Phantom Troupe

==Overview==
[[File:Young Phantom Troupe.png|thumb|left|200px|Phantom Troupe members circa the Kurta clan massacre]]

The group consists of thirteen members, all of whom are highly skilled [[Nen]] users. Each member has a numbered tattoo of a twelve-legged spider on their body.<ref name="chap18">Hunter × Hunter - Volume 3, Chapter 18</ref> Those wishing to join the group can do so by killing a current member, thereby replacing them. If a vacancy opens due to a member dying or other causes, the leader of the group, [[Chrollo Lucilfer]], is responsible for replacing them.<ref name="chap78">Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 78</ref>

Among their crimes was the massacre of the [[Kurta Clan]], [[Kurapika]]'s family, committed only for the sake of retrieving the Kurta Clan's characteristic [[Scarlet Eyes]].<ref>Hunter × Hunter - Volume 1, Chapter 7</ref> They occasionally do philanthropic work,<ref name="chap78" /> and are a major asset to Meteor City's military force: for example, when bombs failed against [[Zazan]] and her invasion, the Spiders took the initiative and demolished her and her army of [[Chimera Ants]], even without their leader to guide them.<ref name="chap224">Hunter × Hunter - Volume 22, Chapter 224</ref> They are, however, considered outliers even by Meteor City standards.<ref name="chap378">Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 378</ref>

Despite their close ties to each other, they will allow those who have killed their members to join.<ref name="chap78" /> Chrollo organized a revenge massacre of the [[Mafia Community]] in deceased Troupe member #11 [[Uvogin]]'s honor, although [[Machi Komacine|Machi]] speculated he might ask Kurapika (Uvogin's killer) to become a Spider.<ref name="chap89">Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 89</ref>

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