Armies of Rel Astra

The independent city of Rel Astra is coveted both by the High Censor of Medegia as well as the Overking himself. Through shrewd playing off of the one against the other, however, the city has avoided direct control by either, even though it is firmly a vassal state of the Overking.

Rel Astra’s army is relatively small, and mostly drawn from the countryside surrounding the city. Humanoid contingents supplement these forces, and doing so keeps the farmland upon which the city relies mostly free of raids by these scum.

As of CY 578, nearly half of Rel Astra’s army is currently deployed along the border of the Grandwood, joining the Medegian forces hoping to meet up with the Overking’s army to punish the woodsmen, while the bulk of the Censor’s army presses Sunndi to the south. The remainder patrols the countryside and is barracked within the walls of the city itself. The full strength of the army is as follows:

• 1,500 light infantry with javelins

• 3,500 medium infantry with various pole arms, wearing chainmail

• 750 hobgoblin heavy infantry with pole arms

• 1,250 orc medium infantry with spears

• 500 goblin light infantry with spears