The Golden Flock

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-----'Fraid I couldn't get your little boy out the well. But er, that's gonna be... well, how's two hundred gold sound? Hope you've got it on you, otherwise....-A Flock member extorting a peasant.The Golden Flock, sometimes just The Flock, and later La Rebaña was a group of mercenaries from the Danderillon. 
Starting out as an upstanding chapter of sell-swords led by Sir Jason Greysword and Jara Kheriþe, after the split from the Iron Chapter, these mercenaries' aims of power beyond Bracken took them to The Danderillon. 
There, in a land ravaged by plague, they were able to hold a monopoly of sorts, over questing. They charged exorbitant prices for the smallest tasks, and began to gain the name (at first, as an ironic insult) of the Golden Flock. They began gilding their armour, the power going to their head for a fair while.
By the 1510s, they had tried to reform a little. Improving their image came at the cost of ensuring nobody loose-lipped let slip about their old and less-than-noble days. They returned to Bracken as the Lusken empire tightened their hold on the Danderillon, seeking new (and old) horizons. They became established on Cross Island in Bracken. 
The Rakimarran dwarf Lyslen MacEoin had ran with the Flock for a long time, along with such partners as Araphel Blacktooth, and when she tried to make a less-than-quiet exit in 1513, the Flock knew Lyslen could risk their reputation. They sent the flock members Tanis and Jezebel to silence Lys in Hjarofjall. With the help of Aric, they succeeded, and brought her body back, though Lyslen revealed the Flock's nature to Halfmoon. 
In early 1514, the Flock were the agents of King Altor, paid off to be his private mercenaries. However, their secret was spilled to both The Union Hacks and The Independent Contractors. The latter group set Cross Island aflame, hunted down both Jara and Jason, and killed them both in late Hammer 1514. 
Without their leaders or land, the Flock floundered, and split into several smaller factions full of infighting. For the brief time being, the leadership was passed down to a lady named Rina Rodigan, a Lakayan pirate. She took her loyalists to Colchayulo, where they were known as La Rebaña (The Flock). 
 
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