Avar nobles
Charge 6 Attack 3 Defence 5 Armour 7 Speed 9, 20, 22 Morale 4 Cost 425 Support cost 60

Available: medieval campaign.

Dismount: In a siege for armoured spearmen.

Avar nobles are disciplined, elite, and have a large shield. As heavy cavalry go this is a damn fine unit capably of holding its own against anything but the anti-cavalry types. This unit is statistically identical to Khwarazmian cavalry but it has the supreme benefit of being out of the desert. Unlike the Khwarazmian cavalry you don’t have to use this unit for Foreign Service and that makes it much better. The unit is also aided by the addition of a large shield that the Khwarazmian does not possess.

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Byzantine lancers
Charge 6 Attack 3 Defence 2 Armour 3 Speed 9, 20, 22 Morale 4 Cost 250 Support cost 70

Available: Medieval campaign.

Dismount: In a siege for armoured spearmen.

Byzantine lancers are disciplined, elite and have a large shield. They are a bit too weak to be true heavy cavalry, and to be honest they cannot do anything that the other Byzantine units can’t do better. Try using a pinch of the ‘stronger and slower’ light cavalry tactics.

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Khazar royal cavalry
Charge 6 Attack 3 Defence 4 Armour 5 Speed 9, 20, 22 Morale 6 Cost 400 Support cost 105

Available: Medieval campaign.

Dismount: In a siege for armoured spearmen.

Khazar royal cavalry are elite and have a large shield. In many ways just another unit of generic heavy cavalry, charge, kill, recharge, kill some more…the standard heavy cavalry drill with nothing outstanding.  

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Mounted nobles
Charge 6 Attack 4 Defence 2 Armour 3 Speed 9, 20, 22 Morale 8 Cost 350 Support cost 105

Available: Viking campaign.

Dismount: In a siege for dismounted nobles (infantry version)

Mounted nobles are elite, have a large shield and are impetuous. This unit is the Viking prototype of the later knight. Because they are only a prototype they are a bit weak so make sure to keep them far away from any of the anti cavalry units, otherwise go ahead and use them as you would knights.  

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Royal bodyguards
Charge 6 Attack 4 Defence 2 Armour 3 Speed 9, 20, 22 Morale 8 Cost 250 Support cost 62

Available: Viking campaign.

Dismount: In a siege for Royal bodyguards (infantry version)

Royal bodyguards are elite, have a large shield and are impetuous. There are just 20 men per unit, 21 if the unit has a member of the royal family in it. If mounted nobles are prototype knights then royal bodyguards are prototype royal knights. Once again because they are prototypes they are weaker than the medieval version so you need to be a bit more careful with them. Otherwise use them as you would royal knights.  

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