Threats from Outside

From Shadow Academy

On an almost daily basis, the Shadow Academy faces what it considers "mundane" threats - rampaging ghosts and demons, vampire nests, werewolf attacks, even the occasional alien invasion - are all considered "just another day's work" for the Shadow Academy's Operations Branch.

There are, however, some threats to the balance of the two universes that are so insidious, so well hidden and so far-reaching that their presence is a constant threat to the purpose and aims of the Shadow Academy. These hidden conspiracies - sometimes known as the Invisibles - fight a nearly endless war with the Shadow Academy, seeking to destroy not only Earth itself - but everything that the agents of the Academy hold dear.

The Reptites

Intelligent reptiles are not unique in either the World of Light or the Nether-Realms, but the Reptites are truly a force to be reckoned with. Their point of origin is unknown, and all that is known is that they have extremely advanced technology and a burning hatred of humanity. To date, they have attempted several times to invade Earth, each time seeking - apparently - to terraform it into something they consider more habitable.

Megami, Incorporated

Megami is one of the world's largest corporations, with divisions producing everything from pharmaceuticals to computers to video games. With its base in Tokyo, located very near the Shadow Academy itself, Megami puts forward the image of a powerful, responsible corporation, but it is an entity that the Shadow Academy watches very closely, for deep in Megami's halls, their research teams are developing new technologies, new innovations often, it is believed by the Academy's leadership, far in excess of the wisdom that they apply to their use.

The Illuminated Brotherhood

The Illuminati is a conspiracy that spans the earth and, some say, the entire World of Light - for their symbols have appeared on distant alien planets that humans haven't even dreamed of. Their true goal is occluded, but it is known that they seek to reach the Tower of Light, where they plan to usurp its control of Universal Order and, the Shadow Academy presumes, rule the World of Light. TO that end, they have carefully infiltrated the governments of the worlds that they exist upon, seeking to control the local populations through ignorance and fear while they plot their ascent to godhood.