I was going to have Jan complain about not getting a horse, but that's actually a pretty good plan and I can't see him arguing with it.
The battle hardened priest and Mage makes an interesting combination. I think they will rack up a rather high kill count just by themselves.
Kinda the thing I was going for if I didn't exactly explain it right. Sorry no Calvary because we would only have 5-6 which wouldn't really be able to make a big impact so the horses would be better used for supplies and carrying wounded.
@KaiserFranzI would say have given your npc's places but I'll leave that to you to place them within the other groups.