Cuman Confederacy

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Named in honour of the wolf spirit, the Bori are the personal bodyguards of the khan. Their unwavering loyalty and discipline in battle makes them a force to be reckoned with.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Capable of both Melee and Ranged fighting

Description

The warrior elite of the cuman khanate, the Nogers were the elite retinues of the cuman aristocracy, something akin to the feudal knights of europe, or the mamluks of the muslim world. They enjoyed the glory of pillage and plunder, and if given the chance they wouldn't think twice of selling their services to those who are willing to pay a large sum, not to mention all the looting and pillaging that comes with the job.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Chosen from the most courageous and disciplined of warriors, these men are handpicked to serve as the personal guards in the courts of foreign kings and emperors. Their terrifying masks are only matched in terror by their fierce reputation in battle.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

The warrior elite of the cuman khanate, the Nogers were the elite retinues of the cuman aristocracy, something akin to the feudal knights of europe, or the mamluks of the muslim world. They enjoyed the glory of pillage and plunder, and if given the chance they wouldn't think twice of selling their services to those who are willing to pay a large sum, not to mention all the looting and pillaging that comes with the job.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Discarding the traditional composite bow in favour of the javelin these skirmishers are best suited for harassing enemy cavalry and picking off isolated groups.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Low-quality Missile Troops

Description

With their khanate completely absorbed by the confederacy, the remaining Pecheneg tribes either fled to the Balkans or forcefully served in the armies of their Cuman overlords in the form of poor skirmishers and raiders.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

With their khanate completely absorbed by the confederacy, the remaining Pecheneg tribes either fled to the Balkans or forcefully served in the armies of their Cuman overlords in the form of poor skirmishers and raiders.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

The bulk of the Cuman light cavalry consisted of tribesmen who were armed with only their bows and protected by simple sheepskins, however their skill in battle is not to be underestimated.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Hailing from the highest and most prestigious of clans, these men are the best warriors the cuman nobility has to offer. Cuman nobility held a considerable amount of power over the khanate’s foreign affairs and policies, though their arrogance and pitiful blood feuds is what kept them from from becoming a united force to be feared.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

It is slow to reload and lacks the distance of drawn bows but makes up for it in power.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These knights dominate both society and the battlefield in medieval Europe. Under the feudal system each man owes military service to his lord in return for protection, a grant of land, and the peasants to work it. Trained as warriors from birth, their favourite tactic is the headlong charge. Despite the simple tactics, their strong armour, heavy lances, and martial prowess mean that only the most resolute can resist them

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Knights would often dismount and fight on foot when the situation demanded it. Dismounted they make excellent heavy infantry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"Squires are used to do what a knight would consider too low, and mounted sergeants are used to do what a squire would consider too low even for him" -- "Since common peasant couldn't afford a horse, but there was still the need for a rapid scout unit (and noble knights considered scouting a dishonourable task), trusted sergeants who showed cunning behaviour were given second-choice horses and used as a light and fast cavalry force, usually sent ahead of the main army to scout the area and harass enemy light troops or carriages. Being fast, they can easily outmanoeuver infantry and heavy cavalry, allowing them to hit fast and hard unprotected targets such as archers or supply convoys, but they should never be used against actual cavalry and trained infantry."

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"To be ranked a servant may seem ridiculous to a noble, but for most, it is the best they can hope to achieve" -- Coming from the Latin term "servientem", meaning "servant", sergeant is a rank used in almost every European army of the time (and still today). While each nation had its own technical meaning for the rank, generally the sergeant was the highest rank a low-born commoner could aspire to, since all higher offices were reserved for the nobles. Being promoted sergeant required that a soldier had survived many battles, and had performed many acts of valour (usually visible from the scars most sergeants sported), and meant better equipment and a higher salary (usually a larger part of the loot), which for most soldiers could mean the difference between returning to their homes as a serf and becoming an actual free land-owner. Usually sergeants oversaw training and equipment of small units, and led them in battle. Sometimes, sergeants were grouped together and used as a powerful fist to break the enemy lines, or to defend a focal point: well armed and experienced, these veterans are not to be underestimated.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

It is slow to reload and lacks the distance of drawn bows but makes up for it in power.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These knights dominate both society and the battlefield in medieval Europe. Under the feudal system each man owes military service to his lord in return for protection, a grant of land, and the peasants to work it. Trained as warriors from birth, their favourite tactic is the headlong charge. Despite the simple tactics, their strong armour, heavy lances, and martial prowess mean that only the most resolute can resist them

