Hero Clan

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Hero Clan
Korean	영웅 클랜
Romanized	yeong-ung keullaen
Group Profile
Leader	Master of the Clan (Founder) Bishop Agent Number Seven The Council
Location	Varies
Members	Five Lower Branches Area Guard The Legion Underground Heroes Black Hand
Relations
Allies	Elders
Enemies	Villains
Media Profile
Manhwa debut	Episode 1

The Hero Clan (히어로 클랜) is an organization of Gift users who are called "heroes" that use their Gifts and abilities to serve and protect humanity against their natural enemies, the Villains. They are the ruling body over most of the known world and have neutral relationships with the Elders with some of them being members or associated.

However, over time the clan has become corrupted and stagnant, which has been noted by both villains and its members that it's a shell of its former self.

History

The Beginning

The Crown Hunt of the Skysword.

The Hero Clan's very roots were formed and created around the mysterious man known as the Skysword after he challenged Yushin, one of the Elders and the ruler of Yerim, to a duel and defeated him. The man's reputation skyrocketed, and he would build the Hero Clan based on his fame. As a result, the Skysword ascended to become an Elder and also adopted the name Master of the Clan.

The Great War

In a matter of time, the clan that fought in the name of justice would clash with the remaining remnants of Nera in what historians would call the War of the Reeds which redefine the terms of Heroes and Villains.

Among thousands of battles that took place, the clan claimed victory in two most vital ones that shifted the tide of the war. As they claimed victory, Nera ceased to exist with the clan going so far as to ban the very name of it from history records.

Hierarchy

The Clan is a large, highly complex organization with multiple layers and branches. It appears to be led by a Council on a day-to-day basis with the overall leader being the Master of the Clan.

However, the Elders are exempt from the rules and restrictions that apply to lower-ranking heroes and exist outside of this hierarchy. Additionally, each of the Elders may have an area in which they rule or carry influence over.

Beneath the Elders and senior executives of the Clan are district managers, who are either heroes or members of the clan, in charge of running a district on behalf of the Clan as a whole or an Elder whom they've pledged loyalty to.

Beneath the district managers are individual heroes whose personal ranking is informally determined by several factors.

Special Forces, also known as Ace Heroes, are incredibly strong heroes outside of the clan's normal hierarchy. They are typically the strongest hero in a district, and at least one is posted to every district as an emergency reserve.

Recruitment

To officially become a hero, one must apply to an unknown application process through the Hero Clan. Once the applicant has applied information, about the place and date to meet to undergo the Hero Trails will be sent to them. Once gathered at the specified location, the recruits will undergo the Hero Trials. To become a hero, one must pass the trials.

Lower Branches

There are several lower branches of the Hero Clan each specializing in a specific area or task. So far only a few members of the branches have been revealed. They were first brought up in a conversation between the Smiling Man, Engen and Hero Killer.

Factions

The three factions.

Although the Clan is nominally one unified organization, in practice, Elders wield outsized influence and can carve their own fiefdoms or create their own faction within the clan. In fact, the two most notable and important factions in the Clan were founded by the rival Elders Skysword and Bishop. Skysword, as the Master of the Clan, leads the orthodox faction along with the Council, and while Bishop leads his own renegade faction.

After the Meeting of the Elders and the Villains' Assault on Castle Gray, the rivalry between the Council and Bishop's Faction has exploded into a full civil war within the ranks of the Clan.

During this Civil War, neutral heroes create a third faction informally called Forlorn Hope. Forlorn Hope lacks numbers and combat power but has a good and large information network by working with many of the other branches of the Clan, including the Area Guard, The Legion, and the Underground Heroes.

They aim to recruit indecisive heroes who haven't picked a side yet, genuine heroes who care more about protecting the public rather than maintaining power, and those sympathetic to their cause.

Their goals are to protect the more influential heroes from the Black Hand while also killing their agents and the corrupt heroes who are taking advantage of the infighting alongside those that they deem to be evil.

Members

Elders

Master of The Clan

Bishop

Agent Number Seven

The Council

Narkle

Black Hand

The Fingers

Nanzu 🪦

Robot Finger

Glass Wearing Finger

Senshu

Sixth Finger

Agents

Black Hand's 23

Katana Agent Katana Agent 🪦

Bearclaw Bearclaw 🪦

Cards Agent 🪦

Fullmoon's Assistant 🪦

Special Forces

Saint Light

Paladin 🪦

Azure Dragon 🪦

Ledium

Terror Knight

Divisions

17th Division

Heavy Smoker 🪦

Viper 🪦

Jade 🪦

Grayman 🪦

Stonefist 🪦

Elite Sniper

Killer Hornet 🪦

Sand Snake 🪦

16th Division

Fullmoon

Bareknuckles 🪦

Golden Arrow 🪦

Musica

Dual Saber 🪦

Black Kite 🪦

YS Harbor

Sledgehammer 🪦

Chaser

Zaran/Airblast

Nostra

Shell Knight 🪦

Pitbull 🪦

Metal Giant 🪦

Sting X 🪦

Dicer 🪦

Madam Liquor 🪦

Cookie Cutter 🪦

Cage

Metallian Metallian 🪦

Baylor Baylor 🪦

Wingman Wingman 🪦

Storm Rider Storm Rider 🪦

The Legion

Generals

Zerodin

Commanders

Dan

16th Division

Bora 🪦

Naram

Three-Section Staff User

Zero Platoon

Razenia Sinclair Razenia Sinclair

Philynnes

Bandi Bandi

Gerald 🪦

The Undead

Immortal

The Handler

Factions

Forlorn Hope

Fazin/Clay Hand

Lyca

Unspecified

Sharpshooter

Raxfer Sinclair 🪦

Suki 🪦

Ubowa

Hanbi

Effi

Number Nine

Ex-Heroes/Missing/Retired

Vector

Yeon 🪦

Dusk

Chaos

Highnoon

Nereid 🪦

Harvester

Branches

Groups
	The Council	The ruling body of the clan's infostructure led by the Master of the Clan.
	Black Hand	A secretive organization within the clan that specializes in doing the clan's dirty work, such as intelligence gathering, and assassinations.
	The Fingers	Six of the strongest and deadliest members of the Black Hand that are the direct executioners of the clan.
	The Legion	One of the lower branches, they serve as the rank-and-file foot soldiers of the clan. They serve as the superpowered protection for civilians during widespread conflicts against Villains alongside individual heroes. So far not much is known about the group except that its more known amongst the public.
	Underground Heroes	One of the lower branches that deals with the damage from the fights between heroes and villains. They serve as body collector that secures the bodies of fallen heroes and villains. So far not much is known about the group except that its less known amongst the public.
	The Undead	One of the lower branches composed of prisoners and former Villains who have committed the worst atrocities but are given a reduced sentence by joining this branch.
	Area Guard	One of the lower branches, its main function is to provide security and maintain public order amongst civilians.

Trivia

• Districts began receiving numerical designations shortly after the clan was founded.
• Some Districts withhold the identities of outstanding Heroes to prevent targeted attacks or to avoid an imbalance between Gifts.
• The Undead's function could possibly be a reference to the Suicide Squad from DC Comics.