History

 

The Guardsmen Militia of Yew was founded shortly after the Zog Cabal’s failed attempt to cast the Armageddon spell. At the time Yew was just a backwater province, a veritable no-man’s land where Lord British’s control ended quite literally with the border of the town center. Numerous orcish clans festered within the woods, undead cults roamed the aptly named Lich Forest, while brigands reigned unchallenged in Deepwood and beyond.

The increasingly dire situation did not go unnoticed by the Crown and not before long Lord Rothermore enlisted the grizzled veteran Damien Lumberton to set up a Militia to bring law and order into the chaos of Yew. The first years of the Militia were plagued with peril and bitter hardship as the newly established fighting force tried to claw back the land from brigands, orcs, undead and all the evils that had gripped Yew for so long.

Ultimately, the Guardsmen Militia of Yew managed to establish a foothold and pushed back the tides of criminals and monsters from the borders of the town. However, the success was short lived as Minax invaded Britannia soon after, spreading chaos and destruction. It was then that the decision was made to abandon the Badlands and bring the Militia forth for a new life in the lands of Trammel.

With the full support of the Crown, great efforts were made to put the Militia on a stronger foundation this time. The citadel of Stonekeep was built in place of the previously meagre headquarters, serving as a bastion of order and loyalist strength. Although the Militia had already become a formidable fighting force, it was the construction of Stonekeep that sealed its military dominance once and for all. Over the coming decades the Guardsmen Militia managed to eliminate the orcish and undead threats almost entirely, with the few remaining creatures hiding in only the deepest and darkest reaches of woods.

Nowadays, The Guardsmen Militia continues to prosper. Yew is no longer a disjointed town on the outer verge of the civilised world but rather an industrial center of Britannia. The Militia itself has become the dominant force in the North and stands as the stalwart guardian of the Crown’s interests in the various political disputes that erupt across the lands.