Rogue

暗殺者 · Assassin — A death specialist who finishes it all with a single strike

The assassin specializes in eliminating targets with a single decisive strike, a stealth combat class. Wielding shadow movement, poison, hidden weapons, and surprise attacks, assassins target enemy weaknesses through reconnaissance and infiltration rather than open combat. Historically the most famous group is the 11th-13th century Hashishin sect of Syria — origin of the English word 'assassin' — alongside Japanese ninja, Indian Thuggee cult, and Byzantine imperial spies. In fantasy, the most common depiction is a black-hooded masked dagger-wielder, a staple class in Assassin's Creed, D&D's Assassin class, and similar games.

忍者 · Ninja — A Japanese espionage warrior who fights through darkness and deception

The ninja (忍者) was a specialized warrior group of espionage, assassination, and reconnaissance active during 14-17th century Japan's Sengoku (Warring States) and early Edo period. While samurai were a profession of honor and direct combat, ninja were the opposite — using all unconventional means: disguise, infiltration, poison, traps, gunpowder weapons, and information manipulation. The most famous ninja clans were the two villages of Iga and Kōga, communities isolated in mountains transmitting ninja techniques (ninjutsu) hereditarily. Hattori Hanzō, who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu escape during the Honnō-ji Incident (1582), is the most renowned ninja. During the Tokugawa shogunate they were officially employed as the shogun's intelligence organization 'oniwaban.' Disappearing as a profession with the Meiji Restoration, they have become Japan's most powerful global cultural icon today.