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Eastmen Levy Javelinmen Missile Infantry

Eastmen Levy Javelinmen

Hurling a javelin is no easy task. Hurling it accurately, even less so.

In the centuries following the eighth-century appearance of the first recorded Viking raiders in the Irish Sea, those of the Norse who chose to settle in the region came to be known as the ‘Ostmenn’, or more literally, ‘the men of the east’. This was how the settled Norse-Gaels contrasted themselves from the native Gaels, who they referred to as ‘Vestmen’, unsurprisingly, ‘the men of the west’. Combining local traditions with their own, the Norse-Gaels were culturally distinct from both the Gaels and their Scandinavian forefathers. Their hybridisation of traditions took place against the setting of their coastal defensive strongholds, many of which were the nuclei of the powerful independent kingdoms of later years. Norse-Gaelic powerbases would eventually be established in places like Dublin, Galloway, and Mann, amongst other places.

As with many facets of their culture, the martial traditions of the Norse-Gaels retained both Viking and Gaelic elements. The throwing spear or javelin was one such genus of weapons they used, with the thrusting variety not always entirely distinct from the thrown variety. The advantage of the javelin thrower was the ability to potentially pierce through shields and armour from distance, but this was offset by the reduced range and limited output compared to standard archers, since there were only so many javelins a thrower could carry at any one time. Javelin throwing was certainly a unique skill, with the most skilful Viking warriors allegedly even able to catch spears in mid-flight to hurl them straight back!

Eastmen Levy Javelinmen

Unit Name

Eastmen Levy Javelinmen

Main Unit Key

est_levy_javelinmen

Land Unit Key

est_levy_javelinmen

Naval Unit Key

vik_byrdingr_mis

Soldiers

80

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

150

Recruitment Cost

150

Upkeep Cost

40

Missile Damage

37

├ Missile Weapon

vik_jav_levy

├ Projectile

vik_javelin_levy

├ Missile Damage

28

├ Missile Ap Damage

9

└ Base Reload Time

30

Accuracy

33

Range

80

Reload

40

Rate of Fire

3

Ammunition

7

Melee Skill

7

Melee Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

vik_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage

7

├ Armour-piercing Damage

2

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

2

Melee Defence

17

├ Base Defence

7

├ Shield

vik_small_wood

└ Shield

10

Armour

5

├ Armour

vik_cloth

├ Armour Defence

5

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

100

├ Man Entity

vik_inf_mis_very_light

├ Man Health

100

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Morale

26

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

  • [[col:yellow]]Resistant to Fatigue[[/col]]
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • [[col:yellow]]Hide (forest)[[/col]]
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • [[col:yellow]]Snipe[[/col]]
    This unit remains hidden while firing.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Faction Pool

Pool
No. Pool Faction Initial Unit Count Chance To Replenish Max Replenish Per Turn Max Count
1 eastmen 2 0.15 1 2
2 dublin 1 0.15 1 2
3 isles 1 0.15 1 2