Tanen House

For centuries if not millennia the Senic Royal Houses had been "feuding" but the entire continent lacked anything in the form of true pack animals. Agriculture was extremely limited, and it was a known fact that none of the houses would ever be able to sustain a campaign long enough, or a military large enough to rule the entire region that they all claimed was theirs. Occasional skirmishes did happen along the borders, but true wars were rare, and a prolonged war, unheard of.

When the first Frumaheivian explorers made landfall on what they would call "the new world" bringing with them the fruits of the agricultural revolution. The results were explosive economic and population growth. Though Tanen House was unable to enjoy these benefits as much as the others as they still lacked significant amounts of quality farmland and other natural resources. Not to mention the internal weakening that had followed their climb to power over the original royal family of the region. Though as the other houses grew taller it was clear that it was only a matter of time until one managed to finally end the feud for good and time wasn't on the side of Tanen House. The other obvious fact was that Tanen house was in no place win. Second to last only to the corrupted and unsalvageable Cusal House in every aspect, plans needed to be drawn, good plans, and fast.

King Tanen called his cabinet of generals and said "I know three things, we have to strike hard, we have to strike fast, and we have to strike in a way no one will expect." Thereafter the Tanen house prepared to fight dirty. They drilled almost exclusively in night attacks, something exceedingly hard to pull off at the time, and during the day they would exclusively defend. The doctrine began to emphasize individual marksmanship over large scale volley fire. Urban warfare was extensively studied and built upon.

And perhaps even more important than the military reform was the creation of a small unit that would engage in the real dirty work. Quite possibly the world's first black ops unit, the operatives were trained industrial sabotage, political assassination, kidnapping, and spy work. Even once deployed against the Doves within Tanen House itself.