Do I need to know a lot of background from the books?

No! The books are a great read but our incarnation of the Black Company starts way after the books end and on a different plane.

In brief, our live roleplay incarnation of Black Company knows little of its own origin. Its history, what’s known of it, is recorded in the Company Annals and tells how ‘The Black Company’ is the last survivor of the Free Companies of Khatovar (a land on a different world, long lost) and crossed to this world through a place called the ‘Glittering Plane’ some eleven years ago.

The Annals are records that go back centuries, the Ancient Annals are what we call Glenn Coook's books while 'In Character', the Current Annals describe the events of the last decade or so of Black Company Live Role play exploits.

(To reach any senior rank you have to have read the books (or Ancient Annals as we refer to them).

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