Lythurnian Military

## Lythurian Military

In times of peace the King maintains three professional companies of loyal freemen and volunteers. Each of these three companies serve under a Commander.

1)     Blue and White: Deployed to trouble spots or to reinforce vital locations or infrastructure.

2)     Red and White: Stationed between southern forts to maintain the boarder between Lythurn and the “Forgotten Duchy”.

3)     Gold and White: The King’s personal guards who protect him and his family.

The commanders of the above companies have taken on field commissions of higher ranks when the company is incorporated into an army. However, Commanders have also held other ranks and temporary titles like Commander Tarbert who become Governor of Montrose after the Rebellion of the Southern Duchies.

Note: Beyond the land units that the king maintains there are the two winged companies based out of the Griffon Riders of Fort Wingingham and the Wyvren riders of Fort ???

During times of war temporary commissions of high ranks are given to other members of nobility or those who have proven their battle field ability to lead.

·        Rank and File, or most often called Soldier of the Army, have no rank.

·        Corporal: Second to a Sergeant, often only used in squads of more than 8 soldiers.

·        Sergeant: An experienced and proven leader in charge of a squad of 4 or even as high as 20 soldiers.

·        Sergeant 1st Class: A lieutenant’s right hand man.

·        Lieutenant: Leads a Unit of soldiers and may have anything from 1 to 4 sergeants under him.

·        1st Lieutenant: A Captain’s second in command, still with their own Unit.

·        Master Sergeant: A Major’s right hand man.

·        Captain: Leads a company of soldiers. Which may consist of 3 to 6 Units. A Captain may also lead a specialised unit of soldiers for a specific purpose.

·        Major: A major is in charge of a fortification or outpost and may have as few as one unit or multiple companies in his command.

·        Field Major: Leads a Battalion of soldiers. A Battalion may consist of 2 to 4 companies.

·        Colonel: Commands a Division of 2 to 4 Battalions.

·        General: Commands an Army which is two or more Divisions.

·        King.

Naval ranks are a little different. The ranks of Sergeant and Lieutenant have no set limit or number of sailors in their charge and will differ between vessel. Each officer rank may be given a secondary rank or title to distinguish the command structure and areas of authority.

*Eg: Gunnery Sergeant, often commands a single cannon, but a Sergeant of the Deck would out rank him.*

·        Seaman: or commonly Sailor, the Rank and File of the Navy.

·        Captain: A captain Commands a single vessel. However, there are three variations of Captian:

-         3rd Class, Captains a small vessel with a small crew and will often not need a Lieutenant.

-         2nd Class, captains a mid sized vessel.

-         1st Class, captains the true power of the Lythurnian Navy and are the best of commanders.

·        Fleet Commander: When a small number of vessels require a commander the most experienced Captain 1st Class is risen to the rank of Fleet Commander.

·        Admiral: Commands a true Fleet of ships and do not captain a ship but operate from a Ship Off The Line. Admiral’s will often divide their Fleet further to have multiple Fleet Commanders.

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