Realm of the Falcon Troops

Cavalry Troop Tree of the Realm of The Falcon

The Realm of the Falcon´s troop composition usually consists solely of cavalry units. This causes their strength to lie in their quantity and continuous cavalry charges on the opponents flanks or direct centre. Their clear weakness lies in the fighting on hilly or mountainous terrain or facing dense rows of anti cavalry units/infantry like the Hakkon Imperial Spearman. Therefore an army consisting solely of Realm of the Falcon unit tend to be rather unbalanced. Nevertheless the Realm of the Falcon units make a great addition to the players army, especially if fighting on flat terrain.

The Realm of the Falcon has a special recruitment system. There are two most reliable ways: the Falcon Academy and patrol hiring.

The Falcon Academy is found at Fountain Hall while the Realm of the Falcon holds the city. The player may sign a mercenary contract or become a vassal of the Realm of the Falcon to use the academy, which has tiered renown requirements to recruit.As the player's renown increases, they receive the option to hire more Falcon troops at a time. For instance:

• Pay 5,000 aurums for approx. 16-32 assorted Falcon troops (requires 125 renown, deploys x2 B and x1 C Falcon Party Templates into the player's party)
• Pay 10,000 aurums for approx. 26-54 assorted Falcon troops (requires 750 renown, deploys x3 B and x2 C Falcon Party Templates into the player's party)
• Pay 20,000 aurums for approx. 28-65 assorted Falcon troops (requires 1500 renown, deploys x2 B and x4 C Falcon Party Templates into the player's party)
  • When paying for 20,000 aurums, 6 of these troops are guaranteed to be Ridere Fealcan and 3 are guaranteed to be Frod Ridere Fealcan

To inform the viewer of what Party Templates B and C are:

• Template B consists of: 2-4 Aepele Fealcan, 1-2 Light Renweard, 1-2 Sceotend Fealcan, 2-3 Ridere Fealcan, 0-1 Gehorsod Helend
• Template C consists of: 1-2 Light Renweard, 1-2 Sceotend Fealcan, 1-1 Renweard, 1-1 Frod Sceotend Fealcan, 0-1 Frod Ridere Fealcan, 0-1 Gehorsod Helend

Patrol hiring is another option for recruiting Falcon units. When speaking to the Constable in any player-owned walled fief, the player may choose to hire a patrol. If the player's culture is Falcon, the patrol troops will be Falcon as well. When speaking to the leader of the patrol, the player can then direct the patrol to reinforce their party, thus obtaining a variety of Falcon units.

Of course, Falcon troops may also be recruited from prisoners or from the Mercenary Guild. The noble units are recruited the same way as any other faction.

Troops

The Realm of the Falcon consists of 4 troop trees:

Cavalry Troop Tree

• Aepele Fealcan
• Light Renweard
• Renweard
• Sceotend Fealcan
• Frod Sceotend Fealcan

Infantry Troop Tree

• Widumann
• Bearwesmann
• Frod Bearwesmann

Archer Troop Tree

• Geong Scytta Fealcan
• Scytta Fealcan
• Scytere Fealcan

Noble Troop Tree

• Ridere Fealcan
• Frod Ridere Fealcan

Tactics

The player should utilise Realm of the Falcon units in conjunction with infantry units from other factions. Falcon Units make up for great rushing forces and can counter the feared Elintor archers with ease on the field due to their flexibility and continous charges. The fact that most of their high tier units are equipped with powerful maces should also make up for an effective counter against shield units, as well as an easy way to aquire many live captives. Be sure to prevent your Falcon units from fighting on mountainous/ hilly terrain, charging through riversides and on fighting during bridge battles. These territory predominantly exist around Valahir Clan territory, Maccavia territory and Reich des Drachens territory.