The Triumph! army lists continue; this time we have the indominatable Sunndi. Sunndi is an interesting case, because here we have regular human troops, gnomes, dwarves, and elves, as well as human woodsmen.
According to Dragon 57, these are the proportions of the Sunndian army as of CY 579 or so (not counting the dwarves, hillmen, and gnomes guarding the border against Medegia):
4 elf / 1 woodsman / 1.5 light horse / 4 infantry / 1 dwarf / 1 halfling / 1 gnome / 6 militia
This actually gives us an interesting situation, and an opportunity to use the allies and optional troops that we see in the Meshwesh army lists, as the demihumans are mostly described as being semi-independent.
Let’s translate these into Triumph! troop types. Elves are skirmishers (but will, like all the demihuman troops, have a battle card that gives them a bit of added color), woodsmen would be archers (with a battle card giving them a bonus when attacking from forest), light horse is bad horse (as we did with Idee), Greyhawk Wars gives Idee light infantry, so it makes sense to use light foot for the infantry, dwarves are elite foot, halflings are usually slingers and the like so skirmishers makes sense, gnomes are… umm… hmm. The sources don’t really give any details on what they are, so I’m going to fall back on the trusty Monster Manual, which tells us that gnomes are 40% armed with club and spear, so I’m going to go with light spear. Finally, the militia are skirmishers because of their weapons, with the hillmen having the added benefit of the hillmen battle card. To differentiate between them, the hillmen figures will be slingers, while the interior figures will be crossbowmen.
So here’s what we come up with for Sunndi.
Iron League Sunndi
CY 576-580
Invasion Rating 1
Maneuver Rating 2
Home Topography: arable, forest, hilly
General’s troop type: Bad Horse
Army Battle Cards: Fortified Camp
Required Troops
Troop Types | Min | Max | Battle Line | Restrictions | Battle Cards |
Bad Horse Light Horse | 1 | 2 | All | ||
Archers Woodsmen | 0 | 2 | All | Woodsmen | |
Light Foot Infantry | 3 | 6 | All | ||
Skirmishers Elves | 0 | 6 | Elven Troops Woodsmen | ||
Skirmishers Hillmen Militia | 2 | 4 | Hillmen | ||
Skirmishers Interior Militia | 2 | 4 |
Optional Contingents
Glorioles/Hestmark Demihumans
Troop Types | Min | Max | Battle Line | Restrictions | Battle Cards |
Elite Foot Dwarves | 1 | 2 | All | CY 578-580 | Dwarven Troops |
Skirmishers Halflings | 0 | 1 | CY 578-580 | Halfling Troops | |
Light Spear Gnomes | 0 | 1 | All | CY 578-580 | Gnome Troops |
Ally Troop Options
Iron Hills Dwarves
Troop Types | Min | Max | Restriction | Battle Cards |
Warband | 1 | 2 | CY 579-580 | Dwarven Troops |
Elite Foot | 1 | 2 | CY 579-580 | Dwarven Troops |