Daurwarda of Ephel Brandir

Lore:

Ephel Brandir (also called the Ephel) was a settlement of woodmen in Brethil. It lay upon the hill of Amon Obel, in the forest of Brethil, and is where Túrin was taken when he fell ill. It was ruled by Brandir son of Handir.

Etymology: Ephel Brandir is Sindarin for "the encircling fence of Brandir".

Summary:

The Daurwarda of Ephel Brandir are the Haladin's only bodyguard unit. They have two volleys of armor piericing javelins and are excellent in melee. Their main weakness is that they lack two hit points and only have eighty men in the unit.

Strengths/weaknesses:

Strengths:

-Excellent melee skill at 10 allows this unit to hold the line effectively.

-Armor piercing missiles allow this unit to shred armored units.

-Moral buff +2 in 25 Meters keeps other Haladin units in the fight.

-Good speed at 1.05 allows this bodyguard unit to close into melee quickly.

-High moral at 24 allows this unit to keep fighting even against overwhelming numbers.

-Can use sharpened stakes to ward off cavalry.

-Expert at hiding in woods gives this unit the ability to hide when in forest tiles.

Weaknesses:

-One hit point hurts this bodyguard units survivability compared to two hit point bodyguards.

-Smaller unit size compared to other one hit point bodyguards at eighty.

Classification: Bodyguard

In Silmarillion bodyguard units are the elite soldiers of each faction, they have the high stat compered to the rest of the units in their particular faction. Bodyguard units main downside is their smaller unit size however this is counteracted by the fact some have two and sometimes three hit points. The Bodyguard units that only have one hit point have more men in the unit then other bodyguard units with multiple hit points.

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