Name: Queen Elysana
Nickname: Wolf Queen
Race: Breton
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Birthsign: The Lord
General Appearance: Tall and slender, she is a fine example of "noble beauty" with long, flowing, dirty blonde hair perfectly framing her face and emerald green eyes that seem to sparkle in any light. Her skin is smooth and creamy white, with a mouth of perfect white teeth and thin but red lips.
She stands tall at 6 feet, but her slender body weighs no more than 130 pounds. Even though she nears 50, her beauty is maintained, though she has lately begun to show signs of aging.
Scars/Tattoo's/Misc: None
Personality: Depending on who she is dealing with, she can be a kind and gentle woman, with a kind demeanor but when she needs to be, she is ruthless and a hard debater, never backing down. She cares for her people and Queendom and she also trusts few people, especially her own children who she knows would put a knife in her back if they had the chance to take her throne.
Class: Queen
Class Description: Basically the outright leader of a land area, she must be sharp minded and poison-tongued to ensure her peoples well being as well as her own.
Major Skills: Speechcraft, Politics, Geography, Debating, Mathematics.
Faction: Queendom of Wayrest
Rank: Queen
Troop Size: See Army Sheet
Location of Residence: Castle Wayrest
Armor: None. Dozens of lavish dresses of fine silks.
Weapon(s): None
Misc. Items: Many rings, earring, necklaces, lockets, ect.
Bio: Born to nobility, as the daughter of the King and Queen Eadwyre and Carolyna respectively, she and her step brother Helseth were heirs to the throne of Wayrest.
When her parents died, she was in a direct power struggle for teh throne of Wayrest with Helseth, and finally takes the throne, banishing Helseth from Wayrest. As she saught to exoand Wayrests power, the event known as the Dragon Break occurred and she found herself being assaulted from all sides, though she eventually came out the better with Wayrest the only one of three powers in High Rock.
As she helped weather the Daedric Crisis, her power and influence grew further, though Orsinium and Daggerfall still refused to make a joint Kingdom, preferring to remain independent to the Queen.
As the new Emperor was crowned, things began to unravel in High Rock as the Queendom she had once held so firmly began to wither as the smaller kingdoms began to break off. Though she was furious, and wanted to make an example of them, her greatest foes, Daggerfall and Orsinium threatened to attack her back if she sent her armies on a campaign. By the 4th year, High Rock had become three kingdoms, with Wayrest weakened considerably by the desertion of many vassal states and her inability to bring them back under her control as she seeks new means to reagin control in the shattered province.
Secondary Characters:
General Ferarilie Northwode (Breton Male, 29 Years Old): An average sized (5'9",185 pounds), broad shouldered man with pale and basically unblemished skin. A handsome man by most accounts, his eyes are almond shaped and deep brown, and has prominent dimples as well as a perfect smile.
As he nears 30 years old, his is in co-leadership of the armies of Wayrest and is well known for being seen coming out of the Queen's bedroom in the morning. He is cocky and arrogant, and constantly displays his skill at horseback riding, swordsmanship and archery for all to see.
Though he is in co-leadership, he is the sole Cavalry commander, given the position by Elysana herself but not without merit if one see's his riding skills.
General Faric Yeomcroft (Breton Male, 48 Years Old): A tall and slender man (6'1", 170 pounds), he is well tanned, looking more like a Ra'Gada than a Breton, the rumor is still going around about his Redguard heritage, though it is not true. His face has a few scars and is wrinkled, with exotic eyes, which look more like a Ra'Gada than a Breton, and are light brown and calculating.
He is a somber and quiet man when not in battle, and retains a calm demeanor throughout any encounter, which is rather disarming when he and his counter-part (Ferarilie) argue. He is the other co-leader of Wayrests army, and the Grandmaster of the Order of the Rose, the Knights being the only group of cavalry not under Ferarilie's command, he is also the siege engineer and Infantry commander.
His relationship with Elysana is tense at best, and though they never outright argue, if you listen to them speak, subtle insults and sarcasm are thrown and many subjects of the Court whisper about a past sixual relationship, though none know if it is indeed true....
Timothy Ashcroft (Breton Male, 56 Years Old): A tall, pale and incredibly skinny man (6'2", 150 pounds), he is the spitting image of what a mage should be. He is also very eccentric and giddym showing more energy as a 56 year old than most 30 year old might show. His face is heavily wrinkled and his nose is long and bulbous, with wide green eyes set above it.
He seems to have a wide variety of colorful and flamboyant robes, ranging from deep blues to bright pinks to light shades of purple, and his hair is thin, white and messy.
He leads the Order of the Purple Flame, a mages university type group that also supplies war mages and battlemages to Elysana during times of war. Timothy himself is a proficient war mage and when he was younger he was a battlemage, though swinging a sword is taxing to his declining health. But should you become a target for him on the battlefield, he has mastered destruction and alteration and can wreck havoc on tight blocks of enemy soldiers.
Vienne (Breton Female, Age 17): Being the Queen's only daughter, she is the only heir to the throne and everybody calls her the spitting image of Elysana, with long golden hair, shining emerald eyes and a "perfect" slender body.
However, her mannerisms and mind are exactly like her mother; cunning and treacherous, she knows her mother doesn't trust her and she has many plans swirling around her mind. She is snotty but understanding as well and has "roughed it" a few times in the slums in Wayrest just to put her mother to shame in front of her Court and is surprisingly efficient with a small, modified crossbow that is fired with one hand (almost like a pistol) that she can hide on a holster strapped to her thigh.
This makes her like her mother, but it is also what separates them from being totally alike.
