The Black Company is a mercenary group, actually a small army, that is more or less permanently contracted to the government of Attellaria. They are well known for using psionic methods, seige techniques, and technological means in addition to magic. At full strength, the Company numbers about 15,000 effectives; the Company has no non-combatants. Usually they do not all gather in one place, as such makes a government very nervous.
At the Battle of the Southern Coast on November 19, 1166, the Company lost almost five thousand members.
The leader of the Black Company is a fighter/magic-user named Grimolas.
The Company has a headquarters building in the southwest part of the city, where the officers and noncoms live in between jobs. This is a three story building on the Market Square on White Rose street.
The bulk of the company lives in other parts of the city.