The Vae'la Ti'amon, The Wielders of Shadows

The Vae'la Ti'amon, or Wielders of Shadows, are Vae'ra's assassins and spies. Trained in hand to hand comabt and the use of other various weapons, they are well trained in their jobs.

Ranking
Their are several ranks within the Wielders of Shadows, and they are as follows.

Initiate:
These people are just as the name states. Initiates in the way of shadows, concealing themselves, lying, swindling, and spying. There are no particular requirements for this rank, anyone can apply and are usually accepted. Once accepted, they begin to learn how to lie, steal, and swindle expertly. This is not as easy as it sounds, as learning how the body works and controlling involuntary muscle movements can take awhile. Their consists of black boots, clothes with a hood and a mask that covers their lower face and forehead, only leaving their eyes to be revealed. This uniform does not change as they rise in ranks. Typically the training in lying is done wihtout the uniform on because the mask can hide facial movements and slight twitches of the mouth. This is because most of the time, one will be doing the lying while dressed as a commoner, courier, or as an enemy Knight.

Shadow of Truth
The Shadow of Truth rank, or just Shadows, is the rank is when the initiates begin real missions and take lessons in hand to hand combat. Usually by now adept in lying and concealment, the only other requirement is to be quick and agile. Around this time in their ranking they are also the time when they begin training with weapons such as throwing knives, daggers and short blades. After they succesfully complete many missions they may rise in rank again if Vae'ra or the teachers feel they are ready to accept more dangerous possibly life threatening missions.

Defenders of the Shadows
Much similar to the Defenders of the Veil, these are the most numerous ranking within the Vae'la Ti'amon. Experts in Lying and Concealment, the requirements to become one of these people are to be able to move swiftly, agily, and able to hide themselves in shadows. They begin taking more dangerous missions here and one of their main roles is to watch the castle from within, hiding within the shadows to make sure that no intruder gets in or out without them knowing.

Master of Shadows:
Or the Shadow Master, Is the head of the entire Vae'la Ti'amon. There can be more than one that hold this position at a time, but they will train their own classes, own training methods, and may not interfere within another Masters class. Most are trained with the use of the Chain Hooks, and are masters of stealth. To reach this rank one must have done at least one extremely high risk mission, have been injured once in a mission, and done a mission perfectly without any faults or mess ups.