In addition to it's knights the Kingdom of Haven also made use of serf levies. In addition to raising sons to serve as knights, the various lords of the Kingdom of Haven were required to recruit and maintain a force of infantry to garrison castles, guard gates, patrol against bandits, catch thieves, handle prisoners and if the need arose go off on campaign and support the knights in battle. Many levies were conscripts, but many more were volunteers as levies could be promoted to knights and this was one of the few ways to break the bonds to the land. There was some variation from region to region in terms of equipment: a few lords raised archers, a few more raised axemen, one lord raised slingers with maces for close quarters fighting but most numerous among the peasant levies were fellows such as this guy, armed with a short spear and a round wooden shield. This fellow has a basic padded vest and a basic steel helmet, and as such was very well armored by the standard of Havenite serf levies. Most had to make do with just a helmet (steel or otherwise) with a few not even having that.Rayand-II launched the first wave of his invasion with 200 knights and 400 serf levies to establish a beachhead, which were soon followed with 300 more knights and 1,700 levies as soon as they could be transported over. This army was larger than anything the various warring kingdoms could mobilize and as such was able to take over two small countries with at best marginal resistance in a six month campaign. Forty seven peasant levies were honored with knighthoods over new fiefs in their new lands. Even so most historians agree that in battle the Haven's levies were at best an unexceptional fighting force when compared to typical Age of War infantry (leaving aside militia forces), contrasting to the effectiveness of their knights.