The Black Arrows

The Black Arrows are a mercenary army, usually between 30 and 60 strong, who operate out of Fort Rannick in Calele. They accept men and women equally, and are known to take anyone with combat promise and a willingness to work; as such, they often have many in their number who previously held less-reputable careers. They value and train teamwork and coordinated group strategies, and hold themselves to a rigorous standard of internal decorum. The Black Arrows main goal is to protect the local human settlements from the indigenous ogre population, which would otherwise prey brutally upon defenseless farmers and merchants. The closest town to the fort is Turtleback Ferry; many of the businesses there rely on the Arrows for regular patronage.
After an unprecedented act of coordination, the local ogre clans nearly destroyed the Black Arrows entirely, going so far as to take over Fort Rannick for the span of about a month. However, the few remaining Arrows, including the previously-dishonoured Ilsa Boryastova, allied with a group of five adventurers and managed to route the ogres and reclaim their base of operations.
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