ICA

ICA Logo

### Notable Members

Honey Smith, Silk Greengallow, Lacey Stain, Freth, Eleanor Darling, Bollo Burbage

The **Interplanar Containment Authority** (**ICA**) was a secret organisation dedicated to the protection of the Planes of Existence from Outsiders, creatures from beyond reality who seek to unmake creation and obliterate all life. The ICA's efforts to accomplish this took form in the acquisition and containment of items of great power that pose a threat to both the physical plane and beyond. Tasked with maintaining interplanar security, missions often involved intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism efforts, with agents often employing espionage tactics and performing their duties undercover.

Though known to several world governments and monarchies, the ICA operated at such a high level of secrecy that incredibly powerful spells were in place to mask its existence from the world. The uninitiated were unable to reliably retain any information concerning the ICA, even written information. Agents of the ICA each possessed a personal item enchanted such that they were able to see through this deception, so long as it remained on their person.

With its access to (and possibly development of) advanced weaponry, both magical and mundane, as well as its employment of specialist agents, global connections and various world-wide institutions housing sensitive intelligence, the ICA may have been among the greatest para-military powers in all of Patamei.

## History

### Foundation

The ICA was formed in the fallout of a schism that saw two factions of MONARCH become adversaries. The other faction went on to form the Silver Hand.

What caused the schism is unclear, though the firsthand accounts of Edward Bingham suggest it had something to do with secrets Agent Albatross kept. According to Bingham, Albatross held information that he deemed dangerous in itself, describing it as toxic or infectious and refused to share it.

Agent Albatross contracted Bingham to design and develop a bomb with genocidal levels of destructive power and to make it untraceable and undetectable by all known modern security measures, both magical and mundane. Bingham hid the bomb upon completion and subsequently ended up being convicted for conspiracy to commit genocide. By Cordelia Smudge's account, the creation of this bomb led to the schism.

## Members

### Bluebird's Team

 Kran †
 Eldon Flambard †
 Temp #4206 | Field Agent

### Contractors

Several contractors have been known to operate as temporary ICA agents for the duration of their work.

* Various **Eagles** (including **Bald** and **Golden**)
* Various **Hawks**

## Facilities

* **ICA Axis Headquarters** (Primary HQ)
* **The Blind Eye Tavern** (Gateway, meeting point and occasional safe house)
* **Site-078** (Containment facility)

## Technology and Equipment

ICA agents had access to an extensive array of weaponry, technology and magical artefacts at their disposal.

### Weapons

Regular ICA field agents were usually outfitted with weaponry chosen from the armoury. The Armoury Division provided melee, ranged and explosive weapons ranging from small daggers and shortbows to revolvers and even large cannons. The Missions Division may also have designated what suitable weaponry the armoury could provide a team with for a particular mission. These included:

* **Daggers**
* **Axes**
* **Javelins**
* **Hammers**
* **Maces**
* **Quarterstaffs**
* **Sickles**
* **Spears**
* **Crossbows**
* **Darts**
* **Shortbows**
* **Slings**
* **Flails**
* **Swords**
* **Halberds**
* **Lances**
* **Mauls**
* **Morningstars**
* **Pikes**
* **Rapiers**
* **Scimitars**
* **Tridents**
* **Whips**
* **Blowguns**
* **Pistols**
* **Revolvers**
* **Bazookas**

### Vehicles

* **Happy Chappy Balloon** - As she was an agent of the ICA, the organisation had access to Cordelia Smudge's Happy Chappy hot air balloons.

### Magical Items

* **Enchanted Personal Items** - All ICA agents were required to have an item enchanted to negate the effects of the agency's  memory-altering spells.
* **Teleportation Circles**

## Trivia

* Bluebird's Team is the only known special operations unit.