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The Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild is a professional organisation and school for assassins in Terry Pratchett's long-running ''Discworld'' series of fantasy novels. It is located in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld, and is widely considered by the elite to be the best option for a well-rounded education anywhere. The Guild of Assassins is located in a light, airy series of buildings next to the Guild of Fools and Joculators, which, being a far more sinister building, is often mistaken for the Assassins'. The guild is currently headed by Lord Downey. ==History== The Assassins' Guild was founded on 27 August AM1512 by Sir Gyles de Munforte as the ''de Munforte School for Gentlemen Assassins''. Sir Gyles was a warrior knight who, during his crusades in Klatch, was intrigued by the Klatchian tradition of professional gentleman assassins, and decided to set up a similar organisation at home, only without the drugs. In AM1576 the school was elevated to the status of a Guild and the name was changed to the ''Royal Guild of Assassins''. The 'Royal' was dropped after the 'events' of AM1688 (i.e. the Ankh-Morpork Civil War, as a result of which the monarchy was overthrown). In response to huge demand among the aristocracy for their children to receive the well-rounded education the Guild offered, the Guild's charter was expanded to include those intending to gain skills in proper Assassination. For most of its history the Assassins Guild School was a male-only establishment (although talented, self-taught women might become members of the Guild itself), however it has recently become co-educational. It is said to be the only school of assassination on the Discworld. However, assassination began in Klatch, and it is stated in ''Interesting Times'' that there is a small, very select guild in Hunghung, in the Agatean Empire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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