Board Thread:Midian Play-by-Post/@comment-24302820-20150120030555/@comment-24302820-20150419232313

Before venturing forth, the Eastern Legion (as Kritot has started calling it--and no one has yet protested) takes stock of its supplies before sending the ships back up the channel.

But first, a roll-call:

Kritot's commandos, are a platoon-sized element. Kritot formed this unit with eight fellow sellswords, each acting as an NCO with 3-7 companions of their own, for a force 49 strong. A dozen of these sellswords are heading into the twin cities.

The forces from Infernus are arguably the deadliest of Runic's units. Five of these are the dreaded Infernals: Vampiric cavalry of great age and power. There are also fifty infantry; all are Vampires of lesser blood purity than the Infernals, but still to be respected and feared. Twenty of these soldiers are part of the enigmatic His Shadows, and volunteed for this trip. They believe it somehow supports their Grand Design. The total size of this unit is 55 soldiers.

Sixty Aerenidae are part of the Eastern Legion. Half of them are following Adrik, and the other half are loyal only to Runic. All of Adrik's women are combat ready, but a third of Runic's came along in a service and support capacity. These latter are covered below. The total Aerenidae fighters (they naturally congeal as a single unit) are 50. They can readily be split into two units of 30 and 20, however.

The total number of fighters of the Eastern Legion is 154. 18 of them are cavalry (Kritot, Infernals, a dozen commandos) with the remaining 136 infantry.

And now the support staff:

Adrik is the most experienced soldier on this campaign, with the arguable exception of the Infernals. However, due to his vows he is acting in a noncombat role. Adrik's council, both as a veteran and a man of faith, will prove invaluable on this campaign. Adrik brings thirty Aerenidae fighters (noted above) and twenty missionaries. Though their primary purpose here is religious, they come from a variety of backgrounds and can serve a dual purpose as service and support.

Runic's Deathlings are rarely far from her side, though they are just as rarely noticed. There are thirteen of them, detailed elsewhere.

Li Jin is an alchemist and elementalist. The rest of the extended Li Clan on this trip are in Westport.

사과 (Park Sakwa) AKA Apple, is a weaponsmith. She is also an alchemist.

As previously mentioned, ten of Runic's Aerenidae are here as support staff. Unlike Adrik's flock, these are already tasked out into dedicated roles.

Three of these are cooks: an army travels on its stomach. KP duty will be done by lot as needed.

One of these will assist Apple as a smith/armourer. Until the Eastern Legion gets somewhere more semipermanent, she'll mostly be helping with packing and moving stuff.

One of these will help with the various animals. Unfortunately for her the Infernals ride Undead beasts, which spooks the other horses. The Infernals have been handling their own mount's unholy needs for centuries, and know to stay away. She does have minor experience in dealing with her own Undead sisters, but is not a necromancer anymore than she's a veterinarian. She is simply someone with both the talent and desire to handle animals. This is one role that will need to be shored up before long.

Three of the Aerenidae are seamstresses. Two of these are also cobblers. As this is a tropical island, and the Legion will be doing a lot of marching, these girls will really have their work cut out for them.

The final two Aerenidae will act as supply clerks. One will act as the primary quartermistress, the other hopes to be a syndic someday and will double in a general administrative/clerical capacity.

The total number of support and service staff is 46. It's a bit light, but we're hoping to augment this locally as soon as trusted alliances can be made.

I haven't forgotten about the supplies, but this post is big enough. Read below for the materiel.