The Hagslayers
The Hagslayers are an amateur group of adventurers from the Council of Oars. They sailed up from the Maw through The Republics waterways and ended up in Yeffield. They started out as drifters - digging through the Red Ruins up north and coming back to Yeffield to rest. However, when the Wretch problem started getting worse in Yeffield - Cecilia made the decision to hire them as the towns militia. A decision which much of the town did not really agree with.
Structure
The Hagslayers are barely organized. Raniero is the leader but the whole organization works more like a Hag Dig than anything. The mercenaries often argue amongst each other, squabbling about pay and missions. Too much work or too little work. Raniero keeps everyone in order but doesn't seem to fussed about it. He doesn't care about the town or order, he only wants to get paid. Thus, it is left to Cecilia to keep the Hagslayers in check. This is usually not an issue but has caused some problems with fey in the past.
Nobody is sure how Raniero rewards his underlings. It is thought that pay works on a task-to-task basis. Whenever somebody presents him with a piece of loot or a job well done he will compensate them accordingly.
Public Agenda
The Hagslayers are supposedly looking to rid the world of Wretch. However, everybody knows they're a mercenary group. They kill whatever Ichor-fiends they can find and pawn of the corpse to the highest bidder. Yeffield did undeniably have a problem with Wretch before the Hagslayers showed up but its gotten so bad that most townsfolk would rather take the Wretch than Hagslayers. Cecilia defends them but the fact of the matter is that the longer the stay, the angrier people get. They don't get on with the towns guard either.
They have completely driven out the locals from the Frederick's house, they harass dockworkers regularly, cause a ruckus in the market, and pick fights with fey.
Assets
The Hagslayers are a mercenary group. They are well equipped with both trained men, weapons, and a wealth of knowledge. Although they are poorly organized, they are still dangerous.
Mercenaries. The Hagslayers consists of maybe 40 people. Most of them are fighters, some of them handle more legislative matters. They are not the town guard. They will not put away thieves. They won't stop crime. They work exclusively in the business of monster hunting. They get paid to discard of any Wretch which washes up on the Old Lakes' shores and do little more than that.
Weapons. They control an impressive arsenal of weapons which is kept in the Frederick's House. There is both any number of traditional weapons you could imagine, along side some more esoteric choices from the Thicket or Silent Isles. They have poisons and alchemical supplies too. Rumor has it that Raniero, the head, even has a living weapon.
Knowledge. They might come of as inexperienced fools but even inexperienced hunters are far wiser than the average man. If you are looking for any information surrounding monsters - seek out the Hagslayers.
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