Armies of the Iron League Part Six: Irongate and the Iron Hills

Now we wrap up the last of the Iron League nations (not counting the Lordship of the Isles, which for various reasons I’m not including in this particular campaign), but this will definitely not be the last article concerning my Iron League Triumph! campaign. There are still battle cards to write up (including battlefield spells), monsters to deal with, and then the Great Kingdom has to take the field, so the Iron League has someone to fight.

Irongate and the Iron Hills are going to be a doozy, and there is a lot of overlap between the two, which is why I’m combining them. Heading back to Dragon 57, here’s the proportions of troops for the Free City itself:

1 light cavalry (scouts) / 5 regular infantry (marines) / 10 levied infantry / 10 light infantry (borderers and hillmen) / 40 dwarves / 15 gnomes

The reason the proportions seem so weird is because of the very small number of scouts. If you take them out, it looks much more reasonable:

1 regular infantry (marines) / 2 levied infantry / 2 light infantry (borderers and hillmen) / 10 dwarves / 3 gnomes

In Triumph! terms, the light cavalry is Bad Horse, the marines are Warriors, the levied infantry is Light Foot (because they are trained), the borderers and hillmen are both Raiders, while the dwarves are a mix of Elite Foot and Warband, and the gnomes are a mix of Light Spear and Skirmishers.

That gives us the following for Irongate and the Iron Hills:

Iron League Irongate/Iron Hills

CY 576-580

Invasion Rating 1

Maneuver Rating 2

Home Topography: arable, hilly

General’s troop type: Elite Foot

Army Battle Cards: Fortified Camp

Required Troops

Troop Types	Min	Max	Battle Line	Restrictions	Battle Cards
Bad Horse Light Cavalry	0	1
Warriors Marines	1	2	All
Light Foot Levied Infantry	2	4	All
Raiders Borderers	2	4	All
Raiders Hillmen	2	4			Hillmen troops
Elite Foot Dwarves	2	6	All		Dwarven troops
Warband Dwarves	2	6	All		Dwarven troops
Light Spear Gnomes	1	3	All		Gnome troops
Skirmishers Gnomes	1	3			Gnome troops

Optional Contingents

Troop Types	Min	Max	Restriction	Battle Cards
Archers Armored Crossbowmen	1	2	CY 576-577, 580

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

Ally Troop Options: Onnwal

Troop Types	Min	Max	Restriction	Battle Cards
Light Spear Light Infantry	1	2	CY 578-580

Enemies: Great Kingdom South Province, Great Kingdom See of Medegia, Great Kingdom, Scarlet Brotherhood

(Irongate heraldry by Anna B. Meyer)