Random Musing

[zute]

“Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said," I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?”
 Calvin & Hobbes

That quote got me to thinking about who was the first guy who decided to drink darkspawn blood. Then I thought, wait... it also takes archdemon blood. So how could the first Grey Wardens have been created before they had slain their first archdemon? 

Fanfiction - Nolo, Nolle, Nolui: Chapter 17

[nithu]

Title: Nolo, Nolle, Nolui
Characters: Alistair/Fearghal Cousland
Rating: M
Word Count: 2,200
Summary:Fearghal and the others make some progress within the tower.

Nolo, Nolle, Nolui: Chapter 17

BSN Prompt Response - Styles of Command

[miri1984]

I respond to my own prompts. Yes I know it's sad. 

Title: Styles of Command
Wordcount: Um... there are some words.
Characters: Aedan Cousland, Miranda Cousland, Alim Surana, Anders (you'll understand when you read it)
Summary: Commanders of the Grey come in all shapes and sizes.

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How big is a division?

[zute]

I apologize for another lame-ass question, but in the story I'm writing now this actually has relevance. It's the difference between paranoia and reasonable concern.

When you rescue Riordan he tells you that Loghain had turned away 200 Grey Wardens and two dozen divisions of cavalry.  When I looked up division sizes I got utterly enormous numbers like 10,000 for single light infantry division, in the modern army. I'm sure that must be vastly larger than in middle ages terms.

Does anyone have a feel for how many actually people that would be? 

My thanks!

Zute

Where We Stand - Chapter 4

[valiasedai]

Chapter: 4 Sorrow and Wrath
Characters: Erise Caron, Varel
Words: 732
Rating: T for now

Erise's stubbornness undermines one of Varel's continued attempts at trust, and the Wending Wood holds darker things that she ever could have imagined.

Over at FF.net


( Her pace was brisk. )