Star-Spotted Night

## Statistics

### Purpose

Assimilate other cabals, so that the Star-Spotted Night may acquire a monopoly on magicians

### Location

UK (Head-Quarters in Edinburgh, Scotland)

### Appears In

To-Aru Majutsu no Index SS/RE

Star-Spotted Night (皖白星夜, *Shiroboshi no Yoru*?), also known as *the Golden-Style Cabal of the Star-Spotted Night*, is a UK-based cabal derived from the famous Golden Dawn. It is the secondary antagonist of the side-stories in To-Aru Majutsu no Index SS/RE.

## Principles

The Star-Spotted Night was formed as a counter-balance to the many cabals which formed in the wake of the Golden Dawn's disbandment. It is a fairly new cabal when compared to other groups, but it has grown quite strong in the last century due to absorbing other Golden-Style cabals. The status of a Golden-style cabal is not seen as a defining term, however, since they have assimilated so many different ideologies from non-Golden groups. In fact, that term is more a label placed upon them for convenience, rather than accuracy. As a result, they are viewed as one of the most dangerous cabals, even among the Golden-Style. Its leader Fraiser Brightleas has even come to view the Dawn-Coloured Sunlight as their only rivals on the Magic Side.

## Organisation

The Star-Spotted Night is led by the magician Fraiser Brightleas. He acts as the de-facto head, but divides his authority among the various cabals which make up its sub-branches. In this way, he has managed to maintain control over so many different cabals, who would be fighting one another under normal circumstances, even encouraging them to form rivalries - weeding out the weak in favour of the strong.

In addition, the Star-Spotted Night is an unusual cabal because their head-quarters are known by all the leading magical organisations, including Necessarius. It does not use this head-quarters for any criminal activities, however, ensuring that the Anglican Church has no reason to act against them. Instead, their activities are done in secret by the various cabals under their command, while the head-quarters are kept safe and clean. Even the money they use for buying materials is clean, since Fraiser Brightleas has bought large shares in British companies. In this way, he has not only fooled Necessarius about their cabal's true size, but he has also put a firm hand on the UK's economy.

## Background

The Star-Spotted Night was formed in the early 20th century, after the Golden Dawn fractured into smaller cabals. It was not meant to stand out, but this group - the smallest Golden-Style cabal - was filled with ambitious magicians, who saw magic as a commodity like money. Unlike their peers, they began investing in non-magical business, amassing more than a small fortune, and began to disseminate magic items throughout the black market and above-board curio auctions. During this time, Fraiser Brightleas was accepted as their leader and he began using their newly-earned money to dominate other cabals. Over time, their size increased until the magic underworld of the UK's cabals were connected with the Star-Spotted Night in some form, whether financially or otherwise. As a result, Fraiser Brightleas began his grand plan: to gain a monopoly over magicians, and thus magic, just as he had done with the British economy.