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. Anyone who failed this test was stricken
from the unit.
The third line of Realgar's troops were the Silver Swords,
their symbol a tall, swaying gray feather. These derro, while
still wearing steel armor, carried smaller shields than the
Blades. They were trained in more agile, skirmishing tactics,
and could spread out to take advantage of small gaps in an
enemy's formation. Individually they were intelligent, moti-
vated, and aggressive. More than once they had won a bat-
tle by penetrating the enemy's line and seeking out and
killing the enemy general, plunging the opposing army into
chaos. They painted their faces with charcoal and ochre be-
fore a battle to make themselves appear frightening to the
enemy.
Arrayed to the side of these three ranks were the regimen-
tal banners, trumpeters, drummers, officers, and
signalmen. The trophies they carried from previous battles
were both grisly and glorious. They included captured ban-
ners, mummified heads, gleaming helmets, monstrous
claws, golden spears, and dozens of other tokens and trap-
pings of war.
Actually, there were four ranks of troops, although the
fourth was comprised of only six dwarves: the savants
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