Old Dominion: Hetairos

Game role

• Battlefield role: Officer
• Type: Cavalry

History

In the early days of the Old Domination, the Kataphractoi were the chosen Companions of the Caelesors, or Hetairoi, armed with the best weapons and armour he could provide and mounted on the largest steeds he could find. As the Old Dominion evolved, these ancestral formations were abandoned, but not the title of Hetairos. Granted to the greatest champions of the Old Domination, this title was awarded only by the Caelesor himself for acts of valour on the battlefield. Some of that skill and glory lives on in their faded remains, and the Hetairoi are first among equals in a Kataphractoi warband, their mere presence a reminder to their companions of the glorious charges of days gone by.

How they play

The Hetairoi, or commonly known as 'Companions', are veterans who have proved themselves worthy of their superiors and higher command, and who are entrusted with the responsibility of leading the mighty Kataphraktoi into battle. This officer enables the regiment to be even more committed to its role as shock cavalry and to carry out devastating charges on the flanks where the fighting is most intense!