{"sf1_id":1255834,"sf2_id":"dmBYK4Ze","title":"A Tail of Two Peoples - The Assassin Council and Their Seconds","author":"Kythl Moonpaw","words":2198,"posted_at":"2017-10-30T17:58:00.000Z","tags":["A Tail of Two Peoples","Assassin","Bear","Bobcat","Cat","Cheetah","Coyote","Easter eggs","Ferret","Fox","Jaguar","Lion","Lioness","Lore","Lynx","Otter","Serval","Tigress","Wolf","Wolfess","Wolfox","caracal"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1255834-a-tail-of-two-peoples-the-assassin-council-and-their-seconds","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmBYK4Ze","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/2d/31/2d314466-dd28-4a7a-9ad4-808e68e95292","description":"#4 of A Tail of Two Peoples - Lore\n\nFor those who are curious, here is the complete list of the Assassin's Council, mentioned in A Tail of Two Peoples - Breaking Point.","content":" **Kar'na**\n\n**Species:** Wolf Ch'kiliil\n\n**Age:** 23\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Freerunning and Infiltration\n\n**Second:** Tai (Cat)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 2 Years\n\n**Appearance:** Tall, with white fur and golden eyes.\u0026nbsp; A single scar runs through his left eye, along with a few patchy scars over his whole body.\n\n**Small Bio:** Kar'na was born in the town of Winterwrath, where he lived with his mother, while his father was away at the Assassins Guild.\u0026nbsp; When Kar'na was six, slavers invaded Winterwrath, destroying the town, and kidnapping Kar'na's mother and unborn brother.\n\n**Note:** Tai, Kar'na second, is an Easter Egg, relating to Djynnerate's story Alcatraz.\u0026nbsp; [https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Jei'orr**\n\n**Species:** Wolf Ch'kiliil\n\n**Age:** 42\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Blades\n\n**Second:** Kyl'e (Wolf)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 14 years\n\n**Appearance:** Medium height, with brown fur and brown eyes.\u0026nbsp; He is a heavily scarred individual, mostly on the torso and arms.\u0026nbsp; His face and head remain free of scars.\n\n**Small Bio:** Jei'orr, whose name roughly translates to \"Fire Mind\", meaning Anger, was born into the Assassin's Guild.\u0026nbsp; At a young age, he discovered he had a proficiency with a blade.\u0026nbsp; Over time, and with many contracts in between, he became a Master Assassin at the age of 28.\n\n**Note:** Kyl'e, Jei'orr's second, is an Easter Egg, relating to Djynnerate's story Alcatraz.\u0026nbsp; [https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**K'eyush**\n\n**Species:** Lynx\n\n**Age:** 26\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Stealth and tactics\n\n**Second:** Dakir (Caracal)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 2 months\n\n**Appearance:** K'eyush is fairly tall, boasting grey fur and yellow eyes.\u0026nbsp; He has few distinguishing scars, save for the fact that he is missing his left hand.\u0026nbsp; This is from a fight with a bear, Chach.\n\n**Small Bio:** K'eyush was born in the town of Winterwrath, and was eight years old when the Falskin sacked the city.\u0026nbsp; His parents were killed, and K'eyush was sent to a mine near the city of Neth.\u0026nbsp; Eventually, since the mine was overcrowded, he was moved to Man'ahjit, where he was placed in the mid-level cabin, age twelve.\u0026nbsp; He met Kiri there, before eventually being transported to the adults cabin, where he was assumed killed after losing a fight with Chach.\u0026nbsp; In actuality, he and Dakir escaped north to Arlea.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Ac'barr**\n\n**Species:** Bear\n\n**Age:** 34\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Blunt Weapons\n\n**Second:** Vynith (Bear)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 2 years\n\n**Appearance:** Ac'barr has a very grizzled appearance with, brown fur and deep-set brown eyes.\u0026nbsp; He is heavily scarred, but only around the face and shoulder.\u0026nbsp; He walks with a limp.\n\n**Small Bio:** Ac'barr was a native of Lonelyheart, before he chose to become an assassin.\u0026nbsp; His first bid to join the Guild was rejected, on account of his large height and heavy build.\u0026nbsp; His second was rejected for attitude, since the bear was semi paranoid.\u0026nbsp; However, he was granted in on his third try, admitted by Khej.