Editing Rustängmarder

The '''Rustängmarder''' are an elite mercenary army of [[Chandrar]].
[[File:Rustaengmarder_solo_by_Artsy_Nada.jpg|thumb|right|Rustängmarder armor, drawn by [[Fanworks/Artsy Nada|Artsy Nada]]]]
== Overview ==
Also known as ''the army that doesn't die or retreat,'' the Rustängmarder are one of the strongest forces in Chandrar.<ref name="7.08k">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/02/19/7-08-k/ Chapter 7.08 K]</ref> They are loyalists to the [[Flos Reimarch|King of Destruction]].

== Habits and Structure ==
{{quote
|quote=“[Death Soldiers]. Don’t poke fun at them, Teres. Although I doubt you could make them mad, I’d hate to see it. They’re good sports if you want company for a night, though. Brave sad lads. But they’ll find salvation with his Majesty. And I’d trade a hundred regular [Soldiers] for each one of them. Five hundred.”
|speaker= [[Mars]]{{ref|7.10 K}}
}}They are repentants who embraced their death. They almost never remove their helmets and wear armor that covers their entire body.<ref name="7.08k" /> They wear full-visor helmets and are clad in dark black and green armor. They are known for perfect discipline, blank facial expressions and an unwillingness to retreat in battle, as they are [Death Soldiers] (and [Death Commanders] and [Death Keepers], which involves being a [Necromancer]).<ref name="7.10K" /> As such, their bodies can keep fighting even after death,<ref name="7.13K" /> and are also able to reattach limbs with necromancy.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/09/20/7-48-k/ Chapter 7.48 K]</ref> They also have a [[Draugr]] Guard, which fields the tough eponymous undead.<ref name=":0" /> The officers are responsible for preventing the undead from attacking their fellow soldiers. Their armor is refrigerated to both cool the living in Chandrar's hot climate and to preserve the dead for longer.<ref name=":1">{{VERef|Heroes of Hraace (Pt. 1)}}</ref>

Nobody makes fun of them, but "they’re good sports if you want company for a night", according to [[Mars]] who would trade 1 of them for 500 regular soldiers.<ref name="7.10K" />

They enact terrible revenge on deserters, removing an eye, an arm and a leg from them - that is described as "half for desertion".<ref name="7.10K" />

== History ==
A [Soldier] of the Rustängmarder was present when Flos despaired over [[Queravia]]'s death and began his slumber.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/01/13/4-02-k/ Chapter 4.02 K]</ref>

They were first mentioned by [[Orthenon]] when he listed them as one of the groups that were lost to Flos "for now".<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/05/2-00-k/ Chapter 2.22 K]</ref>

The Rustängmarder were contracted to fight for another master (located to the East of Reim) when Flos woke up. When Flos regained his strength and held himself against the hostility of entire Chandrar, the Rustängmarder eventually decided to send him help. For that reason, Commander [[Ytol]] deserted from their current employer early, leading 200 Rustängmarder [Soldiers] to the Kingdom of [[Reim]], also escorting the [[Nomads of the Sky]] to Flos. 80 Rustängmarder accompanied Flos to Belchan. The rest of all the Rustängmarder might were going to join Flos once their current contract expired.<ref name="7.10K">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/02/26/7-10-k/ Chapter 7.10 K]</ref>

Ytol's company of the Rustängmarder rejoined Flos' kingdom at the start of the first summer after Flos woke up.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/01/01/6-68/ Chapter 6.68]</ref> Their first major fight after rejoining Flos was against [[Manticores]] in [[Belchan]]<ref name="7.08k" /> Next, they participated in Flos' campaign against Belchan itself, seeing action in the battle of Viadem's pass.<ref name="7.13K" />

Most of the Rustängmarder where under contract with the [[Forgotten Wing Company]]. One force of was with [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]] when he assaulted the [[Minds]]' Gathering Citadel.

Once the contract with Niers expired, the rest of the Rustängmarder left Baleros to rejoin Reim. Fighting at see caused half a legion of casualties, but they disembarked in the northeast skirting the Empire of Sands and made it to Reim.<ref name=":2">{{VERef|10.12 H (Pt. 2)}}</ref>

== Known Rustängmarder ==
* [[Losve]] - Death-General<ref name=":2" />
* [[Ytol]] - Commander<ref name="7.10K" />
*[[Theilo]] - Death-Commander<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/11/02/9-23-ggggggggg/ Chapter 9.23 GGGGGGGGG]</ref>
* Igel - Soldier of Reim <span style="color:grey;">(''Deceased'')</span><ref name="7.13K">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/03/18/7-13-k/ Chapter 7.13 K]</ref>
* Chivic - Deathsoldier<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Groups/Organizations]]
[[Category:Reim]]
[[Category:Necromancers]]
[[Category:Chandrar]]
[[Category:Soldiers]]
[[Category:Mercenaries]]
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