Humans

Humans from the game, with info about their stat-values, perks, skills, equipment, strengths and tactics.

Brigands

Highwaymen and others who live outside of the law, brigands are a common foe for a budding mercenary company. Mostly encountered near settlements of the northern noble houses and will often be your opponent during civilian contracts.

Brigand Thug
55	55	0	0	95	40	95	9	15	150
Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Woodcutter's Axe, Goedendag, Pitchfork, Shortsword, Hatchet, Militia Spear, Bludgeon, Wooden Stick, Reinforced Wooden Flail, Wooden Flail, Butcher's Cleaver, Pickaxe or Dagger Has a Blotched Gambeson (70), Gambeson (65), Rugged Surcoat (55), Padded Surcoat (50), Thick Tunic (35), Leather Tunic (30), Leather Wraps (20), Monk's Robe (20), Tattered Sackcloth (5) Has a Full Leather Cap (45), Open Leather Cap (40), Aketon Cap (40), Hood (30), Headscarf (20), Mouthpiece (10) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Has a Wooden Shield or a Buckler (33% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Usually fight in large groups, dangerous in early game and when player is outnumbered Tactics Form a shield wall and weaken them with archers from behind Lack of ranged defense and that they don't often come with shields means that they are very easy to snipe Low morale will often lead to mass rout after killing a few of them Armored brothers with two-handed weapons will devastate them and have survivors fleeing Spearwall spam can be useful, though the thugs will usually wait until they are all in position before attempting a mass charge Rotating which brothers are using spearwall can conserve fatigue Will either charge or wait, deny them attacking-turns if they act first even though it might seem tedious, it's effective Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet

Brigand Poacher
55	50	50	0	5	95	40	95	9	15	175
Rotation			Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Short Bow or Staff Sling Has a Wooden Stick or Knife Has a Leather Wraps (20) Has a Headscarf (20), Mouthpiece (10) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Usually fight together with raiders and thugs As with all ranged weapons, can wreak havoc on lightly armored brothers Tactics Outgun them with your archers Use dogs to distract them

Lower Brigand Raider
75	60	55	5	5	125	55	115	9	15	250
Executioner Bullseye				Rotation Recover			Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Woodcutter's Axe, Two-Handed Mallet, Hooked Blade, Pike, Boar Spear, Flail, Handaxe, Morning Star, Falchion or Shortsword Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes or Bundle of Javelins (25% chance) Has a Worn Mail Shirt (110), Leather Lamellar Armor (95), Patched Mail Shirt (90), Padded Leather (80) or Rugged Surcoat (55) Has a Padded Dented Nasal Helmet (110), Nasal Helmet (105), Rusty Mail Coif (70), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Often has a Wooden Shield or Buckler (66% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Come with a vide variety of weapons, some of which can be very threatening early on Usually fight in larger groups together with brigand marksmen Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet The ones armed with two-handers are usually the highest threat out of the whole group and are susceptible to ranged attacks If they do not charge instantly, kill their brigand marksman with your ranged brothers and as a result force them to charge, then weaken them with your ranged brothers and form a shield wall If they do not charge even after their brigand marksman are killed, try to move a brother on one of their wings, they will loosen their formation and you can charge in Can be easily provoked into moving to attack your brothers, limiting them to one strike and leaving your brothers fresh to attack twice, placing a brother with two spaces between them and a brigand is effective

Brigand Raider
75	65	55	10	10	125	55	115	9	20	250
All WPN Masteries Executioner Bullseye				Rotation Recover			Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Woodcutter's Axe, Longaxe, Two-Handed Mallet, Two-Handed Mace, Two-Handed Wooden Flail, Longsword, Warbrand, Hooked Blade, Pike, Arming Sword, Military Pick, Scramasax, Boar Spear, Flail, Handaxe, Morning Star, Falchion or Shortsword Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes, Bundle of Javelins or Throwing Spear (35% chance) Has a Worn Mail Shirt (110), Patched Mail Shirt (90), Padded Leather (80) or Rugged Surcoat (55) Has a Nasal Helmet with Rusty Mail (140), Padded Dented Nasal Helmet (110), Nasal Helmet (105), Rusty Mail Coif (70), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (15% chance) Often has a Wooden Shield or Kite Shield (75% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Gains +5 , +5 after day 40 Come with a vide variety of weapons, some of which can be very threatening early on Usually fight in larger groups together with brigand marksmen Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet The ones armed with two-handers are usually the highest threat out of the whole group and are susceptible to ranged attacks If they do not charge instantly, kill their brigand marksman with your ranged brothers and as a result force them to charge, then weaken them with your ranged brothers and form a shield wall If they do not charge even after their brigand marksman are killed, try to move a brother on one of their wings, they will loosen their formation and you can charge in Can be easily provoked into moving to attack your brothers, limiting them to one strike and leaving your brothers fresh to attack twice, placing a brother with two spaces between them and a brigand is effective

Lower Brigand Marksman
60	50	50	5	10	115	50	100	9	20	225
Rotation				Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Short Bow or Light Crossbow Has a Knife Has a Leather Wraps (20) Has a Headscarf (20), Mouthpiece (10) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Dangerous in the early game, when they can wound and kill your lightly armored brothers easily. Tactics Try to take them out with your ranged brothers Focus on those that come armed with crossbows Flank their battle line and engage them in melee, if possible Frequently left exposed when their melee counterparts charge, leaving them vulnerable to ranged fire

Brigand Marksman
60	50	60	5	10	115	50	110	9	20	225
Crossbow Mastery Bow Mastery				Rotation			Recover Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Short Bow, Hunting Bow, Light Crossbow or Crossbow Has a Dagger, Knife, Hatchet or Bludgeon Has a Blotched Gambeson (70), Padded Surcoat (50), Thick Tunic (35) or Leather Wraps (20) Has a Full Leather Cap (45), Open Leather Cap (40), Hood (30), Headscarf (20), Mouthpiece (10) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Bullseye after day 20 Gains +5 after day 40 Dangerous in the early game, when they can wound and kill your lightly armored brothers easily. Tactics Try to take them out with your ranged brothers Focus on those that come armed with crossbows Flank their battle line and engage them in melee, if possible Frequently left exposed when their melee counterparts charge, leaving them vulnerable to ranged fire

Brigand Leader
100	75	65	15	10	130	70	125	9	20	375
All WPN Masteries Sundering Strikes Executioner Bullseye				Quick Hands Shield Expert Nine Lives Rotation			Recover Brawny Captain Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Noble Sword, Fighting Axe, Warhammer, Fighting Spear, Winged Mace, Military Cleaver, Arming Sword, Greataxe, Greatsword or Warbrand Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes or Bundle of Javelins (35% chance) Has a Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210), Footman's Armor (190), Light Scale Armor (170), Leather Scale Armor (140), Mail Shirt (130), Worn Mail Shirt (110) or Patched Mail Shirt (90) Has a Kettle Hat with Closed Mail (250), Flat Top with Mail (230), Kettle Hat with Mail (215), Bascinet with Mail (210), Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Padded Flat Top Helmet (150), Padded Kettle Hat (140), Padded Nasal Helmet (130) or Closed Mail Coif (90) Has a Wooden Shield, Kite Shield or Heater Shield if one-handed Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Sundering Strikes Sundering Strikes increases by 20% Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Champions have Underdog Tactics Brigand Leaders wear relatively high-tier armor and helmets and are often ones of the last enemies on the battlefield: surround and puncture them with daggers to have higher chances of looting their armor If the leader charges at you, focus fire with ranged weapons: crossbow mastery headshots deal high amount of HP damage and cause morale drops If isolated, eliminate other brigands first and take care of the leader last While dealing with other brigands, use mace's stun to incapacitate leader or at least disarm him with whip to prevent high armor damage Good target for nets

