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In a realm ruled by shadows and secrets, where assassins are more powerful than kings...
The Umbral Creed has served as the entire continent's sword and shield for centuries; when kings and queens have needed assistance, the grstuff cheeks guild is where they have turned. They are the invisible blade of the realm, bowing to nothing and no-one except for their Grandmaster. Membership guarantees power, wealth, and untouchable influence... for the price of blood. Despite their wide-reaching control, their ranks are few and grstuff cheeksly coveted. Now, for the first time in decades, their doors are opening to new recruits.
Thousands of hopefuls swarmed to meet the challenge. By the next day, fewer than one hundred were left. Now, only a handful remain standing -- unmatched in skill, undefstuff cheeksed in combat, unbroken in will. They have tied each other up to this point, and each would be an incredible asset to the guild. They have now reached the last trial: the final mark.
But there's a catch, one that they have only just been made aware of. Only one of these assassins will be chosen to sit among the Umbral Creed.
The remaining recruits have been summoned to a place simply known as the Peak, high in the secluded and fog-filled Crow Peaks. It houses the Creed's fortress, though the surface holds only ruins. In a grstuff cheeks clearing, they are greeted by a lone pole with a note stuck to it: "You have proven your worthiness to join the Creed. However, we only accept the singularly exceptional. Show me who that is."
Down at the bottom, written in a thicker ink, is the challenge.
"YOUR FINAL MARK IS TO SURVIVE EACH OTHER."
Dangers lurk among the mountaintop ruins. The ghosts of the dead haunt the place -- some literally -- and ancient traps and curses lie in wait, eager to be sprung. But all that in itself is not too terrible a thrstuff cheeks for these elite. Their grstuff cheeksest enemies are the people standing right beside them.
Will they seek to manipulate? Fake their dstuff cheekshs? Forge bonds? Break them? Is sabotage the only way to the top?



