About the MoPO
The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, with its head office located at the heart of the Empire, London, is here to solve these mysterious happenings that leave normal law enforcement officials baffled.
Located in a secret location near the river Thames, this is the Ministry that protects all citizens of the Empire from the occult, the paranormal and from secret societies bent on bringing down Old Blighty.
We take only the best, the brightest and the bravest men and women from all the dominions and outposts of civilisation. They are here to protect everyone of the citizens of the Empire from threats that would haunt their dreams…if they but knew.
Agent Eliza D Braun — New Zealand (re-assigned)
Agent Braun come to Head Office from the smallest outpost of the Ministry. Trained at an early age by her parents in the art of hand to hand combat, sharpshooting and pouring the perfect pint (all very necessary in this newest outpost of Empire), this agent worked her way through the various post New Zealand could offer.
She served her nation and the British Empire well at its farthest edge, but has recently be reassigned to the London office by her nation’s Prime Minister.
In the Archives, under the tutelage of Agent Books, she is developing a new set of skills that will only aid the Ministry into the future.
Agent Braun enjoys both fine art and fine dynamite.
Archivist Agent Wellington Thornhill Books — England
Agent Books is the Chief in Charge of the Archives of the Ministry. Like all of our agents, Books has learned basic training. So remember that if you ever borrow anything from the vaults!
Books, while not a field agent, does contribute to the running of the MoPO, with his efficient filing of cases, notes and evidence. The analytical engine he is responsible for installing in the Archives would be the envy of even a librarian of those hallowed halls of the British Library. That was if it were not completely classified, naturally.
Books has admitted to a gentlemanly interest in tinkering of all types. When not stacking and filing in the bowels of the Ministry he can be found messing about with cogs, steam and brass. Or making everyone a spot of tea.
Agent Kitty O’Toole — Liaison to Japan
Agent O’Toole is the daughter of Agent Melinda O’Toole, the first female agent in the Ministry. Following in her mother’s footsteps she has a reputation as a sweet and kind lady. However she is a ruthless negotiator, and (if that doesn’t work) a master of kendo, aikido, and shaolin. Serving as the Ministry’s liaison in Japan, Agent O’Toole’s specialty is in yūrei investigations and nensha cryptology. A remarkable trait with Agent O’Toole is her eyes which appear larger than usual, particularly when excited.
In her spare time she is a millenar and sword-smith.
Agent Brandon Hill — Canada
Agent Hill joined the London HQ after many years working in the field at the Canadian outpost.
Agent Hill is renowned for his superb knife- fighting skills – with a specialty in dealing with wild animals.
He once managed to trek across the icy tundra of Russia armed with only his faithful knife, pipe and toe-nail clippers. After a daring fight with a clutch of polar bears, he used their skins to fashion a fine seagoing vessel. This he used to sail home to Mother England his mission a success.
Agent Hill also collects tropical spiders in his spare time, and enjoys holidaying in wilds of Africa for just this purpose.
Photo by Brandon Hill
Agent Bruce Campbell — Australia
Born in the raging heat of Queensland, Australia, Agent Campbell was inducted early into the difficulties of life. His mother accidentally dropped him into a river infested with crocodiles. None can explain how he survived.
But from then on, good luck and good looks have always got him through any number of scrapes and adventures. After conquering the wildlife of his homeland, swimming the Tasman Sea, and winning nine of ten boxing fights in the kangaroo league, Agent Campbell came to the attention of the Ministry.
Rising through the ranks at first the Coober Pedie, then Darwin and finally the Sydney offices, Agent Campbell is currently on assignment to the London branch. Here he not only deals with the business in London, but also co-ordinates his compatriots back in the Australian branches.
Bruce bears the separation from his lovely wife, by indulging in all the manly sports that England can provide.
Agent Dominick Lochlear — Cape Colony
Known as a crack shot from his earliest day at school, Agent Lochlear represented the Cape Colony at the Pan-Brittanic games at the age of eighteen years.
At the age of twenty Agent Lochlear joined the MoPO and rose swiftly through the ranks. By twenty-five he was in charge of the Cape Colony office.
He is now working from the London office as liaison.
Agent Lochlear still maintains a healthy interest in sharp shooting.
Agent Maulik Smith — India
Agent Smith is very new to the London Head Office of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.
He specialises in the occult and has studied under the mystics of the east, the shaman of the American plains, and the thaumaturges of the Alps.
Injured after a terrible fire, Agent Smith relies heavily on the latest McTuige breathing apparatus to sustain his mortal existence, but remains a valuable member of the team.
Agent Smith will not admit to any hobbies beyond the walls of the Ministry.
Photo by S Lesnik
Agent Althea Galway — Ireland
From the Emerald Isle comes Agent Althea Galway. Stationed in our Dublin offices, no one is more fluent in languages, dialects, and accents than our Miss Galway. Add to her impressive credentials her talents of disguise, and this makes Althea Galway the most cunning linguist within the Ministry’s ranks. Many agents worldwide have called upon her impressive mastery of foreign tongues.
