Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20160827035831

Let's start with the lowest of all, the Jiaoyazi:

The Basic foot soldier. They receive a spear and a short sword. Their armor is of either paper scale or cheap bronze.

Jiaoyazishi:

Better then a basic foot soldier. They generally make use of pikes and longer swords.

Gong:

The basic archer of the empire. They have equal ranking with a jiaoyazi.

Nu:

They have equal ranking with a Jiaoyazi. They are the cross bowers given a crossbow, a short sword, and paper scale.

Quantou:

The medium infantry. They are given large katana like blades and good armor of iron plate and reinforced leather/paper.

Quantouishi:

Heavy infantry. Given large katanas and axes they are the shock infantry of the empire.

Ma:

Light cavalry made out of peasant riders. Equipped with a heavy lance and a katana.

Maishi:

Heavy cavalry made out of elven nobles. They are equipped with heavy lances and katanas. Some do use bows on horse back.

Guan:

The basic officer. Equipped much the same of a Quantou but with a dragon atop their helm.

Guanishi:

The equivalent of a colonel. Generally they are considered as a state samurai.

Fu jiashi:

The basic commander. They are in charge of a detachment of soldiers and are armed with good samurai armor. 