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I supposse I'll sign up as well...if it's not too late.

Name: Lord Tyler D'Amboise, Earl of Tyrhomas.

Biography: D’Amboise is an unhappy, self-described “cursed” man. D’Amboise hates the French and all they possess, however, D’Amboise is of French descent, his grandparents on both his mother’s and father’s sides of the family came from the Normandy region of France. D’Amboise is 25 and is the child of King John of England’s third-cousin. Once his father was killed by rogue French soldiers back in 1194, during the 3rd Crusade, D’Amboise was left with a large sum of cash that his father possessed. His older brother, Thomas D’Amboise was not given the money, due to Christoph, Tyler’s father, knowing of Tyler’s military future. D’Amboise languishes his room in his manor, studying maps of France and books of military strategy.

Weapons: Long range weaponry: English Longbow The Earl, being a noble that he is, has been trained in the use of many weapons including the English longbow.

Medium Range: Voulge

Close range: Norman Broadsword

Special: Flanged Mace

Second Special: His spit. It's not corrosive or anything, he just doesn't like you very much...or not at all.

Quirks: Can speak English and French fluently.

Is good at making inspiring speeches

Eccentric

Loves women, enjoys their company, but the mission is always more important than the wench to him.

Loves military history and strategy, devotes his free time to that.

Non-drinker, refuses to drink alcohol so he will always be alert.

Has a deep, Jeremy Irons esque voice when speaking English, and a thick French accent when speaking French.

Armor: Great Helm, riveted chainmail armor covering all parts of the body with strips of steel layerd on top of the arms and knees. Has steel spaulders, unlike the rest of his men. Uses a heater shield.

Single combat: Is a brave and highly trained fighter, having been raised to be a soldier. However, he will not simply charge right at the enemy and will only fight with either his fellow men or against a single target if he is alone. D'Amboise also will resort to dirty fighting such as sneak attacks and deception to defeat his opponent.

Attacking:

10 catapults:

Each catapult is manned by 3 unarmored men using small daggers. Each catapult also has an officer stationed there to command the fire. They wield Norman Broadswords and wear Kettle Helms with chainmail armor and steel plates covering the arms and legs.

30 ladders to be carried by foot soldiers and to be stationed on the walls.

1 siege tower to transport up to 25 men to the walls

There is to be one steel tipped battering ram manned by eight men wearing chainmail tunics with nasal helms that use Falchions.

Logistic support:

Wagons of supplies are to be sent from my homebase to re-supply my men. They are to be guarded by 210 light cavalry troops armed with lances, heater shields, and falchions. They are to wear Chainmail suits with kettle helms. There is also to be 20 mounted crossbowmen wearing domed helmets and wearing chainmail tunics and gambesons.

For attacking the enemy, the same types of soldiers are to be used in the same numbers and with the same equipment.

Soldiers:

Foot-Foot soldiers use heater shields, Norman broadswords, Flanged maces, and rondel daggers. Soldiers are to be armed with either Broadswords of Maces, and not both. Not every soldiers has a dagger with them.

Numbers: 3,000 foot soldiers

Commanders: The foot are led by captains who wear the same armor and use the same weapons as the men, each captain commands three hundred men.

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^ The foot soldiers, and myself use this as their armor, albeit, there is chainmail under the robes and kettle helmets for their head protection. I will continue to refer to this as the "English armor" 

Spearmen-Spearmen, as their name suggests, use six-foot long spears as their main weapon. They wear the same armor as the Foot soldiers.

Numbers: 990 spearmen.

Longbowmen: The Longbowmen have the distinction of having no armor (keepin' it real) and using English longbows as their main weapons, with rondel daggers at the ready.

Numbers: 2,967 archers and an officer wearing English armor and using a Norman broadsword and heater shield.

Heavy cavalry: The English heavy cavarly is superb, and wear full strong steel suits of armor. Their weapons include Maces, lances and heater shields.

Numbers: 1,000 cavalry at the ready.

Light cavalry: See logistics, there are 420 total.

Mounted crossbowmen: See logistics, there are 40 total.

Shock troops: The shock troops of D'Amboise are scottish noblemen who have sold their services to the English crown. They wear full suits of steel armor and use Claymore swords and are renowned for their audacity.

Numbers: 2, 193 Scotsmen

Commander: An Englishmen, those vile, repugnant traitors from the highlands cannot be fully trusted, they are not disloyal and have served me well...but I think they'll behave better under an English commander. The Commander uses a kite shield, a six-foot spear, wears "English armor" but wears a great helm for his headwear.

Support: Men who make the devices for siege warfare and can repair destroyed siege equipment.

Numbers: 510, their commander wears the same armor as the heavy cavalry and all men including the commander use Targe shields and use warhammers for weapons.

Crossbowmen: 1,000 crossbowmen armed with crossbows and wearing a mixture of nasal and cone helmets. Their armor consists of chainmail and gambesons.

Greek fire throwers: Men armed with jars of greek fire that pelt the enemy then flee to allow the remaining troops to "clean up" after them.

Numbers: 687 including commander. The commander uses a bill and wears a chainmail tunic with a mail coif for headgear.

200 reserve Foot soldiers

Commander: The commander is my experienced Aide-de-camp Thomas Peacock, a knight who helped me with my manor. He rides a horse armed with a steel plate head covering. His weapons are a Norman broadsword, a rondel dagger and a heater shield. His armor is the same as mine, the "English armor" with steel spaulders and a great helm.

Strategy: Raid enemy supplies and secure own (Yeah, I know you did this one also, but I will also use it)

Use dirty tactics, suprise attacks on the enemy, kill all who are inside the city.

The lower the defenses of the enemies with shields, have one line of archers fire a volley above their heads to make them raise their shields in defense. Then use the second line of archers to fire at their unprotected bodies.

Be deceptive. D'Amboise once took a French city by killing French troops and stealing their armor. He approached the French city claiming to be reinforcements who were there to help reinforce the castle and protect Princess Isabel. When he entered, he confronted the Princess and his men signaled Peacock and the rest of his army to attack the city. The castle fell in a fortenight.

Be many places at once. When attacking Castle London in Ireland (the name London was named to mock the English) D'Amboise and his lieutenant Captain Talbot (Peacock was watching over the manor). The attackers had the catapults bombard the walls to create a breach, then sent in siege towers, a battering ram and ladders, all while sending in men through the gap in the wall. While the battle was a victory, it was not won as easily as the attack on the French castle was.

Make sure your orders are clear to your subordinates, make sure the men are not confused.

Defending:

COMING SOON