Shrouded in shadow, agile, silent, clad in black raiment and mystery, the members of the Kage Kaze Zoku are the undeniable masters of the covert. Highly skilled assassins and saboteurs, they attack from out of the gloom using every facet of their deadly training to full effect. These seasoned martial artists are the opposite of the gilded samurai that take to the field of battle with all the pomp and circumstance of a strutting peacock! They do their best to deny they even exist, leaving all we know of them a mixture of myth and mystery.
The Kage Kaze Zoku, also known as the Shadow Wind Clan, is an amalgamation of three Houses, namely the Bleeding Moon, the North Star, and the Long Shadow; all under the command of the Grand Master. The structure inside the Houses is a mystery known only to a few, but what is known is that it comprises of Shadow Crows, the Soulless, and raw recruits identified only as Worms. Their training is a balance of the systematic and the martial and the details of which are nothing more than pure speculation. But what is recognized is that death waits around every corner, and if the men and women of the Shadow Wind Clan had anything to do with it, they would name it, shinobi...
The warriors of the Shadow Wind Clan are highly specialist and act in smaller numbers than any of their opponents, relying on concealment and stealth to get where they are going to. Their weaponry and gear are suited to their hidden purpose; therefore, it includes poison, caltrops, hallucinogens, the deadly shuriken, smoke bombs, even disguises. While some of the Shadow Wind prefer their enemy to die slowly, bleeding out over time, others favor the quick kill using a variety of razor-sharp weapons perfectly suited for meting out death.
The Kage Kaze Zoku also employ a fearsome winged beast called a Karapan to act as a lookout or if need be a scout. No slouch in combat, the Karapan has been known to stalk its prey then rend it with its claws and pointed beak. Truly the undisputed masters of the silent kill, the members of the Shadow Wind Clan are an elite force to be reckoned with.