21.15 OLD:Armies within a city.

The city military can become the most important target for a war-like city, or an unwanted necessity for a city expecting invasion from beyond its walls. All cities and most villages have men which can be enlisted in barracks to form a potent fighting force. For every hour of citizen (non-novice) playing time, providing the citizen is outside of protected locations and not under divine protection, a man will appear, wandering and lost within the streets of the city. It is up to the High Constable, or his aides (commanders/constables) to lead this man into the relative safety of a barracks and enlist him. You must also remember to feed your soldiers, usually by keeping a wagon or cart full of rations within the location, or in the open, on the ground. An enlisted man will remain in your army as a functioning, serving soldier for around twenty years before he retires.

- gl
Track skirting forest.
Passing close to you is a Springdalian man, a passive look on his face.
- order man march west
A Springdalian man nods and obeys your order, turning west.

[walk to barracks]

- gl
Guardroom of a barracks.
A sturdy legion of Springdalians stands nine hundred and thirty-eight in number in the west of the location. The legion is assembled under your banner.
- enlist man
You enlist a Springdalian man into the Springdale military.
- gl
Guardroom of a barracks.
A sturdy legion of Springdalians stands nine hundred and thirty-nine in number in the west of the location. The legion is assembled under your banner.

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