The List

The List is a joint Checquy–Croatoan catalog of threats the two organizations consider most serious. Created as part of the 1850 Sororitas Pact, it gives their long-standing relationship a practical security mechanism: developments involving a listed threat must be shared immediately. The register turns mutual concern into an obligation to communicate, at a time when both groups operate amid secrecy and the risk of supernatural dangers crossing borders.

Origins and Purpose

The Checquy and Croatoan maintained close relations despite a state-mandated separation between them. They communicated regularly, and members of one organization visited the other’s Court at intervals; in 1850, the Sororitas Pact formally codified these bonds. The List was among the pact’s central provisions, alongside agreements to extradite transgressors and not to join a war against the other country.

The register identifies the threats each organization regards as most dire. Its importance lies not simply in collecting names, but in requiring immediate disclosure when a development concerns one of them. The pact therefore made shared threat awareness part of the organizations’ relationship, rather than leaving communication to informal goodwill.

A Framework for Cooperation

The List sits within a broader pattern of cross-Atlantic cooperation. The Croatoan called in Checquy reinforcements during the American Civil War when gigantic mollusks reappeared amid the violence. In 1903, the Checquy appealed to its American counterparts after a portal opened in Hong Kong and demons began infiltrating the community. In 1989, the two organizations coordinated a response to the animated dead in Hawaii. These examples show the practical setting in which exchanging information about serious threats mattered: supernatural crises could demand action beyond one organization’s jurisdiction.

The pact’s commitments also joined cooperation to restraint. Alongside intelligence-sharing, the organizations promised not to take part in a war against one another’s country and agreed to extradite transgressors. The List thus formed one part of a reciprocal arrangement that addressed shared dangers while recognizing the political boundaries between the groups.

Secrecy and Institutional Practice

The Checquy’s intelligence system depends on gathering a broad stream of reports and extracting meaningful patterns from material that is often irrelevant. Analysts sift through records and figures, while the organization receives calls through discreet channels known as Panic Lines. Officials across national and local government are briefed in deliberately indirect terms, and contacts in key institutions relay significant developments. This machinery makes timely threat information essential to the Checquy’s work; the List’s immediate-sharing rule provides a corresponding channel for information held by the Croatoan.

Such cooperation does not make either organization publicly visible. The Checquy keeps its name off documents outside the organization, routes information through intermediaries, and isolates its computer network from external systems. The List’s shared purpose therefore operates alongside secrecy: the organizations must inform one another about critical dangers without making their existence common knowledge.

Continuing Significance

The Croatoan is described as the Checquy’s staunchest ally, despite having fewer members and policing a much larger territory. That relationship gives the List significance beyond administration: it is evidence of a durable alliance sustained by regular contact, shared operations, and a formal duty to communicate about threats both groups judge urgent.

The pact’s logic also illuminates the Checquy’s wider mandate. When Myfanwy Thomas argues that an international war would be difficult to conceal, she invokes the organization’s obligation to protect in secrecy. The List belongs to that same system of guarded coordination: it helps the organizations respond to dangers without turning their cooperation into public knowledge.