The Black Company

Founding

As the Mald Empire grew, there was some contention as it stabilized its conquered regions. Some time around the year 575 AF, there was a contention over who should receive the crown between two twins. This turned into a full-scale civil war. The Brother who lost this war, was the elf Prince Sylyvar Blackblade, and was exiled. He traveled with what remained of his loyal army across the Dorfell depths to the other continent. There, they roamed the land as a mercenary group, taking jobs, and never failing once a contract was signed. They became known as the Black Company.

Present Day

They are known throughout the land, and are hired for many different jobs. They are known for following through with any contract that they take, and have never once rescinded on those contracts. They will take contracts for pretty much any thing, Hunting magical beasts, escorting caravans, guarding important merchants, or even participating in small scale warfare. They are a very well disciplined and trained group, drilling in larger scale mock battles at least once per month.
They dream of returning to their homeland, has not quite passed on from Sylyvar Blackblade, and his grandson, Gilthanis Blackblade now leads them. Though the large majority of the company are descendants of the original founders who followed their leader across the ocean from Mald, most of them have lived their whole life knowing Gulok as their homeland. They initially came to the region as an army hired by the Republic in 950 AF as a deterrence to the Drakhian Empire to the north, but given how long they have been there, they are effectively settled in to ruling the area stretching from the sea to the mountain range that surrounds the newly founded land of Bravich. There have been some skirmishes along the border, and Gilthanis keeps his troops in peak fighting condition, ready for the eventual war to break out.

Type

Military, Mercenary Group