Clarent House
| Clarent House - disbanded | |
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| First Seen: | Katabasis (flashback) |
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Clarent House was the cover name for a cluster of intelligence cells legally sanctioned by the British government, but seldom acknowledged. Officially they were off-the-book, but the government would cover for them if necessary. They were used to investigate "weird shit" that happens. Other dimensional demons, killer ghosts, mutants-gone-rogue, that sort of thing. Each cell acted independently of the other, in case of compromise.
Clarent House had been around for a while, however it was a bit looked down on by the other branches of intelligence. Its Director, John Preston, originally got himself assigned there as punishment for being kind of a know-it-all jerk. John, on the other hand, loved the chance to kind of do his own thing with Clarent House and transformed his particular cell into a band of misfits who fought crime/weird stuff. His cell was officially viewed as a nuisance and a laughingstock, and unofficially was of great value to its superiors (as it made it easier for them to do their job in regards to important people in the government), and was disavowed when Mother started coming back to keep The Powers That Be safe from her. It had powers to show up and stop whatever was going on and expect to have its butt covered if anything went wrong, but officially got trumped if another agency of any sort of seniority showed up.
"Marlena" was the liaison between Clarent House and the higher ups in intelligence.
Jennie Stavros was recruited, along with two younger mutants she had been training, Winston and Donal, when they got involved in tracking a serial murderer known as the "Croydon Killer".
Clarent House was shut down when most of its operatives were slaughtered by The Disciples, followers of an ancient demonic force known as "Mother". The survivors (and their families) were scattered in a variety of safe houses across the globe. Jennie herself went on the run in continental Europe, continuing to gather information on Mother and reporting to Marlena, before being tracked down by Donal - her former finance, now one of Mother's most ruthless followers. Luckily for Jennie, the X-Men happened to be in the area and were able to provide her with a new sanctuary.
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