Some more mercenary companies to throw at you
@torroar
- The Line Shatterers – [Race: Ogre] [Origin: Mountains of Mourn] [Description: Mournfang Cavalry from the Mountains of the Mourn, these ogres have been making a killing ever since they reached Tilea through their stupendous killing power. Expensive but worth it.] [Numbers: 53 Mournfang Cavalry, 1 Crusher Daud Granitegazer]
- The Second Sons – [Race: Human] [Origin: Old World] [Description: A collection of second, third, fourth and so on sons of nobility from across the Old World, having left home with only their arms and armor that have joined together as a mercenary company] [Numbers: 500 assorted Heavy Cavalry]
- The Hvalstakkað Járn [Race: Human] [Origin: "Norsca"] [Description: A company of self-proclaimed Norscan Marauders armed with an assortment of spears, crossbows, and pikes, and armored in brigandine] [Numbers: 400 suspiciously short Norscan Spearmen, 200 oddly well-dressed Norscan Pikemen, 400 unusually well armored Crossbowmen, 1 Jarl-General "Eldskjaldbaka" [Warcry: Hey þú ert loksins vakandi]
- Perdición de Los Nórdicos [Race: Human] [Origin: Estalia] [Description: Veteran Estalian Almogavar light infantry hardened by the Chaos invasion of their country, excellent skirmishers, woodsmen and ambushers, armored only with helmets and shields and armed with javelins, slings and an assortment of hand weapons] [Numbers: 500 Almogavar light infantry]
- The White Company [Race: Human] [Origin: Bretonnia] [Description: Originally merely a collection of runaway peasants, this mercenary company has grown considerably in both size and status over the last 30 years, and is now ranked among the best company of sellswords the chivalry obsessed nation has produced] [Numbers: 400 armored Longbowmen, 500 armored Voulgiers, 100 mounted Sergeants-at-arms]
- Helmut's Free Company [Race:Human] [Origin: Empire] [Description: A company of adventurers armored in half plate, armed with crossbows or handguns, swords and bucklers and skilled both at range and in melee] [250 armored Crossbow-Swordsmen, 250 armored Handgunner-Swordsmen, 1 Company Commander Helmut Sepp]
If anyone wants a laugh, translate the last bit of faux-norscan from Icelandic to English.
I can add these in, sure, all except the ogre one. Ogre mercenaries are currently paid far more in food than in gold (Remember it took until Greasus to really pound in the idea of gold being of major worth), and given Tilea's whole...famine for many years thing, ogre mercenaries are more trouble than their worth a lot of time. Citizenry dying of starvation don't want to see food that could feed whole city districts disappearing around their gullets. Maw ogres, in turn, would likely respond to said responses in typical manner. Empire currently also has its stance on ogres set against Maw ogres a lot of time, and dwarfs as well thanks to Urgdug and his reputation/character.
@torroar *immeasurable
Also, awesome update! Merry Giftmas!
Fixed, thanks.
Huh
Looks like I was wrong then
I don't suppose you have a few neat examples of the upper end of said Desai?
Beyond swami I mean (who, just as an aside, has an absolutely hilarious name, the chosen of a God being literally called 'religious teacher' made my day, so thanks for that torroar).
Itd be neat to see what cool ass powers they get
Technically, Swani is his title, not that he's given his real name to them in the meantime.
As for upper end Desai, it depends on the Deva in question. Almost all of them gain the general large increase in physical capability sort of thing. Desai of the Iron-Wrought, for instance, can take on similar forms to their Deva, gaining literal metal bodies and sprouting extra arms. Swani's abilities are more focused around the suppression/destruction of undead, but also are quite capable at removing living opponents from the mortal coil. Others, like the Desai of the Deva Gangassa, who presides over Ind's largest river, have incredible healing capabilities for body, soul, and mind, but essentially no combat ones. The Desai of Kelinda, who is the Deva of Life, Sun and Dusk, sort of have a mixture of...I suppose you could call it a mixture of light/darkness based stuff with some healing and fire stuff mixed in. Quite varied, yes, but Kelinda is bar none one of the most powerful Deva around by virtue of her profiles. Because, as noted before, the nature of the Deva being their own unique sort of warp entities is that when they come into direct conflict with one another, the winner often can absorb the remains (and domains) of the loser. Kelinda used to just be the Deva of the Kelinda Tributary which led onto the Gangassa River. She also used to be called Yemi. But, in the time since, she has taken on the aspect of the previous Deva of the Sun and Deva of Dusk, not, unsually, because of combat or conflict but to preserve their domains and power after they were fatally wounded in battle battling the forces of Chaos.
Better that little Yemi becomes mighty Kelinda than let the powerful yet dying Sirya (Sun) and Senyadive (Dusk) be absorbed/chained/drained by Kairos Fateweaver, one of the most powerful of all the Lords of Change.
Basically, the Deva being so much more personally and consistently involved on the 'ground floor' of the world, as it were, carries with it both pros and cons. Pros, more direct intervention and walking around, empowered by faith due to that sort of stuff. Powerful, at the upper reaches, as shown and stated. On the other hand, they are far more vulnerable than, say Sigmar or Morr, or the Chaos Gods proper. Thus, the actual deific landscape of Ind is dynamic and changing, new Deva rising or at least giving rise to others, or fighting each other (Deva of cities coming into conflict is common) or fighting the forces of the Chaos Gods whether materially or within the Warp. The oldest and most powerful Deva are consistently those that have effectively survived a non-static environment where Gods such as they can, in fact, die. On occasion they can be reborn, if their essences after their 'deaths' go unclaimed and reform, but that is rare and takes time indeed.
