Mercenary Celtic Horsemen

Most armies of the early Middle Ages relied heavily on foot soldiers. This was due to the large number of low-status soldiers with little equipment of their own – certainly not horses – and little real training to speak of. In fact, cavalry-heavy forces were not generally part of the military fashion of the time until the development of the stirrup and the peaked saddle made them more attractive to the western powers. The stirrup increased the endurance, manoeuvrability and speed of the horse and reduced its rider's fatigue as the animal was easier to control; this, along with advances in armour technology, meant cavalry – now as heavy as the eastern cataphracts of antiquity - once again became a fixture on the battlefield.

Unit Name Mercenary Celtic Horsemen

Main Unit Key cha_merc_cel_horsemen

Land Unit Key cha_merc_cel_horsemen

Naval Unit Key cha_longship_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 300

Upkeep Cost 180

Melee Attack 35

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 20

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 42

Melee Defence 29

├ Base Defence 4

├ Shield cha_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 6

├ Armour cha_cloth

├ Armour Defence 6

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 150

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 100

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount cha_ger_horse_spear_shield_m

├ Mount Entity cha_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 50

Morale 34

Abilities

• Wedge
  The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	cha_merc_welsh_land	Wales	Caerwent Degannwy Mathrafal	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_irish_land	Munster	Cashel Cork Dublin	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_irish_land	Ulster	Cruachan Downpatrick Grinan of Ailech	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_pict_land	Pictland	Dumbarton Rhynie Scone	1	0.025	1	1