It was a Guild of Assassins, after all. Black was what you wore. The night was black and so were you. And black had such style, and an Assassin without style, everyone agreed, was just a highly paid arrogant thug.

Terry Pratchett
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According to the Old English poem 'Assassinorum' by John Gower, a Guild of Assassins existed in England in the 13th century. The Guild was made up of a group of assassins who wore their cloaks so black they could be seen from space. The Guild came to light when a man named Sir Gilbert Hayne tried to stop the Guild from committing murder by killing Sir Gilbert Hayne. Sir Gilbert Hayne was a well respected poet and historian who wrote the book 'The Flowers of History'.

In this book Sir Gilbert Hayne described the assassins' method for killing someone without being caught by hiding their cloaked bodies behind statues or trees. Sir Gilbert Hayne wrote that his book was better than all other books because it told the truth, unlike other books written by "silly poets". Sir Gilbert Hayne also wrote about how no one would believe him if he reported the Guild of Assassins, even though he knew for a fact that they were very real and existed in England in the 13th century.

Source: Night Watch

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