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tactics, while the other units consist of heavy knights for smashing
enemies. Rounding out the city’s forces is a full legion of cannon,
bombards, and siege mortars, along with twin legions of musketeers.
Hiltaenos
Without surprise, Hiltaenos’ legions are among the best in the
Archduchy. Four of the infantry legions carry halberds, short
swords, and chain, while the light legion is outfied with pikes,
leather armor, daggers, and slings. There are also the two legions
of heavy knights mounted on heavy horses and a light legion of
harriers armed with shortbows and axes for harassing enemies
from near and far. The siege and artillery units are also among the
best, although they use worn and old (if well cared for) gear, as
supporting so many units is incredibly expensive.
If the Archduchy’s legions can be considered a single body, then
Hiltaenos’ legions are its backbone.
Kirvos
The kav city’s independent infantry legions consist of one legion
of light skirmishers with chain, short spears, and axes and a heavy
legion with plate mail, steel shields, and longswords. Kirvos’
most notable unit is the Storm Legion. Armed with black powder
weapons and blade, the Storm Legion accepts only the best and
bravest kav warriors.
Meleatan
The City of Sail’s infantry is poorly armed and poorly trained. The
infantry takes second seat to two legions of marines who are armed
in the best leather armor, cutlasses, and pistols available. Meleatan’s
artillery and siege legions carry light gear and weapons that may
be fired as easily aboard a ship as upon land, allowing them a dual
role as army and navy. Both of Meleatan’s cavalry maniples lack the
skill of most other duchies’ horsemen, but their horses are incredibly
comfortable with seaborne transport, making these horsemen the
most mobile around.
Monvas
Although “officially” assigned to protect Witch Hill, the Archducal
legion is garrisoned there more to keep an eye on things than
anything else. As such, Monvas relies upon its own infantry legions:
one light unit armed with spears, scale mail, and pistols, and one
heavy unit with breastplates, baleaxes, and heavy pistols or
shotguns. They supply minimal training to three legions of slaves,
who draw fire while the city’s elite units, such as the Fanged Legion,
wreak havoc during the diversion. Besides the laer, Monvas’ pride
is its two legions of giant wolf-mounted cavalry, twin units known
for their ferocity and bestial lust for bale.
Nolmedron
“Heavy” would be an appropriate classification for both infantry
legions if they were soldiered by anyone other than dwarves, but
Nolmedron’s dwarves are so at ease with their immense waraxes
and plate armor they can fill just about any role on the balefield.
Their musketeer legion is one of the best in the Archduchy (certainly
the best armed), as are two of their artillery legions. The third
artillery legion is a galloper unit, meaning it fields light pieces
hauled by quick-moving horses, allowing it to fire and move. And
what can be said of the four siege units? Nobody knows stone and
fortifications like the dwarves, making those of Nolmedron the best
siege engineers and sappers around.
SpirosBlaak
Although the legions of SpirosBlaak fail to excel in any one area,
as do those of most other duchies, they are stable, well trained,
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and reliable across the board. The capital fields two light infantry
legions in studded leather with short swords, bucklers, and various
polearms, while the remaining two are heavy legions in breastplates
with bastard swords, and short spears. The cavalry legion consists
of heavy knights and one maniple of scout cavalry mounted upon
Nonum steeds. The three artillery legions field weapons from
Nolmedron, all of which are easily turned towards defending the
city or fiing aboard naval vessels. Likewise, the siege legions are
fied with reliable dwarven gear and their commanders have even
spent time amongst the stout folk, learning the ways of stone and
earth as it relates to warfare.
Vas
Emblazoned with the holy symbols and script of Spiros and his See,
both infantry legions consist of heavy footmen in gilded half-plate
and armed with longswords and javelins. The cavalry legion is
filled with light horsemen, while both Anointed Legions consist
of crusading knights—roughly half of whom also carry their god’s
blessings in the form of a gi of divine heritage—in scripted halfplate
and steel shields, wielding longswords.
Flames of Black Hope
An organization of many hidden hands and eyes, the Black Flames
is an evil result of the Horde’s arrival in the Wildlands. Originally
comprised solely of Faedian converts to the ways of Grijj, the Flames
of Black Hope later expanded to include members of just about
every race, although renegade Faedians remain at the core of the
guild’s power.
The Black Flames are easily the most feared and deadliest
assassins in the whole Archduchy, possessing a reputation for
completing contracts considered impossible. The only difficulty
in hiring these masters of disguise is finding one of their agents to
negotiate and arrange the contract.
The Gavrinn Farr
True to their name (“Defenders of Wellness”), this order of
warrior monks turned its mental and physical energies toward
protecting others. They previously protected only pilgrims seeking
enlightenment, but have since come to use their mental disciplines
and mord’oi blades to defend those who cannot defend themselves.
Becoming a Gavrinn Farr requires great mental and physical
discipline. Although the Gavrinn Farr believe peace and coexistence
are noble goals, they see violence as an unavoidable aspect of the
mortal world, and so they prepared their order to keep peace by
force when necessary.
Gilded Company
Notorious heroes (or villains, depending upon the storyteller),
this band of adventurers gained its name from the universal gold
trim of their armor and clothing. Led by an enigmatic human
warrior named Esteel Lytokees, a man “rumored” to be the only
mortal offspring of Sallous Yar, the Gilded Company wanders the
Archduchy, liberating artifacts from tombs and ruins, unraveling
plots, and generally geing into trouble.
The Inquisition of Swords
Currently headed by the Cardinal of Hiltaenos, the Inquisition of
Swords is an order of blindly devoted priests who worm out heretics
and pagans throughout the Archduchy of SpirosBlaak. Although the
Inquisition’s authority officially extends across the entire land, those