A Fistful of Crowns: These guys will do literally anything for money/wyrdstone and have been known to change sides and stab their former employers in the back for just a few crowns. To represent this, opposing player(s) may attempt to bribe the pair into betraying their employers and changing sides. At the start of the game, any player(s) wishing to do this must secretly write down how much he is willing to bribe them by (this must of course be more than the pair's starting hire fee!). The controlling/employing player is advised to secretly write down a counter bid at the start of the game also. The bribing player may then choose at the start of any of his turns to attempt to bribe them (even if they are in close combat!). If he does so he must reveal the amount he has written down and if this is more than the hire fee plus the amount the controlling player has for his counter-bid, then he gains control of the pair until the end of the game. Only the player who has control of the pair is forced to pay the additional amount so that if the original controlling player loses control of them through a bribe he doesn't have to pay the counter-bid.

E.g., Captain Steiner of the Averland Avengers Warband has managed to find the duplicitous pair when scouting the ruins. He pays them their hire fee of 30 gold crowns and they agree to join his warband for the next day's Wyrdstone hunting. Because Steiner is well aware of his new partners' treacherous reputation he keeps another 30 gold crowns set aside in a pouch just in case.
Later that day, Steiner comes across the warband of his arch rival, the Reiklander Captain Albrecht `One Eye'. A fight ensues and when Albrecht recognises Ulli and Marquand (cutting a swathe through his men, no doubt!) he yells out to them that he will pay them fifty gold crowns if they change sides. Ulli and Marquand ponder this for a moment and then turn their weapons against the Averlanders. At this point Steiner throws his pouch of 30 crowns at their feet (making a total of 60 crowns and beating Albrecht's offer of 50) and, after counting the gold, our lovable rogues again turn their weapons towards the hapless Albrecht, much to Steiner's relief. Of course things could have been a lot different! For if Albrecht had bribed only 11 more crowns, because with 61 he would have beaten Steiner's counter-bid and Ulli and Marquand would have stabbed him in the back (literally!) and changed sides.

This bribing business can of course get quite interesting in multi-player games with different players attempting to bribe at different times. Whichever player succeeds in bribing, or if the controlling player maintains control, they must pay this extra amount.

Where's the Money?: These guys are not likely to accept any poor excuses if a warband cannot afford their extra pay. In the event that a player cannot pay the extra either in crowns or Wyrdstone (The warband should sell any Wyrdstone necessary in order to pay the hire or bribe) the pair will deprive the warband of an equal amount in equipment (based on market price). Failing this, they will take out their anger on the warband leader - immediately play a close combat with the pair versus the warband leader on his own and to the death!