And again, this really seems like a big exaggeration to me.
No, I'm just standing my ground. Look back at what I said. I only mused on it, it was never an actual proposal. Going "so and so would be great" does not constitute a demand.
You get to worry if I put it forth in a vote, which I haven't.
Sorry, misread your post as agreeing with his proposal.
I'll stop worrying, then. Apologies if I was annoying.
Yeah, this I disagree with. This perception, @lockingbane, is why I'm arguing against you, not a need on my part to tattoo the legionnaires.
I assumed we already had dogtags. Those will be necessary for identification for anyone unlucky enough to be murdered by the Frost Dragons when they fly out.
We'll need to have each legionnaire write short summaries of who they are, where they're from, who their family is, etc. Without that letting their next of kin know they lost someone is going to be impossible.
Now I'm imagining the kind of damage that would do to the families involved. Imagine having your father or mother just... disappear. You have their things, their journal, maybe even a portrait but you don't know who that person is. Sounds like a recipe for a great horror short story.
They already do, most likely. We need that information so we know where to send money after our soldiers die. We do do that, right? Take care of the Legion's widows?
I've had quite a few nightmares about losing a Companion to the Frost Dragons.
It should definitely be one of the policies, yes. Azel was explicitly generous with the pay for this reason, makes for excellent propaganda.
I know we have a central registry for all that information, or it'd be impossible to track pay and next of kin concerns. The only question is if that information is destroyed along with the body.
I think memories are the only thing that gets erased. The person's possessions are untouched, and records of them are untouched. A combination of dogtags, the central registry, and whatever summary of themselves the legionnaire has written should all work well for keeping a record of them should they be unlucky enough to be erased.
Frost dragons don't destroy records, just memories. I just checked the PDF.
/Godfather "But their families were taken care of." /GodfatherWe came up through the Braavosi Underworld, so yes we have implemented the practices the Mob got right
An Unchained Miracle might be the only thing capable of even coming close to bringing them back, but our gods are incredibly mercantile. Maybe Yss could strike a bargain for visions of what was lost. I can see the children of the lost legionnaires paying that price.
That would be a great adventurer motivation, actually! To grow powerful enough or favoed enough to restore your memories of your father or mother.
Nah, it's worse than that. Think about how much you think about your family every day, about how your life is shaped to fit with theirs. Now imagine all of those associations "I bought this because he liked it" "that was his favorite rocking chair" etc. just don't exist. You'd be constantly falling into those kinds of holes where you can't remember why you did something or what happened. It would fucking terrifying.
Again it isnt about what they have DONE but how it LOOKS.
Maybe it would help to have tiny portraits for each legionnaire. I believe there is relatively cheap magic to make this, one that you found no less.
Your example doesn't really work because policing in America is really fucking racist, so appearances matter less than skin color, unfortunately.
