Loudwater Guard

The Loudwater Guard was the militia of the city of Loudwater in the mid-to-late 14 century DR.

Organization
It comprised 300 soldiers, typically divided into patrols of up to 20. Regular members, called 'guards', were proficient warriors, while the sergeants, titled 'fists', were capable fighters. They were in turn overseen by fist captains. They were aided by mages, namely evokers and sorcerers, and clerics, typically of Helm, the Red Knight, or Torm.

The militia was ultimately commanded by the two Gauntlets of Loudwater. They were titled the Gauntlet of the Eastern Marches and the Gauntlet of the Western Marches and had the duty of defending Loudwater's territory to the east and west, respectively. In times of war, they might be joined by a third gauntlet. The gauntlets directly reported to the reigning High Lord.

A particular patrol was Thelbrimm's Nine, also known as Thelbrimm's Four. Serving under Gauntlet Thelbrimm, they were one of the units that patrolled and protected the eastern lands of Loudwater's domain.

Possessions
Warriors were equipped with chainmail, a wooden light shield, longsword, light crossbow, and bolts. They wore uniforms of electric-blue tabards emblazoned front and back with the city's three golden crescent moons, over dark-brown breeches and blouses.

The sergeants instead wore white tabards and were granted masterwork longswords and magical +1 chainmail and +1 wooden light shields, including alchemical silver bolts and potions of cure light wounds.

Activities
Typically, when there was trouble in the city, the citizens called for the guard, who responded within a minute with a group of up to a dozen guards led by a fist, and possibly with a spellcaster.

Bases of Operations
Within the city, the Loudwater Guard was divided by and based in a number of buildings known as 'armories'. These didn't just store and supply weapons, but also served as police stations for maintaining order in their respective neighborhoods. Each armory was commanded by a fist captain, who had a staff of 3 to 5 fists, who each led patrols of 5 to 10 guards. One was the Geenfunt Armory, which was located in Funt Market at the end of Geenfunt Way, and had three fists.

The Gauntlet of the Eastern Marches had their headquarters in the Eastenhall and the Gauntlet of the Western Marches had their headquarters in the Western Tower.

Known Members

 * Fist Captain Nesrin, commander of Geenfunt Armory
 * Fist Keshel, a senior sergeant of Geenfunt Armory
 * Fist Pennet Farhill
 * Fist Korath Hospler
 * Fist Barvas Naren
 * Fist Pevil Trollhammer, right hand of Gauntlet Thelbrimm