Althea Galway has been commended by Doctor Sound for her ingenuity when infiltrating known hostile territories. The intelligence she has single-handedly obtained has thwarted to date two assassination plots against Her Majesty the Queen, four acts of conspiracy within Parliament, and one dastardly plot to upset Lady Hainsworth’s High Tea. The latter incident, known as “The Clotted Cream Caper of Canterbury,” is textbook material for Ministry recruits.
Miss Galway’s interests include nights at the theatre, playing the ukelele, and discussions on scientific theories of time travel. She is also considered quite the card player and a bowler unparalleled.
Agent Moira Templeton — Shanghai, China
Field agent Moira Templeton (Code name “Chinese Lantern”) serves the Ministry out of Shanghai, China. She has considerable skill in chemistry, particularly with plant toxins. Partnered with Agent Braun on several occasions, Agent Templeton earned several decorations for her work in the field, most notably the Chinese New Year’s Plot, and the discovery and safe transportation of the Jade Elephant of the Jin Dynasty. The child of British emissaries, she was raised in the company of Buddhist monks and political figures alike. As a result, she adapts to all functions from religious ceremonies to high society dinner parties with ease and speaks seven different languages fluently.
Despite the rumors, she firmly denies any participation in that messy business in Hong Kong involving a particular French Ambassador.
Photo by Starla Huchton
Agent (Lady) Caroline of Sidman Hall — Egypt
Second daughter of Lord Victor of Sidman Hall (new money… There are even rumors that the family is directly involved in industry), Lady Caroline preferred an alternative to being auctioned off to the highest (and highest connected) bidder. She eventually found her way to the Ministry, and with her love and passion for Ancient Civilizations, has found a place for herself in our Egyptian office. Fashionable as it is for the upper echelons of society, she makes an excellent spy as a result of her upbringing and connections there. Lady Caroline earned the respect of her fellow agents (and the fear of the House of Usher) in The Pharoah’s Affair case by unlocking the cypher connected with the ancient death ray hidden within one of the Giza Pyramids. On that assignment, Lady Caroline made it clear any man who attempts to take advantage of her striking face and pretty manners will quickly find himself at the mercy of her trusty ætheroscillator (shown here). Her family’s focus on marrying off their daughters has left her with something of a disdain for men.
Photo by Jamaila Brinkley
Engineer Agent Professor J. Axelrod
— England
Dr. Axelrod’s greatest work has been in the field of matter transference. He has successfully removed matter, but is still fine tuning the recovery of it. Consequently there is a wonderful opportunity in the laboratory for a tall lad with nerves of steel. Dr. Axelrod is always looking for such men of character. (Please apply for the position with Miss Shillingsworth)
Addicted to the pursuit of science at an early age, Dr. Axelrod conducted his own experiments which resulted the unfortunate disappearance of part of Charing Cross (the portion that no one really missed). After this incident however Dr. Axelrod was taken under the tutelage of ‘Mad’ McTighe and the rest is history.
Dr. Axelrod enjoys big game fishing, tailoring his own garments and is currently building an ornithopter in his back garden with which he intends to use on the Grand Tour next year.
Photo by JR Blackwell
Engineer Agent Professor Josepha Raven Blackwell — England
The Head Researcher in the Development Division, Dr Blackwell is known for her foreward thinking work in massage devices for relieving female hysteria. Her devices have provided relief and calm to women all over the Empire.
She came to the Ministry straight from her finishing school in Switzerland- which had unexpectedly burnt to the ground.
Coincidentally Blackwell’s ether accelerator came into production shortly there after and quickly became a staple of ours agents’ arsenal.
Beyond the walls of the Ministry Blackwell has developed an interest in exotic fauna, and has been known to feed nosy landladies to her venus maximus nomminess. She is also quite the devoted croquet player.
Photo by JR Blackwell
Known Ministry Associates
Olivia Maleficient Grey (a/k/a The Grey Ghost), captain of the A.S. Blythe Spirit
Known to be on call at a moment’s notice for emergency transport and top priority missions, Captain Grey sets aside her decadent deeds as an airship pirate to serve Her Majesty the Queen. The rule on board the Blythe Spirit is a simple one, reinforced by her ability to bullseye a target at 1000 yards (with thanks to some personal enhancements). Whether it is cargo or personnel, Captain Grey is a reliable and formidable resource of the skies.
Ministry’s Most Wanted and Known Enemies
Sophia del Morte
We know very little about this known associate of the House of Usher, but we have on good authority and further investigation of Sophia del Morte’s direct involvement with the following crimes:
- Affiliation with the Phoenix Society
- The murder of Agent Harrison Thorne
- The abduction of Agent Wellington Thornhill Books
- The assassination of Count Vladamir Olensov
- The assassination of Countess Illa Olensov
- The assassination of Duke William deSalle
Sophia del Morte is skilled in a variety of deviant arts including knives, sharpshooting, poisons, martial arts, and demolitions.
WARNING: If spotted, do not try to apprehend Sophia del Morte without full Ministry assistance. She is to be considered (always) armed and dangerous.
Photo by Hallie Wilson
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