Regular

A regular soldier

A regular, also known generically as a soldier, is any unspecialized footsoldier of a military. In many cases they were the backbone of the military's forces, constituting the bulk of its manpower in city garrisons and in war. It is a generalized and imprecise classification of the common soldier with the basic standard of training and equipment, for which reason they have also been known colloquially as grunts.

The Italian city-states of the late 15th and early 16th centuries distinguished them from units like Agiles, Brutes, and Seekers but not by rank. Their regulars ranged from run-of-the-mill militia to seasoned, professional captains. The Regulars of the British Army were derisively referred to as "Redcoats" or "Lobsterbacks" by the Patriots, whose own regulars in the Continental Army included militia.

Behind the scenes

The regular soldier is essentially the basic enemy type of each Assassin's Creed game. This unit is normally not given a distinctive name. Official gameplay terms include "Soldiers" in the original Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed: Origins, "regular guards" in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and "British Regulars" in Assassin's Creed III. While the Soldiers in Assassin's Creed are distinguished from higher-ranking and more powerful Elites (also known as Sergeants) and Leaders (also known as Commanders), in Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood, Elites and Leaders are both classified alongside the Militia, the weakest enemy unit, as "regular guards". The category is also not a consistent fixture across all games nor does it always correspond only to the weakest enemy.

Gallery

Concept artModels

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  Regulars from different factions
  (early 18th century)
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  Regulars from different factions
  (mid-18th century)
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  Concept art of a British regular

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  An Athenian soldier
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  A Spartan soldier
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  A Ptolemaic soldier
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  A Roman soldier
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  An Abbasid soldier
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  A Saxon soldier
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  A Saracen soldier
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  A Crusader soldier
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  A Hospitalier soldier
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  A Teutonic soldier
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  A Templar soldier
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  A Masyaf Assassin guard
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  A Pazzi regular
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  A Romagna regular
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  A Borgia regular
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  A French regular
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  A Viana regular
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  A Navarrese regular
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  An Ottoman soldier
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  A Byzantine soldier
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  A Ming dynasty grunt
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  A British regular
  (early 18th century)
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  A Portuguese regular
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  A privateer regular
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  A Spanish regular
  (early 18th century)
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  A French regular
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  A gang bandit]]
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  A British regular
  (late 18th century)
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  A Spanish regular
  (late 18th century)
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  An Extremist regular
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  A National Guard regular
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  A Sikh guard
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  A Workers and Peasants Militia soldier

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
  • The Tyranny of King Washington
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  • Freedom Cry
• Assassin's Creed: Rogue
• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
• Assassin's Creed Origins
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• Assassin's Creed: Mirage
• Assassin's Creed: Shadows