The Silver Lubba Band

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The Silver Lubba Band

12th of The Grand Harvest,Year 27 of the second age

 

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(For The Glory of The Eternal Silver Lubba)

 

 

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Tensions rise and fall, but even in times of peace, there are battles to be fought. With this mindset and a recent acquisition of spare land and time, The Silver Lubba Band has been made to help quench this demand for soldiers with a right price. Raiders, slavers, bandits, and simple brigands roam the realm all night and day making our roads unsafe and take wealth within minutes that could have taken them years to acquire. Unfair and dishonorable as it is to rid an innocent citizen of their goods, we seek to return the favor and take what has been taken.

 

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(The Silver Lubba Band marching to their next contract)
(FLAPTRAPS ART. BY RICHARD ANDERSON)

 

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Chain of command:

With the company still being relatively new, the structure must be simple yet effective. Taking some cultural aspects of Old-Sutican life, this band of mercenaries found its structure and titles fitting for the job of protection and honor among each other.

The Silver Lubba
The Silver Lubba is the leader of the Silver Lubba Band, making deals and contracts with whoever requests them for a reasonable sum of wealth. Often found to don a grand suit of armour decorated to establish their presence among peers.

Eternals
Eternals are the highest rank you can achieve within the band, often found to be excellently trained and often assigned to special missions that could earn them a good wage. These members are often seen stepping in for The Silver Lubba as commanders or representatives of the band to complete a deal. The Eternals are often found wearing a set of full plate armour with the respective decorations they have earned through their service to the band.

Titans
Titans are the experienced members of the band, easily distinguished with a full set of plate and a more heavy-duty weapon to finish their missions successfully. These members are granted some major bonuses such as access to storage and more restricted areas in the location the band is garrisoned.

Bondsmen
Bondsmen are the lifeblood of the band, having sworn the oath and finding themselves to wield their weapon of choice proficient enough to matter in battle they stride forth to fulfill their duties within the band. They are often given a variety of tasks, ranging from protecting roads to staying garrisoned within a city to protect the citizens inside or even fight in a grand war if the contract calls for such.

Novices

Novices are new members of the band, often seen to do the smaller tasks or walk along with the bondsmen to learn the ropes of how it all goes down. These members usually require training with their weapon and the mindset of being a bondsman, though they are still given jobs and light armour to fit in with their peers. Novices are allowed to be assigned to higher-ranking members of the band to lead them through daily life, making sure they earn their experience that way before they are recommended for promotion to Bondsman and to cite their oath.

 

 

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(Two Titans of the Silver Lubba Band patrolling the mountains of the main continent)
(The mountain pass by Sina Hayati)

 

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General Ideals:

The foundations of the Silver Lubba band are depicted here, violation of these rather basic but essential ideals could mean the removal of a member.

Trust
Trust is valued above any coin, Trust is what makes one reliable and ready to take on the world before them. This essential aspect of the Silver Lubba Band is presented as something that needs to be built up again with every new novice entering, ensuring their dedication and the building of friendships within the band to keep ourselves entertained. Trust is the foundation we all must acknowledge as everything is built on it.

Profit
The band is here to turn a profit for everyone in it, depending on individual contribution to the band they shall be rewarded accordingly upon finishing a job or taking care of a group of bandits on the road. While minas are relatively useless in today’s realms and the resources have become a bit more scarce than previous realms, profit is always put back into the band, its equipment, and its garrison site.

Honor
Honor is prevalent in many cultures, but often found lacking among peers, which is why honor is valued highly among bondsmen and higher-ranking officials to ensure a fair system among themselves and their potential contractors. This means that the Silver Lubba Band will not aid in raids and surprise attacks on citizenry or at least make an attempt at excluding citizenry from touching their weapons of choice.

 

Tolerance
Tolerance is a necessary aspect of the band as tolerance, in this case, is the acceptance of other cultures and faiths to unite under one banner as a band to allow for diversity in tactics and methods. Tolerance is also practiced as self-restraint, making sure words won’t reach us as well as minor actions, acting righteous rather than tyrannical among peers. The clear exception to this is violence exerted upon you or actions with malicious intent.

