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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 4663035" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p>Wow! that sounds like a pretty scary bunch! You might want to also do some research on the Sikhs, they were kind of like the Swiss in many ways (political organization for example, they had that 'warrior democracy' thing like the Swiss, and like the Swiss they were organized into a Confederacy at one point) but had (have) a more spiritual side somewhat similar to Buddhism, and the Sikh Khalsa considered themselves "warrior saints" with a duty to protect the weak, they believed in respecting women and they also included female warriors, (like in RPGs <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ). They were (and are) also amazingly effective warriors, I would say almost on par with the Ghurkas. They weren't mercenaries but did (and do fight) for the militarireis of other nations Some links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalsa" target="_blank">Khalsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Confederacy" target="_blank">Sikh Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbat_Khalsa" target="_blank">Sarbat Khalsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p>They also had cool weapons like the quoit, which many people know from Xena</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Xena_Chakram.jpg/220px-Xena_Chakram.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram</a></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>What is the other one? Maybe I should look into it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>If you want to discuss the Codex there are some other threads on here or you could PM me. I'm known to give out comp copies now and then.</p><p> </p><p>G.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 4663035, member: 77019"] Wow! that sounds like a pretty scary bunch! You might want to also do some research on the Sikhs, they were kind of like the Swiss in many ways (political organization for example, they had that 'warrior democracy' thing like the Swiss, and like the Swiss they were organized into a Confederacy at one point) but had (have) a more spiritual side somewhat similar to Buddhism, and the Sikh Khalsa considered themselves "warrior saints" with a duty to protect the weak, they believed in respecting women and they also included female warriors, (like in RPGs :) ). They were (and are) also amazingly effective warriors, I would say almost on par with the Ghurkas. They weren't mercenaries but did (and do fight) for the militarireis of other nations Some links: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalsa"]Khalsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Confederacy"]Sikh Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbat_Khalsa"]Sarbat Khalsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] They also had cool weapons like the quoit, which many people know from Xena [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Xena_Chakram.jpg/220px-Xena_Chakram.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram[/URL] What is the other one? Maybe I should look into it :) If you want to discuss the Codex there are some other threads on here or you could PM me. I'm known to give out comp copies now and then. G. [/QUOTE]
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