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Mavia's Bodyguards TanukhidsTanukhids Shock Cavalry

Mavia's Bodyguards

They have promised their lives in the service of their queen.

Mavia, Queen of the Tanukhids, was relatively unknown to history until her legendary revolution against the Roman Empire, succeeding where Zenobia of Palmyra failed 100 years before. Indeed, Mavia is considered by most sources a 'warrior queen', indicating she was recognised primarily by her military deeds which, unusually for the time, made her gender irrelevant. In AD378, three years after the death of her husband, peace dissolved and Mavia began a large offensive campaign against the Romans. Her reasons seem to be religious - Emperor Valens sought to supplant the Tanukhid's Orthodox Christianity with his own brand of Arianism, and so Mavia went to war. She often rode at the head of her armies and struck fast into Roman territory, anticipating Imperial tactics and remaining fluid. As the Tanukhids had no central base of operations, the Romans found it difficult to combat their tactics - appearing as they did to be everywhere and nowhere all at once. Mavia's army bested the Romans in open battle on several occasions, and mercilessly butchered those in its way. In the end Valens capitulated, granting Mavia her demand and naming Moses bishop to the Tanukhid people. Despite her stunning victory, Mavia's glory seems to have lived and died with the war as, after peace was brokered, there is little recorded about the rest of her life.

Mavia's Bodyguards

Unit Name

Mavia's Bodyguards

Main Unit Key

att_des_es_mavias_bodyguards

Land Unit Key

att_des_es_mavias_bodyguards

Naval Unit Key

att_cor_light_rom

Soldiers

80

Category

Cavalry

Class

Shock Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

775

Recruitment Cost

775

Upkeep Cost

395

Missile Damage

100

├ Missile Weapon

att_javelin_heavy_precursor

├ Projectile

att_javelin_heavy_precursor_normal

├ Missile Damage

50

├ Missile Ap Damage

50

└ Base Reload Time

17

Accuracy

0

Range

80

Reload

25

Rate of Fire

5

Ammunition

3

Melee Attack

21

Melee Damage

10

├ Melee Weapon

att_lance_elite

├ Melee Base Damage

3

├ Armour-piercing Damage

7

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

20

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

163

Melee Defence

16

├ Base Defence

11

├ Shield

att_round_large

└ Shield Defence

5

Armour

60

├ Armour

att_mail

├ Armour Defence

23

└ Shield Armour

37

Health

299

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

105

├ Bonus Hit Points

59

├ Mount

att_des_es_mavia's_bodyguards_horse

├ Mount Entity

att_horse_heavy

└ Mount Health

135

Morale

43

Abilities

Mavia's Bodyguards
  • Sea Sickness
    As these men are inexperienced sailors. Caught up in sea combat, they suffer various penalties.
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
  • Rapid Advance
    Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Scare (everyone)
    This unit frightens all enemy units.
  • Immune to Fear
    This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign