A couple of days before the students were set to return, a meeting had been called between the five large clans of the Dark Faction. These five clans were the ones that supported the academy the most with their funds and equally because they were the most powerful, they had the most say in the Faction.
There was no faction leader, but since the Erupting Fist Clan was the most powerful clan, and the head of the clan, Murkel, was also the principal of the academy, many people saw him as the de facto faction leader.
Still, despite this, it wasn't as if the clan leaders regularly met up, nor did they often have meetings with each other. They were far too worried about increasing the strength of their own clans or even having internal fights to stop one another from rising up and taking their positions.
