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Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings Miniatures 12-Pack Hundred Kingdoms: Men at Arms
Pack with 12 plastic miniatures and 1 iCard for the Tabletop Game "Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings.
"We're
not some Geronese mercenary filth here, lad. We don't make coin out of
death, we don't loot the dead or plunder. We are professionals.
Seamstresses make clothes, blacksmiths make weapons and tools,
carpenters make furniture. We are men-at-arms and our craft is war."
The
bulk of the armed forces in the Hundred Kingdoms today is composed of
well-equipped, professional soldiers called men-at-arms. In the early
days of the Hundred Kingdoms these men were referred to as
sergeants-at-arms and were beholden to their feudal lords. They were
granted plots of land in exchange for their services, most commonly as a
soldier in the lord's retinue. This privileged positions allowed them
not only to secure quality arms and armor, but also to train in the use
of the sword, a weapon hitherto limited to the nobility. This led to the
creation of a landed elite, the gentry, whose standing was higher than
that the freedmen enjoyed, but still below that of the nobility. These
were the soldiers with which Charles Armatellum established his empire.
As
time wore on and the Hundred Kingdoms prospered, this old fashioned
feudal service was slowly abandoned. The sergeants were tied to their
land and the growing military needs of the empire could no longer be met
by men who could not travel or establish long term garrisons, because
they needed to tend to their fields. Scutage, payment to one's lord in
lieu of military service, became a norm and professional soldiers who
fought for coin quickly emerged to fill the void. The old, landed gentry
sought to differentiate themselves from these new arrivals and coined
the term men-at-arms.
Freed from the need to work and protect
their land, men at arms were able to focus exclusively on their martial
pursuits, allowing them to march on extended campaigns and travel in
search of employment, ensuring that sufficient trained men were
available to all commanders with the coin to spend in securing their
services. While ranging from ragtag mercenary companies to the well
trained and drilled household forces of the major noble houses, constant
warfare weeds out the incompetent and duplicitous, making the
men-at-arms the backbone of the Hundred Kingdoms war machine.
Box Contents
● 12 Plastic Miniatures (with the option of making 2 Command models),
● 3 Infantry Plastic Stands
● 12 Bases
● 1 Command Card
Product Information
● Assembly: Required.
● Box size: 30x15x6cm; 410gr
● Material: Plastic
● Scale: 38mm
Informação adicional | |
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Fabricante | Para Bellum Wargames |
Peso | 450 gramas |
Altura | 3.80 cm |