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[ASoIaF] Are there any sellsword companies based out of Westeros?
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To add to Kmoes' answer, there are individual freeriders and hedgeknights and sellswords like Bronn. But when they form into permanent groups they can improve their long term prospects by joining or creating/taking/being granted a lordship, and their short and medium term prospects by moving to Essos and becoming an established free company. The ones that don't do that turn into groups like the Kingswood Brotherhood, and the Iron Throne does everything it can to hunt them down.