Demon Squad
A subdivision of HISS, Demon Squad is the best and most elite group you can send to fight... well, demons, of course, and many other, equally terrible things. The only problem is that surviving long enough to join this military group proves to be very challenging and there were periods of time thorough Bohemian history, where there had been none active. HISS is probably the only organisation where receiving a promotion meets with an enormous sense of grief, because it always means that someone better and way cooler than you just died. And the higher their position, the uglier their death usually is. No member of Demons Squad has ever retired or died of natural causes. Once you step stab into the supernatural world, it stabs you right back in the face. If you're lucky.
Demon Squad has about 4 active core members who are considered to be its main fighting force. Each of them usually has 1 or 2 assistants - which are called squires in historical and administrative records, but no one calls them anything other than "squids". The leader is simply called chief.
This unit stands aside some more traditional law enforcement units, it pledges its allegiance to mankind (not the country or the nation of Bohemia) and while being an integral part of Ars Demonica, it is answerable to the Magical Collegium as a whole. In theory, Demon Squad is allowed to breach any laws of the country, but if there is any doubt that the public was endangered more than it was necessary, or that the illegal action was uncalled for, once the crisis is over (when there are demons involved, it is always a crisis) there are public hearings where the current Demon Squad, what was left of it, or any witnesses are called to explain, one by one, what had actually happened.
Basically, these are the guys called when everything else fails. And you are willing to pay for some dope ass alchemical bombs. And don't mind the craters.
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