Arendurian Army

== Combat Doctrine ==
Shock assault, harrowing actions and strategic decapitation strikes.
== History ==
The imperial-era Arendurian Army was technologically advanced, battle-hardened, and possessed of a fierce esprit de corps. They possessed a human supremacist zeal that drove them to subjugate and massacre non-human civilizations, but possessed a surprisingly flexible and meritocratic internal culture that encouraged personal initiative and freedom of opinion. The army of New Arendur was unfairly derided as a shadow of its former glory, but in truth was a well-trained and professional military, the envy of its peers. 
== Organization ==
The principal unit of the Arendurian Army was the Company, led by a Captain, containing roughly 10 squads of 10 men, led by a Sergeant. 
=== High Command ===
* General: The commander-in-chief of the army.
* First Captain: Commander of the prestigious First Company.
* High Chaplain (no analogous rank in New Arendur): The highest priest or wizard in the army.
* High Librarian (no analogous rank in New Arendur): The personal biographer of the army, will almost always be a wizard.
* Commander of the Honor Guard: The commander of the General's bodyguards. 
* Master of the Forge (Quartermaster in New Arendur): The master of the armory and all supplies in general.
* Master of the Apothecarium (Surgeon-General in New Arendur): The chief doctor, and enforcer of all military hygiene.
=== Company Structure ===
* Captain: Elected leader of the Company (appointed by the General in New Arendur).
* Chaplain (no analogous position in New Arendur): Company priests, or magic-users in a pinch.
* Librarian (Chronicler in New Arendur): A literate soldier who records the deeds of their Company. 
* Apothecary (Field Surgeon in New Arendur): Company doctor. If one Company has multiple doctors, the doctors are either kept in reserve, or posted to a Company that lacks an Apothecary.
* Standard Bearer: A soldier who holds the Company Standard in battle.
* Sergeants: Squad leaders, elected by their troops (appointed by the Captain in New Arendur).
=== Other Ranks ===
* Warmaster: The commander-in-chief of the army and the head of state in Arendur. Only bestowed twice in history, once upon Curtin, once upon Arazon. 
* Equerry (Adjutant in New Arendur): The administrative assistant to an officer. 
* Colonel (New Arendur): A temporary rank bestowed upon the commander of a Regiment, composed of more than three companies. Often confers jurisdiction over mercenary troops and auxiliaries. Considered to outrank the Captain of the Forester Town Rangers, but still subordinate to the Master of the Sword. 
* Major (New Arendur): A temporary rank bestowed upon the commander of a Battalion, composed of two or three companies. Often confers jurisdiction over mercenary troops and auxiliaries. Considered to outrank the Captain of the Forester Town Rangers, but still subordinate to the Master of the Sword. 
* Corporal (New Arendur): A rank bestowed to a veteran or specialist who does not otherwise have a position of command. 
== Members ==
=== Commanding Officers ===
* Curtin
* General Farcraft
* Lord Paralance
* General Bron Ironstout
* General Zadira
* Lord Nylock 
* General Camron Marz
* None for 14 years
* General Euphrosyne Luciana Arcanus (New Arendur)
* General Thomas Reese (New Arendur) 
* General Phineas Conrad (New Arendur)
*General Julius Nepos Machel (New Arendur)
=== Others ===
* Marshal Blackjack
* First Captain Corchun
* First Captain Beatrice Lynwood (New Arendur)
* First Captain Mercedes Archer (New Arendur)
* First Captain Argastes Blackington (New Arendur) 
* Colonel Iris Belkaria (New Arendur)
* Colonel Flavius Luteus Scaevola (New Arendur)
* Colonel Luke Elgin (New Arendur)
* Second Captain Axeall
* Captain Sherstop
* The Captain Commander
* The Doppelganger
* Sergeant Voidwatcher
* Corporal Addison Marsh (New Arendur)
* Davin
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
== After the War ==
After the conquest of New Arendur by the Reich, the Arendurian Army was subject to numerous restrictions and mechanisms of oversight. They remained a fairly capable albeit small fighting force, with a few solid officers and access to technology, but crippled by a layer of competing loyalties. Category:Organizations
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