An assassin after completing his kill for his masters
While the kommanders have earned their share of glory, others seek profit from Khador’s recent conquests. The kayazy, the great Khadoran merchant-princes and industrialists, have supported the war with hard work and coin. These scheming manipulators have long preserved their interests by employing highly skilled killers against their rivals in the bloody games of commerce. Their deadly emissaries work together to surround and slaughter an enemy with brutal stabs from their plunging blades. On the orders of the kayazy, these gangs of Assassins have come south to bring the skills they have honed at swordplay and murder onto the battlefield. In this fashion the merchant-princes assure that their profits continue to flow unimpeded by the vagaries of military command.[1]
Drawn originally from bratyas—the most ruthless and skilled street gangs in the larger Khadoran cities—these grim killers survived many a treacherous alleyway encounter by slitting the throats of those who would do the same to them. Serving the kayazy as assassins brings a measure of respect and status, and these individuals climbed the ranks of the underworld on a mounting pile of corpses to gain the patronage of their influential masters. Many soldiers feel uncomfortable around these murderous duelists, but none can fault their skill and efficiency.[1]
These blademasters learned the duelist’s art in a school where failure brought deadly consequences. They fight in the Korsk style, wielding a thrusting blade in one hand while using their cloak in the other to entangle a foe’s weapon or arm before striking. Kayazy assassins boast expertise in swordplay equal or superior to that of pompous blade masters of noble lineage. Few can stand against the flurry of flashing blades as several assassins close at once on their chosen victim.[1]