Grenadier Trial: Arma Renox*Raiden sat in the Grenadier HQ and read over the latest application to join the Baron's Own.*
Arma eh? Name rings a bell... Sorta. Hmmm... Been away from Cove for a while has he? Well the rest musta done him good! Didn't he used to be a Dragoon?
*Shakes head dismissively*
Let's see if he has what it takes then!Greetings Junior Renox, Here are your trials!
Task One.To test your
leadership abilities,
ability to fight, not to mention filling the Grenadier stores you will lead a series of hunts as follows:
Lead an expedition to the Harpy nest in Ilshenar and do battle with the bird women there. Return with at least 3,000 feathers plucked from their corpses plus all the loot you can carry.
At least 5 other guardsmen must accompany you.
Collect no fewer than 3,000 feathers.
Have the feathers put into the Grenadier stores for use by the squads archers.
Share the loot between the men and the coffers.
Lead an expedition to the ant caves. Slay the ant lions there and loot the bronze ore they hoard so that it may be used to Create the famed Grenadier arms.
At least
5 other guardsmen must accompany you.
Collect what bronze ore ye can.
Share the loot between the men and the coffers.
Lead a hunt into the orc caves. Fight your way deep inside and slay the Orc brutes for their shadow iron ore which will be used to create the legendary Grenadier heater shields.
At least
5 other guardsmen must accompany you on this mission, take a
smith along with you too to smelt the ore at the orc's own forge as you go along ha!
Collect
1,000 Shadow Iron ingots and put half in the army stores and half in the Grenadier stores.
Share the loot between the men and the coffers.
Task Two.
Instill some
discipline in the ranks by leading a wilderness training session! Take the men off and put them through a gruelling training session under harsh conditions. Whether they train in the snow, desert, swamps or mountains is up to you as is the content of the training session but be sure to end your training with a last man standing.
At least
6 other guardsmen must attend the training session.
The session must last for at least
30 mins.
End the training with a
last man standing.
Task Three.
Of course if you survive your trials and become a Grenadier we'll need some fresh meat in the regular ranks. Lead a recruitment drive to
New Haven, Britain and Luna. Set up a small recruitment stall at each location, place banners and hand out recruitment books. Take only Grenadiers and your fellow aspiring Grenadiers on this task so that you may get acquainted with the
brotherhood after your time away from Cove.
Hold a recruitment stall for at least
15 minutes in each town.
Place banners and hand out recruitment literature to spread the Baronships good word and in particular spread the good name of the
Baron's Own Grenadiers.
At least
4 other Grenadiers/aspiring Grenadiers must join you in this task.
Task Four.
When all the other tasks are complete, seek out the Baron himself and swear your allegiance to him and your fellow Grenadiers.
Post full reports with drawings of each task as you do them below.
Good luck Junior!
*signed*Raiden, Grenadier Sergeant.
Author