soldier

The way of a soldier is, in your opinion, the easiest way to start your journey on Arid. As a soldier, you only need your body as starting capital.

"This way, then." Roars in your ears again and everything began to spin around you. You felt sick and before you know it, you land on your butt. After a short time of confusion, you struggle to your feet. Your new body felt strange and you shake yourself a few times. You landed in the middle of a forest. You follow a path and after a short time, you come to a post. It was guarded by 3 soldiers. They were armed with spears, swords, and shields. These weapons were already familiar to you from the Shadow Realm. You slowly approach the post. But the soldiers don't seem to care about you.

"How can I become a soldier?" You ask without introducing yourself and the words turned into those of the people. Two of the soldiers laughed and the third looked at you with narrowed eyes. "What does a lad like you want with the legions?" He retorts mockingly. You are at first a little irritated that you can understand the words of the human, yet you quickly think better of it.

"I think you can use everyone." You say confidently, for each fallen man is more powerful than a human. The soldiers shake their heads regretfully in agreement, then one pointed to a tent further away. "Report there."

You plod along the path, annoyed. {if dyn = 1}all these weaklings annoy you, your family had already raised you to be tough, what more do these people want to teach you, so you just laugh inside.{elsif dyn = 2}You don't know enough about the situation yet, so you have to keep quiet for now. {elseif dyn = 3}These people should be easy to convince if they think you're one of them.{else}Your intuition tells you that it wouldn't be wise to make armed enemies right away.{endif}

Once inside the tent, you are approached directly. "Name." A man in leather armor rules you. "Um...John Doe." You reply, somewhat irritated. "Alright then Doe, go over there and receive your equipment." The soldier pointed snidely out the opening on the other side of the tent. Behind it stretched a camp well hidden in the forest. You walk slowly through the camp and from left and right you are given equipment, clothing, and weapons.

You spend the next two days getting to know your equipment and training. You realize that you have ended up in the Echatir Legion. {if Estrar = true}You remember the briefing and realize that you have ended up in a legion that is supposed to conquer.{endif} The legion was just in the northwest of the empire, conquering smaller tribes to gain new slaves and expand the borders of the empire again. The legion was divided into small centurions. A centuria was about 80 men and women. 60 of them made up a legion, plus numerous support forces. This was the camp of the 78th centuria and your superiors said that the enemies were still far away. Because the last 4 centurions were the recruiting and training units of a legion.