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Nothgard: Army
For accomplish the wish of the Emperor and take down the Demon Army, and the Order army if it gets in the middle, he clearly needs soldiers. And so, the full army is divided in three sections: The Legion, the Beast Army, and the Saurian Army. In this chapter, we will talk about the Legion, the main army of Nothgard.

Legion
The Legion is the army formed by the soldiers trained inside the frontiers of Nothgard's empire, from where they train to fight for their emperor. A Legion's army is usually divided by sub-sections dedicated to campaigns depending on the territory.

Their equipment is always prepared and forged with nothgil, and ore that is mined in Nothgard, and after of be forged using a special method, it's turned more sturdy and stronger than the usual steel and demonic silver weapons that the Order, the Demon Army or other factions uses. With this equipment and their training, they're a powerful army that is usually sent to aid the armies of the Dominate, and they can be aided by the Beast Army or the Saurian Army, or both of them. Only the generals named by the Emperor can command this army.

Types
The army of the Legion is usually divided by types depending on the weapons they use. The list showed are the types of army.

Townguard: One of the units of the Legion, dedicated to the watching of the cities. They use mainly spears, but they can use swords or bows as primary weapons. Some of them use shields for defense.

Soldiers: One of the units of the Legion, which uses swords, hammer, and maces of many classes as primary weapons. Some of them use shields for defense.

Spearmen: One of the units of the Legion, which uses spears of many classes and shapes as primary weapons. It's said that they can use shields too, and this regiment is usually used for patrolling duties.

Archers: One of the units of the Legion, which uses both bows and crossbows as weapons.

Mages: One of the units the Legion, experts in the use of magic. They're usually armed with magically enhanced weapons, like staves, rods, or magical swords.

Riders: One of the units of the Legion, that rides horses. Also named Knights, they use blades, spears, hand axes, hand maces, or any weapon that they can wield in a hand while holding a shield for defense.

Gyzardon Riders: One of the regiments of the units, that rides a type of reptile quadruped mount named Gyzardon. They use blades, spears, hand axes, hand maces, or any weapon that they can wield with a hand while holding a shield for defense. Also, they can use the Gyzardon's ferocity as a weapon against the enemy.

Berserker: One of the units of the Legion, formed by members of a tribe of huge warriors that serves the Emperor. They can use any type of heavy weapon at their disposal, even they can use unorthodox as heavy ballistas as crossbows or halberds as axes They can be full armored or highly armored. Also, they can use huge shields to form a wall of shields named the 'Iron Wall', which nearly nobody can surpass when formed.

Assault Trooper: A type of unit specialized in the use of the magitech weaponry created in the "Assault Project". They can be used as a support unit for other soldiers and being able to act in multiple situations depending on the weapon they use.

Commander: A special unit dedicated to command the different armies of the Legion, when the Emperor or subjects of higher rank are absent.

Royal Guard: A type of elite soldiers, which is designed for defending the main areas of Nothgard Prime, Nothgard's capital, and the royal castle, with the duty of defending the Emperor and his Royal Harem. Also named the Red Guard by the red clothes around their armors, they defend the castle from every enemy that dares to attack their lord.

Armors
Soldier: The armor of the basic soldier, independent of any type of soldier in charge.

Officier: The armor used by the officers inside each section, obeying under the orders of commanders.

Mage: The outfit used by the mages that are in battle.

Berserker: Armor used by the Berserkers. (Can vary depending of tastes)

Commander: The armor used by the commanders in command of the army.

Royal Guard: The armor used by the Royal Guard in command of the defense of the main sections of Nothgard Prime and the Emperor.

Unit Structure
Squad: 2 units.

Section: 10 units.

Platoon: 50 units.

Company: 250 units.

Battalion: 1.250 units.

Regiment: 6.250 units.

Division: 31.250 units.

Corps: 156.250 units.

Field Army: 781.250 units.

Legion: All Field Armies.

Imperial Army: Legion, Saurian Army, Monster Army, and Iron Army.