Imperial Legion

The **Imperial Legion** is the main faction featured in *Imperium*.

## In-game

The Imperial Legion is the armed force of the Empire and are the main enforcers of the Empire's rule in Vvardenfell. Apart from providing road patrols and guardsmen, the Legion is involved in giving military assistance Empire-chartered guilds and organisations like the Census and Excise.

The Empire first began colonising Vvardenfell in 3E 414 as the island was opened up to foreign colonisation. The Buckmoth and Moonmoth legion forts and Castle Ebonheart were built upon the arrival of the Legion, with Fort Darius and Wolverine Hall built subsequently in 3E 422.

## Ranks

*Imperium* expands on the chain of command and different professions and jobs within the Legion.

* **Recruit**: Between training, legion recruits are usually employed in lesser duties in mess halls, storehouses, or armouries. However, in frontier regions with low manpower like Vvarfenfell, recruits are often deployed alongside full-time legionnaires in active combat duty.
* **Spearman**: Named after the traditional role of junior legionnaires, spearmen are actually deployed for a variety of tasks and skills. Spearmen make up the bulk of Legion forces and are a fearful fighting force in numbers. Spearmen are considered full-time career soldiers and receive weekly pay.
* **Trooper**: Troopers are senior legionnaires, and might take on the role of non-commissioned officer within their legion. Troopers are expected to be good examples for less experienced legionnaires.

* **Agent**: Agents are educated and shrewd legionnaires often employed as functionaries, investigators or spies in the Legion. Outside of these specialised duties, agents take on the role of junior officers, and might serve as ensigns under their commander.
* **Champion**: Champions are officers with exceptional individual virtue. In the Legion, champions often travel from garrison to garrison boosting morale and making sure the garrison is operating at full capacity. Other champions might take a more permanent posting as a fort champion. Champions tend to be considered first for knightly titles within the Legion.

* **Knight Errant**: Knight Errants are junior knights, taking on much of the same responsibilities as a regular officer, but often with more prestige and privilege. Similar to champions also, they often travel from garrison to garrison in search of duty and distinction.
* **Knight Bachelor**: Knight Bachelors make up the bulk of the middle officer class, taking on more bureaucratic roles in administration and management. Knight Bachelors also tend to not be affiliated with any Legion orders or fraternities.
* **Knight Protector**: Knight Protectors are usually employed as commanders of garrisons, and represent the higher echelons of Legion administration and leadership. Protectors are usually prime candidates for high positions within districts.
* **Knight of the Garland**: Knights of the Garland are usually part of the inner circle of their respective order in the Legion, usually entailing some close relationship with their appointed Imperial representative (such as a duke).
* **Knight of the Imperial Dragon**: Knights of the Imperial Dragon are usually the grandmasters of their Legion orders. While the title grants a high level of prestige, it only carries power within the respective order, and not the main Legion chain-of-command. District commanders are usually appointed Knight of the Imperial Dragon within their district order, but the appointment of district commander is made on the discretion of a provincial-level officer, and is separate from grandmaster status of an order.

### Other ranks and occupations

* **General**: General is a district-level appointment, entrusting the tactical management of a district's legions in wartime. In peacetime however, a general's only concern is the command of their own legion.
* **Commander**: Most legions have a commanding officer in charge of them. Commanders manage the day-to-day operation of their troops and subordinate officers, maintaining imperial power in their jurisdiction.
* **Optio**: An Optio is appointed by a fort commander as their ensign, and are usually the highest ranking non-commissioned legionnaire. Optios tend to be in charge of discipline within their barracks, issuing punishments to belligerent legionnaires. Optios also take charge of the day-to-day training and drills of their soldiers, keeping them battle-ready.
* **Fort Champion**: Fort champions are the resident champion in a garrison who is usually employed to maintain morale and ensure the loyalty of the soldiers within the garrison. Fort champions are also often used as representatives and figureheads for a garrison and are usually well liked and respected by the rest of the legionnaires.
* **Camp Prefect**: Camp prefects are involved in maintaining their assigned barracks, making sure they are fit for use and making sure all soldiers sleeping in them keep the place tidy. Only in some larger forts and castles is a castellan appointed. Similar to camp prefects, they make sure the premises are kept tidy and maintained, making sure the structure is secure from any threats.
* **Quartermaster**: Quartermasters are in charge of the provision and inventory of a garrison, managing all supplies and issuing soldiers with spare gear such as tools, canteens or recreational items such as books.
* **Armourer**: Garrison armourers are in charge of managing all arms and armour in a garrison, including the sale and storage of them.
* **Jailor**: Legion jailors manage the prisoners within the detainment of their fort. Jailors can be in charge of en entire prison facility or just the prison dungeon or towers of a fort.

