Spearmen of the Swallow

Intro:

Their lord was Duilin. It was a house of archers, who wore a fan of feathers upon their helms, and they were arrayed in white and dark blue and in purple and black. Their emblem, which rested upon their shields, was that of an arrowhead. From this folk came the most numbered and best archers along with the folk of the Heavenly Arch, so they were positioned in the broad places of the walls.

During the Fall of Gondolin, Gothmog gathered his armies in the northern gate and knocked it down. The folks of the Arch and the Swallow defended the walls in the northern part, pouring rains of arrows over the hosts of Orcs, helping the houses that fought below. As the enemy's attack grew, Duilin fell from the walls, smitten by a fiery bolt from outside of the city.

When the gate was lost, many goblins held a great part of the walls, so many elves of both the Arch and the Swallow were thrust to their doom. Then the house of the Fountain arrived to help, but a great gap was opened in the western wall, and bands of the Arch and the Swallow battled amid the wreck against the coming enemies. Slowly the battle in that part of the city was lost and they retreated towards the Square of the Folkwell, where the guard of the Arch, the Swallow and others was scattered and gathered together, forming a good battalion. Led by Tuor, they marched to the Square of the King. There they met Egalmoth of the Heavenly Arch, who had been in the south walls with some of his men and of the Swallow, and later they had helped him to rescue captives and wandering men.

Probably many of them survived as exiles, as while crossing Cristhorn, a man of this folk informed Tuor that Glorfindel was being attacked by a band of Orcs and a Balrog.

Summary: About unit function and place in meta

The Spearmen of the Swallow are a hybrid archer/spearmen unit. This hybrid nature makes this unit very useful because they can skirmishes with the enemy and then either ward off cavalry or hold the line. They are also massable and are Gondolins second best archer.

Pros and Cons of Unit

Pros:

2nd best archer for the Gondolin roster.

cheapest amassable archer for Gondolin.

Hybrid unit.

Decent spearmen.

Cons:

Low ammunition.

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