MonkeySage
2018-10-01, 08:51 AM
Over a year ago, we encountered a group of bandits and managed to track them back to their base. We didn't kill them, though. We warned them not to mess with us. Later I came back to them by myself, unarmed, and worked out a deal with their leader Steve. If I paid their bounties off, they would not only cease their banditry, but they'd also work for me under the newly established Darklass Company. I worked out a similar deal with the Lord of a nearby city: He could give criminals in his prison the option of joining the Darklass Company as a way to pay their debts off, alternative to dying in a dungeon or at the end of a rope.
I established the Darklass Company to help protect the roads on my trade routes, and to protect my caravans. I pay Captain Steve a retainer of 1000 gp per month, and some of that goes into the salaries of the mercenaries.
The problem is that by design, this company is made up almost entirely of criminals and former bandits.Well behaved criminals and former bandits, but nevertheless it makes travellers on my trade routes feel uneasy. The roads have never been safer, but my employees still have a reputation they may never get rid of.
Steve has been really good at his job and I don't want to get rid of my current mercs, but over time I would like to improve the quality and reputation of the company.
I established the Darklass Company to help protect the roads on my trade routes, and to protect my caravans. I pay Captain Steve a retainer of 1000 gp per month, and some of that goes into the salaries of the mercenaries.
The problem is that by design, this company is made up almost entirely of criminals and former bandits.Well behaved criminals and former bandits, but nevertheless it makes travellers on my trade routes feel uneasy. The roads have never been safer, but my employees still have a reputation they may never get rid of.
Steve has been really good at his job and I don't want to get rid of my current mercs, but over time I would like to improve the quality and reputation of the company.