Conceived during The Freight Wars, the Cross were Man Earlie's highest-ranking mercenary knights. Many led their own campaigns, commanding battalions of bandits and rustlers across the many diverse venues of the conflict. The Cross lives on today under Man Earlie's grandson Frederick, though they do not enjoy the same reputation they once had. Frederick Earlie is notoriously loose with his allotment of new memberships and anyone who can tickle his macabre humors with stories of their own exploits makes themselves a prime candidate.