Bereskarn

The Bereskarn are elite champions throughout the Kingdom of Vasteras, veteran warriors who have found victory in a hundred victories and are outmatched by none. They are granted land for their exceptional service and serve as champions to the nobility of Vasteras, coming together in units only for exceptionally powerful nobles or if their King requires their service. They don chainmail armor with segments of plate well suited both to protection and mobility, wielding fine two-handed axes that can cleave a man in twain and crush a knight's armor. They are easily identified by the polar bear pelts they wear over their armor, the bear's head resting atop their helms and its back flowing down into a cloak that both marks their calss and serves to keep them warm. Those outside the ranks of the Bereskarn are forbidden from donning such pelts, and offenders are executed for staining their honor.