Riga & the Vth Legion
Riga is founded on the Principles of every individual, by their efforts to make themselves the best they can be, making Riga the best it can be. This has developed into a utilitarian and pragmatic viewpoint where there is what appears to a brutal weighing of the cost and benefit in decision making processes. Even about individual's lives.
Being Rigan is to be a part of something bigger then yourself. To work toward bettering yourself, and the world around you. A Rigan is efficient, pragmatic and devoted.
Being Rigan is to be a part of something bigger then yourself. To work toward bettering yourself, and the world around you. A Rigan is efficient, pragmatic and devoted.
History
The remote City of Riga is situated in the North Eastern Coast of Teutonia.
Riga has always been a Cobra stronghold and like it’s neighbour Murmansk is responsible for producing most of the Cobra soldiers and weaponry of the last several Snake wars. Cobras and Vipers lived in the city together albeit with tensions the political diversions that wacked the whole country was apparent in Riga as well.
To ease this tension a Senate was formed to control the city. It was made up of vipers and cobras from all walks of life, voted from the people by the people. Under the rule of the senate the City thrived becoming a beacon to the smaller towns around it. One by one they came under the protection of the senate, and the City of Riga.
Over the years Riga became a City State.
During the Reign of King Wilhelm (990-992), Riga came under the control of the vipers that subjugated the cobras in the city to their rule, and disbanded the senate. Within a year as the city floundered with the King away from his lands and the threat of invasion from the Norseman Wolves, the Rigans reinstated the senate and removed the viper nobles in charge from the city.
This threat of invasion became a pivotal point in Riga’s history as the First Legion of Riga was created from the standing militia. Warriors came from all over the city state to enrol in this modern army.Rigan craftsmen quickly created the armour and weapons and a General was put in place to Command this Army. His name ‘Marcus Lucius Apostis’
As the wolves landed 10,000 men in Parna to the East of Riga destroying half the town. General Apostis marched his Legion of 4,000 men and 1,000 ancillaries made up of beast men and dwarves to the plains of Ogre.
When the two armies met the Rigans formed a square and allowed the barbaric wolves to fall upon the shield wall wave after wave. Although heavily outnumbered 2-1 the shield wall held and the unbreakable will of the Rigan legionnaires force the wolves back eventually routing them from the field and chasing them back to their boats.
During the reign of King Harrietta, The City of Riga was allowed to prosper. Harrietta although hated the Cobra’s was too busy fighting several enemies had no time to fight on yet another front and also knew that he needed the Rigan Legions to hold the North eastern border. It was during this time that the Rigan II Legion made a name for itself at the Siege of Murmansk, destroying the Green skin army outside the city walls.
When the latest snake war started between Krueger and Duke Kainum, the Rigans once again answered their masters’ call, removing the vipers from their city and once again flying the Striking Cobra from the city walls. Although this alliance was short lived,Once the Senate found out the Krueger was perverting the use of undead on the battlefield instead of the purity of fighting men.
After the death of the latest Krueger pretender to the crown, an uneasy front was established on the borders of the City State south of the seaport of Liepaja when Annalise von Heidelberg leader of the Cobra forces and King Frederick von Hapsburg arrived and signed a treaty in front of the commanders of both armies.
Vipers we’re allowed back into the city, and both the Cobra and Viper flags flew under the combined flag of King Frederick von Hapsburg. At present the Vth Legion of Riga has been sent to fight with the Teutonian Warhost.
To ease this tension a Senate was formed to control the city. It was made up of vipers and cobras from all walks of life, voted from the people by the people. Under the rule of the senate the City thrived becoming a beacon to the smaller towns around it. One by one they came under the protection of the senate, and the City of Riga.
Over the years Riga became a City State.
During the Reign of King Wilhelm (990-992), Riga came under the control of the vipers that subjugated the cobras in the city to their rule, and disbanded the senate. Within a year as the city floundered with the King away from his lands and the threat of invasion from the Norseman Wolves, the Rigans reinstated the senate and removed the viper nobles in charge from the city.
This threat of invasion became a pivotal point in Riga’s history as the First Legion of Riga was created from the standing militia. Warriors came from all over the city state to enrol in this modern army.Rigan craftsmen quickly created the armour and weapons and a General was put in place to Command this Army. His name ‘Marcus Lucius Apostis’
As the wolves landed 10,000 men in Parna to the East of Riga destroying half the town. General Apostis marched his Legion of 4,000 men and 1,000 ancillaries made up of beast men and dwarves to the plains of Ogre.
When the two armies met the Rigans formed a square and allowed the barbaric wolves to fall upon the shield wall wave after wave. Although heavily outnumbered 2-1 the shield wall held and the unbreakable will of the Rigan legionnaires force the wolves back eventually routing them from the field and chasing them back to their boats.
During the reign of King Harrietta, The City of Riga was allowed to prosper. Harrietta although hated the Cobra’s was too busy fighting several enemies had no time to fight on yet another front and also knew that he needed the Rigan Legions to hold the North eastern border. It was during this time that the Rigan II Legion made a name for itself at the Siege of Murmansk, destroying the Green skin army outside the city walls.
When the latest snake war started between Krueger and Duke Kainum, the Rigans once again answered their masters’ call, removing the vipers from their city and once again flying the Striking Cobra from the city walls. Although this alliance was short lived,Once the Senate found out the Krueger was perverting the use of undead on the battlefield instead of the purity of fighting men.
After the death of the latest Krueger pretender to the crown, an uneasy front was established on the borders of the City State south of the seaport of Liepaja when Annalise von Heidelberg leader of the Cobra forces and King Frederick von Hapsburg arrived and signed a treaty in front of the commanders of both armies.
Vipers we’re allowed back into the city, and both the Cobra and Viper flags flew under the combined flag of King Frederick von Hapsburg. At present the Vth Legion of Riga has been sent to fight with the Teutonian Warhost.
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