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Preview π Mounted Teutonic Knight for the October Release
🕑 Added 2023-10-07 17:33:12 +0000 UTCYou might have already seen this on Instagram, but for those of you who haven't, I've been working on the mounted Teutonic Knights for the next release: here's one that's almost done. What do you think? There will be 10 of them in the next release.
In the Baltic Crusades, most of the combat took place within a region characterized by deciduous forests, heathland, and marshes. These Baltic forests, with their thick underbrush, differed significantly from the more open coniferous forests found further north. In the heart of this landscape lay the upper Niemen, Vilya, and Dvina rivers, where the Lithuanians and their recently subjugated Russian subjects cultivated enough land to sustain a sizable population. Yet, they still preserved a swath of untouched forest stretching over 150 kilometers (93 miles) wide, serving as a natural buffer between themselves and the Teutonic Knights in Prussia and Livonia.
Surprisingly, it wasn't the trees themselves that posed the primary obstacle; rather, it was the dense undergrowth, marshes, and numerous waterways that truly impeded the movement of military forces. That's why, during the crusade, the knights were often forced to abandon their horses and fight on foot.
