Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26767096-20160525184148/@comment-26863727-20160531022730

The Atmoran legions further their march to Minas Anor, as for some strange reason no serious force has intercepted them yet....

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"How long until we reach the first city?"

"About three days if we keep marching at the current rate. The local militias are mounting resistance wherever we 'procure' spoils and supplies, but they're mostly untrained peasants. Axes, spears, padded armor, and the occasional sword or cheap hauberk, for the most part. No match for legionnaires. What I do worry about is the real soldiers we'll soon face. These Gondorians have good infantry, and fair archers, and their allies bring heavy cavalry. It's mostly the numbers I'm concerned about- a Praetorian would be evenly matched with what they call a 'Guard of the Fountain Court'- as soon as he was past the head of that pike, capable of defeating him fairly easily, by my estimates."

"I'll assume that becoming one of those is a very high honor. Rather superfluous title is it not?"

"Don't underestimate the Gondorians brother. Grandfather told me once that they're the only northern army he respects."

"Really? Interesting... what do they use their fire sand for in the military?"

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(What exactly do they use it for? Gunpowder could mean anything from early muskets to ridiculously inaccurate cannons if armor is still in vogue.)