Household Knights - Conquest

Pack of 3 plastic miniatures and 1 "iCard" card for the miniatures game "Conquest: The last conflict of the kings".

- I have more gold than I can count. I have thousands of Men-at-Arms, I have crossbowmen, I have a militia and, above all, I have allies in the Conclave. What do you have, fool, that you dare to claim my land?
- I have gentlemen. Your allies in the Conclave can give you an opulent funeral with your gold, when they have finished with you.

The time, effort and gold required to train a gentleman is amazing. The training begins at the age of seven, when the young applicant is trained as a page. Around the age of fourteen, weapons and riding training intensifies and the squire is expected to follow his master into battle if necessary. At the age of twenty-one, a potential candidate is expected to impress his teacher enough to get his recommendation.

After the radical reforms of Charles Armatellum at the beginning of his conquests, the appointment ceremony can only be performed by an imperial nobleman of at least the rank of Margrave or Count Palatine. The anointing, on the other hand, can only take place after a battle in which the possible knight has bled his sword. These mandates were established to ensure that only men of true skill obtained the rank of knight. Even now, that the Empire is dissolved, those mandates are well preserved traditions and those who ignore them are ridiculed. In fact, a recurring article presented in the Imperial Conclaves is the appointment of the Palatine Counts, to replace those who may have fallen in battle or died of old age.

As a result of these efforts, the Household Knight endures as a pillar of the social structure of the Hundred Kingdoms. While land and currency have gained enormous importance in determining the power of noble houses, allowing them to secure the services of mercenaries and soldiers, they cannot match the supremacy and prestige on the battlefield offered by the Household Knights.

The charge of the Household Knights is one of the most powerful weapons available to a commander of the Hundred Kingdoms. Hundreds of kilos of metal and muscle, forged through years of training and experience, have shattered men, formations and kingdoms over the centuries.