Grey Company



The Grey Company is a company of sellswords that is viewed in Middle-Earth as one of finest and most powerful companies in Eriador. Despite the notorious unreliability of sellswords, the Grey Company is reputed to have never broken a contract.

Culture
Founded sometime during the Third Age in Middle-Earth, the Grey Company prefer to call themselves a free comradeship and community of people. Unlike most hosts of household knights and feudal levies, the Grey Company are highly disciplined soldiers and are able to quickly establish orderly camps. Highly trained officers carry a highly sense of honor to their soldiers. Like many in their trade they keep their worldly wealth upon their person, including jewelled swords, inlaid armor, heavy torcs, and fine silks.

Foundation
In the aftermath of the War of the Last Alliance, a group of highly trained warriors and knights, who were exiled from their kingdoms of Gondor, Rohan, Arnor, Rhovanion, Harad, Umbar, Dunland, Harondor, Near-Harad, Shen, and Rhûn, decided to create a sellsword company in T.A. 212 in order to bind themselves together. Settling in the grand nation of Eriador, the Grey Company began its operation and would be hired by any person willing to ask for aid. Over the years throughout the Third Age, the mercenaries of Grey Company would often raid enemy caravans in order to gain as much wealth and would one day earn a reputation in becoming lords.