Seven Ravens Clan
Of all the organizxations dedicated to the trade of contract killing, the Seven Ravens Clan appears to be one of the most proliffic. Their agents are subtle, efficient, and above all unyeilding in their task. It is a sacred calling they have to seek out targets and rid the world of them as quickly and unceremoniously as possible. The do not, however, kill to kill, nor do they accept contracts unknowingly, for theres is a sacred mission. The people they end are villans, cruel and deserving of a justice. It is that which the clan clings to as their reason for this unenviable task; the death they deal is just, nothing more, nothing less.
Structure
The Seven Ravens Clan is by no account a numerous order. They are not so common that anyone could scan a room and spot the iconic organe robes, in fact, they are quite a seldom sight to see. Some of the most proliffic explorers and travelers the world over have gone their enitre lives without having seen a single member of the clan. Even in the Crane Basin, their native lands, they are not a well observed group, but the affects of their work are felt even as a single drop in the ocean, the ripples carry.
This obfuscated perception can only play to the organization's desire to remain unobserved so their work will not be interrupted, but despite any members insistance that the clan is only seven strong, it can veryu easily be assumed that there are few more than seven in their number. Perhaps many of the clansmen roost in their monestary frequently, only leaving to pursue their clan's task, or perhaps it is the opposite where the majority of the clansmen are actually off in the world pursuing the task. The truth of it is not wide spread knowledge
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The Seven Ravens Clan is ordered loosely. The number seven in their name a referrence to an ancient proverb that is said to have had a hand in the founding of the clan and primarily used as a rouse to distract their quarry and foes. The loose structure serves the clan to constantly pursue their goals and tasks, allowing the cabal of assassins, their true numbers unknown, to operate without knowing the full scale of the work being done themselves.
There seems to be, at least in some way, a structure of apprenticeship within the order, a more veteran raven taking under theior wing a newer recruit to train in the ways of the clan and carry on the clan's work. These pairs of Wandering Ravens, as they are sometimes called, would be the most common example of the clan's organization.
The only other two noted persons within the clan would be something of a leader, like a Lord Commander, but referred to as The Master of Ravens, or simply, The Master and an oracle like figure referred to as The Rook.
Culture
The Seven Ravens Clan lives a solitary life beyond the borders of the clan politcs commonplace within the Crane Basin. This monastic lifestyle secludes them in their monestary high in the ring of mountains surrounding the continental island. The clansmen are often dutiful and dower folk, but polite and amicable to amicable persons. They, much like the rest of their neighbors are steeped in long lived traditions of honor and duty, but rather than duty to a political agenda, it is to the noble cause the clan pursues in the finding and ridding of evil and vilanous persons within the Basin and without, the world over.
The clan can be most commonly idfentified by their garb, which traditionally is a set of well worn traveling robes of a burnt orange hue, bearing the symbol of their clan upon their lapels. Often a sash of sable black binds their waists, trimmed with colorful tassels of various colors; blue, jade green, violet, red, yellow, turqoise, etc. It is unknown whether the colors mean anything specific to the clan.
Public Agenda
For the drive the clan has for their goals and charges, they are not an incredibly nuianced lot when it comes to articulating their tasks. The Seven Ravens Clan seeks the destruction of evil in the common man, the evil that drives people to be unredeamable villians and cause wanton suffering. To this end, they scour the world for these people, led by their leadership that has some level of divination aptitude, to end them and their portfolio of vile deeds.
Assets
Aside from their skills as warriors and trained killers, the Seven Ravens Clan holds in its back pocket a secret that not many know of. The magnitusde of this secret is a credit to their seclusion from society as well as their keen ability to complete their work with little delay. It is said that the Seven Ravens Clan are shapechangers of a certain kind, similar to lycnathiropy, but none outside the organization knows the secret and of the myriad members of the collective, even the most easy going will never lend credence to these rumors, but on more than one occassion, feathered creatures have been seen descending upon their prey and left behind are a handful of jet black feathers.
We are the Blind Blade of Justice
Type
Guild, Assassins
Alternative Names
Orange Suits, Raven-sworn, Joyless Executioners, Wandering Ravens
Training Level
Professional
Veterancy Level
Decorated/Honored
Demonym
Raven
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