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The Golden Company was a force of mercenary cavalry originating in the [[:Category:The South|Southern Threshold]], drawn originally from the ranks of the Southern nomads. What official histories exist set their founding date in RY692 by [[Acieraz the Absinthian]], an illegitimate son of Tri-Khan of [[Chiaroscuro]] forced into exile after failed maneuvers at court. Naming his host for the golden sands of the Southern deserts, Acieraz gathered tribesmen from the Delzahn and other [[Horse]] tribes, those exiled like himself, and later tempted from their traditional lifestyles by the silver of [[The Guild]] and local despots.

The Golden Company claimed a long history of victories, some of which can be confirmed, such as the [[Suppression of the Fallen Court]] on the side of [[Gens Raskali]], Guild-sponsored pushes to drive back the [[Simhata]] tribes threatening their trade routes south of [[Varang]]ia (where the leaders of the Company captured several lion-horses), and the [[Battle of Mishaka]]. At their height, they numbered a full dragon of cavalry, in light armour with lances and shortbows, officers distinctive in gold-leafed helms and all wearing yellow cloaks.

The Company suffered significant losses in service with [[Confederation of Rivers]] during the [[War of Broken Thorns]], with much of the company destroyed in the [[Battle of Forked Creek]]. Survivors served at Mishaka in a minor capacity, and following the war moved into the [[Hundred Kingdoms]] for several years, though their renown and size never matched its previous heights. The Company was finally destroyed after moving northward seeking to join the armies of Azerban in the [[Camapign Against the Anathema-Voivode]]. Unable to penetrate the battle lines of Realm forces to reach the Anathema’s armies, the much-reduced Company signed on with the forces of the [[Great Bear of the Laran Moor]], raiding with great success behind the lines of the [[4th Imperial Legion]] until the Legion and a [[Wyld Hunt]] detachment out of the [[Pinnacle of the Eye of the Hunt]] wiped the last of the Company out in the [[Hunt for the Great Bear]].

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−	The Company suffered significant losses in service with [[Confederation of Rivers]] during the [[War of Broken Thorns]], with much of the company destroyed in the [[Battle of Forked Creek]]. Survivors served at Mishaka in a minor capacity, and following the war moved into the [[Hundred Kingdoms]] for several years, though their renown and size never matched its previous heights. The Company was finally destroyed after moving northward seeking to join the armies of Azerban in the [[~~Camapign Against~~ the Anathema Voivode]]. Unable to penetrate the battle lines of Realm forces to reach the Anathema’s armies, the much-reduced Company signed on with the forces of the [[Great Bear of the Laran Moor]], raiding with great success behind the lines of the [[4th Imperial Legion]] until the Legion and a [[Wyld Hunt]] detachment out of the [[Pinnacle of the Eye of the Hunt]] wiped the last of the Company out in the [[Hunt for the Great Bear]].	+	The Company suffered significant losses in service with [[Confederation of Rivers]] during the [[War of Broken Thorns]], with much of the company destroyed in the [[Battle of Forked Creek]]. Survivors served at Mishaka in a minor capacity, and following the war moved into the [[Hundred Kingdoms]] for several years, though their renown and size never matched its previous heights. The Company was finally destroyed after moving northward seeking to join the armies of Azerban in the [[Campaign against the Anathema-Voivode]]. Unable to penetrate the battle lines of Realm forces to reach the Anathema’s armies, the much-reduced Company signed on with the forces of the [[Great Bear of the Laran Moor]], raiding with great success behind the lines of the [[4th Imperial Legion]] until the Legion and a [[Wyld Hunt]] detachment out of the [[Pinnacle of the Eye of the Hunt]] wiped the last of the Company out in the [[Hunt for the Great Bear]].


	[[Category:Mercenary Companies]]		[[Category:Mercenary Companies]]

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−	The Company suffered significant losses in service with [[Confederation of Rivers]] during the [[War of Broken Thorns]], with much of the company destroyed in the [[Battle of Forked Creek]]. Survivors served at Mishaka in a minor capacity, and following the war moved into the [[Hundred Kingdoms]] for several years, though their renown and size never matched its previous heights. The Company was finally destroyed after moving northward seeking to join the armies of Azerban in the [[Camapign Against the Anathema-Voivode]]. Unable to penetrate the battle lines of Realm forces to reach the Anathema’s armies, the much-reduced Company signed on with the forces of the [[Great Bear of the Laran Moor]], raiding with great success behind the lines of the [[4th Imperial Legion]] until the Legion and a [[Wyld Hunt]] detachment out of the [[Pinnacle of the Eye of the Hunt]] wiped the last of the Company out in the [[Hunt for the Great Bear]].	+	The Company suffered significant losses in service with [[Confederation of Rivers]] during the [[War of Broken Thorns]], with much of the company destroyed in the [[Battle of Forked Creek]]. Survivors served at Mishaka in a minor capacity, and following the war moved into the [[Hundred Kingdoms]] for several years, though their renown and size never matched its previous heights. The Company was finally destroyed after moving northward seeking to join the armies of Azerban in the [[Camapign Against the Anathema Voivode]]. Unable to penetrate the battle lines of Realm forces to reach the Anathema’s armies, the much-reduced Company signed on with the forces of the [[Great Bear of the Laran Moor]], raiding with great success behind the lines of the [[4th Imperial Legion]] until the Legion and a [[Wyld Hunt]] detachment out of the [[Pinnacle of the Eye of the Hunt]] wiped the last of the Company out in the [[Hunt for the Great Bear]].


	[[Category:Mercenary Companies]]		[[Category:Mercenary Companies]]