Zhi'laem Avr

The Zhi'laem Avr is an independent Ziadd assassins guild set up to train those of the assassin caste to carry out the Zhiavr'ka (path of assassination) honorably. The guild trains members to be experts with all forms of weapons and numerous forms of hand-to-hand combat.

The name is Klatha'sh and emphasises the independent nature of the guild. The component syllables of the word corresponding to "assassin" -- zhi and avr -- are here separated by laem, "broken", a concept that also means "sundered" or "separated".

In 801, the provisional government of Darzii invited the Zhi'laem Avr to move its training facilities to their world. The guild had come to the realization that it needed to find space to train the Zhiavr away from the Ziadd clan influence, yet had experienced difficultly finding an Imperial world willing to accept their presence. Drazii was still recognizably of the Ziadd culture, but with no ties to the clan structure back home. In return for use of the planet as a training ground, the guild would ensure a supply of raw materials delivered by each applicant as part of the Guild fee. The Guild set up its training facility in the deserted city of Pakha D'Ghuur.

References

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• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 374.