Beyond individual mercenaries, there are also mercenary companies that provide various services, mostly guarding settlers and merchant caravans serving those same settlers. It is not a big market and does not support large groups of mercenaries, the island has not become so settled that needs, or could support, armies.
The Blue Sword Company is one such group that is trying to work in this niche. They only have thirty-five members, more or less, as members are recruited, drop out or die, the numbers often change. Read the rest of this entry ?
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal 