Assassin Guild Name Generator
Quiet, menacing names for guilds of professional killers
Generate assassin guild names for fantasy worlds, D&D campaigns and novels: shadowy brotherhoods and orders, poison societies, innocent-sounding trade guilds that kill for coin, ninja clans, founder-named houses and chilling one-word names. Each one is written to sound like a guild with rules, ranks and a price list.
About assassin guild names
An assassin guild is a business first and a cult second, and the best names admit it. The Faceless Men, the Dark Brotherhood and the Guild of Assassins in Ankh-Morpork all sound like institutions with charters, dues and a waiting list, not gangs. A good name for one carries that sense of procedure: the Guild of the Last Candle, the Widow's Ledger, the Scriveners of the Final Line. It should feel old, slightly bureaucratic, and more interested in discretion than in frightening anyone.
Several conventions show up again and again in fantasy fiction and tabletop settings. Religious framing (Order, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Covenant, Penitents) makes the guild feel like a creed; a poison plant (Hemlock, Nightshade, Foxglove, Monkshood) marks a society of poisoners; an innocent trade (Lamplighters, Chandlers, Needlemakers, Ferrymen) suggests a guild hiding in plain sight in a city's merchant quarter. Founder-named guilds (Malreth's Children, the Heirs of Ysolde Vane) and house names (House Sable, Clan Duskfang) suit worlds with noble politics, while a single chilling word such as the Quietus or the Tithe works for a guild so feared it needs no description.
The names below mix all of those registers, with Norse, Japanese, Arabic, Latin and Romance-language flavored options for guilds with a regional origin, plus motto-style names like None Shall Wake for guilds known by their oath.
How to choose assassin guild names
- Decide whether the guild is legal or secret. Sanctioned guilds (the Ankh-Morpork model) suit formal names like the Worshipful Company of Gravediggers; outlawed ones suit whispered nicknames like the Widowmakers.
- Give the guild a street name and a formal name. The Guild of the Last Candle can be the Candlemen to the city watch; using both in play or prose makes the organization feel real.
- Match the flavor to the region of your world: Order and Brotherhood for medieval European settings, Clan and Ryu for East Asian-flavored regions, Arabic or Latin forms for desert cities and old empires.
- Tie the name to a detail you can use later: a poison plant suggests their method, a founder's name suggests a succession feud, a trade cover suggests where their safehouse is.
- Avoid stacking threat words. Blood, Death and Shadow together sound like a bandit camp; one quiet noun (the Needle, the Hollow) is scarier and easier for players to remember.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good name for an assassin guild in D&D?
Something that sounds like a real institution in your city: the Guild of the Last Candle, the Scriveners of the Final Line, House Sable, or a trade cover such as the Lamplighters' Fellowship. Pick a name players can say at the table, then give it a nickname the common folk use, like the Candlemen or the Quiet.
How is an assassin guild different from an assassin organization or order?
A guild is a trade body with ranks, dues, apprentices and a price list, and often operates semi-openly. An order or brotherhood is organized around a creed or religion, and an organization or syndicate is a broader criminal or political network. Many fantasy groups blur these, but the word you choose sets the tone.
Should an assassin guild name be scary or subtle?
Subtle usually lands harder. A trade name (the Needlemakers), a plant (the Hemlock Circle) or a single plain word (the Tithe) implies professionalism and secrecy, while anything with Death or Blood in it reads as a street gang. Save the overt names for groups that want to be feared in public.
Can I use these names in a published novel or game?
Yes. The names here are original and free to use in fiction, tabletop campaigns, video games and other projects. A few well-known guilds from existing franchises are mentioned in the text only as examples and are not in the list.
