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First Empress soldier designs: Anache Pathfinders
Anache Designs “What we’ll essentially be doing is using the hairy bastards’ guerilla tactics against them, but with military organization and training. Typically when the Gan tribes attack, they do so with scattered war bands of thirty to seventy, rather … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anache, ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, javelins, linen cuirass, medium armor, my novel, my writing, pathfinders, Queen Viarra, rangers, scouts, shields, skirmishers, soldiers, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Heavy Skirmishers
Heavy Skirmisher Designs “Men and women with linen cuirasses and oblong shields. Once they’ve exhausted their javelins, we redeploy them to bolster the phalanx or flank enemy formations. They don’t hold the line as solidly as regular hoplites, but they … Continue reading →
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First Empress solder designs: Crossbows
Crossbow Designs “I’m rather offended that they think we’d fall for such an obvious trap. Of course they’ve hidden archers behind that wall. They pretend to offer parlay, then shoot our delegation down before we can retreat back out of … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, crossbows, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, light armor, linen cuirass, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Barbarian Mercenary Auxiliaries
Barbarian Mercenary Designs Tall, bearded, and powerfully built, the raiders bore shields and weapons of war that morning. Spears were most common, though some carried axes, broadswords, or javelins. The younger raiders bore simple round shields, smaller than those carried … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, axes, bows, brigandine, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, leather armor, medium armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Medium Hoplites
Medium Hoplite Designs “We learned right off that our regular hoplite spears are much too long for forested combat. The eight- to ten-foot reach gives us a massive advantage against warriors in the field, but in the woods all they … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, linen cuirass, medium armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Marines
Marine Designs “Attack! We’re under attack!” one of the pirates shrieked. Sleepy-headed corsairs jerked awake, scrambling in confusion as Doric and his marines bailed off the sides of the ship and charged up the beach. Their thirty-six hoplites against the … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, javelins, linen cuirass, marines, medium armor, my novel, my writing, officers, plate armor, Queen Viarra, sailors, shields, slings, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Hoplites
Hoplite Designs It was the first time Zahnia had seen Tollesian hoplites up close—they were scary. Though not particularly tall, they were thick and muscular with plumed bronze helmets, bronze or linen torso armor, tall spears, and swords strapped to … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, breast plate, bronze armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, heavy armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, linen cuirass, my novel, my writing, officers, plate armor, Queen Viarra, shields, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Light Skirmishers
Light Skirmisher Designs Bevren discovered that he was learning a lot about the effectiveness of slings and stones in combat. As slings were cheap to make but time-consuming to master, the captain’s instructors at the officer’s academy had dismissed them … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, clubs, daggers, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hatchets, javelins, leather armor, light armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, skirmishers, slingers, slings, soldiers, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Cavalry
Cavalry Soldier Designs Cavalryman Atten spurred his horse out from the tree line at Captain Vola’s trumpeted signal. He followed his captain as they and the forty-six other heavy and medium horsemen charged toward the formation of enemy skirmishers. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, breast plate, bronze armor, cavalry, cavalry armor, cavalrywomen, character designs, daggers, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, heavy armor, my novel, my writing, plate armor, Queen Viarra, shields, short bows, soldiers, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Officers
Officer Designs “Manpower, wealth, resources, and an excellent officer staff all in the hands of one of the most brilliant monarchs who ever reigned; I think it’s best we stay on Queen Viarra’s good side.” —Emperor Orvandius, excerpted from First … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, breast plate, bronze armor, character designs, daggers, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, heavy armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, my novel, my writing, officers, plate armor, Queen Viarra, shields, short bows, swords
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