Next selection days for new applicants: First week of June
Lieutenant’s Journal
Long ago, our fertile grounds and seemingly infinte fields of crops used to feed them. Our mines made the economy of the Kingdom thrive. Westfall was alive, but when our soil grew exhausted and our ore was depleted, a corrupted House of Nobles turned their back on us. Our people were easy targets for the propaganda of the Defias Brotherhood. They could relate to the sentiment of VanCleef, abandoned by the Kingdom whose help they so desperately needed.
I was only a child when my father introduced me to the Militia. My dream was to become a Knight. “Knights also start out sparrin’ with uh broomstick, boy!”, my dad used to tell me to cheer me up.
Slowly but steadily we drove the filthy thieves back to their underground lair, but not after they almost laid waste to all of our lands. Farms burned to the ground, so many lives lost. I would never have thought we would see anything worse than this. How wrong I was…
Today, years later, I serve the Westfall Brigade. The official name granted to us after we were recognised as an official Brigade of the Stormwind Army. With a deployment to Northrend behind us, we worked hard to restore Westfall to its former glory. Not even the Cataclysm was able to sweep us off our feet, although many of the farms we worked hard to rebuild were wiped off the map in a matter of minutes.
What once began as a force of volunteers, grew out to become an indispensable part of the Kingdom’s Warmachine. A force to be reckoned with. But for what came then, we were not prepared. Fel fire rained from the sky and the endless hordes of demons tore through our ranks effortlessly. Yet again we lost many of our comrades, but in the end we repelled the Legion from Westfall.
My dream was to become a Knight, but I became a hero of my people.
The Westfall Brigade
As a unit of the Westfall Brigade the Third Westfall Platoon, nicknamed “The Westfall Golems” after the much represented Harvest Watchers in the area, serves the Stormwind Army. Known for their guerilla tactics and relentless stamina, units of the Brigade do not only bolster the defence of Westfall but are also often deployed by the Stormwind War Office. With a history of needing to fend for themselves, units that have been reported missing or dead have been known to return days later with their mission accomplished.
The strength of the Brigade lies in its comradeship and sense of duty. They are not scared to do dirty work, often dragging themselves through the mud while others wouldn’t. The Westfall soldiers just get the job done.
Crafts and skills
Apart from their fighting, patrol and other ‘soldiering’ skills, all men and women who enlist have to choose one or more crafts or skills to practice. The units of the Brigade strive to be as self-reliant as possible so these crafts and skills contribute to their survivability while deployed and on the field of battle.
Enlistees do not require experience in the skills they choose as the Brigade will actively invest time and resources in the training of its soldiers in their crafts and skills of choice.
A few examples are: cooks, hunters, weapon and armour smiths, fishermen, woodsmen, field medics and many more.
Ranks
Applicant: Fresh blood for the Officers to scold at. Applicants will go through a selection procedure as the army is not for everyone. Cowards need not apply!
Recruit: Applicants who made it through selection will officially be enlisted as Recruits. Shortly after the selection assessment, Recruits will start their Basic Training.
Private: A soldier who has completed Basic Training and officially earned his place amongst the ranks of the Westfall Brigade.
Private First Class: Seniors amongst the Privates. The PFC sets the example for the Recruits and Privates. A great soldier doesn’t necessarily mean the person should or wants to become an Officer. This rank of seniority is for them.
Lance-Corporal: Junior Non-Commissioned-Officer (NCO).
Corporal: Medior NCO.
Sergeant: Senior NCO.
Staff Sergeant: Most Senior NCO and second-in-command.
Lieutenant: Platoon Officer Commanding.
How to join the guild?
Recruitment is always open, but new applicants need to wait for the next round of selection days before they can join in on the roleplay. The selection assessment will be organised every three to four weeks or sooner, depending on the need for new recruits.
If you want to apply, you may stumble upon us somewhere in Westfall or Stormwind City but the best approach is to send a letter to the Command Centre in Stormwind, addressed to Lieutenant Feldman or simply the Third Westfall Platoon. You will then receive a formal invite to the next selection days.
The selection assessment consists of four tests over the course of four days. Applicants must pass at least two of the four tests to make it past selection. Applicants who attended but didn’t pass will be allowed another attempt at the next selection round a couple of weeks later. No-shows will not be allowed a second try.
After passing selection, applicants are allowed and encouraged, but not forced, to start their career as a Recruit. Selection will give them a sample of what’s in store for them. Although it’s mandatory for the applicant to finish the selection procedure once started, at the end it will be their choice to enlist or to walk away if the life of a soldier does not seem to be what they’re looking for.
More info on our Argent Archives page:
https://www.argentarchives.org/node/240114
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