Ministry of War & Conflict | Stabled at Stormhall Barracks, Eastgate Plains
“Steel and sinew. Hoof and roar. The charge endures.”
The Royal Cavalry & Beast Corps is the most storied and visually formidable division of Eyehasseen’s armed forces. Combining traditional mounted warfare with the rare and noble art of beast partnership, this elite corps leads the charge when other forces hold the line.
Composed of armored cavalry squadrons, beast-mounted lancers, and ceremonial guard riders, the Corps preserves ancient martial traditions while maintaining the living bond between soldier and creature.
🏇 Primary Divisions of the Corps
⚪ The White Spurs (Royal Horse Guards)
“First to Ride, Last to Fall.”
- Mounted on silver-maned destriers bred in the Vale of Windgold
- Formal escort to the Crown during state occasions and battlefield observation
- Uniform: white cuirass with blue cloak, silver spurs, and plume-crested helmet
Tradition:
- Ride with sabers raised until the King himself lowers his hand
🐗 The Boarhounds of Barrowmarch
“Strike Low, Strike Loud.”
- Heavy cavalry wielding double-headed axes
- Mounted on tusked, bristled war-boars bred in the Thornwood
- Uniform: chainmail with red surcoat, tusk-shaped pauldrons
Famous Action:
- Battle of Grey Hollow (Year 67 R) — shattered an enemy pike wall through sheer momentum
🐐 The Skygoat Riders of the Cliffwatch
“Where none dare ride, we leap.”
- Light cavalry for highland and mountainous terrain
- Ride long-horned, cliff-climbing goats trained for silent assault
- Uniform: forest-green tunic, high boots, and matte helm with slate-gray trim
Specialty:
- Ambush, message-running, and vertical flanking
🐉 The Beast Corps – “Regnum Ferox”
“Ours not to tame, but to bond.”
- Cavalry partnered with nontraditional beasts: sky-bears, dread-elks, swamp drakes, and more
- Rarer and ritually bound by ancient oaths; only one in twenty survives training
- Uniform: bone-plated vambraces, claw-shaped rank insignia, and flame-patterned sashes
Notable Units:
- Order of the Verdant Maw – drake-mounted skirmishers who charge through mist
- The Wyrmwatcher Patrol – sky-bear scouts with war bells strapped to flank harnesses
🥁 Cavalry Musicians & Battle Horns
The Cavalry Drummers ride with kettle drums strapped to saddle-frames, playing marches, retreats, and thunder-rolls during formation. Battle-horns are carried in horn wraps and sound:
- The Charge of the Crown – high double note
- Fall Back with Honour – descending call
- The Beast Bond Hymn – used to calm or summon mounts under fire
🏇 Legendary Engagements
- The Burning Fields of Wrathmere — Where the Skygoat Riders descended unseen and broke the siege from behind
- Standoff of Three Thrones — Beast Corps held a mountain pass against both northern invaders and southern rebels
- Ceremony of the Crimson Trot — Yearly pageant through the capital showcasing bond-beasts and awarding the Golden Rein of Service
🪙 Enlistment and Selection
Entry into the Royal Cavalry is honor-bound and soul-tested. Recruits must demonstrate:
- Mastery of horsemanship (or beastcraft)
- Oathworthiness under the Watcher’s Star
- The patience to bond with something stronger, stranger, and occasionally hungrier
Stable trials are held at Stormhall Barracks, Crownmount, and Lindenhoof Academy.