Hrafnsson Clan

“No trail vanishes. No hunt is forgotten.”

Organizational Info

KANJI

N/A

RŌMAJI

Hrafnsson Clan

OTHER NAMES

The Raven Clan

The Allfather’s Hunters

Wardens of the North

LEADER(S)

Eirik Hrafnsson

BASE OF OPERATIONS

Scandinavia, primarily Norway, Sweden, and portions of Finland

STATUS

Active

OCCUPATION

Jujutsu Sorcerers, Hunters, Scouts, Trackers, Expedition Specialists

AFFILIATION

Independent

CLASSIFICATION

Underground

Clan Overview

Overview

The Hrafnsson Clan is an ancient Scandinavian sorcerer lineage whose history is inseparable from the wilderness of northern Europe. Long before the Great Scarring, the clan built its reputation as hunters, scouts, guides, and monster slayers capable of navigating lands that most people considered impossible to survive. Unlike organizations that pursued political influence or territorial dominance, the Hrafnssons devoted themselves to mastering pursuit, survival, and information gathering. Their central belief is simple: every living thing leaves behind a trail, and every trail can be followed by those patient enough to read it.

Following the Great Scarring, the clan became one of the most valuable organizations in northern Europe. As nations collapsed beneath overwhelming curse activity, Hrafnsson hunters established safe routes through cursed territories, recovered isolated settlements, escorted refugee caravans, and hunted dangerous cursed spirits threatening surviving communities. Though relatively small compared to major powers, their influence extends across vast regions due to their unmatched tracking abilities, extensive network of lodges, and mastery of reconnaissance. Few organizations know more about what moves through the wild places of Europe than the Hrafnssons.

Clan History

History

Founding Era

The Hrafnssons originated among isolated northern settlements plagued by curses, brutal winters, and dangerous wilderness. Their ancestors developed specialized hunting methods and survival techniques that would eventually become the foundation of the clan’s identity.

Rise to Power

As trade expanded throughout northern Europe, the Hrafnssons became renowned as trackers, guides, and curse hunters. Their ability to recover missing individuals, locate cursed artifacts, and navigate hostile territory made them indispensable to countless communities.

The Great Scarring

The Great Scarring devastated much of Europe, but the clan’s mobility and survival expertise allowed them to adapt. Hidden lodges were established throughout Scandinavia, creating safe routes through cursed territory and ensuring the survival of countless settlements.

Modern Day

Under Eirik Hrafnsson’s leadership, the clan continues to expand its influence through exploration, intelligence gathering, artifact recovery, and long-range expeditionary operations. Their hunters regularly undertake missions that most organizations consider impossible.

Unique Traits

Hollow-Bone Physiology

Most Hrafnsson bloodlines possess an unusual skeletal structure composed of lightweight, reinforced bone. This adaptation grants exceptional agility, balance, climbing ability, and mobility while maintaining combat effectiveness. Members are capable of traversing difficult terrain with remarkable speed and efficiency.

All-Seeing Eyes

The majority of clan members possess near 360-degree vision. This grants extraordinary situational awareness and makes ambushes exceptionally difficult. However, transparent surfaces such as clean glass can occasionally create perceptual blind spots that interfere with depth perception.

Inherited Technique

Allfather’s Grace

The hereditary cursed technique of the Hrafnsson Clan manifests a pair of avian shikigami dedicated to observation and pursuit. One bird serves as the user’s eyes, relaying visual, auditory, and cursed energy information directly to their mind, while the other specializes in interpreting cursed energy residuals and tracking specific signatures over immense distances. The technique allows users to reconstruct events, identify concealed threats, pursue elusive targets, and transform battlefields into vast networks of information. Though not inherently destructive, Allfather’s Grace is considered one of the most effective reconnaissance and tracking techniques in Europe.

Cursed Tools

Hrafnsker

A clan-forged hunting knife carried by nearly every Hrafnsson hunter. The blade absorbs trace amounts of cursed energy from anything it cuts, allowing users to collect residual samples for tracking and analysis.

Raven’s Bite

A Grade 1 cursed tool traditionally reserved for elite hunters and clan leadership. Taking the form of a compact hunting axe, Raven’s Bite stores traces of cursed energy gathered through contact, making it exceptionally effective during pursuit operations.

Gungnir’s Whisper

A Grade 1 cursed longbow wielded by the clan’s finest marksmen. The bow subtly adjusts the trajectory of arrows toward recognized cursed energy signatures, dramatically improving accuracy over long distances.

Trailmaker Spear

A lightweight hunting spear used by pursuit specialists. Any wound inflicted by the spear leaves behind a lingering cursed energy marker that greatly simplifies future tracking attempts.

Skadi’s Fang

A rare Grade 1 heirloom seax reserved for the clan’s most accomplished hunters. Unlike ordinary tracking tools, Skadi’s Fang can temporarily anchor a target’s cursed energy residuals to reality. Individuals wounded by the blade leave behind a cursed trail that resists natural dissipation and remains traceable for days. Because its use effectively condemns a target to being hunted, only a handful of these blades exist, and receiving one is considered among the highest honors within the clan.

Hunting Groups

The Flock

The clan’s premier expeditionary hunting unit and most prestigious field team. The Flock specializes in long-range hunts, reconnaissance missions, artifact recovery, and high-risk operations beyond established clan territory. Membership is considered one of the greatest honors a Hrafnsson hunter can earn.

