The hidden army

The Hidden army are the armed forces of the demon scion specifically in charge of taking the fight to the Lyrean Elves in the floating province.
== Overview ==
Believed to be a demon scion splinter group. They used to be very numerous, are today a small assassin tribe. They hide out inside a canyon where their symbol is everywhere. The Demon scion tries to conquer the floating province using their air force (platforms raised by floater spitshines in order to defeat the Lyrean Elves heart flower once and for all. 
== Units ==
Despite the emphasis on stealth, even the massive Tums and Hilltop Cyclops are welcome in the hidden army in their crusade against the Lyreans. Polkans refuse to enter the army due to their independent nature. Their tactics most closely echo Lizardanth tactics on camouflage and ambushes due to their large number in the armies numbers. Soldiers in the hidden army are trained to fight under pouring rain in order to train themselves for combat in the islands of the floating province.
=== Foot soldiers ===
The grunts of the hidden army, but well trained by other race standards. Base soldiers are taught to jump unusually high and shoot their bows and to disguise themselves as Lyrean travelers for ambushes. These units are the workhorses of the hidden army, and are the first line of attack by platform or by chest ambush. Foot soldiers are typically ambush tacticians, they use two shot bows, sickles and carvers in combat. Veteran foot soldiers are later used as shock troopers provided they are strong enough to wield their weapons. 
=== Shock Troopers ===
Usually larger and stronger, shock troops are wind manipulators. Usually these ranks of shocktroopers are filled with Tums, Anks and Hilltop Cyclopeans but it isn't rare for Blins and Lizardanths to join these ranks throug combat prowess. These units are deployed in the rain months when the hidden army can deploy greater numbers of troops to the floating province. Shock troopers use gale bellows and wind cutters as their primary weapons as well as gust bombs in combat. They provide support to foot soldiers and accomplish specialized tasks such as suppression fire or concentrating firepower against priority targets. 
==== Payzan ====
A variant of their shocktroopers are the agile and skilled payzan, distinguished by wielding two katanas and wear heavier armor.
=== Wizards ===
The hidden army has a wizard class of sorts, units who somehow retained their demonic powers to use wind manipulation. They use this power to throw boulders at enemies and can levitate. While these units are theoretically capable of flying to the floating province using their powers, they aren't used in this fashion. This is because the effort is far too great for them to reach the islands, which can take a wizard hours where it takes spitshines a few minutes. 
==== Summoners ====
While limited due to their poor understanding of demonic summoning,the hidden army has a mage class who summon monsters to the field for a limited time. 
== Tactics ==
Their tactics are mainly stealth based. They crouch and encircle the enemy, striking blind spots. In sieges, they employ trojan horse tactics. Technology wise their armaments are similarily stealth based with smoke bombs and two shot bows being standard kit for base troops.
=== Air Force ===
The hidden army raises floater spitshines for their unique ability to fly during rain. the cephalopods are attached to platforms and are trained to raised or lower the platform according to orders. The platforms are used to transport units to fight the Lyreans in the floating province. For this fact, the hidden army is most active during the rainy seasons, where they can easily access the floating province. The rest of the year accessing the province is difficult and they use the stealth tactics they are known for.
==== Other race air force ====
Using spitshine balloons or other means for lift, the other races have adapted this technique of floating platforms for point defense. The Dalmer spread fear over this practice by sending agents aboard, creating superdrafts to lift the platforms to such a height the balloons explode from the pressure, leaving the occupants of the platform to plummet to their deaths.
=== Stealth ===
They create false God chests and hide troops inside them in the hope of ambushing lyrean elves once they are sent to the floating province from their camps. They also train their units to disguise themselves as lyreans in the hopes of catching them off guard in the floating province.
== Technologies ==
The hidden army have found creative methods of war during their conflict with the Lyrean Elves.
=== Aerial fortress ===
Using the spitshine ballooning ability to float, the hidden army uses them in order to lift wooden platforms to the floating provinces and attack the Lyrean Elves. 
=== Octopi balloon organ ===
They use octopi balloon organs in order to create windcutters and gust bombs. They have an experimental bellow weapon they use to push enemies off the islands to their deaths.
=== Windcutter ===
Derived from octopi balloon technology, The windcutter channels the kinetic energy from movement and releases it as a gust of air. 
=== Gust bombs ===
Also derived from They also employ gust bombs that follow the target, and unleashes an upwards draft that throws the target into the air.
=== Gale Bellows ===
Galer bellows superficially ressembles a tuba instrument, they are a weapon that emits powerful gusts of wind in a stream. they are mostly used to push enemies off of platforms, which is a useful tool when fighting atop the islands of the floating provinces. 
=== Two shot bow ===
Adapted from observing Polkan bows, the two shot bow has two main advantages, the first being that it can fire two projectiles at a target, the second being that firing an arrow destroys it, meaning the ammunition cannot be reused against the shooter. 
=== False God Chest ===
The hidden army is capable of crafting facsimile of the god chests sacred to the Lyrean religion. The hidden army periodically uses their wizards to send the chests up to the islands to infiltrate troops. The problem is that chests only have space for one trooper, as such they must be expert infiltrators and spies. 
=== Bomb barrel ===
They don't send these alone to the surface to detonate as they are well aware of the risks of pieces of a floating island dropping back down to the ground. This incident has happened before, and for whatever reason detonating a barrel underneath the island will result in pieces falling to the ground, the contrary isn't true as the barrels can be detonated without risking the islands destruction. Until they know what exactly keeps these islands in the air, the hidden army has halted the usage of surface to air bombardment. Their usage during rain season is authorized under the responsibility of the siege commander. 
== Facilities ==
The hidden army uses several facilities to train and house its warriors, aswell as carry out its operations
=== Canyon base ===
Where the troops of the hidden army are trained and housed during the dry season
=== Octopi farms ===
The Rainswept Plateau is the hidden armies octopi farm and training ground for their rain season maneuvers. 
=== Camps ===
The launch points where the hidden army sends fake god chests to the floating province in the dry season and the bulk of its troops via air force platform during the rain season. 
=== Fort Hollow Whale ===
The Hidden army's fortified position in the floating province, from which they launch raids against the lyrean elves.
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