Nice ideas I have seen developped here and that reminds of something. Do any of you knows anything about the "Ecorcheur" (Scorchers)?
These were large bands of former mercenaries (who had served the King of France during the 14th-15th century). During the periods of peace, these mercenaries would gather in large bands (often as much as 1000 men) and conduct pillage throughout the country. Much like the maraudeurs of T2K.
Then you could imagine large marauding bands acting as these ecorcheurs. traveling through the Twilight world, attacking and ravaging communities or simply forcing them to pay ransom. A favored method of the middle-ages Ecorcheurs was to capture some people from a given city. Then, they would tie them to poles and scorche them alive (making sure that their scream would be heard from the entire city). As a result, the people living in cities were given the choice: either they would pay ransom or suffer the same fate.
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