Organisations

**Weird**
Knights

The
Weird Knights are a very old order dating significantly early on in
British history in one form or another. While it is assumed that they
may have been parts or included parts of other orders or society, the
principle has always existed, but is somewhat underplayed so details
are someone blurred. Upon Britain's colonisation many parts of the
world, the influence and importance of the Weird Knights also grew.

They
exist as one of the few organisations to protect the world from
unorthodox threats. In the earlier days of the Weird Knights, this
could cover anything inexplicable from other wordly presences to
inhuman creatures. In more latter days, threats have been divided
into categories and regions. The two most notable groups are the
Weird Knights and Agency 5. The Weird Knights focus solely on threats
or issues that come through from other realms. As a result they must
be knowledgeable about all foes and friends of their realm and
others, paying close attention to political and ecological concerns.
They contain their own form of military comprised of hand picked
soldiers, experimental aircrafts, reanimus (army, navy and air
support), field specialists and research and development team.

Due
to their secretive involvement, sometimes they are completely ignored
by government funding or influence. This has resulted in a bit of
rag-tag attitude towards getting the job done. However they receive
funding from private sectors as they occassionally contacted to do
some private work such as recovery, political interventions,
espionage, detective work, etc. Also due to their diaspora in recent
centuries, they hold offices and barracks in multiple countries
across the globe, with specific regions divided into Britain, Canada,
Australia, South East Asia, South America, Arabian Sub-Continent,
Africa, Continental Europe. While they cover a wide area Russia,
China, the United States of America and some smaller nations choose
to look after their own interests. Their location do not just end
with Earth though, they also have outposts stationed in other realms,
some acting as communication posts, others as law enforcement offices
as they sometimes have to bring order to chaos.

The
Weird Knights are members of the Directorate and have strong ties to
Agency 5 due their leaders having an interpersonal relationship from
past missions. They frequently employ help from Valkyrie, Djinn and
Analogue Machinations.

Even
though the Weird Knights follow a loose ranking structure that might
resemble the army, it has been noted several times that it does not
necessarily mean that it is military in nature nor should have a
comparable structure due to the fact that they tend not to have to
answer to anyone as even government is kept in the black about their
operations. Many members of the Weird Knight have commented that the
structure should be different from army, navy or airforce to
represent what they represent. In reality, the structure, like the
crew themselves are rather rag-tag. Some notable ranks and
individuals include:

General
Spyglass (also known as Admiral Spyglass on occasion – subject of
an early super soldier and cyborg experiment, which is how he knows
Agent 50)

Captain
Daniels (his experience and standing put him closer to a Colonel than
a Captain)

Air
Marshall

Pilots

Researcher

Unnamed
Ranks (Soldiers)

**Leviathan**

Although
The Weird Knights deal with a multitude of issues, their prime
concern is something they call Legion. Legion exists in many forms as
they are puppets of the Leviathan. The Leviathan unlike tales of
myth, is actually not a physical beast, but a psychic monster.
Illustrative depictions of the Leviathan show its tentacles reaching
out to ensnare folk, and it is believed each tentacle represents
another arm of its followers, when one falls it simply finds another.
It is uncertain what the Leviathan's end goal is, but so far it has
resulted in many deaths, cross realm invasion and destruction. One
proposed idea is that as the Leviathan is (or once was) a member of
the Titans, perhaps it seeks to return them to their former glory.
Others view that as unlikely due to the arms of the Leviathan not
being particularly geared up towards such a feat.

Notable
arms of the Leviathan include:

Legion

Kraken

Naga

Digital
Machinations' Centurions

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

**Agency**
5

Agency
5 exists as an American counterpart to the Weird Knights, however
they deal more with extra terrestrial threats on the global scale as
well as internal struggles of a paranormal nature. Unlike their
counterparts, they do not have as rich a history, but instead were
founded in early 20th
Century.

They
frequently use the guise of other government agencies to accomplish
their missions, such as CIA, NSA, FBI, etc. This is made more
believable by their uniform of black suits. Field Agents of the
Agency are known as Strangers, while more specialist and deadly
agents are known as Stranglers. Another higher rank is known as Thin
Men which is denoted by trilbies and unique fighting style, however
they are always seen in pairs, so it is unknown how one achieves such
rank.

The
head of Agency is currently known as Agent 50. As a member of an
experimental super soldier programme, he has been a member of the
agency almost since its founding. He has a strong friendship with
General Spyglass, the highest ranking officer of the Weird Knights so
it has led to much cooperation between the groups.

Agency
5 is also a member of the Directorate due to its strong position,
funding and some of the information it holds as government secrets
(such as the location of the Krampus).

Hierarchy
of Agency 5:

Agent
50

The
Thin Men

Stranglers

Strangers

Krampus
(unofficial)

**The**
Directorate

The
Directorate is a council of important counterparts to unforeseen
international threats. This tends to cover anything that is not
within the control or jurisdiction of national government. The
council is composed of eight representative from each group and each
group being a specific and official authority on the threats
involved. Said groups have a great amount of power, influence and
military force behind them. It is rare that a Directorate meeting
needs to be called, but when one is, it is important that a decision
be made and the others bolster what group needs the support. It is
not to say that it is without its challenges, as something that
covers two specialisms may result in groups vying over who has the
authority. Sometimes a global threat to one, might seem like
childsplay to another, so will refuse involvement. Generally speaking
though, if there is a world threatening crisis, they work together
quite well.

The
eight groups that make up the Directorate are:

The
Weird Knights

Agency
5

UNKNOWN
Technologies

UNKNOWN UN Rep

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

Formerly
Religious Representative

Falcon
– prison keepers

Friends
of the Foe

SORTEK
/ Sovereign