Uzden Marksman

Riflemen who pick off your lord and soldiers from a distance.

Targets

Your lord and soldiers

Hits hard

your lord (x1.5), soldiers (x1.5)

Attack

Ranged, reach 110

Health

16

Speed

56

Damage

7 every 2.2s

Bounty

1 coins when your lord strikes the last blow

Comes in

Kiziqi, Inner Kakheti, Tusheti, Hereti, Outer Kakheti

History

In Dagestan the word uzden meant a free person. The class was not uniform: some uzden families stood close to the nobility, while most were free community members who held their own land and owed various duties to a ruler.

By the 18th century many free uzdens lived in self-governing unions of village communities rather than directly under a khan. In wartime the people's militia, together with the lord's retainers, was commanded by a feudal ruler such as the Avar nutsal.

Dagestan had a long arms-making tradition, with the village of Kubachi its best-known centre. Most surviving decorated Dagestani firearms date from the 19th century, so the exact guns of 18th-century uzdens are less well documented.

Sources

• europeanproceedings.com/article/10.15405/epsbs.2022.12.90
• ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Уздени

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