Beruvian Brotherhood of the Sword

Part of Armies of Juhnvechteya
The Beruvian Brotherhood of the Sword is a holy order of knights sworn to the Bishop of Aingz. Based out of Aingz and operating primarily within Beruvia and the Pzenmarg, it consists of 51 knights and approximately 2000 other soldiers, primarily light and heavy cavalry, with about a thousand dedicated footmen and archers. Commanded by Grandmaster Volhilm Hes-Lettman, it is the largest military force in the north of Beruvia. 
Founded during the expulsion of the Kauts from Toradzland, the Brotherhood would aid in the conflict, liberating the northern reaches of Beruvia from Kaut rule. They would build the castle at Aingbaurk as a base to protect the new conquests, which would later become the seat of the bishop of Aingz. 
In the following centuries, after the stabilization of Toradzland, their activities would mainly be reduced to patrolling the lands between the cities and towns, which were crawling with bandits, brigands, footpads and other highwaymen. This was due to the rulers of Toradzland, the Kovac dynasty, neglecting the countryside to a such a degree that banditry was more common there than anywhere else in the world. The knights of the Brotherhood would prove adept at this, patrolling for bandits and swiftly overwhelming the lightly armored, untrained criminals with their superior equipment, skills, and tactics.
When a crusade is called by the Werran Church, the Brotherhood always answers, typically dispatching several dozen knights and a few hundred soldiers to join the Blazen Banner.
Recently, the Brotherhood has been exclusively battling Böhmist incursions into Northern Beruvia. Their tactics of sudden charges from hidden positions into unsuspecting fighters, perfected from centuries of fighting banditry, has proven equally effective against the Böhmist factions, small numbers of their men being cut down before they can respond. Avoiding field battles, the Brotherhood is slowly whittling down several Böhmist incursions, who are unable to employ their typical tactics of using their heavy guns against massed heavy cavalry and infantry.
Many of the younger knights decry the current method of war as dishonorable, preferring to have a field battle, though the Grandmaster, and his brother Bishop Valdemārs of Aingz, wish to keep the brotherhood’s small numbers intact, awaiting the re-emergence of the Kovacs, when they plan to join the loyal elements of the Prinzheer in destroying the revolutionaries
The Brotherhood’s sigil is the orange Blazen above a red sword.
Category:Armies of Juhnvechteya