Nomads

Nomads are free people of the south who chose to live outside of the control of any city state. They travel the barren desert from one source of water to the next, hunting and scavenging, and living the freedom that they chose. Faced with surviving in this harsh environment, many nomads turn to banditry. It’s not all of them, of course, but as a mercenary in this world it’s who you’ll be dealing with most of the time. Nomads have a roster of their own, roughly similar to that of northern brigands, but with their own equipment and a unique skill. Home in the desert and experienced in desert warfare, they use the environment to their advantage. Quite literally, in that they may throw sand in the faces of their opponents, inflicting the ‘Distracted’ status effect. A distracted target will inflict less damage and have less initiative for a single turn. Nomads populate the vast southern deserts surrounding the city states of the Gilders.

Nomad Cutthroat
55	55	5	5	100	45	95	9	15	150
Backstabber Rotation			Pathfinder Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt
Equipment Has a Saif, Nomad Mace, Wooden Stick, Militia Spear, Bludgeon or Butcher's Cleaver Has a Nomad Robe (30), Thick Nomad Robe (50), Cloth Sash (20) or Leather Wraps (20) Has a Nomad Head Wrap (30), Leather Head Wrap (40) or Nomad Leather Cap (50) Has an Adarga Shield (33% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Strengths Has Dodge after day 35 Can and will debuff enemies by using Throw Dirt Tactics Kill them quickly to trigger morale checks on other nomads. Worse gear but slightly better stats than brigand thugs Adargas can be broken in a single turn of shield destroying by nearly all weapons, very useful if you can strike down a shieldwalling nomad after he has already acted Be mindful of your positioning due to Backstabber

Nomad Outlaw
75	65	15	15	125	60	115	9	20	250
All WPN Masteries Backstabber Rotation Relentless			Quick Hands Pathfinder Recover Brawny			Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt
Equipment Has a Scimitar, Nomad Mace, Boar Spear, Polemace, Light Southern Mace, Two-Handed Saif, Two-Handed Mallet, Woodcutter's Axe or Battle Whip Has a Stitched Nomad Armor (80), Plated Nomad Mail (105) or Leather Nomad Robe (65) Has a Nomad Light Helmet (70), Nomad Reinforced Helmet (125), Leather Head Wrap (40) or Nomad Leather Cap (50) Has an Adarga Shield or Sipar Shield (66% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Strengths Can carry a Three-Headed Flail after day 10 Has Dodge after day 40 Has +5 after day 40 Outlaws armed with whips will constantly attempt to disarm your more threatening damage dealers. Can use wait to chain up turns at no initiative penalty through Relentless. Uses Throw Dirt copiously, greatly hampering the damage of your front line Tactics Their armor is weak but their ability to avoid getting hit is exceptional for an enemy fought in high numbers, especially after day 40 and if they come with a shield Bring weapons that have bonuses to accuracy, a Warbrand might serve you better than a Longsword against them Fire Pots and Flash Pots are very effective since nomads like to clump up A good brother with a Handgonne can be devestating against nomads for the same reason. A couple of Swordlances to be used from the back line are also highly recommended. If your brothers have quick hands, you can pull their weapon out back again after the disarm and still have 6 AP left for an attack. Be mindful how you position yourself due to Backstabber Keep lightly armored or weaker nimble brothers away from outlaws double gripping Three-Headed Flails or using the Two-Handed Saif Adarga Shields are very easy to break ( Split Shield skill of most Axes is able to break it even without having Axe Mastery), Sipar Shields are not

Nomad Slinger
55	50	60	0	10	100	45	95	9	15	175
Rotation			Pathfinder Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt
Equipment Has a Nomad Sling and Wooden Stick or Knife Has a Nomad Robe (30), Thick Nomad Robe (50) or Cloth Sash (20) Has a Nomad Head Wrap (30) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Strengths Has Head Hunter after day 30 Tactics

Nomad Archer
60	50	65	5	15	115	55	110	9	20	225
Bow Mastery Rotation Relentless			Pathfinder Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt
Equipment Has a Composite Bow and Wooden Stick, Knife, Nomad Mace or Saif Has a Nomad Robe (30), Thick Nomad Robe (50) or Cloth Sash (20) Has a Nomad Head Wrap (30) or Nomad Leather Cap (50) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Strengths Has Bullseye after day 20 Has +5 after day 30 Has Head Hunter after day 60 Has +5 after day 60 Tactics Can come in sizable numbers in most larger nomad camps, which gives them more killing power early that one might think Fight them at Nighttime if they outnumber you unless your ranged brothers are exceptional

Nomad Leader
100	75	65	20	15	130	75	125	9	20	375
Executioner Pathfinder All WPN Masteries Rotation Quick Hands			Shield Expert Recover Brawny Nine Lives			Dodge Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt Captain
Equipment Has a Shamshir, Heavy Southern Mace, Fighting Spear or Two-Handed Scimitar Has a Plated Nomad Mail (105) or Southern Long Mail Shirt with Padding (200) Has a Nomad Reinforced Helmet (125) or Southern Helmet with Coif (200) Has a Sipar Shield (66% chance) Has a Throwing Spear or Bundle of Javelins (35% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Strengths Champions have Underdog Has Nimble after day 40 Tactics Will at times wait for a bit before joining the outlaws on the front line depending on their gear. Judge their threat level based on what they are wielding. Keep lightly armored brothers well away from them if they are armed with a Two-Handed Scimitar

Nomad specialists are southern equivalent of the hedge knight, swordmaster and master archer. They are found in the larger camps of their people and sometimes in the Arena.

Nomad Executioner
170	85	30	20	160	90	115	9	25	450
Executioner Brawny Steel Brow Battle Forged All WPN Masteries Killing Frenzy			Berserk Crippling Strikes Recover Relentless Underdog			Resilient Fast Adaptation Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt Battle Flow Devastating Strikes
Equipment Has a Two-Handed Scimitar, Two-Handed Flanged Mace, Two-Handed Flail, Bardiche or Two-Handed Hammer Has a Lamellar Harness (230) or Heavy Lamellar Armor (285) Has a Nomad Reinforced Helmet (125), Southern Helmet with Coif (200) or Turban Helmet (290) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Devastating Strikes Devastating Strikes is a +20% dmg multiplier Strengths Champions have Reach Advantage Tactics Very similar to a Hedge Knight, though with slightly better stats. Using nets to control their movement and make them easier to hit when engaged is recommended. A high initiative brother with dagger mastery and overwhelm can make them far less of a threat

