The Company of the Green Owls
The Company of the Green Owls are one of the best mercenary units on Hârn. All men are knights, hand-picked from the younger sons of the nobility, all are Knights.
The Owls have been permanently employed by the Earl of Selvos since 703. They are essentially a secular fighting order with the Earl of Selvos as their patron.
The Company's Captain is Sir Tesoro “The Cat” Fabre, a masterful mobile fighter with a talent for ambush.
The company patrols the Rethemi border north and east of Barony of Selvos and regularly skirmishes with the Company of the Copper Hook .
Order of the Checkered Shield, consider the Green Owls unchivalric brigands and this has resulted in a “friendly rivalry” with several duels and fatalities on both sides.
Structure
Captain - Sir Tesoro “The Cat” Fabre
Lieutenants (~3)
knights (~24)
squires (~5)
Public Agenda
Mobile Cavalry to counter Copper Hook incursions.
Special Forces for the Earl of Selvos.
Assets
One over strength company of elite quantity Medium Cavalry.
History
Founded in 684 by Sir Jenke Siebel and a dozen retainers, they were favored with generous contracts to undertake special missions along the Rethemi border.
The Green Owls played a key role in the capture of Selvos Castle in 695 by drawing out and scattering the Agrikan cavalry. They also helped hold off two Copper Hook relief columns during the siege of Menekod.
They have been permanently employed by the Earl of Selvos since 703.
No task impossible
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