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The '''Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard''' (FLG) is an armed force for the protection and glory of the [[King of Elwynn|King]] of the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]]. It is by law also charged with several additional duties and functions including, but not limited to, the policing of the [[Eliria|Kingly City of Eliria]], the [[Avaldsnes (Royal City)|Royal City of Avaldsnes]], and the Royal City of Hyfrost. The FLG is held in strict subordination to the [[King of Elwynn]] and owes Him absolute obedience.
 
The '''Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard''' (FLG) is an armed force for the protection and glory of the [[King of Elwynn|King]] of the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]]. It is by law also charged with several additional duties and functions including, but not limited to, the policing of the [[Eliria|Kingly City of Eliria]], the [[Avaldsnes (Royal City)|Royal City of Avaldsnes]], and the Royal City of Hyfrost. The FLG is held in strict subordination to the [[King of Elwynn]] and owes Him absolute obedience.
  

Revision as of 08:52, 23 June 2016

Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard
Shield Fleur de Lys Longships Guard.png
Active: 1623 - present
Motto: Fjǫrleif Forever
Matron: The White Orchid Lady
In use by: Royal Family of Elwynn
Allegiance: White Orchid Throne

Type: Security Force
Size:
  • Statutory Maximum Manpower: 279,197 men or women at arms
  • Active Strength: 252,617 personnel
Nicknames: Fleurinots, Lyseni, Þrírkronar, Tveirsilfrs
Commander: King Noah of Elwynn

Allies
Opponents
A women-at-arms of the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard guarding the Volcano Chamber.

The Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard (FLG) is an armed force for the protection and glory of the King of the Elwynnese Union. It is by law also charged with several additional duties and functions including, but not limited to, the policing of the Kingly City of Eliria, the Royal City of Avaldsnes, and the Royal City of Hyfrost. The FLG is held in strict subordination to the King of Elwynn and owes Him absolute obedience.

History

The Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard was founded in 1623 AN by the decree of the Steward of Elwynn, Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja. Until the re-establishment of the Union Defence Force by the aforesaid Steward of Elwynn in 1629 AN, it was the sole formal armed body in the Elwynnese Union. The FLG was for some time, until the re-establishment of the Cudgellers as well as the institution of City Watches by the White Orchid Throne in several major cities later in 1623, also the only police service in the Flower of the North.

Duties, Functions, and Responsibilities

The Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard is, aside from their most noble and honourable duty of protecting the King, also charged with the following duties, functions, and responsibilities:

  • Providing protection to the members of the Royal Family of Elwynn;
  • Providing security to the Steward of the Elwynnese Union during a period of Stewardship;
  • Guarding the dwellings, residences and abodes of the members of the Royal Family;
  • Performing and taking part in ceremonies and functions for the glory of the King;
  • Policing the Kingly City of Eliria, the Royal City of Avaldsnes, and the Royal City of Hyfrost; and
  • Carrying out such other tasks as the King may see fit to direct the FLG to.

Administration

The King of Elwynn is, by virtue of the consolidation of powers upon the sovereign under the Elwynnese Constitution and by the decree of 1623 founding the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard, Commander-in-Chief (Prévôt des Maréchaux, PdM) of the force and every aspect of its organisation and administration lies within his gift. The King may choose to appoint a Stallari of the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard to whom would be, at the sovereign's discretion, delegated some or all of the powers pertaining to the organisation, rank structure, training, discipline, efficiency, administration and good government of the FLG.

The position of Stallari is an office of state, in practice the Stallari would also be the most senior Maréchal (marshal) of the force.

Official Language

As the personnel of the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard, both civil and (para-)military, are recruited from those who are eligible for service in or to the Storish Guard in Alexandria and the Alexandrian Guard in Stormark, communication within the ranks of such a heterogeneous force was an acute issue from the earliest days of the FLG's establishment. As a consequence the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard adopted Norman Walsch - the dialect which is spoken in the Storish Jarldom which is known as the Duchy of Normandie - as its official language since it is a tongue which is, due to its similarities to and commonalities with Alexandrian Walsch and the Storish language, quite easy to master for both groups of recruits.

Culture

The Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard performs its duties with an iron fist gloved in velvet. They are staunchly royalist and anti-republican since they view that a republican form of government is a source of political instability and also renders the country vulnerable to usurpers and infiltrators.

The Storish and Alexandrian Fleurinots both worship the Lady Elwynn; the former as a Vanic Goddess, the latter as a Saintess. The FLG has also adopted the aforesaid White Orchid Lady as its Matron.

As a grave reminder of its first and foremost duty, the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard each year solemnly observes, with due pomp and circumstance, the day of the death of The Lady Esther Maryam Amirdokhtar of the Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja.

The Lyseni are known to be excessively fond of pomp and circumstance and pageantery resulting in them performing as well as taking part in numerous ceremonies in the Jewel of Many Facets and abroad, the best known of those ceremonies is the changing of the guards at the Palace of Krull.

Ranks

The ranks of the Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard are chiefly derived from the ancient and rich knightly tradition of the Storish Jarldom which is known as the Duchy of Normandie.

Officer Ranks

  • OF-10 (Prévôt des Maréchaux)
  • OF-9 (Maréchal)
  • OF-8 (Prévôt des Chevaliers en Chef)
  • OF-7 (Chevalier en Chef)
  • OF-6 (Chevalier de l'Hôtel du Roi)
  • OF-5 (Chevalier du Guet)
  • OF-4 (Chevalier d'Escadron)
  • OF-3 (Chef d'Escadron)
  • OF-2 (Capitaine)
  • OF-1 (Lieutenant)

Ranks of Rank and File

  • OR-6 (Adjudant-Chef)
  • OR-5 (Adjudant)
  • OR-4 (Maréchal des Logis/Connétable des Logis)
  • OR-3 (Serjeant)
  • OR-2 (Escuier-Chef)
  • OR-1 (Escuier)

Manpower

FLG Manpower: [252,617 personnel]

Table of Organization

  • Öryggisráð
    • École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Harald
    • Forces Spéciales
    • Connétablie
      • Compagnie de la Connétablie d'Avaldsnes
      • Compagnie de la Connétablie d'Eliria
      • Compagnie de la Connétablie d'Hyfrost
    • Maréchaussée
    • Troupes de Marine
    • Forces spéciales
      • Groupe d'intervention et Tireurs d'Elite
      • Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention
    • Services de Soutien
    • Corps de Renseignement