Mercenary

A mercenary is an independent soldier who has no official allegiance to any lord or country, but who instead hires out his services for payment. They are most commonly known by the term "sell-sword".
== Sell-sword ==
=== Sell-sword companies ===
While many sell-swords function independently of any larger organisation, there are also many sell-sword companies which hire out their services as a unit. Again, the quality of these sell-sword companies varies across a wide spectrum, sell-sword companies are essentially small private armies, highly trained and serving under their own officers. It has been estimated 50,000 sell swords are employed in Urenos with 10,000 in Aranor.
== Sell-sails ==
Sell-sails are mercenary sailors who engage in naval battles. Sell-sails are the captain and crew of a boat, whose service is the actual operation of their vessel. Of course, the crews of many sell-sail ships are also proficient in combat during boarding operations and coastal raids.