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Re: Light Dark Armies.

Posted By: Martel (dialup.212-140-68-152.tesco.net)
Date: 6/14/2001 at 4:21 p.m.

In Response To: Light Dark Armies. (Heron Guard King)

: .........................Light
: Army.........................

: I think that 40% were warriors.
: Than 25%- archers or bowmen.
: 20%- Dwarves
: 14%- zerks
: 1%- Herons or Jmen

Assuming that you're right about the Light army being about 50,000 strong (probably accurate, assuming that a legion is the same size as a Roman one- 5,000 men - and we know that there were at least ten (from the X on the standard in "Shadow of the Mountain), and considering that there were only 100 Jmen at the start of the great war, 0.002% would be correct. However, I think the ratio was probably more like as follows:

59% Warriors (remember that what we see are elite forces, and so would contain relatively few of these "normal" troops.
15% Bowmen (archers trained by the Fir'bolg would have been a rare, as pointed out in GURPS)
6% Dwarves (the number of archers we get nomally is around 3 or 4 times the number of Dwarves, but there are Dwarven militia units too, not strictly "Legion"
20% Berserkers (I just felt your 14% estimate was a little conservative- they're elite, but not quite that elite)
0.002% Jmen/Herons (these guys are RARE! Although I still feel that only one in every 500 Legionairres being a Jman can't be right...)

: .........................Dark
: Army..........................

: 35%- Thralls
: 17%- Soulless
: 15%- Ghasts and Wights
: 3%- Brigands and Dark bowmen
: 10%- Mauls
: 5%- Myrks
: 10%- Ghols
: 5%- Fetchs
:
............................................................

The Dark armies tended to vary depending on the personal whims of the Fallen Lord commanding them, eg. Shiver favoured Myrkrydia. Overall, though, I'm inclined to agree with you here- although perhaps a few more Thrall and Soulless?

: Light Army was much smaller than Dark.
: I think that Light army was about 50.000 or 60.000, and
: Dark army 150.000 or 200.000.

: So, what do you think about this guys?

: Heron Guard King

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