THE DOGS OF WAR

Forgotten Ruin War Journal

As members of the Ranger Task Force drift ever closer to the Land of Black Sleep, some of the teams come into contact with the very motivated Accadian Legions.

Quickly acknowledging a kindred spirit in these fighters from the last of the great human outposts, the rangers are quick to fold them into their push to take out HVT Mummy, also known as Süt the Undying. The Legionnaires’ willingness to close with the enemy, firm battlefield doctrine, and their undying hunger to bite off more than they can chew make them a force multiplier for the Rangers.

Especially with their dwindling numbers.

During the battle against the Lost Elves beyond the sunken desert, SGT Joe and Walker take refuge with the last members of an Accadian Legion cut off from the main body of their own mission.

When the lost elves come, the Accadians work their soldiers into phalanxes. Men with shields interlock them together to form a barrier, and the men behind use sword, spear, and arrows to drive back the fast and deadly elves. When the enemy elves deploy massive war spiders against the phalanx, Talker and Joe learn to work within the phalanx to address the problem and drive on to escape the X.

With a thirst for warfare that matched their own, the legionnaires’ leader, Captain Tyrus, saw the benefit of the two errant rangers and their weapons. He folded them into his battle plan, working the new fighters in and through his phalanxes wherever a hole would form. In rescuing the last of the legion from what would have been certain death, Joe and Talker secure the Accadian’s allegiance for the fight to come. 

As they made their way into Süstagul, the rangers once again used Captain Tyrus and his legionnaires to create phalanx formations to fend off the Guzim Hassadi, allowing the rangers to flank and use their superior firepower to clean the special forces orcs off the battlefield.

Check out more of the Accadian Legion joining the ranger mission in The Book Of Joe!