Bog Wraiths

The Bog Wraiths are a mercenary company that operates out of Castle Wydmoore, a few miles southwest of Wydmoore Free City proper. Additionally, they maintain a number of garrisons, keeps, and watchstations throughout the Wydmoore region. The largest of the few truly independent mercenary companies on the mainland, the Bog Wraiths' presence in the Free City actually predates Wydmoore's autonomy by some time, when they were nominally attached to the Ubrekti government. After the city was occupied by heretics during the Third Interregnum, the Bog Wraiths joined the insurrection and were instrumental in defeating the seige of Odriss Rockheart. After the heretics and Bog Wraiths came to terms with Rockheart, they supported him zealously and were crucial to ending the Interregnum, thwarting multiple assassination attempts and becoming part of his honor guard after Rockheart assumed the Arch-Wardenship in 712 FI. Under the terms of the post-Interregnum Rockheart Charter, the city of Wydmoorewas granted self-determination by Arch-Warden's decree and the Bog Wraiths came to provide 1/3rd of the manpower for the Sentinels of the Stand, the Arch-Warden's elite mercenary guard, for which they would receive an annual stipend from the church. Afterwards, they played a key role in the Convention of Autonomy and the creation of the Stones of Law. From time to time, they are contracted by sovereign nations for medium scale and precision military engagements, such as rooting out dens of servitors or disbanding bandit camps. In general, however, the Bog Wraith's days of contributing to offensive campaigns are no more, and their survival is inexorably tied to the free city's. As such, they have become master engineers and siege breakers, and are rumored to maintain a magical non-tunnel system connecting Castle Wydmoore, the Cathedral of Origin, and the Keep of the City Magius, possibly in conjunction with the City Magius himself.

The current Lord General of the Bog Wraiths is Ralth Onorodil, a capable human dual-swordsman of middle years who has held the position for the past fifteen months. Before assuming the position of Lord General, Onorodil was for eleven years one the Triumvrial Sentinels, responsible for Arch-Warden Ardrell Mathrew's contingent of Bog Wraiths. He stepped down from that position for unknown reasons after Mathrew's death and became the master-at-arms for Castle Wydmoore until declared successor by the retiring Lord General Naprid Daithe. Onorodil has remained generally aloof from Wydmoore politics, abstaining from most policy discussions and instead throwing himself into the updating of Wydmoore's defensive plans and structures.