Darkmind Family
Not all assassinations happen to the body. The Darkmind family operates in the space between death and return, diving into the Mortis Amaranthine after the recently deceased to reach their half-formed consciousness. Once inside, they can strip specific memories, reshape a personality into something unrecognizable, or annihilate a person so completely that they never come back from the grave at all.
Composed of Graverobbers and Grave Attuned, the Darkminds are called upon when a target must die for the final time, or when someone must forget what they witnessed. They also handle Murder Inc's retirement process: departing members are ritually killed and their memories of the organization systematically erased, so that when they return from death, they remember nothing of their time as killers. The last thing a retiring member forgets is that they were ever part of Murder Inc at all.
Darkmind operatives speak with perfect empathy. They understand fear, grief, longing, and hope with clinical precision, not because they care, but because they have mapped every corner of the human mind and know exactly which threads to pull. The compassion in their voice is a tool, wielded as deliberately as any blade.
Initiation is the Paired Bond. Two recruits are matched from the first day of training and spend roughly a year studying each other, growing closer through shared tasks and genuine friendship. At the end, the lower-scoring initiate is murdered while the other watches. If the slain partner was deemed worthy, they are brought back. If not, the survivor is trained to kill within the Mortis Amaranthine itself. Either way, the lesson is the same: connection is a weapon, and the Darkminds must be willing to see it shattered.
Composed of Graverobbers and Grave Attuned, the Darkminds are called upon when a target must die for the final time, or when someone must forget what they witnessed. They also handle Murder Inc's retirement process: departing members are ritually killed and their memories of the organization systematically erased, so that when they return from death, they remember nothing of their time as killers. The last thing a retiring member forgets is that they were ever part of Murder Inc at all.
Darkmind operatives speak with perfect empathy. They understand fear, grief, longing, and hope with clinical precision, not because they care, but because they have mapped every corner of the human mind and know exactly which threads to pull. The compassion in their voice is a tool, wielded as deliberately as any blade.
Initiation is the Paired Bond. Two recruits are matched from the first day of training and spend roughly a year studying each other, growing closer through shared tasks and genuine friendship. At the end, the lower-scoring initiate is murdered while the other watches. If the slain partner was deemed worthy, they are brought back. If not, the survivor is trained to kill within the Mortis Amaranthine itself. Either way, the lesson is the same: connection is a weapon, and the Darkminds must be willing to see it shattered.
Structure
The Darkmind Family operates within the Watch of the Bone Chapel faction of Murder Inc. Its members are composed of Graverobbers and Grave Attuned who specialize in entering the shared consciousness of the Mortis Amaranthine. New initiates are paired from the first day of training with a partner selected for their potential to form a genuine bond. Over roughly a year, the two study each other through shared tasks, building real friendship. At the end of training, the lower-scoring initiate is killed while the survivor watches. If the slain partner was deemed worthy, they are brought back; if not, the survivor is trained to kill targets within the Mortis itself.
Public Agenda
The Darkmind Family exists to operate within the Mortis Amaranthine itself. Their purpose is twofold: destroy targets who must die permanently by annihilating them within the shared consciousness of the grave, and erase specific memories from individuals who have witnessed things they should not have. They interact with the living on an empathetic basis, not from genuine caring but from a deep understanding of the human psyche that makes them effective at mapping and then dismantling the minds of their targets.
History
The Darkmind Family established itself as the psychological warfare arm of Murder Inc, developing techniques for entering the shared consciousness of the recently deceased within the Mortis Amaranthine. Their operatives learned to strip memories, reshape personalities, and destroy individuals so thoroughly that they could never return from death. This capability made them uniquely valuable to the broader organization.
The family also became responsible for handling Murder Inc's retirement process. When members of the organization wish to leave, the Darkminds ritually kill them and then enter the Mortis to alter their memories, ensuring that departing members forget their entire time within the organization. This dual role of eliminating targets and erasing the memories of former allies gives the Darkmind Family a function no other family within Murder Inc can replicate.
The family also became responsible for handling Murder Inc's retirement process. When members of the organization wish to leave, the Darkminds ritually kill them and then enter the Mortis to alter their memories, ensuring that departing members forget their entire time within the organization. This dual role of eliminating targets and erasing the memories of former allies gives the Darkmind Family a function no other family within Murder Inc can replicate.
Psychologists of the dead who enter shared consciousness to strip memories, reshape minds, or destroy souls permanently.
