Band of the Red Hand

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In the The Wheel of Time series of fantasy fiction books by Robert Jordan, the Band of the Red Hand is a military group named after a legendary band of heroes who died in the defense of Manetheren, and is led by Matrim Cauthon, who is arguably the best general there is. The Band's original members were from Tear and Cairhien, though they recruited soldiers from Altara, Andor and Murandy, it is formed around standard military formations by Mat, according to his memories.

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Currently they are in two sections. One part is with Mat moving northeast out of Altara; this group was comprised of three banners of horse and four thousand mounted crossbowmen. They had lost four hundred crossbowmen and five hundred cavalry before their last battle in Altara and recruited some Altarans (amount unknown) who were fighting the Seanchan. The other section, lead by Estean and Daerid, comprised of three banners of horse, five banners of foot and the Mason’s Banner, is moving north out of Murandy and into Andor.