>>84195873That would be a good background thing. You can have several legions who agree with ERB's methods, and some that don't but don't have the political backing to go against her.
>You're just a lowly foot solider, although talented, you have yet to rise through the ranks and just want to serve in the hopes of one day making change from within the top brass>Commandant Bloodrose has been making some pretty radical movements that the common folk you are familiar with would call "heartless", but the upper crust are fine with it since the changes and violence would never touch their walls>Your captain has had enough, and demands that ERB stop the needless conquest>Your platoon then gets sent to a suicide mission, mere fodder to take the heaviest hits>All of you are wiped out, and just as you pass out from blood loss, you awaken what seems like minutes later, in a strange library >"Oh hey, glad you're not dead. Pretty crazy thing you and your buddies tried to do. Want to hear a story? It's about a solider of the common man, who teams up with an unlikely, but beautiful maiden to undo the corrupt system. Sounds good? Right?