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Light
Learned Scribe
Australia
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 Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 08:08:36
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In Baldur's Gate II (pc game) the soldiers in Athkatla have names like 'centurion' and 'legionary' and other such ones from Ancient Rome. I was just wanting to know if these ranks/titles are canon or exist only in the game and if there are any official sources on Arm's military.
EDIT: Whoops. Spelt *AMN* as arm.
Mod edit: Corrected spelling in thread title. 
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 24 Feb 2011 18:05:41
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 10:27:23
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No, in FR sources soldiers from Amn are called ''troops'', their ranks include generals, commanders, captains, majors. Other cities in Amn have different names for their guards, e.g. Gemguard in Keczulla, Barge-something in Crimmor, don't remember, Ring Knights, Harbor Guard etc. Check Lands of Intrigue. There's only the Golden Legion that invaded Maztica.
Generally a lot of armies in FR are called legion, with no thought about consistency, most undead armies are legions, Thay has legions (like the Griffin), the Shoon Imperium had legions, Chessenta has legions, there's the Argent Legion (Silver Marches), Scoured Legion (demons), Mithral Legion (dwarves), Tattered Cloth Legion (kobolds), Sleeping Legion (helmed horrors), Iron Legion ... |
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Jakuta Khan
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 14:04:30
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@quale:
Is the Tattered cloth Legion not a tribe in the orsrauns?
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 18:16:13
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The term 'Legion', to me at any rate, should only be applied to armies from Chesenta, Chondath, or other areas in the vicinity of the Vilhon Reach (old Jhaamdath). It would sense for Sembia, I suppose, if they had a normal military, and also Cormyr, come to think of it (any nation having Dathite origins).
However, considering Jhaamdath's wide-ranging (but brief, comparatively) influence on central Faerūn, I could see how the word could have found its way into other languages as a generic term for 'a large, organized sub-portion of an army'. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 18:21:22
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Originally posted by Quale
Generally a lot of armies in FR are called legion, with no thought about consistency, most undead armies are legions, Thay has legions (like the Griffin), the Shoon Imperium had legions, Chessenta has legions, there's the Argent Legion (Silver Marches), Scoured Legion (demons), Mithral Legion (dwarves), Tattered Cloth Legion (kobolds), Sleeping Legion (helmed horrors), Iron Legion ...
Quale, what's the lore source for the Sleeping Legion?
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 20:17:00
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Originally posted by Jakuta Khan
@quale:
Is the Tattered cloth Legion not a tribe in the orsrauns?
Yes, the ones that attacked Hlondeth.
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Quale, what's the lore source for the Sleeping Legion?
Dungeon 69, also briefly mentioned in DDGttU.
I meant they're dwarves, aka the Knights of the Crescent Moon. |
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Amn's Army
