Chapter 4: Not So Easy
The Association.
It was the name the assassins who joined it knew it by, but to the outside world, they were known as the Daggers of the Night.
They were far from the only assassin guild on the continent, but they did have a firm hold on the province. If one were to name the main centers of power in the Night Province, there was the Night Empire, ruled by the Nightingale family, the Obsidian Eclipse Sect, and finally, the Daggers of the Night.
Most would not dare to say this aloud. An assassin guild could never be acknowledged as a legitimate power.
These undercurrents ruled the province, and it was to this power in the shadows that Theron returned.
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The Daggers of the Night didn't have just one location. As a power hidden in the shadows, it was scattered across the province, hidden in the crevices of the Empire.
Before one became a Gold Assassin, they couldn't truly be considered a member of the organization.
This was an odd thing to say, considering Gold Mancers were the strongest of the Night Province, but in practice, it was functionally true. This was because, before reaching that step, rather than being an assassin of the Daggers of the Night, you were instead beholden to a single branch alone, without a chance to interact with the others.