The Black Ravens

The Black Ravens are the covert operations and intelligence division, commanded by Gavrik Blackblade (Finger Four). Every Raven is trained in stealth movement, close-quarters combat, silent kills, and psychological manipulation. They leave no witnesses. They leave no patterns. Only fear. Three branches: the Crimson Blades (elite melee specialists for close-quarter termination — they fight with twin curved daggers, sabers, or enchanted short blades), the Nightstalkers (silent killers trained in zero-light infiltration, aerial entry, and silent kill techniques — Starfaller was once a Nightstalker), and the Ghost Walkers (field agents, masters of disguise, social infiltration, and psychological manipulation — often embedded as advisors, scribes, or servants). Each unit operates on decentralized cells. Orders come coded. Names are rarely exchanged. Missions are tracked only by success or silence. To be chosen is to be remade — names erased, old lives discarded like ash.