Ran'ji > WoD + Oracle of Light + Scorn!?

[Edax]

I think there is a pretty huge difference between leading an army, and being a (frankly) entirely disposable foot soldier... Most who fight Sin Eaters die, we saw that plenty throughout the story. Those that continue to survive do so because they're stronger, and Ran'jit was pretty much at the peak of that little notion. Just because they've been fighting Sin Eaters for decades doesn't mean everyone in their army has been, the vast majority die and are replaced, grim as that might be. As far as I'm aware Ran'jit was the only character noted for serving as long as he had in all of Norvrandt... Seems he also had an oddly long lifetime as well, from what I can gather (since he trained plenty of Minfilias, although I guess they might have a high turn over rate), which only adds to his power level in a fantasy setting...

I see no indications that the Eulmorean and Crystalium Armies have suffered 99.99% casualties over the years.

[Nalien]

I see no indications that the Eulmorean and Crystalium Armies have suffered 99.99% casualties over the years.

I suggest you go talk to Moren and have him retell you the story of the Oracles of Light, then. 99.99% is obvious hyperbole, but the story went to great lengths to highlight the constant loss of life and dire circumstances involved in fighting the Sin Eaters... That's partly why Eulmore became the place it was, people were sick of fighting a losing battle... Heck, if people aren't out right dying to Sin Eaters (and in a battle where your trump-card Oracle of Light fell, one can imagine many regular soldiers fell as well...), they're slowly being turned into Sin Eaters themselves... The Exarch even mentions that it came at great cost to their forces to even learn about the Lightwardens... At every stop possible, they tried to highlight how dire the situation was, then Ran'jit steps in as Eulmores General, old and obviously battleworn, not to mention he mentored numerous Minfilias, who all fell in battles he presumably took part in, prior to Eulmore ducking out of the conflict... That alone labels him as perhaps Norvrandts single most powerful mortal, I really don't get how people can think he wasn't hyped up...