Mercenaries

Mercenaries, as you know, are anyone who is paid to fight. Across Indratera there were various quite infamous and effective groups during history. An alternative name for mercenary captains or more 'elite' groups was condottieri, singular condottiere.
== Mercenary Groups ==
* The Iron Chapter, a Danderillonian mercenary conglomerate active in the early 15th century. In the 1470s and 1480s, they split into several groups:
** The Golden Flock, a sellsword group active from the 1470s to 1514 TE, employed by small towns, companies and corporations. Money-hungry but effective. Led by one of the world's greatest contemporary swordsmen, Jason Greysword. He was killed and the group disbanded in Bracken in 1514.
** The Blackfeld Abbey, an anti-mage mercenary group who bordered on downright insane, hunting and killing mages out of personal opposition as well as for money. Moved to the Burning Hills and remained there.
** The Order of the Gauntlet, a more altruistic order of knights and holy warriors active in Datria and Bracken.
* The Xantic Lions, a Xantic-East Rakkimarran group active from the 900s to the 1200s. They were quite famously employed by the Euluskan Empire to help defend Carmogan and Datria during the 10th-13th centuries from Vreigardt uprisings. They famously unsuccessfully helped defend Datria during Dead Man's Siege. So famous in their effectiveness during wartime (except that one siege) that they were just colloquially called "Xantic Mercenaries", representing the whole nation in the minds of many Danderillonians.
* The Moor Riders, active in the Fallo in the late 16th century as the remnants of the militia of the Decimus house. During this time, they were led by Malak Coldblood, a swordsman and bloodmagician with a stellar record.
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