"I could send mercenary tarnsmen from the north, but I would prefer not to have war." "It is in the wagon of Kutaituchik," Saphrar was saying. "You could not," said the man, "for I am a mercenary of Ar who took service in Tharna only within the time of the revolt." Yet another man took from his head the blue helmet.
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"You are Tai," said she, "a tarnsman, wounded in the war with Thentis in the year before I ascended the throne of Tharna." Her tarnsmen might be mercenaries, or perhaps men like Thorn, Captain of Tharna, who in spite of their city thought well of themselves and maintained at least the shreds of caste pride. Yet I knew there would be tarnsmen in Tharna, and good ones, for her name was respected among the martial, hostile cities of Gor. Since the siege of Ar, when Pa-Kur, Master Assassin, had violated the limits of his caste and had presumed, in contradiction to the traditions of Gor, to lead a horde upon the city, intending to make himself Ubar, the Caste of Assassins had lived as hated, hunted men, no longer esteemed mercenaries whose services were sought by cities, and, as often by factions within cities. For that matter, though I did not seriously consider the possibility, being without a city, in effect an outlaw, I was entitled in the Gorean way of thinking to take the bird or its purchase price in any way I saw fit. I had no money with which to purchase a tarn but I reasoned my hiring price as a swordsman might be sufficient to purchase a mount. It would shorten the trip to the Sardar Mountains by weeks. I wondered if I might be able to secure a tarn in the intriguing city of Tharna. The large contingent of mercenaries who had flocked to his banner were kept as work slaves for a period of one year, to fill in the vast ditches and siege tunnels, to repair the extensive damage to the walls of Ar, and to rebuild those of its buildings that had been injured or burned in the fighting. The Home Stones of the Twelve Tributary Cities were returned, and those men who had served Pa-Kur from those cities were allowed to return to their cities rejoicing. "Besides, few of the soldiers of Gor, barbarians though they might be, would risk the destruction of their city's Home Stone - the luck of their birthplace."ĭue, I believe, partly to my arguments and the prestige of what I had done, unprecedented lenience was shown to the surrendered armies of Pa-Kur. "Surely not all of Pa-Kur's horde are adventurers, mercenaries." Noting the Ubar's interest, I went on. "Perhaps some of them fight for their freedom, for the right to keep their own Home Stone," I said. Kazrak, as he had promised, turned over the balance of his hiring price to me a very respectable eighty tarn disks. "Kazrak of Port Kar," said Mintar, "do you agree to surrender the balance of your hiring price to Tarl of Bristol if he takes your place in my service?" Oddly enough, my only fear was what would happen to the girl.
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#Mount and blade mercenary contract code#
"I am a merchant," said Mintar, "and it is in my code to see that I am paid." "Then I cannot pay the debt I owe you," I said. "Her sale price would not bring half the hiring price of a sword such as that of Kazrak of Port Kar." Talena reacted as if slapped. "In the wagons I have four hundred fully as beautiful, destined for the City of Tents." He looked at Talena carefully, but his appraisal was remote, detached. "I have no goods other than this girl," I said, "and I will not give her up." "Can you pay the hiring price of such a sword?" I make no pronouncements on these matters, but report them as I find them.
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These are relevant references from the Books where the Mercenary is mentioned.