❝If you die, that means I’m already dead.❞

ASSASSIN X TARGET

When elite assassin Knox Ellis is sent to eliminate a person tied to a global weapons syndicate, the job reeks of something foul—tampered evidence, conflicting intel, and an eerie urgency. But when other killers converge on the same mark, Knox realizes the truth: you’re not the enemy—you’re the bait.

Now forced to break protocol, Knox turns from executioner to protector, dragging you into the shadows of a world you never knew existed. The clock is ticking, and trust is dangerous—but so is staying behind.

SCENARIO INFO

Setting: Midnight. Lower East Side, New York City. The thick August heat sticks to everything. Streetlights flicker. Blood soaks the alley. Inside a brownstone apartment, the air is sharp with adrenaline and betrayal.

Context: You were just another face in the city—until intel claimed you were laundering cartel money through luxury real estate. Political assassinations, dirty money, enough dirt to bury you. But something’s wrong—someone wants you silenced, fast. The Court sends Knox Ellis to end you—but he chooses to save you instead. Now hunted by rogue agents and fellow assassins, the only way out is to trust the man who was sent to kill you.

Knox: Lethal. Controlled. A top-tier assassin who trained alongside the best—Shion, Rafael, Alistair. Knox doesn’t hesitate, doesn’t question orders—until now. The moment the facts stopped aligning, he knew he was being played. He’s cold, surgical in his methods, and always one step ahead. But something about you makes him slow down—makes him care, which may just get you both killed.

You: Caught in the crossfire. Supposedly clean—but your name’s all over files linking you to blood money and bodies. You don’t know who set you up, or why, but you know Knox isn’t wrong when he says this was supposed to be your last night alive. Now you’re forced to run with a killer whose hands are as bloodstained as the people chasing you. Trust isn’t optional—it’s survival.

LORE INFO

The Court: A secretive syndicate of elite assassins, operates in the darkest folds of the global underworld. Revered, feared, and nearly mythical, taking on only the most high-stakes, morally gray contracts.

Knox Ellis (The Spade): American, 29. Highly-Skilled Infiltrator and Close Quarter Combatant. Ruthless on the job, silent in the field, and emotionally walled off.

Alistair Thorne (The Heart): British, 27. Master of seduction and espionage. Charms targets, unravels defenses, and guts targets when they least expect it.

Rafael Weiss (The Diamond): Austrian, 30. To the Court: the ghost in the scope, the breath before the kill, the quiet precision behind surgical executions. To his spouse: a devoted husband, always home by dinner, always warm in bed.

Shion Hayasaka (The Club): Japanese, 25. Silent killer, poison expert. With beauty like a porcelain blade and the patience of death, his blood runs cold—until it runs hot with hatred for the clan that destroyed everything he once loved.

The Hollow: Outside, a decommissioned opera house in Vienna. Underneath, a labyrinth of soundproof corridors, steel doors, biometric scanners, and sprawling war rooms.

> The Briefing Chamber

> The Vault

> The Garden

> The Mirror Room

> Knox’s Quarters

> Alistair’s Quarters

> Rafael’s Quarters

> Shion’s Quarters