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Knights would often dismount and fight on foot when the situation demanded it. Dismounted they make excellent heavy infantry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"Squires are used to do what a knight would consider too low, and mounted sergeants are used to do what a squire would consider too low even for him" -- "Since common peasant couldn't afford a horse, but there was still the need for a rapid scout unit (and noble knights considered scouting a dishonourable task), trusted sergeants who showed cunning behaviour were given second-choice horses and used as a light and fast cavalry force, usually sent ahead of the main army to scout the area and harass enemy light troops or carriages. Being fast, they can easily outmanoeuver infantry and heavy cavalry, allowing them to hit fast and hard unprotected targets such as archers or supply convoys, but they should never be used against actual cavalry and trained infantry."

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"To be ranked a servant may seem ridiculous to a noble, but for most, it is the best they can hope to achieve" -- Coming from the Latin term "servientem", meaning "servant", sergeant is a rank used in almost every European army of the time (and still today). While each nation had its own technical meaning for the rank, generally the sergeant was the highest rank a low-born commoner could aspire to, since all higher offices were reserved for the nobles. Being promoted sergeant required that a soldier had survived many battles, and had performed many acts of valour (usually visible from the scars most sergeants sported), and meant better equipment and a higher salary (usually a larger part of the loot), which for most soldiers could mean the difference between returning to their homes as a serf and becoming an actual free land-owner. Usually sergeants oversaw training and equipment of small units, and led them in battle. Sometimes, sergeants were grouped together and used as a powerful fist to break the enemy lines, or to defend a focal point: well armed and experienced, these veterans are not to be underestimated.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"Squires are used to do what a knight would consider too low, and mounted sergeants are used to do what a squire would consider too low even for him" -- "Since common peasant couldn't afford a horse, but there was still the need for a rapid scout unit (and noble knights considered scouting a dishonourable task), trusted sergeants who showed cunning behaviour were given second-choice horses and used as a light and fast cavalry force, usually sent ahead of the main army to scout the area and harass enemy light troops or carriages. Being fast, they can easily outmanoeuver infantry and heavy cavalry, allowing them to hit fast and hard unprotected targets such as archers or supply convoys, but they should never be used against actual cavalry and trained infantry."

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"I... do profess and promise chastity, giving up all property, and obedience to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary and to you...Master of the Teutonic Order, and to your successors, according to the Rules and Regulations of the Order. And I will be obedient to you, and to your successors, even unto death." -- The Ritterbrüder are the highest ranking members of the Teutonic Order, taking an additional vow of chastity: usually members of great German noble houses, these men fear no enemy, both in politics and on the battlefield. Armed and equipped with the finest products of the Empire's most renowned blacksmiths, the Ritterbrüder ride into battle atop powerful steeds, pride and joy of generations of breeding.Their charge can shatter all but the most stubborn pike formations, and usually their enemies don't even try to resist, breaking formation in a desperate attempt to flee their doom, only to be trampled upon by their stallions. The Ritterbrüder however aren't invincible, as all this armour makes their charge quite slow: as such, light skirmishers can safely shower them in arrows and javelins, only to retreat when the Ritterbrüder try to chase them. Thus, they must be supported by light troops, otherwise they might find themselves cornered and taken out one by one by a cunning foe.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"Half-brother, Double the fury" -- The Haldbrüder were full-fledged members of the Order, but ranked lower since they took only half the oath (they didn't take the chastity vow). Still, their zeal, fanatism and martial prowess match their higher ranking brothers. Being usually members of minor noble houses, they can afford horses and finely crafted armours, and as such serve as medium shock cavalry, trampling over lesser enemies while the Ritterbrüder engage the enemy elite troops. Since their armours aren't as heavy as the ones used by the Ritterbrüder, they are better at flanking the enemy and fighting against the fast Lithuanian cavalry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These artillery pieces resemble giant crossbows, on a simple wheeled carriage. They can hurl javelins with great accuracy, and the power of these machines means that their bolts can pierce any armour.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These artillery pieces resemble giant crossbows, on a simple wheeled carriage. They can hurl javelins with great accuracy, and the power of these machines means that their bolts can pierce any armour.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Constructed of wood and capable of flinging stones large enough to crush a man's head, the catapult was a common site on the ancient Roman battlefield. Now in the medieval era, the catapult is being replaced by newer and more powerful weapons.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Constructed of wood and capable of flinging stones large enough to crush a man's head, the catapult was a common site on the ancient Roman battlefield. Now in the medieval era, the catapult is being replaced by newer and more powerful weapons.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

