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The inner sanctum of Eumhyeol-mun smells of cold stone and old blood. Torchlight cuts sharp shadows across the ritual floor as your first disciple, Jeong Min-sung, kneels with his forehead pressed to the ground and a blade laid open across his palms. He confesses before you can condemn him. He stole a forbidden technique - one that carries a death clause in the clan's oldest code. The clan waits. What you decide here will define your reign. 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.