The League of Assassins

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The League of Assassins


Origin
The man known as Ra's al Ghul ("The Head of the Demon" in an archaic dialect of Arabic, known internally as lisan alqatala) founded the organization in the mid-14th century. Ra's had been a physician by trade but revenge against the murderers of his wife Sora and a near-drowning in a Lazarus Pit had propelled him on a different path.

Rumor has it that Ra's al Ghul's father or grandfather had once been an Asāsīyūn commander of a citadel belonging to the Nizari Ismailis and had escaped the mongol invasions that had killed many of his comrades. While he had seemingly escaped from a violent end and carried out a more peaceful existence, it is possible he taught his son the ways of the Asāsīyūn or Ra's learned of this through study of his father's journals after his passing. Whether these rumors are the truth of the matter or not, Ra's al Ghul chose to found an organization to be the spiritual successor to the Order of the Asāsīyūn.

Originally known as the Safinat Dakhma, the early League of Assassins took over a small city after murdering the bandits who had once used the city as their base of operations. This city was used as a temporary base and staging area for the construction of new citadel in the nearby mountain wilderness. This was a fortification which would take many years to complete but once finished it would serve as the first true bastion of the order, a palace built atop a Lazarus Pit.

From here, Ra's al Ghul's Safinat Dakhma began to grow and expand. Scouts were sent out to other remote locations on order of Ra's al Ghul, using carefully calculated instructions and the dreams induced by Pit vapors to seek out other Pits and secure possession of them, either through violence, obfuscation, or legitimate channels. If a Pit could not be secured, it was often instead destroyed to ensure it did not fall into the hands of their enemies.

To finance this growth, Ra's al Ghul had made political alliances by conducting deals brokered in blood, selling the services of the League's assassins to Heads of State and warlords. Expanding into European Renaissance, Ra's made himself an illicit friend to many courts, most eager to give him wealth and power just to mitigate the chance that Ra's al Ghul would entertain an offer from their enemies.

While his followers lived and died, Ra's al Ghul survived, nourished by the Lazarus Pits. This apparent immortality made him a legend, which both helped drawn some to the cause and also helped shroud the League of Assassins in mystery, causing some to believe they were nothing more than a boogeyman tale told to frighten small children into behaving. 

In the late 17th or early 18th century, Ra's al Ghul had an affair with a Japanese woman. The product of this affair was his daughter Talia al Ghul. Within a half-century, Ra's al Ghul's affairs had produced another daughter, this one from Russia. These two were the first known children of Ra's al Ghul which were allowed the use of his prized Lazarus Pits and eventually both began to compete with one another for stewardship of the League. Instead of choosing one to be his chief subordinate, Ra's elected to divide the League into two halves: naming Talia the White Hand of the Demon and overseeing the order of the White Glove while Nyssa became the Black Hand of the Demon and commanded the Black Glove.

Talia's White Glove handled the business of managing wealth, construction, property acquisition and retention, and contract assassinations; but Nyssa's Black Glove oversaw security and acquisition of relics and Lazarus Pits, the study of the occult, and the assassinations which were deemed necessary for the greater good. Ra's al Ghul himself chose to keep personal oversight of the League's training camps. This arrangement not only kept Talia and Nyssa from internal competition for the time, but it allowed the League to grow even larger and more powerful.

Expanding into the Americas slowly, starting with South America in the late 18th century, Ra's al Ghul had a romance with a female pirate captain and occult hunter, but by the next century, he parted ways with her and withdrew from several Lazarus Pits in the Caribbean. This was hardly a setback as Ra's al Ghul capitalized on this reduction by investing more of his forces in the nascent North American democracy known as the United States. This was truly a land of opportunity and had many untapped Lazarus Pits for the League to acquire.

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Modern Structure
The 20th and 21st centuries have been both very eventful and lucrative for the League of Assassins.


HIGH COMMAND
Head of the Demon: 1
Ra's al Ghul

"Yd al Shaytan"
Hands of the Demon: 2
Talia al Ghul, "White Hand," leader of the White Glove
Nyssa al Ghul, "Black Hand," leader of the Black Glove

"Qalb al Shaytan"
Heart of the Demon: 1
Kirigi, "O'Sensei," spiritual leader of 'Eth Alth'eban
 
"Safh al Shaytan"
Feet of the Demon: 2
Oroku Saki, "Shredder," leader of the Stepping Foot Faction of the Foot Clan
Bane, "Ubu," leader of the Standing Foot Faction of the Foot Clan

THE INNER CIRCLE
"Majstir al Shaytan"
Respected Masters: 7
Lady Shiva, Mistress of the White Glove
The Swiss, Master of Training
The Dragon, Master of the Standing Foot
Mrs. Menace, Logistics Coordinator
The Magician, Master of Training
Karai, Mistress of the Stepping Foot
El Penitente, Master of the Black Glove

"Farsan"
Horsemen: 1
Copperhead

"Syd Qatal"
Master Assassins: ~40 to 50

THE RANK AND FILE
"Qatal al Ruban"
Journeyman Assassins: ~200 to 1,000

"Sabaa Qatal"
Apprentice Assassins: ~5,000 to 10,000

"Al Muta Darib"
Assassins in Training:
Varies between 100 to 300, spread out between 3 to 5 training camps

"Almumin"
Support Members:
~50,000

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Earth-27 by Roysovitch & phil-cho , based on the titles and characters of DC Comics, in memory of Joshua Dean Westerman
© 2018 - 2024 Roysovitch
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let me know if you like this idea,if there is a League of shadow for earth 27 then it could act as a sort of develop mental division for those who wish to join the League of Assassins but must also prove themselves in the process for example they could train and take on small scale missions while they are their and and continue to hone their skills and if they do well enough in the League of shadows they can be brought into the League of Assassins how dose that sound ?🤔