[Provincial Army] Archers training

[Eyvind Redbeard]

26th Brightening of the Second Cycle of the Month of Cryxatum in the season of Summer; Era II of the Celestine Mandate, Era XIV Post Fractum.

One hundred and fifty men reared by ten armored Legionnaires ran behind Shield Daekin Eklin in a dirt road sided by trees. When the trees opened in a clearing Eklin had all the recruits running around it during half a candlemark. Calling for an halt he gathered them all in the middle of the clearing.

"Serale, gentlemen. I am Shield Daekin Eklin and it is my duty to teach you how to properly use a longbow. Most of you have probably used one in the past, you may know how to aim and shoot, but still, I will teach you everything because an archer isn't the same of a hunter. An archer has to know how to be part of a formation and how to kill the enemy, not fancy dears and foxes. You are mine, gentlemen, and I will have you ready on schedule, or I won’t have you.”

After these words a silence fell on the large clearing with only the noise made by the Legionnaires as they set some targets up echoing.

The supply wagon containing the equipment hadn’t arrived yet so, with a bark the Shield Daekin roared.

“Before I turn you into archers I’ll turn you into soldiers! Fifty push-ups right away! Then I want you running again! Move!”