>I'm not sure to what extent some of those other
>subcults would work as separate units? Vingans, yes,
>they're "generalists", if you see what I mean. But
>Vanganthi? Flyers - skirmishers. Yes, by all means put
>them together, but without heavier support they're
>going to be vulnerable. And I think Kallyr would know
>how best to use Vanganthi - she was one for something
>like 7 years.
One of the strengths of the Lunar army is that it groups specialists together, trains them and uses them as a unit. Two or three Vanganthi from a clan on their own are not going to have much influence on a battle. A unit of fifty or a hundred can be used to attack the enemy command centre or strike the rear of an enemy unit currently being attacked from the front. The trick will be getting fifty Vanganthi from twenty different clans to actually co-ordinate.
Vingans are going to be far more like the average clan warband, easier for an experienced Orlanthi leader to use but with the same vunerabilities.
>Yinkini I don't know enough about to comment - I've
>never seen the ones I've met as warriors anyway.
Like the other hunting cults they're skirmishers.
>> Perhaps the precedent was in place as far back as 1613. Tonalang
>> Greathelm in 1613 lead 1000 Uroxi berserks in the battle of
>> Hofstarings Flood. That sounds like all (85%?) of
>> the Sartar Uroxi.
>
>It does. Now, why would one separate out Uroxi? Shock troops?
That's the obvious reason, same as the Shargashi are used at Whitewall. Probably easier to lead Uroxi than many other groups of Orlanthi - "The enemy are chaotic! charge!"
>Keep them away from other people so they don't
>kill their own side? I'd guess that Tonalang had the
>same advantage there that Kallyr has now - a very
>visible cult-specific leader who others will follow
>irrespective of clan?
Looks like the reason, so it's always happened but only on rare occassions.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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