Mance Rayder is potentially a very important character. Some have dabbled with the Idea that Thormund is Gregor Hightower, Mance is Ser Arthur Dayne and the Guide who took John into the North was the third of the Kingsguard that were at the Tower of Joy. (can't remember, Ser Oswald Whent?? maybe.) Anyway, if they had all known of John's heritage, a lot of the moves they made make perfect sense. Not to forget the song that Mance was playing when John entered the Tent... The Dornishman's Wife.
A 'man at arms' has changed throughout the centuries. In some periods, a 'man at arms' could legit refer to your entire army. In some it was anyone that stayed armed in your service, including basic levy guards and the like. And for other it was the professional soldiers. Or, sometimes, a blend - like a peasant whose family has served a House for a long time and thus has decent equipment and is somewhat more trusted. Bretonnia takes the 'levied men given weapons' thing. You had basic levies that used whatever crap they could get and survivors that stole, bought and otherwise garnered better that would be your core Man at Arms. But on the whole, Brettonian Man at Arms are just... Peasants handed basic gear and taught how to basically hold a line. Or fire a bow. Unless you get into specific regions or characters, like Repanse for example, that had some differences
Literally every time someone says "men at arms" my brain goes "MEN AT AHHHHRMS" like the Bretonnian ones do 😂 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of bretonnia when man at arms is mentioned!
Damn! For "Pirates", those guys were true Vikings! Masters of War and no pushovers, they took out your entire infantry division! 😨 Good for future reference: *careful when engaging Iron Island pirates.*
so you asked about men-at-arms and what they were, here is what wikipedia says: A man-at-arms could be a knight, or other nobleman, a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain. Such men could serve for pay or through a feudal obligation. The terms knight and man-at-arms are often used interchangeably, but while all knights equipped for war were men-at-arms, not all men-at-arms were knights.
Men st arms..... while not the best troops..... They were usually well rounded. A knight would focus lance, sword and shield Archer, throwing weapons and bows Your basic men at arms were young men, raised as levys in commonly peace time, and set on bandits and wild animals So they were hardened by their task, using sword, bow, shield, and many other forms of combat, and recieved the basic training much like a squire but in vast groups under a decorated aging knight or wounded knight or lord Fiercely loyal and usually never by themselves And often you would pick from them to fill other positions, it would be your scouting pool for the medieval help wanted ads.....
Men-at-arms were a classification of professional soldiers. Basically, every nobleman was a men-at-arms, and some rich middle class or free men were also men-at-arms. Pretty sure your MTW2 example was talking about the sergeants. Pretty sure Men-At-Arms were the equivalent of Chivalric Knights for the Italian factions
"If I lose now I'm gonna cry-" *spear enters chest*
Look, I can't help call out my own deaths alright xD
Mance Rayder is potentially a very important character. Some have dabbled with the Idea that Thormund is Gregor Hightower, Mance is Ser Arthur Dayne and the Guide who took John into the North was the third of the Kingsguard that were at the Tower of Joy. (can't remember, Ser Oswald Whent?? maybe.) Anyway, if they had all known of John's heritage, a lot of the moves they made make perfect sense. Not to forget the song that Mance was playing when John entered the Tent... The Dornishman's Wife.
Those pirates were brutal 😮💨
A 'man at arms' has changed throughout the centuries.
In some periods, a 'man at arms' could legit refer to your entire army. In some it was anyone that stayed armed in your service, including basic levy guards and the like. And for other it was the professional soldiers. Or, sometimes, a blend - like a peasant whose family has served a House for a long time and thus has decent equipment and is somewhat more trusted.
Bretonnia takes the 'levied men given weapons' thing. You had basic levies that used whatever crap they could get and survivors that stole, bought and otherwise garnered better that would be your core Man at Arms. But on the whole, Brettonian Man at Arms are just... Peasants handed basic gear and taught how to basically hold a line. Or fire a bow.
Unless you get into specific regions or characters, like Repanse for example, that had some differences
I love how he wins a bunch of iron born tournaments but basically won no westerland tournaments
the timing on the tournament couldn’t have been better 😂
Literally every time someone says "men at arms" my brain goes "MEN AT AHHHHRMS" like the Bretonnian ones do 😂 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of bretonnia when man at arms is mentioned!
Exactly! Got to love some Warhammer xD
Damn! For "Pirates", those guys were true Vikings! Masters of War and no pushovers, they took out your entire infantry division! 😨
Good for future reference: *careful when engaging Iron Island pirates.*
so you asked about men-at-arms and what they were,
here is what wikipedia says:
A man-at-arms could be a knight, or other nobleman, a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain. Such men could serve for pay or through a feudal obligation. The terms knight and man-at-arms are often used interchangeably, but while all knights equipped for war were men-at-arms, not all men-at-arms were knights.
Men st arms..... while not the best troops.....
They were usually well rounded.
A knight would focus lance, sword and shield
Archer, throwing weapons and bows
Your basic men at arms were young men, raised as levys in commonly peace time, and set on bandits and wild animals
So they were hardened by their task, using sword, bow, shield, and many other forms of combat, and recieved the basic training much like a squire but in vast groups under a decorated aging knight or wounded knight or lord
Fiercely loyal and usually never by themselves
And often you would pick from them to fill other positions, it would be your scouting pool for the medieval help wanted ads.....
They are usually the backbone of most kingdoms........ with levies being mainly cannon fodder and a meat 🛡
If you get Margery's dress you could always keep it for a female follower. I wonder if iit can be set for Civilian wear?
Archery is a HUGE thing for the Ironborn lmao.
Shame they suck xD
Great videos
Men-at-arms were a classification of professional soldiers. Basically, every nobleman was a men-at-arms, and some rich middle class or free men were also men-at-arms. Pretty sure your MTW2 example was talking about the sergeants. Pretty sure Men-At-Arms were the equivalent of Chivalric Knights for the Italian factions
Another good one, waiting for the next :)
I swear to god man, spears just straight up suck. Why would you keep using it over and over and over again.... ffs