Monarch

"*Beyond logic lies truth.*"
―Monarch's motto, 1972
**Monarch** is a scientific cryptozoological former shadow organization dedicated to study and contain Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms. The organization was established following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1946. They then continued to operate in order to study Godzilla, after he survived an atomic bomb being dropped on him in Castle Bravo.

In 2014, the organization were forced to reveal themselves to the world after the awakening of Godzilla and his hunt for the parasitic MUTOs. They quickly gained popularity from the media and became a mainstream organization.

In 2028, Monarch faced substantial lawsuits from various companies after they were accused of creating Mechagodzilla, who, in pursuit of revenge, destroyed many company facilities, and the organization was temporarily discontinued.

Following the Great MUTO War II, Monarch was fully reestablished and continued operating.

## History

### Creation

"*Our mission: Discovery and Defense in a Time of Monsters.*"
―Monarch's statement, 2019
After witness reports of sightings of a giant winged creature, later known to be a member of the *Parasitus dacia* species was filed, the US Military reported it to their government and Monarch was soon established to hunt and study this creature..

One of Monarch's operatives, Eiji Serizawa, was intrigued by eyewitness accounts of a "giant lizard that walked like a man" that seemed to be chasing the winged MUTO throughout the islands.

Monarch became active in the South Pacific in 1954, following the U.S.S. *Nautilus* discovery of Godzilla. Working with the United States military, it participated in the hydrogen bomb attack against the monster in Bikini Atoll the same year, along with the subsequent coverup. Since Godzilla's death could not be confirmed, the organization spent the following decades searching for him and studying the data it had already collected.

### Expedition to Skull Island

"*Monsters exist.*"
―Bill Randa to Preston Packard[src]

Monarch surreptitiously partners with Landsat and the 1st Aviation Brigade, 3rd Assault Helicopter company to mount an expedition to the mythical "Skull Island" in an uncharted corner of the South Pacific. Encountering the god-like superspecies known as Kong, they soon discover that mankind does not belong here.

## Monarch Museum

For revenue and educational purposes, Monarch established a museum which showcases declassified findings in California.

## Outposts

All outposts are equipped with a kill switch that only managed to kill Shahmaran and Amhuluk.

* Outpost 24: Janjira nuclear power plant, Japan - winged MUTO
* Outpost 25: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, United States - Six-legged MUTO
* Outpost 28: Göbekli Tepe, Turkey - Shahmaran
* Outpost 29: Gobi Desert, Mongolia - Typhon
* Outpost 33: Skull Island - Kong and second headquarter
* Outpost 37: Sedona, United States - Crimson MUTO
* Outpost 41: Krubera Cave, Georgia - Gorgon
* Outpost 46: Richtersveld, South Africa - Grootslang
* Outpost 54: Castle Bravo, Bermuda - headquarters
* Outpost 55: Monterotondo Marittimo, Italy - Scylla
* Outpost 57: Machu Picchu, Peru - Quetzalcoatl
* Outpost 58: Tingua Biological Reserve - Behemoth
* Outpost 61: Infant Island, Indonesia - Mothra and third headquarter
* Outpost 63: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania - Wukong
* Outpost 64: Baffin Island, Canada - Ghidorah
* Outpost 66: Manpupurner rock formations, Russia - Amhuluk
* Outpost 67: Nippur, Iraq - Aqrabuamelu
* Outpost 68: Volubilis, Morocco - Baphomet
* Outpost 74: Daintree rainforest, Australia - Tiamat
* Outpost 75: Great Victoria Desert, Australia - Mechagodzilla
* Outpost 91: Volcán de Agua, Guatemala - Rodan
* Outpost 92: Angkor Wat, Cambodia - Drukr

## Known members

* Eiji Serizawa † - researcher
* Ishiro Serizawa - chief scientist
* Vivienne Graham - paleozoologist
* Reiko Hirano - mythologist
* Kaede Hirano - twin sister of Reiko and researcher
* Houston Brooks - geologist
* Bill Randa - researcher
* Joe Brody - nuclear physicist
* Nathan Lind - geologist
* Ilene Andrews - senior scientist
* Jane Whitehall - scientist
* Alina Marquez - biologist
* Ronald Atwell - marine biologist

## Trivia

* *Holocene* writers considered an idea of Monarch being a super ancient organization established by the Anunnaki.