Venedians Missile Cavalry

Svarog's Raiders

Unfortunately, primary sources regarding pre-Christian Slavic paganism are thin on the ground, so Svarog is first mentioned in the Hypatian Codex of the 15th century - written about a thousand years later and well into the Christian era. Svarog is the god of fire in the Slavic pantheon with both a lunar and solar aspect, each signifying different traits. As the father of the sun god, Dazbog, he is the patron of light, brightness and flames, and by extension smithing and the forge - similar to and possibly another aspect of the Greek god Hephaestus. Svarog's connection to the Greek pantheon also belies how ancient a god he is, indicating that his presence in the Slavic one may be because the Slavs eventually settled lands formerly occupied by Greek tribes in pre-Roman times. Having said that, there are evidently many connections between gods of different cultures; as such, Svarog is similar to the Sanskrit word 'svarga', meaning 'sky' or 'the heavens'. His symbol is the 'sun wheel' or 'spinning wheel' - 'kolovrat' or 'kolovratok' - used to mark graves as a symbol of eternal life, but also representing Slavic culture and paganism as a whole, in a similar way to the gammadion or swastika.

Unit Name Svarog's Raiders

Main Unit Key att_slav_svarogs_raiders

Land Unit Key att_slav_svarogs_raiders

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_tra_ger

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 725

Recruitment Cost 750

Upkeep Cost 375

Missile Damage 90

├ Missile Weapon att_javelin

├ Projectile att_javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 70

├ Missile Ap Damage 20

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 0

Range 80

Reload 75

Rate of Fire 17

Ammunition 8

Melee Attack 21

Melee Damage 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 30

Melee Defence 36

├ Base Defence 21

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 38

├ Armour att_mail

├ Armour Defence 23

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 194

├ Man Entity att_infantry_light

├ Man Health 75

├ Bonus Hit Points 9

├ Mount att_ger_germanic_night_raiders_horse

├ Mount Entity att_horse_light

└ Mount Health 110

Morale 43

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period. These values are further modified by the unit itself.
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

• Campaign Stealth
  This unit can move around the campaign map without being seen.
• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Ignore Terrain
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.
• Raider
  This unit may set buildings on fire, cause more fire damage with torches and capture faster than other units.
• Snipe
  This unit remains hidden while firing.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 163 Upgrade From
Required Technology Cost 163 Upgrade From

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Pastures (att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_2) Level 1 Livestock Herd (att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_3) Level 2 Livestock Pens (att_bld_barbarian_farm_livestock_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Anteans Antean Separatists Slavic Rebels Sclavenians Sclavenian Separatists Venedian Separatists Venedians