Combat Structure of an Imperial Legion of Avalon

While there is some variation from Legion to Legion, based on several factors, the majority of Legions keep to the following organization.

A Decuria is used only during scouting operations, and consists of ten or so soldiers.

A Centuria is the smallest official combat unit in a legion. Contains 120 Combat Infantry Soldiers.

A Cohort is composed of ten Centuria, for a total of 1,200 Combat Infantry Soldiers.

A Legion is composed of ten Cohorts, for a total of 12,000 Combat Infantry Soldiers.

All Legions have approximately 400 Mounted Troops in support, though the composition of this mounted support does vary somewhat. Legions Legio III Invicta have heavy cavalry in full plate for support, while legions like Legio I Infernus are more prone to light, fast cavalry support.

Each legion also has approximately  100 Skysong-class aerial support, ususually mounted on Wyverns or Rylacks. In addition to this number are four Dragonfire-class aerial support, mounted on drakes (post commencement of the Azerothian Campaign).

All Legions also have their own support staff, consisting of cooks, armorers, blacksmiths, stablemasters, etc. These are not counted in the overall strangth count, however, as they are non-combatants.

Command Structure of an Imperial Legion of Avalon

While each legion has its specialty, due to the clans of Draenor that make up its ranks having said specialty, each is equally deadly in any field of battle and are organized in much the same way.

Senior Command Staff

Legatus Legionis: the overall commander of that particular legion. usually the chieftain of the dominant clan, but not necessarily. Also the most experienced and deadly combatant of the Legion, who nevertheless is well-protected when the engage in combat, as their first priority is management and control of their legion during pitched battle. Legatus Legionis also act as provincial governors when necessary. Modern equivalent would be a Four Star General. Referred to in general conversation as the Legatus


Tribunes Primus: The second in command of the Legion, the Tribunes Primus has nominal command if the Legatus cannot be reached, dies, or is otherwise incapacitated. naturally, is the second most experienced and lethal member of the legion. Modern equivalent would be a Brigadier General or a Major General. Referred to in general conversation as the Primus

Praefectus Castorum: the Camp Prefect, he is in charge of the staff that manages the day-to-day affairs of the legion, such as supplies, setting up the encampment, etc. Third in overall command, the closest equivalent would be a Colonel.


Tribuni Secondari: The staff of the Praefectus, they serve as the administrative staff for the higher ranking officers, handling the day-to-day affairs of the Legion and keeping the Legatus informed of the details. Modern day equivalent would likely be Majors. Reffered to as the Tribuni in general conversation.

Primus Pilus: the "First Rank" is the most senior officer of the general infantry in the Legion. While is is 'only' a centurion, he is the most experienced of the group and commands the First Cohort and is on the short list for a Command rank. Equivalent would be that of a Captain or a Major in a modern military.

Mid-Level Ranks

Centurions: Each Centurion commands one of the Legion's Centuria, a group of 80-100 combat troops. Each Centurion is promoted through the ranks of their Cohort (a group of !0 Centuria) before being promoted into the lowest rank of the next Cohort. In other words, the Centurion of the 6th Centuria, 10th Cohort, works his way ip to Centurion of the 1st Centuria, 10th Cohort. This makes him the highest ranking officer of the 10th Cohort. he can then be promoted to 6th Centuria, 9th Cohort, etc. Modern equivalent would be a warrant officer through to captain, ddepending on which centuria and cohort they were in/commanded.

Low-level Ranks

Principales: Modern day equivalent would be non-commissioned officers. Respected veterans that the younger officers listen to for advice and counsel. There are several levels of Principales.

