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==Banished==
==Banished==
The [[Banished]], an organization of mercenary raiders,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter= 1}} had several legions whose [[Legionmaster]]s report directly to a [[War Chief]]. They were composed of around 9,000 to 20,000 infantry each,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach}} and were mostly large mercenary [[clan]]s that implemented other smaller mercenary clans within them, occasionally mixing and sharing troops across legions. For example, smaller [[Jiralhanae]] clans such as the [[Exodus Guard]] and the [[Long Shields]] were known to have used forces from the [[Sangheili]] [[Enduring Conviction|Let 'Volir's clan]],{{Ref/Game|Halo Infinite|Banished Audio Logs: Unnatural Defenses|Quote= Screecleaver Jato 'Ratum, Exodus Guard}}{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2HonorGuard|Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|Quote=An Honor Guard's cloaking ability could prove useful to us. Get ready to earn your keep, mercenary!|Quotee=[[Voridus]]}} and Let 'Volir's clan were known to have used forces from Jiralhanae clans.{{Ref/Game|Halo Wars 2|[[Let 'Volir/Gameplay]]}}
The [[Banished]], an organization of mercenary raiders,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter= 1}} had several legions whose [[Legionmaster]]s report directly to a [[War Chief]]. Legions were composed of around 9,000 to 20,000 infantry each,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach}} and were large mercenary forces. Standard [[clan]]s were often led by [[Jiralhanae Warlord|Warlord]]s, and numbered around 100 to 1000 infantry.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Divine Wind|Page= 236}} Legions and clans occasionally mixed and shared troops across other legions and clans. For example, smaller [[Jiralhanae]] clans such as the [[Exodus Guard]] and the [[Long Shields]] were known to have used forces from the [[Sangheili]] [[Enduring Conviction|Let 'Volir's clan]],{{Ref/Game|Halo Infinite|Banished Audio Logs: Unnatural Defenses|Quote= Screecleaver Jato 'Ratum, Exodus Guard}}{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2HonorGuard|Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|Quote=An Honor Guard's cloaking ability could prove useful to us. Get ready to earn your keep, mercenary!|Quotee=[[Voridus]]}} and Let 'Volir's clan were known to have used forces from Jiralhanae clans.{{Ref/Game|Halo Wars 2|[[Let 'Volir/Gameplay]]}}
====Legions====
====Legions and clans====
======Core Banished at the Ark======
*Atriox and Decimus' core Banished at the Ark
*Unknown legion{{Ref/Novel|Id=Thousands|HSoR|Chapter= 21}}  
**Unknown legion {{c|legion}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Thousands|HSoR|Chapter= 21}}  
**[[Clan of the Long Shields]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW|HDW|Chapter=17}}
**[[Clan of the Long Shields]] {{c|clan}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW|HDW|Chapter=17}}
*[[Enduring Conviction|Let 'Volir's clan]]{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2PL|Halo Wars 2|[[Phoenix Logs]]: [[Phoenix Logs/Leaders/Shipmaster Let 'Volir|Shipmaster Let 'Volir]]|Quote=Let 'Volir is the head of a mercenary Sangheili clan}}
**[[Enduring Conviction|Let 'Volir's clan]] {{c|legion}}{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2PL|Halo Wars 2|[[Phoenix Logs]]: [[Phoenix Logs/Leaders/Shipmaster Let 'Volir|Shipmaster Let 'Volir]]|Quote=Let 'Volir is the head of a mercenary Sangheili clan}}
*[[Colony's swarm]]{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2PL2|Halo Wars 2|[[Phoenix Logs]]: [[Phoenix Logs/Leaders/Colony|Colony]]}}
**[[Colony's swarm]] {{c|legion}}{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2PL2|Halo Wars 2|[[Phoenix Logs]]: [[Phoenix Logs/Leaders/Colony|Colony]]}}
======Banished at Zeta Halo======
*Escharum's Banished at Zeta Halo
*Unknown legion
**[[Lance of the Writhing Star]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Lance of the Writhing Star]]
**[[Exodus Guard]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Exodus Guard]]
**[[Bulwark of Bone]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Bulwark of Bone]]
**[[Warial's Wrath]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Warial's Wrath]]
**[[Brother's of Undending Ire]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Brother's of Undending Ire]]
**[[Heart of Tala]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Heart of Tala]]
**[[Beholders of the One Vapor]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Beholders of the One Vapor]]
**[[Sclera of Chu'ot]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Sclera of Chu'ot]]
**[[Thieves of the Claw]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Thieves of the Claw]]
**[[Hordeworms of Svir]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Hordeworms of Svir]]
**[[Warriors of Malaston]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Warriors of Malaston]]
**[[Valorguards of the Chosen]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Valorguards of the Chosen]]
**[[Bloodbrave Guardian of Suban]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Bloodbrave Guardian of Suban]]
**[[Kaepra's Grief]] {{c|clan}}
**[[Kaepra's Grief]]
**[[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]] {{c|legion}}{{Ref/Game|Halo Infinite|Banished Audio Logs: A Boon|Quote= Pioneer Guard Vomarus, Legion of the Corpse Moon}}  
*[[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]]{{Ref/Game|Halo Infinite|Banished Audio Logs: A Boon|Quote= Pioneer Guard Vomarus, Legion of the Corpse Moon}}  
**[[Clan of the Ravaged Tusks]] {{c|legion}} {{Ref/Game|Id=RavagedTusk|Halo Infinite|TACMAP|Quote=Like other Banished leaders, En'Geddon led a distinctive subset of warriors, the Ravaged Tusk}}
*[[Clan of the Ravaged Tusks]]{{Ref/Game|Id=RavagedTusk|Halo Infinite|TACMAP|Quote=Like other Banished leaders, En'Geddon led a distinctive subset of warriors, the Ravaged Tusk}}
*Banished at Earth
 
