Entity Dossier
Organization
Christendom
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Signature MoveDiscretion and Conditions Over Raw CourageCornerstone MoveRestore the Footman to Break the HorsemanSignature MoveCombined Arms Over Single-Arm DominanceSignature MoveDiscipline Over Feudal LoyaltyCornerstone MoveMethod Where Others Had NoneRisk DoctrineMercenary Loyalty Expires With PayIdentity & CultureBarbarian Replacement Destroys InstitutionsOperating PrincipleDefensive Tools Signal DeclineStrategic PatternCavalry Supremacy as Civilizational Trap
Primary Evidence
"When the kingdom of Charles the Great was broken up and the local counts began to acquire a semi-independence, feudalism arose, and horsemen acquired still greater importance. They had their merits. It was they who kept back the vast inroads of that era from north, east and south. Without them Christendom might have been overrun; no wonder the knight in armor won the regard of the whole earth."
Source:Gustavus Adolphus