Blade Dancer
90	90	50	30	130	90	125	9	20	450
Polearm Mastery Underdog Footwork Steel Brow Pathfinder Berserk Dodge			Sword Mastery Overwhelm Head Hunter Crippling Strikes Recover Anticipation Duelist			Adrenaline Nimble Fast Adaptation Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt Battle Flow
Equipment Has a Swordlance or Shamshir Has an Assassin's Robe (120) or Leather Scale Armor (140) Has a Blade Dancer's Head Wrap (60) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Strengths Champions have Relentless and deal 25% more direct damage Tactics Throw a net to make him much easier to hit Do not underestimate his damage if he comes with a shamshir since he's a duelist. Lacks Resilient, making Daze and poisons particularly effective

Desert Stalker
80	65	85	15	25	135	70	140	9	20	450
Footwork Steel Brow Pathfinder Bow Mastery Rotation Quick Hands			Executioner Head Hunter Crippling Strikes Recover Anticipation Bullseye			Nimble Fast Adaptation Hand-to-Hand Attack Throw Dirt Battle Flow
Equipment Has a War Bow and Dagger, Nomad Mace or Qatal Dagger Has a Plated Nomad Mail (105) Has a Desert Stalker's Head Wrap (45) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Throw Dirt 3 5 Throw Dirt is used to distract opponents. Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Strengths Can become a Champion (2% Chance) Deals 25% more direct damage Tactics Almost identical to a Master Archer, but can be encountered in considerable numbers inside of nomad camps. Fighting at night greatly reduces their effectiveness, but due to their sheer skill and possibly hefty numbers some shots will still land. Dogs can save you their loot if the stalker decides to run away after the front line is dead.

Barbarians

In combat, a barbarian warband doesn’t bother with formations, and they have no backline with polearms or dedicated archers. They are a horde of ferocious warriors in a constant shuffle of everyone trying to bring their weapons to bear against the enemy. They’ll shower you with throwing weapons, they run towards your line, and they make ample use of the ‘Adrenaline’ perk to overwhelm you before you can even strike back. They don’t fear death the same as other humans do, so they are not easy to break. They populate the far northen part of the map.

Barbarian Thrall
70	55	50	0	0	120	70	115	9	15	175
Adrenaline Quick Hands				Anticipation Resilient Pathfinder			Recover Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has an Antler Cleaver, Claw Club or Militia Spear Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes, Bundle of Javelins or Bundle of Crude Javelins (40% chance) Has an Animal Hide Armor (45), Thick Furs (30) or no armor at all (40% chance) Has a Bear Headpiece (50), Leather Headband (30) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Rarely has an Old Wooden Shield (20% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Relentless after day 20 Will use Adrenaline copiously Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Very vulnerable to ranged attacks

Barbarian Reaver
120	65	60	10	10	130	80	115	9	20	250
Adrenaline All WPN Masteries Bullseye Quick Hands				Anticipation Underdog Resilient Pathfinder			Recover Brawny Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Two-Handed Spiked Mace, Two-Handed Skull Hammer, Blunt Cleaver, Crude Axe or Axehammer Has a Bundle of Heavy Javelins, Bundle of Heavy Throwing Axes or Throwing Spear (40% chance) Has a Hide and Bone Armor (95), Scrap Metal Armor (75) or Reinforced Animal Hide Armor (65) Has a Crude Metal Helmet (145), Leather Helmet (105), Bear Headpiece (50), Leather Headband (30) or no helmet at all (20% chance) Rarely has an Old Wooden Shield (20% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Relentless after day 60 Will use Adrenaline copiously Will often destroy shields with Throwing Spears and melee weapons The ones with throwing weapons will at times attempt to hit your backline with them, beware of bringing injured people into the fight Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Prioritize the ones armed with two-handers, a single hit from a skull hammer or spiked mace can strongly maim or outright kill many brothers. Slightly vulnerable to ranged attacks

Barbarian Chosen
130	75	15	10	140	90	115	9	20	350
Adrenaline All WPN Masteries Crippling Strikes Executioner			Berserk Anticipation Underdog Battle Forged Resilient			Pathfinder Recover Brawny Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Rusty Warblade, Heavy Rusty Axe, Two-Handed Skull Hammer or Two-Handed Spiked Mace Has a Thick Plated Barbarian Armor (230), Heavy Iron Armor (170) or Rugged Scale Armor (140) Has a Closed Scrap Metal Helmet (190), Crude Faceguard Helmet (160), Crude Metal Helmet (145) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Can become a Champion (1% Chance) Can come in large numbers Like Reavers, they'll use Adrenaline and Barbarian Fury a lot to give themselves the edge Tactics Excellent target for nets and especially Disarm. All of them are dangerous in the extreme, so try to burst them down as fast as possible. If that cannot be done, attempt to soften their impact or buy you more time to kill them with good positioning, Daze, Stagger and stuns. You will often fight them in hilly terrain, use that to your advantage. Keep Nimble brothers from Chosen armed with cleavers if you can. Smart use of Spiked Impalers allows you to knock them out of formation

Barbarian King
150	80	15	10	150	110	115	9	25	500
Adrenaline All WPN Masteries Devastating Strikes Crippling Strikes Executioner Killing Frenzy				Berserk Anticipation Underdog Battle Forged Resilient			Pathfinder Recover Brawny Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Heavy Rusty Axe or Rusty Warblade Has a Thick Plated Barbarian Armor with Horn and Bone attachment (270) Has a Heavy Horned Plate Helmet (250) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Devastating Strikes Devastating Strikes is a +20% dmg multiplier Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Is essentially a buffed Barbarian Chosen, making him one of the most dangerous humans alive. Champions have Fearsome Tactics Focus and burst down as fast as possible. Use disabling abilities such as stuns, nets and Disarm. Daze is also great. Overwhelm is very potent but might be hard to pull off until he's tired due to Adrenaline. If possible, keep Nimble brothers away from him if he has a cleaver.

Barbarian Madman
160	80	10	10	200	115	9	25	500
All WPN Masteries Crippling Strikes Executioner Ijirok Regeneration			Battle Forged Resilient Recover			Pathfinder Brawny Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Always has a Named Rusty Warblade Has Ritual Armor (300) Has Ritual Helmet (300) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Ijirok Regeneration Ijirok Regeneration will heal for 6% of their max at the start of each turn Battering Ram Battering Ram gives stun-immunity Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Mindless (no resolve checks) Tactics Resilient makes using bleeding and poison status effects against him inefficient. Bring weapons that destroy armor (two-handed hammers and two-handed maces are optimal), choose your best high-level brother with most damage and armor. Although he always prioritizes attacking your brother, releasing a Wardog or Warhound will provide you a surround bonus (increases your hit chance) and reduce the enemy's initiative (dog's successful hits and even misses reduce the enemy's fatigue pool). Dogs don't disable the Lone Wolf (Perk). Try to net him before engagement. It will not only provide extra hit chance (for you and the dog), but he may also choose to break free instead of attacking, thus reducing the number of his attacks. (a Reinforced Throwing Net is harder to break free from) Overwhelm with weapons that can be used multiple times per round to reduce the enemy's hit chance or daze him to reduce the incoming damage. (both can be used with certain setups) Iron Will Potion prevents receiving injuries. Cat Potion can help control the attack order (e.g. to attack first at the start of the fight and keep the desired turn order afterwards), also synergizing with Overwhelm and/or Dazed (Status Effect) before the enemy's hit. Being in good mood may induce the Confident bonus at the beginning of the fight. Happy Powder may help with that.

