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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. On 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 turn more sturdy and stronger that 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 for 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 the 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.
Soldier: 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 hold 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 hold in a hand while holding a shield for defense. Also, they can use the Gyzardon's ferocity as a weapon against the enemy.
Highly armored
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 for form a wall of shields named the 'Iron Wall', which nearly nobody can surpass when formed.
Full armored
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 of the weapon they use.
General: A special unit dedicated to command the different armies of the Legion, when the Emperor or subjects of higher rank are absents.
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.
Unit Structure
Squad: 5 units.
Section: 15 units.
Platoon: 50 units.
Company: 150 units.
Battalion: 800 units.
Regiment: 5.500 units.
Division: 25.000 units.
Corps: 50.000 units.
Field Army: 300.000 units.
Legion: All Field Armies.
Imperial Army: Legion, Saurian Army, Monster Army, and Iron Army.