This faction is unique so far in that it can be made up in different ways. I am not going to plough into the history of the Frankish dynasties as that will be the subject of another post on this forum. Here, I will just clarify the restrictions of the three flavours of the Frankish factions within the Saga wargame.
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| Carolingian Warriors |
Merovingian:
Warlord MAY be mounted.
Hearthguard MAY be mounted (if so their armour in melee is reduced by 1 as well as in shooting).
Warriors are not subject to any special rules except that ...
... one unit of Warriors (up to 8 models) may be upgraded to Saxons (armour is 3 but get +1 attack dice each in melee when they attack but not when they are attacked).
Levies are equipped with bows.
Note: all mounted models have javelins.
Carolingian:
Warlord MAY be mounted.
Hearthguard MAY be mounted.
Warriors MAY be mounted.
Warriors that are NOT mounted may be equipped with bows (bow armed warriors have armour 3).
Levies are equipped with javelins.
(note: if you want a book based source for the Carolingian Cavalryman ... look here)
Capetian:
Warlord MUST be mounted.
Hearthguard MUST be mounted.
Warriors are not subject to any special rules except that ...
... one unit of Warriors (up to 8 models) may be equipped with crossbows (armour is 3).
Levies are equipped with bows.
As you can see there is room for a number of different approaches. It should be possible to make use of your Norman faction to stand-in for the Frankish forces. They even use the same Saga dice as the Normans!
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| Frankish Saga dice |
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