Barbarian Drummer
90	65	15	5	150	80	90	9	15	250
All WPN Masteries Anticipation Underdog			Resilient Recover Drums of War			Pathfinder Brawny Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has an Antler Cleaver or a Claw Club Has a Reinforced Animal Hide Armor (65), Animal Hide Armor (45) or Thick Furs (30) Has a Bear Headpiece (50) or Leather Headband (30) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Drums of War 6 15 Drums of War will reduce the of his mates by 10 Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Dodge after day 30 Reduces the tempo at which other barbarians tire, enabling them to get more uses of fatiguing weapon skills and Adrenaline Tactics Snipe or break through to them, they are only slightly more capable than thralls in melee Can be ignored if encountered in shorter fights against mostly thrall barbarian groups

Barbarian Beastmaster
70	65	10	10	120	90	110	9	15	250
Anticipation Resilient			Recover Pathfinder Brawny			Crack the Whip Barbarian Fury Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Thorned Whip Has a Hide and Bone Armor (95) Has a Beastmaster's Headpiece (130) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Crack the Whip 4 10 Crack the Whip is used to keep their Armored Unholds and Armored Frost Unholds under control Barbarian Fury 3 5 Barbarian Fury allows two adjacent units to swap their place similar to the Rotation perk. Cannot swap place with Unholds. Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Dodge after day 30 Keeps the armored unholds in check, and is capable of doing it from a decent distance Tactics Crack the Whip cant be used when engaged in melee

City State Forces

Gilders are the denizens of the southern city states. Like the Northen Noble houses, their combat style is somewhat reminiscent of the legions of the Ancient Empire. Gilder forces can be encountered through contracts during the Holy War, or by angering one of the city states and engaging them straight on the world map.

Conscripts make up the bulk of the military force of the city states. They have received some military drill and are most often dressed in a distinct southern armor made of several layers of linen, called a Linothorax, that is relatively cheap to produce. If they don’t have access to helmets, they choose to wrap cloth around their heads to protect against the sun. The color and patterns of these head wraps are often linked to a particular region of the south, and one familiar would know what place a southern conscript calls home by his headwear alone. Just before battle lines clash, Conscripts employ a unique weapon of the city states. It’s one reason why they are a military power to be reckoned with, and you’ll learn about next week in detail!

Life is cheap in the south, as the saying goes, and nothing makes this harsh reality sink in better than how the city states treat their slaves. In battle, they’re usually send first against the enemy to tire out their lines before the real battle begins. They’re poorly armed, many just carrying tools used as improvised weapons, and rely on swarming, flanking and overwhelming the enemy. They have poor morale and flee easily, but killing or breaking them does not affect the morale of any city state troops that aren’t slaves themselves. In fact, the city state troops have no qualms about friendly fire when it comes to slaves, and they may seize the opportunity that slaves provide by locking down the enemy and fire their ranged weapons into the thick of battle.

Indebted
55	45	5	5	100	40	90	9	15	50
Backstabber			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Pitchfork, Militia Spear, Wooden Stick, Butcher's Cleaver, Pickaxe or Knife Has a Tattered Sackcloth (5) or Sackcloth (10) Has a Southern Head Wrap (30) or no helmet at all (67% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Non-Indebted entities don't get resolve checks when an Indebted starts fleeing or dies Tend to come in overwhelming numbers Tactics All enemies they can come mixed in with have backstabber, so kill quickly Whilst their non indebted allies do not receive morale checks when indebted die, your men can still gain confident morale from killing them

Citizens of the great city states enjoy privileges that neither slaves nor outsiders do. For example, they have the opportunity to conduct business with the legal certainty of a codified law and can even hire legal council. In turn, they also have certain obligations to their state. Having to pay taxes is one such obligation, but another one for every adult male citizen is either mandatory military service or paying a hefty sum into the state’s coffers to be exempt. The council of Viziers may decide to conscript the citizens for the defense of the city state or for otherwise protecting and furthering the interests of the state. In practise, this can mean anything between border skirmishes with other states, doomed punitive expeditions deep into the deserts to hunt down raiders, and crushing slave rebellions.

Conscripts make up the bulk of the military force of the city states. They have received some military drill and are most often dressed in a distinct southern armor made of several layers of linen, called a Linothorax, that is relatively cheap to produce. If they don’t have access to helmets, they choose to wrap cloth around their heads to protect against the sun. The color and patterns of these head wraps are often linked to a particular region of the south, and one familiar would know what place a southern conscript calls home by his headwear alone. Just before battle lines clash, Conscripts employ a unique weapon of the city states. It’s one reason why they are a military power to be reckoned with, and you’ll learn about next week in detail!

Conscript
55	70	10	5	120	70	110	9	15	250
All WPN Masteries Backstabber Fast Adaptation			Rotation Quick Hands Brawny			Recover Nimble Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Light Southern Mace, Saif, Scimitar or Fire Lance Has a Linothorax (75) or Southern Mail Shirt (110) Has a Southern Head Wrap (30), Wrapped Southern Helmet (105) or Spiked Skull Cap with Mail (125) Has an Adarga Shield (90% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Massed Nimble makes them more durable than the statline would let one believe Backstabber with fast adaptation and mostly spawning with weapons that have bonuses to hitchance means they'll land hits often. Often come supported by other types of Gilder troops, and if they are fielded in large enough numbers a certain percentage of them will be polearm conscripts. Tactics Frontline conscripts act as meat shields for the rest of their army. They may have nimble, but their hitpoints still very low. Bring weapons that do well against flesh to make short work of them. Double gripped three headed flails can kill them very quickly if they come with bad headgear Adarga shields are very fragile and the conscripts lack shield expert, making them very easy to destroy with the appropriate skills.

Conscript With Polearm
55	70	10	5	120	70	110	9	15	250
All WPN Masteries Backstabber Fast Adaptation			Rotation Quick Hands Brawny			Recover Nimble Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Polemace or Swordlance Has a Linothorax (75) or Southern Mail Shirt (110) Has a Southern Head Wrap (30) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Will always have sufficient numbers of frontline conscripts to keep the enemy occupied while they wreak havoc. Nimble means they are harder to bring down than Billmen in most situations. Tactics Whilst frontline conscripts cannot do much damage, the massed AoE swordlances of the backline can cause things to get out of hand very quickly, especially if combined with gunners Get to them through whatever means necessary. Daze pots will be very effective here.

Gunner
70	65	75	5	10	120	70	120	9	15	250
Sword Mastery Crossbow Mastery Mace Mastery			Overwhelm Fearsome Anticipation			Recover Rotation Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Handgonne and Powder Bag Has a Saif or Light Southern Mace Has a Padded Vest (60) Has a Gunner's Hat (30) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Always come supported by Conscripts. Overwhelm and Fearsome work very well with Handgonnes. The former will debuff a large amount of targets each round whilst the latter can be triggered on an entire enemy group at once, causing further debuffs and possibly a full on rout. Gunners don't pay much heed to friendly fire, beware of that if you are fighting with them. Tactics Snipe with ranged brothers or otherwise target them with abilities that can reach behind the front line, lacking nimble makes them more fragile than the Conscripts that surround them. This is made easier due to the low range of their weapons. Bring kites for the brothers using shields. Be mindful of your positioning and of theirs. Use Rally the Troops to counteract Fearsome. Fighting at night in case you have no archers, crossbows or guns of your own is also an option, as is using a Night Owl elixir to negate their firepower whilst maintaining yours.

