Legio XXV Fidelis Constans
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At a Glance
Home Realm: An Tir Dearg
Unit Web Page: Legio XXV Fidelis Constans
Motto: Fidelis Constans - Always Faithful
Created: November 2009
Members: Khalon Antonius, Tiberius Claudius Marcellus, Semtatem Rufius Clavicus, and Appolous
Location: Nisson Park in Washington, UT
Practice Time: 1800-1900 every Wednesday (right before ATD Realm Practice)
Role in Belegarth
Legio XXV is one of three units in the realm of An Tir Dearg along with the Deshi and the Krayts. The Legion recreates the Roman military through the lens of the Belegarth rules set. For simplicity, certain historical ranks and personnel numbers have been removed or altered. The Legion serves as the anvil in the Realm's hammer and anvil tactics and "Three Battle" formation, and as such, focuses on heavy line infantry combat, with members being minimally equipped with a 24" x 36" punch shield, a single blue sword, a punch dagger, and one to two javelins.
History
After multiple failed weapons creations in the spring/summer of 2009 Tiberius Claudius Marcellus created a strap tower shield from a blue plastic barrel and became the first Roman-style fighter in An Tir Dearg. He duck taped a large bed sheet to it, tried to tuck the copious amounts of material in on itself and called it good. Unfortunately, the beastly creation was 48" across. After sawing off a good foot of material with the serrated blade of a Swiss Army Knife, he re-taped the bed sheet to his now-legal shield. Once the open cell foam he used to pad it began to wear down and fall off, he re-padded with blue camp pad and sewed a proper draw string cover for the shield. It was at this time that the first shield decorations were added with yellow, white, and silver duck tape. They fell off or were otherwise destroyed by normal combat within the first 10 minutes of practice. It was another month until the designs were recreated with fabric paint and a linen tunica was sewn for minimal garb in time for Sam Hain, October 3rd, 2009. This shield served well for several months until the cover tore due to the fabric paint weakening the thread structure to normal hits.
After introducing Khalon Antonius to Belegarth and discussing their shared love of Roman history the Legion was founded in November 2009. The two men first set out to bring regimented order to their experiences with An Tir Dearg. Shortly thereafter Semtatem Rufius Clavicus, Appolous, and Drew the Russian Whore joined the ranks. Eventually, Drew left Belegarth, bringing the Legion's roster to it's current level. In his honor, the 4 lb beastly red sword he left behind was doused in gasoline and used to unsuccessfully light the pile of wooden pallets that had made up the castles at the First War of Reckoning.
The first unit practice occurred at Hidden Valley Park in St. George, UT and was held on a Saturday morning from 0800 - 1200. It was here that the Latin Drill & Ceremonies Manual that Tiberius Claudius Marcellus adapted from the Ermine Street Guard and the United States Marine CorpsDrill & Ceremonies Manual(under which he trained when he served from 2003 - 2006) was first implemented. Practice was shortly thereafter moved to Nisson park in Washington, UT (ATD's home field) on Saturday mornings from 0900-1200. Due to complications that arose, unit practice was moved to its current time, and a more dedicated focus on unit-related awards, tactics, garb & gear, and necessary discussions was taken in response to the website being created and unit rules being codified.
