Merchants' Battalion

The Merchants' Battalion was a military unit in the Letherii Army. 
==In Midnight Tides==
At the time of the war between the Kingdom of Lether and the Tiste Edur, the Merchants' Battalion was stationed in Letheras. As the victorious Edur armies began to approach the capital city, its citizens grew restless and the Merchants' Battalion was used to brutally quell a riot at the West Gate.Midnight Tides, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.597-598
Preda Unnutal Hebaz led the Merchants' Battalion to Brans Keep where the other Letherii units had pulled back to defend the capital.Midnight Tides, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.654 At the Battle of Brans Keep, the Battalion was arrayed in the Letherii centre in front of Brans Lake, the artificial lake just to the east of the keep. To their left was the King's Battalion and to their right was a dried up drainage channel followed by the Artisan Battalion and the Whitefinder Battalion. The Merchants' Battalion directly faced the army of Fear Sengar.Midnight Tides, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.671 The battle commenced with devastating sorcery on both sides. Warlock King Hannan Mosag's enormous columns of shrieking wind and dust ran rampant through the Letherii left and centre destroying virtually the entire battalion.Midnight Tides, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.674-676 
==In Reaper's Gale==
The Merchants' Battalion was reformed and at least half its number was requested by Atri-Preda Bivatt to serve under her command in the Awl Campaign.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.149 It consisted of at least 1000 heavy infantry and 750 medium infantry.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12
They fought at the Battle of Bast Fulmar where the Letherii were decisively defeated by Redmask's Awl and the battalion's medium infantry reserves were mauled by the K'Chain Che'Malle, Gunth Mach.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12, US HC p.327-328/330-331 At the Battle of Pradegar the Merchants' Battalion heavies anchored the army's right centre, while their medium infantry were likely posted on the flanks or in reserve.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.452 By the time of the concluding Battle of Q'uson Tapi, the individual Letherii units were reorganised by military function, so the battalion's heavies were likely part of the Letherii centre while their medium infantry was again on the flanks.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.668 When the fighting was over at Q'uson Tapi, there were no Letherii survivors.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.706-708
==Notes and references==
Category:Letherii military units