Legio XIII Borealion

Legio Colonialis XIII 'Borealion'
 **Type** | * Colonial legion
 **Affiliation** | * Colony of Pilipinas
 **Military** | * Cohors I
* Cohors II
* Cohors III
* Cohors IV
* Cohors V
* Cohors VI
* Cohors VII
* Cohors VIII
* Cohors IX
 **Conflicts** | * Three-Month Rebellions
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The **Legio XIII 'Borealion'**, also known as the **Legio Colonialis XIII 'Borealion'**, **Legio XIII 'Norsouthaion'** and/or **Legio Colonialis XIII 'Norsouthaion'** and originally known simple as **Legio XIII**, is a colonial legion hailing from the colonial settlement of Vutuanos, located in the colony of Filipinas. Formerly commanded by legatus Juan Norsoutha and now led by legatus Borealis Norsoutha, the Legio XIII consist of colonial legionaries of colonial, native and hybrid ties.

## History

The Legio XIII was formed one hundred and fifty years after the colonization of Filipinas, formed up by colonial and native troops under the direct command of Philippe Norsoutha, who retired after 25 years of service to serve as colonial governor. His successor, Ferdinand Norsoutha, took up the role of legatus. Under his command, the Legio XIII participated in conflict and campaigns outside Vutuanos and Filipinas; the experience shaped the legionaries' views of the world and everything and, as a result, grew to abandon the religious ways of the Roman Catholic Church, instead adopting a secular view of the world.

### Colonial revolt

The Legio XIII, leading a few more colonial legions, was then involved in a revolt by angered natives and colonials, and the legion's defeat of five loyalist legions shook the church, but the loyalists who were defeated were treated with compassion, mercy and kindness, taking them aback. While the Legio XIII continued fighting, they forbade anyone from being cruel or merciless. It was only through the church's intervention that the colony is given greater autonomy but left to fend for itself and only be called upon to send its legions.

### The Legatus Borealis and the High Priestess Viviane

#### Under the High Priestess's command

Eighty-two years later, the Legio XIII was instrumental in educating the son of Diego Norsoutha, Borealis Norsoutha. Alongside several colonials and natives, the legion's officers taught Borealis the nature of the world and everyone else outside of the colony. In addition to giving him knowledge, the legion also provided him with martial education, teaching him how to hunt and to fight, to act and think on his feet, and be compassionate, merciful and kind to all. This allowed him to play his role as the legatus of the Legio XIII but also in changing the views of High Priestess Viviane.

The Legio XIII was deployed to a province where High Priestess Viviane ruled. While disdainfully under the high priestess's command, it is their legatus Borealis who would argue with her and oppose the execution of heretics on moral grounds, but it is he whose moral opposition that helped waver her devotion.

#### The Three Month-Rebellion

During the Three-Month Rebellion, the Legio XIII participated on the side of the church against the rebel forces, who rose to oppose the regional ruler's oppression. Against Viviane's judgement, Borealis and his legionaries discussed several or many rebel groups into surrendering, promising to replace said ruler with someone more honest and benevolent. While Viviane dislike the way the colonial legionaries prevented both sides from killing each other and instead opt for peaceful ends, Borealis' compassionate, merciful and kind personality convinced her to reconsider her views.

Nearing the end of the rebellion, Borealis was asked by Viviane to be her lover despite calls for rejection from his fellow legionaries. The men and women of the Legio XIII, despite condemning his agreement to be her lover, were forced to follow their legatus' orders.

#### Interbellum

In the five months during Borealis' tenure as Viviane's lover, the legionaries would notice, one-by-one, that Viviane's righteous demeanor began changing. The legionaries' views of Viviane also soften as she demonstrated restraint and hesitation in agreeing to Borealis' requests to spare the heretics, infidels and heathens. Also secretly, a few legionaries begrudgingly taught Viviane in using a bow and arrows.

#### An End to Hypocrisy

One day, the legionaries became outraged when Viviane ordered the imprisonment of the province's local doctor, whose development of a medicine helped cure the infected of the so-called "incurable disease" but also saw his/her arrest, but were unable to act due to Borealis' orders.

The legionaries soon plot to eliminate their own leader in the night when Borealis returned to the base camp after inviting Viviane to gaze at the night skies at the field. Initially they prepared to kill him, but Borealis was able to defuse the situation and explained to them what happened: he learned that High Priestess Viviane was an orphan taught to be an agent of God by the province's priests who ruled over said province with corrupt and harsher, cruel means, and revealed that not only was she given a horrible upbringing but was also sexually abused by them to make her act like them.

He also explained the traumatic experience and upbringing made Viviane into the righteous high priestess she became, that she and the Magician were few of many female prisoners who seemingly committed adultery, and that his actions helped break her out of that, saying it is the priests who corrupted her mind, heart and soul. Lastly, he tells the legionaries of Viviane's plan to bring the true heretics - the immoral, corrupt and cruel priests - to justice. The legionaries, who sought to kill their own legatus, finally understood why and unanimously agreed to help him out.

Under Borealis' orders, the legionaries built makeshift crosses to nail the corrupt priests; said makeshift crosses were brought to the town square. A few legionaries, personally led by their legatus, were assited by the Magician, who helped them allow the doctor to escape. On the next day, a detachment of colonial legionaries brought the ruling priests to the execution site, while many more legionaries blocked all exits and escape routes. Once Viviane denounced the corrupt priests, the legionaries restrained the priests on her and Borealis' orders, and nailed the priests to the makeshift crosses. All but one were executed by Viviane's arrows, leaving the last priest to have his stomach stabbed by Borealis' gladius and the nails in the last priest's hands and feet driven deeper.

After disposing of the corrupt priests, the colonial legionaries became involved in cataloguing and releasing each and every false heretics and prisoners wronged by the priests.

### Today

The Legio XIII, renamed to Legio XIII Norsouthaion, is involved in the provincial people's lives, acting as guards and peacekeepers. Some serve as guards for Borealis and Viviane.