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[lars573]

What do you think chosen swordsmen are? This makes me think that the Celts are going to be very much like the Irish and Picts from VI campagin. Some kind of combination of the two. I wouldn't be surprised if the Celts get crossbows and mounted crossbows.

Personally I want to see Frankish Paladins and Heerbann (whatever the throwing axeman is gonna be called).

[ararax]

the type of unit is called a lewcach i belive, they used a lewing sword also known as a cleighderaigh, and first appeared sometime before 800AD AD Brian Boru used one in the late 900s. About 450 BC the La Tene culture was creating iron long swords and chainmail. they reached ireland about 200 AD. The gaels arrived in ireland about 100 BC they brought with them a type of two handed weapon based warefare, so sometime between100BC and 800 AD the lewing sword

[Spartiate]

Gallowglass or Gallochglaich(Gaelic name) as they were known over here were warriors primarily from the Hebrides islands and were of Viking descent.They hired themselves out as mercenaries in Scotland and Ireland using their Claymores or Claimh Mor(Gaelic for big sword) and Sparth(big f**k off battle axes).The translation of Gallochglaich means Foreign Warrior.They were not actually an Irish warrior after all but eventually large groups of them were used by Irish chieftains.
Anyway this was all after the year 1000 A.D and well outside the timeline of BI.

[SpencerH]

What do you think chosen swordsmen are? This makes me think that the Celts are going to be very much like the Irish and Picts from VI campagin. Some kind of combination of the two.

I stopped playing RTW before I played a faction with chosen swordsmen. If I had known they had invisibilty as their special power I might have played another campaign. When do the cave trolls become buildable?

I wouldn't be surprised if the Celts get crossbows and mounted crossbows.

Why not, the genocidal saxons had em (crossbows) in King Arthur.

[Moros]

would they also implent some dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you? (homer simpson)
would be cool tough.