Current Members

Astrid Hrafnsson

Grade 1 Sorcerer. Leader of the Flock and one of the clan’s foremost trackers.

Soren Vargsson

Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer. Expert marksman and reconnaissance specialist.

Kael Vetrsson

Grade 2 Sorcerer. Pursuit specialist and the flock’s wildcard.

Leif Solberg

Grade 3 Sorcerer. Youngest hunter in recent clan history to complete the Raven’s Trial and widely considered one of the clan’s greatest future prospects.

The Iron Antlers

The Iron Antlers are the clan’s primary extermination force. When a cursed spirit, rogue sorcerer, or supernatural threat proves too dangerous for conventional hunters, the Antlers are dispatched. Their members are known for their overwhelming combat ability and relentless pursuit of dangerous prey.

Notable Members

Bjorn Halvorsen

Grade 1 Sorcerer. Huntmaster and commander of the Iron Antlers.

Freya Jorgensdottir

Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer.

Magnus Aasen

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Torsten Ulriksen

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Runa Bergstrom

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

The White Feathers

The White Feathers specialize in rescue operations, recovery missions, investigations, and locating missing individuals. They are considered some of the finest trackers and analysts in the clan, often reconstructing events from residual traces long after they occurred.

Notable Members

Solveig Eiriksdottir

Grade 1 Sorcerer. Leader of the White Feathers.

Erik Lund

Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer.

Liv Nygaard

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Hakon Voss

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Astri Dahl

Grade 3 Sorcerer.

The Raven Guard

The Raven Guard serves as the clan’s primary defensive force. While most hunters spend their lives traveling, the Guard protects clan lodges, patrols trade routes, escorts caravans, and defends important sections of the Raven Roads.

Notable Members

Stig Hrafnsson

Grade 1 Sorcerer. Commander of the Raven Guard.

Ingrid Volund

Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer.

Einar Holt

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Nils Karlsen

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Kari Bjornsdottir

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

The Night Wings

The most secretive hunting group within the clan. The Night Wings specialize in intelligence gathering, surveillance, infiltration, and counter-tracking operations. They are rarely seen by ordinary clan members and are responsible for much of the information flowing through the clan’s intelligence network.

Notable Members

Viggo Skarsen

Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer. Leader of the Night Wings.

Elin Markov

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Rune Falk

Grade 2 Sorcerer.

Maja Sorensen

Grade 3 Sorcerer.

Kjell Arnesen

Grade 3 Sorcerer.

Combat Assets

The Hrafnsson Clan maintains approximately four hundred active hunters spread throughout Scandinavia. Their ranks include a Special Grade 1 clan head, multiple Grade 1 Huntmasters, veteran trackers, marksmen, scouts, and expedition leaders.

Supporting these hunters are over one thousand non-combat personnel consisting of blacksmiths, merchants, archivists, beast handlers, lodge keepers, historians, and support staff. Rather than relying on overwhelming force, the clan projects influence through mobility, intelligence gathering, and highly specialized personnel.

Resources

The clan sustains itself through bounty contracts, cursed spirit extermination, artifact recovery, intelligence gathering, escort operations, expedition services, and trade conducted through its network of lodges. Many of these lodges serve simultaneously as safehouses, information exchanges, trading posts, and emergency shelters for travelers crossing cursed territories.

Notable Members

Eirik Hrafnsson

Current Clan Head. Special Grade 1 sorcerer and one of Europe’s most respected hunters.

Astrid Hrafnsson

Leader of the Flock and wielder of Artur and Hrafna.

Bjorn Halvorsen

Commander of the Iron Antlers.

Solveig Eiriksdottir

Commander of the White Feathers.

Stig Hrafnsson

Commander of the Raven Guard.

Viggo Skarsen

Commander of the Night Wings.

Soren Vargsson

Elite marksman and reconnaissance specialist.

Kael Vetrsson

Pursuit specialist known for unconventional tactics.

Leif Solberg

Young prodigy believed by many to represent the future of the clan.

Secret

The Raven Roads

Few outsiders realize the true extent of the Hrafnsson Clan’s infrastructure. Hidden throughout northern Europe exists an interconnected network of lodges, supply caches, observation posts, and emergency shelters collectively known as the Raven Roads. Maintained over generations, these routes allow clan hunters to travel immense distances while remaining supplied, informed, and largely unseen. Most maps of the Raven Roads exist only in fragmented form, and even many clan members know only the sections relevant to their region. Through this network, the Hrafnssons can mobilize hunters, transmit information, and conduct operations across vast territories far more efficiently than their numbers would suggest.

Trivia

•	Every inheritor of Allfather’s Grace personally names their shikigami.

•	The clan’s greatest taboo is abandoning a hunt without cause.

•	Raven feathers are traditionally gifted to young hunters upon completing the Raven’s Trial.

•	Many northern European organizations consider the Hrafnssons the finest trackers in the world.

•	The phrase “The ravens are watching” is commonly used when referring to the clan’s reputation for finding people who do not wish to be found.

•	Receiving Skadi’s Fang is considered a greater honor than receiving most leadership positions within the clan.

•	Eirik Hrafnsson still holds the clan record for landing four consecutive Black Flashes during the Huntmaster Trials.

# In other words, if you think you got away from a member in this clan….check the skies.