Dragon Hunters
Dragon Hunters by Findara McAvinchey
Structure
The organization has a similar structure that of its predecessor, the Crusaders, there is the mayor Clan and several smaller ones around the world, primarily in other parts of Asia, these clans are lead by the major Clan.
Internally the structure of each Clan is similar.
- Master Slayer: The Leader of the Clan.
- Dragon Slayer: The members in charge on acting in the hunt and killing of the Dragons.
- Square: Each Dragon Slayer is given a number of square that will assist the individual on its duty, providing it with equipment and vital information.
- Archivist: While in the past where the ones keeping the records of the organization, now they are in charge on administrating the clan with all legal procedures and paperwork affairs.
- Mortician: Once a dragon is killed, it must be process and harvested, the Mortician are in charge on making sure each part of the Dragon is put to its correct use.
- Redsmith: A craftmaster able to use all the by products of Dragons and turn then into various goods.
- Alchemist: The special potion maker of the Dragon Hunters.
- Initiate: A new member put into training, this members train their bodies in order to become adept in all the needs of the organization,
Dragon Hunter Clans
Dragon Hunter Clans
The Dragon Hunters are located all around the world, but their are located primarily on Asia.
| Clan | Location | Members |
|---|---|---|
| Soru | Japan | 5000 |
| Taiyo | Japan | 2900 |
| Choro | Japan | 1300 |
| Santo Rosario | Philippines | 2200 |
| Señor de la Piedad | Philippines | 1400 |
| Red Flower | Hong Kong | 1800 |
| Ascensione | Italy | 600 |
| Silber | Austria | 500 |
| Krvi | Slovakia | 300 |
| Postvany Stit | Czech | 500 |
| Consagracion | Mexico | 2300 |
| Virgen del Socorro | Mexico | 1200 |
| Total | 20.000 | |
Public Agenda
The Protectors of Mankind
The public agenda of the Dragon Hunter was a forever will be the protection of man against the evils of this land like the spawns of the devil known as Dragons. For most of its history this has been the public message the organization has informed everyone. Now, at the League of Heroes, they still keep with their initial message of protection man, despite not being allowed to engaged in direct conflict with other Autonomous Societies, humans or super humans.
Their Hidden Organization
While the Dragon Hunters enjoyed of great freedom in their past, once The League of Heroes was established they were forced to join then in order to not be discovered about their hidden activities.
When the order of the Crusaders collapsed the Dragon Hunters needed a new a new source of income to continue with their operations, they quickly find the most reliable and ludicrous way to do it was by harvesting the bodies of the Dragons and selling their products into the black markets, now, over a century later of slaughter practice had effectively made then a criminal organization centered around the trafficking of Dragon harvests. They have learned to harvest the dragons to obtain valuable goods, from Dragon Potions with their fluids, to heat resistant materials from their scales, things such as dragon meat are sold to incredible high prices, dragon bones are very desired and other parts like claws, organs, eyes, the Dragon Hunters have a market for every part of the Dragon.
While the Dragonborn community has denounced this practices to The League of Heroes, nothing has been proven against the Dragon Hunters, they keep a close ties to local authorities via bribery and influences and so far it seems like the Dragon Hunter have this game in total control.
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History
The story of the Dragon Hunters began where the story of the Crusaders ends, once the Crusaders become so big a dysfunctional the whole organization fell leaving a huge gap of power to be hold, this power would be taken by many of the great European super powers of the time, but certain Knightly orders were strong enough to keep their influence and power in their region and continue working to this day, among these were the Dragon Hunters, they were able to keep existing after the disbanded of the Crusaders and become their own organization.
At the beginning they were pretty disorganized and were not making progress in their objectives, over time they would refine their technique and eventually reorganize in a fighting force capable of hunting and defeating dragons effectively, they would also grow influence and power in their area of operation, becoming an integral part of the governing class, however, once they decided to join The League of Heroes, by presion of the international community, they lost much of that power, at least officially, they now hold influence in a more secretive way.
Military
As an organization that has been acting since millennia ago, the Dragon Hunters have adapted to fight the Dragons and all other spawns of the devil with as much efficiency as possible. Thought its history, the Crusaders have prepare themselves to face this threats as better as possible.
Modern Day Dragon Hunter
Medieval Crusader(1100AC-1400AC).
Colonist Crusader(1400AC-1800AC)
Industrial and Pre-World War Dragon Hunter (1800AC-1940AC)
The Dragon Slayers and their Squires
While the Dragon Slayers are the soldiers that led into battle against the Dragons, they are also accompanied by their squires, in the middle ages, the Crusaders would have a squire, a member or the order, usually in training, that would make sure to supply all the needs of the Crusader such as preparing and serving food, taking care of the equipment and horses, send and receive messages from other members of the organization and much more. Over time they would even charge with their lord into battle. Ultimately they would be named part of the Crusaders when their lord saw it fit Today the Squires have adopted an important role in the organization, they still support their Dragon Slayer on their duty however they provide assist in different ways.They are trained in medical skills in order to take care of the Dragon Slayer when its hurt. They carry with then various equipments such as heat resistant blankets, portable nets and ropes and they also are trained to properly used the Dragon Potions, powerful brewages that have various effects. In battle a Dragon Slayer may go into battle with two or more squires, while in the case of undercover mission in will only use the assistance of one.
