WATCHTOWER
A multinational organization dedicated to the study and containment of Outsiders and the supernatural threat they pose to humanity.
Culture
WATCHTOWER believes they are the vanguard that will ensure humanity's long-term survival in the Age of the Bleed. While they cannot stop the world from changing, they work tirelessly to try and steer humanity's exposure to the Bleed by excising troublesome Outsiders and removing dangerous artefacts from the general public. If a coven proves to be growing too dangerous and their machinations too fiendish, WATCHTOWER will be there to snuff them out before they grow too powerful to contain.
Public Agenda
WATCHTOWER'S primary directive is the protection and preservation of humanity in the face of the Bleed's rapid advancement. While they know that they cannot fully stop the spread of the Bleed and human Practitioners, they seek to curtail the worst effects by surveiling, targeting and containing belligerent Intruders, unchecked Practitioners wielding dangerous powers, and magic artefacts that could prove catastrophic in the wrong hands. They can't stamp out every coven, but they will absolutely try to target and dismantle the ones that pose the most threat to the established social order.
Their relationship with the corps in Neo Vegas is perpetually tense; the city has seen its fortunes shift dramatically thanks to Apollo Combine and the creation of the Cloud King, but it represents a major step forward in the industrial application of arcana, one that WATCHTOWER barely approved. It's likely that Apollo would have moved ahead with the project even without WATCHTOWER's reluctant blessing.
Assets
WATCHTOWER's division in Neo Vegas is prepared to handle significant threats, but they are constantly stymied by corporate influence that allows the obscenely wealthy to dabble in arcana with little oversight or consequence. Efforts to register Practitioners in the city were met with stiff resistance even before the incident in Paris, and their database on magic-wielders and Outsiders in the city is woefully incomplete.
In the event that a magical threat must be contained, WATCHTOWER is ready to deploy multiple strike teams, sanctioned sorcerers, and specially trained response groups who can overcome Outsiders who might be resistant to mundane weaponry and tactics. They also have special containment teams who are dispatched whenever a Bleed Hotspot is registered in the city, who cordon off the affected area for study. Any notably dangerous artefacts that are acquired by WATCHTOWER disappear into their archives for further examination and are never seen again. Corpos with a fascination for the arcane typically conceal the full breadth of their collection to avoid inviting additional scrutiny from WATCHTOWER investigators.
Type
Military, Special Operations Force
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