Queen's Battalion

The Queen's Battalion was a military unit in the Letherii Army under the command of Queen Janall Diskanar.Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.432 It was formed of companies of Heavy infantry and had a Mage cadre of four sorcerers.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.547 The battalion carried several Dresh ballista loaded with thirty-six-quarrel racks aboard massive wagons. The ballista crews were heavily armoured.
==In Midnight Tides==
At the start of hostilities between the Kingdom of Lether and the Tiste Edur, Queen Janall asserted the independence of her command and refused to allow their movements to be dictated by the war's overall strategy. Accordingly, King Ezgara Diskanar and Preda Unnutal Hebaz did not bother to factor her battalion or the Quillas Brigade into their plans.
The king's spies determined that the Queen visited her keep in Dissent as pretext for meeting her troops in the field a league south of High Fort. From there the Queen's Battalion and Quillas Brigade made for the mountain pass leading to Tiste Edur territory. She seemed determined to strike first and strike hard to accomplish her own objectives in the war.
Unfortunately for Janall's ambitions, Fear Sengar's Edur crossed the pass before she reached it and the Queen and her army were forced to return to High Fort.Midnight Tides, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.529-530 When the Edur army arrived to do battle, Janall had the Queen's Battalion and Quillas Brigade arranged on the earthen ramparts outside the fort's walls along with the Grass Jackets Brigade. During the Battle of High Fort, the Letherii sorcery was turned back by the Edur K'risnan tearing the Queen's Battalion to pieces. Both Janall and Quillas were captured and the fort fell.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.548-560
==Notes and references==
Category:Letherii military units