SAMURAI

Soldiers who use melee weapons and techniques. The most common type of mercenary.
The term, Samurai, was born after the establishment of the Daimyo, as a way of differentiating them from the emerging gunslinger profession.
While favouring blades, axes and staffs, samurai typically carry a side arm.

GUNSLINGER

Soldiers who use firearms and long range techniques.
Railguns became miniaturised around 350A1, quickly becoming adapted by mercenaries. Most sword swinging mercenaries can deflect bullets with their enhanced reflexes, so samurai didn’t become extinct entirely, but these new long range mercenaries commanded a high price from clients for their ability to handle jobs at a distance.

SENTINAL

Soldiers who favour unarmed combat, using techniques to enhance their attack power.
Durable warriors, a favourite choice for bodyguard jobs. Will still carry weapons, but focus their training into martial arts which allow them to compete with even armed opponents, usually by disarming their weapons or breaking their bones.

hunter

Demon hunters, who use their enhanced abilities to hunt down large, dangerous beasts.
With most Demon too large to be taken down by the average civilian, villages are reliant on Hunters to keep their stores stocked.
Their training includes a focus on respecting the natural order, with overhunting and poaching being punishable offences.

SMith

Create and sell weapons to other mercenaries.
The code prevent them from selling to civilians, and restrict inventory based on the mercenaries license (For example, a firearm can only by sold to someone cleared for a gun license).
Some travel while other set up shops in towns where mercenaries pass through.

Builder

Use energy manipulation to create or repair structures.
Often contracts include a clause about paying a builder to repair damage caused during a job, with the payment coming out of the warrior mercenaries cut.
Most prefer to set up shops, rather than traveling around.

Diplomat

Trained in conflict de-escalation, these monks are often sought after to solve disputes peacefully. They are trained in shield techniques to protect their clients during a job, with their training focused on forgien customs and psychology.

doctor

Trained in using energy manipulation to heal, by fixing bones, curing illness, repairing wounds etc. The more academic of monks, Doctors will often research new healing techniques to expand the collective skill set, by sharing their findings at local temples with students.
They sometimes create local practices to heal more efficiently.

Tamer

Trained in handling Demon; communicating and if necessary, how to pacify without killing. Often called in if Demon are moving territory into Mortal settlements.
Will typically have a Demon partner as support.

undertaker

Prepare dead bodies; remove the flesh and tribute it to the family or tribes patron Demon shrine, ensuring that the deceased is returned to the cycle of nature. The bones are incinerated and ashes given to the family, or placed in the crypt beneath the temple of Terra.

Jailer

Take in captured bounties and deliver them to the central prison at the Temple of Thunder.
Set up shop at Chapels of Punishment, where bounties are recorded and the payment given in advance, and haded to the mercenary who completes them.
Trained in restraining techniques to prevent escape.

EXORCIST

Fight Demin; restless spirits. They are trained in identifying Demin types and discovering clues as to why the Demin appeared, then ascertaining the best way to banish them.
People seek them out in need of protection from evil or fortune from the gods.

TRACKER

Skilled in following trails and archery. Use ninja tools to disorientate targets and support their teammates from a distance.

TRAPPER

Skilled in trap setting and loosing potential tails. Designed to counter enemy trackers and restricting enemy field of movement.

ASSASSIN

Stealth warriors, skilled in taking out targets without being seen.
Work in tandem with tracker and trappers, rather than duelling an opponent.

spy

Trained to infiltrate organisations and households and extract information, or keep tabs on a potential target. A controversial profession that is often avoided, to prevent starting an incident between countries. Lack advanced combat techniques, so rely on support from a ninja team.

Watcher

Hidden bodyguards that follow the Shaman everywhere.
In the temples of the elements, they stay hidden in the rafters, as not to alarm anybody to their presence.

Executioner

Trained in the five point death strike technique; a method of quickly stopping the heart from beating, causing an instant and painless death.
Executions are only authorised if all five shaman agree that a convict should receive the death penalty, which is an extremely rare occurrence, and only happens in the most extreme circumstance. The execution is carried out immediately after the verdict, with the executioner dropping from above and delivering the killing strike before the convicted even know they are there.

CLAN

Small collections of Mercenaries that pool resources and take jobs as a team. By establishing a brand they are able to attract clients more easily, as word of their deeds spreads and is associated with the clan as a whole.

RONIN

A mercenary with no clan. Typically find it hard to get work, but is often preferred by loner types.

ROUGE

Blacklisted mercenaries or an entire clan.
Were excommunicated by the Shaman for breaking the code and are considered hostile; they aren’t allowed within temples and smiths are instructed to not sell to them (though not all follow this law).
They are still allowed access to Doctors, however.
Many clients will avoid a blacklisted clan, with most turning to criminal clients who don’t care about the Shaman’s code, and are employed for anything from extortion, smuggling, piracy to assassination.

SHAMAN

The 5 shaman lead the League of Mercenaries, also known as the League of Shaman. The council oversees the direction the League is taking, analyse foreign affairs and deliver judgement to bounties.
Each decision requires a certain level of approval (a single shaman can grant license, but all 5 must be unanimous to declare an execution).
Each oversees an element, and takes a role in the councils decision making.

thunder - IMPULSE

Prefer decisive action

fire - ORDER

Focus on the rules and how to best implement them.

terra - compassion

Prefer to consider about emotions and ethical ramifications.

wind - PATIENCE

Prefer a long term approach to issues.

water - logic

Think of the greater good and seek compromise between the other shaman.

DAIMYO

Lead small collections of clans, by acting as a Shaman in all but name.
Allowed for greater protection and profits for the League, by expanding manpower and coordinating mercenary activity.
Their presence led to a Mercenary civil war in 12A2, between rival Daimyo who used their mercenary armies to claim territory and power. The war was ended when the Daimyo was abolished in 68A2, however Mercenaries fell out of favour as clients sought protection from the Private Mercenary Nation, which sold military support through PMC (Private Mercenary Corporations).