Faction Name: Blades of the Shining Sun( Also nicknamed Angels of Salvation by some)
Location: The headquarters of the Blades is located within one of the many skyscrapers that dot the landscape of Kahrenvel. It is within the borders of the Federal Union, but the exact location is kept an extreme secret by it’s members. The skyscraper that houses it was once upon a time a laboratory conducting experiments on genetics and cloning.
Currently the building looks as much as a ruin like everything else around it, but that’s also what’s keeping it secret. Despite the appearance, it has been turned into a fortress. There are countless traps scattered around all possible entry points and the area is kept under constant surveillance. The elevators are kept disabled unless a member is present and even then the elevators are rarely allowed to reach the base floor. The stairways from level 25-30 have been destroyed along with most of the floors on those floors. So the only way to go pass that is to take the single left elevator that’s kept under highest watch.
Above that point are positioned the bedrooms of the members, the training halls and so on up until the final floor where the laboratory is located.
Population size: 76 (40 active agents, 10 researchers, 10 caretakers, 15 children, 1 elder)
History: The Blades of the Shining Sun was started by single woman, an assassin only known as Sil. In her day she was among the more promising members of the The Screaming Star Cabal. She was a ruthless assassin capable of great efficiency and ingenuity when the need called for those during her missions. It was never about that she accepted the cabal’s acts or rituals, she was simply born into it, trained from a child to be, but a weapon for someone else.
During her one of her tasks she met a younger woman - Mel. She was a researcher who studied the ruins of the ancient cities to find lost technology and use that to help mankind. Sil fell in love with the charming girl, with her visionary dream of a better world. Eventually she ran away with the researcher, but they were tracked down and killed… At least that’s what their attackers believed. Despite the mortal wound Sil survived and managed to flee to an ancient laboratory she found with her lover. With her body already dying from her wounds, she used the still surviving equipment at the place to clone herself. It took a few years before the clone was mature so she had to use machines to keep herself alive, but it really happened! When her copy emerged from the clone tank, it had all her memories, her feelings. In that day Sil died… by her own hand she pierced her heart as she left behind all the resources of the laboratory and her knowledge to her new self. At that moment the Blades of the Shining Sun was started with one single goal, to eradicate The Screaming Star Cabal.
With the passing years the number of the clones grew each offering something new to the organization as their genes were always slightly altered with each new member. Some were stronger, some were faster, some were better at the work of mind. Even their appearances were slightly varied though they were clearly closely related. For that reason most agents who leave on missions carry masks so they can conceal that fact. Still the initial accelerated growth was abandoned for those clones would often suffer major health problems. So when they were sure they had enough members for a while they switched to normal growth and even used members of the Blades to carry the children.
With the organization in place and the members present the Blades began fighting the cabal at every corner they can. Saving innocents from the Cabal, interfering with assassinations, warning possible targets, disrupting rituals and kill key figures that were allied and helping the Cabal. Soon they were nicknamed the Angels of Salvation by many partly because they saved people and partly because of their standard armor.
People of Importance:
Jane: The current leader of the research team of the Blades. She is responsible for running and maintaining all weapons and especially the cloning and genetics chambers.
Matrona: Former top Blade and current head caretaker of the Blades. Hers is the responsibility to look after the children and supervise their education and training. She is still considered to be among the strongest Blades.
Location: The headquarters of the Blades is located within one of the many skyscrapers that dot the landscape of Kahrenvel. It is within the borders of the Federal Union, but the exact location is kept an extreme secret by it’s members. The skyscraper that houses it was once upon a time a laboratory conducting experiments on genetics and cloning.
Currently the building looks as much as a ruin like everything else around it, but that’s also what’s keeping it secret. Despite the appearance, it has been turned into a fortress. There are countless traps scattered around all possible entry points and the area is kept under constant surveillance. The elevators are kept disabled unless a member is present and even then the elevators are rarely allowed to reach the base floor. The stairways from level 25-30 have been destroyed along with most of the floors on those floors. So the only way to go pass that is to take the single left elevator that’s kept under highest watch.
Above that point are positioned the bedrooms of the members, the training halls and so on up until the final floor where the laboratory is located.
Population size: 76 (40 active agents, 10 researchers, 10 caretakers, 15 children, 1 elder)
History: The Blades of the Shining Sun was started by single woman, an assassin only known as Sil. In her day she was among the more promising members of the The Screaming Star Cabal. She was a ruthless assassin capable of great efficiency and ingenuity when the need called for those during her missions. It was never about that she accepted the cabal’s acts or rituals, she was simply born into it, trained from a child to be, but a weapon for someone else.
