The Nightingale gang led by Homer Straggen. They were insolent, cunning and cruel and so, very serious about their business. They were admitted to the imperial service and hired by Schirrú to kill Geralt. The gang was destroyed in Caed Myrkvid and almost all of its members, including their leader, were killed either by the knights-errant of Toussaint or by the Caed Myrkvid druids.