They also make great castle defenders, forming a nearly impenetrable shield wall on the ramparts. On the other hand, Nords are completely equipped to fight on foot and make for excellent castle besiegers, breaking shields and splitting heads with their axes as they go. They are somewhat vulnerable to armies with shock cavalry, as the men on foot cannot keep up with them.
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They boast the most powerful heavy shock infantry, whose main tactic is to throw a volley of axes or javelins at their targets before charging in to melee. The Kingdom of Nords is, in military terms, an infantry-based civilization.
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Matheld says the Nords were invited by the Calradic Empire to crew their galleys, and were given land on the coast as payment for this service.
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Nordland is said to be far north of Calradia, over the sea, and it is also the home of the Sea Raiders. According to Matheld, Nord people are from a place called " Nordland", although the game's description of the custom battle character, Sverre, claims that Nords originally came from a land known as "Jumne".