IMG Rahtori are more advanced in terms of organised warfare than other
Hsunchen (which isn't difficult. I have them as mercenaries during the Blood
King's War; Orlik Bearface might have been one, Harrek was one. ) Being
relatively friendly with the Aldyami I would have those clever vegetables
organising them in the first place and sending them to fight foes of the
forest, later these foes started fighting each other and called on those Bear
People with their longbows. Elven archers would have explained that longbows
are best used en masse (see archery discussion) and the primitive but not
stupid Rathori would have picked up on this.
In summary - at home, disorganised small little groups, as mercenaries in
unreasonably large groups of organised longbowmen. Closest Earth Analog I can
think of is the Ghurkas. (I also just thought of Paddington Bear, a Rathori a
long way from home)
This whole debate is getting un-bear-able
Keith Nellist