Mercenary Fyrd Spearmen
"The circumstances of your birth are irrelevant, know only that you must fight, and you must fight now."The 'fyrd' was, in the simplest terms, a levy of ordinary farmers - 'freemen', in the parlance of the times, meaning those not tied to a lord as vassals. The infrequent but bloody struggles between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the early Middle Ages, and the Viking threat that followed, meant that the process of levying troops to fight was still necessary. If people are fighting for their very homes and livelihoods - not just a distant figurehead of a monarch - they tend to have a sense of purpose and urgency. Courage can come later, bolstered by massed ranks in the mean time, as can proficiency - there was rarely much time set aside for training amateurs before a battle. Originally, every able man was recruited to fight but this revealed a flaw in that if a war or struggle became protracted, or if too many people died, then there would be nobody to work the fields at its conclusion. To this end, the Anglo-Saxons developed what we now call the "select" system, where only those deemed most able would be chosen to join the fyrd. The remainder would stay at work, creating a surplus of provisions and equipment for both the marching army and those left behind in order to sustain the realm and improve the army's chances of victory. In practice, the majority of men were not levied, so many were expected to service the war machine in other practical ways. The fyrd were called upon on many occasions during the years of the Viking invasions, most famously to fight the Norwegian king Harold Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, just weeks before the cataclysmic Saxon defeat at Hastings.
Unit Name Mercenary Fyrd Spearmen |
Main Unit Key cha_merc_eng_fyrd_spear |
Land Unit Key cha_merc_eng_fyrd_spear |
Naval Unit Key cha_longship_transport |
Soldiers 160 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Spear Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 110 |
Recruitment Cost 110 |
Upkeep Cost 60 |
Melee Attack 25 |
32 |
├ Melee Weapon att_spear |
├ Melee Base Damage 24 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 20 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 20 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 15 |
57 |
├ Base Defence 32 |
├ Shield cha_round |
└ Shield Defence 25 |
6 |
├ Armour cha_cloth |
├ Armour Defence 6 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
100 |
├ Man Entity cha_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 100 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 0 |
Morale 32 |
Abilities
Mercenary Fyrd Spearmen- Spear Wall
The unit moves into close wall formation.
Attributes
- Expert Charge Defence
This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies. - Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
No Strengths and Weaknesses
Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | cha_merc_eng_land | Mercia |
Chester Lichfield Lincoln |
1 | 0.025 | 1 | 1 |
2 | cha_merc_eng_land | Northumbria |
Bamburgh Streonshalh York |
1 | 0.025 | 1 | 1 |
3 | cha_merc_eng_land | Wessex |
Canterbury London Winchester |
1 | 0.025 | 1 | 1 |
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