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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 426056" data-attributes="member: 812">Mercenaries on Barsoom feature in three specific ways:In The United Duchies of Saijadan, a land with a historic but powerless aristocracy, run by ruthless trading families whose power cuts across feudal borders, mercenary companies are one of the last refuges of the noble. Many titled lords no longer able to maintain their lands have formed mercenary companies who now serve Las Familias and are an important part of the stability of the nation. These companies mostly earned their stature in the wars of independence against the Empire of Kish 30 years ago, and are regarded with honour and respect throughout Saijadan.In the Free City of Pavairelle, for the past half-century the Prince has been forbidden to maintain his own army by the aforementioned Empire. As a result, both loyal and disloyal city leaders have started their own mercenary companies, reputedly for profit but many are in fact the burgeoning seeds of a revolutionary army. Spies and assassins fly fast and furious over the rooftops and through the sewers of Pavairelle as these various forces jockey for position and survival.In the Empire of Kish itself, mercenaries rarely organize into companies. All citizens, male and female, must serve for a time in the army there, but once they are finished their term, many move on, seeking better opportunities than in the company of recruits. These wandering soldiers form a crucial part of the Ki<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />e economy, and a pool of trained warriors for the Iron Throne to draw upon in times of war.The desert lands of the Narid face a different problem: Marauders. With the invasion of the Empire of Kish, the whole social fabric of the Narid has been thrown into turmoil and the myriad feuds and insults long-forgotten are getting exercised and worked out. It is a bloody, savage time in the enlighted land of the Emirs, and many have remarked that the wandering bands of criminals and petty warlords are doing more harm to the land than the invading Imperials.Lots of different possibilities.EDIT: Wait, that was four ways. Never mind. Oh, and the adjectival form of Kish is Kish + ite. Eric's Grandmother doesn't like it so much.</blockquote>

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