Nord Merchants. They came through all the mountains, all the plains to loot valuable things from burnt swadian houses and soldiers' corpses with plan to sell them in Wercheg, Tihr and Sargoth. They hired some Hired Blades- their personal soldiers and bodyguards.
APPEARANCE: On normal mode, 1, 2, 3 waves after skirms. They spawn with Hired Blades and Huntsmen at their side.
Class: Nord Merchant
General Difficulty: easy-medium
HPs amount: high
Head armor: None, maybe some hats (low protection)
Body armor: Some robes, tunics. (low protection)
Weapons: One-handed short swords and axes dealing medium damage
Drops: small purses (with money inside) that are sold for 300 gold in marketplace, have no other use [quite often] ¦¦ really, really random drops that are not worth more than 750 gold when sold in marketplace [rarely]
Nord Rich Merchants
APPEARANCE: 1, 2, 3 waves after Vanguards on Hard mode. Appear with Hired Knights and Hired Crossbowmen at their side.
Class: Nord Rich Merchant
General Difficulty: Easy
HPs amount: High
Head armor: None, maybe some hats
Body armor: mail with some robe
Weapons: one-handed swords and axes
Drops: purses (with money inside) that are sold for 650 gold in marketplace, have no other use [quite often] ¦¦ really, really random drops that are not worth more than 1500 gold when sold in marketplace [rarely] ¦¦ small gold bar [very rarely]
Class: Hired Knight
General Difficulty: Hard
HPs amount: High
Head armor: Great Helmet
Body armor: Native plate armor
Weapons: Long arming swords and knightly kite shields
Drops: 2x Hardened Metal [rarely] ¦¦ Steel [very rarely]
Class: Mercenary Crossbowman
General Difficulty: Medium
HPs amount: Medium
Head armor: Segmented Helmet
Body armor: Leather Jerkin (improved)
Weapons: Master Hunters' xbow and bolts, short sword and wooden shield
Drops: 3x old boots [quite often] ¦¦ twisted string [sometimes] ¦¦ 5x scrap metal [rarely]
Uh, finished. NOTE: these drops are just examples for devs.
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