Posted April 20, 2021
THE METINAN COMPANY
TRUE TO OURSELVES
Sacraments of Metina, True to Bernard, True to Ourselves
“There are terrible things in the dark below. Are you man enough to stop them? Or will you ignore it like the rest?"
-Ratway Soldier, before being slaughtered at the hands of the ratiki incursion.
HISTORY
The Metinan Company was founded in the earliest years of the second age by Bernard de Salier, an outcast from his homelands, along with his meager companions. The Company later established the hallowed city of Luciensburg, engaging in the Rat Wars against the ratiki clan of Blackhide. The Company’s survivors and city townsfolk went on to found Du Loc, which harbored the Lectors of Owyn – who went on themselves to found the Koyo-Kuni Shogunate. The Company crumbled at the fall of Luciensburg and disappearance of Bernard de Salier, but is being refounded by once-member Quentin Brae, Lord of Du Loc and shoya-knight of Koyo-Kuni. Welcoming those houses and clans outcast from their home realms, the Company found itself at the doorstep of perpetual employment.
FEALTY TO THE PROPRIETOR
The Company is owned solely and wholly by one individual, the Master-and-Proprietor, Quentin Brae. All members of the company are undertaken in leal service to him and his company’s clients, and all company profit circulates in his name. The proprietor is formal only in his role as owner of the company, and informal in his conduct in all other respects; seldom does he obtrude in company affairs and the duty of daily function and assignments falls to his delegates in the officership.
SENIORITY IN RANK
Those most senior of the companymen are awarded a higher status and ranking of ‘Senior Companyman’, their battle-tested experience proving them worthy of trust in leading the completion of contracts assigned to them and for the privilege of assembling troopes.
RANKINGS
Maester-and-Proprietor (Maester az Bernard)
Holding the titular and fiscal ownership of the company, the Master-and-Proprietor oversees all company endeavors.
Coinmaster (Maester az Renault)
Responsible for the timely and orderly payment of the company, the Coinmaster is naturally second only to the Master-and-Proprietor.
Captain (Maester)
A grizzled veteran even amongst the senior companymen, the Captain is raised from his peers to oversee long-term contracts, such as the a ronin of Koyo-Kuni or general mercenary.
Senior Companyman (Lieutenant Senior)
Though once an honorary title for deceased companymen, the title of Senior Companyman has come to be awarded to those distinguished and skillful companymen. Senior Companymen are allowed a limited authority over their subordinates, expected to keep the ranks ready and disciplined.
Companymen
The standard rank in the company is simply that of “companyman.” It denotes one who has proved himself worthy of acceptance into the guild of sword brothers. Aside from the general ability to be awarded contract in the Company’s name, companymen will choose a martial specialization in standard arms (venstren), heavy arms (silwren), ranged arms (braesren), or as cavalrymen (ervelren); and will take a non-combative craft of their choice.
Unoathed / Non-Combative (Mundan)
Men which have not committed themselves to the company for a term of employment or have not yet shown proficiency in an area of combat will be referred to as “unoathed”, and will aid the company strictly in non-combative manners or supportive roles as deemed necessary to complete a contract or mission.
COMPENSATION
Compensation to companymen is handled primarily by the coinmaster, who is also tasked with the general drove of bookkeeping, accounting payment and the outfitting of companymen. Soldiers employed by the company are provided with room and board as well as basic tackle and arms. Naturally, they receive a portion of a bounty aided in completion, with bonuses awarded for exemplary and meritorious conduct. A dilatory companyman shall receive no pay and be potentially removed from the roster. Supportive roles are paid as necessary and evaluated on a per-use basis, should they contribute anything of substance to a contract or mission.
CONDUCT
Disregarding the significantly informal conduct of its past, the Metinan Company holds to a more strict discipline of its men. Those employed are forbidden to draw the blood of innocents, men of holy persuasion (those who are ontologically pure) and children. Furthermore, soldiers must abide by some moral code that does not waver in the waffling of gray morality, and be disavowed from tendencies which lend themselves to evile and corruption. So too is a companyman forbidden from disseminating sensitive information to third parties. Should a companyman cease to work before the duration of his contracted period has expired, he will be considered a deserter and bound for punishment in a manner set forth by the Company Maester.
“Kill them, kill them all!... and bring me a donut.”
-Bernard de Salier, in response to the awakening of the Rat Horde beneath Luciensburg.
CHAIN OF COMMAND
The company and all its members are firstly in servitude to the proprietor, chief in ownership and directive. The proprietor appoints the senior companymen as he sees fit through merit and length of employment, as well as appointing captains of contracts where required.
The companymen are secondly under the watch of their respective head of contract, be it captain in the case of long term contract or senior companyman in the case of a lesser contract. Captains within the Metinan Company hold universal authority over all senior companymen and companymen regardless of assigned contract, while senior companymen at the head of completion of contracts find their jurisdiction ends there.
Senior companymen in the ranks are comprised of those companymen who have displayed exemplary lengthy service or significant merit, and thus attain a higher status and command over the lesser companymen.
Under all are the standard companymen, who work to prove themselves in a meritocratic environment amongst their peers. Companymen are assigned to contracts on the basis of interest and need.
Outside of the traditional call of rank are the non-combatives employed by the company, including the coinmaster and untrained. These men pay service to the company not through merit of steel, but through merit of other skills. Should they prove to be useful behind the hilt of a sword, they shall be put to work as such. The Company values specific skillsets that lend themselves to knowledge and craftsmanship, and display of these skills will be duly recognized in a manner befitting their holder.
“The art of battle is similar to the art of chess in that a sword to the throat of your opponent will secure you a desirable outcome."
-[REDACTED], after being put into checkmate by a companyman.
CAPTAIN CASTILE’S MEAGRE TROOPE OF KOYO-KUNI
The Metinan Company is a subsidiary entity of Braecorp, wherein most soldiers employed find their inceptive training and first assignment. The company is perpetually employed by the City-State of Koyo-Kuni and is wholly leal to their leadership and authority, entrusted with the protection of its walls and inhabitants from ne’er-do-wells, villains and foreign legions. The captain of the watch finds it within his abilities to command all those assigned to him in the upholding of such a contract.
CONTRACTS
The Metinan Company actively seeks contracting from outside parties for security, resource acquisition, and other miscellaneous work, such as research, political espionage, spying, and more. Upon the obtainment of a contract the company appoints a senior companyman with the task of its completion through any means he sees fit. The pricing of contracts is adaptable, bending to risks both tangible and political accordingly. Those interested in formalizing a contract should further a notice to the company’s address.
The Metinan Company’s resurgence will bring greatness to all who enlist. I, Quentin Brae, am an ancient and well-connect man, and can associate you with the right contacts as necessary, should you prove to be a valued asset. All enlisted men and women will be taken care of should they prove themselves useful to the contracts and missions. I have over two-hundred years of life experience to support myself and those who I consider good friends and loyal subjects. Should you have questions, send a bird to Koyo-Kuni writ with my name as correspondence and we shall have audience.
PM fronisq on discord if you are interested or bird Shorsand (Quentin Brae) in game.
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