Shadow Hunters

The Shadow Hunters (シャドウハンター Shadouhantā) is a organization of deadly assassins. They were brought back by leader Ryu Sakyo. The philosophy goal was to kill all magic users. They feared that magic creates chaos and without it there would be balance in power to the world. However it was then revealed by Ryu that the true purpose of the organization was helping him track down Hōgyoku Keepers and to destroy magic users guilds.

History
The Shadow Hunters have been around for so long that its unknown when the organization was first formed only knowing they appeared when Zeref was born. Story's tell of assassins creating chaos around the world but soon where stopped by the first wizard. Years went by as the Shadow Hunters stopped there rampage and soon died off one by one.

Appearance
Over the course of several decades, Shadow Hunters took different forms and was led by different individuals.