[Glorantha] Re: Army of Sartar, cavalry (circa 1600)

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20>
Date: Tue Sep 12 11:00:23 2006

• Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_sierratel.com> wrote:

> You are thinking too Saxon.

And Orlanthi are not Saxon. The writeups use Saxon vocab to some extent, but they're far more Celtic than they are Saxon.

> Other "barbarians" had plenty of horsemen.
> Caesar (and later Romans) recruited Gaulish cavalry
> because it was more
> numerous, and better trained, than his Roman
> cavalry, Gothic cavalry
> decimated the Roman army at Adrianople, Germans
> formed a large part of teh
> Later Roman Empire cavalry units, etc.

Try looking at Manda Scott's Boudicca series for what it's like to be a Celtic warrior. Yes, they fought in shield walls, but all real warriors fought on horseback, too.

> > But what about cavalry? The cult of Elmal propably
> creates good horsemen,
> > and weaponthanes and nobles do ride. Am I correct
> in thinking that the
> > amount of cavalry Sartar can put together will be
> really small, in
> > comparison to the more organized army of Tarsh?

The amount of formally trained regular cavalry it can put together will be nil. Same as the amount of formally trained regular infantry :)

> Remember that all Heortling Warriors (by keyword)
> ride. So figure about a
> third to a half of the Warriors would be mounted
> (more in Elmali
> clans/tribes). The rest of the warriors would be the
> front rank of the Shieldwall.

And they'll swap as they feel like it, too. Flexibility.                                   

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