Chaste (Marvel)

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The Chaste are an organization that features in Marvel Comics

History

Stick and the Chaste in Daredevil v1 #350.

This tribe was also known as the Disciples of the Seven. (Daredevil: Ninja v1 #2)

Around 1953, Stick and the Chaste were seeking for new recruits after the war with Drake's father and her brother James both being scouted. James went through the training for the next three years and passed bits of his knowledge to his younger sister. This act broke the rules of the Chaste with Stick witnessing it and he decided to banish one of the siblings by having the two battle. Drake succeeded leading to her brother James being forced to leave the Chaste's headquarters. She stayed among the Chaste and continued her training until Stick eventually had her leave their ranks. Afterwards, she was taken by the Hand who decided to train her with Drake accepting their offer and continued her training. In 1972, the Chaste fought the Hand in Luxembourg with Drake participating in the attack where she ended up killing her father along with three other members of the group. (Elektra v2 #19)

A young Elektra Natchios went through martial arts training from the age of 12 with her skill leading to her sensei recommending that she move to further training with the Chaste. She went before her master Stick with her attending to join the ranks of the seven and becoming their eighth member. (Elektra: Assassin v1 #1)

Under Stone's leadership, the Chaste gathered on their snow covered mountain top retreat where they discussed the Snakeroot's plans to resurrect Elektra as their agent. (Daredevil v1 #320)

Elektra sought the Chaste to enlist their aid in fighting against the Snakeroot but they refused to help her. This led to her establishing her own ryu (order) in order to battle her enemy. (Elektra: Root of Evil v1 #2)

Around a year ago, their numbers had almost reached three hundred. (Daredevil: Ninja v1 #2)

The remains of the Chaste at this point simply waited on their mountain home with it claimed that they waited for the threat to come to their door. It was this reason that Elektra decided to form her own Ryu in order to take the fight to the enemy. (Elektra: Root of Evil v1 #1)

By this point, they had been reduced to around five members left within their ranks. (Daredevil: Ninja v1 #2)

Overview

They were quiet peaceful practitioners of the martial arts. (Daredevil: Ninja v1 #2) Members were dressed in white ninja uniforms and armed with similar weapons. (Daredevil v1 #188)

War was seen as an excellent opportunity for the Chaste to recruit new members into their ranks. (Elektra v2 #19)

Among their magical talents was the capacity to speak to one another without moving their mouths. (Elektra: Assassin v1 #1)

Among their bases where they lived was an abandoned temple outside the city in Japan. (Daredevil: Ninja v1 #2)

Members

• Stick :
• Stone :
• Shaft :
• Claw :
• Izo :
• Drake : a former black female recruit who underwent training when Stick forced her to leave their ranks. (Elektra v2 #19)

Notes

• The Chaste were created by Frank Miller where they made their first appearance in Daredevil v1 #187 (1982).

Alternate Versions

• In What If? Daredevil Vs. Elektra v1 #1 (2009), an alternate What If world was shown where Daredevil was killed rather than Elektra. It was shown that the Chaste were an order that fought against the Hand with their members consisting of Stick, Claw, Stone, Flame, Seer, Sai and Sword. They were killed leaving Stick the only surviving member who himself was later killed by the Advocate; the reborn Matt Murdock who the Hand had resurrected to be their servant with him later becoming their leader. Elektra formed a new Chaste alongside Wolverine, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Echo and Silver Samurai that moved to fight the Hand with Elektra killing the Advocate.

In other media

Television

• In Daredevil, the Chaste were mentioned in the backstory of the show in the episode "Guilty as Sin". Their origins were linked to the Hand who one day slaughtered the inhabitants of a village. In the aftermath, a young boy swore revenge against them for the death of his mother and began a campaign of slaughtering the Hand. He assembled a group of likeminded warriors that formed the Chaste that waged a shadowy conflict against their foe. Stick was a member of their ranks and had been fighting in the war against the Hand.

Films

• In Elektra, the Chaste were not mentioned but Stick led a rival clan that opposed the Hand. These warriors were dressed in white in contrast to the black worn by the Hand. Members of this unnamed clan were stated to be practitioners of Kimagori that allowed them to discern events in the future. Both clans fought in an ancient war as they sought to acquire the Treasure. The Treasure was to be used by the clan to defeat the evil of the Hand with this taking the form of a young girl by the name of Abby Miller.

Video games

• In Marvel Heroes, the Mask of the Chaste was an item available in the MMORPG video game.

Appearances

• Daredevil v1
• Elektra: Assassin:
• Daredevil: Ninja v1:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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