### Areas of Service

* **Legion soldiers** - The rank-and-file soldier makes up the majority of the Legion. In Vvardenfell, soldiers take on various duties, such as patrols and reconnaissance. Sometimes foot soldiers may be employed as taxmen and bailiffs, with soldiers loaned to other Imperial-chartered organisations to assist in their goals and tasks. The soldiers of the regular Legions encompass many different specialties, from logicians to engineers.
* **Legion guardsmen**: Legion guardsmen are appointed as officers of the law in Imperial chartered towns like Caldera and Dagon Fel, and other Great House towns like Seyda Neen. Legion guardsmen also operate within Legion instalments, keeping other soldiers in line. While most Imperial towns have trained guardsmen, regular soldiers are drafted in as guards for frontier settlements like Gnisis. Regular soldiers can also be given temporary authority to make arrests and executions at the digression of their superior officers in certain situations.
* **Legion Navy**: The navy is largely dwarfed by the ground forces of the Legion in terms of manpower and funding, as Tamriel is mostly landlocked. Vvardenfell's waters are mostly patrolled by the Census and Excise's coastguard, however the East Navy's Inner Sea fleet also assists in targeting smugglers along Vvardenfell's coasts. The less reputable North Navy operates in the northwestern waters above Vvardenfell, monitoring the trade routes between Vvardenfell and Solstheim.
* **Legion spies**: The Imperial Legion spy network is an extensive army of military spies who work in collecting enemy intelligence. In peacetime Vvardenfell, their duties mostly include spying on Great House dealings and mapping out smuggling dens and Sixth House bases. Other operations include taking out key enemy actors, though direct action by the spies is rare. Unlike the Blades, they answer to the Legion's chain of command and mostly concern themselves with furthering the army's objectives.
* **Legion scribes**: Civilian scribes act as Legion record keepers and accountants, who oversee fort finances and give out salaries. The Headquarters for the Legion scribes is in the Imperial Commission, where they maintain an extensive library of military records.
* **Imperial Battlemages**: The Imperial Battlemages are an elite cadre of arcane specialists who are deployed to assist Legion operations. In peacetime Vvardenfell, their presence is not often needed. Their presence is thin in frontier regions, with their numbers heavily depleted since the destruction of their main academy and headquarters, the Battlespire.
* **Census and Excise**: The Imperial Census and Excise offices of Vvardenfell often make use of and maintain detachments of Legion servicemen including soldiers, guards and sailors, who all partake in securing illegal contraband, helping in taking census records and collecting taxes alongside C&E agents.
* **The Shadow Legion** - The Shadow Legion (officially known as the **Imperial Guard**) is the Emperor's elite guard. The Imperial Guard act as the bodyguard of the Emperor and protect his family and his estates. The Guard is also charged with the defence of dignitaries and nobles of the Empire such as the Duke of Vvardenfell. As the Imperial Guard shared the same training and proving grounds as the Imperial Battlemages, many Guards are battlemages by trade, having trained in the Battlespire. The members of a district duke's Imperial Guard are usually inducted into honourary knightly orders, such as the Order of Ebonheart.

## Quests

The questline for the Legion in *Imperium* follows a lot of the same quests and locations, but with additions and tweaks to storylines and progression.

Until Act Two, player characters can only serve General Darius in Gnisis.

The Imperial Legion questline is divided into four acts:

* **Act One**: Working in the Deathshed Legion under General Darius and Dumbuk gro-Bolak.
* **Act Two**: Working as a Champion completing quests for the the different garrison's in Vvardenfell or working as a spy in the service of the Legion Spies.
* **Act Three**: Working in the Hawkmoth Legion Garrison under Frald the White.
* **Act Four**: Working with the Red Dome Templars or the Order of Ebonheart to secure Legion influence in Vvardenfell.

### Act One

 **Dock Security** - Stop the Redoran saboteurs from disrupting the construction of the new Gnisis docks.

### Act Two

*Note that once you start working in a legion garrison in Act Two, you have to work in that fort until you finish all of the fort commander's quests*

### Act Three

 **The Legion Acrimony** - Either join the Order of Ebonheart, or visit General Darius.

### Act Four

 **An Old Friend** - Pay a visit to an old friend of Larrius Varro's, a retired Legion Battlemage.
 Angoril - Red Dome Templars
 **Legion at the Caldera Mine** - Cut off the Order of Ebonheart's connections and influence to the Caldera mine.
 **Papers, Please** - Collect some reports from the Council representative for the Templars in Ebonheart
 **The Old Guard** - Settle a dispute between Darius and Varro.
 Frald the White - Red Dome Templars
 **The Mail and Sword** - Intercept the lost Legion artifacts for the honour of the Templars before the Order can secure them.
 **Talos Cult Remenants** - Find out where the final stragglers of the Talos Cult are hiding out and where they are going to strike next
 **The Anointed Templar** - After getting the approval of Darius, gain the sponsorship of the other Templars to be their chosen representative to usurp the position of Grandmaster of the Order of Ebonheart.
 **Grandmaster Duel** - Duel with Vantinius in the Arena to see who will leave as the Knight of the Imperial Dragon.

## Rules and Customs

**- Uniforms**: Uniforms are an important part of Legion custom and an integral part of the image of the Empire in Morrowind. Uniforms are needed to show the player's authority while doing legion quests and talking to fellow legion members. Uniforms also depend on rank; wearing the uniform of a senior officer is a crime which can result in a reprimand. Wearing a legion uniform without being a member is a crime for impersonating an officer and can land the player with a fine or jail time.

**- Punishment**: Violating Imperial law and Legion custom can lead to grounds for small punishments, court marshals or even expulsion. Should you commit a heinous enough crime against the Legion and the Empire, you can be hunted down by the Legion for your crimes.

**- Payment**: Every week, legionnaires are paid a fixed salary according to their rank. Bonuses can also be paid to legionnaires on the discretion of their commanding officer. Legionnaires who commit crimes against Legion law and custom can also have fines taken directly out of their pay.

## Notable Members

* Varus Vantinius, Ebonheart Grand Council Chambers
* General Darius, Deathshed Legion Garrison
* Sellus Gravius, Seyda Neen Census and Excise Office
* Frald the White, Hawkmoth Legion Garrison