Consortium of Esoteric Affairs
The Bureaucratic Tyrants of Magic
Summary
The official governing body of the magical world, known for its endless compliance codes, paperwork, and heavy-handed tracking.
Archival Profile
- Headquarters: Meticulously organized offices deep beneath London & Leeds
- Agents: Compliance Officers, Wardens of the Arcane Code, low-level clerks
- Primary Method: Submitting forms in triplicate (Form 7B, Form Mu-19, Form Zeta-3)
- Barty's Assessment: Worse than a dozen Dark Shamans
Historical Chronicles
The Consortium regulates the global magical population. They enforce compliance with the Edict of Harmonious Coexistence. However, they are highly inefficient, relying on ancient, automated tracking systems (such as sheep-tracking scenting charms) and rigid, soul-crushing documentation. Their Leeds regional office, managed by Penelope Grimsby, is a vista of filing cabinets that stretch infinitely. Barty manages to escape their grasp by exploiting their rigid, logic-based databases and throwing their regional data processing into an unrecoverable lag loop.