Ĉasisto
pronounced Cha-sis-toe
As the sun slowly set the crowd gathered before city hall to hear the speech of Mayor Feldwin and the sea of people before the stage writhed like ocean waves as more people gathered around to observe. The mayor was not well-liked, angry murmurs and shouts of dissent could be heard echoing through the crowd of voices yelling up to the podium. Taxes had become outlandish in our town, the townsfolk barely managed to scrounge by day-to-day however our leader opulence as he approached the town center a brand new carriage pulled by a team of four expensive stallions, gave a hint of where our precious taxes wound up. Out stepped Mayor Feldwin, a salty hair gentleman in his late fifties standing roughly six feet tall and lanky, dressed in a suit that cost more than your average miners' yearly wages. The clack of his ivory cane followed him to the stage along with his personal security guards and their gang of enforcers. Tonight, however, it seems our Mayor had a new guard at his side. A tall long-haired man, extremely built and I could swear near every inch of his body bared scars, over his shoulder he cared a large brutal-looking greatsword with a dragonhead on the pommel. He followed the Feldwin up to the podium and stood beside him as he started his speech. He went on about how lazy this town was and they would have to work hard and put in more hours or he would be forced to raise taxes again. It continued on with veiled and perceived threat in an attempt to cow the town as they scream and hurled insults his way. As the crowd began to get more riled up, the gang of enforcers was unleashed, beating and subduing anyone who attempted to approach. The newcomer on stage unsheathed his great weapon glare down at the crowd. The mayor could hear yelling at the man to make an example of this town and show them who is boss. I don't think our Mayor expected the reaction he got and he found him suddenly impaled to hilt on the large man's sword. The crowd screamed and many beginning to flee as they watch the Mayor run through, the last words I heard before the screams drowned out the voices was the man exclaiming, "The duke has sent me to collect his due."
Career
Qualifications
There are no standard set of rules that apply to become a Ĉasisto. However, to be respected career and to hold that title with false pretense is dangerous as the expectation of the person is of a set level in the minds of fellow Ĉasisto and society. Ĉasisto are considered the elite of the elite among adventures, soldiers, and mercenaries.
Most Ĉasisto qualification comes from their previous experience in life:
- Extensive combat abilities, either physical, magical, or a combination of both.
- Well-developed network of contacts that allow them to establish themselves to work nearly any job that is offered.
- Reputation that proceeds them from previous missions, employers, and associates.
- Extensive knowledge in vitals aptitude(s) that are required to fulfill a mission (tactics, history, sciences, etc.)
Career Progression
Ĉasisto's have no standard career progression. The availability of jobs and missions offered to a Ĉasisto depends heavily on their qualifications including, reputation, skills, contacts, and past missions. The better one does in successfully completing a job or mission for their client the more lucrative and expansive their choice of work will become. All Ĉasisto are skilled veterans in their fields many coming from seasoned adventures, soldiers, and mercenary companies.
Payment & Reimbursement
Payment in the job of a Ĉasisto has a wide gap. Based on the job, difficulty, and who is supplying the work determines a lot on how much a job or mission brings to them. Payment can be in monetary form, magical items, land, possessions, titles, or even exclusive work.
Other Benefits
The benefits of being a Ĉasisto while can be rewarding and appreciated, it also can be a double-edged sword. The situations one gets involved in do tend to give them notoriety and a reputation with both friend and enemy alike. The fame achieved by the Ĉasisto gives them access to many places, people, and privileges your average adventure has not achieved. Their reputation also has a side-effect of protecting them from the law, in spite of the many law that gets broken in the competition of their duties. When one is detained for crimes, wars and skirmishes have been started to protect the secrets many of them hold and it has just become commonplace to overlook their misdeeds acquired on a mission. However, this still tends to draw those who are often affected by their work in attempts to deceive, discredit, and even eliminate one for perceived or genuine grievances.
Perception
Purpose
Ĉasisto take the jobs no one else wants that are commonly deemed to be too dangerous, too political, or a lost cause. This ranges anywhere from assassination, warfare, bounty hunting, kidnappings, smuggling, and much more. If a dirty job needs to be handled efficiently and/or discretely or with an extremely coordinated proficiency then Ĉasisto's are those who step up to the task.
Ĉasisto are often seen as the polar opposites of The Blades, who mainly focus their efforts on protecting the public and are charged with staying out of governmental/military affairs, while the Ĉasisto will take nearly any paying job from anyone if they consider it lucrative enough.
Social Status
The overall perception of Ĉasisto has them treated with a fragment of circumspectness as their occupation leads them into situations that affect people, places, and organizations in both positive and negative ways that more often than not have expansive or rippling ramifications.
Demographics
Among adventurers, there are many who tried to call themselves Ĉasisto and failed to live up to the name and face the consequences for that. In reality, a true Ĉasisto is extremely rare as the job while lucrative is also very demanding, deadly, and stressful. Due to their reputations, many live under pseudo names and aliases to protect themselves and anyone who may be hurt because of them. Ĉasisto's are known for completely changing or hiding their true sex, age, race, and more using various methods both mundane and magical.
History
To this day no one has been able to pinpoint the exact origins of the name, Ĉasisto. The earliest know record of the name and deeds associated with one of such appears in a document found from the Chained Rebellion. Much of the document was damaged, but what details were able to be recovered discussed his mission and what is assumed to be his title and alias. The document details included an after-action report on a deep infiltration mission into Elven held territory in which a singular soldier was given the mission to sabotage enemy artillery stores to minimize causalities in a battle that would break the Elven's forward line if successful. The report named the soldier only as Ravenlight and over his name was written, Ĉasisto. Further examples were found in documentations recovered from the The Great Realm War referring to hiring Ĉasisto for various operations.
Operations
Provided Services
The Ĉasisto tries to provide skills and resources to accomplish difficult and/or dangerous missions and jobs with as much discretion or unrestraint required by their employer.
Few examples of missions/jobs performed:
- Espionage/Counter-espionage
- Assassination, usually against high profile political/military/business/religious figures
- Miltary Tactition
- Miltary/Industrial Sabotage
- and much more...
Dangers & Hazards
The work of a Ĉasisto is known to attribute itself to a wide variety of hazards due to the nature of the work. Injury and possibly even death can be an almost every day mistress hiding behind the next shadow.
Ĉasisto's live and work in the grey and black areas of the law. Many objectives of their missions and jobs involve having to bend and break the law to achieve their goals. While there are attempts by some to bring some to justices, many are often protected by either a previous employee, knowledge that the Ĉasisto has over his employers or enemies, or pure anonymity.
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