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<blockquote data-quote="Bupp" data-source="post: 8495319" data-attributes="member: 6784990"><p>I've worked up the organizational structure of the hobgoblin legions for my World of Eska. Feel free to adjust the troop counts to reflect the levels of mass combat you desire. The name in my head was The One Hundred Legions. </p><p></p><p>Ten generals in a legions sounds like a lot, but I like the Black Sabbath lyric "generals gathered in their masses". I wanted to use the unit name of Fist from the trollocs of Wheel of Time. I went with 4 15-man squads over 5 10-man squads just to make the middle finger joke. I started playing around with the idea of each squad having a specialty, but that's about as far as I got. Might scrap that idea.</p><p></p><p>A hobgoblin legion is made up of 4,800 infantry troopers, and 300 cavalry, led by a Warlord.</p><p></p><p>Each of the Legions is broken down into 10 Cohorts of 480 troopers, led by a General.</p><p></p><p>Each Cohort has 4 Spears of 120 troopers, led by a Captain.</p><p></p><p>Each Spear is divided into two Fists of 60 troopers, a fist has four Fingers of 15 hobgoblin troopers. A fist is led by a Mid-Captain (often jokingly called a Middle Finger).</p><p></p><p>Each Fist is made of hobgoblins from the same batch, all share the same last name, and call each other “brother”. They call all other troopers “cousins”.</p><p></p><p>Thumb. Breach fillers. Heavy troopers. </p><p></p><p>Pointer Finger. Scouts, intelligence gathering.</p><p></p><p>Middle Finger. The Mid Captain.</p><p></p><p>Ring Finger. ?</p><p></p><p>Pinky. ?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://jonbupp.wordpress.com/2021/12/26/hobgoblin-legions/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bupp, post: 8495319, member: 6784990"] I've worked up the organizational structure of the hobgoblin legions for my World of Eska. Feel free to adjust the troop counts to reflect the levels of mass combat you desire. The name in my head was The One Hundred Legions. Ten generals in a legions sounds like a lot, but I like the Black Sabbath lyric "generals gathered in their masses". I wanted to use the unit name of Fist from the trollocs of Wheel of Time. I went with 4 15-man squads over 5 10-man squads just to make the middle finger joke. I started playing around with the idea of each squad having a specialty, but that's about as far as I got. Might scrap that idea. A hobgoblin legion is made up of 4,800 infantry troopers, and 300 cavalry, led by a Warlord. Each of the Legions is broken down into 10 Cohorts of 480 troopers, led by a General. Each Cohort has 4 Spears of 120 troopers, led by a Captain. Each Spear is divided into two Fists of 60 troopers, a fist has four Fingers of 15 hobgoblin troopers. A fist is led by a Mid-Captain (often jokingly called a Middle Finger). Each Fist is made of hobgoblins from the same batch, all share the same last name, and call each other “brother”. They call all other troopers “cousins”. Thumb. Breach fillers. Heavy troopers. Pointer Finger. Scouts, intelligence gathering. Middle Finger. The Mid Captain. Ring Finger. ? Pinky. ? [URL unfurl="true"]https://jonbupp.wordpress.com/2021/12/26/hobgoblin-legions/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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