The Aggregate (Possible) (Organization)

== Disambiguation ==
The Aggregate, often called the Ag for documentation purposes, is the radical group that is often associated with the Catholic church in the Face of God Universe, but is not apart of it. This association is due to their relation to Día de los Muertos, "The Day of the Dead."
== Background ==
The Aggregate was formed in the early 19th century in regards to information about various phenomena that happened in and outside of religious circles; specifically, miracles were seen surrounding the dead, with an emphasis on focusing on irony between death and life.
A group naming itself the Aggregate consisted mainly of Catholic members and in the present focus on "transferring life to death." To connect to the Face of God lore, they are basically trying to keep the Silent of Death pure and balanced. How they do this is by identifying any people who are starting to, or will soon start to, manifest their innate ability (which is in every human per Face of God lore), and seek to make that person focus that innate ability on the "death" side rather than the "life" side, as each Face of God trait has two opposing values; in this case, it's the INFP--Stacey's trait--that represents Death and Life. Although the core of the INFP focused trait is a mercy-led idea for the universe (the "heart" or "soul" of God), it manifests in life and death, due to God's ideal image of the universe being to create, heal, and restore in the Face of God universe.
So in other words, when the Aggregate saw Stacey begin to manifest her powers, their goal was for her to use them to bring death rather than life, a la' Star Wars dark and light side mechanics. This organization has done this dozens of times--but in fact only dozens--because it's only in recent years that people have started manifesting the Face of God traits. The last time they did this, in fact, was when Stanley's girlfriend Aly was killed. The story makes it seem that the FBI was responsible, but in reality, Aly was killed in between a battle between a government agency and the Aggregate (so it was a mistake)... however, as a possible story thread may suggest, Aly isn't even dead but just went into hiding.
Regardless, Rose's family is apart of the Aggregate, and she is familiar with it, as she is in the Catholic church and her family traditionally celebrates Día de los Muertos. Her cousin Ray Rodriguez is apart of the Aggregate, and may have been (if the story stays as it is) responsible for helping to kill Rose just in order to lead Stacey to a path of revenge against the woman who was falsely framed to kill Rose.
== Possible World Building Applications ==
If you take this idea further, you could imagine that there is a religion or group for each of the 16 Meyers Briggs and Face of God traits.