Light Cavalryman: Year 260 By Imperator-Zor Watch

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The Kingdom of Haven's initial success in it's wars of expansion caused alarm in the other states, both among their leaders and common people. Their fears were vindicated in 258 when after four years of consolidating their positions, bringing in and raising additional troops King Rayand marched an army of 400 knights and 2,900 infantry further west with the intent of further conquests. This time, however, things did not as well for them as the element of surprise had been lost and now faced larger armies and more concerted efforts of resistance by battle hardened armies. The chivalry of Haven remained effective and often provided a critical edge, but despite the Havanese army lost some battles, won others with heavy losses and suffered attrition from raids.



Unlike those of the Kingdom of Haven, the rest of the refugee colonies developed cavalry their traditions mostly from the ground up. Many colonies did not even have horses for decades after establishment. The horses they generally had to make due with were mostly from smaller breeds, draft horses and ponies and were not bred with little concern for husbandry (at least until the age of war). There were a few attempts to cultivate traditions of horses. There were some attempts to cultivate knights, but more often their cavalry traditions turned to light cavalry lancers and archers. Armed with solid clawbark bows and mounted on smaller, but quick horses these cavalrymen could rain arrows down upon enemy formations in battle and generally stay out of harms way. This was useful in straight up battles, as well as raids on Havenese encampments and formations when they were on the march.



After two years of fighting losses which were incurred and the desertion of three companies of warriors raised in conquered territories eventually forced the King to withdraw his forces back and the abandonment of most of his conquests. The next six decades would see several wars between the kingdom of haven and a rough league of city states.

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