Hired Guns

""Not a crazed gunman, dad, I'm an assassin... Well the difference bein', one is a job, and the other's mental sickness!""

- Team Fortress 2, "Meet the Sniper"

Also known as Mercenaries, Soldiers of Fortune, and a dozen other names. A common nickname is 'Merc'. These characters can have a wide range of personalities, some with honor, or codes, or limitations, and others being Complete Monsters who will kill anybody to get the job done. The only common thread is that whatever they're into, it's a job, and they're getting paid.

Tropes:

 * Bounty Hunter
 * Carnival of Killers
 * Consummate Professional
 * Contract On the Hitman
 * Corporate Samurai
 * Fighting For A Homeland
 * Former Regime Personnel
 * Hitman With a Heart
 * Immortal Assassin
 * Knowledge Broker
 * The Informant
 * Law Enforcement, Inc.
 * Loveable Rogue
 * The Magnificent Seven Samurai
 * Murder, Inc.
 * Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer
 * Only in It For The Money
 * Private Military Contractors
 * Professional Killer
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Punch Clock Hero
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * Those Two Bad Guys
 * We Help the Helpless