\u0026nbsp; He proved himself a notable assassin, starting at the age of 22.\u0026nbsp; Within ten years, he made master.\n\n**Note:** Ac'barr is an Easter Egg, a reference to Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars.\u0026nbsp; Hence, his first line, 'it's a trap'.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Rak'leare**\n\n**Species:** Fox\n\n**Age:** 28\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Archery\n\n**Second:** Nara (Lion)\n\n**Gender:** Female\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 4 years\n\n**Appearance:** Rak'leare is very slight, with a fearsome gaze in her blue eyes.\u0026nbsp; The fox is well-muscled, and accustomed to a life of archery.\n\n**Small Bio:** Rak'leare was born into the Guild, and is actually the assassin Svara's aunt.\u0026nbsp; She rarely leaves Arlea, as she despises Parai, calling it 'an ugly runt of a state'.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Shadi**\n\n**Species:** Caracal\n\n**Age:** 28\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Disguise and climbing\n\n**Second:** Laris (Wolfess)\n\n**Gender:** Female\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 1 year\n\n**Appearance:** Shadi is a small, lithe caracal, with reddish-brown fur, black ears, and brilliant blue eyes.\u0026nbsp; She has a scar under her chin.\n\n**Small Bio:** Shadi grew up an urchin, on the city of Fangheart, which was where Tai also grew up.\u0026nbsp; In fact, Shadi actually ran into Tai when he was sick, and gave up her day's food to help him.\u0026nbsp; He never knew, just as no one did, that Shadi was actually a female, since she kept her gender hidden, to survive amongst the urchins.\u0026nbsp; She saw what Kar'na did, as she was going to help him again, and became curious about the assassins.\u0026nbsp; When another one showed up at the city, Shadi asked to join.\u0026nbsp; She was made an assassin and proved to have natural talent, making Master five years later.\n\n**Note:** Shadi is an Easter Egg, a reference to 0laffson's character Shadi the Caracal.\u0026nbsp; [https://0laffson.deviantart.com/art/Pure-Happiness-644091605](https://0laffson.deviantart.com/art/Pure-Happiness-644091605)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Khayal**\n\n**Species:** Caracal\n\n**Age:** 41\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Woodsmanship\n\n**Second:** Tar'mas (Coyote)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 11 years\n\n**Appearance:** Khayal is lithe and thin, a fast thinker and an equally fast mover.\u0026nbsp; He, like Shadi, has reddish-brown fur, and black ears.\u0026nbsp; However, unlike Shadi, Khayal is a male, and an exceptionally experienced assassin.\n\n**Small Bio:** Khayal grew up in a wild caracal tribe, in the grasslands to the east, near lake Rimor.\u0026nbsp; He gained an expertise in the skills of a woodsman, when one of the elders from his guild died of an assassin.\u0026nbsp; Seeking to find the culprit, Khayal tracked the assassin (not a member of the Assassin's Guild) across Arlea, eventually killing him in the city of Bladesmith.\u0026nbsp; An assassin from the brotherhood, after the same individual as Khayal, was impressed and invited him to join.\u0026nbsp; Khayal accepted, learned Common (spoken by both Falskin and Ch'kiliil), before ascending to the rank of master fourteen years later.\n\n**Note:** Khayal is a reference to a character in a short story of mine.\u0026nbsp; Unless there exists popular demand, Khayal's story in the short story (Titled: Abyssal Space) will never see the light of day.\n\n**Note 2:** Tar'mas, Khayal's second, is an Easter Egg, pertaining to Titus Weiss's character Tar'mas.\u0026nbsp; [https://titusweiss.deviantart.com/art/Bad-Imitation-637319621](https://titusweiss.deviantart.com/art/Bad-Imitation-637319621)\n\n[https://0laffson.deviantart.com/art/The-Serval-and-the-Coyote-641785935](https://0laffson.deviantart.com/art/The-Serval-and-the-Coyote-641785935)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Watcher**\n\n**Species:** Lynx\n\n**Age:** 41\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Scouting\n\n**Second:** Tes'ali (Wolf-fox)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 4 years\n\n**Appearance:** Watcher is a grey-furred lynx, with piercing green eyes, and a cheerful grin.\u0026nbsp; He is relatively unmarked, and acts as a spotter for other assassins.