Ironclad

The Ironclad fighting technique epitomises the dwarvern way of war. They lure their opponent into attacking first, trusting their rugged physique and thick armour to protect them.
== About ==
Ironclads march at the forefront of the armies of the Dwarfs. Heavily armoured in thick plate that a non-Dwarf would struggle to bear, such is the endurance of the Dwarfs that Ironclads have been known to march 50 miles in a single day and night, moving at a brisk trot that they can keep up seemingly forever.
An Ironclad’s armour is thickest about the Dwarf’s head and shoulders, for many of their foes are taller and strike downwards. The Dwarfs for their part prefer to concentrate on the lower portions of their foe, aiming for the ankles in particular, a technique the Ironclads refer to as “Cutting them down to size”.
The Ironclad fighting technique epitomises the Dwarven way of war. They lure their opponent into attacking first, trusting to their rugged physique and thick armour to protect them. Then, once the foe has come within reach, the Dwarfs will respond in unhurried, deadly manner.
Underground, Dwarfs favour short-hafted heavy weapons suitable for hewing and crushing - warhammers and axes being the most common.
Ironclads combine these “short arms” with a shield which they will lock with those of their fellows and hunker down behind.
As Dwarfs have poor reach compared to other races fancy fencing does little for them, and longer weapons will in any case become fouled on the walls of their tunnel homes, but above ground they might carry “long arms”, two-handed, huge things whose weight alone can pulverise the skull of a horse.  
Category:Army Units
Category:Dwarfs
Category:Free Dwarfs