Weaponmaster

The House Weaponmaster is theoretically the most skilled fighter (either fighter or hunter) in the House but some Houses fill this position with a Priestess, bandit, Assassin, bounty hunter, or even thief instead. The House Weaponmaster is usually supposed to oversee the training of the House's troops, including weapons, tactics, formations, coordinating missiles, melee, and magic, and so on. The Weaponmaster is the one that develops the House's tactics and strategies for defense, organizes the House's forces according to the Matron Mother's desires (including what weapons will be used--most matron mothers don't worry about such details, however, instead leaving this purely to the discretion of the Weaponmaster), and coordinates with the priestesses and Head House Wizard on coordinating martial might and magic use.
The Weaponmaster also has the unpleasant duty of seeing to the organization, training, and arming of the House's slave troops. Weaponmasters of successful Houses tend to oversee this carefully while more than one House whose Weaponmaster has ignored the training of its slave forces in formations and tactics has fallen in very near contests, the ineffectiveness of the slave troops being the telling blow to their defenses. House Weaponmasters also have the duty of testing the House's young Nobles for martial aptitude (just as the Head House Wizard tests for magical aptitude) and beginning their training before they are sent to the Academy. Possibly the most dangerous and onerous duty a House Weaponmaster has is to personally see to it that the House Nobles continue to be trained in weapons use. Continuing a Matron Mother's training in the martial arts is extremely hazardous!

Source of Authority

Matron Mother

Current Holders

• Chesfaere Xiltiiryn
• Zszzt Yauntyrr

Reports directly to

Matron Mother

Related Organizations

• House Yauntyrr
• House Xiltiiryn