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The Mercenary Guild

This is the current list of Mercs- if you are a Merc and need to put your profile up, contact Mildred.

the Merc and Ratpacker permission slips are here

Laurie Mercbard
Grand High Poohbahs
Grand High Poohbah and MercBard Extraordinaire
Skills: "Don't even ask... you couldn't afford me."
Preffered Payment: See Skills.

Mildred G. Cady
Mommy General, WebMistress, and Merc Computer Genius
Skills: Computer networking, hacking, webpage design and maintenance. Theater and Costume skills. Pagan - mainly empathy and occasional Avatar/Oracle. Also an historical researcher.
Preferred Payment: Good quality, low calorie Chocolate that doesn't include artificial sweetners. Chambourg (a raspberry liqour). Signed copies of any and all books by John Ringo, Eric Flint, David Weber (available through Baen Publishing). Books on Tudor and Elizabethan Wales.
Note: All replies from the Merc Central Pages will be forwarded to the Merc Mommy General.

Liz the Lucky
Merc Central House Mommy
Skills: deer wrangling, explosive expert, catering, martial arts, computer graphics
Preferred Payment: Nut-free chocolate, cat collectibles. Creativity in fee preffered.
Note: Any chocolate containing nuts received *will* be counted as an attack and subject to Merc Retribution!

Fenix
Skills: Technical Recruiter- Write resumes, write job descriptions, Author (poetry, fiction, can write just about anything). Empath, cook, research specialist (just about any thing, esp. history and finding things out about people), db administration, costuming (middle ages). Matchmaker
Preferred Payment: Chocolate (milk chocolate or dark chocolate), fine red wines (WA state, Rioja region, Italian), single blond or brunet knights (must come with their own armor and be willing to defend my honor), fabric (I adore silks and velvets) in bright colors, bright shiny jewelry, airline tickets to fabulous locales (Toronto counts)
Note: I live in Seattle and it will be raining during the war. And before the war. And after the war. I'm from Cleveland originally.

Laura Davies AKA. Shadowstar
Skills: hotwiring anything electronic, webpage design, graphic design, building just about anything, climbing, rappelling, blending with shadows, weapons skills (Absoulte fascination with swords and the like), extreme writing skills, mud slinging (literally), hacking, stuff that requires esoteric knowledge, artist, lockpicking
Preferred Payment: dark chocolate, Superman's suit, autographed pictures of David James Elliot, Dean Cain

Bast
Skills: Sneaking, "assasinations"(Character, bank account, car, computer... whatever!), bodyguard, spying, hacking, theiving, knot tying, kidnapping, good with history and puzzles, good with bladed weapons (any OTHER type weapons... ummmm you MIGHT want to get out of the way), pretty good at finding info on people, hand to hand combat, snake wrangling, cat sitting (or is it the other way around?), & horse riding. I'm also, quite good at making good chocolate disappear and being a full time java junkie. I do prefer the night, it makes it easier to sneak around. I am pagan (Egyptian and Norse)good with scrying and protection (both astral and physical), decent with animal communication (Sometimes my totem animals come out to play). My calligraphy and illumination is pretty good, for the ransom note with that special touch! I can accesorize to clash, and I'm the Grasshoppah in training to the Grand High Master of REALLY bad visuals!!!
Preferred Payment: Chocolate, Chambourd, Kahlua, Captain Morgan's, Heather Cream, pretty sparklies (for that raven totem of mine), nice and sexy pictures of Marton Csocas or Karl Urban (For my wolf AND cat totems). Electronic stuff. Video games are good too, no shoot 'em ups I suck at those...

Megan Hull
Skills: Lockpicking, wiretaps, explosives, projectile weapons, traps. Good strategist, tendency to be over-practical. Innocent-looking, marvelous liar, can come up with a good excuse/rationalization for just about anything. Very persuasive, can convince just about anyone to do just about anything.
Preferred Payment: Cellas (cordial cherries, NOT QUEEN ANNS. Queen Anns are EVIL), Reeses Ppeanut Butter anything, books on influence and manipulation, antique european edged weapons, Celtic dance music CDs, leather clothing, anything that explodes.
Note: Katie Lacroix comes attached.

