Mittelmarch Ranks

1. Peasant: The lowest of the low, any who beg borrow or steal weapons to defend themselves.
Requirements: no weapons/shield. No garb. No back story or no name.

2. Footman: The backbone of any army, typical grunt soldier.
Requirements:

• Must be proficient and in one weapon style.
• Must own a weapon
• Minimum garb requirements
• Name and the start of a back story
• Must defeat another footman in one on one combat
• Must have paid realm dues

3. Choose your Path of Light or Dark (To achieve any further rank you must own your own weapons.)

The Paths of Light
High Guard -Frontline fighter
Requirements:

• Sword and board mastery
• Average garb
• Complete backstory
• Shield bash training
• Run the Gauntlet of your Mastery*
  
   

Crusader -Line breaker/power flanker
Requirements:

• Mastery of either Red Weapon/Florentine/Polearm
• Average Garb
• Complete Backstory
• Run the Gauntlet of your Mastery*

Scout -Archer/speed flanker
Requirements:

• Proficiency with Ranged weapons and single blue/florentine/dagger
• Mastery with ranged weapon or Single Blue/Florentine/Dagger
• Complete Backstory
• Average Garb
• Run the Speed Gauntlet**

Advanced Light Ranks***

High Watchman – You are home at the frontline and you have the foresight to defeat the enemy
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of High Guard and Crusader

Sentry – You are protector and hunter. You look for holes in the enemy line and slip through.
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of High Guard and Scout

Ranger – You travel unseen, if you aren’t picking the enemy apart from range, you’re flanking them.
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of Scout and Crusader

The Paths of Dark

Black Guard -Frontline fighter
Requirements:

• Sword and board mastery
• Average garb
• Complete backstory
• Shield bash training
• Run the gauntlet of your Mastery

Berserker -Line breaker/power flanker
Requirements:

• Mastery of either Red Weapon/Florentine/Polearm
• Average Garb
• Complete Backstory
• Run the Gauntlet of your Mastery*

Assassin -Archer/speed flanker
Requirements:    

• Proficiency with Ranged weapons and single blue/florentine/dagger proficiency
• Mastery with ranged weapon or Single Blue/Florentine/Dagger
• Complete Backstory
• Average Garb
• Run the Speed Gauntlet**

Advanced Dark Ranks***

Marauder – You demolish frontlines with focused rage.
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of Black Guard and Berserker

Shadowborn – You use guile and strength to shatter the hearts of your enemy.
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of Black Guard and Assassin

Blood-Drinker – The shadow is your home and from it you strike with your bloody rage.
Requirements:

• Obtained the rank of Assassin and Berserker

WARMASTER
Requirements:    

• Proficient in all weapon styles
• 3 Masteries
• Defeat a team of 3 best present fighters (Sword & board, Red/Polearm, Ranged)
• Significantly aided the realm (Weapons Check/Run practice/Event Help/Photography/etc.) Must be agreed upon by the Council
• Loaner gear to outfit 2 fighters

* The gauntlet you face 25 fighters in single combat until you beat them all.
** The speed gauntlet you must defeat 10 single blue fighters in 5 minutes armed with any Scout/Assassin weapons. If you are killed you start over at 1.

*** You may use the equivalent rank on the light/dark side to achieve an advanced rank, but the last rank you acquired will determine your alignment.