On Warfare Papers

The On Warfare Papers

This is a work in process, and will be updated as I write the different sections.

A small set of books or essays written by Aegidius Blackwood during the many years he spent as the Dean of the Blackwood War College, the subjects of the Papers were the same of his lectures, analyzing such groups as; The Sicarius Family, The Vekonic Military Rule, A History of Asgarnia Military orders, The Ardougnian Armed Forces.

The Sicarius Papers
The Sicarius Family have been a central point in Gielinor politics and warfare for the past decades. Ranging from their region and selling of the City of Varrock, to their start as “Daggers for Hire”. Through out their History, the Sicarius have been known for their renown fighting skills, non traditional tactics, and the use of what in present terms could be looked as a, terrorism. First, let us address what the Sicarius were most known for, their daggers. The most “holy” item inside of the Sicarius family, from a Servus to the Domius himself, is the dagger. At the roots of the Family, the dagger was a key item needed in all of the Family “dark” rituals. Though most of them are unknown, members who have escape the Family, have told stories of the use of some magical power behind the dagger, though these sources could simply be insane from the about of pain and mental torture they were under. During their height, all Cities across the land, more so Falador, the Sicarius would appear, killing groups of people before disappearing off into the night again, like some shadow. This fear they wielded was mightier than any dagger or physical weapon they could ever dream of. Soon enough, all the way from the peasant to the highest of Kings, feared the name of the Sicarius. With their violent and unorthodox tactics, the Sicarius were able to take down highly trained Knight and Military forces.

As seen during the Sicarius Wars, this small family went toe to toe against large and organized military orders such as; “The Claws of Peace, the White Knight Order and the Zamorakian Empire”. All three of these Armies, were modernized and centralized, function as a regular standing fighting force, with resources and supplies that much suppressed the ones of the Sicarius Family. During this conflict that would span for months, the Sicarius under the leadership of their shadowy leader, Kel Sicarius, enter only a few battles and with surprising skill and tact over comes the much better prepared Military forces. During these small fights, the public were shown the odd but yet superior tactics the Sicarius held, during the opening weeks of the conflict the Sicarius lost little to no men as they used guerrilla tactics against their much larger foes. This was shown highly, during the first great battle of Falador where the Sicarius destroyed their enemies. There is a shift of fighting style during this conflict, near the middle, the Sicarius become much more aggressive, attacking at will, going for direct results and attacks against their enemies. During the second great battle of Falador, the much smaller Sicarius force lasted against a much larger professional forces, through again due to these unorthodox tactics the Sicarius defeated their enemies. It is something to note of this much smaller force wrecking this much death upon a much larger one. The Sicarius, had modernized the use of tactics inside of warfare. Focusing more on light armoured and fast moving members, the Sicarius soldiers were able to overcome the heavy armored Knights and Soldiers by pure speed and skill.