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The Elf Spearmen are very well equipped with fine hauberks of scale armor, strong sturdy shields, tall decorated helms, and deadly spears reaching 10 feet in length. Also similarly to the Archer regiments, the High Elf Spear regiments are garbed in white, often with a colored border design that represents their realm or city of origin. To the High Elves white is the color and symbol of purity and death, and their robes symbolize their determination to fight and die if necessary.{{Fn|1a}} | The Elf Spearmen are very well equipped with fine hauberks of scale armor, strong sturdy shields, tall decorated helms, and deadly spears reaching 10 feet in length. Also similarly to the Archer regiments, the High Elf Spear regiments are garbed in white, often with a colored border design that represents their realm or city of origin. To the High Elves white is the color and symbol of purity and death, and their robes symbolize their determination to fight and die if necessary.{{Fn|1a}} | ||
* '''4th Edition''': Light Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword. {{Fn|1b}} | * '''4th Edition''': Light Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword. {{Fn|1b}} | ||
| + | * '''5th Edition''': Light Armour, Shield, Spear. May have Heavy Armour, Magic Standard. {{Fn|2a}} | ||
| + | * '''6th Edition''': Hand Weapon, Light Armour, Shield, Spear. May have Champion, Musician and Standard Bearer. {{Fn|3a}} | ||
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File:HighElf.jpg| High Elf Spearman | File:HighElf.jpg| High Elf Spearman | ||
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** {{Endn|1a}}: The High Elf Army, pg. 58 | ** {{Endn|1a}}: The High Elf Army, pg. 58 | ||
** {{Endn|1b}}: High Elf Army list, pg. 68 | ** {{Endn|1b}}: High Elf Army list, pg. 68 | ||
| + | *{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (5th Edition)]] | ||
| + | ** {{Endn|2a}}: High Elf Army List, pg. 77 | ||
| + | *{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (6th Edition)]] | ||
| + | ** {{Endn|3a}}: Defenders of Ulthuan, pg. 26 | ||
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (8th Edition)]] | *{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (8th Edition)]] | ||
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (7th Edition)]] | *{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer Armies: High Elves (7th Edition)]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:07, 24 September 2020
High Elf Spearmen, along with High Elf Archers are the citizen-militia within Ulthuan's armies, acting as a disciplined line of warriors. [1a]
It is only after a decade or more of fighting as an High Elf Archer and once his worth is proven, does a high Elf then becomes a spearmen. After years of training a regiment of High Elf Spears becomes a finely honed killing machine.
Contents
History
During the reign of the Phoenix King Morvael, he introduced a system that the various provinces would train large bodies of soldiers to defend against the power of the Druchii. [1a]
At the Siege of Tor Yvresse, a lone regiment of Spearmen from the Tor Yvresse militia held the narrow procession to the Warden's tower against overwhelming odds. When Eltharion and his warriors finally battled their way through the press to relieve them, they found the last dozen Elf Spearmen grimly standing their ground, amid scores of their fallen comrades and hundreds of slain Goblins.
Organisation
Each city or large settlement must train a force of Archers and Spearmen in proportion to their size. [1a]
The commander of a Spear regiment is called a Sentinel, and their duty is to oversee the training of the recruits in their regiments. The Sentinel's are the veterans of many bloody battles and have faced countless horrors and prevailed. This hard-won experience in battle, greatly benefits the regiment, instilling confidence as well as providing the regiment with a hardened warrior to take on the worst the enemy has to throw at them.
On the field of battle the Spears regiments form Spear Walls. These walls of deadly spear tips that impales any brave enough to charge at it, are meant to hold lines and put up a steadfast defense for the High Elf Army. As a result of their expert training over many years, the High Elf Spearmen become so proficient that they make spearmen of other races look like rabble.
Training
In their training each spearmen is trained to instinctively know the mind of his comrades in the unit, fighting as one body when in battle. In battle this translates to each warrior moving as if it was apart of a carefully choreographed plan, such as overlapping one another and providing protection, or opening the defenses of the enemy without so much as a spoken word or nod. The fierce disciplined of High Elf Spears is famed all across the Warhammer World, earning them a reputation that rightly puts fear into the hearts of their foes.
Weapons and Equipment
The Elf Spearmen are very well equipped with fine hauberks of scale armor, strong sturdy shields, tall decorated helms, and deadly spears reaching 10 feet in length. Also similarly to the Archer regiments, the High Elf Spear regiments are garbed in white, often with a colored border design that represents their realm or city of origin. To the High Elves white is the color and symbol of purity and death, and their robes symbolize their determination to fight and die if necessary.[1a]
- 4th Edition: Light Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword. [1b]
- 5th Edition: Light Armour, Shield, Spear. May have Heavy Armour, Magic Standard. [2a]
- 6th Edition: Hand Weapon, Light Armour, Shield, Spear. May have Champion, Musician and Standard Bearer. [3a]
Gallery
Miniatures
4th Edition Spearman
Spearman Regiment
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (4th Edition)
- 2: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (5th Edition)
- 2a: High Elf Army List, pg. 77
- 3: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (6th Edition)
- 3a: Defenders of Ulthuan, pg. 26