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All 500 assassin guild names
A: 3 names
- A Mercy, Not a Murder
- Ashwither
- Ask No Price
B: 9 names
- Bellsnuffers
- Blackwick
- Blades of the Undervault
- Breathtakers
- Brotherhood of Saint Orlane
- Brotherhood of the Black Hellebore
- Brotherhood of the Cut Thread
- Brotherhood of the Hollow Moon
- Brotherhood of the Low Door
C: 17 names
- Carrow's Kindred
- Clan Blackfeather
- Clan Duskfang
- Clan Gravesong
- Clan Hollowborn
- Clan Morrigan's Knife
- Clan Nightmere
- Clan Ravenmoor
- Clan Sablehand
- Clan Shadowmere
- Clan Whisperwind
- Cold Hands, Warm Coin
- Coldhollow
- Company of the Black Lantern
- Company of the Shuttered Window
- Cordcutters
- Corvin's Hand
D: 8 names
- Daggerkin
- Darksingers
- Daughters of the Still Water
- Death Keeps Ledgers
- Die Nachtwächter
- Dimmerlight
- Dreadmantle
- Duskreave
E: 2 names
- Emberstill
- Every Candle Ends
F: 1 name
- Fratellanza della Lama Nera
G: 8 names
- Grandmother Wick's Kin
- Gravekissers
- Gravethorn
- Guild of the Bitter Draught
- Guild of the Forgotten Name
- Guild of the Last Candle
- Guild of the Last Word
- Guild of Whispered Ends
H: 20 names
- Halvard's Knives
- Hollowsong
- House Ashvane
- House Corvane
- House Cressingham
- House Dunmoor
- House Duskwater
- House Ebonhall
- House Greylock
- House Marrow
- House Nightvale
- House of Quiet Knives
- House of the Black Wick
- House of the Fallen Candle
- House of the Shut Eye
- House Sable
- House Sorrowmere
- House Thornmere
- House Velloran
- Hushbringers
I: 2 names
- I Senza Volto
- Il Coro Muto
J: 1 name
- Josse Duvaine's Company
K: 1 name
- Knifetwisters
L: 8 names
- La Hermandad del Último Aliento
- La Mano Quieta
- Les Chandeliers
- Les Couteaux Silencieux
- Les Lames du Crépuscule
- Let Them Sleep
- Los Hijos de la Sombra
- Los Silenciosos
M: 2 names
- Malreth's Children
- Mournwick
N: 6 names
- Nightcallers
- Nightmantle
- Nightwalkers
- No Name Remembers
- None Shall Wake
- Nothing Follows
O: 10 names
- Order of Saint Merrow's Knife
- Order of the Closed Hand
- Order of the Monkshood
- Order of the Mute Bell
- Order of the Pale Reed
- Order of the Seventh Hour
- Order of the Severed Thread
- Order of the Sleeping Bell
- Oren's Quiet Company
- Ottric's Tithe
P: 1 name
- Paid in Quiet
Q: 2 names
- Quietfall
- Quillcutters
S: 15 names
- Sable Marrow's Boys
- Sablecord
- Saint Ilsabet's Orphans
- Shadeveil
- Shadewalkers
- Silence Is Paid
- Silencers
- Sisters of the Folded Blade
- Sisters of the Quiet Thread
- Sleep Was Promised
- Sleepgivers
- So Falls the Leaf
- Soft as Snowfall
- Sons of the Hush
- Stillborne
T: 374 names
- The Academy of Final Studies
- The Academy of the Closed Fist
- The Acolytes of the Long Sleep
- The Aconite Brethren
- The Adder's Tithe
- The Al-Hashshashin of Vareth
- The Amanita Court
- The Amber Tithe
- The Anchorites of the Knife
- The Apprentices of Madam Vell
- The Archers of the Hollow Moon
- The Ashen Court
- The Ashen Draugr
- The Ashfall Guild
- The Ashgrove Partnership
- The Ashikaga Whisperers
- The Ashmere Lamplighters
- The Barbers' Red Thread
- The Belladonna Covenant
- The Bellfounders' Hush
- The Bellwether
- The Bellwether Lodge
- The Bitter Almond Society
- The Black Candle Sodality
- The Black Sirocco
- The Blackthorn Daggers
- The Blackwater Consortium
- The Blackwater Wharf Guild
- The Blóðorð
- The Bloodmoon Fellowship
- The Bone Carvers
- The Bone-White Circle
- The Bowmen of the Low Door
- The Brethren of Dun Loch
- The Brethren of the Sealed Lips
- The Bronze Silence
- The Brotherhood of the Red Dune
T, continued
- The Brotherhood of the Sand Lamp
- The Bureau of Final Accounts
- The Cabal of Quiet Tongues
- The Candlemarket Company
- The Candlewick Trust
- The Canons of Saint Vell
- The Carmine Lantern
- The Chancery of Silence
- The Chandlers of the Last Light
