Mercenary Bands and Contracts

[Adamat]

MERCENARY BANDS and CONTRACTS

This is where you can find the presently available mercenary bands and contract them.
You will also find their prices, the composition of their troops and any special features they may have here.
'Variable' prices mean you'll actually have to negotiate the price with the company's leader.

Sellsword players may choose to join one of these existing companies or create their own, in the latter case they'll be added here as well.

To prevent mercenary hoarding, each company can only be contracted for 3 years max, with a 1 year waiting period before they can be hired again.
In addition to prevent mercenary hoarding, the following limitations are implemented
- Lord Paramounts and the King may only be allowed to hire 2 sellsword companies at a time
- All vassal houses and lower may only be allowed to hire 1 sellsword company at a time

NPC Sellsword companies take 1 year (7RL days) to arrive for service. If they are hired mid-year (eg after a monday) they will serve for 3 years and then remain in service until the end of the 3rd year, if they are hired early year (monday or before) then they will serve the remainder of that year and the next two years.

Sellswords

Golden Company NAME: Golden Company COMMANDER: Harry Strickland CONTRACTED: N/A for contracts (not able to be hired) PRICE (p.a.): "A King's Sum" COMPOSITION: 2,500 Polearms + 2000 Heavy Infantry + 500 Crossbowmen + 500 archers + 1,000 light cavalry + 500 Horse Archers + 1,000 Light Infantry + 1,000 Mounted Hedge Knights + 1,000 Dismounted Hedge Knights + 5 Elephants = 10,000 + Elephants *Golden Company not available due to the time period of the current setting Second Sons NAME: Second Sons COMMANDER: Myles Blackheart CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 25,000 dragons COMPOSITION: 1,500 Polearms + 1,500 Heavy Infantry + 1,000 Light Infantry + 1,000 archers + 500 crossbowmen + 500 Heavy cavalry + 500 archers + 500 light cavalry = 7,000 men total Bright Banners NAME: Bright Banners COMMANDER: Duncan Banefort CONTRACTED: Hired by Stark in 202 AL PRICE (p.a.): 19,000 dragons COMPOSITION: 2000 Polearms + 1,500 Heavy infantry + 1000 light infantry + 700 archers + 500 light cavalry + 300 heavy cavalry = 6,000 men total Long Lances NAME: Long Lances COMMANDER: Lyman Flowers CONTRACTED: No PRICE (p.a.): 15,000 dragons COMPOSITION: 500 Heavy Cavalry + 1000 Light Cavalry + 500 missile cavalry = 2000 men total Company of the Cat NAME: Company of the Cat COMMANDER: Rymund Redbeard CONTRACTED: Yes - House Tarly. Arriving 205AL (27th Dec) and contracted for 205AL and potentially 206AL and 207AL. PRICE (p.a.): 13,000 dragons COMPOSITION: 500 light cavalry + 500 horse archers + 1,000 Heavy Infantry + 500 Light Infantry + 500 archers + 500 Polearms = 3,500 men total Ragged Standards NAME: Ragged Standards COMMANDER: Ronnel Rivers CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 10,000 dragons COMPOSITION: 500 Archers + 1,000 Heavy Infantry + 500 light infantry + 500 Polearms + 300 light cavalry + 100 missile cavalry + 100 heavy cavalry = 3,000 men total Gallant Men NAME: Gallant Men COMMANDER: Ryman Mudd CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 8000 dragons COMPOSITION: 500 Heavy Cavalry + 1000 Light Cavalry + 500 horsearchers = 2,000 men total Iron Shields NAME: Blackshields COMMANDER: Marwyn Pree CONTRACTED: No PRICE (p.a.): 9000 dragons COMPOSITION: 1,200 Heavy Infantry + 600 light infantry + 600 polearms + 600 archers = 3,000 men total Maiden's Men NAME: Maiden's Men COMMANDER: Artys Stone CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 8000 dragons COMPOSITION: 100 Heavy Cavalry + 400 Light Cavalry + 500 Archers + 1,000 Heavy Infantry + 500 light infantry + 500 Polearms = 3,000 men total Stormcrows NAME: Stormcrows COMMANDER: Prendahl na Ghezn CONTRACTED: Contracted by Lord Yronwood. Will appear at Yronwood on December 27, 2013. PRICE (p.a.): 16,000 COMPOSITION: 2,000 Heavy Infantry + 800 light infantry + 700 Polearms + 500 archers + 500 crossbowmen + 300 light cavalry + 200 Heavy Cavalry = 5,000 men total Tattered Banners NAME: Tattered Banners COMMANDER: The Tattered Prince CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 17,000 COMPOSITION: 2,000 Heavy Infantry + 1,000 Light Infantry + 500 archers + 500 crossbowmen + 500 Polearms + 500 Light Cavalry + 300 Heavy Cavalry + 200 horse archers = 5,500 men Brave Companions NAME: Brave Companions COMMANDER: Vargo Hoat CONTRACTED: N/A PRICE (p.a.): 14,000 COMPOSITION: 2,000 heavy infantry + 1,500 Light Infantry + 1,000 archers + 500 polearms + 500 light cavalry + 500 heavy cavalry = 6000 men total Note: AKA the Bloody Mummers. Known for unpredictable but manic, sadistic behavior. Not known for reliability. The Order of Dawn Name: Order of Dawn Commander: Jehaine Flowers Contracted: Can be contracted at their encampment near Golden Grove. Price: Not set Composition:200 Reachman Lancers (elite cavalry), 300 Hightower Axemen (elite infantry) Total Troops: 500 Note: Player Controlled company, controlled by Zethira

Sellsails

The Pentoshi Brothers NAME: Pentoshi Brothers COMMANDER: Captain Slyrion Molaris CONTRACTED: No PRICE (p.a): 45,000 COMPOSITION: 10 Dromonds, 5 Heavy Galleys = 15 ships

[Zethira]

Order of Dawn has 500 troops currently:

200 Reachman Lancers
300 Hightower Axemen

It'll be back on 1,100 as soon as i get yearly income though, but for now...