Discipline
A band of mercenaries can not exist if the band is merely affiliated with each other loosely, making communication and general efficiency a priority in the band. Those who are trained properly have allowed themselves to be trained properly with the discipline they hold and build experience from there to develop their own style. Failure to uphold discipline often puts you at odds with the world which you can not win and results in the judgement of the higher officials of the Silver Lubba Band.

 

 

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(A Novice being accepted into the bondsmen of the Silver Lubba Band by an Eternal)
(Illustration by Mohawk Games)

 

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Band Contracts:

Due to the rather fast pace of the Silver Lubba Band, it is necessary to keep up contracts for every job that they are being hired for with a time limit before it has to be renewed depending on the job provided. Every contract is honored and only one contract can be issued at a time to avoid confusion among bondsmen. Contracts provided by the Silver Lubba Band are limited, though can be negotiated with the right price.

Road protection contracts
A rather simple and to-the-point contract. A road protection contract includes the Silver Lubba Company to set up a temporary camp near a road from where they head out and patrol the roads from any malicious activities they spot. A list needs to be provided with members included that are considered malicious towards the contractee. These types of contracts are often short in duration and don’t require much payment.

Garrison contracts
Garrison contracts are similar to road protection contracts, though these contracts are for patrolling cities and settlements, defending them at any cost from raids, slavers, and malicious actions posed by the people inside. A list is to be provided to avoid confusion on what is allowed and what isn’t within the garrison. These contracts are often long in nature as supply would be little to no issue at all.

Reinforcement contracts
A reinforcement contract is as it sounds, it bolsters a group temporarily to complete tasks and aid them in their missions. The mission must be clarified beforehand and deemed ethical before this contract will be signed by the Silver Lubba band. This type of contract allows for assistance in a ‘raid’, though the bondsmen will only assist with taking on soldiers and those arming themselves to threaten the lives of the band and contractors. These contracts last for only one instance at a time or a duration of time, which is to be negotiated.

Bodyguard contracts
Bodyguard contracts are rather simple in nature. The Silver Lubba Band sets out with a small detachment or a large one depending on the severity of danger that this mission could pose. These types of contracts are often only for one mission or a duration of time and could be costly.

Training contracts
The Silver Lubba Band is able to teach soldiers, recruits, and levies to match with our bondsmen. This could be in combat, medical expertise, tracking, hunting, discipline, or general survival tactics around the world. These types of contracts are separated into two contracts: ‘Theory’ and ‘practice’ for each topic of training provided with ‘theory’ being less expensive to organize and hire and ‘practice’ often requiring more effort on the band’s end and resources thus more expensive for a contract. Duration and instances are negotiated at the creation of this contract.

Skirmish contracts
Much like the reinforcement contract, these types of contracts are a one-time thing and often used during wartime to gain an edge in rallies to march to victory. These contracts include a majority of the Silver Lubba Band to rally and reinforce for a single skirmish at a time before the contract needs to be renewed or upgraded to a war contract.

War contracts
A war contract is the most expensive, though also the one contract which requires the Silver Lubba Band’s full attention to aid in war as a faction of its own. Contracts like these are often structured on what the band rallies and what needs to be done in the war to see it to its completion and get paid per battle aside from the initial fee that pulls the band into this war.

Retrieval contracts
Retrieval contracts are often the hardest to complete successfully, though the Silver Lubba Company is willing to assist with retrieving a captured citizen or important figurehead. These contracts are often considered a standard and a clear list of what is allowed to be done and what isn’t needs to be provided. These contracts are a one-time use before they require renewal.

Custom contracts
Custom contracts are contracts that are not provided in the list stated here, often for more specialized missions and found to be a bit above the average asking price as these contracts aren’t the Silver Lubba Band’s expertise. Contracts like these vary greatly in duration and purpose, meaning all specific needs need to be stated within the contract. Custom contracts are often kept hidden away by the administration of the band to avoid discovery of its existence.

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