The irregular cavalry known as Llaneros are done and I thought I would devote today’s posting around the “Mongols” of the Audencia of Caracas. The Llanos is the plains area of modern day Venezuela and comprises nearly half of the land mass. A tall wild grass grown in the area gives an impression of a green desert. Unfortunately, during the rainy season, the hard ground offers no way to absorb the water, the entire area is mostly flooded. A very hostile area that is home to a fierce and hard folk.
Living in the saddle like their Asian counterparts, they herded cattle from sparse pasture to pasture. Largely blacks (runaway slaves), Indian or mestizo they were subject to no one but their own leaders.
It was in the following century that one leader was able to weld the Llaneros into a fierce fighting force that consistently troubled Simon Bolivar’s campaign in Venezuela.
Living in the saddle like their Asian counterparts, they herded cattle from sparse pasture to pasture. Largely blacks (runaway slaves), Indian or mestizo they were subject to no one but their own leaders. 
José Tomás Rodriguez Boves knew how to harness their resentment of the “white man” and wield the savage Llaneros into an effective fighting force. His initial four thousand horsemen were designated the Legion of Hell (Legión infernal). Carrying a black flag or the pennant of death, the Llaneros loosed upon the enemies of Spain, massacring all they came up against. Using methods taken out of the pages of the Spanish Inquisition, they raised the level of atrocities that forced Simon Bolivar to use similar methods against Spanish forces.
Bringing these participants into an 18th century context, the Llaneros would operate as an independent auxiliary command but without the penchant for extreme cruelty. As our game system is being developed, I envision the Llaneros behaving in true auxiliary fashion of showing up for battle, evaluating the odds of success and exhibiting a preference to renegotiate terms.
