Dark Pride

The Dark Pride is a nickname for the Uskein Formal Army however it is so wide-spread that even the Army's officers and knights refer to it as the Dark Pride so its original name is almost completely extinct. The Dark Pride was awarded this nickname because of their leader - Shylock Fortinbras' - new name upon returning from being supposedly dead 'The Black Lion'. The Army's second in command, Sir Leon Kelly joked that: "Since you're the Black Lion, I'd presume that we are your Dark Pride of cubs?" and from that point onward, the name simply stuck.

Composition and Organization
the Dark Pride is composed of around ten thousand active soldiers, small compared to other armies but it is frequently said that each man has the strength, intelligence and skill of a hundred. The ten thousand are divided into ten divisions of a thousand commanded by a Commander. Below this are two demi-divisions containing five-hundred warriors lead by Demi-Commander, and below that again Companies of a hundred lead by Captains. the Army in its entirety is lead by Shylock Fortinbras who is titled Lord-Commander.

Each Company usually specialises in a different field, Reconnaissance, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineering (usually being the smallest of the ten) as well as Spearmen and Swordsmen.

The General of the 1st Division is widely considered the second in command for the Dark Pride and is the Lord Commander's personal advisor and confidant.

Known Members

 * Shylock Fortinbras - Lord-Commander of the Dark Pride
 * Sir Leon Kelly - Commander of the 1st Division