Electorate of Trier
"You friends of Saint Peter, you defenders of the holy Church, who place your mortal bodies in danger against the swords of your enemies on behalf of God and justice. Serve under Saint Peter, and he shall protect you with a host of saints and shields in battle!"
- Archbishop Albero of Trier
The Electorate of Trier is most known for the city Trier, which has existed since the 1st century. Trier, like six other Electors, were responsible for voting the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire into office. Throughout the early Middle Ages, Trier's land came mostly from the archdiocese that held only a few cities close to Trier. But, in 1212, Trier was given a charter from Emperor Otto IV that gave the city autonomy from the religious office that was established, and as well raised the city to an Electorate, and its territory to Archbishop-Electorate, an uneasy bond of faith and power.
For Trier I decided to work the faction into three mostly distinct parts: The first part are the forces known as the Electorate units. These will mostly consist of your standard levy troops, and trained militia troops, which are few and far in between and as a result, their armor and training will be lacking.
The second part are the Trier units. These units will be your trained and well-armored militia and infantry units that will be coming straight from the Trier itself. They will, without doubt, be your champions of the early and high tier conflicts.
And finally, the last part is the Elector units, units that have taken heavy inspiration from Bishop's teaching of St. Peter, and use St. Peter as a symbol on quite a bit of their armor. These units will be your heavy late tier units to replace the poor Electorate units of the first and second tier. Their armor will be on par if not possibly better than the Trier units in tier 3, and their training and morale will be almost exact, creating a pretty well-rounded highly lethal set of units.
(Note: The generals will soon have the mitre as well as the helmet)
Early Tier
General:
Archbishop-Elector of Trier
Sword Infantry:
Electorate Levies
Trier Militia Swordsmen
Dismounted Elector-Knights
Polearm Infantry:
Dismounted Elector's Guard
Spear Infantry:
Trier Militia Spearmen
Electorate Levy Spearmen
Shock Cavalry:
Elector-Knights
Knights of Trier
Mounted Elector's Guard
(Same unit but without the general)
Melee Cavalry:
Mercenary Lorrainer Coustiliers
Coming soon!
Archer / Crossbow Infantry:
Trier Militia Crossbowmen
High Tier:
General:
Archbishop-Elector of Trier
Sword Infantry:
Electorate Levies
Trier Sword Infantry
Dismounted Elector-Knights
Polearm Infantry:
Dismounted Elector's Guard
Electorate Men-at-Arms
Spear Infantry:
Trier Pavise Infantry
Electorate Spearmen
Shock Cavalry:
Elector-Knights
Knights of Trier
Mounted Elector's Guard
Melee Cavalry:
Mounted Elector Men-at-Arms
Mercenary Lorrainer Coustiliers
Coming soon!
Archer / Crossbow Infantry:
Elector Militia Crossbow-Infantry
Trier Militia Crossbowmen
Electorate Levy Archers
Late Tier:
General:
Archbishop-Elector of Trier
Sword Infantry:
Electorate Sword Militia
Trier Sword Infantry
Elector Sword Infantry
Dismounted Elector-Knights
Polearm Infantry:
Dismounted Elector's Guard
Elector Men-at-Arms
Elector Halberdiers
Coming soon!
Spear Infantry:
Trier Pavise Infantry
Elector Pavisiers
Pike Infantry:
Trier Pike Militia
Also included: Flemish Pikemen
Shock Cavalry:
Elector-Knights
Knights of Trier
Mounted Elector's Guard
Melee Cavalry:
Mounted Elector Men-at-Arms
Mercenary Lorrainer Coustiliers
Coming soon!
Also included: Ecorcheur Horsemen
Archer / Crossbow / Gunner Infantry:
Elector Crossbow-Infantry
Trier Pavise Crossbowmen
Electorate Militia Archers
Mercenary German Handgunners
Coming soon!
Also included: Freecompany Longbowmen, (possibly) Merc. Genoese Crossbowmen
I'd like to thank everyone on the team for their help in making Trier happen!
As always, feel free to share feedback, suggestions, etc.!
I wish bishop can beat people with his holy stick.Amazing work as always.
PLS RELEASE A NEW VERSION PLS!!!!
Wouldn't it make more sense to give the Archbishop a mace? I reckon it'd be more effective than a one-handed quarterstaff
when the **** you will add some update to your game
I cant wait for the campaign mode release of this mod
Did infantry really use pavise shields like that? I thought they where only for crossbows to lay them in front of them for cover, they look wierd combined with spears and arming swords.