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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2103982" data-attributes="member: 13966">Another prominent mercenary group in Aleasana is the Black Fist Brotherhood, an exclusive organization of half-orc monks and rogues who serve as shock troops, assassins, and blockade runners for anyone who will pay their price.  The Black Fist Brotherhood believes in an almost religious philosophy called the Way of the Black Road, a quasi-mystical regimen of physical and mental training based on the Five Pillars of Truth, which shall guide the faithful and determined to the Ultimate Truth.  By their attitudes and activities, though, something about the Universal Truths they follow seems to make battle and warfare important to them.Black Brothers will not say anything more than this regarding their philosophy, as they are oath-sworn to protect the secrets of the Universal Truths and pass them on only to the initiated.  They consequently take only very young half-orcs into their order (age 3 and younger), so Black Brothers are tightly adherant to their oaths.  Black Fist Brothers normally wear loose-fitting, cowled black robes that cover all but their hands, feet, and (sometimes) face.  They wrap gray strips of cloth around their hands and feet for padding of sorts.  Some wear tight, camouflaged nightsuits when out on a mission, to better hide their silhouette when sneaking about.</blockquote>