During her one of her tasks she met a younger woman - Mel. She was a researcher who studied the ruins of the ancient cities to find lost technology and use that to help mankind. Sil fell in love with the charming girl, with her visionary dream of a better world. Eventually she ran away with the researcher, but they were tracked down and killed… At least that’s what their attackers believed. Despite the mortal wound Sil survived and managed to flee to an ancient laboratory she found with her lover. With her body already dying from her wounds, she used the still surviving equipment at the place to clone herself. It took a few years before the clone was mature so she had to use machines to keep herself alive, but it really happened! When her copy emerged from the clone tank, it had all her memories, her feelings. In that day Sil died… by her own hand she pierced her heart as she left behind all the resources of the laboratory and her knowledge to her new self. At that moment the Blades of the Shining Sun was started with one single goal, to eradicate The Screaming Star Cabal.
With the passing years the number of the clones grew each offering something new to the organization as their genes were always slightly altered with each new member. Some were stronger, some were faster, some were better at the work of mind. Even their appearances were slightly varied though they were clearly closely related. For that reason most agents who leave on missions carry masks so they can conceal that fact. Still the initial accelerated growth was abandoned for those clones would often suffer major health problems. So when they were sure they had enough members for a while they switched to normal growth and even used members of the Blades to carry the children.
With the organization in place and the members present the Blades began fighting the cabal at every corner they can. Saving innocents from the Cabal, interfering with assassinations, warning possible targets, disrupting rituals and kill key figures that were allied and helping the Cabal. Soon they were nicknamed the Angels of Salvation by many partly because they saved people and partly because of their standard armor.
Weaponry:
‘Torch’ swords- This weapon is a sword made from a highly heat resisting material. Within the hilt of the weapon is placed an ignition started and through the blade itself run multiple of small openings. Within the hilt there is a slot for a small canister with highly flammable gas to be placed. Once it’s in place with a pull of a trigger the gas is released and ignited. The flames then cover the blade. This is the Blade’s first main weapon. Without it’s fire it’s serves as perfect close range silent weapon and with the fire on, it’s a terrifying display of their burning wrath. The canister is kept separately until need for it arise to keep the weapon from igniting by accident.
‘Needle’ guns or Mag guns – those are a unique variation of gauss weapons that the blades took to using. The slugs are propelled via powerful electromagnets within the barrel of the gun. It’s a silent, accurate and long range weapon perfect for assassinations and silently dispatching targets. The Blades prefer it over the energy weapons that make a flash and a distinct noise, same for conventional firearms. Additionally modified by the Blades are the slugs that are propelled by the guns. Instead of the usual case where normal ammo is used, the Blades created a special type of needles to use instead. That way the slug(needle) has greater reach, accuracy and is lighter to carry greater amounts of them.
Armors:
‘Angel’ combat armor – This is the main reason for which many call these assassins angels. This unique armor is white in color, distinctly form fitting and has a pair of small jet engines on the bags, covered under ornamental wings. The engines doesn’t have enough power for flight, but allow for controlled descend, improved jumps and the like.
‘Halo’ combat helmet – This piece of headgear was created to be used with the ‘Angel’ combat armor. It covers the face completely to hide the fact the Blades are all clones, has a inner display that shows information such as the fuel left in the engines of the armor and so on. It’s last main trait is the fact it’s halo like antenna that allows for the long distance communication.
‘Torch’ swords- This weapon is a sword made from a highly heat resisting material. Within the hilt of the weapon is placed an ignition started and through the blade itself run multiple of small openings. Within the hilt there is a slot for a small canister with highly flammable gas to be placed. Once it’s in place with a pull of a trigger the gas is released and ignited. The flames then cover the blade. This is the Blade’s first main weapon. Without it’s fire it’s serves as perfect close range silent weapon and with the fire on, it’s a terrifying display of their burning wrath. The canister is kept separately until need for it arise to keep the weapon from igniting by accident.
‘Needle’ guns or Mag guns – those are a unique variation of gauss weapons that the blades took to using. The slugs are propelled via powerful electromagnets within the barrel of the gun. It’s a silent, accurate and long range weapon perfect for assassinations and silently dispatching targets. The Blades prefer it over the energy weapons that make a flash and a distinct noise, same for conventional firearms. Additionally modified by the Blades are the slugs that are propelled by the guns. Instead of the usual case where normal ammo is used, the Blades created a special type of needles to use instead. That way the slug(needle) has greater reach, accuracy and is lighter to carry greater amounts of them.
