Mercenary Company Campaign: A Historical Timeline

One of the important themes in the mercenary campaign concept is that of continuity. Although individual members die, the company lives on, and carries on its legacy. This timeline is not all inclusive and events might be filled into the gaps based upon player backgrounds. This is designed to be a player resource as well. It reflects knowledge that would be available to them through the Annals. It will be added to as details are uncovered in the campaign and created collaboratively.

Present Day: Company has waited in garrison at Vraugate to repel the feared ice giant raid. Its strength has been replenished by Northerners from Vraugate and the surrounding region after the losses of the march North.

18 Months Ago: After years of on and off participation in various sides of the civil conflict slowly tearing apart the Empire, the company received a contract request from the Burgomeister of Vraugate in the Northern Lands. They traversed the Desolation of Tsar, staying far from the ruins, and traversed the Mountains of the Spine. Some good troops were lost on the journey, but the company remained strong together.

Two Years Ago: The company was at the Battle of the Broken Spires, but its employer, Count Ebonshade, was on the losing side, alongside the exiled Patriarch Grimnar. Finding itself without an employer and not desired now that the civil conflict had lapsed into another uneasy peace, the company searched for new work.

Ten Years Ago: The company fought at the Storming of the Bloodshadow Citadel, beginning the current “hot” phase of the civil conflict within the Empire after the Uneasy Peace, which had lasted between the major imperial claimants and the fragmented Patriarchs of the Church for fifteen years.

Fifteen Years Ago: The company served one of the barons of the Thornspire Highlands during the Dragonflame Rebellions.

One Hundred Years Ago: The company arrived from the Southern deserts to the fractured imperium. They are said to have traveled on ships that could sail upon the sand.

Many Hundreds of Years Ago: The company participated in a defense of the City of Brass from attack by an army of Jinn and elementals from the Plane of Earth.