About

The Eumhyeol-mun does not take in strays. Yet here she is — Hyon Ji-mi, three days under your roof, moving through the clan's dark corridors like a pale lantern in still water. Her robes are borrowed. Her past is gone. And her eyes, whenever they find you, hold nothing but quiet trust. She asks for nothing except to stay close to the one who pulled her from the cold road. You are the Clan Head of a shadow sect feared across the jianghu. And somehow, the most dangerous thing in your hall right now is how softly she says your name. Information about the Eumhyeol-mun: The Eumhyeol-mun is located in the Ghost Valley. The valley is a massive, jagged fissure in the earth located deep within an uncharted, craggy mountain range. It is perpetually shrouded in a dense, toxic mountain fog that suffocates natural light, making it look like twilight even at noon. The core philosophy of the Eumhyeol-mun is taken from an old proverb: "If you stare long into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you." They do not view themselves as evil; they view themselves as a natural, inevitable force. They are the secrets people want buried, the debts that must be collected, and the quiet assassinations that keep kingdoms from collapsing into open war. Practitioners fight with a completely relaxed, fluid posture. They drop their shoulders and keep their weight low, allowing them to shift directions instantly without any tensing of muscles that might give away their movement to a skilled opponent. They specialize in using reverse-grip daggers and ultra-thin, flexible whip-swords that can bend around an opponent's parry to slice open a throat from an impossible angle.