Elven Khanates

The Horse Horde

Racing across the steppes on colossal centaur battle mechs, the Elven Khans seek domination and tribute.

Before the fall, elves dominated the world in all things: their magic was the strongest, their leaders the wisest and their armies the grandest. When the fall happened the elves lost all their cities and sacred sites, they lost the places that bound them to their magic and their history. Now all elves are nomadic in some way. The Elven Khans are fierce magical warrior kings who have always refused to accept human dominance and Old Alliance control, now with their centaur mechs they pillage freely.

Their mechs are light and incredibly fast in open terrain but they carry only one true weapon and do not take additional modifications as most mechs do. If Unimpeded, they can race from one end of the battlefield to the other before their enemies have had a chance to react. Their airships do not just transport assault troops but also are agile fighters, able to knock another airship from the sky or even make light attacks directly on battle mechs.

A wise opponent uses terrain to their advantage when bringing the khans to heel; if they can be penned in and prevented from outflanking they can be stopped. It is more likely however that these elven lords will find a gap in the lines that can be exploited mercilessly by their mech cavalry. The Khans are cruel to their defeated enemies, leaving entire towns of the dead, their sparkstone stolen and what remains left to burn because, if the khans cannot take it with them, no one can have it.