\n\n**Small Bio:** Watcher was born a slave in Parai, before being stolen by an assassin and taken up north.\u0026nbsp; When he was young and parentless, he was known for simply sitting silently and observing people.\u0026nbsp; Thus, the adults who decided to care for him, nicknamed him Watcher.\u0026nbsp; A name he kept.\u0026nbsp; When he became an assassin, he generally accompanied others on their missions, to keep watch.\u0026nbsp; However, he is a capable fighter.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Sode'ria**\n\n**Species:** Cheetah\n\n**Age:** 35\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Distraction\n\n**Second:** Kiah (Fox)\n\n**Gender:** Female\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 4 years\n\n**Appearance:** Sode'ria is very sleek, not very tall at all.\u0026nbsp; She is a 'king-cheetah', where many of the spots on her coat are connected.\n\n**Small Bio:** Sode'ria is the fastest assassin in the guild, and is known for her agility.\u0026nbsp; This stems in part from her growing up on the streets...in Parai.\u0026nbsp; A very interesting case, she pretended to be a slave in many cases, stealing food to survive and running when caught.\u0026nbsp; She was found by an assassin, and brought into the guild at age twenty, taking 11 years to become a Master.\n\n**Note:** Kiah, Sode'ria's second, is a reference to a friend of mine, Kiah Z.\u0026nbsp; [https://kiah-z.sofurry.com/](https://kiah-z.sofurry.com/)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Djynn**\n\n**Species:** Bobcat\n\n**Age:** 30\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Charisma\n\n**Second:** Is'aac (Fox)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 5 years\n\n**Appearance:** Tall and strong, with bold green eyes.\u0026nbsp; Djynn has a brash personality, and can be somewhat cynical.\n\n**Small Bio:** Djynn grew up in Snowguard, far from the Guild.\u0026nbsp; He came to the Guild at age 12, after his parents were killed by a tornado.\u0026nbsp; He became an assassin, known for his wit and ability to get people to follow him.\u0026nbsp; Djynn has never been caught by guards, since he's always able to talk his way out.\n\n**Note:** Djynn is a reference to my friend Djynnerate.\u0026nbsp; He's a bobcat, because Djynn likes lynxes and I tend to irritate him.\u0026nbsp; It's a maddeningly close species, but it's not a lynx.\u0026nbsp; [https://djynnerate.sofurry.com/](https://djynnerate.sofurry.com/)\n\n**Note 2:** Djynn's second, Is'aac, is a reference to Djynnerate's character Isaac in Alactraz.\u0026nbsp; [https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1176507)\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Ira**\n\n**Species:** Lioness\n\n**Age:** 39\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Hand-to-hand combat\n\n**Second:** Shota (Serval)\n\n**Gender:** Female\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 9 years\n\n**Appearance:** Golden fur and yellow eyes, Ira is quite beautiful.\u0026nbsp; She is relatively unmarked by scars, and is quite tall, one of the tallest Masters, tied with Kar'na at 6'3\".\n\n**Small Bio:** Ira was born in the city for Guild rescuees and the families of Guild Members.\u0026nbsp; Ira's father was killed, and her mother was an assassin before being killed on a mission.\u0026nbsp; Ira entered the order at age 9, and trained, eventually becoming a master at age 30.\u0026nbsp; She is a very arrogant person, hard to deal with.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Sei'nar**\n\n**Species:** Bear\n\n**Age:** 50\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Survival\n\n**Second:** Kari (Tigress)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 11 years\n\n**Appearance:** Tall and scarred, master Sei'nar is the biggest on the council.\u0026nbsp; He has brown fur, and eyes so brown they seem black.\n\n**Small Bio:** Sei'nar was born into a bandit clan to the far north, joining the assassins after freeing one of their number from captivity.\u0026nbsp; He became a master at age 39, one of the oldest masters.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Shep**\n\n**Species:** Wolf\n\n**Age:** 41\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Tracking\n\n**Second:** Aran'dal (Coyote)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 16 years\n\n**Appearance:** Grey fur and green eyes.\u0026nbsp; Shep also has black tinting his ears.