The Echo

The Echo are one of the five Squadrons tasked with defending the world. The Echo are depicted as the Squad of Assassins, as they prefer to work in the shadows. Due to the lack of knowledge of coding/wiki creating, there are no spoiler warnings besides the one I am giving you right now. **Spoilers. Continue at your own risk.** This is information taken from the end plan. Changes may occur.

## **Ranks**

**Echo Leader**

**Right Hand**

**Vashta Nerada**

**Enforcer**

**Stalker**

**Hunter**

**Agent**

**Staff**

### **Leaders**

Leaders are the highest rank in the Echo. Echo leaders lead their squad proudly. They are to attend squad meetings, form plans for the future, and watch over their squad. Echo Leaders are to be skilled, quick on both their feet and mind, powerful, and most of all work well in tough situations. New commanders are chosen by either the Right Hand stepping up, or the squad agreeing on someone else as a capable choice.

**First Leader and Founder:** EB, the Echo's Blade

**Second Leader:** Lyn Kai, the Executioner

**Third Leader:** Sayako Dridean, the Ryezures of Lust

**Fourth Leader:** Trisha Whisper, the Reincarnation of Calamity

**Fifth and current Leader:** Anya Blanche, Lorelei

### **Right Hands**

Second in commands who have almost as much power as the commander, with a few limitations. Right Hands usually keep watch of the squad, maintaining balances and assisting the commander. They are not required to attend meetings, but are recommended to do so.  If something were to happen to a commander, the current Right Hand is to take command. If neither are capable of leading, the next most capable person will take command. Right Hands have to specifically chosen by the Commander.

**First Right Hand:** Sayako Dridean, The Ryezures of Lust

**Second Right Hand:** Lyn Kai, The Executioner

**Third Right Hand:** Ayano Kimiko, Sapphire

**Fourth and current Right Hand:** Saki Yudiko, Fourth Month June

### **Vashta Nerada**

The Vashta Nerada are the most dangerous in the squad, despite being a secret, possibly even more than the leaders. They are ruthless, powerful, and completely devoted in their work to kill all the squad's enemies. Out of the entire series, only 4 have existed. Because of their secrecy, they pose off as enforcers, but those within the circle of the squads and high governments know of the Vashta Nerada simply through terrifying rumors. The name originally came from an extinct race of microorganisms, meaning “The Shadows that melt the flesh.” There are no chains holding the Vashta Nerada other than the Echo Code.

**Ryezures of Honor:** Hyseria Dridean

**The King of the North:** Julius Rulez

**Homunculus of Ashes:** Ash Heartlin

**Sin:** Shiro Heartlin

### **Enforcer**

Enforcers are those that enforce the rules and traditions of the Echo. They act as piece bringers, and maintain order in the Echo. If a Enforcer is capable of casting aside their personal feelings and willing to kill the other squad members when it comes to it, they become Executioners.

**Heart of War:** Linda Heartlin

**The Child of Redemption/Child of Authority:** Evangeline Dridean

**The 4th Month, April:** Thalia Dragonblood

**Child of Vengance:** Adam Dridean

**Foxtail:** Hikari Shinigami

**Seraph:** Yato Nishimura

**Assassin Q:** Reed Hasinashi

**Phantom:** Kaede Hasinashi

### **Stalkers**

The Stalkers are the infiltrators and watchers of the Echo. They often work reconnaissance,

**Atonement:** Kuro Heartlin

## **History**

The Echo were formed by EB after he felt that there needed to be someone to watch the skies. He, along with the other Squad Leaders, created the Squads. The Squad of Assassins is regarded as one of the most dangerous of the squads, due to their large number of Great Races. (WIP)

### **Bases**

The Echo have several bases located throughout the solar system, eventually expanding through the galaxy. Their most notable bases are the Kingdom of Wekino, Dreaming City, Safehouse Noir, and The Door of No Return.

#### **Wekino**

The original base of the Echo, stationed on Pluto. It was created by Karen Bloodwalker and her workers as a favor to EB, and served as their primary base of operations. Although it was built like a kingdom, the inside was something similar to a military base. Wekino was destroyed during the second Great War by Liu.

#### **Dreaming City**

The Dreaming City was created by the Echo a little before the Third Great War on the Planet Naveena after the Second Great War. It is in a different solar system connected by a Atom Transport Beacon, and is used as the new base for the Echo. It serves as more than just a base. Unlike Wekino, it's a civilization, used as a peaceful place for different races to gather together. It's government is ruled by the Heartlins and both squads Echo and Bravo. The current queen by the end of the series is Iris Heartlin. The entrance towards the Doorway of No Return is located underneath the Dreaming City.

#### **Safehouse Noir**

Safehouse Noir is the main hideout of the infamous Fireteam 404. It acted as their main base on Earth, where the team spent most of their time at. Some of the Echo used it as a small base when they're on Earth after Monochrome fell, though it's mostly a place to mess around. It has since been expanded to have the new gate to the Dreaming City.

#### **Safehouse Monochrome**

Safehouse Monochrome was a safehouse on Earth, before it's destruction during the Third Great War. It was used by the Echo members stationed on Earth as the more serious forward operation base compared to Noir. It's stationed with small staff, and the gate between Earth and the Dreaming City.

#### **Safehouse Ignis**

Safehouse Ignis is a Safehouse located on Mercury. It is used by squad scientists to monitor the status of the Sun. It also was taken over temporarily by Yuko and the Syndicate in the Third Great War, but eventually seized back after her defeat and continues monitoring not only the Sun, but the neighboring stars as well.

#### **Door of No Return**

The Door of No Return is a gateway to the Land of No Return, a place of darkness and evil. All that stay there shall have their auras trapped and drained before their deaths. The Echo guard this door at all times so none may enter the Land of No Return. The concept of time is different inside, so all that go in possibly come out in a few decades.