Mercenaries

Mercenaries were an enemy class encountered by Kain in Blood Omen 2. They were seen in Chapter 6: The Industrial Quarter, Chapter 7: The Canyons  and were later briefly seen guarding the Wharves in Chapter 10.

Mercenaries were a type of enemy affiliated with the Sarafan Order, they wore little armor, only a metallic helmet and several metallic 'pads'. They were first seen in the introduction to Chapter 6:The Industrial Quarter, where a male Mercenary and a Sarafan Archer were seen patrolling the outside of the Industrial Quarter. Along with the Sarafan Archers, male Mercenaries were frequently encountered as enemies in the Industrial Quarter

A similarly attired female Mercenary variant would later be encountered in Chapter 7:The Canyons, following the Merchant trading carts and attempting to protect them from attack by Smugglers (and Kain). Mercenaries (the male variant) were also one of the enemy classes encounterd (briefly) in Chapter 11 in the diversely populated Wharves

Though they were not as heavily armored as other Sarafan troops, Mercenaries were better armed and stronger than regular Sarafan guards, despite apparently lacking the discipline of their Sarafan counterparts. male Mercenaries were armed with a Scimitar and female mercenaries with an axe.