Katie Lacroix
Skills: Acrobat, escape artist, spy, reconnasance, artist (pencil), pick-pocket, thief, nuisance. Very, VERY sneaky.
Preferred method of payment: Ben & Jerry's 'Phish Food', Sour Patch Kids, rope, the chance to go and play with LaCroix.
Note: Katie has been described as a human superball. She appears to have severe ADHD, but this is belied by the fact that, given the proper incentive, she can accomplish some pretty complex tasks, even those that require a great deal of patience. Most of us figure she's just insane.

Rose Thatcher
Skills: Sneak thief, stunt driver abilities, good with electronics, extreamly convincing liar, innocent looking, fluent Spanish, pig-latin and shakespearian, good cook (especially treats), efficiant, equestrian talents, rock/building climbing, general knowlege of anything seemingly useless, expert seamstress, glare of death, ear-piercing squeal, and the ability to outperk any perk.
Preferred method of payment: Chocolate (preferably dark), sharp weapons, bright clothes, muppet show DVD's, pretty sparklies (the good stuff), cash, and...chocolate. (no coffie flavored stuff.)
Note: New to all this, willing to try.

Eve
Skills: Can infiltrate various government organizations, having worked for many of them in the past (still has security ID tags for StatsCan and Parks). Speaks fluent French, Middle English, ancient Egyptian, and Bureaucrat. Expert on the Victorian era, and has access to various applicable costumes. Accomplished artist. Excellent with accents, and a fair hand at imitating voices. Has extreme Nintendo Power. Former archery champion and MVP baseball player. Skilled in the ancient art of karaoke. Quite good at winning things on the radio. Wears hats well.
Preferred method of payment: chocolate-covered espresso beans, Jones soda, GameCube games, Egyptian grammar manuals
Note: None. I am very mysterious. Like the wind. Or fruitcake

Jeff Gottfred, AKA "the Professional"
Skills: Black belt in kendo (Japanese fencing--your choice of steel or wooden sword). Hobby machinist, making museum-quality historic reproductions, including precision instruments. Woodworker. Blacksmith. Flintlock gunsmith. Small plane pilot, in both sailplanes and power planes. Bareboat saltwater skipper (sailing yachts). Award-winning photographer. Tailor. Skilled navigator (land, sea, air). Magician specializing in close-up (street) magic. Jeweller (including vacuum casting and forging). Military historian (specializing in Napoleonic era, WWI, & WWII).
Preferred Payment: Gold. Jewels. Because I'm worth it! For small jobs, 75 cal. round ball (for my Brown Bess).
Note: I won my university's "Mock Assassination Game" in 1981 by obtaining confidential student records for my female "target".

Ligeia
Skills: Bqualified crew & navigator for cruising sailboat, experienced land & road navigator, historical researcher (specializing in 18th & 19th centuries), passing acquaintance with esoteric languages ranging from Mandarin to Blackfoot, truly horrible handwriting. Have PDA, will travel. Amateur librarian, learning the mysteries of Dewey and Sears...
Preferred Payment: Bernard Callebaut chocolate is preferred, but will also accept high-quality souvenir T-shirts, especially Wendy deCoste designs

Ratpackers

These are a particular group that owe allegiance to Screed, and play with the Guild during a War. Most of them remain with the Guild and are as much of a Merc as the rest of us. They are also a valuable resource during a War. In fact, there have been Merc Officers who were Ratpackers as well.

