I run along the rooftops, jumping over the gaps, my cape and my red sash flutter in the breeze. My hood is down and my clothing sticks to my skin. The dagger that is held upon my belt is sharp, deadly. I am an assassin. My code name is Ifrit.

Suddenly, I see my target, a corrupt government official who has been holding a bit too many meetings at the whorehouse. He must be stopped, and it is up to me to destroy him. I jump down from the rooftops into a dark alley and I put up my hood. I take my steps toward him and I hold out my left hand. He unknowingly grabs it and shakes it, and then I reach down and grab my dagger with my right hand, and with it I stab him.

Blood spurts out of his chest as he falls back, and then his guards pull their swords upon me. I put my dagger away and begin running. Then, I see a path to the roof, and I run up it. Then, I run across the roofs, effectively losing my chase.

Exhausted, I stop and lie down on my back. And while staring at the sky, I relive that beautiful kill in my head, over and over again.

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Author guidance for This exercise

http://www.protagonize.com/group/planning-brainstorming/topic/3571

Placed in medival times so... no modern technology, you have the basics: knives, swords, staves, spears, etc.

Sashes: The color of your sash determines your rank in the institution known only as 'The Brotherhood'. It goes like so:
Black: Leader
Green
Yellow
Red
Blue
White: Initiate

Name: Ifrit [If-reet]
Sash: Red
Weapon of Choice: Dagger
Appearance: Where's a grey cloak over his white clothes. He has a dagger holder on his right hip. The cloak has a hood and a cape as well. But the cape is red.
Personality: He is secretive and playful and yet dangerous. He is very blunt and straight about things, and his kills are likewise.
Bio: Because he is so secretive, no one really knows about his life. What people have gleaned is that he was born in a far away place where a man killed his parents. He is searching for this man for revenge.

Name: Camalot
Sash: Blue
Weapon of Choice: Dagger
Appearance: Hair past her shoulders and eyes that are blue but nearly white.
Personality: She is very subtle, socialable and loves to flirt, but buiseness comes first and once she has her mind set to something, she goes for it.
Bio: She was born into a somewhat royal famile. Her family wasn't big because of recent tragities. She is an animal lover at heart.

Name: Gieria (gear-ria)
Sash: Green
Weapon of choice: Bow and arrow
Appearance: She has eyes that are so dark a blue they look black and when she's angry they seem to flash red with anger. Her hair is chestnut brown and usually pulled back in a high ponytail and the ends of her hair still reach halfway down her back. She prefers the colours black, dark night blue or dark blood red. She wears usually something with a hood and her quiver is not on her back but at her hip. Her bow is unfoldable.
Personality: She constant challanges the knowledge of others unless it is sound. She is quite mysterious and her reputation is that of one of the top five most skilled assassins. She is constantly reading or writing in her journal if she doesn't have a job.
Bio: No one know who she came from only that she was trained by the best assassin to ever lived and is pressured by that reputation to uphold.

Name: Ebony
Sash: White
Weapon of Choice: Throwing Knives
Appearance: Has short black hair with bangs that are always hiding her violet eyes. Wears a black tunic with brown leggings and is usually barefooted. Is almost always seen with a black cloak. Is smaller than most her age. Pale skin.
Personality: Very curious but can also be very paranoid at times. She's a quiet girl but is always listening to what is happening around her. She is very good at hiding her emotions.
Bio: Was found by some of the other assassins while she was sneaking into someones house to get food. They thought she was useful so they brought in. Can't remember much of her past since she was found by some farmers at the age of thirteen two years ago.

Name: Zell
Sash: White (just been initiated)
Weapon of Choice: Katana. (It's a Japanese one-bladed sword.)
Appearance: Zell is a tall, lanky young man with a dark complexion and reddy brown eyes, his hair is black and hangs down almost to his shoulders unevenly, like he's cut it himself. He wears an off-white t-shirt mostly hidden by a brown jacket done up with a piece of dark earthy green twine. His trousers are a darker brown.
Personality: Zell is a man obsessed with the kill. He does not draw out his victims deaths but is eager on every mission, he would kill his friends, if he had any. He is a harsh, realistic man who likes to put others down.
Bio: At first it may seem like there's no reason for his bloodlust but he does have one. People don't know much about him and since his trade is assassin he's not about to tell. However, he wishes he had someone to talk to, someone like the person he lost.

Name: Maenel
Sash: yellow
Weapon of Choice: Tekagi-shuko (Japanese claw-type tool worn on the hand)
Appearance: Bulky with dark green eyes, blond hair and a pale complexion. He keeps his hair very short, and usually wears a white tunic with a dark grey cloak. His trousers are average fit, not tight or baggy, and tan-colored.
Personality: Maenel is a quiet man. When he does speak, it often is not to be friendly. He does not socialize much at all, and can be vicious at even the slightest insult. He does not make friends easily, as he is cynical and aggressive. This is all an elaborate ruse, however. He can be a very friendly, kind person, and was, but then he lost someone he cared too much about - a loss made especially agonizing by the fact that it was his own actions that caused her demise.
Bio: Before Maenel became an assassin, he was a friendly man who went by the name of Dealus Qalnien. He lost the woman he loved after a complex personal situation led to her death. Dealus vowed to become an assassin and kill the men who caused him this pain.

Name: Rasven
Sash: White
Weapon of Choice: Bow and Arrow
Appearance: Tall, lean and brooding. Short,straight black hair with with piercing blue eyes. Prefers to wear the Brotherhood robes as the hood hides a great deal of his face but lets him see out at his targets.
Personality: Very quiet and like to think things through from every possible angle before making a decision.
Bio: Rasven was brought up in a family of high ranking generals and military tacticians and years of practise and training has given him the ability to quickly arrange plans but not until he has looked at every possible angle. His tall lean figure doesn't immediately make one think that he would be a killer but his skill with the bow and arrow is nothing to be laughed at and neither is his sword skill though the former is his prefered method of attack.

Name: Caesaria (See-zair-ee-uh)
Sash: Yellow
Weapon of Choice: Whip
Appearance: Small as a 14 year old with hazel eyes. Her hair goes to the middle of her back but she normally has it braided and twisted into a bun. Dressed in black, wears a black mask that covers her forehead down to the bridge of her nose on missions. Whip curled up her left sleeve.
Personality: Normally calm person due to childhood commotion. Tries to be nice to everyone except her targets and will come between people if they're fighting. Fast learner.
Bio: Cruel uncle made her do acrobat acts for the customers of his bar, whipping her when she refused, until she ran away at the age of 12. The Brotherhood thought her acrobatic skills useful and trained her. She just barely became a yellow belt at the age of 16.

updated Apr 11 '11 by Seraphim'sZephyr