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The bulk of the military manpower of the Dalisid Seraphate comes in the form of Azaps. Each village in most of the provinces of Seraphate is required to arm, train and equip at least one man, who is also required to spend at least at least two days every month drilling and doing routine patrols around their home towns to keep down. When the call to war is given, each Azap is required to join up with army and march to war. As Azaps on campaign are paid, get a share of any loot they might collect and can rise in station significantly there is little objection to this practice. While this system does leave a fair bit of irregularities in what it produces, it does provide the Seraphate with a very large supply of troops for it's armies. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been mobilized in the past. Even before the rifle wars, firearm were popular weapons among Azap forces and as such the adoption of new firearms technology has been fairly swift.

The quality of equipment that is used by Azaps varies. There are a few centers of weapons production and Azaps near those areas usually have comparatively high quality gear. Those from more remote areas of the Seraphate largely have to make do with what can be produced by local smiths. This caplock rifled musket is made by the latter. It also bears some design features common to the region. In recent years, the Seraph has sent out officials to these outlying regions to explain screw breechloading and caplock mechanisms to local gunsmiths to try to raise the quality of their workmanship. This program has had some success, though many of these gunsmiths lack for tools and there remain a few of them are resistant to change. The various gunsmith's guilds also sell components to local gunsmiths.

Description
The bulk of the military manpower of the Dalisid Seraphate comes in the form of Azaps. Each village in most of the provinces of Seraphate is required to arm, train and equip at least one man, who is also required to spend at least at least two days every month drilling and doing routine patrols around their home towns to keep down. When the call to war is given, each Azap is required to join up with army and march to war. As Azaps on campaign are paid, get a share of any loot they might collect and can rise in station significantly there is little objection to this practice. While this system does leave a fair bit of irregularities in what it produces, it does provide the Seraphate with a very large supply of troops for it's armies. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been mobilized in the past. Even before the rifle wars, firearm were popular weapons among Azap forces and as such the adoption of new firearms technology has been fairly swift.

The quality of equipment that is used by Azaps varies. There are a few centers of weapons production and Azaps near those areas usually have comparatively high quality gear. Those from more remote areas of the Seraphate largely have to make do with what can be produced by local smiths. This caplock rifled musket is made by the latter. It also bears some design features common to the region. In recent years, the Seraph has sent out officials to these outlying regions to explain screw breechloading and caplock mechanisms to local gunsmiths to try to raise the quality of their workmanship. This program has had some success, though many of these gunsmiths lack for tools and there remain a few of them are resistant to change. The various gunsmith's guilds also sell components to local gunsmiths.