	John Ewan Ratpack Leader
	Libby Singleton Ratpack Second in Command Skills: Has a soul that is "pure Ferengi." Preferred Payment: "I like anything - shiny pretties, niblets, lil' outfits fer the wee lil' ratsies, stuff fer Screed, cheese ('cept for bleu cheese since I'm allergic to h'it and h'it tastes nasty-like), musical instruments, books...
	Tessa Brown
	Chris Thatcher
	Alan Anders
	Jenn Nelson

Merc Grand High Poobahs Emirate

Gone but not forgiven.

Maran, Mercenary Guild Founder
Jen Lackey
Maureen the Mad
Dianne la Mercenaire

Problems, bribes, adulation, and (of course) virtual chocolate to forevermerc@yahoo.com

This site is maintained by Mildred G. Cady, Merc Mommy General, WebMistress, and Computer Genius.

	Laurie Mercbard Grand High Poohbahs Grand High Poohbah and MercBard Extraordinaire Skills: "Don't even ask... you couldn't afford me." Preffered Payment: See Skills.
	Mildred G. Cady Mommy General, WebMistress, and Merc Computer Genius Skills: Computer networking, hacking, webpage design and maintenance. Theater and Costume skills. Pagan - mainly empathy and occasional Avatar/Oracle. Also an historical researcher. Preferred Payment: Good quality, low calorie Chocolate that doesn't include artificial sweetners. Chambourg (a raspberry liqour). Signed copies of any and all books by John Ringo, Eric Flint, David Weber (available through Baen Publishing). Books on Tudor and Elizabethan Wales. Note: All replies from the Merc Central Pages will be forwarded to the Merc Mommy General.
	Liz the Lucky Merc Central House Mommy Skills: deer wrangling, explosive expert, catering, martial arts, computer graphics Preferred Payment: Nut-free chocolate, cat collectibles. Creativity in fee preffered. Note: Any chocolate containing nuts received will be counted as an attack and subject to Merc Retribution!
	Fenix Skills: Technical Recruiter- Write resumes, write job descriptions, Author (poetry, fiction, can write just about anything). Empath, cook, research specialist (just about any thing, esp. history and finding things out about people), db administration, costuming (middle ages). Matchmaker Preferred Payment: Chocolate (milk chocolate or dark chocolate), fine red wines (WA state, Rioja region, Italian), single blond or brunet knights (must come with their own armor and be willing to defend my honor), fabric (I adore silks and velvets) in bright colors, bright shiny jewelry, airline tickets to fabulous locales (Toronto counts) Note: I live in Seattle and it will be raining during the war. And before the war. And after the war. I'm from Cleveland originally.
	Laura Davies AKA. Shadowstar Skills: hotwiring anything electronic, webpage design, graphic design, building just about anything, climbing, rappelling, blending with shadows, weapons skills (Absoulte fascination with swords and the like), extreme writing skills, mud slinging (literally), hacking, stuff that requires esoteric knowledge, artist, lockpicking Preferred Payment: dark chocolate, Superman's suit, autographed pictures of David James Elliot, Dean Cain
	Bast Skills: Sneaking, "assasinations"(Character, bank account, car, computer... whatever!), bodyguard, spying, hacking, theiving, knot tying, kidnapping, good with history and puzzles, good with bladed weapons (any OTHER type weapons... ummmm you MIGHT want to get out of the way), pretty good at finding info on people, hand to hand combat, snake wrangling, cat sitting (or is it the other way around?), & horse riding. I'm also, quite good at making good chocolate disappear and being a full time java junkie. I do prefer the night, it makes it easier to sneak around. I am pagan (Egyptian and Norse)good with scrying and protection (both astral and physical), decent with animal communication (Sometimes my totem animals come out to play). My calligraphy and illumination is pretty good, for the ransom note with that special touch! I can accesorize to clash, and I'm the Grasshoppah in training to the Grand High Master of REALLY bad visuals!!! Preferred Payment: Chocolate, Chambourd, Kahlua, Captain Morgan's, Heather Cream, pretty sparklies (for that raven totem of mine), nice and sexy pictures of Marton Csocas or Karl Urban (For my wolf AND cat totems). Electronic stuff. Video games are good too, no shoot 'em ups I suck at those...
