Checquy and Croatoan’s List

Checquy and Croatoan’s List is a shared register of threats considered especially dangerous by the Checquy and the Croatoan. Established through the 1850 Sororitas Pact, it turns the two organizations’ longstanding cooperation into a practical system: developments involving a listed threat must be communicated immediately, and within the Checquy, the Grafters’ appearance on the List triggers automatic alerts.

Creation and Purpose

The List was one of the formal arrangements made in the 1850 Sororitas Pact, which codified ties between the Checquy and the Croatoan after years of regular communication and visits between their Courts. The pact also provided for the extradition of transgressors and committed neither organization to participate in a war against the other’s country. The List gave their cooperation a specific intelligence function: it catalogued the threats each organization regarded as most dire and required immediate sharing of relevant developments.

Operation within the Checquy

The List also shapes how information moves through the Checquy itself. When Myfanwy objects that her report on the Grafters was classified for Checquy eyes only, Ingrid explains that the Grafters are on the List and that certain matters are automatically communicated throughout the community. The List therefore does more than preserve a record: a listed threat can override ordinary expectations about the circulation of sensitive information.

That mechanism sits within a wider system of intelligence gathering. The Checquy receives large volumes of civil-service information, and analysts sift reports, figures, and files for patterns that might expose supernatural activity. Discreet briefings to officials across government and other institutions also generate urgent calls through the Panic Lines. Yet these broad connections coexist with strict secrecy: the organization’s name is kept off outside paperwork, information reaches it through indirect channels, and its computer network is isolated from external systems. The List functions within this controlled flow, marking certain developments for exceptional, rapid communication.

Historical and Institutional Significance

The pact’s shared threat register reflects cooperation built against a background of conflict and mistrust. The Checquy’s earlier war with the Grafters began when creatures invaded the Isle of Wight in 1677; the ensuing battles lasted three weeks and cost hundreds of civilian lives. The conflict ended after Rook John Perry and the Grafter general died together, and the subsequent settlement required the Grafters to be dissolved. The Checquy believed the organization had been dismantled, making its later reappearance a matter of particular concern.

By the time Myfanwy’s report prompts Ingrid’s explanation, the List links that historical danger to present-day intelligence procedure: the Grafters’ status ensures that information about them is circulated beyond the narrow audience Myfanwy expected. The List thus joins international trust to organizational vigilance. It cannot erase the history of conflict, but it establishes a shared obligation to disclose developments that may affect both sides.