There is no house, no uniform for members of the Black Swan House. No ranks or insignia only gained trust, a knowing look, a slight movement of heads or hands between members of this house and little more where anyone else can see. The closest one would get to imagery would be waybread shaped like a swan that could be crumbled All of this done under the nose of Aigronding and Elrond...both of which would disapprove of such methods no matter how effective.
A secret sect of elves hidden in the Valley; hot blooded and as fearless as the Lords of old that drew swords against Morgoth. Their mission to gain as much intel as they can and to use it to scour Middle-earth of the plague that are the allies of Sauron since their formation 2570 TA well after Gandalf had tried to confirm that Sauron had returned but the head of the Black Swans knew well enough, the Nazgul draw their power from the one Ring, which to them could only mean one thing.
To become a Swan you will have shown a certain level of disdain for the repeated reprieves of men that fall under the sway of Sauron, and brutal violence against Orcs and goblins. You will generally get an invitation to the Swans only if you are seen doing something a Swan would do on mission, you are welcome to either have been a member for some time or a new recruit brought to the groups attention. Should you fail to prove loyalty, you may very well find yourself hamstrung by orc weapons and left to die surrounded by orcs and goblins in the Misty Mountains if you're lucky.
Once you are a Swan though, there is no turning back, there is only Blood and Silence.
This is a secret group despite this thread being out in the open - IC this accordingly.
Only elven characters are permitted, with the exception of Mordagnirs.
No IC Mordagnirs, users that are Mordagnirs, or have Mordagnir mains MAY play alternative elven characters
Activities of the Black Swans will not be limited to this thread but spread out across any free rp thread.
OOC should be done in here and tagged to those it affects.
Please allow at least 24 hrs between double posts.
All missions will come through here as all Swans will tend to have an idea what other Swans are doing, some will be able to be carried out in this thread others you will need to go and interact in other threads, a list of appropriate threads to partake in an event will be given in the mission post.
You are welcome to casually interact as a Swan in this thread with other Swans - This thread covers all of Imladris, but assume any posts in here are wherever you like with a moment of privacy as other elves move away to do other things and you and who you are interacting with are alone.
You are also welcome to post flashback mission either failed or successful in this thread and intel that would go with them.