Those 10,000 soldiers can be a very potent asset if they're led competently and with purpose, whereas 3 journeymen will have a very minor effect on a campaign of this scale no matter their leadership.
I remember there being a journeyman wizard that had a pretty large effect on the campaign they participated in. Recently even. Somewhere in Sylvania I think?
The dwarfs however, do not have any units which behave like wizards. At best they'd be used like they're adventurers, at worst sidelined.
And if the journeymen don't have a formal representative, who of his war council do you think the Dwarven King to be will ask about what to do with them? And how probable is it that said journeymen will not listen to informal requests done by the Magister general of the largest human military contingent present? It's not like the dwarves will try to poach this human caster assistance from the human armies either. At worst we frequently lose the Ambers to the knights or the Ulricans, where they will do just fine anyway.
If we try, it really won't be too hard to all but bind the journeymen to us over the course of the campaign, even without the right to outright command them. Getting an informal leadership over the Stirland contingent while officially being the King's human magic liaison will be much harder, especially since we have no clue who will be their official leader or how competent he'll be. For all we know they might stay leaderless and instead be split up between the three knight orders, which would be a disservice.
A Wizard General that uses his Mil stat to lead an army and occasionally speaks with the other wizards as to what they should do seems much more useful that a Magister that tries to micromanage a disparate group of mages while occasionally keeping an eye out for her countrymen.
@BoneyM do we have any idea as to who may be leading the Stirlanders in case we don't? Did they even have any officers or generals following along or is it just rank and file soldiers who dislike the idea of learning to use guns?
[x] Accept as leader of the Stirlander forces (commanding 5,000 crossbowmen and 5,000 huntsmen).
[x] The Stirlander forces
[x] Spend time with your wolf pup, trying to develop a famliar bond.
[x] Deliver last-minute messages for Belegar, trying to scrape together any remaining support to be had before leaving.
- [x] To Dwarfholds of the Grey and Black Mountains.
Approval:
[X] Ulthar Alriksson, Head Ranger
