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Ruger Redbear

Name: Ruger Redbear

Age: 24

Affiliation: The Free Folk

Appearance: Standing at six foot tall and pretty muscular, he is a pale skined man with bright red hair, blue eyes and a scar across the middle of his face. He keeps his hair long and has a beard stubble.

Profession: Bodyguard/Caravan guard.

Equipment: Wears white leather armour and chainmail thats painted white. Instead of a sword he carries a war axe with a spiked head. Has a wooden shield with a howling red bear head on a white background painted onto it. Carries a few bear claws around on a necklace around his neck.

Skills: He can fight, whether he be in armour or out of it, with a weapon or without one.

He knows how to survive in the wilderness, make a fire, make traps etc.

He knows how to spot an ambush and when something looks dangerous.

Biography: Descended from one of the last of the Freefolk, he was born at the start of the rule of Jon and Daenerys. His mother died in child birth and his father died in the War for the Dawn, so he was left alone and orphaned. He was raised by among the other Free Folk with the rest of the orphans, and was known for protecring the little kids against the bigger ones. When one kid was getting picked on or beaten on, Ruger would jump in to protect them, usually shouting and roaring at the top of his lungs. Because of his protective nature, his size and his roar as well as his hair, he was given the name Redbear which he uses as a last name.

When he was 14, he joined a merchant caravan in order to travel and see the world. Though for the most part it was peaceful, there were times he was required to get violent, either with a customer trying to steal, or a bandit trying to kill them. When he was 18, he decided to go on his own, traveling from town to town for a while and taking jobs as a guard for people and caravans.

Now, at the age of 24, he still looks for work and collecting coin in the hopes that he may one day create a small mercenary band of his own to protect people.

Notes: He has made a friend or three on the road and knows who to go to for work.

He is extremely loyal to the rest of what remains of the Free Folk as well as to House Stark.

Game of Thrones : The Pact of Ice and Fire (Always Open)

@Nightwing95 splendid, thanks

Game of Thrones : The Pact of Ice and Fire (Always Open)

You still accepting new people?

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

@Aristo yo relation man throw one my way

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

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Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

Tolnendra: Merchant House Captial

There a few things you can learn from studying account books. You can learn when a mercahnt has a new mistress. When some noble in some land is trying to bribe someone. And when somebody is preparing for war. You can see these things simply by noticing the patterns. An extra jewel here, a few coins there.

Or in the case of war, its when abnormalities add up. Such as a nobpe purchasing more blades than normal. A town that normally only asks for ore asks for a few Mercenaries. Or an entire country asking for more metal ore than normal. Now, on their own these numbers mean little, could be the noble wants to impress some visitors with the size of his army. The town may be having trouble with some bandits. Or the country may have closed down one of their mines for not producing enough metal ore. But, when all put together, when every number is crunched, and when all these types of trades are made rather close together, then you know that something very large may be happening.

Now to most people this would mean nothing, even if they saw the numvers they may not care, afterall so long as the numbers made up and everything was paid for then as far as they were considered it made no difference.

But Luke Perchant was not most people.
Where most saw nothing but coin, he saw opportunity to make even more coin. To win a war, a country needs many things. Troops, food wood and metals to make weapons and armour, building materials and information. Coin can buy you all that and more. And the one with more coin had the larger, better trained, better fed and better equiped army had the upper hand on the battlefield.

Of course all that would go to waste with the three S's. Shit weather. Shit strategies. Sit generals. Even one of those could shake the balance of a battlefield and leave the one with the most coin the one being bent over a barrel.

No matter what though, the Merchants will always prosper. They didn't care who won or lost. Who was right or who was wrong. All they cared about was that the coin poured into their coffers and that trade continued, even if that meant their former trading partner was replaced by another one.

Now that Luke smelt war brewing, he smelt the opportunity for more coin. He wrote down a quick letter the all Merchant Houses and the Council Representatives. Within the letter was a short proposal.

To all Merchant Houses and Council Representatives.

My dear friends,
I am sorry that I must bother you all, but I have noticed some abnormalities with the latest accounts. Now before you all get upset, I am not saying that someone has been skimming, or that items have been sold for the wrong price. In fact it is good abnormalities.

I have discovered that unusual amounts of materials and Mercenaries have been purchased from us lately. It is my belief that a war may be upon some distant land, and it is my belief that where there is war, there is profit.

Therefore, I propose that we form an assembly to meet and negotiate upon new prices for our wares. I suggest we increase the prices of our Mercenaries, our metals and our wepaons and armour, not so much to be outrageous and therefore not worth it, but just enough that we may get a few more extra coins from this far away war.

The exact price upage shall be discussed when assembly is held. My thanks for your time.

Signed,
Luke Perchant of Merchant House Perchant, Council Representative and Lord of Accounts.

He called in his assistants to take the letters and make copies for all Merchant Houses and Council Representatives to receive one, including a copy for his own use.

He knew every House would send someone to speak for them, and that the prices for merchandise would change. If there was one thing that every Merchant House could agree on, it was that coin ruled the world as well as them.

And everyone knows, a Merchant is drawn to profit like a pig is to shit.

