Sounds pretty good to me! There would have to be a reason the up and coming leader is wanted dead. Perhaps they look to change the state of things. Since the states are warring, perhaps the leader has a proposal of peace? Or he could come from a state that doesn't hold as much power, and he...
I agree, I think having politics in the plot would make things interesting. Perhaps we could combine the two and do something where the mercs are hired to protect a leader with great influence? I'm just throwing ideas out there.
Okay okay! So while we wait for that, for the RP did you have any idea of what idea you were more interested in or any character you'd like to develop so far?