[hider=Nation Sheet][center][h2]The Argentum Knights[/h2][/center]

[h3]Government[/h3]
A religious military order, the Argentum Knights are by definition an ecclesiastical organization. The General Chapter of the Argentum Knights is made up of two organizations, the Church, which legally includes all the priests of Argenism in and beyond the borders of the Argentum Knights, and the knights. The Argentum Knights is lead by its Lord Champion who is elected by the General Chapter and holds office until his death or he resigns. 

Due to issues with gathering all of the members of the General Chapter, deputations from its various commanderies and the churches would gather to form the governing body of the General Chapter. While in theory the General Chapter is supposed to gather twice a year in order to form policy, usually it gathers only upon a Lord Champion’s death, resulting in the Lord Champions of the Argentum Knights having near absolute power.

[h3]Geography[/h3]
This should be more just a claim of your location. Talk about the climate, terrain, and important locations in your country. Specifically mention major cities and your capital. Bonus points if you have an internal map that includes highways.

[h3]Culture[/h3]
The Argentum Knights draw recruits from all across the continent, meaning they are an ethnically and racially diverse group united by faith and a common purpose. Of all the ethnicities the Levinites, natives of the capital city of Levine, are the most numerous and influential. The Levinites are fair skinned humans who typically have blonde or light brown hair and blue or green eyes. The Levinitess are known to be an industrious folk who enjoy song and dance.

Levinites take part in folk dances on a regular basis as they serve as an important social and entertainment purpose. Most folk dances are intended to be done by dozens of individuals at once and have few rules or guidelines. The Autumn dance, for instance, is a dance where men form a large circle and jump around. Typically the Autumn dance is male only, but inviting a woman to the circle is acceptable and a common means of asking for her hand in marriage. Tavern dances, on the other hand, are large scale partner dances that are done by all members of the community over the age of eight, where dancing partners are frequently switched throughout the dance. These massive dances last until either all the dancers or musicians tire, whichever comes first. The upper class citizens, usually the families or knights and priests but also some merchant families, perform or watch sword dances for entertainment.

Ancestor veneration is a common practice in the territory controlled by the Knights. Those that are descended from the original members of the Silver Legion take great pride in this and often erected statues or shrines in their honor, whereas others find descendants of their own to venerate. It is also common practice for citizens of Levine to show veneration for the Silver Legion despite possessing no blood ties to them. The Row of the Legion is a street in Levine lined by statues of all the members of the original Silver Legion, where many choose to leave small offerings and try to commune with the fallen heroes.

