Blackwood Company
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The Blackwood Company is a minor faction based in Leyawiin. The Company mostly consists of Khajiit and Argonian members. The Company takes jobs the Fighters Guild cannot or will not handle. They are reputed to accept any contract offered, to be reckless and indiscriminate in their tactics, and to lack any screening process for new members. This is in contrast to the Fighters Guild who have a strict charter and set of rules to abide by.
According to second-in-command, Commander Ja'Fazir, "'Blackwood' refers in part to the Blackwood Forest but it also carries reference to the 'thoghatt', or 'charcoal warriors' of Khajiit tradition." Ja'Fazir also says, "The Company provides expert jihatt for selected customers. Very discreet." The Blackwood Company is the subject of the Black Horse Courier article "A New Guild for Fighters?"
The Blackwood Company is only joinable as part of the Fighters Guild questline. The faction has only 2 ranks of which only one is available to the player:
- Probationary Member
- Company Member
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[edit] Members
There are many Blackwood Company Members but a few notables stand out:
- Ri'Zakar - Leader.
- Jeetum-Ze
- Commander Ja'Fazir - Second-in-command of the Blackwood Company.
- Sergeant-of-Sharpshooters Geel
- Lieutenant Rana
- Ajum-Kajin
- Hears-Voices-in-The-Air
- Sings-Like-Thunder
- Maglir
[edit] Blackwood Company Hall
The Blackwood Company Hall is in Leyawiin across a plaza from its competition the Fighters Guild. There is a display case containing a Blackwood Shield; a heavy shield bearing the Blackwood Company crest, and also a Silver War Axe and a Silver Shortsword crossed at the hilt to resemble the same crest. The second floor of the Blackwood Company Hall has a Nirnroot in a plant pot on the mezzanine. There is another in Jeetum Ze's Room.
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[edit] Trivia
A similar mercenary group, the Talon Company, is featured in another Bethesda game, Fallout 3. There are several similarities between the groups, most notably that they both take contracts and jobs "other mercs won't". Another similarity is their liability to utilize vicious tactics, and their lack of a working morale.
