Your fantastical army

This thread was inspired by Darius of Persia's Your Army Topic and partly by some trolling done by Seko on that thread, and it's pupose is for you to create a fantastical army (your army can be form any era as long as said era is pre gunpowder, or the army doesn't have gunpowder weapons or anything or advanced) using all kind's of animals mythtical and real, extinct or living, examples include Megalodons, mammoths, Therpods, sauropods,  Griffons, what have you, and all the animals must be a viable threat in a battle. And you are allowed five and only sentient mythical beings provided they are from Earths mythology, examples include Trolls, (tall ones) Elves, (tall ones) giants, Dragons, etc, and no fairies whatsoever and they cannot be gods and they can not have magic powers (You may use Vampires, Zombies, and mummies, if you wish but you can only have twenty thousand each) and you are allowed two hundred golems. You are also allowed a great general from history or from fiction if you like, however the general can not have gunpowder weapons or any other weapon more advanced that that. You are allowed a brilliant scientist from any era fo earths history. You may have wizard, like say Gandalf, but said wizard is not powerful enough to wipe out the opposing army but he is powerful enough to be a viable battlefield threat. And your army must have a navy and air force and sige engines. And please take time to go into the details about your army's logistics, troop types, weapons, armor, tactics, training, strengths and weaknesses and how you will compensate for those, and talk about your medical staff and your repair men for when things get broken.            

Edited by Count Belisarius - 03-Nov-2008 at 22:50

I don't know if that's realistic in this case.

Originally posted by JanusRook Moved to historical amusement.Although if the spamming keeps up will close it.

What do you mean spamming? Does your comment not take it off topic like it's doing now? Just take it as given that people know a topic will be closed if it breaks the rules, no?   

Friggin dictators


Anyways, my army would simply be made up of men, but in a sort of fantastical setting. Saying as men always win somehow I figure it's a safe bet.

Speed, maneuverability, mobility - these are - have always been - the key to success in warfare. Even in a fantasised setting that should be no exception.

So, my army would be highly mobile. The main forces would be some kind of fast-moving cavalry crossbowmen or archers (including centaurs?). A wizard would accompany them to provide support fire, summon allies (eg swarms of bees harassing enemy supply lines) and help cloaks the troops for ambushes. Perhaps I'll add special cavalrymen units on armoured pegasus or griffins (so can fight on the ground and also in the air). Other mythical creatures have other uses. I'll keep a few Sirens (Greek mythology) around to lure the enemy into a place where they can be encircled and slaughter. Armoured Chupacabras (Latin America) makes nice shock troops. Hydras (Greek mythology) are also nice additions and also have good psychological value. Shapeshifting creatures are useful as spies. Siege units would include ballistas mounted on elephants and naphtha, among others (can't really think clearly right now).

The airforce would consist mainly of fire-breathing phoenixes and rocs. They primary jobs will be to secure our supply lines and help in sieges if needed. To rule the waves I'd recruit some krakens and leviathans as submarine units. I'll recreate Zheng He's treasure fleet, this time clad with iron with some ships with Greek Fire on board accompanying.

Since my forces would employ mainly cavalry tactics, it stands to reason I'll either Genghis Khan, Subutai or Khalid al-Walid to command my troops. Haven't thought of a scientist to bring along yet, but probably an expert in genetics or animal behaviour so he/she can tame all those wild creatures I wanted for my army.

Dolphin don't do that... please