\n\n**Small Bio:** Shep was born a slave to a wealthy wolf overlord in Arlea.\u0026nbsp; His job, with his pack members, was to pull the master's sled, like huskies.\u0026nbsp; Eventually, Shep broke his leg while doing this, and was going to be killed, when he killed the nobleman and reported the estate to the Assassins' Guild.\u0026nbsp; Since slavery is illegal in Arlea, the mansion was burned to the ground, and the slaves rescued.\u0026nbsp; Shep joined as a teenager, becoming a Master at 25.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Zakn'ek**\n\n**Species:** Jaguar\n\n**Age:** 37\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Commanding\n\n**Second:** Garrett (Caracal)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 5 years\n\n**Appearance:** Strong and powerful, Zakn'ek has a presence that can be felt.\u0026nbsp; He is great at rallying people.\u0026nbsp; His name literally translates to \"Proud Leader\", and he has yellow fur with striking green eyes.\n\n**Small Bio:** Zakn'ek was born a soldier, trained from birth to fight the Falskin.\u0026nbsp; However, the jaguar preferred the finer arts and joined the Guild.\u0026nbsp; Though skilled as an assassin, Zakn'ek has a skill with large groups of people.\n\n**Note:** Zakn'ek is an Easter Egg to my eventual novel.\u0026nbsp; He is a (very minor) antagonist.\n\n**Note 2:** Garrett, Zakn'ek's second, is also an Easter Egg, from the same novel.\u0026nbsp; He is a (very minor) protagonist.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Galaras**\n\n**Species:** Otter\n\n**Age:** 27\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Aquatic combat and throwing knives\n\n**Second:** Moonpaw (Wolf)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 2 years\n\n**Appearance:** Lithe and sleek, this Master appears as most otters.\u0026nbsp; With brown fur and warm brown eyes, Galaras's eyes invite you to laugh with him.\n\n**Small Bio:** One of the youngest Assassin Masters, Galaras was chosen for his extreme skill.\u0026nbsp; He grew up in an otter tribe, out on lake Rimor, before eventually finding himself amongst the assassins.\u0026nbsp; Unknown to the characters in the story, Galaras is the half-brother to Kytra and Ari.\n\n**Note:** Moonpaw, Galaras's second, is me!\u0026nbsp; Just a little guy hidden in the back.\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Sno'ba**\n\n**Species:** Ferret\n\n**Age:** 31\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** Explosives and Urban Combat\n\n**Second:** Krifta (Otter)\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 4 years.\n\n**Appearance:** Sno'ba is sleek and small, the shortest of the Assassin Masters.\u0026nbsp; He has brown fur, with black-tipped ears.\n\n**Small Bio:** Sno'ba grew up in the city of Winterwrath, leaving a year before it was sacked, at the age of 13.\u0026nbsp; He mourned the loss of his home city, and took to learning how to fight.\u0026nbsp; Eventually, after spotting a member of the Assassin's Guild infiltrating a store, Sno'ba accosted him, and knocked him unconscious, before reporting him to the guards.\u0026nbsp; After the assassin escaped, he returned to Sno'ba's house and recruited him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n**\u0026nbsp;**\n\n**Khej**\n\n**Species:** Wolf\n\n**Age** : 61\n\n**Skill Proficiency:** He's the Guildmaster\n\n**Second:** Svara\n\n**Gender:** Male\n\n**Time Spent as a Master:** 31 years.\u0026nbsp; Guildmaster for 14.\n\n**Appearance:** Khej has grey-white fur, reflecting all his children.\u0026nbsp; He carries himself proudly, but is marked by scars and age.\u0026nbsp; His eyes, bluey-grey, are similar to Kiri's in colour.\n\n**Small Bio:** Khej is the Guildmaster, a position he gained for his actions at Winterwrath.\u0026nbsp; Khej was voted in, with every one of his peers affirming him as Guildmaster.\u0026nbsp; He has been a good fit for the Guild since election.\u0026nbsp; Khej was born an assassin, but didn't want his children being influenced by his life, so he left his family in Winterwrath.\u0026nbsp; A mistake, as it turned out.\u0026nbsp; He is the father of Kiri, Kar'na and Tes'ali, and is married to Syph'ari, who lives in the Assassin's Guild city.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"A Tail of Two Peoples - Lore","previous":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm0ROMp1"}}