Garnet Skull Company

The Garnet Skull Company was a powerful mercenary organization operating throughout the Eastern Kingdoms and the South Seas. The Garnet Skull Company was founded approximately three hundred years after the decline of the Empire of Arathor and fell apart after the Garnet Skull Rebellion. The Garnet Skull boasted seasoned mercenaries and pirates of many races, including Humans, Dwarves, Quel'dorei and Goblins.

The Garnet Skull was first founded by a grizzled dwarf known only as 'Garnet Eye' for the garnet replacing an eye he lost. Under his leadership, the Garnet Skull slowly became a well renowned mercenary company growing to boast twelve thousand men and a fleet of fifty ships. The Garnet Skull Company mostly took contracts for nobility and corporations to do more dirty work, rarely requiring the use of their entire force. Their primary region of operations were the South Seas which seemed to never have a lack of conflict. After several years of prosperity, the Garnet Skull developed a reputation for being particularly effective and to have never broken a contract.

One day the Garnet Skull received an offer from King Daren Trollbane to defend the Kingdom of Stromgarde in the Second Alteraci-Stromic War the offer was too good to refuse and the Garnet Skull arrived in full force. Initially extremely successful, the Garnet Skull soon lost faith in Stromgarde's ability to win and negotiated their withdrawal with a prisoner in tow, Prince Edward Perenolde II, who was presumed dead.

After returning to the South Seas to take up easier work, a mutiny occurred, the Alteraci Prince murdered the Garnet Eye and resumed command, suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Edward Perenolde II then set about strengthening the Garnet Skull, later leading them to the failed Garnet Skull Rebellion which led to their dissolution.