1. Aquilifier: A highly prestigious and respected post, this soldier is tasked with carrying the emblem of the Legion, and entrusted with its well-being. From here, a soldier is promoted to Centurion Rank.
2. Signifier: Bascially that Centuria's quartermaster, he is responsible for the men's pay and supplies. In combat, he would carry the flag of each individual Centuria or Cohort, depending on his position. Like the Aquilifier, this was an important post.
3. Cornificen: This soldier, or soldiers, have the task of passing on commands from the officers to the general soldiers, usually from his position by the signifier. Until the advent of radios, this post could best be compared to that of the bugler or the drummer, as each series of balsts is a different command.

Everyone Else
here you have your run-of-the-mill soldiers, support staff, and supply train. Essential to the working of each Legion, since they form its overwhelming majority, but none are any greater than the other.

Luna

Like Nimue, Luna is not usually involved in pitch combat, instead acting as an adviser and supportive presence to the Imperator. However, her main benefit to Avalon is her connection to Elune, and through her to the Night Elves. This allows her to remain deeply informed of Alliance activity, as well as the happenings on Azeroth in general, making the intelligence she provides utterly invaluable. She is widely regarded as a Seer by both the Draenei and the Orcs, though the sun-worshipping Arrakoa view her connection to the moon with some amusement, or even outright contempt in the more lunatic fringes.

Amusingly, of the Companions numbers, she is the one the ogres fear most. After one of them attempted to kidnap her in an effort to claim the title of Imperator for himself, she not only freed herself but, in a vicious display of Charms and Transfiguration, fused him, still alive, with the arch above the main gate of Highmaul, a carved placard under his name detailing what would happen to the next idiot that tried to hurt her family.

Any attempts to claim the throne halted from that day forth.

Rarely engaging in combat due to her advisory status, she is nonetheless a powerful mage in her own right and more than capable of holding her own for the sake of her loved ones.

Height: 5 foot 9 inches
Weight: About 135 pounds
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Blonde
Likes: her family, her friends, the Mother Moon, and the Night Elves
Dislikes: Cruelty, Evil, Bullies

Nimue (Nymphadora Tonks)

Taking on a new name, the former Nymphadora Tonks became known as Nimue, after the legendary Lady of the Lake. While she is out of her depth in the fields of field army-level strategy and tactics, her studies as an Auror have given her a firm grasp of small-unit tactics. This, in particular her training for Infiltration and Recon, combined with her innate ability transformed her into the most dangerous spy and assassin that Avalon possesses, greater even than Garona and her Shadows.

While her specialty usually doesn't involve pitched combat, but rather ambushes or assassinations, Nimue nevertheless enjoys the thrill and dance with danger that comes with being in the middle of a heated, brutal struggle with an adversary.

Like many of the other combat-trained Companions, she is considered a part of the last line of defense should any threat make it past Tenth Legion.

Height: Variable, usually about six feet
Weight: variable, usually about 175 pounds
Eyes: Variable, usually hazel
Hair: Variable, usually dark brown with deep purple stripes
Likes: Harry, Luna, sister wives, a good fight
Dislikes: Boredom, The Burning Legion, generalized evil actions

Name: Pronounced Nym-uh-way

The Council of Twelve

Made up of the Orcish and Draenei leaders that swore their aid and fealty to Harry Potter, the Council of Twelve are Harry's highest advisers (besides his lovers, naturally) and highest-ranking officers of war. While to an outsider it may seem unbalanced in favor of the orcs, this is far from true. given the more cohesive leadership of the Draenei, due to the fact that it was Velenara alone who led them from Argus to Draenor. This, as opposed to the Orcish clans being separate entities, has lead to only four of The Twelve being members of that race. The other eight members are the chieftains of the various Orcish tribes that were smart enough to listen to one Harry Potter when he showed up and warned them about the Burning Legion's trickery. Those tribes that refused were the first to suffer punitive action for siding with the Burning Legion.

The Council is made up of the following members:

ORCS:

Grommash Hellscream: Chieftain of the Warsong.

Durotan: Chieftain of the Frostwolves.

Azuka: Chieftain of the Burning Blade.

