A fighter who has honed their skills through training in conjunction with a castle’s militia or combat regimen. Most are adopted as squires when they are young and brought up in the discipline by existing knights. They focus on powerful weapon strikes to defeat their opponents and are suited to both large-scale and one-to-one combat.

A fighter who specialises in one on one fights. They seek out a mentor in another duelist who trains them and teaches them their particular arts and tactics. The best duellists survive duels to pass on their techniques while the lesser duellists die by the sword. They tend to focus on precision and agility and thus prefer finer, lighter weapons, also tending towards medium or lighter armour types. 

Barbarians are warriors living in settlements decidedly removed from civilisation. Their aggressive fighting style was honed through border and territory disputes, scaring off or outright defeating their invaders through their fearsome willpower and barbarism. Their armour and weapons are considered primitive as most are made from the available materials of rocks and animal remains, and their culture follows suit as they isolate themselves, trusting only tradition and superstition. 

The very peak of a castle’s militia or regimen. These warriors are master strategists and weapon experts, with physical combat abilities that are second to none. It takes years or decades for a knight to rise through the ranks and finally become recognised as a Warlord, though only those with exceptional intellect ever reach such heights. Warlords often double as not only leaders of militia, but sometimes also advisors to a King. In rare cases, some Warlords even become Kings themselves. 

Avaricious warriors who lusted too greatly after power, begging the Patron Farkku to answer their pleas. In response to their impurity, Farkku cursed them with the power they sought in the form of a beast. As a result of their folly, they live secluded from society, their intelligence waning as their minds slowly degrade. Beastmen who repent their avarice may be returned to their original form by Farkku, but those who remain in their bestial form for longer than a decade are cursed to remain so until their demise.

Battlemages and Spellblades are two sides of the same coin. A warrior who has been formally disciplined in the arts of both physical and magical combat. Spellblades begin as knights with an exceptional ability with magic, while Battlemages are mages with exceptional skill for physical combat arts. There are a small number of exchange programmes developed between Castle Militia and Magical Conservatories to accommodate the needs of these exceptional individuals, however, the training is arduous and very few ever truly become masters of both arts.

The noblest and kindest of warriors, Templars are not made – they are born. Those without the right countenance are not suitable and will not even be considered for training. Their physical combat training is handled similarly to knights (with some exceptions), though they also complete training in hospices under the firm guidance of Priests and Healers learning both magical and medical healing techniques. Templars have an incredibly strong desire to protect and heal and thus have magical abilities to allow them to heal their allies and protect them with buffs to their stats. 

Righteous, holy warriors who fight for their comrades and the downtrodden. Often trained by a castle militia before seeking out a mentor to guide them in divine magical arts. Paladins specialise in inspiring allies and smiting evil foes. The most accomplished often venture into the wilds to vanquish evil either on their own or as part of a team and are both mentally and physically robust individuals.  

Deadly powerful warriors who have chosen the path of bones. They follow a strong creed of survival of the fittest and thus believe the dead to be mere tools at their disposal, going so far as to take the bones of those they defeat to armour themselves. Blackguards, however, are chosen and apprenticed by their master, and only the strongest and most talented survive the gruelling training to become one.   

Dragoons are born from a tribe of humanoids living in the vicinity of a dragon for a prolonged period. These beings develop conduits on their skin that absorb and emit a natural element. Subsequently, they are only able to be healed by that element and not by other means. The assimilation of dragon magic has heightened their physical senses, especially their sense of smell. Their skills are honed by their tribe and their guardian dragon and they are naturally extremely powerful and intuitive.

Hand to hand combat specialists sworn to pacifism unless in dire circumstances or if an innocent needs protecting. They are versed in blunt weapons and are trained in monasteries, living lives of seclusion and only venturing out after attaining mastery of themselves. It is a life of discipline and servitude and though many monks come to the life through their own choice, orphans may come to find themselves in the monastery’s care from birth. Some monks with magical abilities are trained by their masters in the arts of Rejuvenation magic, allowing them to increase their own and others’ physical abilities.

Disillusioned knights, warriors of fortune and self-taught prodigies all constitute the ranks of the mercenary. Whatever the methods, whatever the cost, the mercenary will survive and, where possible, complete the contract. Mercenaries are jacks of all trades and are fluent in various fighting and weapon styles. Some can even wield a small amount of magic. Most, however, share a love of coin, notoriety and freedom above all else.