Editing Mercenary (section)

===Freerider===
"Freerider" is a broad term, sometimes used to denote a [[Horse|mounted]] sellsword, but more often referring to other mounted fighters who are not part of a [[lord]]'s retinue or [[Feudalism|feudal]] levy. Most do not collect wages, instead fighting for plunder or a hope to be taken into a lord or knight's service. Freeriders are mostly used as scouts, outriders, foragers, and light cavalry.<ref name=SSMMercenaries/>

Some freeriders are similar to [[hedge knight]]s, only lacking [[knight]]hood.<ref name=SSMMercenaries/> Others are green, untrained recruits and farm boys who have nowhere else to go. While some refugees flee to a larger settlement when war sweeps over villages, others become freeriders for a better chance of being fed and thereby avoid becoming outlaws or [[broken men]].<ref name=SSMMercenaries/>