Primary Street Name (Most Common)

“The Chalkmen”

Why it sticks:

• In Long Fall, chalk marks are used to:
• mark condemned habs,
• track debts,
• note “cleared” zones after Guild action.
• When House Kage becomes involved, names quietly disappear from ledgers, pits, or rosters—as if wiped away.

How it’s said:

• “Don’t push it. Chalkmen were askin’ after that crew.”
• “You want to know why his name’s gone? Chalk.”

It’s never said loudly.

People glance at walls when they say it.

Secondary / Situational Names

These appear depending on who’s talking and why.

“The Erasers”

Used by:

• Ferros
• Möbius
• anyone who’s lost a contact

Implies social or economic removal rather than death.

“The Ledgerless”

Used by:

• Guild clerks
• Mid‑hive fixers
• House Phebis adjutants (derisively)

Acknowledges their function while pretending it’s mundane.

“The Linesmen”

Used by:

• Pit crews
• Salvagers
• Old underhivers

Refers to lines being “drawn”, crossed, or erased—territorial and social.

“The Ones Who Don’t Ask”

Spoken by:

• Jocko (once, maybe)
• anyone warning someone else

Always framed as advice, never accusation.

Forbidden Name (Never Spoken Twice)

“The Count”

Singular, not plural.

Anyone who calls them this:

• either knows too much
• or learned the word from someone who didn’t survive keeping it

If this name appears in‑game, it should raise fear immediately.

How This Works at the Table

• NPCs never say “House Kage”
• They argue over which street name is safer to use
• Using the “wrong” name may:
• end conversations,
• cause NPCs to leave,
• trigger later repercussions

Example exchange:

“Think Chalk’s involved.”

“Idiot—don’t call it that.”

“Then what do you call it?”

“…Someone else’s problem.”

Canon Lock‑In Recommendation

• Official gang name: The Quiet Account
• Underhive street name: The Chalkmen

That duality reinforces everything you’ve built:

• bureaucratic on paper
• superstitious in practice
• feared because no one fully understands how they operate