Engineer
70	60	0	5	120	70	100	9	15	150
Rotation			Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack Load Mortar
Equipment Has a Wooden Stick or Knife Has a Padded Vest (60) Has an Engineer's Hat (30) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Load Mortar 7 10 Load Mortar enables allied Mortars right next to the Engineer to use their Fire Mortar skill, can't be used when engaged in melee Strengths ? Tactics ?

Mortar
50	6
Fire Mortar
Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Fire Mortar 6 0 Fire Mortar marks an area of 7 tiles for impact and 1 turn later does 20-40 with 70% and 20% in that area, anyone hit becomes Shellshocked, never misses, causes a morale check and can fire every 2 turns if reloaded by an Engineer (has a range of 3-999 tiles) Strengths Cannot be attacked or damaged Mindless (no resolve checks) Has no fatigue at all Immune knockback, grab, stun, root, poison, bleeding and injuries Unaffected by Nighttime debuffs Tactics ?

Officers of the city states are mostly made up of the wealthy who would have enough funds to buy themselves free of conscription, but seek a career commanding troops in the military by their own volition. A victorious commander will accrue influence and gravitas, and some Officers may consider the army but a stepping stone in a fledgling political career.

Considerably better armed than Conscripts, Officers carry finely crafted mail and lamellar armor with intricate southern ornaments into battle. Naturally, all armors can also be bought, looted and worn by your own men in the game!

Officer
110	85	25	15	130	80	110	9	20	350
All WPN Masteries Fast Adaptation Executioner Crippling Strikes			Battle Forged Brawny Shield Expert Captain			Recover Rotation Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Heavy Southern Mace, Shamshir or Two-Handed Scimitar Has a Padded Mail and Lamellar Hauberk (290), Southern Long Mail Shirt with Padding (200) or Mail with Lamellar Plating (135) Has a Turban Helmet (290), Heavy Lamellar Helmet (255) or Southern Helmet with Coif (200) Has a Sipar Shield if he has a one-handed weapon Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Champions have Nine Lives Buffs the resolve of other Gilders through Captain perk (racial) Tactics What they can do and how you will handle them will vary greatly depending on what they are equipped with and what sort of group they are leading Very lucrative to puncture if they come with their heavier armors

Gladiator
110	75	65	20	10	135	90	125	9	20	350
Fast Adaptation All WPN Masteries Quick Hands Overwhelm			Footwork Underdog Recover Brawny			Nimble Dodge Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Shamshir, Heavy Southern Mace, Fighting Spear, Fighting Axe, Swordlance, Polemace, Two-Handed Hammer, Greataxe, Two-Handed Flail, Two-Handed Flanged Mace, Bardiche or Two-Handed Scimitar Has a Gladiator Harness (40) with Padded Armor Pieces (60) or Metal Armor Pieces (115) armor attachment Has a Gladiator Helmet (225) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Has a Sipar Shield if he has a 1-handed weapon Has a Throwing Spear, Bundle of Throwing Axes or Bundle of Javelins (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Champions have Nine Lives Well armed, very dangerous if wielding a two handed weapon Will use Footwork to avoid getting surrounded and to get to your wounded brothers Tactics Use Adrenaline to act before them Preferably bring weapons that cause debuffs and are good against flesh Do not play fair -- use nets, poison, etc to gain an advantage

Members of a secretive ritualistic cult, Assassins deal in death and provide murder as a service. They have no political ambition beyond the continued survival of their cult and that of their warped philosophy, and so act only in service to other parties, like individual city states. They’re not encountered roaming on the world map, but exclusively as part of contracts and events.

In battle, Assassins wear traditional black robes over finely crafted mail. Many also choose to exchange their own face for that of their master and founder of their cult, the old man on the mountain, by wearing metal face masks. Assassins have a nimble combat style and employ a variety of alchemical contraptions like Flash Pots and Smoke Pots to daze their opponents and move freely between them, only to then use a Qatal Dagger for greater impact on their debilitated victims.

Assassin
80	80	20	20	125	85	130	9	20	350
Executioner Dodge Underdog Footwork Pathfinder			Sword Mastery Overwhelm Quick Hands Backstabber Relentless			Duelist Adrenaline Nimble Dagger Mastery Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Qatal Dagger or Shamshir Has an Assassin's Robe (120) Has an Assassin's Head Wrap (40) or Assassin's Face Mask (140) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths He can throw any combination of up to 2 Flash Pots and/or Fire Pots each combat Tactics Will wait until the lines are closed before making their move, most likely going around the flanks Can use Footwork to ignore zone of control High initiative, Relentless and light armor means they can stack lots of Overwhelm and has higher mdef than the statline would indicate due to Dodge. Nets are essential Lacks resilient, so you may be able to get great value out of poison Since they don't have Steel Brow, a three headed flail could be devestating if they come with the head wrap and not the face mask If you don't care about their armor, cleavers are probably the best choice here However, due to how fatigue efficent both the robes and face mask are for nimble brothers, you probably do. This makes battling assassins much harder since they will have to be kept occupied by Taunting brothers through the entire fight. Will use Adrenaline if he's up against a target who is faster in the turn order, so don't bother trying to stack overwhelm on him unless he's already tired out

Noble House Forces

Professional soldiers working on the payroll of one of the three Northern noble houses. Their patrols are a common sight and they protect supply caravans and the more well fortified towns and castles. Can be encountered through the Noble War, Holy War or by just being hostile to one of the houses through one of several ways.

Footman
70	70	10	5	120	60	110	9	15	250
Fast Adaptation All WPN Masteries Shield Expert			Battle Forged Rotation			Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Falchion, Arming Sword, Morning Star or Military Pick Has a Mail Hauberk (150), Mail Shirt (130) or Basic Mail Shirt (115) Has a Flat Top with Mail (230), Kettle Hat with Mail (215), Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Padded Flat Top Helmet (150), Padded Kettle Hat (140), Flat Top Helmet (125), Kettle Hat (115), Nasal Helmet (105) or Mail Coif (80) Has a Kite Shield or Heater Shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths They protect other high damage dealers Very resilient and good at keeping your front line occupied Tactics Break their armor with hammers or use flails to hit them over their shields They are not great damage dealers and will often spam 'shieldwall' and get exhausted They are somewhat susceptible to resolve checks provided there is no alive Standard Bearer to rally them