Armors:
‘Angel’ combat armor – This is the main reason for which many call these assassins angels. This unique armor is white in color, distinctly form fitting and has a pair of small jet engines on the bags, covered under ornamental wings. The engines doesn’t have enough power for flight, but allow for controlled descend, improved jumps and the like.
‘Halo’ combat helmet – This piece of headgear was created to be used with the ‘Angel’ combat armor. It covers the face completely to hide the fact the Blades are all clones, has a inner display that shows information such as the fuel left in the engines of the armor and so on. It’s last main trait is the fact it’s halo like antenna that allows for the long distance communication.
People of Importance:
Name: ETA-01
Age: approximate 107.
Gender: Female.
Race: Human.
Appearance: ETA-01 looks like an old woman now. A vague hints of her previous beautiful looks remain, but now she has the more beaten and wise look to her. Her hair is white and reaches to her shoulders. Her eyes nearly gray now and her skin has turned quite rough with age. She has to use a can to walk most of the time and the cane has a hidden blade.
Personality: ETA-01 at first appears to be quite the calm and collected individual. To her fellow clones at least. She is quick thinking and with age gathered a lot of wisdom she makes full use out of to protect her people. She isn’t the type to enjoy needless death, but without regard would throw anyone to the wolves to save the younger clones. She views them as her own children and sometimes refer to them as such.
History: ETA-01 was the first and last clone created by Sil before she passed away, leaving everything to her new self as she referred to 01. ETA-01 took the memories and feelings that surged from her mind to heart and quickly set to create and form the Blades of the shining sun. At first she had to serve multiple roles while she was alone. She fought the Cabal, helped people and tended after the gene laboratory until the first of the clones she was taking care of were ready. With them awake and able to act, the Blades were officially in business and broadened their operations, making connections with people at high places, saving people by doing charity and developing their own technology. Now despite her age she is still the leader of the Blades. As the rest of her fellow clones who grew with the accelerated growth techniques passed away despite all attempts to safe them, she still couldn’t follow after them into the grave. As someone who gave oath to fight the Cabal to the last breath, she cannot take her own life. Thus she continues to live, guiding the younger members of the Blades into the future.
Age: approximate 107.
Gender: Female.
Race: Human.
Appearance: ETA-01 looks like an old woman now. A vague hints of her previous beautiful looks remain, but now she has the more beaten and wise look to her. Her hair is white and reaches to her shoulders. Her eyes nearly gray now and her skin has turned quite rough with age. She has to use a can to walk most of the time and the cane has a hidden blade.
Personality: ETA-01 at first appears to be quite the calm and collected individual. To her fellow clones at least. She is quick thinking and with age gathered a lot of wisdom she makes full use out of to protect her people. She isn’t the type to enjoy needless death, but without regard would throw anyone to the wolves to save the younger clones. She views them as her own children and sometimes refer to them as such.
History: ETA-01 was the first and last clone created by Sil before she passed away, leaving everything to her new self as she referred to 01. ETA-01 took the memories and feelings that surged from her mind to heart and quickly set to create and form the Blades of the shining sun. At first she had to serve multiple roles while she was alone. She fought the Cabal, helped people and tended after the gene laboratory until the first of the clones she was taking care of were ready. With them awake and able to act, the Blades were officially in business and broadened their operations, making connections with people at high places, saving people by doing charity and developing their own technology. Now despite her age she is still the leader of the Blades. As the rest of her fellow clones who grew with the accelerated growth techniques passed away despite all attempts to safe them, she still couldn’t follow after them into the grave. As someone who gave oath to fight the Cabal to the last breath, she cannot take her own life. Thus she continues to live, guiding the younger members of the Blades into the future.
Name: Eclipsa ( ECL-Iota [Genetic code variation])
Age: 26.
Gender: Female.
Race: Human
Appearance: 1.75m tall with straight black hair that reaches just under her shoulders. She has pale skin and her eyes appear to be jet black. As the rest of her sisters she is quite beautiful though few aside the Blades have seen her face and lived to tell the tale afterwards.
Personality: Eclipsa is a very quiet and collected individual. As the current top Blade she is in possession of incredible skills and discipline. She is efficient in her tasks and doesn’t really like to lose time with other things. For that reason she tends to isolate herself or travel alone between missions. She rarely takes the time to interact with humans outside the Blades and is ready to kill at a moment’s notice if the needs arises.