- The Chaplains of the Last Hour
- The Chapter of the Folded Glove
- The Chimney Sweeps of Harrow
- The Choir of Closed Mouths
- The Cinder
- The Cinder Hill Compact
- The Cinder Trust
- The Cinderfold
- The Clockmakers of Varr
- The Cold Hearth Company
- The Collegium of the Quiet Art
- The Commission of Last Rites
- The Company of the Black Rose
- The Confraternity of the Last Rite
- The Conservatory of Silence
- The Cooper's Circle
- The Cordwainers' Knives
- The Court of Quiet Appeals
- The Covenant of the Empty Chair
- The Crimson Lament
- The Crooked Key
- The Crossroads Brokers
- The Culling
- The Cult of the Quiet Step
- The Custodians of the Ledger
- The Cutlers of Greymoor
- The Cutpurse Brethren of Hollin
- The Dancers of the Last Step
T, continued
- The Datura Veil
- The Daughters of Old Tam
- The Deacons of Silence
- The Dead Nettle Guild
- The Debt Is Settled
- The Department of Small Mercies
- The Dervishes of the Last Breath
- The Dhul-Zill
- The Disciples of the Blind Elder
- The Dødsbrødre
- The Drowned Candle
- The Duellists of Saint Vell
- The Dusk Road Company
- The Dusk Wardens
- The Ebon Ledger
- The Emberveil Syndicate
- The Exchequer of Knives
- The Faculty of Quiet Endings
- The Fellows of Gallows Lane
- The Fen Street Cutters
- The Fidelis Umbra
- The Five Fingers of Night
- The Fletchers' Quiet
- The Fold
- The Forty Thieves of Varane
- The Foxglove Society
- The Fraternity of the Empty Cup
- The Free Company of Knives
- The Friars of the Black Hood
- The Gallows Lantern
- The Garrote
- The Garroters of Greymoor
- The Gentlemen's Quiet Society
- The Ghulam of the Closed Gate
- The Gilded Dagger Company
- The Gilders' Fellowship
- The Gilt Shroud
- The Gleaners of Dusk
T, continued
- The Gloam
- The Gloaming
- The Glovers' Guild of Hollin
- The Gravesend Company
- The Greenway Apothecaries
- The Grey Mantle
- The Grey Moth Guild
- The Grey Sparrow Clan
- The Grey Sparrow Lodge
- The Greyline Factors
- The Greymoor Chapter
- The Greyveil Knives
- The Guardians of Nothing
- The Guild of Lower Varre
- The Guild of Ravensgate
- The Guild of the Ninth Bell
- The Harrow
- The Harrowgate Guild
- The Heirs of Ysolde Vane
- The Hemlock Circle
- The Henbane Sisters
- The Hermits of Greythorn
- The Hidden Ember
- The Hollin Road Brotherhood
- The Hollow
- The Hollow Bamboo
- The Hollow Crown Guild
- The Hollow Stem
- The Hollow Tree Company
- The Hospitallers of the Quiet Ward
- The Hrafnkel Company
- The Hundred Eyes
- The Hviskende
- The Indigo Thread
- The Iron Willow Clan
- The Isvind Compact
- The Ivory Knives
T, continued
- The Ivy Noose
- The Jade Needle
- The Kage no Ryu
- The Kaldrune Brotherhood
- The Keepers of the Low Flame
- The Kestrel Hand
- The Kestrelbridge Guild
- The Kestrelwood Company
- The Khanjar Society
- The Knifemen of Saltmere
- The Knot
- The Kumori-kai
- The Kurohane Clan
- The Kvisla Blades
- The Ladies' Thimble Circle
- The Lamia Cohort
- The Lamp Oil Company
- The Lamplighters' Fellowship
- The Lantern and Knife Company
- The Lantern Snuffers
- The Laurel Cup
- The Ledger
- The Lineage of Aldis Crane
- The Locksmiths of Vael
- The Lodge of Closed Doors
- The Lyceum of Shadows
- The Mandrake Choir
- The Mantis Order
- The Mantle Brokers
- The Mendicants of Dusk
- The Mercy
- The Millers of Dun Loch
- The Ministry of Quiet Endings
- The Morrowfen Cabal
- The Morrowfen Chapterhouse
- The Mortalis Covenant
- The Mortis Chapter
- The Moth-Eaten Crown
T, continued
- The Mourning Knives
- The Myrkvidr Knives
- The Nachtklinge
- The Nattkniv Guild
- The Nattmara Sisters
- The Needle
- The Needlemakers
- The Night School of Varre
- The Night Soil Men
- The Nightglass Covenant
- The Nightingale Lodge
- The Nightingale Pact
- The Nightjar Circle
- The Nightjar Syndicate
- The Nightmarket Syndicate
- The Nightshade Collegium
- The Nine Tails Guild
- The Nine Veils
- The Ninefold Hush
