Petterson Family/Rangonio/Mentorship

Welcome Student,

I am Rangonio, a Mentor from Perdan.

This is rather a lot to take in at the start, but it is all vital information and you should take your time to read through the message and 'digest' all the information.

Mentor Instructions

As a mentor, you are responsible to teach your students the following lessons:

• Recruitment and maintainance of units.
• The chain of command - realm hierarchy, general and ruler.
• Basic combat tactics.
• Unit settings.

You should attempt to answer any questions they might have about other areas.

Basically, this is all the stuff that I have to teach you. You need to learn these, and once you have, which this message intends to do, my teaching is, basically, finished. However, if you decide to remain under my mentorship (or even if you dont) I will still be around to ask any of your questions. Please dont hesitate!

Recruitment

You can only recruit in the capital of your realm, you should only recruit what you can afford with your tax money, remembering to allow extra gold for payment and repairs.

If you dont have a unit when you recruit there is a "hint" link on the side which tells you how many to recruit and how much you will have left and how long you can pay them for.

If you over recruit the council most likely will not provide you with gold. This is because you have recruited more than you can handle with your gold, and as your a new troop leader, you will recieve money from your family (When you create your character, on the 3rd and 7th day after creating your character!)

If you dont have enough gold to recruit a unit, and you need one, then please ask for gold. (In Perdan, you are required to ask your BG Leader, who will forward your request to the providers!)

Chain of Command

Simply, your BG Leader, the Council (General, Judge, other nobles in the Perdan Council) and finally, the Ruler, whom over-rules the previously mentioned.

Also, you might want to listen to people with positions or who have spent a long time in the realm, as they know what they will be doing, but wait for clearance from the mentioned Chain of Command. If they dont give clearance straight away, you might want to send them a message (NOT to the whole realm).

Basic Combat Tactics and Unit Settings

This is not really my field however, pay attention to the formations given by the people in the Chain of Command and set it to that from your paperwork...

Id suggest setting your unit payment to every 7 days on paperwork. So, if you forget to pay your men, it wil ldo it automatically for you after 7 days - coinsidently - this will prevent your unit from deserting you.

Instructions

If the region has walls and your in them, then you dont want to leave the walls, you want the archers to shoot as much down until they get in, that will weaken the force. - You'll have to set to defensive for that, unless the Chain of Command tells you otherwise.

• Murderous - Never set to this unless told to do so. You will attack anyone, not in your realm - sometimes it can be - even allies.
• Aggressive - You will run forward as fast as you can to meet the enemy.
• Normal - the normal setting, they go forward at a normal pace and meet the enemy to battle.
• Defensive - the hold back until they have to go forward.

Designation

You can also set your men to:

• Army - for standard operations.
• Police - for region maintenance. They help the local militia and regions statistics but are unprepared for battle, meaning you will lose a small amount of CS.
• Mercenaries - Keeps morale high when far from your realm. They are more expensive and expect to be paid more regularly.
• Sentries - Specialise in fortified fights. They have better CS than other units but suffer large morale loss outside of your realm. Use this setting when you place your men as militia.
• Vanguards - Quicker unit, they have better travel times from region to region. However, they expect 20% more pay for the risks and lose the ability to dig in.

Miscellaneous

Elections - You can help decide they outcome of an election by setting your votes to your prefered leaders. You must put them in order of preference, the first on the list gets 4 votes from you, 2 for second, and a single vote for last. Any votes for yourself or a family member are halfed.

I will also ask any other questions you are likely to ask. Just post me the question and Ill get back to you as soon as I can - remember I have a real life too. Be patient.

With Regards,