'HOUR PAST MIDNIGHT' (1390)

There have been times in Thera's history when men of such malevolence have
risen to such influence as to be beyond the reach of a battle of armies, and
men of honor have risen from the least likely of sources.  What few records
exist of one such society of warrior-monks, referred to only by the sobriquet
"Hour Past Midnight", a reference to their secretive meetings, rumored to only
occur in the dead of night.  They were said to be masters of arming themselves
from plain sight, striking their chosen foes down with whatever could be
improvised.  Legends spoke not only of the range of exotic weapons they would
employ, but of their exceptional skill with each, striking and defending as a
master.

See also: EXOTIC WEAPONS