The Karatsu

The Karatsu are comprised of 27 individual members, with their code names each representing a letter of the alphabet; their names are unique in the fact that each name starts with the letter of the code name they represent, and often brush off their code names as just nicknames so as to throw off the scent of any pursuants. Emilio is the letter M, and though he is not the official leader (that position is held by ~) with the death of the previous ~ a couple of months before Emilio was sent away to Rampion, a new ~ has yet to be chosen and thus Emilio, being the descendant of one of the major leaders of the Hyphy clan, was chosen as the de facto leader until a new ~ could be chosen, at which time Emilio would discard his code name and take on the name of Tilde, and another would be appointed to be the M of the Karatsu. Assuming he would be the one to take up the Tilde mantle. But why not? No one else wants to challenge.

It should be noted that any and all orders given between Karatsu members - even between the Tilde and others - are treated as suggestions only and the obeying part is left up to the better judgement of the Karatsu member.