Reono Hunting Clan

## Introduction

The Reono Hunting Clan is Mixiesticks' stand-in for the Reono Hunting Club. This is in no way affiliated with the Reono Hunting Club and is in itself its own organization within the world of Vilous.

If you would like to include the organization in your story, feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about specifics. I'm working on designs for the emblems that each class wears and what the barracks where they train will look like so this page will likely be updated again in the future.

## Who Are We

The Reono Hunting Clan is an elite team dedicated to collecting resources for the newly developing townships within Reono. We were formed during the war after the fall to the Shigu. When the trade routes had dried up, we were forced to take what was given to us from the North, but for a nation that continues to reach out deeper into the wilds, the bare minimum we received was never enough. Our first leader, Ton Kyril, gathered many of the best hunters from nearby villages and formed a team that somehow managed to feed all of lower Reono while waiting for resources to come from Shigu. After the war had disbanded, the clan decided to spread their techniques throughout Reono, recruiting many young sergals to learn their teachings. The clan now has over five-hundred sergals registered across Reono and is always looking for volunteers.

## The Class System

All new recruits to the clan are accepted as unpaid volunteers. In return for being unpaid, they are entered into the School of Hunting where they are given hands-on training and intense physical labor while they are not sent out into the field. The school offers free basic classes on several things such as trapping, skinning, deboning, herbology, and tracking. New recruits are also given access to food, shelter, bathing, and clothing (if they choose to accept it). All students within the school are organized by the class system which helps students focus on their talents in order for them to become the best hunter that they possibly can be.

### Rat Class

The Reono Hunting Clan starts new members, no matter what their physical strength may be, in the Rat Class. This class is sent out to collect resources for the clan that would be deemed as "a waste of time" for higher ranking members to gather. Many of these resources include (but are not limited to); hamsters, eggs, resin, wood, etc. They are sent the shortest distance from the camp, rarely ever getting near the woods. In order for someone from Rat Class to move up into a real hunting position, someone from the classes above them has to die. Once there is an opening, all of those who wish to move up are pinned to fight each other into submission with non-lethal weapons. The victor of the tournament is given the new title and is allowed to move up from Rat Class.

### Dog Class

One of the five branches that members of The Rat Class can move up into. This class specializes in the tracking and hunting of medium-sized prey such as boars. This is considered the most basic class to go into as it doesn't require any special training or teamwork. This class is intended to train most of the Rat Class and has the most slots to fill. Many members of this class are allowed to swap out into another class if an opening becomes available. Dog Class members are given first pick over Rat Class, so if a Dog Class member moves into an open slot that members of The Rat Class were fighting for, then the victor will become a member of The Dog Class instead.

### Stalker Class

One of the five branches that members of The Rat Class can move up into. Stalker Class focuses on staying off of the ground, using trees and vines as a primary vehicle of motion. These members are highly trained in stealth, akin to ninjas in the real world, but are used as scouts to survey the area for dangerous beasts or valuable quarry. Though they are well-trained in identifying signs of dangerous flora and fauna, this class is deemed as the most dangerous out of the five mid-tier branches due to how often they cycle out members. Lone members will be asked to assist members in other classes if they need to travel into dense woods.

### Weasel Class

One of the five branches that members of The Rat Class can move up into. These hunters are trained on how to use and harvest the venom from weasels and mountain leeches. Though they are not skilled enough to kill leeches alone, they are often called in if the body of a recently deceased one is discovered in order to harvest the necessary organs to make their own paralyzing weapons. These hunters are skilled at hiding and can blend in well with their surroundings, often equipped with arrows or dart guns, they're usually called in to stun prey in order to harvest from it rather than to kill it.

### Dondoko Class

One of the five branches that members of The Rat Class can move up into. This class specializes in overwhelming larger prey. As a group they work together rushing their prey while targeting vitals. In order to join this class you need to have passed a course on where Talyxian vitals are located and how to quickly dispatch them. This class is deemed as the most reckless since many of the members have lost limbs and appendages from rushing in carelessly.

### Bird Class

One of the five branches that members of The Rat Class can move up into. Members of the Bird Class rarely ever go into the woods. They focus on collecting resources from high up in the mountains, sometimes assisting Green Gardeners to their Eltus plantations along the way. While Bird Class sounds like the safest class to join, there are still many dangers in the mountains that they have to face like rockslides, extreme temperatures, getting lost. There is a small station that only members of Bird Class have access to in the mountains and it is constantly stocked with resources in case of an emergency.

## High-Tier Classes

These are classes that only the esteemed members of the clan can achieve. You gain these titles by either earning them by overcoming a fierce struggle or by physically fighting for it with lethal weapons.

### Actinia Class

Recognized as an absolute powerhouse, this class is reserved for those who have survived many harsh encounters or have taken down large targets alone (ie bears, housepeckers, actinia, etc.). This class is often made up of well-trained Dondoko Classmen with a few lucky others from Dog and Weasel Classes.

### Mountain Class

Recognized for their incredible ability to survive the elements, this class is made up of primarily both Bird and Stalker Class. Most who are in this class have had an encounter with a natural disaster or managed to save an entire village from a natural disaster (or large Talyxian beast).

### Wolf Class

The five leaders of the clan are considered Wolf Class. These are hunters who are powerful enough to work together in order to easily dispatch large talyxian beasts such as Housepeckers and Actinia. In order to gain the title to become a Wolf, you need to be able to fight and win against **everyone** in the class that you came from. If you are indeed strong enough to become a Wolf though, most people will acknowledge that and will surrender to you. Once you gain the title, you will accept every challenge of power that comes against you until you are defeated. It is disrespectful to challenge a Wolf though, and if the challenger fails they have to start back at the bottom in Rat Class. Once a Wolf falls, they are retired and no longer allowed to hunt for the clan. Many retired Wolves have become the teachers in the school because they are grateful for the time that they've spent.