The faithful turtles

Beware mortals! The turtles are ready to wage war in the name of the emperor! This is far from being a joke. Though in our occidental cultures, having a unit baptized as the turtles could be laughable, this is not the case in the Chinese cosmoslogy. Turtles are associated with stability, power... very positive qualities. So, in fact, it's a really good name for them.

You'll see a flag bearing the symbol of the phoenix. Well, for the story, the turtles fought alongside the Elite Phoenix at the battle of the Red River, buying enough time by standing against hordes of ennemies to allow the phoenix to charge in the flank of the ennemy army, thus winning the day. In recognition, the Emperor himself gave the turtle this second flag.

Quelle idee de baptiser une unite les "tortues fideles". Franchement, hein? Ben justement. Dans la cosmoslogie chinoise, les tortues ont des qualites extremement positives, notamment la puissance, la stabilite, bref que des choses ideales pour une unite militaire. Et toc! Vous pouvez egalement voir un drapeau arborant le symbole du phenix. La raison est simple. Les tortues se sont battues aux cotes de l'unite d'elite des phenix, contenant des hordes d'ennemis suffisamment longtemps pour permettre a ces derniers de charger les ennemis dans le flanc. En recompense, l'empereur lui-meme leur remit ce drapeau.