Painted Fang
Name: @Painted Fang (絵牙)
Description:
The @Painted Fang does not fight wars—it performs them. Born from courtiers cast aside, philosophers betrayed, and artisans disillusioned, this faction transformed warfare into performance. Every ambush is a poem. Every victory, a brushstroke. From the forest veils of Gekisen-no-Hara, they strike like shadows moving through lacquered screens.
Founded by the infamous Lady Tsubaki En, a court artist whose work was condemned for subversion, the Painted Fang rose from rebellion in silks. Where others wield steel to wound, they cut doubt into the heart. To them, war is not won by might—but by meaning.
Symbol: A crescent fang dipped in black ink, drawn across red silk.
Leadership:
@Lady Tsubaki En – "The Inkblade", founder and war-artist of deception.
Initiation Rites:
Veil Weaving – crafting a war mask from personal memories.
Duel of Mirrors – facing one’s reflection in combat style.
Inkblot Recital – storytelling through performance before the Fang.
Silent Refrain – a kill made without sound, mark, or aftermath.
Values & Tenets:
Beauty can sever deeper than steel.
Victory unremembered is failure.
The blade is the final stanza.
A warrior unseen is a warrior unbound.
Recruitment:
The Fang seeks the overlooked—the scorned, the quiet, the artistically wounded. A recruit must be both killer and poet, trained or discovered in places of exile, artistry, or silent rebellion.
Operations:
Their assaults are illusions: war-fans fluttering before steel, arrows disguised as petals, dancers who strike mid-performance. They sabotage morale, fracture alliances, and whisper new truths through plays and inked scrolls.
Reputation:
Reviled by traditionalists and revered by insurgents, the Painted Fang is both myth and menace. Their presence is marked by abandoned theatres and red-inked graffiti. Most generals don’t fear their numbers—they fear their meaning.
Known Rivals or Threats:
@Crimson Wolf Banner for their brute contempt and scorched earth.
@Veiled Fang , whose silence mocks their art.
@Kakureta’s Imperialists , who once branded them treasonous.
Whispers Say:
"Their arrows rhyme."
"One performance ended three alliances."
"They don’t attack—they rewrite."
"Their blades don’t gleam. They whisper."
"To duel them is to die forgotten."