The Blades of Lysse is a small but efficient army consisting of drafted people from Aison and beyond. It was started by the "Lysse Four"--"Big" Sal Umber, Kioni Umber, Garrel Isen and Ragnar Daenyathos Jaeger--who rescued a small Aisonian town of Lysse from a bloodthirsty gang of bandits who had been exploiting the townspeople for years. The Blades seek to bring stability and peace back to the ravaged lives of ordinary people by making the places they live in safe from attack and exploitation.