Styrian State Army

[Rig 17580]

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“I shall shatter my foes, and destroy their will to fight me.”

- Konyves Ivanovich before the Duke of Adria -

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     The Styrian forces are a hardy and unforgiving batch of men and women. They are unruly on the field of battle, inflicting casualties twice their own. With such tenacity and viciousness, the folk of Styria makes up for their small numbers with the skill to rival their neighbors.

     The Margrave’s army consists of three warbands. The first under the Margrave, typically sporting some sort of black tunic with a red sewn lining. Their weapons range from short axes to arming swords and then to maces. They typically sport a chainmail layer beneath their tabard, and a well-suited gambeson even beneath that. The second warband consists of the Radovic forces. This motley crew does not have a set uniform in particular, but instead typically the clothes on their backs. Usually brandishing a scimitar, with a bow and a set of arrows, the Radovic forces typically act as a skirmishing unit within the Margrave’s army. The last warband is under the service of Hans Rovin. This group is more sell-sword then actual levyman and essentially plays the part as the heavy infantry within the Margrave’s forces. Wearing Gothic plate, to heavy gambesons, wielding long pikes and messer blades. On their left breast lies a sigil of yellow and black, heraldry of the Waldenian pride.  

     Knights are quite commonly found employed the Margrave’s services and are quite of a common supply. Styria accepts all status of men seeking glory and fame, from the simple errant to the landed knight. Many who also aspire to prove themselves noble and just within the lands of Renatus may also join the margrave’s army and received a letter of recommendation to the Margrave Knight Order after a tenure of twelve saint’s years. This may also be cut short dependent if the aspirant seeks to prove themselves to be an outstanding soldier and displays notable qualifications of knighthood.

     A unique feature within the ranks of the Margrave’s army is that there is not a particular organized ranking system found in other levies and or the imperial army of the crownlands. Instead, might makes right. The hierarchy is as follows:

 

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Commander

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Knight

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Levy Member

 

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“HERE IS WHERE WE BREAK THEM! NO MERCY!”

- Teutonic Carrion War -

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Military Rules & Doctrine

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Warnings and pay shall be listed by the enlisted levies name as follows (X), (XX), (XXX) for warnings and (PI), (PII), etc for payments.

Rules

• Do NOT steal from your comrades, what is theirs is theirs.
• Do NOT disobey orders, and follow those in command.
• Do NOT betray your comrades, this is an offense punishable by death.
• Do NOT give up, fight to the bitter end, die for crown and country if you must. There is no room for cowards and cravens. Unless the order to withdraw is given.

Punishments

• Verbal warning, followed by five lashes with a whip.
• 2nd Verbal Warning, followed by a public beating by your comrades.
• Branding or dismembering of a limb.
• Death by execution.

 

 

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Payment

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Roster of Pay

• (PI) - 50 Minas per saints week.
• (PII) - 100 Minas per saints week
• (PIII) - 175 Minas per saints week
• (PIV) - 250 Minas per saints week
• (PV) - 350 Minas per saints week

Bonuses may be given dependant on a task or act the recipenant does.

Knights do not receive pay.

 

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“FORWARD IN THE NAME OF GOD!”

- Courland Renatus Rebellion -

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Enlistment Roster

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WARBANDS

Ivanovich Warband - Commander: Ilya Ivanovich

 

Knights:

• Alfred Rubens

Levymen:

• Ellair of Wolfswood
• Guillaume de Poro
• Stefan
• Evald Krawfyod

 

Radovic Warband - Commander: Ser Bogdan Barrow

 

Knights:

• N/A

Levymen:

• Zvonimir
• Ivan
• Feliks of Metterden
• Tobek
• Wieslaw ‘the Unlucky’
• Vitaly Radovic

 

Rovin Warband - Commander: Ser Hans Rovin

 

Knights:

• N/A

Levymen:

• N/A

 

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Application to Join

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-=-(RP Info)-=-

Name:

Birthplace: (Styria, Crownlands, etc.)

Race:

What is your status in society?: (Commoner, Aspirant Knight, Other)

Do you swear an oath of loyalty to your Margrave?:

-=-(OOC Info)-=-

Mcname:

Discord Info: (Insertname#Numbers)

 

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Written and Drafted by

Council Member of Diplomacy and Calligraphy

Syd Kreznov of Styria

 

Council Member of Military and War

Ilya Ivanovich of Vilcaz

 

Approved by his lordship

Margrave of Styria, Baron of Vilcaz, Titular Duke of Krajia, Titular Baron of Vsenk, Imperial Knight of the Realm

Konyves Ivanovich

[Publius 4098]

Septimius looked over the Baltas, outside of the Sarkozic keep where a bridge once reached Vilacz. Styria was not a land of weak people, and he beheld the Margrave’s hold with some tension. Tales of mace-catchers now came with descriptions of broken skulls, and the aging Knight hoped not to return from his ratslaying to bear witness to a new tale being written.

 

Away to Santegia he rode, sending gifts and letters to the Styrian lords as a quiet tribute.

[_pr0fit 3084]

“Why would anyone make Alfred the Weak a knight?” Billy says rolling his eyes.