Men At Arms - Conquest

Pack of 12 plastic miniatures and 1 "iCard" card for the miniatures game "Conquest: The last conflict of the kings".

"We are not a mercenary garbage from Geronese, boy. We don't make money from death, we don't loot the dead or steal. We are professionals. Seamstresses make clothes, blacksmiths make weapons and tools, carpenters make furniture. We are Men-at -Arms and our trade is war. "

The bulk of the Hundred Kingdoms armed forces is made up of well-equipped professional soldiers, called Men-at-Arms. In the early days of the Hundred Kingdoms, these men were called arms sergeants and were indebted to their feudal lords. They were granted plots of land in exchange for their services, more commonly as soldiers in the entourage of a lord. These privileged positions allowed them not only to obtain quality weapons and armor, but also to train in the use of the sword, a weapon hitherto limited only to the nobility. This led to the creation of an elite landowner, the nobility, whose position was higher than that enjoyed by free men, but still below that of the nobility. These were the soldiers with whom Charles Armatellum established his empire.

As time progressed and the Hundred Kingdoms prospered, this ancient feudal service was slowly abandoned. The sergeants were tied to their lands, and the growing military needs of the empire could no longer be served by men who could not travel or establish long-term garrisons, because they needed to tend their fields. The "shielding" or payment to the lord instead of military service, became a norm and professional soldiers who fought for gold to fill the void quickly emerged. The former landowner nobility tried to differentiate themselves from these newcomers and coined the term Men-at-Arms.

Freed from the need to work and protect their land, the Men-at-arms were able to concentrate exclusively on their martial activities, allowing them to undertake prolonged campaigns and travel in search of employment, ensuring that there were enough trained and available men for all commanders with the Gold needed to spend for obtaining their services. From the makeshift mercenary companies to the well-trained forces of the main noble houses, constant war eliminates the incompetent and artisans, making the Men-at-Arms the backbone of the Hundred Kingdoms war machine.