King's Own Deployments
Posted by Apostate on 05/04/20
Q: What is the full list of people and places guarded by the King's Own? Even if it's only the Royal Family and the Palace, that's three shifts a day, seven days a week. With 100 knights. Even just for the King, that's 39 knights per day, and how many knights would be required to secure the whole Palace? How does the math work? Are there other Palace guards?
A: The Iron Guard are the bulk of forces arrayed throughout Arx, including in the Palace. There would be typically several hundred Iron Guardsmen throughout the Ward of the Crown at least, and a regular shift of likely at least a hundred in the Palace itself, if not more. The King's Own are the ultra elite and are deployed at the discretion of the Lord Commander and the crown, with typically their duties based around guarding the royal person and their family members. Iron Guardsmen assigned to the palace would follow the directives of the Lord Commander of the King's Own, but typically -any- member of the King's Own could expect to have Iron Guardsmen follow instructions with the expectation it is flowing down from the Crown.
A: The Iron Guard are the bulk of forces arrayed throughout Arx, including in the Palace. There would be typically several hundred Iron Guardsmen throughout the Ward of the Crown at least, and a regular shift of likely at least a hundred in the Palace itself, if not more. The King's Own are the ultra elite and are deployed at the discretion of the Lord Commander and the crown, with typically their duties based around guarding the royal person and their family members. Iron Guardsmen assigned to the palace would follow the directives of the Lord Commander of the King's Own, but typically -any- member of the King's Own could expect to have Iron Guardsmen follow instructions with the expectation it is flowing down from the Crown.