Theme: Conspiracies Abound

It has been said that in D.C. you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Secret Society (nevermind that the only people who probably swing deceased felines around would most likely be members of some weird secret society with bizarre symbolic ritual). Between the Skull and Bones, the Shriners, the Free Masons, and the Jesuits it is sometimes difficult to find a person in power who does not belong to some kind of clandestine organization, or a place of power that isn’t controlled by some such group.

Since this city is one of the most powerful in the world it should come as no surprise that secretive organizations invested in controlling or changing society through the power wielded by old men in suites within the halls of government. Seldom does anything of consequence happen in the city or the Federal Government without some plot at work behind it, so those attempting to investigate or get in the way of such events should beware, they may only be scratching the tip of the iceberg, and will quite likely end up facing a vast network of conspirators the had not initially reckoned on.

Conspiracies and secret societies can be either mundane or supernatural in nature and are often a combination of the two. Some of them are recent invetions of powerful and charaismatic personalities created to help them rise to power, but others have ancient roots and have been operating for centuries working slowly towards a set of goals that only those at the top of the organization are truly aware of. This latter type are the truly dangerous organizations as their true intentions are often impossible to decipher, and even more difficult to work against because their well placed connections and lack of reliance on a single central leader.