The Illian Legion

“No eulogy is due to him, who simply does his duty and nothing more.” The Illian Legion is the largest deployed military force in the world. It is tasked with the protection of the Imperium and all of its holdings. It has the distinction of being on of the oldest militaries in existence, and the experience that comes with that has led to an establishment of excellence none can match.

Operated out of the Illian capitol city—Nova Lumia—it holds fortresses and outposts throughout the Empire. Once, its legionairres marched across all of Ebira and Iradeth uniting both continents under the banner of the imperium. Prior to Alexander and  Azazel’s rise in power, they assisted the brothers in the defeat of the Aenean Empire in the Aevum Ira. The end of the Aevum Bellum saw them shift from a conquering force to a policing body, enforcing imperial law across its sphere of influence. Prior to the schism, the legion was operated out of Nova Carthago as the historical Illian capitol.

Ultimately, the entire Legion reports to the Magnus Basileus as sovereign of the imperium. It is by her will alone that they march on foreign lands though currently, that seems unlikely. Following the war with Vendilyr that led to the Vendilyrian Schism and the subsequent fracturing of the Illian Empire, the legion has struggled with its footing. Many legionairres stayed loyal to their homes, choosing to abdicate from the legion in favor of their new governments’ militaries. Fifty years after the schism, it has recovered organizationally though resources are still too thin to mount a full scale invasion on any major power.

Offensively, the Legion employs a variety of soldiers from infantry to cavalry. Most notably, they are one of the only militaries in the world that have successfully raised domesticated dragons for military use. It is at the military fortress—Dragon’s Aerie in the Flatlands—that they are raised and trained for military use.

Organziation:
The legion is organized by legion, cohort, and century. A legion is composed of 10,000 soldiers and is commanded by a Legatus. A cohort, consists of one thousand men each and is commanded by a Praefectus Castrorum. Those cohorts are further subdivided into Centuries, led by a Centurion.

Groups of legions are organized into fives, commanded by a Legatus Legionis who is tasked with the defense of a much larger area than a Legatus and reports directly to the Legatus Praefectus who serves as the highest ranking officer in the Illian Legion. These groups are called Fastigium.

Rank and File:
Officer ranks in the Illian Legion exist as follows: Legatus Praefectus, Legatus Legionis, Legatus, Praefectus Castrorum, Centurion, Pilus, Principales, and Immunes.

Enlisted ranks in the legion are as follows: Dicens, Munifex, Tirones, Triarii, Duplicarii, and Auxillary.