Re: My Name is Legion (was Is Spell Trading the hallmark of a vampire squid? (was: Vampirism))

From: Keith <keith.nellist_at_CtV5nCPz9J2KypB73YD6hlLNAERxsrIps_t-N71OMMEUyJss8jTTJ7H-KGXCNz>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:04:54 -0000

I'd also go short of a full legion of 5000 Vampires, and canteen logistics would surely be a problem. I guess a reasonable number could be entombed waiting for the stake to be removed, blood to be dripped on them, etc. to distrub their peace until they're needed for active duty.

My assumption was that the legion was smaller and that it was propaganda from one side or the other. I'd also assume that this was a clan of vampires that defended itself from the Lunar Empire by becoming allies, and that they are really acting in their own best interest without one bit of loyalty to the Moon or Emperor.

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> > The Glorantha boxed set says that the Lunar Empire has a "legion of Vampires" (a Roman legion was about 5000), I'd say they were all the same sort, it would make the canteen easier to run.
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> Nice. Going from the old material (http://www.soltakss.com/vivamort.html ), I'd fudge it a little by making at least 90% of those conscripts the cultist / thralls of the Empire's tame vampires. Fifty full-fledged rune level undead for a population of maybe 8 million sounds reasonable, and even the wizards would be scary enough to the typical person.
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> Not all or even any of them need to actually worship the abstraction Arkat called Vivamort, but at least "lip" service might be required by their Lunar handlers in order to keep order in the ranks.
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