In recent years the the houses and organizations of great assassins have simmered into stoic embers. Independent contractors have taken the place of once-powerful groups that held the god-given right to judge life and death. In every province a Dark Brotherhood was erected, and deep within the mire of Argonia the city of Archon trained its fated ones to kill effortlessly. As the numbers within each sanctuary depleted and the last of the shadowscales presumably extinguished it was time to allocate resources to rebuild the training facility in Archon.
Maeve, along with a few other ‘brothers and sisters’ of various ages was one of a few naturally born saxhleel within the month of Second Seed. These argonians were not trained to their full benefit but were cared for within Kota-Vimlee (Black-Tongue) tribes. The reagents for Gloom Necter had become harder to acquire in recent years, making the carefully timed contraception and birth of Shadow-sign saxhleel difficult. However, on rare occasions a few managed to naturally be born in Second Seed and presented the talents of stealth and subterfuge.
The efforts to reestablish a training facility for Shadowscales was hardly favored by the recent king of argonia. Wealth was favored elsewhere and the previous supporters were told to acquire resources on their own. However, the children of Sithis, the sethleel, were formidable on their own and eager to sharpen their skills. The Kota-Vimlee sent each one--even the children-- on a mission to the other provinces; praying that Sithis would guide them to the sanctuaries of assassins and return to Archon as wealthy professionals willing to rebuild the name of the Shadowscales.