History: Eclipsa was born from a Blade who is now dead. Her carrier was considered quite skilled, but she fell pray to the Blade’s biggest flaw, their compassion. As many blades are dispatched to aid civilians with charity and so on, sometimes their enemies take advantage of that. That’s why Eclipsa’s mother was killed in action around her 5th birthday. As usual for a child she was quite close with her mother despite the fact they were both simply clones. The genetic variations allowed for diversity and indeed some children considered their carriers as mothers. Eclipsa was one of those children. The timing of her mother’s death was the worse it can be for the memories of Sil that were encoded within their genes flooded her mind the very same day she was given the news of her mother’s death.
Under the effect of the memories and her own emotions, her personality changed a lot since that event and she was probably the only recorded clone with normal growth who managed to overcome the memory floor not only on her own, but also in a matter of a single day. Since then she worked hard to hone her innate skills and to execute her missions perfectly.
Now she is considered the top assassin within the Blades. She is also the only Blade allowed to wear a black ‘Angel’ Armor instead of the white one. Currently she is stationed within HQ because she is currently carrying a child.
Age: 26.
Gender: Female.
Race: Human
Appearance: 1.75m tall with straight black hair that reaches just under her shoulders. She has pale skin and her eyes appear to be jet black. As the rest of her sisters she is quite beautiful though few aside the Blades have seen her face and lived to tell the tale afterwards.
Personality: Eclipsa is a very quiet and collected individual. As the current top Blade she is in possession of incredible skills and discipline. She is efficient in her tasks and doesn’t really like to lose time with other things. For that reason she tends to isolate herself or travel alone between missions. She rarely takes the time to interact with humans outside the Blades and is ready to kill at a moment’s notice if the needs arises.
History: Eclipsa was born from a Blade who is now dead. Her carrier was considered quite skilled, but she fell pray to the Blade’s biggest flaw, their compassion. As many blades are dispatched to aid civilians with charity and so on, sometimes their enemies take advantage of that. That’s why Eclipsa’s mother was killed in action around her 5th birthday. As usual for a child she was quite close with her mother despite the fact they were both simply clones. The genetic variations allowed for diversity and indeed some children considered their carriers as mothers. Eclipsa was one of those children. The timing of her mother’s death was the worse it can be for the memories of Sil that were encoded within their genes flooded her mind the very same day she was given the news of her mother’s death.
Under the effect of the memories and her own emotions, her personality changed a lot since that event and she was probably the only recorded clone with normal growth who managed to overcome the memory floor not only on her own, but also in a matter of a single day. Since then she worked hard to hone her innate skills and to execute her missions perfectly.
Now she is considered the top assassin within the Blades. She is also the only Blade allowed to wear a black ‘Angel’ Armor instead of the white one. Currently she is stationed within HQ because she is currently carrying a child.
Jane: The current leader of the research team of the Blades. She is responsible for running and maintaining all weapons and especially the cloning and genetics chambers.
Matrona: Former top Blade and current head caretaker of the Blades. Hers is the responsibility to look after the children and supervise their education and training. She is still considered to be among the strongest Blades.
Name: Etna ( ET-N alpha [Genetic Code Variation])
Age: 24.
Gender: Female
Race: Human.
Appearance: She is 1.75 m talls with shoulder length white hair and differently colored eyes, one is purple the other blue. Her body was well trained for combat and she has a few scars scattered across her body.
As the rest of her sisters, Etna likes to wear colorful clothing. Among the favorite colors of her and her sisters are the purple, white, yellow and birth blue. So that’s what usually they can be seen wearing. For weapon she carries a ‘torch’ sword and a Needle gun.
Personality: As with all her sisters, Etna is mainly concerned with the destruction of the Cabal. She considers them even worse evil than the mutants. For her they are a enemy to be killed on sight if the chance presents itself. That said she also feels strong connection with the innocents that often suffer from the hands of others. It’s a trait that originates down their lineage to Sil. The meeting of the assassin and her lover changed her a lot and that change also is naturally present in all the clones to some extend or other.
Additionally Etna is among those more resembling Sil. Her appearance and mannerism is similar to their original. When she is annoyed, she has the habit of biting her lower lip. When she is sleepy she tends to play with her bangs. Lastly she is attracted towards other women.
When she meets new people she tends to be friendly and smiling. Part of that is to lure then into a sense of security in case she needs to kill them and partly because she simply likes to meet and talk with people. At least that’s when it comes to humans if its sub-mutants or mutants she tends to be quite radical if they pose a danger.
