Angelic Legions

The Angelic Legions were once the mightiest military power ever seen, having brought nearly all Creation to heel during the Angelic Conquest. Their warriors are the Ynochim, who were all once mortals. Each Ynochim is elevated to potent divine status by the essence of the Seraphim, the sons of the Ynoch, who divised the method of their creation. Each Seraphim holds command over one of the fifteen legions, their soul-scions. Eight of those legions rose in rebellion against Ynoch, resulting in a civil war which forever shattered the Dream that they had fought so long to build together.

Legion Organization
The Angelic Legions are each led by one of the Seraphim, a son of Ynoch whose essence is used to populate the Legion. Beneath them exist numerous ranks and formations of Lesser Ynochim. While there is a generally prevailing structure common throughout the legions, each legion's organization contains subtle (sometimes not so subtle) differences. Such things include differing names for ranks or formations, as well as specialty units or distinctions within the legion, all of which resulted from the experiences of the legions and their commanding Seraphim during their service.

Legion High Command
Each of the Angelic Legions was lead by a Seraph, the divine essence of whom flowed through the veins of every legionary. The Seraph's power over their legion was absolute, and they could organize and direct their forces however they pleased.

That said, they were attended by a number of other subordinates within their legion, such as personal bodyguards, attendants, and high officers. Together with their Seraph, this group was known as the Legion's High Command.

The legion's High Officers referred to high ranking members of the legion who lead its most prominent formations. Depending on the legion in question, High Officers might include Lord Commanders, Commanders, or Captains, or whatever other equivalent the legion possessed.

Legion High Command also includes the Seraph's Praetorians, their personal squad of bodyguards. Praetorian formation numbers varied, from as small as three to up to a dozen.

Also included among the high command were a Seraph's personal Equerries, who typical served their sole sire as attendants in a non-military capacity. Such roles as they filled included the role of personal banner bearer, scribe, herald, or advisor.

The Standard Legion Design
The Standard Legion Design was devised by the Seraph Metatron, and provided a simple order of battle to accommodate legions numbering a hundred thousand warriors or more. The neat, standardized guidelines he set down were promptly ignored by the vast majority of his brothers when they took command of their respective legions, which were instead organized to fit the individual preferences of their Seraphim.

The Standard Legion Design began with the basic legionary.

They would be organized into ten men Squads, lead by a Sergeant.

Ten squads, in turn, would together form a Company, the hundred members of which lead by a Captain. The Captain's personal Squad was unique from the other nine, and was known as the Company Command Squad.

Ten Companies then would be joined into a Battalion, which numbered one thousand strong and was lead by a Lieutenant Commander. Like Captains, Lieutenant-Commanders possessed Command Squads, only in this case, for a Battalion. The Lieutenant Commander's personal Company was known as the First Company, and was composed of the Battalion's veteran warriors.

Next, ten Battalions were united under a Lord Commander, in a form known as a Division. Lord Commanders were aided by their Divisional Command Squad, while their personal Battalion was known as the First Battalion.

And finally, the Seraph was to stand at the top of the legion hierarchy, commanding the First Division.

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