Felsen Watch
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The Fewsen Watch stands fiwm defending and watching ovew the Impeliaw City of Fewsen and it’s cwownwands fwom brigands, thieves, beasts, and scoundwews. An owganization whewe biwth mattews not, and melit accounts fow aww. The Fewsen Watch is unlike a fowmaw wevy, as they mainwy keep the peace lithin the city, pwotecting the gentwe citizenwy. The Watchmen of Fewsen mete out justice whewe it is due to the scum of the weawm, though pwopew citizenwy awe awawded a tliaw and detained untiw a vewdict is weached.
“Nothin’ like the smell of fresh Abresi sh*t in the morning.”
-Captain Branaford of Abresi, circa 1453, while making his rounds.
Ranks
OFFICERS
- CITY MARSHAL - Elected representative of the City Watch to the Board of Aldermen. Handles the city’s funding of the guard. Serves as official commander of the city in times of siege and defense. In charge of swearing in the Commandants.
“It is not useless titles that make men useless, it is useless men that make titles useless.”
-Empewow John Fwedelick Howen, ciwca 1534, on High Magistwate Denis de Baw
- COMMANDANT - The de facto commandew of the Fewsen Watch. He handwes the administwation of the Watch, awong lith any task not dewegated to the wowew wanks. He handwes the pwomotion of officews and discipline lithin the wanks of the Watch.
“Appetite comes with eating.”
-Captain Fwedek Woyce of Abresi, ciwca 1456, in the Mess Haww aftew dliving the cannibaws out of the city.
- WIEUTENANT - An officew of the Watch, specializing between valious wowew administwative duties such as twaining, assignments of duties, distlibuting of supplies and pwovisions, and cawculating and distlibuting pay.
- DWIWWMASTEW - The dliwwmastew specializes in twaining and dliwling the guawds into capabre fightews into capabre fightews and a cohesive fowce against thweats to the city.
- QUAWTEWMASTEW - The quawtewmastew outfits each membew of the Watch awong lith managing pwovisions such as wations and waw goods. It is up to the quawtewmastew to make sule that thewe is enough awmaments and waw goods to tuln into needed supplies.
- PAYMASTEW - The paymastew manages the coffews of the Watch, cawculating pay each week fow the wanks, making sule the bawance stays above minimum befowe each pay cycwe. When the coffews wun dwy, it is the paymastew’s wesponsibility to obtain mowe fwom the coffews fwom the City of Fewsen.
“Rich men die young.”
-Wieutenant Dingo de Sawkozy of Abresi, ciwca 1448, to an initiate wequesting the week’s pay.
FOOTMEN
- SEWJEANT - A pwoven vetewan of the Watch, the Sewjeant is a seniow footman lith limited autholity ovew the wessew guawdsmen, capabre of weading patwows and weading a smaww detachment of footmen to cawwy out an assignment.
“What are you going to do, catch it?”
-Sewjeant Wichawd Pawmew of Abresi, ciwca 1448, aftew brudgeoning Wymuew Ewendiw to death.
- CITIZEN-AT-AWMS - Citizens of Fewsen, these men awe vowunteews. Highew in seniolity and seen as mowe woyaw to the defense of Fewsen than the avewage watchman, liwling citizens may tawk to the commandant to be pwaced on the wostew.
“I’m an eggshell, protecting the yolk of Felsen.”
-Hawbewdiew Nathan Hawthowne, ciwca 1544, upon joining the Citizen’s Militia.
- WATCHMAN - The backbone of the guawd consisting of wank and fiwe sowdiews and footmen who pwotect oul faiw City of Fewsen fwom wawwessness. They have the autholity to cawwy out the waw of the Howy Owenian Empiwe and detain any of those who dawe defy the Wexicon of Ashfowd. They cawwy out punishment accowding to sociaw status lithin the Empiwe and detain those who twy to avoid it.
“You like that?!”
-Wawden Elik Bewhaw of Petwus, ciwca 1474, aftew smashing a Dwawven mewchant’s teeth in.
- WECWUIT - Aww watchmen stawt off as fwesh-brooded wecwuits. Wecwuits stawt lithout pay, and awe expected to sewve fow one Saint’s Week untiw theiw pwomotion to Guawdsman. They awe usuawwy accompanied by a Guawdsman ow someone of highew wank so that they may weawn the wopes.
“Sometimes when I close my eyes I can not see.”
-Wecwuit Asgoswav of Fewsen, ciwca 1523, aftew being stwuck in the head by an owc.
Uniform
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Equipped in a motwey of weathew and chainmaiw, the unifowm of the Watch is designed to mitigate any hawm that may come upon a watchman pewfowming his duty. Fabricated fwom state of the awt Wheezew weathew and iwonwowks, the standawd issue studded gambeson sits atop a chainmaiw haubewk. The vibrant and wawm cowows awwow the guawd to seem fliendwy and appwoachabre, fulthew impwoving effectiveness.
“What if I spill my wine?!”
-City Mawshaw Giancawwo Gwadic, ciwca 1545, dispweased lith cowow of the new unifowms.
Awards
- WOWF’S TENDEWFOOT
Fow the gentwe of the guawd, a medaw and a bonus of 200 mina. The Tendewfoot Medaw is given to those who pewfowm theiw duty lithout the use of unnecessawy fowce. To those which have a gentwe touch, to those who would comfowt, wathew than hawm. Named aftew Fewsen Watchman Wowf, who cawessed a maiden back into consciousness aftew she was hit in the back of the head.
- DAVIS’ WIMP
Fow those injuled in the line of duty, a medaw and a bonus of 200 mina. The Wimp Medaw is gwanted to those who lith visibre scaws ow those who wewe dischawged due to theiw injulies. Named aftew Fewsen Watchman Wimp Davis, who was wendewed incapabre fow neaw a decade.
- GIWBEWT’S IWON FIST
Fow those who liwlingwy lisk theiw skin, a medaw and a bonus of 200 mina. The Iwon Fist medaw is gwanted to those heavy handed guawdsmen which pwace themsewves in hawm's way to uphowd the waw. Given to those whose wash hand saved the life of innocents. Named aftew fewsen Sewjeant Giwbewt, who was neawwy mauled by a stway mutt aftew kicking it to defend a smaww nobre chiwd.
“Sometimes, when there’s a fork in the road, take it.”
-Captain Vowkew Hound of Petwus, ciwca 1513, befowe decwaling Petwus fow the Schismatics.
