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Adera, i just look at this event from two different point of view: the first one is about the contest we have it, a festival, so i agree whit the line Tight was saying……on the other side there is mine personal view. I don't wanna make you change what had you plan in this months working on the tale, not my intention
It also depends some on what they are looking for in a mercenary, many are probably not much better than ruffians and bandits while others might be more of a mercenary army where you'll have to hire quite a few of them at once… neither might fit some.
A family in need of protection might have some general guards that hangs around, but also specifically appointed guards for the family members. They might want a guard that they can feel comfortable with and maybe even have a friendly connection too, or they might look for undercover guards, like a guard posing as a hand maiden or a servant.
Many will of course want a female guard for their daughters or wife's because they assume that nothing sexual will happen then, but that is naive thinking if you read Janine's story.
well, adera, honestly i don't feel safe whit a mercenary as a bodyguard…….most of them have no ethics and they just follow the high price they can learn. only few of them can have my full trust, pehaps 1 or 2! this remind me on the first part of Berserk when Grifis (in itlay) built his own army.
just to make you know…..i had copy all your work on Windows Word…..man, 43 pages to read!
Ok HB, take a cup of coffee, relax and the start to read
i think i'll gonna do it really soon…….but no cup of coffee……i'll think i'm gonna seat in front of my pc, open Media Player and make Sorayro Days start to rumble in my room! then, no one gonna stop me…..well, till i found some concept not so clear for my english knowledges! :
As far as mercenaries, the skill range IS a major problem. The solution that developed right along with the mercenary profession is reputation.
Because skill levels are hard to truly measure outside of actual combat, as someone who could drill particularly well might crumble when there is a second weapon there and coming at them.
Reliability is also a key part of rep. The new guy is not going to be assigned to keep an eye on a VIP, besides skill level there is also the obvious trust issues.
Someone without a rep is going to be doing grunt work for peanuts (remember in my story Janine started out a handmaiden who joined because she had no where else to go). The better money and better jobs only come after time served, and a merc isn't going to risk that rep.
I did play with that concept a bit when I talked about her being employed to guard young women's virtue, but she was hired to keep them away from men and she would have died to do so… she just found a more pleasant alternative.
Theoretically a merc COULD betray an employer, but only three circumstances would reasonably cause that.
-Betrayal from an employer. While it's one thing to not know everything about a situation you would be sending a hired solider into if you would deliberately hide information they NEED they would feel well within their rights to abandon the job (and come for you in most cases).
-Offered enough money to retire. The more honorable ones wouldn't take this one even then, but rep is a mercs bread and butter, and for those who COULD be paid to betray an employer (and destroy their rep) would want an amount that would ensure they won't have to worry about money ever again.
-Personal, this is sort of a catch all for say if one of Zierst's faithful infiltrated a merc company. It's unlikely, it rarely happens, but a sufficient personal motivation COULD lead a merc to betray an employer, but they WOULD be committing career suicide.
As far as the cult I was seeing them as out to kill an entire city. It could be a sacrifice to Zeirst, or it could be to bring Zeirst's master to manifestation, but I liked the idea of them ironically having a unity of purpose that the fractious city does not, even though that purpose is wholeheartedly evil.
Individuals might see themselves as able to acquire wealth or power in the aftermath, whether it be rewards for service or just looting afterwards, but I liked them being united so we would have to unite to battle them.
Finally I finished my first part. A slow entry into the story. Feedback here or per pm please.
i hate you…….now i have more to read!
I think you have a interesting character there Lover, I liked reading it.
What makes me wonder is what kind of future Lover is seeing, is he seeing the one and only future that is set in stone or is it the most probable future? I kinda like the probable future thing since a predetermined world seems kinda lame, though that doesn't make it easy to change events that will most likely happen.
As far as the cult I was seeing them as out to kill an entire city. It could be a sacrifice to Zeirst, or it could be to bring Zeirst's master to manifestation, but I liked the idea of them ironically having a unity of purpose that the fractious city does not, even though that purpose is wholeheartedly evil.
If the core group is to be evil they might as well be rotten to the very core.
@HB: I was scared you are bored so I hurried to finish my work
@Adera: I asked myself the same question. As you I don't like a predetermined world. I think, one part of my mission is to help people and to change bad events, so I live in a probable future. But – who knows?
Thanks to all for your feedback
@Tight I'm still searching a name for my character and you aks me to find a name for his ability
When I read your ideas I'm very interested for the next parts. It's exciting.
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