NB: "Legate" appears as a Lunar officer's title (of similar rank to a Polemarch and equivalent to our "Colonel") in "Orlanth is Dead," p.29. This particular...
... Kallyr's ... As Wiki'd: (is that a new verb?): "The honour standard was of silver cloth, billowing in the storm- gust. Three red deer, a single star -...
... Hand half-up. I'm reading them out of duty, not pleasure - if I'm going to have the Lunar military keep creeping into stories, I need to know how they...
... This is someone to whom chunks of a job are delegated? "Rector" has this meaning, I think. And the "normal" functions associated with the word are so...
I suppose what Euglyptus has or hasn't got beneath his tunic can happily be left to everyone's imagination! ;-) Simon simon.miller@... ... From: Jane...
... No worries, thanks for trying and for sending the link (I'll make note of that one)! Wordplay can be a little funny as I tend to appreciate 'legate' more ...
... It may well be. And the same reasoning about non-confusion aplies. ... It's pronouncable, anyway, not some multi-syllabic DH horror. But I do see what you...
... There is of course the position of Vicar-General in the Roman Catholic Church. Not the commander of the Papal armies, but the bishop's assistant who is...
Endeavoring to catch up... :) ... Thanks for this Jane. This is old, and unofficial of course, but it does hold up kinda well. I was amazed that the red deer...
Oliver D. Bernuetz wrote this as a saga. Without wanting to spoil anything, there is an article on ammonites in Eurmal's Grabbag in the old Lore Library (or...
Can anyone suggest where I might find any info on Euglyptus (other than the line or two in KoDP)? Of course history is written by the victors; Euglyptus may...
Joerg, Sorry I did mean KoS! I've got those publications, I shalll root through them tonight. It doesn't sound like he was a gifted tactician! Cheers Simon ...
... Though it's worth remembering that he did rule Sartar from 1602 to 1613 without any major disasters until the end. Not bad going. He's no military genius, ...
Having read of his family association with Tatius, it appears very improbable that he's a Eunuch. His long period in command does suggest a level of...
Having discussed names for ranks in the lunar army over the weekend, I?ve done a little research. The use of the term ?Legate? for the Staff officers/sub...
Jane Williams ... Tarkalor was fighting a lot in the region long before he became KoDP, but I doubt he already built roads back then. That's a princely...
... Whitewall, however, is not in Sartar. Which, come to think of it, probably means that he wasn't using Sartarite magic for any of this, whenever it...
... That's what 'legatus' means, anyone to whom parts of a job are delegated - preferably at a distance from their boss. Military legates are so called as a...
... The ILH-1 covers ranks up to Battalion/Regimental level in detail with titles for each of the main Lunar cultures as well as the New Pelorian ones. The...
Donald; thanks- I just found the relevant section in ILH 1... I think it will take me a while to accept it; I've never felt easy with Roman titles used with...
Salvete Sodales, ... AND Counts ... to ... administrative ... Excellent! That'll make said officers keep their Sedenyite "Embrace Contradictions" skill...
... historical ... If it helps, Simon, consider that the root of Polemarch is Polaris, the Pole Star, the celestial god of war and favourite of Pelorian staff...
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