Shaden III

Yeah I know I said it'd be posted last week but the computer was free so I typed this up aswell. The glossary follows which gives you a the names of the guilds and what their responsibilites.

Kasimo followed the young merchant down the stairs; keeping to the shadows his foot steps muffled b the hick carpet that covered the cut stone floor.
The sunlight shone through the open door, dazzling the prey who stopped and rubbed his eyes Kasimo was close now. But the merchant started walking again ad now he was in the brightly lit street. He swore under his breath and slid his daggers into his sleeves. The red and purples blades were well known unlike his face.

Many believed the blades to harbour demons, where as in reality the blades got their distinctive colours from minerals added by the smithy at the Mage School, who had added the minerals to make the metal stronger and stay sharper.
Kasimo had been raised by the Mages since he was twelve, when he had been surrounded by the bodies of five guild debt collectors who had killed his father. He had been taken to the mage’s island by other guild members, as they made the assumption the way he could have killed the five men was by using magic.
They had been wrong; Kasimo had killed the men with his bare hands, striking each in a pressure point with enough force to kill.
Kasimo had a natural aptitude for war, once the mages realised he was useless as far as magic was concerned, they had arranged for tutors in different disciplines of war to train the young boy, by seventeen he could learn no more. That was three years ago, in that time he had been dispatched by the guild to kill, for many different reasons; he had killed merchants, ministers and would be rebels. All had fallen to his blades. Thanks to him the archipelago was kept quiet and the guild in power.

The merchant turned a corner into a darker street, Kasimo glanced around the corner, the street was empty, the cobbles carpeted in a thick layer of excrement and filth. It was too easy he sheathed his daggers then began to run.

The merchant heard the sound of feet and turned but saw nothing, then a shadow sprang from the wall then all was black.

The merchant unconscious Kasimo broke the merchant’s neck with a twist of his arm, opened the man’s mouth and put a small meal disk, the guild s calling card, inside. He pulled his hood about his face and began to walk back to the guild hall.
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Fumi: Dragon: Run The Mage School
Ekri: Strok: Diplomacy
Shoku: Bull: Farming
Fuku: Tiger: Warriors
Leku: Lion: Law
Nema: Boar: Smiths
Raki: Rat: Sanitation
Tomic: Eagle: Hunters
Aracna: Spider: Architects
Mari: Mantis: Money Lenders
Skeri: Scorpion: Subterfuge(spies)

Each house also has a symbol.. i've yet to design these but i will soon and they will be posted along with the map of Shaden.