Technological Level
As an organization at least 800 years old, the technology used has change drastically over the years, on each mayor age the Crusaders and later the Dragon Hunter use different weapons and tools to combat the Dragons.
One of the most important items in the arsenal of the Dragon Hunters, this potions are made with various fluids from the Dragon and are capable of producing various effects.
Spears, Lances and Javelins.
The insignia weapon of the Dragon Hunters, all Dragon Slayers are tough to use this weapon at a master level and they are capable to use all its variants, from the sturdy Spears, to the long lances, the heavy halberd and the light Javelins. A Dragon Slayer must be a master of all this weapons however is common for each one of then to have a favorite one, as tradition, a Dragon Slayer would mark a crave on the handle of the spear, each time they killed a Dragon, some of the most renown veterans have spears with ten or more craves on the handle.
Scorpion
One of the very first weapons created to dealt with Dragons, although not very effective to shot Dragons form the sky, once they were forced to land a single shot of one of these could easily kill a Dragon. This weapons lost popularity when fire cannons and weapons began to be more common.Crossbow
While the scorpion lost popularity due to its big size, the crossbow quickly became a more than fit replacement, it was a weapon that required little training and was incredible effective on its duty. This is a weapon that has pass the test of time being part of the arsenal of the modern Dragon Hunters.
Harpoons
The stable of the Dragon Hunters, since the organization began to implement this weapons it had stayed on as part of the arsenal of the organization ever since adopting just ever so subtle advancements. While a bullet may be able to wound a Dragon, an harpoon tied to a firm chains would be able to keep it from flying.Chain Nets and Grapples
While the harpoon could tied a Dragon into the land, sometimes it was not as effective but it could force the Dragon to land, moments in which the Dragon Hunters used a series of chains nets and grapples to finally subjugate the beast, this weapons however were used primarily by the squares and they trained to coordinate their trapping technique in order to submit the Dragon as fast as possible.
Anti Material Rifle
A weapon adopted relatively lately, this rifle can shot a bullet with so much speed the projectile is able to pierce the skin of a Dragon with easy wounding him on the spot. This weapon required years of training and only the most experienced veterans are able to used this
Dragon Potions
- Dragon Potion: The most common use of this potion, created by the alchemist around the renaissance, it grants the user with super human like abilities, enhanced senses and reflexes, super strength and resistance to pain. A human under the effects of this potion can potentially kill a dragon single handily, however the drawbacks of this potions are severe, of their first version it had great chances of killing the user, meaning it was just a last resort option, however, over time and with advanced of technology, the potion has been refined to dealt as little drawback as possible, the current side effects of the potion is the generation of cancerous tumors on the user..
- Dry Potion: This potion, once injected in the body of another Dragon will nullify completely they capacity to breath fire for a period of time, the duration and strength of the potion can vary from the Dragon on which its use. The big dragons are more resistant to it that the smaller ones. Dragon Hunter would typically use dart weapons to inject this potion into the Dragon.
- Protective Ointment: When a Dragon Slayer had suffers burns, this ointment can restore part of the burned skin and flesh, mitigating the pain in the process, while it not a total cure on itself, it can definitely help when it's needed.
- Blood Potion: A small potion that usually burns the skin of people, however it has no effect on dragons, Dragon Slayer use then to track and identify possible Dragons in their human form.
Foreign Relations
Witch Hunters and Night Hunters
The Dragon hunters enjoy relatively good relations with their brethren organizations, The Witch Hunters and The Night Hunters, since they all were part of the same organization in the past, although they operate separate from each other, is not uncommon to share some information between them that facilitates their general objectives, however, the competition and general relations with other Clans may be troublesome, some Clans may have grudges and inconveniences with others.The League of Heroes
The Organization also has tense relations with The League of Heroes, since they had been steadily reducing their power and influence around the world over the years, not only them but their brethren organizations as well.The Dragonborn
The most complicated relations of the organization is for obvious reasons with the Dragonborn community, they are naturally swore enemies, this enmity is about 800 years by now, although in these last decades, since both communities joined The League of Heroes, the Dragon Hunters have have complications because The League is always stopping al their conflicts.
Founding Date
~1800
Type
Military, Knightly Order
Training Level
Elite
Veterancy Level
Decorated/Honored
Parent Organization
Crusaders
Autonomous Societies
The League of Heroes
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