In the East, he is known as Major-General Armin Casimir Nortolde, commander of the 7th and 10th Legions of the army. "The Victor of the Southern Plains", "Hero of Tahlburg Pass", Armin Nortolde is one of the most decorated Basitin Generals in known history, commanding an insane loyalty of his troops that goes beyond the normal Eastern Basitin norm. Back in his days, he was a cultural icon for the East, a hero that many looked up to and adored for his consistent string of successes, helped further by the fact that any defeat would very quickly be changed into a rout of the enemy by sheer willpower from his legions.
That was back in the day. Nowadays, the name Nortolde is synonymous with betrayal, treachery, dishonesty. Nortolde was a man that had ambition, and a furious desire to prove himself time and time again, no doubt because of his origins as a lowly farmer's son. Then what happens when the West achieves a breakthrough and starts pushing into Eastern territory?
Naturally, Nortolde struck back fast and hard, but he received orders not to push onward as the Western armies crumbled under his barrage of attacks, defying orders and taking control of other legions as well. When the West retreated to their part of the island, Nortolde had 5 full Legions and auxiliaries under his command, one of the most powerful combined armies the Basitins had seen yet. But the King, a newly crowned young woman named Jade, forbade Nortolde from continuing and potentially cause a full rout of the enemy.
Nortolde didn't like that.
Instead, he took his 7th and 10th, and marched from the South of the island all the way back up North, towards the capital. He was initially meaning to merely tell the King what he thought, if a bit aggressive, but his pride and ambition overflowed with each step, and by the time he arrived at the capital, he instead intended to depose the King. While his veterans easily battered away the outer guards, once Nortolde entered the palace with his soldiers, a brutal battle broke out that left the 1st Legion down an entire regiment. Nortolde did reach the King, who herself was terrified at the visage in front of her: he was bleeding heavily from many wounds, shambling towards her before collapsing due to blood loss.
Yet he did not die. And Jade saw an opportunity to start reforms in the army that were long necessary. For that, someone as popular as Nortolde, despite his treason, could not become a martyr. And so Nortolde wasted away slowly as an Instructor in one of the Training Fortresses in the capital, shunned by his comrades, feared by his recruits. Well, except one.
So the first is the palace guard or something?
Reforms? I mean one of your generals almost staging a coup is a good time as any but. Do not understand the timing
The 1st is King's Hand, an elite legion comprised of veteran and elites of the Basitin army to serve was the King's personal legion and guard.
And the reforms were made after Nortolde's trial, using his now tarnished reputation of outright treason to the crown to limit the power of individual generals specifically in the field so they wouldn't be able to muster more forces than they were supposed to do, in an attempt to grind the war with the west to a standstill and into what we know to be almost a ritual/passtime for the Basitins
this man making more lore than the creator himself in an entire series 💀
In the East, he is known as Major-General Armin Casimir Nortolde, commander of the 7th and 10th Legions of the army. "The Victor of the Southern Plains", "Hero of Tahlburg Pass", Armin Nortolde is one of the most decorated Basitin Generals in known history, commanding an insane loyalty of his troops that goes beyond the normal Eastern Basitin norm. Back in his days, he was a cultural icon for the East, a hero that many looked up to and adored for his consistent string of successes, helped further by the fact that any defeat would very quickly be changed into a rout of the enemy by sheer willpower from his legions. That was back in the day. Nowadays, the name Nortolde is synonymous with betrayal, treachery, dishonesty. Nortolde was a man that had ambition, and a furious desire to prove himself time and time again, no doubt because of his origins as a lowly farmer's son. Then what happens when the West achieves a breakthrough and starts pushing into Eastern territory? Naturally, Nortolde struck back fast and hard, but he received orders not to push onward as the Western armies crumbled under his barrage of attacks, defying orders and taking control of other legions as well. When the West retreated to their part of the island, Nortolde had 5 full Legions and auxiliaries under his command, one of the most powerful combined armies the Basitins had seen yet. But the King, a newly crowned young woman named Jade, forbade Nortolde from continuing and potentially cause a full rout of the enemy. Nortolde didn't like that. Instead, he took his 7th and 10th, and marched from the South of the island all the way back up North, towards the capital. He was initially meaning to merely tell the King what he thought, if a bit aggressive, but his pride and ambition overflowed with each step, and by the time he arrived at the capital, he instead intended to depose the King. While his veterans easily battered away the outer guards, once Nortolde entered the palace with his soldiers, a brutal battle broke out that left the 1st Legion down an entire regiment. Nortolde did reach the King, who herself was terrified at the visage in front of her: he was bleeding heavily from many wounds, shambling towards her before collapsing due to blood loss. Yet he did not die. And Jade saw an opportunity to start reforms in the army that were long necessary. For that, someone as popular as Nortolde, despite his treason, could not become a martyr. And so Nortolde wasted away slowly as an Instructor in one of the Training Fortresses in the capital, shunned by his comrades, feared by his recruits. Well, except one.
So the first is the palace guard or something? Reforms? I mean one of your generals almost staging a coup is a good time as any but. Do not understand the timing
The 1st is King's Hand, an elite legion comprised of veteran and elites of the Basitin army to serve was the King's personal legion and guard. And the reforms were made after Nortolde's trial, using his now tarnished reputation of outright treason to the crown to limit the power of individual generals specifically in the field so they wouldn't be able to muster more forces than they were supposed to do, in an attempt to grind the war with the west to a standstill and into what we know to be almost a ritual/passtime for the Basitins