Black Dawn

Black Dawn (黒曙, Kuro Akebono) is a powerful guild in the Kingdom of Fiore. The name "Black Dawn" refers to the ability of the darkness to cover up the light, a reference to their desire to defeat the White Dawn guild.

Location
Black Dawn's base of operations is located on the northern peninsula of Fiore, nestled in the foothills of the northern mountains, directly across the country from Fairy Tail's original location.

History
Around the age of seventeen, Kurama met and befriended the leader of Dawn Guild, Sarutobi Sasuke, while the guild was still in its infancy, and not well known throughout the land. Together, with their two powerful magics, and their leadership skills, the two gathered a reasonable following, and became a large and powerful guild by the time of Kurama's nineteenth birthday. Shortly after this, Sarutobi began to garner ill will towards his leadership of the guild by Team Gravity, a team within the guild. As tensions grew worse, Kurama became a mediator between the two groups, stressing the importance of the guild over personal issues, however, as he was well known to be Sarutobi's friend, Team Gravity scorned him even further.

Shortly after Kurama's twenty first birthday, the tension reached a head after Sarutobi attempted to initiate a ban on language that opposed his leadership. In the ensuing fight, Sarutobi was killed, and the guild split between his supporters, lead by Kurama, and Team Gravity and their own supporters. Kurama quickly reformed the guild under his leadership, naming it Black Dawn, whilst Team Gravity named their newly formed guild White Dawn, thus beginning a war between the two guilds. Kurama felt extreme anger at the loss of his close friend, vowing vengeance against his murderers and the destruction of their guild.

S-Class Mage Tournament
Once every two years, Black Dawn holds a tournament to determine the promotion of its Mage, called the S-Class Mage Tournament (Ｓ級魔道士大会, S Kyū Madōshi Taikai). Any guild member can participate in the tournament, given they have completed at least twenty jobs for the guild. The tournament is held over the course of one week, and is a time of celebration and sport for the members of the guild. Only one mage, the tournament winner, becomes an S-Class Mage.

Tournament Rules

 * 1) Participants cannot use illegal magic.
 * 2) Participants are not allowed to kill their opponents.
 * 3) If you fall out of the ring, pass out, or surrender, you lose the fight.

Members
Black Dawn's membership is a shadow of what the original guild's membership was, due to the split. Nevertheless, it is still a sizable membership, numbering close to two hundred.

Trivia

 * Black Dawn is based on the current membership of "Bleach Fan Fiction Wiki", which it was inspired from.