Vespero's Vendetta

"A poisoned knife between the ribs is the sort of gift that most mercenary generals wish on their foes, but few would relish themselves. This keeps assassins like Vespero in constant employment, if only to make sure they're not working for the other side!"

- A brief summarization of Vespero's abundant employments

Vespero's Vendetta is a famous Dogs of War Mercenary Company which soon earned a notorious reputation as deadly duelist, reliable bodyguards, and expert saboteur and assassins. The rivalry between the Merchant princes of Tilea is so violent that everyone of consequence hires bodyguards. These bodyguards protect their master from plotters, assassins, and rebels alike. Inevitably bodygaurds of rival families, where street battles are frequently break out in the narrow alleys and piazzas of Tilean cities in times of war, revolt or civil disturbance, or in other words, pretty much every day!

It is said that Stabbio the Bad, exiled Prince of Luccini, was the first to train his bodyguards as expert duellist, armed in what has since become the traditional duellist style. Others started copying his innovative style fighting after suffering at the hands of Stabbio's henchmen. A prince finding himself an exile or fugitive from his city is wise to hire a band of freelance duellist and use their services to regain or usurp power. Indeed, not only

History
"Assassination's a dirty job, But someone got's to do it!"

- Vespero, The Wasp



These group of duelist is commanded, and lead by the dreaded Vespero, a young and reckless noblemen, much given to self-indulgence and dubious escapades. Verpero is known as "The Wasp" because of his personal duelling style which is best summed up as subborn persistence ending in a very nasty sting! Vespero was the younger son of a powerful merchant in Luccini, but due to as quarrel with a rival family over the favors of a noble lady, he was forced into exile in Verezzo where he joined a mercenary bodyguard. Unfortunately, Vespero's romantic adventures got him into trouble here as well and his expert skill resulted in the untimely end of so many noble youths in the city that their families all swore vendetta's against him and put a bounty of one million gold ducats on his head! Hunted through the streets by rival duellists, he barely escaped from the city with his life.

From that moment on, Vespero, togather with his band of reckless young duellist (hand-picked by him as the best exponent of their arts) were up for hire to the highest bidder. They soon earned a notorious reputation, not only in street fighting but in various battles, coups, and revolts throughout Tilea and beyond!

Recently, Vespero turned up in Miragliano, where Borgio gave him the opportunity to get even with his pursuer's as part of the Great Prince's political intrigues. After the last and most succesful assassination attempt of Borgio, and the street fighting in Miragliano which followed, Vespero dissapeared, although he was in no way implicated since he has been paid well and so was persumably as loyal as expected. His motives is more likely to be to seek out those behind Borgio's demise to get posthumous revenge as a final act of loyalty to his former protector. Who knowns where Vespero will turn up next?

Source
Warhammer: Regiments of Renoun pg 18 - 19