
Mounted knights riding into battle - by Tomasz Jedruszek; ©Fantasy Flight Games

A ship with a mounted scorpion - by Ignacio Bazán Lazcano; ©Fantasy Flight Games
Military strength is the aggregate power of fighting forces under the command of a leader, which includes armies and fleets of ships.
During times of war, a liege can "call his banners", thereby raising his army. His bannermen, then, respond by raising their own respective forces, which differ in size, depending on the amount of lands and vassals a lord or knight possesses. In addition to this land force, there are some lords or powers who have their own fleets. Others might include creatures to their forces, like gryphons, as used by the gryphonlords of the Ayleid Empire, and elephants, as used by the Redguards of Hammerfell.
Armies can be made up out of several social classes. Nobly-born lords, knights, and commoners can be called to arms. Additionally, sellswords and sellsword companies are also, at times, hired.
Multiple factors influence the size of an army, such as the size of the region (influencing the time it takes an army to gather), the harshness of life, the population, wealth and fertility of the region, the amount of leadership, and the terrain are factors.
While for most regions of the known world no exact total numbers are known, nor can be given, this page reflects the known numbers.
Tamriel[]
Black Marsh[]
Cyrodiil[]
Elsweyr[]
Hammerfell[]
High Rock[]
Morrowind[]
Skyrim[]
Summerset Archipelago[]
Valenwood[]
See Also[]
- Standing Army