THE CLANDESTINE SPECIAL AGENCY, partitioned and pruned off of the Royal Marshal Academy served all Intelligence purposes of the Nine Realms—and beyond. If a drunken Marquis took out a hunting party to the woods of the faeries or a gold dragon was spotted in the Highlands the CSA were the first to know. But since solving the gruesome homicide of Major Midas Azubuike, Israfel had never needed to employ the services of the enigmatic force.
Of course the C.S.A served the will of Her Majesty, but also the interests of the kingdom at large. Some might even argue more. The [Iron Federation], the [Hundred Arrows], the Queensguard, they all put the Empress first in all things. But Clandestine Forces apprehended both lowborn and noble-blood criminal.