Self-designation Terms for Different Monster Hunter Teams in the World

[Icelander]

Here are some ideas floated for the PCs private group of Monster Hunters, funded by an eccentric centenarian Texas billionaire with a colourful history; including WWII service in the French Foreign Legion, alleged mob ties in the 50s and 60s, decades of adventurous investments in natural resources in various exciting parts of the world and the like.

These Monster Hunters travel by yacht and patrol the Caribbean and parts of the US Gulf Coast, driven by either the visions or whims of the ancient Patron.

Stewards. Despite the potential for confusion with the actual stewards on board the yacht Penemue, the connotations of responsible management and caretaking are very much what I want to convey. The men who go into the Vile Vortex and prevent Things from Beyond from sundering the veil between worlds, they are clearly Stewards, of the Caribbean, of the Gulf Coast and the entire US, of Humanity and the world.

Wardens. For much the same reasons, as well as the connection with Fish and Game Wardens. They're Creepy Critter Wardens and they're there to ensure that everyone bags the limit. A negative factor is that the Dresden Files feature paramilitary wizards with an analogous task that were called the Wardens, which makes it unfortunately unoriginal.

Roughnecks. From the beginning, Kessler has employed people he knows and their families, friends and trusted comrades. At the start, that meant basically two things. Former French Foreign Legion (and/or mercenaries with African experience) and Texans. And to Texans, working for Kessler and carrying a gun has many similarities with working oil rigs and the same sort of man might be drawn to the work.

Filibusters. Probably too obscure, but private warriors working for an anti-authoritarian Southern gentleman with limited respect for legality and engaging in adventurous violent endeavors abroad in defiance of official US policy?

Wild Bunch. Because fictional characters also consume media and are aware of tropes.

Legion of the Lost. Kessler wouldn't sing the Whiffenpoof song, but he was a Legionnaire, as were many of the mercenaries he had a working relationship with when he started this. Maybe even have the real Old Guard refer to it with the French version, 'Légion des perdus'. After all, Kipling could be a sentimental favorite with pretty much anyone, right?

Cohort of the Damned. Alternative to above, same original source (Kipling's 'Gentleman-Rankers').

Les Boudins. If we really want to lean into the origins, though I'm skeptical that influence from the older mercenaries and former Legionnaires would be enough to retain a name that only makes sense to French-speakers and only resonates with former Legionnaires, at least once US citizens start making up the majority of the teams.

Chasseurs de monstres. Or just Chasseurs, as it's a lot more plausible retaining a one-word name in a foreign language than a clumsier title, especially if all conversation is in English. And as every character created so who speaks French also having good English, but some of the Anglophones being monolingual, it's probably going to be the case that English is the language everyone speaks together.