Man-At-Arms

Required: (Mantle ••)

The title “Man-At-Arms” isn’t particularly inventive, but the Summer Court doesn’t always go in for flashy names when something simple tells the story. Still, these soldiers and knights of the Court sometimes refer to themselves as the “Crimson Knights” or “Crimson Brotherhood.” The Men-At-Arms of the Summer Court are better trained and better equipped than their Grunt brothers and sisters. They do not have to supply their own equipment (mundane stuff, at least), and are not first on the line in a fight. They’re the ones that hold back. It’s not a Knight’s job to pick off the lesser soldiers; they’re the ones who go in against enemies with skill, foes with better weapons and bad tricks. The Grunts go in and soften up the adversary. Then the Knights wade into the fray, gritting their teeth and stepping over the (hopefully not lifeless) bodies of their fallen comrades.

The Man-At-Arms is