A Song of Ice & Fire: Martell Starter SetHouse Martell rules the desert plains and badlands of southern Westeros under the Sunspear banner. Their troop are garbed in desert robes under light armor and rank among the fastest forces in the War of the Five Kings. House Martells doctrine of battle is to strike fast strike hard and evade counterattack. Their Spearmen and Skirmishers form the bulk of their forces while the elite Dune Vipers fill a flanking and pinning role. But nothing embodies