Army ranks:
Infantry and Archers
• Lord Marshal – Reports directly to the Lord Commandant. Must be a noble. Leads an Army.
• Lord Brigadier – Must be a noble. Leads a Brigade.
• Lord Colonel or Colonel – Highest rank available for a non-noble. Leads a Battalion.
• Lord Major - Lowest rank for a noble. Leads a Company. Although both Majors and Captains lead Companies, a Major outranks a Captain (due to him being a Noble).
• Captain – leads a Company (usually 3 platoons).
• Lieutenant – leads a Platoon (usually 4 squads).
• Sergeant – leads a Squad (usually 8 privates plus 1 Sergeant).
• Private
Cavalry
• Lord Marshal – Reports directly to the Lord Commandant. Must be a noble. Leads an Army.
• Lord General – Must be a noble. Leads a Regiment.
• Lord Colonel or Colonel – Highest rank available for a non-noble. Leads a Squadron.
• Lord Major - Lowest rank for a noble. Leads a Pride. Although both Majors and Captains lead Prides, a Major outranks a Captain (due to him being a Noble).
• Captain – leads a Pride (usually 3 Troops).
• Coronet – leads a Troop (usually 3 Lances).
• Lance Corporal – leads a Lance (usually 4 troopers plus 1 Corporal).
• Trooper (Private)
There we go!
The cavalry titles seem very English Civil War, although a colonel would lead a regiment, etc. And why "pride" instead of "company"?
I lost the country cards from the Greyhawk Wars game long ago (over 20 years?), but IIRC, Gran March had 1 heavy cavalry, 3 medium cavalry, and 1 light cavalry counters. If each cavalry counter equals 1,000 men and 1,000 mounts, then that would equal 5,000 cavalry for Gran March's deployable forces, and 3,000 additional each turn thereafter.
Although I have DM'ed in Gran March, I never tried to seriously detail it's military. But like Ratik, I assumed that universal military service would result in a largely percentage of "fighter" types than would typically found in the Flaneass. Adult males who were strictly "0 level" types (or 1st level Commoners) would be fairly rare.
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