Factions

## ***Ministry of Abnormal Occurrences***

Following the collapse of the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the nation of Russia was left without a proper anomalous containment & research organization as Gruppa Voznesenie had fallen alongside the motherland. In response to the large hole left due to the group's demise, the newly established government sought to fill that continuously expanding need for a body capable of supporting the demand, in turn forming what is known today as the Ministry of Abnormal Occurrences, a direct successor to it's predecessor.

In 2020, the Ministry began make steady progress by reclaiming lost artifacts and other supernatural entities that were thought to have been lost to Gruppa Voznesenie.

## ***Gruppa Voznesenie***

Known for being the predecessor of the Ministry, Gruppa Voznesenie was an anomalous containment organization that was owned and created by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic in 1961, the group was originally focused on studying aerodynamics but later changed its focus in 1969 to study and collect various anomalous artefacts, humanoids, or entities located throughout the territories of the U.S.S.R.

When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, the faction was later shutdown, as years later many of their assets were recovered by the Ministry, as-well as their former facilities.

## ***Umbrella Corporation***

Founded in 1945 by wealthy businessman Thomas Shelby, from the elite Shelby Family from the United Kingdom.

The Umbrella Corporation are a major player in the global markets As far as the public were aware, this multi-billion dollar international conglomerate was the leading producer and supplier of products and healthcare services in the United States and around the earth. What people were blissfully unaware of, however, was that Umbrella's main purpose was genetic and viral research and the production and sale of Bio-Organic Weapons. The corporation engaged in numerous illicit genetic practices for decades.

In the early years of the 21st century, the Umbrella Corporation still remained as a strong company that continually dominated the global stock markets.

## ***Black Monarch***

In 1989, as one of Gruppa Voznesenie's most elite departments; the Emergency Response Force fell into disarray when the governors of the department exiled a well received director which started an insane amount of backlash from the many ERF operatives who later escaped from the Voznesenie's control to start their own faction. All this resulted in the infamous rise of 'Black Monarch'.

Known for extreme hostilities towards Gruppa Voznesenie and for carrying out raids against them that severely damaged their facilities, the group soon later collapsed as a unidentified faction wiped out their main headquarters which saw the deaths of majority of their members.

## ***Manhattan 63***

One of the United States of America's first ever paranormal containment organization created in the late 20th century to combat and contain the supernatural side on American Soil. Manhattan were known to also specialize in inter-dimensional travel as this was their primary focus for a number of decades. Though they reportedly had a large amount of failed experiments due to the difficulties of accessing other dimension.

## ***Children of Divine***

The Children of Divine are a religious cult who praise ‘The Three Divines'. However they lean more towards the darker side, praising the Son Divine more than any other of the Divines. Sources suggest, they are most knowledgable about the mystical dimension of Nathomir than any other faction found in the GruppaVerse. Their members have claimed to have ventured to Nathomir, though unknown how. They are hostile to all but their own and are known to go to extreme and terrifying lengths to fulfil their goals.