Sjielt Company Overview
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Sjielt Company Overview
by ByTheBurnside Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:13 am
Overview
While not being an established nation, and not being a vassal of any alliance, the Sjielt Mercenary company has become a fairly powerful entity on Kalentire in recent years. The Sjielt Company landed on Kalentire in force, with a fleet of roughly three hundred longships, thirty flagships, and fifteen galleons. All things counted, there were only about two thousand and five hundred of them on landfall, however their recruitment efforts upon landing have been fairly effective. Since landing, the Sjielt Company has been locked into a proxy war with the Kalenti Key, after seizing a lightly garrisoned monastery fortress sacred to the powerful trading kingdom.
The Sjielt Company originates in the eastern continent of Meiliahd, which is mostly ruled over by the Oracaran Empire, and a few other powerful kingdoms. The Oracaran empire, which takes up most of the continent, is ruled over by an emperor who constantly struggles to keep the powerful noble houses in line. Within the emperor’s law, these families are not able to field men against each other, however he isn’t truly capable of stopping them from using mercenary armies against each other. As a result of this, each noble house has its own mercenary company, and the empire could really be considered an alliance of smaller kingdoms who war often with each other, but who are united against outsiders. The Sjielt Company is the mercenary company of house Sjielt, who recently reunited the empire under one powerful emperor.
History
After the reunion of the empire under House Sjielt, the new emperor, Gervais Baptise-Sjielt, sent an expeditionary fleet westward, in search of new trade routes with the continent of Riunda. Trade routes with the continent exist in the eastward direction, to which it is assumed to be closer, but the eastern half of Meiliahd is ruled by foreign kingdoms, making the empires main trade access reliant on foreign relations. The whole expedition was led by Velthrak Attoah-Sjielt, the Second Captain of the Sjielt Company, and nephew of Montar Attoah-Sjielt, the First Captain, and de facto ruler of the Sjielt Company.
The company sent out consisted of three Sjielt Company Chapters, the Fifth and Seventh Chapters, led by the First Chapter. The Fifth Chapter is mainly an expeditionary and pathfinding chapter, specializing in foreign affairs, whereas the Seventh Chapter is the Company’s primary maritims chapter. The First Chapter, also called the Golden Hand, is the main military chapter of the Company, with an elite corps of Mounted Rangers, Light Cavalry, and an elite House Guard unit specialized in siege and gorilla combat. On top of that, they also employ a small elite experimental force of hang glider troops, known as the Dragoneers.
Originally, the force consisted of five hundred various longships and schooners, over a hundred flagships, mostly warships, cruisers, and merchant barges, and fifty Throne Class Galleons. However, upon crossing the Forbidden Sea, they met with predictable results. Massive storms and various anomalies (Known now to be the effects of the wards placed around Kalentire in order to protect it) tore their numbers asunder. However, by some miracle, they landed more or less alive upon the shores of Kalentire. While their fleet was decimated and in need of repairs, most of their men had survived. However, in their initial assessment, the company decided they needed to secure a home base of operations, and secure their grip on this new world. To do so, they seized a fortress, which had fantastic defenses, but was very lightly garrisoned. This turned out to be a mistake, as this fortress was actually a monastery, very sacred to the local trader kingdom, the Kalenti Key. Since then, the two factions have been locked into a proxy war, which threatens more and more every day to break out into open warfare.
Culture
The Sjielt Company originates, as one might assume, from the noble house of Sjielt, which is a very religious family. Specifically, house Sjielt is very dedicated to worship of the Lady Illidia, a demigod Saintess who teaches equality, liberty, and mercy. However, in a somewhat ironic twist, the Sjielt Company is, as mercenary companies tend to be, very militant and authoritarian. However, the company is in some ways democratic, and not quite as warlike as they may seem. Many positions are obtained through elections, prisoners of war are rarely mistreated, and rape, pillage, and murder of civilians are all strictly prohibited. A rule that most militaries invoke, but one which very very few enforce as strictly as the Sjielt Company.
More than anything else, though, the Sjielt Company see themselves as freedom fighters and peacekeepers. They rarely enter into wars unless they deem them to be a just cause, and are often willing to enter into disadvantageous treaties, if for humanitarian needs. At the same time, absolute loyalty is placed in the highest regards in their ranks, and their captains are often treated as and expected to act like shepherds, never leading their men into slaughters, and always looking out for their unit’s best interests.
