Plegmund's Brigade was a Forthwegian unit in the Algarvian Army which served against Unkerlant during the Derlavaian War. The brigade was named after King Plegmund the Great, the most admired ruler in Forthweg's history (and conversely, one of the most hated in Unkerlant), to increase the unit's appeal to Forthwegians. This tactic had little success, as members of Plegmund's Brigade were despised as traitors by most Forthwegians. As a result, nearly all of the unit's members were rogues or hardened criminals such as Ceorl, men who volunteered as an alternative to imprisonment or execution. Others like Sidroc saw the Brigade as a means of escaping domestic problems.