General

The general is the authority for organising the troop leaders of their realm and giving military orders. These may vary from line settings for battle, to suggested units to recruit, to organising region militia.

As the highest authority for military matters in most realms, the general is responsible for seeing that all troop leaders have correct settings, manage their units correctly and can sieze the strategic initiative when needed. Technically it is by order of the general whether to loot an enemy region, however only the ruler and judge have the authority to enforce punishment for such infringements. Notably, the general (nor any other member of the realms council) have the authority to order a troop leader to recruit a specific type of unit. However, many generals offer suggestions on what are good units, and request a message if any troop leader has any inquiries.

Depending on the realm, many generals managing large numbers of troop leaders form battlegroups under the command of trusted lieutenants (not an official position), which then answer to him. This allows the general to concentrate on a larger scale and leave the micromanagement of forces to others.

OOC: If a general orders a troop leader to recruit a certain type of unit against the troop leader's original wishes, then the general is in breach of rules and should be reported to a GM immediately.