Armed Forces

The Armed Forces are the military force of Tandeli. Small, well maintained, and respected. More of a guard force than anything else. The one exception is Tandeli’s navy, with small, quick battleships protecting the cargo vessels used for trade.

There are three main branches of the Tandeli Armed Forces: the Armoured Branch, the Navy, and the Plain Branch.

Usually, when the Advisors go abroad, they are accompanied by a handful of the Armoured branch, and a handful of the Plain branch, although they aren’t in obvious, as is the point.

Wealthy families tend to train their own house guards, and the exact training and usage depend on the family. They tend to not be impartial when it comes to law enforcement, hence the need for an impartial guard to work with them.

## Armoured Branch

The first branch is known as the Armoured Branch and has its base in Vistobrille, which is also where the main admin and training building is located. Everyone starts here, and they can either remain with this branch or transfer to either of the other two branches.

The Armoured branch is the police and the border patrol of Tandeli, similar to Duilintinn’s Guard. However there aren’t that many of them, so they are mostly stationed in the largest towns and cities.

The rest of them either stand post at the bridge over the river Ayuda or patrol the river banks. It’s a wide and deep river, with crocodiles; if anyone tries to cross without taking the bridge, they could get into trouble halfway across. Another one of their duties in the forest is to prevent hunting of unicorns.

This branch has the widest range of training, sword and shield, spears, pikes, archery, sailing, and unarmed combat are all included. Although as standard they carry a curved or straight sword and either wear leather armour or chainmail since plate armour would cause them to overheat very quickly. Depending on where they are stationed, they either wear the colours of the Tierra or of the kingdom. They have the name ‘Armoured’ as they are the only ones to obviously wear any kind of armour.

It used to be the Royal Guard and had the best of the best to protect the Royal Family. This has changed slightly. The title is obviously different and now the Triti City Forces double as Advisor and Council Protection.

## The Navy

The second branch is the Navy in Puerta Pepuna.

The Navy in Puerta Pepuna focuses, as you might expect, on ship-based combat. They have the fastest ships on the continent, with the idea of protecting trade ships on their travels. As a result, they don’t carry that much firepower, each ship is equipped with Pólvora cannons, but they are light and have very limited ammunition. Therefore, archers are highly prized and well trained. There is a wider range of weapons available, most carrying large knives, one-handed swords or cutlasses. Once training is finished in Puerti Pepuna, they can either remain there or be transferred to Puerta Guía or Puerta Casóm. They also cover a lot of the unbiased law enforcement in coastal towns.

There’s no real uniform for the navy when out at sea except for the captains. On land, they have a blue and white uniform.

## The Plain Branch

The third branch is the Plain branch in Oscureloj, which is almost a plainclothes division.

The Plain branch in Oscureloj is the newest, smallest, and the most controversial. This group is proficient in using small handheld weapons like knives and daggers, fighting hand to hand, fighting without using armour and using their surroundings to their advantage.

They are similar in some ways to the Armoured Branch in Vistobrille, but without the armour or regalia. Some of them are also stationed on the Ayuda bridge and surrounding towns, but less for travelers moving between kingdoms, and more for the information. Similar groups are posted in Puerta’s Casóm, Guía, and Pepuna for the same reason. This information is shared with a group of Mélgica scholars and compared. It is said that Advisor Virgil is paranoid about another revolution, which is why all this happens.

This group has no uniform.

## Hubs

The main hub and the Navy’s hub look similar, sturdy, and re-enforced with crossed swords or a sail over the doors, with both hubs connected to campuses with training areas and barracks. The Plain Branch’s looks identical to the buildings surrounding it, with a small knife carved underneath the door handle. The training hub actually expands out to the rest of the houses on the street, although you wouldn’t know just by looking.

The main hub is in the west of Vistrobrille, the Navy hub is at the docks in Puerta Pepuna and The Plain Branch hub is in the centre of Oscureloj.

## History

Repurposed from the Royal Guard to the Armed Forces once the Queen was defeated. Also relocated to Vistorbrille and incorporating the Navy. The Plain Branch was added not long after Virgil became Advisor.