Legions

There are currently 50 active Imperial Army legions in operation in the Empire, numbered from 4 to 72. Some are on "floating" duty, being assigned to various nations as necessary but others are permanently stationed in some kingdoms. These assignments are as follows:

Kingdom	Legions assigned
Dominus	4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 17th
Academia	29th, 38th, 40th, 71st
Chundria	25th, 28th, 46th, 50th, 51st, 53rd
Erganth	20th, 32nd, 41st, 45th, 55th, 63rd
Karameizanté	22nd, 23rd, 34th, 48th, 64th, 67th, 72nd
Lichenburg	27th, 39th, 47th, 52nd, 54th, 66th, 70th
Thorast	14th, 31st, 33rd, 42nd, 56th, 62nd, 66th
"Floating"	57th, 60th, 61st, 65th

A "legion" of men consists of 10 "cohorts". Each cohort consists of 5 or 6 "centuries". The exact number of men in a "century" varies - it is never more than 100 and commonly not less than 80. Hence each leagion has, on average, 5000 men. Not all these of these will be active soldiers though. A small percentage will be support staff (smiths, farriers, cooks, engineers) that will likely never see combat.

Legions are numbered sequentially in the order in which they are founded and so those with "lower" numbers carry more prestige to those serving with them, although there are of course some exceptions (notably the 48th and 66th legions which have distinguished records in the field of battle).

There is, technically, a "13th legion" but this is staffed by member of the Emperor's personal guard and is never assigned to front-line duty.

The Imperial Legions often use the motto "Imperator Populis Quo Merebius", abbreviated to IPQM, on their standards.