	Megan Hull Skills: Lockpicking, wiretaps, explosives, projectile weapons, traps. Good strategist, tendency to be over-practical. Innocent-looking, marvelous liar, can come up with a good excuse/rationalization for just about anything. Very persuasive, can convince just about anyone to do just about anything. Preferred Payment: Cellas (cordial cherries, NOT QUEEN ANNS. Queen Anns are EVIL), Reeses Ppeanut Butter anything, books on influence and manipulation, antique european edged weapons, Celtic dance music CDs, leather clothing, anything that explodes. Note: Katie Lacroix comes attached.
	Katie Lacroix Skills: Acrobat, escape artist, spy, reconnasance, artist (pencil), pick-pocket, thief, nuisance. Very, VERY sneaky. Preferred method of payment: Ben & Jerry's 'Phish Food', Sour Patch Kids, rope, the chance to go and play with LaCroix. Note: Katie has been described as a human superball. She appears to have severe ADHD, but this is belied by the fact that, given the proper incentive, she can accomplish some pretty complex tasks, even those that require a great deal of patience. Most of us figure she's just insane.
	Rose Thatcher Skills: Sneak thief, stunt driver abilities, good with electronics, extreamly convincing liar, innocent looking, fluent Spanish, pig-latin and shakespearian, good cook (especially treats), efficiant, equestrian talents, rock/building climbing, general knowlege of anything seemingly useless, expert seamstress, glare of death, ear-piercing squeal, and the ability to outperk any perk. Preferred method of payment: Chocolate (preferably dark), sharp weapons, bright clothes, muppet show DVD's, pretty sparklies (the good stuff), cash, and...chocolate. (no coffie flavored stuff.) Note: New to all this, willing to try.
	Eve Skills: Can infiltrate various government organizations, having worked for many of them in the past (still has security ID tags for StatsCan and Parks). Speaks fluent French, Middle English, ancient Egyptian, and Bureaucrat. Expert on the Victorian era, and has access to various applicable costumes. Accomplished artist. Excellent with accents, and a fair hand at imitating voices. Has extreme Nintendo Power. Former archery champion and MVP baseball player. Skilled in the ancient art of karaoke. Quite good at winning things on the radio. Wears hats well. Preferred method of payment: chocolate-covered espresso beans, Jones soda, GameCube games, Egyptian grammar manuals Note: None. I am very mysterious. Like the wind. Or fruitcake
	Jeff Gottfred, AKA "the Professional" Skills: Black belt in kendo (Japanese fencing--your choice of steel or wooden sword). Hobby machinist, making museum-quality historic reproductions, including precision instruments. Woodworker. Blacksmith. Flintlock gunsmith. Small plane pilot, in both sailplanes and power planes. Bareboat saltwater skipper (sailing yachts). Award-winning photographer. Tailor. Skilled navigator (land, sea, air). Magician specializing in close-up (street) magic. Jeweller (including vacuum casting and forging). Military historian (specializing in Napoleonic era, WWI, & WWII). Preferred Payment: Gold. Jewels. Because I'm worth it! For small jobs, 75 cal. round ball (for my Brown Bess). Note: I won my university's "Mock Assassination Game" in 1981 by obtaining confidential student records for my female "target".
	Ligeia Skills: Bqualified crew & navigator for cruising sailboat, experienced land & road navigator, historical researcher (specializing in 18th & 19th centuries), passing acquaintance with esoteric languages ranging from Mandarin to Blackfoot, truly horrible handwriting. Have PDA, will travel. Amateur librarian, learning the mysteries of Dewey and Sears... Preferred Payment: Bernard Callebaut chocolate is preferred, but will also accept high-quality souvenir T-shirts, especially Wendy deCoste designs