The counter-weight Trebuchet is an evolution of the man-powered mangonel and catapults dating back before the 11th century. It has quickly spread throughout the world as an effective siege engine capable of lobbing large wall- crushing boulders.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Town Militia are commoners and peasants levied into local militias to defend settlements and bolster armies These units are useful in homeland defence, but cannot be expected to endure for long campaigns.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"A javelin is a metaphor for life: it goes up fast, it goes down even faster, then it hits you in the face, and then you die." -- In times of war, every able bodied is expected to fight for his lord, be it rich or poor. Those too poor to afford even the cheapest form of armour and weaponry are listed in the skirmishers: without armour, save for a helmet and a small shield made of scrap material, and too unskilled to use bows, these men use javelines to hit the enemy from the distance. Even in their hands, javelines are still deadly weapons, capable of killing even an armoured swordsman, and their light equipment (further enhanced by their cowardice) means they can easily retreat from any pursuing infantry, harassing them in the process. However, should they be forced to fight, or hunted down by cavalry, the best a commander can do is pray for their souls

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Named in honour of the wolf spirit, the Bori are the personal bodyguards of the khan. Their unwavering loyalty and discipline in battle makes them a force to be reckoned with.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Capable of both Melee and Ranged fighting

Description

The warrior elite of the cuman khanate, the Nogers were the elite retinues of the cuman aristocracy, something akin to the feudal knights of europe, or the mamluks of the muslim world. They enjoyed the glory of pillage and plunder, and if given the chance they wouldn't think twice of selling their services to those who are willing to pay a large sum, not to mention all the looting and pillaging that comes with the job.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Hailing from the highest and most prestigious of clans, these men are the best warriors the cuman nobility has to offer. Cuman nobility held a considerable amount of power over the khanate’s foreign affairs and policies, though their arrogance and pitiful blood feuds is what kept them from from becoming a united force to be feared.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Incendiary weapons became a mainstay of the battles during the Crusades, most importantly in siege warfare. Nafta grenades were the favoured weapons of the Muslims, even being imported all the way into India. Dedicated soldiers would be tasked with using such dangerous weapons and wear special coats less vulnerable to the flames.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

The warrior elite of the cuman khanate, the Nogers were the elite retinues of the cuman aristocracy, something akin to the feudal knights of europe, or the mamluks of the muslim world. They enjoyed the glory of pillage and plunder, and if given the chance they wouldn't think twice of selling their services to those who are willing to pay a large sum, not to mention all the looting and pillaging that comes with the job.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

The bulk of the Cuman light cavalry consisted of tribesmen who were armed with only their bows and protected by simple sheepskins, however their skill in battle is not to be underestimated.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These knights dominate both society and the battlefield in medieval Europe. Under the feudal system each man owes military service to his lord in return for protection, a grant of land, and the peasants to work it. Trained as warriors from birth, their favourite tactic is the headlong charge. Despite the simple tactics, their strong armour, heavy lances, and martial prowess mean that only the most resolute can resist them

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Knights would often dismount and fight on foot when the situation demanded it. Dismounted they make excellent heavy infantry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

These knights dominate both society and the battlefield in medieval Europe. Under the feudal system each man owes military service to his lord in return for protection, a grant of land, and the peasants to work it. Trained as warriors from birth, their favourite tactic is the headlong charge. Despite the simple tactics, their strong armour, heavy lances, and martial prowess mean that only the most resolute can resist them

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Knights would often dismount and fight on foot when the situation demanded it. Dismounted they make excellent heavy infantry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"Half-brother, Double the fury" -- The Haldbrüder were full-fledged members of the Order, but ranked lower since they took only half the oath (they didn't take the chastity vow). Still, their zeal, fanatism and martial prowess match their higher ranking brothers. Being usually members of minor noble houses, they can afford horses and finely crafted armours, and as such serve as medium shock cavalry, trampling over lesser enemies while the Ritterbrüder engage the enemy elite troops. Since their armours aren't as heavy as the ones used by the Ritterbrüder, they are better at flanking the enemy and fighting against the fast Lithuanian cavalry.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"I... do profess and promise chastity, giving up all property, and obedience to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary and to you...Master of the Teutonic Order, and to your successors, according to the Rules and Regulations of the Order. And I will be obedient to you, and to your successors, even unto death." -- The Ritterbrüder are the highest ranking members of the Teutonic Order, taking an additional vow of chastity: usually members of great German noble houses, these men fear no enemy, both in politics and on the battlefield. Armed and equipped with the finest products of the Empire's most renowned blacksmiths, the Ritterbrüder ride into battle atop powerful steeds, pride and joy of generations of breeding.Their charge can shatter all but the most stubborn pike formations, and usually their enemies don't even try to resist, breaking formation in a desperate attempt to flee their doom, only to be trampled upon by their stallions. The Ritterbrüder however aren't invincible, as all this armour makes their charge quite slow: as such, light skirmishers can safely shower them in arrows and javelins, only to retreat when the Ritterbrüder try to chase them. Thus, they must be supported by light troops, otherwise they might find themselves cornered and taken out one by one by a cunning foe.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