Billman
70	70	10	5	120	60	80	9	15	250
Fast Adaptation Backstabber All WPN Masteries			Reach Advantage Battle Forged Rotation			Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Billhook, Pike or Polehammer Has a Mail Shirt (130), Basic Mail Shirt (115), Gambeson (65) or Padded Surcoat (50) Has a Flat Top with Mail (230), Kettle Hat with Mail (215), Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Padded Flat Top Helmet (150), Padded Kettle Hat (140), Padded Nasal Helmet (130), Flat Top Helmet (125), Kettle Hat (115), Nasal Helmet (105), Mail Coif (80), Full Aketon Cap (50), Aketon Cap (40), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (33% chance) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Stays in formation and deals high damage from the back row. Polehammers and billhooks are capable of destroying most mid tier armor in a single attack, rendering their targets vulnerable to attacks from the rest of the formation or killing them outright Backstabber means they will have an considerably easier time hitting enemies surrounded by a footmen shield wall. Readily uses repel to protect their vulnerable units and hook to draw enemies into being surrounded, if they have the appropriate weapon. Tactics Since they have no shields and have mediocre armor at best, they are very vulnerable to all attacks that can reach them Focus on those with billhooks and polehammers over those with pikes. Attempt to shoot them with your archers and crossbowmen if the enemy group has no arbelasters of their own that will demand your attention. Attempt to disrupt or break through the footmen in front of them, after the billmen fall the encounter becomes far less dangerous. Attempt to flank them after the engagement has started so there are no footmen to guard them there. The Split skill of two handed swords and Bardiches can be used to great effect.

Arbalester
60	55	60	5	5	100	60	110	9	15	250
Bullseye Crossbow Mastery			Rotation Recover			Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Heavy Crossbow (34% chance) or Crossbow (66% chance) and a Dagger or Knife Has a Gambeson (65) or Padded Surcoat (50) Has a Mail Coif (80), Full Aketon Cap (50), Aketon Cap (40), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (20% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Really powerful and dangerous, if they hit they can 2 shot a brother if you encounter them during the War of the Noble Houses and it's your first crisis Tactics Tend to mainly stay at the wings of the formation Archers with bow mastery can try to shoot them without having to move Focus on the ones armed with heavy crossbows since they are both the most accurate and are capable of doing the most damage to you Can be distracted for a few turns with wardogs

Standard Bearer
80	65	10	10	130	80	105	9	20	250
Rally the Troops Steel Brow Rotation			Recover Brawny			Inspiring Presence Captain Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Battle Standard Has a Mail Hauberk (150), Mail Shirt (130) or Basic Mail Shirt (115) Has a Flat Top with Mail (230), Kettle Hat with Mail (215), Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Padded Flat Top Helmet (150), Padded Kettle Hat (140), Padded Nasal Helmet (130), Flat Top Helmet (125), Kettle Hat (115), Nasal Helmet (105) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Inspiring Presence Inspiring Presence sets the morale of all allies to confident at the start of the battle Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths ? Tactics Since they have no shields, they are very vulnerable to all attacks that can reach them Usually stays in safe position within the formation Will always attempt to rally if there are any allies below steady morale, instead of attacking Lower encumbrance and higher initiative sometimes causes him to charge first and therefore is a good target for your first shots

Knight
135	90	20	10	140	90	115	9	20	450
All WPN Masteries Crippling Strikes Executioner Shield Expert			Fast Adaptation Berserk Battle Forged Rotation			Recover Brawny Captain Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Noble Sword, Warhammer, Winged Mace or Fighting Axe Has a Coat of Plates (320), Coat of Scales (300) or Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210) Has a Full Helm (300) or Decorated Full Helm (320) Has a Kite Shield or Heater Shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Champions have Resilient & Killing Frenzy Tactics Will almost always do shieldwall Surround him and break his shield, use maces to stunlock him then finish him off Use goblin poison to debilitate them and poisoned oil to help you kill them faster Surround him and use dagger "puncture" skill to save his armor If surrounding him doesn't cause his morale to break, have a durable brother with Taunt keep him occupied during puncturing Use nets to make hitting him easier

Sergeant
100	80	25	15	130	80	110	9	20	350
Fast Adaptation Duelist All WPN Masteries Relentless			Underdog Nimble Resilient Steel Brow			Rotation Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Arming Sword, Fighting Axe, Military Cleaver, Winged Mace or Warhammer Has a Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210) or Mail Hauberk (150) Never has a helmet Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Rather tanky due to having Nimble and capable of doing a lot of damage due to having Duelist and Double Gripping their weapon Tactics Throw nets and use flails to hit them in the head Use maces to stun them

Zweihander
90	75	20	10	130	70	115	9	20	350
All WPN Masteries Crippling Strikes Overwhelm Relentless Fast Adaptation			Berserk Reach Advantage Anticipation Steel Brow Battle Forged			Lone Wolf Rotation Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Greatsword Has a Scale Armor (240), Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210), Footman's Armor (190) or Mail Hauberk (150) (40% chance to have a Mail Hauberk) Has a Zweihander's Helmet (160) or Duelist's Hat (70) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Can hit your backline with "split" Can do massive damage with Greatsword and Berserk Tactics Throw nets and use mace to stun, then surround and attack; otherwise, multiple stacks of Reach Advantage will make it harder to hit him in melee. Ranged weapons can be devastating, especially injury-inflicting crossbows. Try not to engage a lone Zweihander on the flank as he will have Lone Wolf bonuses.

Militia Forces

Conscripted to defend their homes, militiamen can be fought during some contracts or by being hostile to their settlement.

Militia
50	50	0	0	100	40	90	9	15	100
Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a low tier weapon Has light body armor (5-50) Has light headgear (20-45) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Rarely has a shield (25% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Usually fight in larger groups Tactics Their equipment and stats are abysmal, militiamen only pose a threat if fought early and in groups where they have support of veterans and marksmen Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Tend to instantly charge the enemy Very easy to snipe due to the lack of ranged defense and low chance of having shields

Militia Veteran
60	55	5	0	110	50	100	9	15	150
Shield Expert				Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a pike, bludgeon, militia spear, boar spear, woodcutters axe, shortsword, handaxe, goedendag, warfork, falchion or hooked blade Has medium body armor (30-95) Has light headgear (30-50) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Sometimes has a shield (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Tend to instantly charge the enemy Low resolve means they aren't hard to rout, especially if there is no Militia Captain present

Militia Captain
70	60	10	0	120	70	100	9	20	200
All WPN Masteries Shield Expert			Rally the Troops Captain			Recover Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a boar spear, military cleaver, arming sword, shortsword, handaxe, falchion or billhook Has a mail shirt (130), basic mail shirt (115) or padded leather (80) Has a mail coif (80), kettle hat (115), nasal helmet with mail (200) or feathered hat (30) Has a wooden shield, kite shield or no shield at all (25% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Captain Captain is an aura that increases the of other allies by +15% (range of 5 tiles) Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Comes leading a substantial group of militiamen Will use rally when their troops start to waver Will spam shieldwall and advance slowly Tactics Focus on bringing down the other members of their group first If he comes with a weak helmet, flails will make short work of him. Surround and dagger down if they come with the nasal helmet

Militia Marksman
50	40	50	0	0	100	40	100	9	15	100
Bullseye				Recover				Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a short bow and a knife, dagger, hatchet or bludgeon Has light body armor (5-30) Has light head gear (30-45) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Usually fight together with other militia Can cause damage through massed use of aim shot if fought early enough despite their low weapon skills Tactics Outgun them with your archers Fight at night if you have no good ranged options of your own Use dogs to distract them

Trading Caravans

Caravans face many threats on the road, including your mercenaries if you chose to be a raider.

