A mercenary company run by Vito Vitali. In order to secure his vision of Aregrionno's future - one without guilds, under control of the Crown - Vitali invested an astronomical amount of funds.

While he did not pay for this alone - he was merely the representative of a cabal of Ordo Sacculis (Order of the Purse) members - estimates are that his roughly 2000 troops were paid 4 months' wages in advance. At 5 silver per day, that comes down to roughly 25.000 gold, out of pocket.