Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160626203649/@comment-26397825-20160712031226

Okay, to clarify here. When you say PMC, are you talking private mercenary company, as in a somewhat organised group that hires themselves out for jobs that normally Huntsmen would take at a lower rate, or a private miltary which is highly organised and can give the Kingdoms a run for their money?

Because if it's the first, I think it could work. They wouldn't have to be that big or organised; basically something like the Akatsuki from Naruto in size and how they take bounties and do shady jobs on the side while they complete their actual mission.

But something that's basically a small Kingdom on it's own would be a bit harder to swallow but not entirely unfeasable. I doubt the Councils are going to complain if a town can take care of itself well enough that they don't have to spare resources to help out in case of a Grimm attack because a mercenary company has taken up residence there, but they possibly would have a problem if the town then started trying to become a Kingdom in its own right.