{"id":184,"date":"2025-10-23T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koltrasten.com\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:35:18","slug":"elementor-184","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.koltrasten.com\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"184\" class=\"elementor elementor-184\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2878cfb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2878cfb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6beaef79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6beaef79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d70044c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d70044c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2796fa3d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2796fa3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9337ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f9337ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c294a6 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c294a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>Introductory setting<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>The battlefield lies several days\u2019 march south of Brevoy\u2019s final border steads a no-man\u2019s-land of brambled hills, broken trails, and ancient stone ruins. Fog clings to the hollows. Trees lean like sentinels over the dead. And silence lingers where hoofbeats once thundered.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Few come here by choice. Fewer return.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Black Banner Company<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-190 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.koltrasten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BB1.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.koltrasten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BB1.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.koltrasten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BB1.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.koltrasten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BB1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.koltrasten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BB1.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Banner &#8211; Made by <em>Clawens <\/em>with <em>ChatGPT<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Black Banner Company was no one\u2019s first choice. They weren\u2019t the shining heroes of war ballads, nor the polished elite of noble houses. They were iron blooded, dirt-born, and fire-tempered \u2014 fighters who took coin for dangerous work and didn\u2019t ask questions.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If it bled,\u00a0they\u2019d\u00a0kill it. If it whispered,\u00a0they\u2019d\u00a0silence it. If it paid,\u00a0they\u2019d\u00a0take the job.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their symbol was a plain square of black cloth, raised high on a weathered pike before every battle. A banner of mourning, not glory \u2014 a reminder that every step forward might be their last. That their dead had earned no graves, only ash and earth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Company was made of broken people: disgraced knights, hunted outlaws, mad-eyed mages, and those who had simply nowhere else to go. What they lacked in unity, they made up for with discipline. They trained hard, marched harder, and fought like cornered beasts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They were not loyal \u2014 but they were committed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their last contract brought them into the untamed borderlands to investigate and confront a\u00a0supposed band\u00a0of centaur raiders. A routine job. Clear the trail. Scare off the beasts. Collect the gold.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But what they found was\u00a0Varkari\u2019s\u00a0Gallop.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And they were annihilated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41bee174 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41bee174\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fb3813 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"42fb3813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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