: However, the narrator seems to imply that the Legion were
: an elite force of warriors of the Light, rather than
: the entire Light army. To quote Bagrada: "I guess
: the worst thing about having a reputation for being a
: bunch of hardasses is that the Legion always finds
: itself where the fighting will be ugliest." Also
: note that the narrator always refers to just "The
: Legion", implying that it functioned (or, at
: least, was capable of functioning), as a single,
: cohesive whole. A Roman Legionairre would have
: referred to his Legion by its number (as in the book
: title "The Eagle of the Ninth"), or by its
: nickname (Hispana, in the case of the Ninth).
That's rather specious; sobriquets are unique to the worlds they're used in.
: To
: continue the Roman analogy, during the Great War, the
: Legion were, if you like, Alric's Praetorians, with
: the other members of the Nine serving as his Tribunes-
Except for that Alric only commanded the Legion, as far as I recall, after the Legion rescued him.
: capable of independent action, but, ultimately,
: subordinates. For all we know, the "X" we
: see on the Legion standard meant the Tenth
: [i]Company[/i],
Heh, I do that all the time too ... lousy BB Forums, spoiling us from our belov่d HTML.
