A Human marine
Marines are ship-borne soldiers who can be found in the Imperial Navy, the High Elf Navy, among the Knights Mariner of the Cult of Manann, and onboard the larger private merchant vessels.
Role[]
Marines in service to a government's navy or private merchants protect their ships from pirates, Norscan marauders, and other raiders. Unlike seamen, whose primary duty is sailing the ship, marines are onboard only to fight.[1a]
When in port, marines frequently form press gangs to fill out the ship's crew. More than one unsuspecting citizen has awoken at sea after taking a belaying pin to the head from an overzealous press ganger. Due to these activities, and their own drunken brawling, marines are resented in many seaside communities. When raiders attack, however, these same citizens are quick to accept the aid of battle-hardened marines.[1a]
Notable Marines[]
- Trident Bearers - This unit of High Elven marines are the elite troops of the Citadel of Dusk in Lustria and its oldest High Elven regiment. It is a crack force of 120 elite highborn marines. Trident Bearers wear sleeveless ithilmar scale mail shirts and fight with 5-foot-long tridents.[2a]