H.A.L.E.

**H.A.L.E.** is a secret, worldwide organization originally dedicated to keeping the human race oblivious to the existence of Aliena, creatures of great physical and ability diversity. Today, with the existence of Aliena public knowledge, the organization predominately does its best to keep the peace between the two races and nullify threats either as they take place or before they have a chance to do so. The current director of the organization is Amelia Stone, whose mother previously held the title. Though the general public is oblivious to the organizations existence, several individuals who are not and have never been members are aware of the group and its actions. This is largely due to exceptions having to be made for various reasons.

## History

### **F.E.N.C.E.**

H.A.L.E.'s roots began in 1880's Europe, where the organizations original incarnation was founded by four powerful families: The Dubois Family of France, the Lange Family of Germany, the Arradeen Family of England, and the Ercolani Family of Italy.

Though most humans believed the creatures of myths, legends and fairy-tales to be nothing more than make believe, there have always been those who have known otherwise. The non-human creatures, referred to as Aliena, have been spotted, documented and even studied for centuries, though interactions between the two races have been few and far between. Of these interactions, almost all of them have ended badly, either for one or both parties.Taking this as a serious issue, the four families, using their vast fortunes and connections, created a organization called FENCE. The organizations purpose was simple: Prevent interaction between the human and aliena races that could potentially be devastating, that would bare no positive results for either side.

### **World War II**

During WWII, Adolf Hitler established a secret division in his forces called NEEDLE, who he charged with researching and developing ways to utilize Aliena and their abilities for Nazi Germany. He placed in charge Gunther Shumacher, an ambitious young general. From 1943 to the end of the war, Shumacher and the members of NEEDLE performed many experiments on various species of aliena and developed many weapons and devices, though their efforts became pointless and ultimately were a waste of time, following the end of the war and the fall of Nazi Germany. A storming of NEEDLE's main base by F.E.N.C.E. forces claimed the lives of almost all the members of the group. Shumacher and a hand few of other survivors were the only ones to escape alive, with Shumacher being the only one to maintain any interest towards NEEDLE's goals.

### **The Internal War/H.A.L.E.**

During the late 1950's, the current heads of the four families shifted from their old ways to the ways they had originally fought against. The four family leaders carried out experiments and research on whether aliena could be used for profit and benefit, as NEEDLE had originally set out to achieve during WWII. The current director at the time, Harold Bullock, uncovered the families actions and went against them, instigating a war within F.E.N.C.E.

Much of what happened during the war is unknown. What is known is that Bullock and his supporters emerged victorious and took control of the four families fortunes and assets. Soon after, Harold founded H.A.L.E.

### **The War in Rovunia**

In 1986, H.A.L.E. forces engaged the forces of NEEDLE in Rovunia, following the realization of NEEDLE's continued existence and its experiments with aliena. Led by Shumacher, NEEDLE fought back with new technology and numerous aliena amongst their ranks. Leading the H.A.L.E. forces was Bulletproof Benson, the man who would eventually kill Shumacher and put an end to NEEDLE once and for all.

### **Clash With Rathlyn**

Following numerous incidents involving Rathlyn and his personal aliena squad, H.A.L.E. forces lead by Bulletproof Benson launched an attack on Rathlyn's compound in Rabandwa. After three days of fighting, Rathlyn and half his squad were dead and his compound destroyed. Many H.A.L.E. operatives were killed in the conflict.