Charlington Guild-at-Arms

The Charlington Guild-at-Arms, also known as the Charlington Regiment, is a renowned and elite band of professional soldiers situated in the city of Charlington vowing loyalty to the Guild Master and the city in general. The guild accepts experienced and skilled fighters across Tellus.
All members of the guild serve one year as adepts. The adepts are trained by a small unit known as the Masters-at-Arms who train adepts and work as a small elite city guard unit in Charlington. After a year the adepts are promoted to the rank of Man-at-Arms and are allowed to go into "Guild Reserve", meaning that they would be called to active service in case the guild was mobilized by the Royal Army. Some choose to remain in the ranks and after showing their skill to the Masters, becomes a Master-at-Arms himself. The rank of Guild Master is voted upon when the previous Guild Master reaches the age of 55 or becomes incapable of fighting or dies.
== History ==
The Guild was established a few centuries B.K during the reign of the Kingdom of Edelmaa. The guild fought as one of the primary elite units of the Kingdom during its wars most notably against the Worvians during the Unification Wars. The guild however was spared by the new Worvian King Levi, and it continued its operation now under a new liege.
Throughout the Edelmaa Great War the guild changed sides twice. Initially the guild supported the patrilineally Waldisian family of the Perickards. Following the Marquesses's peace the guild was one of the only military formation of the Pericardists that joined the Royalists at the Battle of Ravaged manor field. After which the Guild continued to fight under the Royalist banner. With the coronation of Jiri as the third King of Workhold, the Guild had a new liege to follow.
=== Reign of Jiri ===
The guild served loyally under Jiri during many wars fought by the King, including the Hopfisch Rebellion, when under the leadership of Titus Gaul the guild worked as the backbone of Jiri's army. The guild was once again mobilized to fight four decades later in the larger Borian War, where the guild initially was destroyed by the Borian Army and reformed under the Borians. However this guild was not recognized by the original members, forcing Titus Gaul to return and revive the original Guild-at-Arms. After Jiri landed back in Edelmaa, Titus Gaul brought his guild back to the King's service. Gaul was soon succeeded by an up-and-coming warrior of the guild Solomon Tyrus to whom Gaul relinquished command taking an advisory role instead.
The Guild was mobilized yet again to fight in the Fortudatum Crusade against the Hordes of the Vangad-Shei. This Crusade saw the beginning of the Silver Rebellion and the splitting of the Guild, as Titus Gaul who had pledged loyalty to the rebellious Grisweld Mittelhoss betrayed his new Guild Master Solomon Tyrus during the Massacre of Entei.
== Famous members ==
* Solomon Tyrus
* Titus Gaul
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