Archer and Marksman are level 2 creatures of Castle recruited from Archers' Towers.
"Archers and marksmen are lightly armored troops armed with crossbows for ranged combat and daggers for light hand-to-hand fighting. Marksmen can get off two shots in each ranged attack." RoE manual
They are critical in the early game, together with the Griffins, due to them being ranged attackers with good damage and the marksmen's twice shot.
Heroes with a specialty
Valeska the Knight has archers as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any archer or marksman each level she attains after the 2nd level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.
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