Wraith
Agencies
To muddy the waters even further, various organisations, secret societies and cults conspire in the shadows - some seek the destruction of the PC's while others seek to recruit them. Party members often don't know who their companions are working for. Very often they don't know who they themselves are working for.
BSIS & OIC
British Secret Intelligence Service and Operations Intelligence Command.Pretty self-explanatory.
HOO
Hazardous Offensive Operations. Fictitious covert section of commando forces. (HOO do that Voodoo that you do so well.)
MO9
Combined Operations Command was established in the British War ministry in June 1940 with a view to executing commando raids in occupied Europe. MO9 was headed by Admiral Roger Keyes who was succeeded in October 1941 by Lord Mountbatten Significant operations followed in the Mediterranean, Sicily, Italy, Burma and Normandy.
OSS
The American Office of Strategic Services was formally constituted on 13th July 1942 to replace the prewar Coordinator of Information (COI) with Col William ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan as its director. Donovan had worked with British SOE from 1941.
Project Seven
The Government soon recognized the need for an organisation to deal with intelligence gathered on the paranormal and the arcane. Former naval officer Commander Denton Soames and an intelligencer codenamed Archangel established Project Seven in the spring of 1940.
Project Seven was originally an attempt to create a super-warrior or weapon using unexplained forces and technology stolen from Germany but within a short space of time, Archangel had turned it into an Occult Black Ops wing of the SOE, sharing resources and intelligence. The Project Seven Committee (P7C) was swiftly formed to analyse stolen items, plans, artifacts and to develop its own occult experimental technology.
By mid-1941, P7 had been divided into three sections:
- P7A - For operations abroad. (Frequently in conjunction with the SOE)
- P7B - For operations in Britain.
- P7C - The research, analysis and design department.
| Executive Head of P7 | Archangel |
| Deputy Head | Soames |
| Head of Staff | Cunningham |
| Head of P7A | Seraphim |
| Head of P7B (and SOE Liaison Officer) | Soames |
| Head of P7C | Merlin |
| Deputy Head of P7C | Dr Eugene Bliss |
Shanghai Imports and Exports
Shanghai Imports dates back to the early 1900's (possibly earlier) and originated in the British Quarter of Shanghai. Initially it provided a service to export rare archaeological and esoteric artifacts and antiques from China. (No one really knows its true purpose other than if you want something with no questions asked - they can get it!)
The company was set up and originally owned by an English Gentleman known as Mr M (possibly a title that is passed down). SI&E has offices all over the world and employs a variety of agents to 'negotiate' the acquisition of artifacts. There have been many questions asked about the connection with Chinese Crime gangs and various dark 'foreign' cults but there have also been a suspicious amount of disappearances and accidents to anyone who asks too many questions.
The Abwehr
The intelligence department of the German Armed Forces. It was organised into three branches - espionage (with seven groups focusing on military, technical, political and economic intelligence) sabotage and counter-espionage. There were also a number of KO’s (Kreigorganisatinen) operating secretly in other countries.
The Occult Bureau
A wing of British MI5 throughout the thirties which investigated the links between governments and occultism.
The Order
Also known as The Order Of Lore or The Lorists. A British and European lore-based occult organisation about which little is known.
The Order of the Black Sun
The most sinister of the secret occult societies to spring from The Thule Society in Germany during the first decades of the Twentieth Century. Very little is known about their objectives but they constitute a major threat to Wraith, to Britain, indeed to human life everywhere.
The SOE (Special Operations Executive)
The Special Operations Executive was formally established (on Churchill's orders) July 16th 1940. It was initially created from Section D (part of the Secret Intelligence Service which dealt in sabotage); EH (a semi-secret Foreign Office propaganda department) and an obscure part of the War Office known as MI(R). Hugh Dalton, first political head of the organisation was ordered to 'set Europe ablaze' with acts of sabotage and subversion to create mayhem and disruption to the enemy forces.
Teething problems were soon apparent in that the SOE clashed with the existing powers of the Security Service (MI5) and more noticeably the Special Intelligence Service (MI6 aka 'Z') which valued a level of anonymity and secrecy now dramatically threatened.
The SOE established its HQ in Baker Street and developed Special Training Schools outside London (often in such grand houses that the phrase 'Stately 'Omes of England' became a new meaning for the acronym). Would-be operatives were coached in fieldwork, map-reading, weaponry, surveillance techniques, wireless operation, morse code, parachuting, survival, forgery, printing, assassination and numerous other skills.
Initially, the SOE was organized into three parts:
- SO1 (propaganda)
- SO2 (Operations)
- SO3 (Planning)
SO3 soon became absorbed into SO1 and by August 1941 it was rechristened the PWE (Political Warfare Executive) under the control of the Foreign Office. Find out more about the SOE by following the links on our Links page.
The Thule Society
The Thule-Gesellschaft (Thule Society) was founded August 17, 1918, by Rudolf von Sebottendorff. It aims to establish psychic links with the Atlantean 'Masters' now residing in a secret world beneath the Himalayas. Their objective is to create a super-race, and eliminate inferior races. Find out more about the Thule Society by following the links on our Links page.
Wraith
The exact structure of Wraith is never explained. It may be part of the Secret Service, the occult section of Black Ops surpassing the OB at the start of WW2, or simply the brainchild of an eccentric and benevolent millionaire. Wraith may have been around for years, even centuries, albeit known by other names. Members must agree to function strictly on a need-to-know basis. The introductory letters are signed by Magi - the Recruitment Officer. Missions begin with a letter or a telephone call from Pilgrim. Characters must honour the rules of the organisation which are made clear as they go along. Service to Wraith is extremely well rewarded. Large sums of money will make their way into the accounts of loyal servants.
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