The armoury was the place where the military equipment was kept, or the civil militia’s repository which were swords, spears, halberds, bows and arrows, crossbows, suits of armour, helmets and other offensive and defensive gear. The armoury's main purpose came when foreign invaders would call upon an all out war on their enemy's settlement. In times of threat, it was the duty of all residents to defend the city, and for these purposes, the city had an armoury with enough equipment to arm its residents. Even in times of peace, the armoury was kept in order, the blades were sharpened, the armour was maintained and polished, and new equipment was bought if necessary.
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From the old forum. Posted by theSerpent on 17 September 2018.
Armoury
The armoury was the place where the military equipment was kept, or the civic militia’s repository which were swords, spears, halberds, bows and arrows, crossbows, suits of armour, helmets and other offensive and defensive gear. The armoury acted as a plan b when foreign invaders would call upon an all out war on their enemy's settlement. In times of threat, it was the duty of all residents to defend the city, and for these purposes, the city had an armoury with enough to arm its residents. Even in times of peace, the armoury was well kept of, they were sharpened, polished and even recycled with new ones and so on, townspeople often had to take turns on guard duty even when there was no real posing threat.
When their opponents are close to breaching the walls, the armouy was then used, and the townspeople were to defend their own grounds. The military and guards would often fight off foreign invaders instead of attending to the wounded, hence why the armoury was active in the times of invasion.