In the Army Book this type of archer always has a missile attack factor of just 1. The regular legionnaires equipped with short bows, like in the legion of Serqu, expect to shoot a few volleys of arrows before they engage with sword, axe or mace.
For example, the Army Book lists the elite cohorts of the Legion of Girriktéshmu, also stationed in Jakálla, as having a ranged attack factor of 10. Their missiles are also much more effective. The dedicated archer, crossbow, and slinger legions are lightly armored and try to avoid melee. However, it is important to distinguish those legions dedicated to missile fire from the many legions, including the Legion of Serqu, that equip some of their troopers with short bows. Twelve of the twenty cohorts of the Legion of Sérqu are armed with short bows. They still fight the Ssu regularly but have occasional non-hostile contacts as well.” These details are fairly startling and difficult to square with other Tékumel source material that describes the Ssu as implacable. Neither side speaks the other’s language. Communication between Ssu and humans was done, as it is today, with gestures. In reality, the Ssu ‘king’ probably was provided with a separate room from which to view the ceremonies. Barker elaborated on this story in a DecemBlue Room post, where he writes “the Pechani have always had a sort of ‘honourable enemy’ relationship with the Grey Ssu, and it is no surprise to encounter this sort of rare visit. An epic poem recounts how this Sérqu fell in love with a Pecháni princess and how Chnur, the King of the Ssu, was a guest at their wedding in Mechaneno. More recently, the Legion has participated in nearly all the wars of the Tsolyani Empire and unlike the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation does not seem to have aligned with the losing side of any rebellions or civil wars.Ī semi-mythical story is told about the 17th Commander of the Legion: Sérqu the Swath of Red. From very early in its history, the Legion has been associated with the Golden Sunburst clan and mostly consisted of worshippers of Karakán. According to Deeds of the Ever Glorious, the Legion has one of the longest histories of any Tsolyáni legion and dates back many thousands of years to the early days of the Bednálljan Empire. The current Kérdu is Sérqu hi Chaishyáni. The Armies of Tekumel Volume 1: Tsolyanu), the Legion is fully fitted out with 20 cohorts (8000 soldiers) and has three more cohorts in training. By 2355 A.S., the Legion had moved to Khirgar, where it anchored the Northeast front in the war with Yan Kor.Īccording to the Army Book (i.e. It provided the color for countless “Just Off the Boat” adventures in the hobby’s early days. The Legion is based in Jakarta and the barracks is listed on the Jakálla map included with EPT. The Legion of Sérqu is familiar to those of us who started on our Tékumel journey with Empire of the Petal Throne. They are currently in stock from the Tekumel Club. Howard recovered the molds after he amicably parted ways with Eureka and the figures are now cast in North America. I actually bought my first batch of these during a 2007 trip to Melbourne, where I visited Eureka’s workshop. The figures were the second release by Eureka Miniatures in Australia and first came out in 2006. There are three types of Archers, three types of troopers and five different command figures.
Once again, Howard Fielding has done an excellent rendering of the drawings from canon Tekumel as 28mm figures. It took me much too long to paint 68 of the gorgeous Tekumel Club figures for the Legion of Sérqu: Sword of the Empire.
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