[h3]Military[/h3]
The military of the Argentum Knights is a prime example of a quality over quantity approach. Never able to field more troops than its foes, the Knights instead uses training and the state’s wealth to provide higher quality troops. The Argentum Knights are famous for their heavy, two-handed sword using, infantry and the tactics they use to employ them. The Knights favor fast-paced attacking tactics centered around two-handed swords and pikes, or other polearms, and supported by crowsbows and mages.[hider=Argentum Levy][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/14/9a/b4/149ab42c2ff2cb4a07c540c9c63dc705.jpg[/img]
The one example of the Argentum Knights foregoing its quality over quantity approach, these soldiers are peasants or criminals who were conscripted into military service. In most cases these soldiers are equipped only with a pike and knife or a crossbow and are left unarmored. Formations of pike levies use the more cautious tactic of fencing at the length of the pike and, although they can be quickly trained (it takes about half an hour to train pikemen how to march in formation for instance), levies are not trusted in any role beyond a supportive one and usually used simply to inflate the Knights’ numbers a bit. Noncriminal levies are only required to serve for one to three months, making them incapable of providing much assistance outside of protecting the Holy Land and nearby areas.[/hider][hider=Argenite Half-Brother][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/53/b9/fb53b96a655db0a7fcff16d7ef4fdc4b.jpg[/img]
Recruits drawn from across the continent, the half-brothers are a mixed bag of mercenaries, pilgrims who wish to defend the Holy Land, and individuals who wish to formally join the Argentum Knights. Obviously these soldiers possess higher moral and better training than their levy counterparts. These soldiers just acquire their own arms and armor, meaning that at times there can be little uniformity in a half-brother formation. These soldiers are commonly equipped with an axe or sword and rely on chainmail, a gambeson, and small shield for protection. It is not uncommon for half-brothers to work as mercenaries, although only for causes they find acceptable. Half-brothers working in a mercenary capacity almost always have better equipment than their non-mercenary peers.[/hider][hider=Levinite Gallowgass][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/20/81/6a/20816a4d217a843f8cb66623b9c4ad0c.jpg[/img]
Drawing recruits from Levine’s social and economic elites, these soldiers are well trained and heavily armored and can be relied upon to defend a position. These soldiers are often outfitted with chainmail or plated chainmail armor and carry a two handed sword, arming sword, and often a javelin into battle. Pikemen and arbalests often serve in a supportive role in Levinite gallowglass formations.[/hider][hider=Argentum Landsknechte][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8a/b2/03/8ab2035fba28db94561a6c3045a27eab.jpg[/img]
Forming the core of the Argentum Knights’ fighting force, the Argentum Landsknechte has become somewhat iconic of the military order. The Landsknechts are made up of professional soldiers who are very well trained and equipped. The bulk of these soldiers are pikemen and two handed swordsmen, with about an eighth of the Argentum Landsknechte consisting of arbalests and mages who provided support for the melee soldiers. Argentum Landsknechte employ aggressive tactics; Landsknechte pikemen rush the enemy formation with the first few ranks giving a single powerful thrust with their pikes before the front line switches to swords and daggers if the first thrust didn’t break the enemy formation. Two handed swordsmen are often employed as shock infantry in later charges or to stop the enemy from taking advantage of breaches in the formation. These soldiers are outfitted with chainmail armor, further enhanced by plates of armor placed to protect the chest, shoulders, and forearms. Regardless of their role in the formation they call carry arming swords. The word Landsknechte, somewhat confusingly, is commonly used to refer to a soldier who uses a two handed sword, with landsknecht-pikemen and landsknecht-arbalests used to refer to other specific roles in Argentum Landsknechte formations.[/hider][hider=Argentum Trabant][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/28/a1/31/28a131cef3d88136e751fe74d5a25d58.jpg[/img]
Part ceremonial and part elite infantry, Argentum trabants are attendants and lifeguards tasked with the protection of senior officers or senior officials on the battlefield. They are also commonly tasked with the duty of guarding or retrieving important religious artifacts. While nominally infantry, Argentum trabants are also well trained in mounted combat as well. These soldiers are outfitted in high quality laminar armor and use a variety of weapons ranging from two handed swords and arming swords to spears, although polearms, especially the glaive and fassaurt, are their favorite weapons to use in battle.[/hider][hider=Argentum Paladin][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/19/72/fd/1972fdca8d63610b6ef6751c6c911632.jpg[/img]
Very similar to the trabant, the paladins are elite infantry who are tasked with the guarding and retrieving of important religious artifacts, the guarding of religious sites, and the protection of important religious officials. At times they even aid Utryean Inquisitors. Most commonly the paladins are outfitted with chainmail enhanced by armor plates, but they may also utilize full plate armor or some form of lighter armor. The paladins are well known for employing two handed swords in combat, but many choose to use swords and shields, or polearms instead. On top of being excellent fighters, many paladins are also able to use magic, although they often aren’t as skilled as a “true” mage. [/hider][hider=Knights of the Silver][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1b/5d/26/1b5d2648e5e30bfb1fdd75d9216a67e2.jpg[/img]
Often called the Silver Knights, not to be confused with the Argentum Knights which would refer to the whole of the faction, the Knights of the Silver are the most elite soldiers available to the Argenum Knights. Unsurprisingly they are masters in the use of two handed swords and a variety of other melee weapons. There are only one hundred Knights of the Silver, when one dies or retires he is replaced resulting in the number always being one hundred. Given their high status and skill they are given the best equipment: full plate armor for defense and their choice of weaponry.[/hider][hider=Argentum Lancers][img]https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-59bae649be5f002c284ff347457885ea-c[/img]
Cavalry outfitted with scale and plated mail armor, these lancers serve as the Knights’ primary shock cavalry. Lancer cavalry rely primarily on their lances, although they do often carry an arming sword as a backup weapon. In battle Argentum lancers are used to repeatedly charge an enemy formation, returning to the baggage train between charges to pick up a new lance. They are not intended to remain in sustained melee combat, although they have been known to do so in the event that they have broken through an enemy’s formation and reached either their baggage train or leadership.[/hider][hider=Argentum Cataphract][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4c/b3/5c/4cb35ca78232c22705298c009d64e1ec.jpg[/img]
While somewhat overlapping the lancers in that they serve as shock cavalry, they are distinct from them, and other forms in heavy cavalry, in that they possess a truly impressive amount of esprit de corps, are highly disciplined, and are trained to make use of not only melee and charge weapons, but also ranged weapons and mages. These mounted knights are outfitted with chainmail and armor plates or full plate armor in some rare cases, and a shield. For weapons they commonly carry a lance, an arming sword, a mace, and a crossbow or bow, although not all cataphracts actually carried a ranged weapon. The use of ranged weapons and magic as fire support is an important and defining feature of the Argentum cataphracts, as they would be used to harass and weaken an enemy formation before the cataphract would commit to a charge.[/hider]

