: Oh, and incidentally, my personal theory is that there
: was only one Legion during the Great War, which served
: as an elite corps of troops- Alric's Praetorian Guard,
: if you will. By the time of the war against
: Soulblighter, total Legion numbers /may/ have been
: increased, Alric having seen how effective they were
: during the Great War, although this may have been
: impossible, given the number of casualties in the war.
: Perhaps a better alternative is that a single standing
: army became impractical, given that it would have had
: to exert authority over such a vast area, and the
: Legion may have been split into several smaller
: strikeforces (each one of which acquired the title of
: 'Legion'), which would have served as rural police
: forces and rapid response teams in case of localised
: uprisings (like the Kildaer incident!)
Conversely, there may have traditionally been several Legions, but by the time of TFL they were so badly depleted that the survivors reorganized into a single "Legion." After the war and some population regrowth, they returned to the status quo of multiple Legions.
On the other hand, you'll notice that even the M2 narrator refers to "The Legion," so it may be that there were several Legions in TFL also, and people just don't bother including the number when they're talking about their own.