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

@Darkspleen added a few more details to the military, as well as the geography now that i see I owned another set of small islands a bit more south. If I missed something again I am sorry, but I am exhausted and may not be thinking clearly

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

Merchant Houses

The Merchant Houses

Government

The country is ruled by a Council made up of the most powerful Merchant Houses who each send a representative to Council meetings. These representatives are usually someone highly influential in the Merchant House, either by having the most money, soldiers or ships. The Council has five seats for the most powerful Houses, but the other Merchant Houses may enter the meetings and view what happens and voice there thoughts. The Five main Houses are selected by gaining votes of other Houses, the five with more votes than the other Houses take the seats. Voting for seats takes place every five years. Once put in power, the Big Five as they are called make the big decisions regarding the overall welfare of the Houses, from who to fight, who to ally, who to pay etc. They also decide what percentage each product is marked up by to make a profit, as well as who to sell to.

Geography

The Northern Island between the light green coloured lands and the grey coloured lands. There are four major cities placed on the southern tip, the eastern and western corner, the fourth is placed in the middle of the island. The north side of the island is a sheer cliff and covered in rocks which prevent landing. Each city is connected by large roads. The fourth city is the main one, its where the Council meets and where all the main warehouses sit. There is few trees since most went to making ships, and mines and workshops dot the landscape, with the gem and gold mines concentrating on the north side of the island.
The Merchant Houses also control a small group of five tiny islands. This is where ships dock on their way down south. The islands have man made docks as well as watch towers and a fort on the largest of the five.

Culture

The country is full of mainly humans, however there are Merchant Houses made up of non-humans who can run for council. For the main part anyone can join a Merchant House or become a citizen, so long as they have the coin for it. There is no standard religion for the people since most come from other nations with their own Gods and customs, but there is a Church in the main city with idols and priests from many different religions. However, anyone who goes against the laws put in place by the ruling Council is either exiled, sent to work the mines are thrown from the cliffs depending on the severity of their crime. If an entire Merchant House is found guilty of a bad enough crime, their House is dissolved, their assets seized and their workforce given to other Houses. Treason, selling drugs, blackmailing or bribing a Council member or considered the worst crimes of all.

Military

The Merchant Houses rely mostly on their Navy and on paid Mercenaries that they hire to protect their convoys, both land and sea ones. Their land caravans are escorted by the Mercenaries and led by the Merchant in charge of the caravan. The strategies employed by the Merchants is mainly simple, if on land they circle the wagons and defend the merchandise until the attacks stop, if on sea they split up the ships, getting the escorts to distract the attackers while the merchant ships flee in different directions, either making it back to their home port or to their destination depending on where they are and how the winds and tide are. Their convoys rely on speed and numbers to push through attacking forces, hitting quickly and in numbers to overwhelm enemies and scatter them as they move past them.
In land battles the bulk of the force will be made up of mercenaries with the rest being memeber from Merchant Houses. They usually have the main line of hold their ground till the enemy troops march to engage, while archers pepper the back lines of the opponent force. Then once the lines have converged and started fighting, cavarly will sweep in from the sides and hit the flanks of the enemy force.
In naval battles, the escorts ships will try and ram the opponents ships, then once close enough they will attempt a boarding action to either seize the ship or destroy enough of its crew or structure to render it unable to pursue.

Heroes

Superior Hero: Jacob Mrroant, an Orc Mercenary who started his own Merchant House after fighting for coin for eight years for other Merchant Houses till he had enough coin to build his own Merchant House to fight for. Now, he leads a large band of mercenaries and is known as the Merchant of Blood, mainly because he sells livestock and mercenary services.

1st Hero: Luke Perchant, a Human Merchant known as the Lord of Accounts, he is also from one of the few Merchant Houses who have held a Council seat the most over the years. Perchant is now a representative on the Council and is charged with maintaining a list of numbers on the costs of mercenaries, convoys and prices for merchandise.

2nd Hero: Captain Krack, a Human Merchant who controls the largest Merchant House Fleet, he is renowned as a good sailor and can outrun any pirate or foreign ship.

History

The island was first inhabited by explorers looking for new lands. Later when it was discovered that the island was full of gems, gold ore and the like, merchants from all over flocked to it like a moth to a light. When a foreign Noble tried to claim the island for his country, the more powerful merchants hired mercenaries to fight for them, and they beat him. Since then a few countries tried to take the island from the Merchant Houses with little success, till basically everyone got the message. The island was for coin makers and exiles. After all the civil wars and invasions, the Merchants decided to join together and form a nation under a Council who they vote for.

Relations

For the most part the Merchant Houses trade with anyone who has coin. They export valuable gems, jewellery, metallic ore, some livestock like sheep, cows etc, as well as the services of their fleets for transports and their Mercenary Houses sell their services. They do however have some grudges with their neighbours, The Ogryn Kingdom and the Clans of Tarkima who have raided their convoys and caravans in the past. They would declare war on them, but it would be too costly and may not end in their favour.

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

@Darkspleen is my nation acceptable?
Never mind

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

@Willy Vereb my nation is to the very North, the tiny island. Mainly it would be a trade relationship