Classes

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Trainee Classes

Medic
Tool: Staves
Promotes to: Cleric(female only), Priest(male), and Troubadour
Mounts: None
Class Description: A Medic is not a master of the healing arts. The primary affect Medics have on a patient is to make a wounded person feel less pain.

Student
Tool: Sword
Promotes to: Theif, Mercenary, and Swordmaster.
Mounts: None
Class Description: Novices are melee units, capable of wielding only swords. Barely able to swing a blade, but fast enough to outrun some enemies.

Journeyman
Tool: Axe
Promotes to: Bandit, Pirate, Warrior
Mounts: None
Class Description: Also being units that prefer hand-to-hand combat, Journeymen take to their strength rather than speed to simply cut things up with their axe.

Hunter
Tool: Bow
Promotes to: Archer, Nomad
Mounts: None
Class Description: The Hunter is a class that takes advantage of it's long range against others. Faster than Journeymen and Soldiers, but lacking in most other areas. They practice their skill with the bow.

Recruit
Tool: Lance
Promotes to: Knight, Soldier
Mounts: None
Class Description: Recruits live to fight in the front lines. Keeping the balance between strength and defense, they make use of their lances to pierce through the enemy's defenses.

Squire
Tool: Lance (choice of sword if your going cavalier on promotion)
Promotes to: Pegasus Knight, Wyvern Knight, and Cavalier
Mounts: They can begin to learn mounted fighting near the end of their time as a trainee.
Class Description: Though not quite as strong or sturdy as Recruits, the Squires take advantage of their skills while on mounts, whether a horse, a wyvern or a Pegasus. Lances give them the extra range they need to attack from their harnesses(type of mount must be picked at the start).

Pupil
Tool: Dark, Anima, or Light depending on what class the character'll be.
Promotes to: Shaman, Mage, or Monk
Mounts: None
Class Description: Apprentices of the arcane arts, Pupils make use of their magic tomes to burn, crush or purge their enemies(school of magic must be picked at the start). They aren't too fast or sturdy, so they rely on their long range, knowledge and high magic resistance to fight.


First Tier

Novice-
Myrmidon
Tools: Sword
Promotes to: Swordmaster, Assassin
Mounts: No
Class Description: Speed devil.

Thief
Tools: Sword nd Lock-pick
Promotes to: Assassin, Rogue
Mount: None
Class Description: Fast as a myrmidon but in a way of Finesse. Make up for lack of combat ability with the skills to steal and pick locks.

Mercenary
Tools: Sword
Promotes to: Hero, Ranger
Mount: None
Class Description: Not necessarily a sellsword, the term Mercenary is a form of slang for Jack-of-all trades. Can use small shields.

Legionaire
Tools: Sword
Promotes to: Centurion, Hero
Mount: None
Class Description: Not as fast as the other swordsmen, but much sturdier of a fighter. Can weild any sized shield.

Journeymen-
Bandit
Tools: Axe
Promotes to: Berserker, Brute
Mount: None
Class Description: Not necessarily a rapin' and-a pilagin', but they can walk on mountains and have less speed than fighters, yeah.

Fighter
Tools: Axe
Promotes to: Warrior, Hero
Mount: None
Class Description: A fighter with an axe who focuses on offense most likely.

Pirate
Tools: Axe
Promotes to: Berserker, Warrior
Mount: None
Class Description: Yo, ho, ho. No seriously, kind of like a fighter who knows their way around water.

Tua
Tools: Axe
Promotes to: Brute, Laoch
Mount: None
Class Description: This, is not a woodsman sent to fight for his lord. This is a soldier, made to swing his axe about.

Hunter-
Archer
Tools: Bow
Promotes to: Ranger, Sniper, Nomadic Trooper, and Huntsman
Mount: None
Class Description: A man with a bow, not only safer than close range, but sometimes more effective.

Nomad
Tools: Bow
Promotes to: Nomadic Trooper, Huntsman
Mount: Horse
Class Description: A bowman on a horse. Hi ho silver! thwang! and all that.


Recruit-
Knight
Tools: Lance
Promotes to: General, Great Knight
Mount: None
Class Description: Somebody left a wall on this bridge, none of your myrmidons or thieves can break it down. Then a lance kills everyone. Knights are a powerhouse with stalwart defense.

Soldier
Tools: Lance
Promotes to: Halberdier, Paladin
Mount: None
Class Description: Soldiers are a very basic unit, no breakout categories, they mainly have skill and slight defense.

Hoplite
Tools: Lance
Promotes to: Polemarchs, Halberdier
Mount: None
Class Description: Much much faster than the other foot soldiers, Hoplites are a bit less sturdy to go with it.
Squire-
Cavalier
Tools: Lance, Sword
Promotes to: Paladin, Great Knight
Mount: Horse
Class Description: A mounted master in training, Cavaliers capitalize on hit and run tactics.

Pegasus Knight (Female Only)
Tools: Lance
Promotes to: Falco Knight and Hawk Knight
Mount: Pegasus
Class Description: A woman who commands the skies, she fights with an unmatched elegance.

Wyvern Rider
Tools: Lance
Promotes to: Wyvern Knight, Wyvern Lord
Mount: It's definitely not a Wyvern, but seriously it's a wyvern.
Class Description: A warrior atop a wyvern, a master of the skies, fights with one of the most powerful companions you could ask for.

Pupil-
Mage
Tools: Anima
Promotes to: Sage, Mage Knight
Mount: None
Class Description: A pupil who knows. And knowing is half the battle.

Shaman
Tools: Dark
Promotes to: Druid, Summoner
Mount: None
Class Description: A pupil who has immersed themselves in darkness, not necessarily a dark person.

Monk
Tools: Light
Promotes to: Bishop, Sage
Mount: None
Class description: A pupil who uses faith to cast their magic

Medic-
Priest (man) Cleric (woman)
Tools: Staves
Promotes to: Bishop, Valkyrie
Mount: None
Class Description: A skilled healer.

Troubadour
Tools: Staves
Promotes to: Mage Knight, Valkyrie
Mount: Horse
Class Description: A mounted Healer.


No Trainee and no promotion
Manakete
Tools: Dragonstone
Class Description: From Arcadia, or through he dragonsgate, the Dragon requires their dragon stone to become it's true form after a protection placed on humans after the scouring.

Bard (man) Dancer (woman)
Tools: Nothing
Class Description: An inspirer, no fighting value.


Second Tier-

General
Tools: Axe, Lance, and Sword
Promoted from: Knight
Mount: None
Class Description: A more powerful knight, doesn't necessarily command troops.

Hussar
Tools: Bow and Lance
Promoted from: Bow Knight
Mount: Horse