[quote=@Spoo]
I'm interested.  This is giving me some Game of Thrones sans overwhelming gloom vibes, and I am completely down for that.  A quick question, though: Despite the Order's specialty being footsoldiers, would there be a place in the hierarchy for cavalrymen?  I'm no expert on medieval warfare, so a "Foot Knight" could vary well fight on horseback and still be considered such, but I'm interested in a specialist of sorts.
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Foot Knights were trained specifically to excel in dismounted combat, acting as the most vicious and terrifying of Shock Troops or Vanguard.  You can pick up horse training as well but that would take away from weapons training, and limit your options on weapons as many of the Orders favored weapons cannot be used from the back of horse due to the Size or type of weapon. ( The iconic weapons of the Order are: The Halberd, the Great sword, The Maul, The Long Sword, and The Kite Shield.   The second most common weapons are Spears, Axes, Swords, and many forms of War Picks.    An example of a few custom weapons used are:  weaponized Gauntlets, Great Mauls, Swords-Of-War(Think swords of the Flamberge persuasion). ) 

[quote=@Hakyoku]
Couple of questions. One, what kind of weapons will be available to recruits or are they forced to learn a specific type of weapon/sword?. Also, is there a limit on how many characters can be created and will there be a certain number of recruits to a class?
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Recruits of the Sword are offered a free range of weapons, from the simple Mace, to the noble Sword-of-War, even Rapiers, daggers, bows crossbows, the far rarer Hand cannon, Lances, and more Exotic weapons like the Scimitar. just bare in mind that each weapon has its strengths and weaknesses and each one has its own difficulty.  You'll likely master the use of a Long Sword long before someone masters a Halberd or Flail. 

As for chars I'm going to have to say due to the nature of the rp the max amount of chars I can let you guys have is 2 each, class sizes will depend on that specific knight,  for instance on the first knights you all will meet is Mich, he is a Knight specialized in Mid-Combat first aid, and is considered to be a bit of a "Mother Hen" for recruits, he would likely take up to 20 recruits to a class, where as an even more dedicated knight, the son of Lord Commander Ryun, Xanatos, is a Foot Knght specialized in Exotic and unarmed combat. as he's master two types of combat and acts as the factions Quartermaster AND master smith, he would only be able to take four or Five students, and not very likely Recruits. 

And i know someones going to ask this, but, Most of the Order is Human, Humans are the most Common, and about 40% of the Entire order was recruited from criminals, prisoners, Slaves or the homeless. The guild actively works to try to improve the quality of life for all members and those less fortunate and are fabled for generosity AND ferocity. There are a healthy mix of elves in the order, Sylvann Elves primarily, (those are your standard Wood Elves- Think Legolas from LotR) however there are a few Dark Elves, and One singular High Elf (That's the Grand master himself, Raynold)   This is to say, there will be Dwarves, Elves, Humans and Half-giants)