Re: We Need Serpent Cult
Awesome. Searching for the Varangian Guard found the names of some more infantry units:
Kontarion: These guys get the heaviest armor and are deployed in the first line. They are equipped with Long Spears and tower shields.
Skutatoi: These guys go behind the Kontarion. They are equipped with Broadswords and Tower Shields.
Peltastoi: Essentially unarmored and equipped with Javelins, these guys can use the Peltast picture because it's exactly the same concept. And I'm sure it will be just as underwhelming in Pythium hands.
Toxotai: Armored Archers, who have Composite Bows, Hatchets, and Chain Mail.
Psiloi: Just like the Toxotai, but with just a simple padded shirt rather than chain armor.
Varangian Guard: Ulmish barbarians armed with axes. They are outsiders and above Pythium politics, so they are loyal to whomever happens to be in charge of the Empire. They are armored in the style of the Kontarion, but wield large axes.
OK, those six, plus the Alae Serpentis, the Serpentis Sagitarius, the Pronoiar, and the Serpent Dancer make for a full army of recruitables - spiced up nicely with the Sacred Hydra Hatchling, Hydra, and Serpent Cataphract available only in the Capitol. That's 13 units available in the capitol.
For the commanders, we've got:
Serpent Acolyte
Serpent Priest
Serpent Lord
High Serpent Priest (all self explanatory)
Akolouthos: Literally means an Acolyte, this is Varangian Guard inducted into the Serpent Cult and Sacred. He leads a lot of troops.
Tribunus: A mounted Comander with a big command rating. Naturally, he rides a Serpent.
Comitus: A minor comander, he wears the same kind of heavy armor that the Kontarion do, and he ahs a command of 40.
Assassin: You didn't think that Pythium had less intrigue now that it's run by a shadowy Serpent Cult, did you?
-Frank
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