While not being an established nation, and not being a vassal of any alliance, the Sjielt Mercenary company has become a fairly powerful entity on Kalentire in recent years. The Sjielt Company landed on Kalentire in force, with a fleet of roughly three hundred longships, thirty flagships, and fifteen galleons. All things counted, there were only about two thousand and five hundred of them on landfall, however their recruitment efforts upon landing have been fairly effective. Since landing, the Sjielt Company has been locked into a proxy war with the Kalenti Key, after seizing a lightly garrisoned monastery fortress sacred to the powerful trading kingdom.
The Sjielt Company originates in the eastern continent of Meiliahd, which is mostly ruled over by the Oracaran Empire, and a few other powerful kingdoms. The Oracaran empire, which takes up most of the continent, is ruled over by an emperor who constantly struggles to keep the powerful noble houses in line. Within the emperor’s law, these families are not able to field men against each other, however he isn’t truly capable of stopping them from using mercenary armies against each other. As a result of this, each noble house has its own mercenary company, and the empire could really be considered an alliance of smaller kingdoms who war often with each other, but who are united against outsiders. The Sjielt Company is the mercenary company of house Sjielt, who recently reunited the empire under one powerful emperor.
History
After the reunion of the empire under House Sjielt, the new emperor, Gervais Baptise-Sjielt, sent an expeditionary fleet westward, in search of new trade routes with the continent of Riunda. Trade routes with the continent exist in the eastward direction, to which it is assumed to be closer, but the eastern half of Meiliahd is ruled by foreign kingdoms, making the empires main trade access reliant on foreign relations. The whole expedition was led by Velthrak Attoah-Sjielt, the Second Captain of the Sjielt Company, and nephew of Montar Attoah-Sjielt, the First Captain, and de facto ruler of the Sjielt Company.
The company sent out consisted of three Sjielt Company Chapters, the Fifth and Seventh Chapters, led by the First Chapter. The Fifth Chapter is mainly an expeditionary and pathfinding chapter, specializing in foreign affairs, whereas the Seventh Chapter is the Company’s primary maritims chapter. The First Chapter, also called the Golden Hand, is the main military chapter of the Company, with an elite corps of Mounted Rangers, Light Cavalry, and an elite House Guard unit specialized in siege and gorilla combat. On top of that, they also employ a small elite experimental force of hang glider troops, known as the Dragoneers.
Originally, the force consisted of five hundred various longships and schooners, over a hundred flagships, mostly warships, cruisers, and merchant barges, and fifty Throne Class Galleons. However, upon crossing the Forbidden Sea, they met with predictable results. Massive storms and various anomalies (Known now to be the effects of the wards placed around Kalentire in order to protect it) tore their numbers asunder. However, by some miracle, they landed more or less alive upon the shores of Kalentire. While their fleet was decimated and in need of repairs, most of their men had survived. However, in their initial assessment, the company decided they needed to secure a home base of operations, and secure their grip on this new world. To do so, they seized a fortress, which had fantastic defenses, but was very lightly garrisoned. This turned out to be a mistake, as this fortress was actually a monastery, very sacred to the local trader kingdom, the Kalenti Key. Since then, the two factions have been locked into a proxy war, which threatens more and more every day to break out into open warfare.
Culture
The Sjielt Company originates, as one might assume, from the noble house of Sjielt, which is a very religious family. Specifically, house Sjielt is very dedicated to worship of the Lady Illidia, a demigod Saintess who teaches equality, liberty, and mercy. However, in a somewhat ironic twist, the Sjielt Company is, as mercenary companies tend to be, very militant and authoritarian. However, the company is in some ways democratic, and not quite as warlike as they may seem. Many positions are obtained through elections, prisoners of war are rarely mistreated, and rape, pillage, and murder of civilians are all strictly prohibited. A rule that most militaries invoke, but one which very very few enforce as strictly as the Sjielt Company.
More than anything else, though, the Sjielt Company see themselves as freedom fighters and peacekeepers. They rarely enter into wars unless they deem them to be a just cause, and are often willing to enter into disadvantageous treaties, if for humanitarian needs. At the same time, absolute loyalty is placed in the highest regards in their ranks, and their captains are often treated as and expected to act like shepherds, never leading their men into slaughters, and always looking out for their unit’s best interests.
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