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Reminds me of what Brandon Sanderson writes about mercenaries in his stories XD.

"Shit pay, terrible mortality rate on the job, and no body trust you. But Assassins? Everybody trusts assassins!"

Honestly, I got an idea though based on Glen Cooks work. I'm going to spend more time exploring the thought.

Probably have her be a Captain of a Free Company. Which is basically an army of mercenaries working independently of any government. The difference though is that their loyalty isn't necessarily to the highest bidder but by their oaths and contracts which made them much safer than a standard merc.

Where most men are likely at war leaving provinces defenseless, free companies tend to be the stand-ins... if they weren't previously contracted into war... which were significantly cheaper than hiring new knights. It also wasn't uncommon for low grade lordlings to war with each other in the middle of war.

Most of their pay is through what they can plunder from the battlegrounds, rather than what a lord gives them.