Troops:
Army of Wayrest (12,700):
Phalanx Pikemen (4,500): Forming the bulk of Wayrests infantry, they operate in the phalanx for maximum effectiveness. They favor the longer sarissa over the standard pike, as it is 21 feet long, with metal tips on both the front and on the back (for digging into the ground for support). This means that their sheilds are smaller and must be strapped to their forearms so they can hold their long weapons with both hands to thrust more accurately. They also have short swords as secondary weapons.
They wear iron lamellar cuirasses (quality varies according to social status), and short leather geaves and pauldrons, along with leather boots, giving the bulk of their protection on top. They also wear close-faced conical hemlets that wrap nearly wrap around the entire their own cuirasses (weapons are provided, as are helmets, boots, greaves and pauldrons)
They are divided up into 50 battalions of 140 soldiers, which includes one standard bearer (with the symbol of Wayrest and the battalion number) on it) in the back right, one battalion caption on the front right, one trumpeteer on the back left and then the rest of the men.
They are highly trained, so that if a man slips or dies or for whatever reason is unable to hold his spot, they can move accordingly to fill the gaps and prevent a collapse of the entire block and are also well trained at maneuvering (for a phalanx).
Longbowmen (2,500): Regarded as the most deadly when organized archers in Tamriel, these men are trained rigourously for ranged combat. Able to rain missles on their enemies from great ranges and at about seven or eight arrows a minutes to conserve strength and reduce fatigue.
Armored in simple leather lamellar cuirasses and cloth pants and boots, they are meant to be mobile but with some protection against enemy missles. Some may carry a short blade or a dagger, but these must be provided by themselves (as with their cuirasses) so not all may have them.
Given cloth quivers of roughly thirty arrows, split in half with broad tips and bodkin tips, they must run back to the baggage train if they should run out of arrows.
They are also drawn from all sections of society, and are genrally split up into 20 battalions of 200 men, with the stabdrd bearer, captain and trumpeteer in same formation as the pikemen.
Order of the Rose (1,500): The Knightly Order of Wayrest, founded by the late King Eadwyre, the father of Elysana and are the guards of her Court as well as a elite section of cavalry in the army. Suited up in half plate armor, with plate cuirasses and mail huaberks underneath, as well as greaves, boots and pauldrons of iron and steel and full visored helmets, they are tanks but not as heavy as most knights are.
Armed with the 14 foot long xyston (lance) they can make an incredible charge into enemy formations, effective at breaking up tight packs of spearless infantry and other cavalry. They also wield deadly maces and large kite shields for protection. Being so heavy, and armed with a long lance, they are most effective when charging but vulnerable from lighter cavalry when fleeing.
Their horses are armored as well, covered in studded leather armor for moderate protection from glancing blows and to some degree, missles.
They are usually only drawn from the upper class of society, who can afford riding lessons, as well as their own armor and weapons, plus they must be well spoken and able to read and write proficiently as they act as the High guards in the Court of Wayrest.
Medium Cavalry (2,500): The non-elite cavalry of Wayrest, these men act as a more mobile group of horseman for Wayrest, able to run down quick skirmishers and routing units as well as stand up in melee fighting unsupported for a short while. They wear a variety of armors (depending on the social status of the individual soldier) but it tends ot be either iron lamellar or chain hauberks, with scale mail thrown in as well and even a half plate cuirass of iron. The rest of ther gear is basic hard leathers, and iron helmets similar to the Pikemens.
They are armed with the same 14 foot long xyston as the Knights, but instead of maces, they have basic iron short swords for their melee weapons. They also carry rounded pelte shields made of wood and reinforced with iron bands.
A solid supporting unit of cavalry, these men are drawn from any class of society as long as you can provide armor and know how to ride proficiently.
They are normally split up into 32 battalions of 100 men in each, with a standard bearer, captain and trumpeteer.
Prodromoi (1,200): Light horseman, who have mastered the art of riding and throwing javelins at their enemies. They wear no armor at all, only cloth tunics and leather boots, but they carry large pelte shields of wood for missle protection.
They carry four or five 6 foot long throwing javelins of wood with iron tips, one in the throwing hand and the other held in the shield hand. They ride quick, light horses with good stamina, and are able to charge in, unleash a hail of spears on the enemy and retreat. THeir main strength being that they cannot be caught by the enemy cavalry as they ride fast unencumbered horses, and due to their movement, it is difficult for enemy missles to target them. They also have short swords for melee as in a desperate situation, they can stand and fight until heavier support can be brought in.
They are usually separated into 20 battalions of 80 men, but unlike most battalions of men, they carry no standard and trumpeteer.
Battle Mages (200): The most elite branch of the army, and not even recognized as part of the official military! These men have mastered both magick and mundane, wielding weapon and magick together in a deadly weave. They don heavy chain hauberks and greaves, with leather boots and no helmet, allowing them mobility and protection. They mostly use war axes or hammers or maces and use medium sized round shields of iron.
They utalize the arts of destruction and alteration to destroy their enemies and protect themselves at the same time. They are used sparingly, sometimes never seeing battle at all, but when they are used they are able to turn the tide of a battle if its in a stalemate. They are separted into 4 groups of 50 men, with only a captain in each battalion and no banner or trumpeteer.
War Mages (300): Instead of heavyily armored warriors, these men stay behind the main lines and cast their area of destruction spells on enemy lines. They wear only their robes in combat but many will have magickal protection on them.
They have mastered destruction and alteration magicks and can also dabble in some illusion magick, depending on the mages experience, to create havoc and confusion of the battlefield.
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I feel no need to post army sheet unless people really really want to see it.
: Put in troop sheet due to popular demand. And edited numbers due to the fact it's simply not worth arguing with people about it.