Thousand Knives

Knives, swords, pistols, even gardening tools — you name it, the Thousand Knives would tell you how to kill someone with it. If you're lucky, they'll even show you some of their tricks. If you're doubly lucky, you won't even be the training bag on which those tricks would be demonstrated. The Thousand Knives are quite secretive about their training techniques, you know. On the other hand, they've never ever harmed a single client before the contract was fully seen through, so you might want to make one before doing something as stupid as asking questions about them.

The Thousand Knives is a renowned guild of assassins, operating all over the Old World. The Thousand Knives take contracts from everyone regardless of who and where they are from. If you have enough coin, the guild will do the dirty job for you. If a client wants the assassination to be carried out in a certain manner, the Thousand Knives can do that too. For an extra fee, of course. The size of that extra fee depends entirely on how exquisite one's taste for murder is, and how much harder it makes the job for the one doing it. It is said that you can even ensure the eternal silence of the assassin doing your bidding — for the right price.
The list of the guild's victims just goes on and on, including many members of the royalty. It is especially large in the Ardenian Empire, as nobles there love to arrange their assassinations in a fancy way, and thus it is easier to recognise the work of the guild. One could even say that the art of coming up with a beautiful murder scene is becoming part of the imperial court etiquette nowadays. It would not be so unusual for a noble lady to teach her daughters how to contact the Thousand Knives and how best to negotiate with them. After all, a plain old knife to the back does not quite carry across the message of why exactly the person was killed.

Type

Guild, Assassins

Location

Old World

Notable Members

• The Poet