[h3]Heroes[/h3]
Each country gets one superior hero and three normal heroes. In terms of combat strength expect a superior hero to be on par with about 150 men and normal heroes to be on par with 100 men. (Yes, this is the only place in the sheet where there are actually numbers) Basically these are the badasses of your country that you can use for point of view characters if you want. At absolute bare minimum you need a name and one line description of what your hero is good at; however, ideally this should be the largest section of your sheet. You can use any explanation you want for why your heroes are stronger than normal people. For example using magic, being blessed by a divine entity, or simply being very skilled with their weapons. Also keep in mind that if a hero dies you can replace him or her with a new one.

[h3]History[/h3]
The Argentum Knights have a rather short history when compared to many of the countries of Aksor. When the Prophetess and the Silver Legion survivors returned from their campaign in the East, the families of the Silver Legion gathered together in a fighting force, fearing that the people of Askor would turn against the Silver Legion. Their fears were justified, as before they could rally into a unified force the Silver Legion was attacked and killed to the last and the Prophetess was taken to the city of Levine. The families rushed to Levine, hoping they could rescue the Prophetess. They almost made it; their army was within eyesight of the city when the Prophetess was burned at the stake.

Upon hearing of this, they were so outraged that they attacked the city anyways and quickly captured it. Taking the city did little to ease their anger and so for the next few decades they waged a series of wars against their neighbors. During this time they formally formed themselves into the Argentum Knights and declared Levine to be a holy site and they its defenders.

Over the next few centuries they adopted a more defensive and peaceful stance then they had previously used. Banking, and trade brought in by pilgrims, allowed them to accumulate a great treasury.

((I’ll add more about the more recent conflicts and the like in a bit))

[h3]Relations[/h3]
How does your country interact with its neighbors. I am [b]not[/b] looking for a list of exports and imports, but feel free to add them if you want. At bare minimum I want a listed rival here, another country that yours viewed as an enemy and actively worked against during the past twenty or so years.

[h3]Characters[/h3]
Optional section. Put any info about any characters here. Examples of this would be your kings or queens, military leaders, and non-hero “badasses”. You can also put more detailed info of your heroes here as well.[/hider]