Borian Army

Borian Army was an professional army serving the Kingdom of Boria. They were formed out of the armies of Perickard, Varjangaria and KOMS.
== Background ==
During the latter part of the 3rd century AK the Perivarian Alliance was formed by Charles Perickard, Artorias Varjangaria and Samuel Berghof. The Perivarian Alliance was originally a secret pact between the Kingdoms of Hefaia and Olav. It was meant to protect each others from the looming threat of King Jiri. This alliance was necessary for both parties, due to their lack of military strength. Hefaia only mustered the 1000 man strong KOMS and Olav only wielded a 1,500 man strong garrison of the Olav castle and a 1,700 man strong national army. So far only 4,200 men strong alliance.
And though that is a lot of men they were separated for the Kingdom of Hefaia was located on an island. Charles organized a completely new army and began to fervently draft men from his small domains into the army. With this method, without completely destroying the economy he managed to draft 2,000 extra men from the territories of Olav. By that point almost half of Olav's men were drafted into the military and the only thing keeping the economy going was the purse of King Octavio, the richest man in Edelmaa. Samuel Berghof did not initiate any massive recruiting programs for he trusted his KOMS.
== Borian War ==
At the onset of the Borian War, the Borian Army was 8,000 men strong which of 1000 men were KOMS knights. However, Samuel only gave Charles 300 KOMS knights to work with keeping the rest on his island. This huge army devoured the small Royal Army garrisons, for the bulk of the Royal Army was fighting in the Eye of Olia Expedition.
The Borian Army was not the most professional army, it was comprised of mostly half-trained peasants and few well-trained knights apart from the Elite KOMS knights. Charles completely trusted the KOMS to keep the victorious for they were his ace. 
However, to the Generals of the Borian Army; Shankar Perickard and Soliar Varjangaria it was apparent that even a single major defeat would cripple their army for they could not sustain casualties. They did not have any manpower this was all they've got. Though they did recruit merceneries, they didn't trust them enough to keep them going throughout the war. Also they tried to recruit people from their occupied territories and many people who were descendants of the veterans of the Peasant Army did indeed join. Yet, this was not enough for many of the Peasant Army descendants had immigrated to Olav and were in the army already. Many also had become loyal to the crown of Workhold for over 3 generations had passed since the Edelmaa Great War.Category:Military unit
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