- The Ninth Ring
- The Ninth Syllable
- The Ninth Ward Society
- The Nocturnis Order
- The Nox Aeterna
- The Obsidian Quill
- The Occulta Manus
- The Office of Closed Matters
- The Old Quarter Hand
- The Oleander Guild
- The Ombra Vera
- The Order of Hollow Bells
- The Order of the Closed Scroll
- The Order of the Unlit Candle
- The Order of the Veiled Dune
- The Pale Needle
- The Pellbury Tithe
- The Penitents of the Knife
T, continued
- The Poisoners' Guild of Vareth
- The Pugio Guild
- The Pupils of the Grey Tutor
- The Qasr al-Samt Order
- The Quiet
- The Quiet Ledger Holdings
- The Quiet Lodge of Ashe
- The Quiet Tithe
- The Quietus
- The Rashid Compact
- The Raven Court
- The Ravenmarket Cartel
- The Ravenwood Compact
- The Reapers of Ashmere
- The Reckoning
- The Red Lantern Company
- The Red Tallow Guild
- The Registry of the Departed
- The Ropewalkers
- The Rue Collective
- The Rushlight Guild
- The Sable
- The Sable Consortium
- The Sable Mantle Club
- The Sable Thread
- The Sacristans of Ash
- The Saffron Veil
- The Saint Orlane's Parish Knives
- The Saltmen
- The Saltmere Knives
- The Sandglass Brotherhood
- The Sayf al-Layl
- The Scarlet Hush
- The Schattenbund
- The Scholars of Meric Thorne
- The School of Falling Leaves
- The Scriveners of the Final Line
T, continued
- The Second Breath
- The Seminary of the Knife
- The Sentinels of the Empty Throne
- The Serpent's Tithe
- The Seven Mourners
- The Sextons' Company
- The Shadowed Reed School
- The Shadowmere Conservatory
- The Shepherds of the Lost
- The Shinobi of the Black Pine
- The Shrike Covenant
- The Shrike Fellowship
- The Shroud
- The Shuttered Lantern Club
- The Sica Fraternity
- The Silent Alms
- The Silent Crane School
- The Silent Knives
- The Silentium Brotherhood
- The Silverthorn Company
- The Sine Nomine
- The Sisterhood of the Broken Seal
- The Sisters of Corvane Abbey
- The Sisters of Mercy's End
- The Six Shadows
- The Sixfold Blade
- The Skuggsjá
- The Sleeping Carp Ryu
- The Slingers of the Fen
- The Snare
- The Sodality of Saint Hemlock
- The Sons of Lucan Grey
- The Sons of Saif
- The Sorrel Knife
- The Sorrowthorn Guild
- The Sœurs de Minuit
- The Sowers of Quiet
- The Stewards of Silence
T, continued
- The Stillness
- The Stillwater Shinobi
- The Stitch
- The Svartklinga
- The Swordsmen of the Closed Eye
- The Tailors of Morrow Street
- The Tallow
- The Tanner's Row Circle
- The Tanners' Silence
- The Tansy Hand
- The Tapestry Weavers
- The Tenebrae
- The Thirteen Keys
- The Thornless Rose
- The Thornwick Cabal
- The Thornwick Street Fraternity
- The Three Knives
- The Tithe
- The Tribunal of the Unseen
- The Tsuki no Kiba
- The Twelve Silences
- The Twin Serpent Guild
- The Tyst Hand
- The Ulfhedin Guild
- The Umbra Venatus
- The Umbrae Collegium
- The Umbral Circle
- The Unbidden
- The Unburied
- The Undermarket Collegium
- The Undertakers of Pell
- The Undervault Bank of Knives
- The Unfinished Sentence
- The Unheard
- The Unkindness
- The Unlit
- The Unmarked Graves
T, continued
- The Unnamed
- The Unseen Guild
- The Unseen Tithe
- The Unspoken
- The Unwept
- The Ushi no Koku
- The Vaelport Dockmen
- The Vardis Tong
- The Veil
- The Vellmoor Daggers
- The Velvet Exchange
- The Velvet Garrote
- The Verdigris Company
- The Veritas Nox
- The Vermilion Pact
- The Vesper
- The Vesperine Order
- The Vigil of Saint Corvin
- The Vindicta Compact
- The Vintners of Ashe
- The Viper Brotherhood
- The Wardens of Hollin Crossing
- The Wardens of the Last Door
- The Wards of Mother Hemlock
- The White Chrysanthemum
- The Wick
- The Wicker Lodge
- The Wickmakers
- The Widow Ashcombe's Household
- The Widow's Ledger
- The Wolfsbane Compact
- The Wormwood Cabal
- The Wren and Wire
- The Yewbark Brethren
- The Yoru no Ito
- Thornhush
- Thread-Snappers
- Throatcutters
V: 3 names
- Veilbreak
- Velatori
- Vesperthorn