Storm Sons

The Storm Sons are a mercenary company based in Vistánia that has been in existence since the 4th century C.A. They are the largest and arguably the most highly trained and well-equipped mercenary companies in all of the Northern Continent, and have been noted for being relentless and brutal when it comes to fulfilling contracts. Throughout the years they have been employed by many different nations, city-states and wealthy barons in need of the best guards, but have maintained a policy of never fighting against Vistánia. Their primary employers have often been the wealthy Antoshi. Over the years, the Storm Sons have continually upgraded their weaponry and armaments to keep with the times, but have always maintained a tradition of wearing outfits with numerous brightly colored slashed stripes. When airships were added to their retinue, they were given paint jobs in a similar style. Thus, the Storm Sons and their vessels have always been very easily identifiable.

When the Valkarian Empire conquered Vistánia in 635 C.A., they disallowed the Vistánians from having their own army, but permitted the Storm Sons to stay together, on the condition that they never take up arms against Valkaria.

The Valkarians briefly employed the Storm Sons to fight for them against the Laurians during the War of the Islands, but many Valkarian officers who fought alongside them disapproved of their conduct, finding their style of fighting to be dishonorable, brutish, and incompatible with the Valkarian way. Thus, the Valkarians decided not to continue the contract, so six months into the war, the Storm Sons returned to their homeland. In the year 997, as the city-states in the Western Sangkovian Range seemed to be winning their fight for independence, the Valkarians grew desperate and tried to hire the Storm Sons again, but they declined, and the separatists won while the Storm Sons and the rest of Vistánia stayed neutral.

Since the fall of the Valkarian Empire in 999 C.A., Storm Sons have been seen escorting merchant convoys and occasionally working as household guards for the rich and paranoid. More recently, a large number of them have been seen in Balkor, an independent city-state equidistant between Vistánian and Cerellian territory.