Heaven's Fire

People and Organization

• Bagpipe - medic, reads (Jeremy Gollub)
• Bull(frog) - barbarian: "It's okay, I can handle it!"
• Catman - inventive cook: "No, really, cook it with carrots, a little thyme..."
• Doll - mage, vain (Trevor Placker)
• Flower - loner, bellicose, scout (Gretchen)
• Hack - writer, tactician: "How does this sound?"
• Hunter - laconic, hunter: "..."
• Ice - drill sergeant, officer (Chris Bertani)
• Jewel - collects rocks & women
• Lucky - officer, generic, wasn't (now deceased)
• Pigeon - animals, birds: "Don't shoot that! It's unlucky to shoot a bird!"
• Paste - jeweler, fence: "I can get 200 for it in the next town, I know this guy, see..."
• Popcorn - infernal devices, stills: "Fire in the hole!"
• Preacher - priest, stealthy, young (Dave Flowers)
• Puppy(love) - animals, number one (Brad Solberg)
• Ragwort - good cook, bad gambler
• Rusty - singer, smith, red-head
• Smiley - standard bearer, loner: "Why do you keep calling me that?" "I don't get it..."
• Snakeyes - broker, bookie
• Speck - fop, recon: "I haven't a thing to wear to this battle!"
• Stairs - trick rider: "No one can do that!" "Wanna bet?"
• Steeple - acrobat: "C'mon, it'll be fun!"
• Sticks - scrounger, builder: "A few boards, stamp the dirt floor down..."
• Sugar - cold, vivisector
• Toymaker - tinker, siege engineer, officer (Earl Hubbell)
• Turtle - captain (Adam Janin)
• Whistle - good with animals: "A little birdie told me..."
• Yurt - mongol-type, archer: "Try this, it's a man's drink!"

  Legend

  

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  Structure

  Heaven's Fire is an infantry-strong mercenary company. It fields a force of about 250, composed as follows:

  • Three infantry "cohorts," each consisting of two squads of 37 men, 1 sergeant, and 2 corporals,
  • One heavy cavalry squad of ten men,
  • Two cavalry squads of ten men each,
  • Two light cavalry/scouting squads of ten men each.

  Table of Organization

  The company is commanded by its captain (Turtle), and has the following organizational structure:

                          Captain:Turtle
                                 |
       Lieutenant/Cavalry Officer: Puppy -+- Heavy Cavalry Squad
                                 |        |   |
                                 |        |   +--- Cpl --- Medium Cavalry Squad
                                 |        |   \___ Cpl --- Medium Cavalry Squad
                                 |        |
                                 |        +- Sgt --- Light Cavalry Squad
                                 |               \___ Cpl --- Light Cavalry Squad
                                 |
                +----------------+--+------------------------+
                |                   |                        |
  Cohort Officer: Ice  Cohort Officer: Toymaker  Cohort Officer: Lucky (deceased)
       (Drillmaster)          (Siege Officer)      (Logistics Officer)
               |                    |                        |
           +---+-------+        +---+----+               +---+----+
           |           |        |        |               |        |
        Squad 1     Squad 2  Squad 1  Squad 2         Squad 1  Squad 2 
      Sgt:  Jolly
      Cpl1:
      Cpl2: Preacher
  

  In addition, there are certain supernumerary officers, such as a surgeon, a mage, etc. The company also owns about 50 horses, ten of which have been bred from Milady, Puppy's mount, and are stronger and faster than most horses.

  Seniority

  Name	Age	Seniority	Position
  Doll	?	48 years	Mage
  Turtle	~49	37 years	Captain
  Ice	~46	30 years	Drillmaster/Cohort Commander
  Flower	~44	29 years	Corporal of Light Cavalry (demoted)
  Bagpipe		20 years	Surgeon
  Toymaker	~35	15 years	Siege Officer/Cohort Commander
  Puppy(love)	~35	12 years	Cavalry Commander/"Number One"

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