Yellow Protectoran

The Yellow Protectoran are known as the Border Guards or (often disparagingly) as the Regulars. They are split into two distinct areas north and south and so their Marix Commander has two bases from which he opperates. The Yellow are seen by the other Protectorans as the bottom of the pile. They do the grunt work and are the least specialised as far as they are concerned. On the other hand while the Yellow may seem slovenly and unkept compared to the dashing Black or the shiny Red they are kept busy on the borders of the Empire.

They are experts in border control and customs. They know all about fortresses both in terms of attack and defence and run sapper legions. They also know the most about building of any of the Protectorans and count in their number Jacks-of-all-Trades. The Yellow has a truly underdog attitude and resents all those who put themselves above it. They see themselves as the unthanked slaves, who actually get the work done!

## Arms

A Yellow Soldier *should* typically be armed with a spear, sword and shield. He 'should' wear a chain shirt, greeves and bracers with a helmet and even a breastplate if he’s an officer. This is rarely the case however, the Yellow soldiers tend to arm themselves with what they like to fight with. In the south where it is a lot warmer they send to wear Elygian head scarves more often than helmets and exotic weapons more often than short swords. Blade-disks are a current fad for the southern Yellows. If you met a Yellow Mark you might expect anything from a halberd to a crossbow bolt to come at you. There are many who specialise in siege weapons and the sappers in explosive powders and the spies even poisons. With the Yellow who knows what you'll get and that isn't even considering the Dreadnoughts!

## Area

To the North the Rak Danning Trading Area. With an academy at Rak Danning and forts along the Alkan and Saracan and Dead Plains borders. They don’t go into Oakland Forest however leaving that to the Green. They hold Wyvern Valley the only northern pass through the Eastern Mountains into the Empire’s heartland. There the Yellow have a fortress called Silverscale Keep.

In the South much the same but bordering with Elygia and Torash and centred in Tor Zeric.

## Individuality

In everything see their arms and armour information above.

The leader of the Yellow carries the title Commander in Chief and it is currently Stroat Troast.

A Lexion is sometimes called a Major-General

A leader of a Legion is called a Blademark in the Yellow.

Sometimes Legion or Cohort commanders are put in charge of a fortification and if so they are given the rank of Fort Commander while there and this overrides their current rank.

For Example Commander Archiem was a Blademark in the Yellow but was given the rank Fort Commander as he was in charge of all forces at Silverscale Keep.

The Yellow Protectoran are fond of using the addition of the title 'Major' to indicate a senior member of a certain rank often destined for promotion or to indicate that such is overdue even if not forthcoming.

Regulars who show promise are called Blades or Chosen Blades and those senior or elite among them become Blademasters. This is how non-officers get promoted from the ranks and break into the officer corps.

**Yellow Protectoran Characters and Groups of Note**

The Suicide Squad were a Mark of Yellow Protectoran soldiers.

The Dreadnoughts are a specific legion among the Yellow Protectoran with a strange reputation.

The Running Shields were a specific cohort of the 23rd Legion who had an important impact in the War of 1803.