Donkey
180	−30	−10	50
-
Loot Chance 100% To Get 1 Item per Kill 100% Strange Meat Strengths Mindless (no resolve checks) Immune to knockback, grabbing, stun, root, bleeding, injuries and poison Tactics Enemies are more likely to attack donkeys over your brothers if given the choice Donkey corpse can be eaten by Nachzehrers Protect them if you are defending a caravan during a mission, otherwise you will not get the full payment

Caravan Hand
60	50	0	0	120	40	100	9	15	125
Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a low tier or mid tier weapon Has light body armor (20-50) Has light headgear (30-40) or no helmet at all (67% chance) Rarely has a shield (33% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths None, they act as distractions Tactics Tend to instantly charge the enemy or leave the formation and stand next to the caravan donkey Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Easy to kill via ranged attacks due to having no ranged defense Kill those with scramasaexes and maces first

Caravan Guard
70	70	40	10	10	130	60	110	9	15	200
All WPN Masteries Shield Expert				Recover			Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a boar spear, arming sword, shortsword, handaxe or falchion Has a throwing weapon (35% chance) Has medium body armor (30-95) Has medium headgear (30-130) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Has a wooden shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Shield expert, decent fatigue and light armor means that they will be in shield wall very often, and will be hard to hit whilst they are using it. Mid tier weapons that can be a threat to a early game company that decides to opt for hunting down caravans. Tactics Tend to instantly charge the enemy or leave the formation and stand next to the caravan donkey Focus on those that come armed with boar spears, arming swords and falchions over those that have shortswords or handaxes. Surround them to have an easier time scoring hits. Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet. Note that whilst flails do bypass shields, they do not bypass shield wall. Kill all caravan hands before engaging them to force resolve checks.

Peasants

Peasant
50	40	0	0	100	35	90	9	15	50
Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Knife, Pitchfork, Wooden Stick, Pickaxe, Butcher's Cleaver or no weapon at all (40% chance) Has light body armor (5-35) Has light headgear (20-30) or no helmet at all (67% chance) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths None Tactics Crush them, it is impossible to lose a fight against them (as long as you are not totally undergeared, injured and/or outnumbered)

Armed Peasant
50	40	0	0	100	35	90	9	15	50
Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a knife, pitchfork, wooden stick or pickaxe Has light body armor (5-35) Has light headgear (20-30) or no helmet at all (67% chance) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths None Tactics Crush them, it is impossible to lose a fight against them (as long as you are not totally undergeared, injured and/or outnumbered)

Mercenary Companies

Similar to the player company there are other mercenary companies that take Contracts for the living in Darklands.

They consist of highly skilled Mercenaries that are well armed and armored. Some companies spawn together with Hedge Knights, Swordmasters, Master Archers or Wardogs.

They are highly dangerous, and confrontation should be avoided, unless your company is up for a challenging fight with great loot. Also notice, that you will have a negative opinion penalty with a town or house, which hired a mercenary company if you decide to attack one, except when they attack you during a Deliver Item contract. Anyway if you attack one mercenary company, other mercenary companies will not pay attention on it - you will not have negative opinion with them.

Various mercenary companies can be found roaming around on the Global map and are also actively looking for and accepting Contracts from settlements. You are not the only mercenaries out there!

Lower Mercenary
75	65	55	10	10	125	55	115	9	15	250
All WPN Masteries Quick Hands			Anticipation Battle Forged Rotation				Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a billhook, pike, warbrand, arming sword, flail, handaxe, morning star, falchion or boar spear Has a wooden shield, heater shield, kite shield or throwing net Has a throwing weapon (50% chance) Has medium armor (50-150) Has light to medium headgear (20-150) or no helmet at all (10% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths ? Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Focus on the high-damage, low defence mercenaries to reduce their threat Play defensively, as they are all highly skilled

Mercenary
90	75	65	20	10	135	70	125	9	20	350
Backstabber All WPN Masteries Quick Hands Fast Adaptation			Overwhelm Anticipation Battle Forged Rotation				Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a billhook, pike, warbrand, arming sword, flail, handaxe, morning star, falchion, polehammer, three-headed flail, bardiche, scimitar, fighting spear, military pick or longsword Has a wooden shield, heater shield, kite shield or throwing net Has a throwing weapon (60% chance) Has medium to heavy armor (80-260) Has medium to heavy headgear (20-230) or no helmet at all (5% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths High variety of good weapons and armor means that they can be very dangerous as well as very hard to kill Tactics Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Focus on the high-damage, low defence mercenaries to reduce their threat Leave those with best armor for last if you can, then surround and use the "puncture" skill from daggers to guarantee their gear dropping Play defensively, as they are all highly skilled

Mercenary Marksman
65	65	75	10	15	135	70	125	9	20	300
Bullseye Crippling Strikes Crossbow Mastery Executioner Fast Adaptation			Bow Mastery Quick Hands Dagger Mastery Overwhelm Nimble				Rotation Footwork Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a hunting bow (33% chance), crossbow (33% chance) or war bow (33% chance) and a dagger, scramasax, hatchet or bludgeon Has light to medium armor (35-130) Has light to medium headgear (20-115) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Nimble means that it is rather hard to kill them quickly with ranged weapons High accuracy means that they will seldom miss Tactics Prioritize killing those armed with war bows over other mercenary marksmen, since they are most lethal if they come armed with one Play defensively, as they are all highly skilled Try to take them out with your ranged brothers Frequently left exposed when their melee counterparts charge, leaving them vulnerable to ranged fire Flank their battle line and engage them in melee, if possible Those armed with daggers may be considered one of the most dangerous opponents

Sellswords

These elite units will sometimes fight together with Brigands and Mercenary Companies, especially in the late game. They can also be encountered in the Arena.

Hedge Knight
150	85	25	15	160	90	105	9	25	450
All WPN Masteries Devastating Strikes Crippling Strikes Executioner Fast Adaptation			Fearsome Berserk Killing Frenzy Reach Advantage Battle Forged			Resilient Recover Brawny Battle Flow Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Arming Sword, Noble Sword, Warbrand, Greatsword, Fighting Axe, Bardiche, Greataxe, Two-Handed Flail, Two-Handed Hammer or Two-Handed Flanged Mace Has a Coat of Plates (320), Coat of Scales (300), Heavy Lamellar Armor (285) or Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210) Has a Full Helm (300) or Closed Flat Top with Mail (280) Has a Kite Shield or Heater Shield if one-handed Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Devastating Strikes Devastating Strikes is a +20% dmg multiplier Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Champions have Relentless Tactics Good target for nets and disarm, especially if they have entered a Killing Frenzy Resilient makes using poisons and bleeding against them inefficient Engage with brother with best defense and use shieldwall, other men should use 2-handed reach weapons and stay safely away, the hedge knight will likely use shieldwall himself and hopefully not put out too much damage per turn Warhammers can be useful against their heavy armor Surround him and puncture him to death to save his armor, beware of puncturing a Hedge Knight that comes with a two-handed weapon, it could backfire terribly unless their morale is broken or you have a very durable brother with Taunt to keep them occupied, even so, Fast Adaptation means that they are bound to hit you sooner or later