Ner’zhul: Chieftain of the Shadowmoon. Highly respected.

Orgrim Doomhammer: Chieftain of the Blackrock.

Kaz the Shrieker: Chieftain of the Laughing Skull, second mate of Durotan.

Rexxar: Chieftain of the Mok’Nathal. Technically more of a philosophy than a clan, but many are half-ogre.

Fenris the Hunter: Chieftain of the Thunderlord, eldest Frostfwolf sibling.

DRAENEI:

Prophet Velen: Overall leader of the Draenei

High-Priestess Ishanah

Vindicator Maarad

Vindicator Yrel

Yrel

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Born in the ancient temple-fortress of Karabor, Yrel was originally training to be a priestess, like her uncle-figure and mentor, Vele. However, that changed when a being introduced only as Catalyst appeared before the Draenei. He described the coming events that he had forseen, including the deaths of many thousands of Draenei to a demonically-controlled Orcish Horde. While many amongst the Draenei favored a preemptive strike, Yrel advised her "uncle" that it would be far better to convince the orc clans of the evil posed by the Legion, starting with their neighbor and highly-respected orcish leader, Ner'zhul.

The meeting with Ner'zhul was disrupted almost devastatingly by a pack of eredar, summoned by Gul'dan secretly, pretended to be Draenei and attacked the meeting. The three guards that had come with her and Velenara were slain, as were Ner'zhul's own guards, and as the last eredar prepared to strike down Velen, she claimed the crystal war-mace of a fallen Vindicator and slew him.

From then on, she swore to defend the innocent from the Legion, and immediately began training as a paladin. Taking to the training like a fish to water, she quickly rose both in power and rank, until she was personally handpicked along with Maraad to be the military leaders of the Draenei, subordinate only to Catalyst himself and, technically, to Velen.

Sylvanas Windrunner

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Great pic by Fenikkisu.

Sylvanas is the middle Windrunner sister, but also arguably the most successful. Not only did she become the Ranger-General of Quel'thalas (the highest military rank achievable for anyone other than the Royal Family), but she also managed to form and keep "alive" the rebellious undead faction known as The Forsaken. Born a mere decade after her older sister Alleria, and only five years before Vereesa, she was exceptionally close to both of her sisters. The trio went so far as to make an oath that they would never accept a man into their beds unless he met with the approval of the other two, and oath she and Vereesa kept even after Alleria vanished into the Twisting Nether.

While she has committed many horrific sins for the survival and betterment of the Forsaken, she is nonetheless haunted by guilt at these crimes, and secretly prays to The Light every night in the hopes that a solution to all of her troubles will present itself.

Height: 6' 3"
Hair: Silver-White
Eyes: Blood Red
Build: Slim and Athletic
Likes: ???
Dislikes: The living, humans, night elves, the Burning Legion, the Old Gods. She possess insane amounts of hatred and fear of the Lich King, for his crimes against her personally.

Alleria Windrunner

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Born some three thousand years before the original opening of the Dark Portal.
After arriving on Earth via the Twisting nether, she was immediatly set upon by a Dementor, from which she was saved by Harry Potter. Accompanying her rescuer, and the only being she "knew" on this strange new world, she ended up assisting said human come into his own in combat of the magical and physical sort, as well as politically.
An expert Ranger of Quel'thalas, she is an expert markswoman and woodswoman. her skills include Tracking, Hunting, Assassination, and Trapping (of both animals and sentients). She is also highly skilled with a pair of long daggers, but prefers not to use them.
Immortal, but not invulnerable. Capable of inhuman feats but still able to be slain.

Height: 6' 3"
Hair:Blond
Eyes: Silver-Blue
Build: slim and athletic
Likes: Her Family, Her Friends, Azeroth
Hates: The Burning Legion, the Old Gods, and the Scourge. Holds particular loathing for the Lich King, Arthas Menethil, for his crimes against her people, and (especially!) her sister Sylvanas