Armies

This Background gives some players the chance to gain control of military like forces. This could include a Noble House's armies, street gangs, gangs of thrill seeking youths, body guards, mercenaries, rebels, so on and so forth... Etc. Now, the way this chart works is that the number of troops are those that can be mustered quickly, without question, by the character who has the background. By putting out a call to the lands beneath them, they can roughly double this number, but they have to be mobilized from the bottom up. For Example, the duc has 2 thousand at his ready command at a given time. This duc can further call on the forces of the marches under his control, each of which can contribute another 500 immediately, but then have to call on their comtes for the remainder, and down the line. This gives the duchies roughly 4-6 thousand troops each, if they muster everything. Only 1/5 to 1/4 of these would represent traditional chevaliers (heavy cavalry). Now, this can be used to represent nontraditional forces (street gangs, highwaymen, etc.), but any such use that goes over a 1 rating you will want to discuss with staff.

Naval accompaniments are separate from these numbers, which only reflect land troops.

* Baronnié: 30 to 45 troops.

** Viscomte: 125 to 185 troops.

*** Comte/Marche: 500 to 750 troops.

**** Duchy: Due to size and expanse a Duchy has roughly 2 to 3 thousand troops.

***** Nation: The Royal Army numbers roughly 30,000 soldiers.