History: Etna was born after the Blades left behind the hastened growth and switched to normal child growth. The woman who gave birth to her was Matrona the best assassin at the time. After her birth her initial childhood was mostly devoid of excitement because of the Blades the children are the most precious thing. They are protected with incredible zeal and if need called for it, already grown up agents gave their life for them.
As with the rest of her sisters when the memories of Sil started flooding her mind around the age of 5, Etna spend about a month in confused state where she couldn’t make difference between the visions in her mind and reality, but eventually that stage passed with the help of Matrona. With the change from a normal child to her more mature self when the memories settled in and the skills of battle began to naturally come to her, it became clear that Etna was incredibly gifted. The only other to show such potential was Eclipsa who was a few years older so she got promoted to active agent first.
Her first task came when she was 15, at that age she was considered mature enough both mentally and physically to undertake an operation outside the HQ. Along with two other girls she took part in dealing with a crazed mutant who endangered a town. It was a bloody battle for a three still trainees, but they did it. After that she slowly moved her way up the ladder as she climbed into full active agent status.
As she became an agent she was dispatched onto many ‘Cabal’ missions as they called them to disturb enemy operations and kill important targets. Sadly the number difference between the Cabal and The Blades is quite big and the Blades still have to rely heavily on stealth. As such as much as it pained her, Etna was forced to silence a number of people who wandered into placed they weren’t supposed to. She doesn’t pride herself with that, but it is something needed for the survival of her sisters. Currently she is expecting to become a carrier for a child in the upcoming few years.
Age: 24.
Gender: Female
Race: Human.
Appearance: She is 1.75 m talls with shoulder length white hair and differently colored eyes, one is purple the other blue. Her body was well trained for combat and she has a few scars scattered across her body.
As the rest of her sisters, Etna likes to wear colorful clothing. Among the favorite colors of her and her sisters are the purple, white, yellow and birth blue. So that’s what usually they can be seen wearing. For weapon she carries a ‘torch’ sword and a Needle gun.
Personality: As with all her sisters, Etna is mainly concerned with the destruction of the Cabal. She considers them even worse evil than the mutants. For her they are a enemy to be killed on sight if the chance presents itself. That said she also feels strong connection with the innocents that often suffer from the hands of others. It’s a trait that originates down their lineage to Sil. The meeting of the assassin and her lover changed her a lot and that change also is naturally present in all the clones to some extend or other.
Additionally Etna is among those more resembling Sil. Her appearance and mannerism is similar to their original. When she is annoyed, she has the habit of biting her lower lip. When she is sleepy she tends to play with her bangs. Lastly she is attracted towards other women.
When she meets new people she tends to be friendly and smiling. Part of that is to lure then into a sense of security in case she needs to kill them and partly because she simply likes to meet and talk with people. At least that’s when it comes to humans if its sub-mutants or mutants she tends to be quite radical if they pose a danger.
History: Etna was born after the Blades left behind the hastened growth and switched to normal child growth. The woman who gave birth to her was Matrona the best assassin at the time. After her birth her initial childhood was mostly devoid of excitement because of the Blades the children are the most precious thing. They are protected with incredible zeal and if need called for it, already grown up agents gave their life for them.
As with the rest of her sisters when the memories of Sil started flooding her mind around the age of 5, Etna spend about a month in confused state where she couldn’t make difference between the visions in her mind and reality, but eventually that stage passed with the help of Matrona. With the change from a normal child to her more mature self when the memories settled in and the skills of battle began to naturally come to her, it became clear that Etna was incredibly gifted. The only other to show such potential was Eclipsa who was a few years older so she got promoted to active agent first.
Her first task came when she was 15, at that age she was considered mature enough both mentally and physically to undertake an operation outside the HQ. Along with two other girls she took part in dealing with a crazed mutant who endangered a town. It was a bloody battle for a three still trainees, but they did it. After that she slowly moved her way up the ladder as she climbed into full active agent status.
As she became an agent she was dispatched onto many ‘Cabal’ missions as they called them to disturb enemy operations and kill important targets. Sadly the number difference between the Cabal and The Blades is quite big and the Blades still have to rely heavily on stealth. As such as much as it pained her, Etna was forced to silence a number of people who wandered into placed they weren’t supposed to. She doesn’t pride herself with that, but it is something needed for the survival of her sisters. Currently she is expecting to become a carrier for a child in the upcoming few years.
