Sally Guard
Westgate’s Sally Guard is largely made up of an order of knights who spend about half their time patrolling Westgate and half their time outside Absalom harrying minor threats to the city. Outside the city, they act as the Kortos Cavalry, functionally soldiers or scouts alongside the First Guard. More than a few members receive special orders to spy on or thwart enemies of Absalom on distant shores for months or years at a time. Compared to their exciting escapades in far-flung lands, Sally Guards typically regard their relatively tame rotations in Absalom as the easy part of the job or, on the extreme end, as a demeaning chore. The Sally Guard’s most important role inside the city walls is its visibility, as Westgate enjoys its reputation as the safest and best-policed district. The largely entitled denizens of Westgate eagerly call upon the Sally Guard for any slight inconvenience or insult.
The Sally Guard has two parallel command structures: cavalry ranks for patrols outside the city and watch ranks for those inside, both of which are styled as knightly titles. Individuals can hold different ranks on either side of the gate, which sometimes causes internal tension. Membership in the Sally Guard requires providing one’s own mount, an entry fee that excludes commoners. Members of the Sally Guard wear steel mail and carry a sword and lance.
Most other guards are easily exasperated with the Sally Guard, who seem archaic and out of touch, but admire their chivalric training.
The Sally Guard has two parallel command structures: cavalry ranks for patrols outside the city and watch ranks for those inside, both of which are styled as knightly titles. Individuals can hold different ranks on either side of the gate, which sometimes causes internal tension. Membership in the Sally Guard requires providing one’s own mount, an entry fee that excludes commoners. Members of the Sally Guard wear steel mail and carry a sword and lance.
Most other guards are easily exasperated with the Sally Guard, who seem archaic and out of touch, but admire their chivalric training.
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Government, Law Enforcement
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Controlled Territories
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