The Gate Pact

The Gate Pact is a law passed by Asger Rune as first king of The Kingdom of Sodoria.
This makes every city and fief under the Kingdom bound by law to provide and supply a standing army at Irongate.

Levies

First Levy

The fortress' initial garrison was made of the professional soldiers left in the Sodorian Army, one thousand men. Each settlement provided a portion of their abled men to serve as soldiers, this brought the total initial garrison to 2,000. The initial provisions were levied at 10% of each held fief.

Ongoing Levy

An ongoing levy with no end date was signed where each fief had to provide a small percentage of its farms yield and monetary profits to the Irongate Fortress each season.
Another ongoing levy was signed where each ruling House had to provide a portion of their army every year to serve for six months at a time as defenders of the Irongate Fortress.

Services

Protection

The garrison of Irongate Fortress was sworn to protect The Kingdom of Sodoria from any enemies West of the Irongate Wall.

Training

Master at arms within the fortress were sworn to train recruits that served a minimum of six months.

Room and Board

The fortress was to provide room, board and provision to any that served a minimum of six months.

Employment

The garrison at Irongate was to be paid using the funds from the levies.

Pay by Rank

Trainee [1 cp/day]
Requirements: Able to hold a weapon.
Recruit [5 cp/day]
Requirements: Combat ready, over the age of maturity.
Man-at-arms [1 sp/day]
Requirements: Professional combat training and/or combat experience.
Knight [5 sp/day]
Requirements: Extensive combat training. Combat experience. Horse combat training. Adequate armor and weaponry.
Sergeant [1 gp/day]
Requirements: Leadership experience.
Captain [5 gp/day]
Requirements: Military academy training. Military leadership experience.