Banquet (5)

The banquet finished uneventfully. The emperor gave a quick speech to finish off the festivities in which he once again praised his son's efforts and successes. He even reserved a few words for Kurdak and his companions. He also officially commissioned Kurdak into his army, making him a major and giving him command of a regiment. His regiment was one of three, one of which was cavalry, two of which were infantry, which made up a brigade.

The brigade had 1300 people in all, one thousand infantry split between the two regiments, and three hundred cavalry. Half of the brigade's men were veterans, a quarter were selected from contestants that made it to the preliminaries in the tournament, and the rest were green recruits.

The average member in Kurdak's regiment had six strata. Overall,...

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