Keshik

The Keshik are the Crimson Archer's mercenary army of horse archers.

Background
The Keshik were founded by Crimson when he came into control of a large group of bandits in northern Cyrodiil and then proceeded to train and organize them. Following that, he gradually incorporated more and more bandits into the Keshik, awing them with the strength of his forces and luring them in with his promises of gold, women, and fighting. Crimson soon provided himself a strategical genius, not only finding the Keshik lucrative work, but leading them in many successful battles all the while gaining increments of reputation for his army.

By the time he was twenty seven years old, the Keshik were a highly elite fighting force, and Crimson was determined to get them the most well-paying jobs a mercenary could get.

Organization
The Keshik are all trained as horse archers, archers who fire from horse back. This allows for a highly mobile, deadly, ranged force that can tear apart it's opponents and at the same time contend with armies larger than itself. The Keshik does have some infantry, but they are reserved only for encounters were such combat is required. The ranks of the Keshik are simple. There are the common soldiers, then the captains who lead their companies, a few colonels who lead brigades, and then the Crimson Archer himself as the commanding general of the army.