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CLANS, FAMILIES & ORGANIZATIONS
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While Secret Societies might be defined by certain commonalities, in truth just about all of them are heavily fragmented. From the various guilds and companies of the Rune Guard to the Vampire clans, each Secret Society hosts within it a number of disparate groups. This page tracks all player-created and game-revealed divisions within the various Secret Societies, and the PC members within them.

CANDLE SCHOOLS
Candles typically congregate in schools around a singular master who imparts their knowledge onto their students. Candle Schools often manifest their powers in similar ways.

Murakumo Organisation
Members: Emille

CONTRACTED COVEN
Those Contracted under the same Daemon often form covens which offer safe haven against Hunters and ways for them to hone their Daemon-granted powers together.

HUNTER CLANS
Some Hunters form larger clans, working together to achieve their goals. These hunters typically focus on dealing with specific types of supernatural threats such as Vampire Hunters or Mage Hunters.

The Belmont Clan
Members: Kokoro Belmont

Diogenes Club
Members: "Arthur Bell"/Sherlock Holmes

The Silver Chain

LYCANTHROPE CLANS
Lycanthropes typically develop their own clans based on the kind of affliction, werewolves congregating in one clan and werebears in another. Lycanthropic afflictions that manifest similarly often can be treated and controlled in similar fashions, and these clans allow Lycanthropes to master their curse.

Galra

Gongenzaka Steadfast Dojo
Members: Noboru Gongenzaka

MAGE FAMILIES
With Magic often passed through bloodline, Mages are typically devoted to their family lineage, with the family art being passed down from generation to generation and zealously guarded from outsiders.

Aegle Family
'Members': Adriel

Farkas Szívű Társadalom
Members: Rex Arany

House Cromwell
Members: Urtz Cromwell

House Gehring
Members: Ekkehardt Gehring

Rising Sun Coalition
Members: Goro Akechi

Shikyoin Family
Members: Hibiki Shikyoin

RUNE GUARD COMPANIES
Rune Guard companies might be groups of fighters or more mercantile ventures, but either way Rune Guard tend to group together into larger organized forces with their own specialties and place within the Secret Societies.

Autobots

Quill
Members: Gustav

TAMER COVENS
Tamers are among the least discriminating of Secret Society members, and usually group together with like-minded Tamers and focus on mastering their art together.

VAMPIRE CLANS
Vampires are extremely clan and status focused, with the bloodlines and generational status tracked with exquisite detail. Sub-castes within each particular clan are quite common.

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Group Name: 'Gongenzaka Steadfast Dojo'
Group Description: Officially considered a Lycanthrope clan, the Steadfast Dojo refers to itself as a Training Facility and Care Center located to the north in Honshu (the main island of Japan). They're equipped with fenced grounds and rooms not only for affected lycans to take refuge in, but for the recently bit- those who, with quick treatment using runic techniques, can potentially escape the curse entirely.

The dojo was founded two generations prior, after the 'clan head' was bitten by a werebear; though his wife and son were spared the curse, he became determined to keep them safe- and indeed, anyone around them- by any means. These teachings are what defines the Steadfast Dojo. Using the simple art of meditation and control focused training regimens, lycans who attend and work with the dojo may not necessarily be safe during the full moon- but they are certainly more capable of controlling themselves before it draws too near. Born weres with the dojo have an even greater success rate; the claim goes that part of this is due to not forcing a transformation to never happen, but instead focusing on mental strength during. The trade off seems to be that their forms are typically more 'normal', or 'animal-like'. While above-human strength is certainly witnessed, and most weres exhibit bestial senses during the day, their forms are typically closer to their true size- if not even exact.

At the moment, the Clan and Dojo head is a role split between Gongenzaka Senior (Noboru's father), and his wife, a bitten werebear; the latter has more sway over other lycans during the evenings, due to instinct. Gongenzaka Senior is the one who manages runic techniques, and makes a great effort to teach those attending the dojo from a very young age. It might not be something that can be employed on the spot, but the knowledge can make a difference.

Members of the Steadfast Dojo can be identified by a set of solid steel geta- which are said to represent the dedication to remain grounded- and a symbolic coloured sash (red for young ones within the clan, yellow for new initiates or those given recent warnings, white for standard members above the age of 11, and lastly black for a 'master', or 'teacher' within the clan)- which represents restraint. They are, officially, a somewhat small clan; primarily a handful of werebears, with a small few weres of other sorts among 2 to 3 runic trainees and assistants to Gongenzaka Sr.
Members: Noboru Gongenzaka

CLANS, FAMILIES & ORGANIZATIONS

Lycanthrope Clan