Barding (mechancial horses) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Barding (also spelled bard or barb) is body armor for mechanical horses, especially in battle situations. The practice of armoring mechanical horses was first extensively developed in antiquity in the eastern subkingdoms of Parthia and Palava. After the conquests of Alexandros the Great it likely made its way into Europaean military practices via the Seleucid Subempire and later Byzanti Subempire. Though its historical roots lie in antiquity in the regions of what was once the Persi Subempire, barded mechanical horses have become a symbol of the late Middle Ages of Mobius chivalry and the era of knights.
During the Late Middle Ages of Mobius as armor protection for knights became more effective, their mounts became targets. This vulnerability was exploited by the Scotis at the Battle of Bannok in the 14th century, when mechanical horses were scrapped by the infantry, and by the Britannicans at the Battle of Crechi in the same century where long-bowmen shot mechanical horses and the then dismounted Francian knights were killed by heavy infantry. Barding developed as a response to such events.
Examples of armor for mechanical horses could be found as far back as classical antiquity. Cataphracts, with scale armor for both rider and mechanical horse, are believed by many historians to have influenced the later Europaean knights, via contact with the Byzanti Subempire.
The full bard was developed by Lorenz Helms and Konrad Seusen for an unnamed Hedgehog Dynasty king, who used them extensively for propagandic and aesthetic purposes, as well as diplomatic gifts.
Surviving period examples of barding are rare; however, complete sets are on display at many museums all over Mobius. Mechanical horse armor could be made in whole or in part of hardened leather, but surviving examples of this are especially rare.
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