Klaus Family

"They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send a Talon for your head."

The Klaus Family is known by many monikers such as the Talons, or by people who aren't familiar with their exact purpose, simply the 'Faceless,' due to the expressionless white masks that they wear when on duty. While they aren't one of the Five Clans of Old, their status is just as influential as a royal oddly enough, though no one knows why.

Their exact objectives are to be both hidden bodyguards and assassins for the Granzreich family, killing for them, spying for them and even pretending to be them if needed as doubles.

Founded with the philosophy that power and strength are the fundamental values that govern the natural world and all that reside inside; that the strong devour the weak, with every member acknowledging the "kill or be killed" mentality to be the very best regardless of consequence or hesitation to do so.

History
The first Klaus came to happen with the third Kaiser of the Granzreich Kingdom. The current Kaiser had a younger brother who was vastly more handsome, popular amongst the people and as unparalleled as a fighter. Envy seized the King at the same time suspicion grew that his brother would try to seize the throne from him which he would never have done, as the younger brother was loyal and loved his brother mroe than anything.

To prove his unwavering loyalty, he faked his death, thus 'killing' any possible 'competition' for his brother, and then starting wearing a blank white mask and became his brother's personal guard, swearing that he and his descendants would never become competition to his own. Ever since then, there has always been a blank white face just behind the King and later Emperor as the Kingdom became imperialist and grew into an Empire.