The Golden Company were a company of sellswords founded by the Great Bastard, Aegor Rivers. They were considered the largest, most famous, and most expensive sellsword or mercenary company in the Free Cities. Despite the notorious unreliability of sellswords, the Golden Company were reputed to have never broken a contract. Their motto was "Our word is good as gold." Following their aid in Aegon VI Targaryen's conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Golden Company was disbanded, and many of it's higher officers granted lands and titles.