Merchant Heavy Infantry By Imperator-Zor Watch

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This fellow is for the most part a common ceramics merchant, traveling from city to estate to town to village selling jugs, pots, cups and amphorae to whomever he can persuade to buy them. He's not a major player, but he does make three or four times what the average peasant does in a year. By the laws of his realm that means that he is required to spend some of that money on arms and armor and serve in his kings' army in times of war. His armor is a lamellar vest and arm guards with a helmet and a padded vest and head covering while he is armed with a heavy hacking sword. His family can also afford the services of veterans for training and drilling. In times of war he and his sons will form up into a regiment drawn (or at least funded by) the merchant and artisan classes who will serve as shock infantry. Such a system may not be optimal, but it is easy to set up, has low administrative costs and the merchants and artisans are glad that they are not at the mercy of capricious nobles and lords.

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