The first primitive gunpowder siege artillery, bombards were created in China and Western Europe in the early 14th century and spread to the rest of the world by the late 14th century. They are forged from bronze or iron, and designed to fire stone balls that crumble enemy defences.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Town Militia are commoners and peasants levied into local militias to defend settlements and bolster armies These units are useful in homeland defence, but cannot be expected to endure for long campaigns.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

"A javelin is a metaphor for life: it goes up fast, it goes down even faster, then it hits you in the face, and then you die." -- In times of war, every able bodied is expected to fight for his lord, be it rich or poor. Those too poor to afford even the cheapest form of armour and weaponry are listed in the skirmishers: without armour, save for a helmet and a small shield made of scrap material, and too unskilled to use bows, these men use javelines to hit the enemy from the distance. Even in their hands, javelines are still deadly weapons, capable of killing even an armoured swordsman, and their light equipment (further enhanced by their cowardice) means they can easily retreat from any pursuing infantry, harassing them in the process. However, should they be forced to fight, or hunted down by cavalry, the best a commander can do is pray for their souls

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Named in honour of the wolf spirit, the Bori are the personal bodyguards of the khan. Their unwavering loyalty and discipline in battle makes them a force to be reckoned with.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Capable of both Melee and Ranged fighting

Description

The warrior elite of the cuman khanate, the Nogers were the elite retinues of the cuman aristocracy, something akin to the feudal knights of europe, or the mamluks of the muslim world. They enjoyed the glory of pillage and plunder, and if given the chance they wouldn't think twice of selling their services to those who are willing to pay a large sum, not to mention all the looting and pillaging that comes with the job.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

First finding use in the 14th century, gunpowder weapons became more and more available over time, with lower costs of productions from local manufacturing of gunpowder. Firearms would become a staple of 15th century armies and eventually surpass all other missile weapons as better designs became available.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Hailing from the highest and most prestigious of clans, these men are the best warriors the cuman nobility has to offer. Cuman nobility held a considerable amount of power over the khanate’s foreign affairs and policies, though their arrogance and pitiful blood feuds is what kept them from from becoming a united force to be feared.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

During the 15th century the nomadic lifestyle of pasturing and traveling was largely abandoned in favour of urbanization, although the nomadic military traditions remained mostly unchanged, the urban influence was apparent in the form of militias that adopted a similar structure and organization to those of the neighboring Rus' principalities.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

PLACEHOLDER

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Hailing from the lowest of low in a society where climbing the social ladder is unthinkable, these lesser clansmen are only able to afford the most basic of equipment.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Renowned Unit
• Superior Capability

Description

Young and eager to prove themselves in battle, the Jigits are lightly armed and armoured cavalrymen that excel at ambushing, raiding, and running down the cowardly.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

During the 15th century the nomadic lifestyle of pasturing and traveling was largely abandoned in favour of urbanization, although the nomadic military traditions remained mostly unchanged, the urban influence was apparent in the form of militias that adopted a similar structure and organization to those of the neighboring Rus' principalities.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Strong Tradition
• Easier to recruit due to Tradition

Description

Born in the saddle, and armed with the traditional composite bow, the cuman light cavalry were the most sought after mercenaries in the balkans, rightly so for only those who possessed the wealth and power to buy their services and those who ever knew the taste of victory.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

During the 15th century the nomadic lifestyle of pasturing and traveling was largely abandoned in favour of urbanization, although the nomadic military traditions remained mostly unchanged, the urban influence was apparent in the form of militias that adopted a similar structure and organization to those of the neighboring Rus' principalities.

Strengths & weaknesses

• Ordinary Unit

Description

Incendiary weapons became a mainstay of the battles during the Crusades, most importantly in siege warfare. Nafta grenades were the favoured weapons of the Muslims, even being imported all the way into India. Dedicated soldiers would be tasked with using such dangerous weapons and wear special coats less vulnerable to the flames.