Peter Metcalfe wrote:
>
> Ian Cooper wrote:
>
> >Some questions remain though: Do the exiles raid and if so, who do
> >the exiles raid?
>
> Both Sartar and Tarsh. And the Grazelands for good measure, I
> imagine.
Whenever they can. I think the Horse-Spawn might be a prime target though they have no cattle. However, the vendref villages are almost helpless -- poorly defended compared to Joe Heortling's stead.
> >Would they hire themselves out
> >to the servants of Hon-eel the whore, in Lunar occupied Tarsh, even
> >if it was against Sartarites.
>
> If paid enough. The Welsh did fight for Good King Edward after
> all (admittedly this caused their consciences some trouble at
> Falkirk). Even though the King is a lunar scumbag, he is the
> legitimate King of Tarsh.
>
> --peter Metcalfe
True. And the King has the money they don't. Especially if your homeland is a bit of a wasteland. I'm seeming to recall that after the Thirty Years War, mercenaries were a prime export of the Holy Roman Empire. Good warriors with no one to pay them. And if they weren't paid, they became bandits.
Jeff
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