The Kislevite Army
The Kislevite army comprises the following units:
- Winged Lancers (similar to Polish Hussars in 17th century Poland)
- Ungol Horse Archers
- Kislev Kossars (a likely portmanteau of Cossack and Hussar)
- Gryphon Legion: These horsemen are the Tzarina's personal guard when she goes to war. Otherwise they are found serving as mercenaries in the Empire, especially Middenheim
- Boyars: the feudal lords of Kislev
The army's wizards, and the Kislevites in Warhammer fiction, use Ice magic, which is not one of the eight Winds of Magic used by their allies, the Empire.
In Black Library fiction such as the Ambassador Chronicles and the Riders of the Dead, other Army Books, and the 1995 Citadel list, Kislevites are also said to use trained bears, handgunners (Streletzi), blackpowder artillery, and armoured war wagons (Although Hussite armies of Bohemia used war wagons, their use in the Kislevite army is inspired by the Ukrainian Cossacks. They also used war wagons as part of their tactics). However no official rules or models exist for these types of units. (Although rules and models for these do exist in the "Warmaster" and "Mordheim" games)
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