The Emperor's Fist - Lagash's Legions
By sword and spell, by steel and fire, by duty and sacrifice.Lagash is a single city that sprawls wide enough to consume countries and city-states whole. It's borders are vast and varied, much like the inhabitants within the planar scattered ruins that make up for its cityscape. To defend both border and citizen, to conquer new lands, and to punish the emperor's numerous enemies, the city raises its Legions to be the sword, shield, and avenging hammer of the Empire-City. In times of peace - and they are as scarce as diamonds in a heap of horse dung - the legions disband and settle conquered lands or are rewarded with managerial positions among the city's many districts. In war, they march, ever onwards, ever to battle. Now, the trumpets of war herald an age of war unlike any before it, and the call has gone out through the city for its citizens to join the rank of the legions.
Every legion is different, branded by its function and the personality of its commander. The Emperor allows the Legion cohorts great leeway in how they arm and recruit, as long as they get the job done - the Sewer Raptors, for example, eschew heavy armor entirely but have become experts in marshlands, swamps, and sewer fighting.
Most legions, however, are relatively straight-forward and similar. They are a mix of a citizen levy, usually comprising of slingers, skirmishers, and light infanstry, and a core of professional warriors in heavy arms and armor. Richer citizens are allowed to send indentured servents on their behalf, and it is a mark of some prestige to raise more than required for the Empire's legions, even if the commanders themselves might find it more a headache than helpful to suddenly recieve a thousand slave-warriors.
The Emperor's Fist - Lagash's Legions is really interesting. I think the Free Leagues would be really engaging to explore further. And I quite enjoyed the "poorly used by idiots who then blame them." It seemed very fitting to real life. Overall I really liked this and I'm looking forward to reading more of your work.
Thank you - I'm glad to hear that. :D I hope you enjoy reading more. Araea is kind of my primary world right now and I'm plugging away at some fun geography.
Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.