Swordmaster
70	100	80	15	115	90	115	9	20	450
Sword Mastery Duelist Crippling Strikes Executioner Fast Adaptation			Berserk Anticipation Dodge Underdog Nimble			Steel Brow Footwork Recover Battle Flow Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has an Arming Sword, Shamshir or Noble Sword Has a Footman's Armor (190), Light Scale Armor (170), Mail Hauberk (150), Leather Scale Armor (140), Mail Shirt (130) or Basic Mail Shirt (115) Has a Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Nasal Helmet (105), Mail Coif (80), Feathered Hat (30), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (10% chance) Never has a shield Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Can become a Champion (2% Chance) Tactics Durable due to having Nimble, and is capable of doing a lot of damage due to having Duelist and Double Grip Crippling strikes and executioner go particularly well with sword duelists, so his strikes will quickly become empowered if he lands an injury Good target for nets Shoot him when he has closed in and try to get a clear shot (An average L11 brother starting with decent ranged skill, armed with a crossbow, will only have a 45% chance at 6 tiles away [(40 (initial) + 30 (10 level ups in ranged skill) + 20 (crossbow) - 15 (distance) - 15 (base ranged defense) - 15 (anticipation)] Use Goblin Poison to debilitate them and Poisoned Oil to help you kill them faster Cleavers work great provided you can land hits, as do three headed flails once armor is stripped Engage with brother with best defense and use shieldwall, be aware that he will be able to use Footwork to ignore zones of control and strike at your more vulnerable brothers Do not melee him when riposte is active Close distance Ranged combat with Night Owl Elixir at Nighttime will give additional upperhand vs rooted Swordmaster, despite his high Dodge and Anticipation

Master Archer
80	65	85	15	25	135	70	140	9	20	450
Bullseye Crippling Strikes Executioner Bow Mastery Fast Adaptation			Head Hunter Quick Hands Anticipation Nimble Steel Brow			Pathfinder Rotation Footwork Recover Battle Flow Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a War Bow (66% chance) or Heavy Crossbow (34% chance) and a Dagger, Scramasax or Hatchet Has light to medium body armor (35-115) Has light headgear (20-30) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Battle Flow Battle Flow lowers accumulated by 15% on kill Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Deals 25% more Champions have Relentless Tactics Use dogs to distract them Try to engage in melee as fast as possible Try to shoot them with your archers

Event Spawned Humans

Disguised Bandit
75	65	55	10	10	125	55	115	9	20	250
All WPN Masteries Bullseye Executioner			Rotation Recover			Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Billhook, Pike, Warbrand, Woodcutter's Axe, Handaxe, Flail, Morning Star, Boar Spear, Arming Sword, Falchion or Shortsword Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes or Bundle of Javelins (33% chance) Has a Basic Mail Shirt (115), Worn Mail Shirt (110), Leather Lamellar Armor (95), Patched Mail Shirt (90), Padded Leather (80) or Rugged Surcoat (55) with Direwolf Pelt Mantle armor attachment Has a Nasal Helmet with Rusty Mail (140), Padded Dented Nasal Helmet (110), Nasal Helmet (105), Rusty Mail Coif (70), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (25% chance) Often has a Wooden Shield or Kite Shield (75% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has another +5 and +5 after day 40 Tactics You can only encounter them while doing a Roaming Beasts contract They will look like direwolves on the world map, but still leave human footprints behind Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet

Bounty Hunter
80	75	60	15	8	125	65	120	9	20	300
All WPN Masteries Bullseye Quick Hands Overwhelm			Nimble Dodge Rotation Footwork			Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Billhook, Pike, Spetum, Warbrand, Handaxe, Flail, Morning Star, Boar Spear, Arming Sword, Falchion, Battle Whip or Dagger Has a Bundle of Throwing Axes or Bundle of Javelins (50% chance) Has a Mail Hauberk (150), Basic Mail Shirt (115), Leather Lamellar Armor (95), Patched Mail Shirt (90), Padded Leather (80) or Rugged Surcoat (55) Has a Kettle Hat with Mail (215), Nasal Helmet with Mail (200), Nordic Helmet (125), Kettle Hat (115), Nasal Helmet (105), Reinforced Mail Coif (100), Mail Coif (80), Headscarf (20) or no helmet at all (10% chance) Has a Wooden Shield, Heater Shield, Kite Shield or Throwing Net Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has Duelist if he has a Dagger Tactics You can only encounter them during a Drive Away Bandits contract Easy to kill with a flail without a helmet Use nets to reduce their defenses Make use of the surround mechanic to increase hit-chance

Bounty Hunter Marksman
60	50	70	10	10	115	65	125	9	20	250
Bullseye Bow Mastery Crossbow Mastery			Quick Hands Rotation Footwork			Recover Brawny Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a hunting bow or crossbow and a scramasax, dagger, hatchet or bludgeon Has medium armor (35-115) Has light headgear (20-50) or no helmet at all (50% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths ? Tactics You can only encounter them during a Drive Away Bandits contract Use dogs to distract them Try to engage in melee as fast as possible Try to shoot them with your archers

Firstborn
50	40	0	0	100	40	100	9	15	150
Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a linen tunic (20) Has a feathered hat (30) or no helmet at all (75% chance) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Has 1000 bonus against mental attack resolve checks (very unlikely to be mindcontrolled) Tactics You can only encounter them during a Hunting Hexen contract where you have to protect this unit from attackers Enemies are very strongly attracted to this unit Keep him in the back, far away from any potentially Charmed brothers

Cultist
60	60	10	10	110	80	110	9	15	150
Fast Adaptation Backstabber Crippling Strikes Executioner			Dagger Mastery Overwhelm Berserk			Nimble Dodge Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a reinforced wooden flail, scramasax or dagger Has a cultist leather robe (88) or monk robe (20) Has a cultist leather hood (60) or cultist hood (30) Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths Rare, but encountered in large numbers Nimble makes them harder to take down that the statline would imply Overwhelm has great synergy with dagger mastery Tactics You can encounter them in the Religious Peasants and Come Across Ritual event

Oathbringer
125	80	20	5	145	130	135	9	25	375
All WPN Masteries Brawny Relentless Pathfinder			Fast Adaptation Shield Expert Battle Forged Lone Wolf			Steel Brow Resilient Reach Advantage Recover Hand-to-Hand Attack
Equipment Has a Noble Sword, Warhammer, Winged Mace, Fighting Axe, Greatsword, Greataxe, Two-Handed Hammer, Two-Handed Mace, Two-Handed Flail or Bardiche Has Adorned Heavy Mail Hauberk (300) Has Adorned Closed Flat Top (250), Full Helm (300) or Adorned Full Helm (300) Has 60% chance to have Heater Shield if uses one-handed weapon Skills Icon Name AP Fatigue Description Hand-to-Hand Attack 4 5 Hand-to-Hand Attack does 5-10 with 50% and 10% (has -10) Strengths If uses one-handed weapon but doesn't carry a shield, has Duelist Tactics You can only encounter Oathbringer during Oathtakers Confrontation event in Oathtakers scenario where you will fight two of them Will almost always do shieldwall if carries a shield Because of Lone Wolf perk, it is better to not let the two Oathbringers get too far from each other Use nets to make hitting them easier