Fox Clan

The Fox Clan, the Heirs of Shadow, began as the dominant Intelligence force of the country long ago through a development of ninja and spy operations (geisha) while accepting the illegitimate and mercenary. Many branches of the Fox Clan operations developed into special forces, investigation, espionage and counter-espionage fields. Throughout the early history of the clan they have also sought to eliminate competitor clans, which they would then assimilate and incorporate into their own branches.

The Fox Clan has come to consist of or incorporate many illegitimate members of Clans, and has had little opportunity to possess direct control over the Country. Part of this has come from occasional "cleansing" of the clan of traitors or in-fighting within the Clan as different branches come to support different sides of the Country. As their reputation declined, more branches of the Clan developed a focus on communication-media or expanded a control of (interpersonal) entertainment.

As modernization of the Country grew, so has the Clan's approach to internal problems through a development of each branch's shared resources for lateral cooperation, specialization of operations, and further development of inter-Clan collaboration.

Today, the Fox Clan possess branch-operations that provide Entertainment/Communication, Occult Research, Counter-Espionage, in addition to Special Forces, while the central focus of the Clan remains Intelligence gathering and analysis.

Internal Divisions / Branches: each founded (and lead or owned by) a family of the Fox Clan
 * XOF (eXecutive Operations Force): a command component to unify special operation protocols, training, and coordination. The XOF is the primary national-administrative agency of Fox Clan.
 * Jian: a branch-division, under XOF which focuses on the development of special forces training.
 * FNC: the Fox News CorporationFox-News.jpg
 * ONI: Office of National Intelligence, often works in concert or parallel the XOF, to gather, process, and analyze national and foreign security information