I'm gathering that the Royal Guard are fairly elite if they're wearing 'full armor', but even so they're not going to have fun running away from lightly armoured men, much less dog cavalry. And being outnumbered 5-to-1 I doubt that the Captain is liable to like the idea of standing and fighting without a formaidable terrain advantage.
Interesting that pikemen would be characteristic if these Islands are a bandit/pirate haven. Pikes aren't terribly handy onboard ships, or in anything but formation fighting (boarding pikes are somewhat smaller) which doesn't seem too plausible, particularly if cavalry are less of a threat.
Thus far I'm seeing three or four factions: the mountain kingdom of your protagonist (the Dynasty?), the Islanders and the River Kingdom (I'm not clear if they're the same as the 'flatlanders'). I'd be interested in seeing how your geography works out if islanders are a threat as a source of bandits to a mountain region - usually mountains are far enough inland that islands wouldn't be much of a refuge, but I supposed that there are exceptions.
You do seem to have a couple of strong characters established, and some sort of politics in mind so I'd be interested in seeing where you'd be going with this.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
Interesting that pikemen would be characteristic if these Islands are a bandit/pirate haven. Pikes aren't terribly handy onboard ships, or in anything but formation fighting (boarding pikes are somewhat smaller) which doesn't seem too plausible, particularly if cavalry are less of a threat.
Thus far I'm seeing three or four factions: the mountain kingdom of your protagonist (the Dynasty?), the Islanders and the River Kingdom (I'm not clear if they're the same as the 'flatlanders'). I'd be interested in seeing how your geography works out if islanders are a threat as a source of bandits to a mountain region - usually mountains are far enough inland that islands wouldn't be much of a refuge, but I supposed that there are exceptions.
You do seem to have a couple of strong characters established, and some sort of politics in mind so I'd be interested in seeing where you'd be going with this.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.