houses there will come citizens. If you build a Jarl's Longhouse you will get a steward and a Housecarl Follower and Shops will add Merchants. But your prosperity will also attract bandits. So if you build a city you actually also build bandit camps (bandits included).
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