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The House of Spiders is a group formed by prominent members of the Five Fingers, who came together for a shared purpose.
The House of Spiders is an organization whose objective is to raise an individual through the culture and fighting techniques of the Finger syndicates, in order "to forge a blade that cuts through all."[1] The true purpose of the group was to create a wielder of the Relic Arayashiki that could permanently erase anything that it cut down, creating a being akin to a living Concept Incinerator. The wielder would be elevated into emptiness and nihility, as the price for using the sword was the loss of one's memory.[2] The organization has been operational since around the year 957, nearly three decades before the beginning of the main story, coinciding with the birth of Ryōshū, then known as Yoshihide, and has remained active since.[3]
The members of the House were five high-ranking, yet largely disgraced members of the Five Fingers: a Sottocapo of the Thumb, a Proxy of the Index, a Great Brother of the Middle, a Maestro of the Ring, and a Star of the Pinky. These five were the House's Nursefathers, and they were responsible for Yoshihide's upbringing and training, which took place in a massive building in a secluded location, connected using the Ring's Corridor technology. While a number of other members of the Fingers were aware of the location of the House and could visit it,[4] the Pinky Nursefather, Shiomi Yoru, was tasked with looking after Yoshihide and therefore forbidden from leaving its premises.[5]
During her time in the House, Yoshihide was trained by the Thumb Nursefather Valencina in swordsmanship, specifically in the Palermitan Style. In the manner and culture of the Thumb, Valencina drilled in her training with physical abuse and emphasized the importance of manners;[6] the Index Nursefather Rien demonstrated how to use various weapons, including a weapon known as "Zenon's Tortoise Spiral"; the Middle Nursefather Matthias was detached from parenting, and was instead eager to spend money on gifts for Yoshihide; the Ring Nursefather Callisto taught Yoshihide the principles of the art of the Ring, particularly the style known as Corporism; the Pinky Nursefather Shiomi Yoru trained Yoshihide in swordplay, teaching her all she knew. Several high ranking Finger members would also visit the house as temporary tutors, one of which was Lei Heng.
Once an adult, Yoshihide took a child, Araya, under her care. Having decided to sever herself and her family from the control of the House of Spiders, Yoshihide hid Araya away in a safe she'd hidden in the House, which used T Corp. technology to alter the passage of time, and she cut her way through the Nursefathers, severing Shiomi Yoru's tongue, Valencina's eye, Matthias's right arm, Callisto's artwork and burning half of Rien's face, before making her escape. It was revealed that Shiomi Yoru was also stabbed in the heart by Yoshihide, resulting in her death. The Pinky Nursefather was later replaced by Araya, after leaving the safe prematurely and being confronted by Rien.
In Yoshihide's absence, each of the five Nursefathers took in an apprentice and began teaching them for the purpose of one day using them to continue Yoshihide's training. The Thumb apprentice Lucio was trained by Valencina to be a "textbook" for Yoshihide to relearn her techniques,[7] the Index Proxy Sora was trained by Rien, the apprentice Kira was trained by the Middle Nursefather Matthias, the apprentice Albina was trained by the Ring Nursefather, and the apprentice Ren was trained by Shiomi Yoru, becoming her mouthpiece as well.
After Operation Spider Pyre, the House of Spiders was destroyed, and all the Nursefathers and apprentices except for Kira were killed.
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