Cheonghwado

**Cheonghwado**, also known as the **Azure Sword (Clan)**, is one of the top 9 Clans currently reigning over the Tower, lead by Sword God. Much like the other 8 Clans, Cheonghwado was involved in the grand alliance to destroy Arthia.

## Structure

### Five Martial Gods

Cheonghwado was primarily lead by the five Martial Gods who excelled in the usage of a specific weapon and obtained immense power and mastery over said weapon to the point that they were deemed "Gods".

However it was apparent that, Sword God as its founder, was the primary leader of the entire clan and Spear God, being his first companion and co-founder, was his second in command, while the other three Martial Gods served as their direct subordinates and generals.

Martial Gods:

* **Sword God** (Seon)
* **Spear God** (Flann)
* **Bow God** (Zhang Wei)
* **Saber God** (Hanryeong)
* **Fist God** (Leonte)

### Members

As one of the top 9 Clans that reign over and lead the Tower, Cheonghwado has access to many powerful Rankers as their members. Allowing them to easily compete both in man power and military might with the likes of Red Dragon.

However despite their military power, it was apparent that in comparison to the much older Red Dragon, Cheonghwado lacked the same level of immense man power and connections to actually win against them. Hinting that due to it being relatively newer in comparison the other clans, Cheonghwado has yet to reach the same amount of influence and man power they have to seriously face them in war in earnest.

Similar to Red Dragon and the other large clans of the Tower, Cheonghwado also possess their own sub-units and groups formed from its members;

* **Seventy Magic Swordsmen** Subordinates and Guards to the Fist God
* **The Demon Swordsmen:** Subordinates and Guards to the Fist God
* **Escort Guards:** Subordinates and Guards to the Fist God
* **White Sword Arts:** Subordinates and Guards to the Fist God

### Affiliated Clans

Similar to the other Top 9 Clans, Cheonghwado possess several sub-clans they either personally founded, backed or were in an alliance or partnership in.

### Arang Group

In order to complete the Philosopher Stone for the sake of increasing the power of Sword God, Bild was sent out and stationed in the Tutorial Block with a few of his subordinates in order to gather the needed "materials" to complete the stone.

Having successfully created an alliance with the tutorial block's native monsters in order for them to hand over their human captives to them for harvesting and organized several Scavenger Groups in order to actively overpower and abduct rookie players to obtain their items and further materials to complete the stone and hasten its completion.

However upon Bild and the entirety of his subordinates being killed by the "Masked Hoarder" and the stone disappearance, Arang Group has now officially rendered extinct and disbanded.

### Behemoth

A relatively powerful clan of Ranker that was noted to be one of Cheonghwado's affiliate clans. Its been stated that they were one of Azure Sword Clan/Cheonghwado's more powerful allied clans to date and were sent out to assist them during their war against Red Dragon.

## Headhunting

However in contrast to the other 9, Cheonghwado was noted to actively head hunt during the Tutorials. Having been known to send some of their agents into the Tutorials in order to keep a look-out for any talented potential Players or Rankers that could become formidable in the future to join them.

## History

Cheonghwado originally began a few decades prior to the emergence of Arthia when the Sword God had left the One-Horned Tribe after learning all her could from the Martial King, having then been accompanied by the Martial King's Brother,Flann, who he had become close to during his stay with the clan and becoming his first ally and best friend.

The two set out to establish themselves within the Tower and Climb its Floors, having soon begun gradually developing its power, influence, resources and reach until eventually reaching the same level of military might as the other Top Clan within the Tower and being officially recognized as one of the Top 9 (Soon to be 10).

After Arthia's rise to power, Cheonghwado was one of the clans that was noted to have battled its members, with the Sword, Bow and Spear God having still strong memories and impressions on each of the clans members, despite them being few in number, due to their exceptional power.

Eventually like the other Top 6 Clans, Cheonghwado soon became involved in the Grand Alliance put together to annihilate Arthia. With Cheonghwado taking in several of Arthia's members such as Leonte and Bild when they defected to them.

During the war against Arthia, it was confirmed that Cheonghwado suffered massive damage, with half of their army being killed and at least 2 of their Martial Gods being killed.

### Destruction

Upon hearing about their experiments using the Arang Group to make a Philosophers Stone, The Summer Queen ordered Bahal declared war on Cheonghwado to obtain the Stone or any information on the Stone in order to heal and replace her Dragon Heart that had been irreversibly damage by Cha Jeong-woo.

Through this war, Cheonghwado was completely destroyed with the Bow God defecting to Red Dragon, the Fist God and Saber God being killed and the Spear and Sword God being too injured and being hunted by Red Dragon, leading the clan to completely collapse.

### Aftermath

Upon their destruction, Cheonghwado left behind a gigantic power vacuum within the Obelisk that many clans attempted to Fill or filled up by the other Top Ten Clans, as seen where Red Dragon pillaged Cheonghwado's territories for themselves after ravaging it.

As seen with the emergence of the Four Emerging Clans, some of Cheonghwado's former territories and power was taken by these new clans for themselves.

Later, after battling "Faceless" in the Five Mountains of Penance, Hanryeong, the former Saber God of Cheonghwado, realized that the players true identity was in fact Sword God. Later he would notice that "Faceless" himself was an amalgamation of the various souls of the numerous players of Cheonghwado that the Sword God had eaten using [Cannibal], making him the literal embodiment of Cheonghwado.

## Trivia

* Despite being counted as one of Top 9 (formerly 10) Clans in the Tower, Cheonghwado was noted to be one of the youngest of the ten, having been formed a few decades earlier than Arthia.