Silent Ones

The Silent Ones was a tiny sect of the Brotherhood of Shinsei with less than a dozen full members in total. Devoted to Tsugumu, Fortune of Secrets, it was based within the Scorpion lands. The sect was believed to date back to the years after the creation of the Tomb of Iuchiban. When an initiate took his vows, as soon as the last word was spoken his tongue vanished from his mouth. Samurai in possession of knowledge too dangerous or too painful to bear came to them to share his secrets. The knowledge was thereafter guarded by the power of the Fortune, and it could not be revealed using any means, magical or physical.