**Human mercenary groups {{c|clan}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Legendary|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Canon Fodder: Legendary Ending}}
======Banished at Earth======
*Other Banished
*Unknown legion
**[[Order of Harmony]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p449|Enc22|Page=449}}
**Human mercenary groups{{Ref/Site|Id=Legendary|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Canon Fodder: Legendary Ending}}
**[[Warkeepers of Qabik]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p449}}
**[[Nwari Wastewalkers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p449}}
**[[Nobles of the Fied's Rising]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p449}}


==Forerunner==
==Forerunner==

Revision as of 09:08, April 12, 2022

A legion is a generic term for a type of military unit. The term was originally used to describe an infantry unit in Ancient Rome; the general size of these units fluctuated during the military history of the Roman Empire between approximately 4,500 and 5,200 soldiers, the equivalent of large regiments or brigades in the UNSC Army and Marine Corps.[1][2]

Covenant

In the Covenant military, a legion was a large administrative grouping of warriors commanded by a high-ranking officer. Legions were expected to operate as a combined-arms force. While typically non-permanent formations, warhosts that proved their skill in battle were occasionally adopted by legions.[3] Legions are commanded by Sangheili generals.[4]

Legions

Warrior crèches

A warrior crèche is a type of legion supposedly staffed by young warriors, though they could still attain considerable distinction in combat. Warrior crèches are carried aboard Covenant fleets should any ground actions be needed.[6]

Banished

The Banished, an organization of mercenary raiders,[7] had several legions whose Legionmasters report directly to a War Chief. Legions were composed of around 9,000 to 20,000 infantry each,[8] and were large mercenary forces. Standard clans were often led by Warlords, and numbered around 100 to 1000 infantry.[9] Legions and clans occasionally mixed and shared troops across other legions and clans. For example, smaller Jiralhanae clans such as the Exodus Guard and the Long Shields were known to have used forces from the Sangheili Let 'Volir's clan,[10][11] and Let 'Volir's clan were known to have used forces from Jiralhanae clans.[12]

Legions and clans

Forerunner

In translated Forerunner records, the term legion is used in reference to a type of Warrior-Servant organizational unit.[21]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Roman legion on Wikipedia
  2. ^ URNV History - Organization of the Roman Imperial Legion
  3. ^ Archive:Spartan Games - Kenneth Peters interview
  4. ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, p. 153
  5. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 190
  6. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 350
  7. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 1
  8. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach
  9. ^ Halo: Divine Wind, page 236
  10. ^ Halo Infinite, Banished Audio Logs: Unnatural Defenses: "Screecleaver Jato 'Ratum, Exodus Guard"
  11. ^ Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare: "An Honor Guard's cloaking ability could prove useful to us. Get ready to earn your keep, mercenary!" - Voridus
  12. ^ Halo Wars 2, Let 'Volir/Gameplay
  13. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 21
  14. ^ Halo: Divine Wind, chapter 17
  15. ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Shipmaster Let 'Volir: "Let 'Volir is the head of a mercenary Sangheili clan"
  16. ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Colony
  17. ^ Halo Infinite, Banished Audio Logs: A Boon: "Pioneer Guard Vomarus, Legion of the Corpse Moon"
  18. ^ Halo Infinite, TACMAP: "Like other Banished leaders, En'Geddon led a distinctive subset of warriors, the Ravaged Tusk"
  19. ^ Canon Fodder: Legendary Ending
  20. ^ a b c d Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 449
  21. ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 177

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