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**Summary of GROUP MENDES - Children of the Scarlet King Six Cells (3 in NA, 2 in Eastern Europe, 1 in North Africa) Funding comes from low-level members, and it has several wealthy backers, though Links to Extremist Paranormal Groups (org. is largely shunned) GROUP MENDES, composed of psychopathic demon-worshipers Posses fragments of paranormal knowledge (1 or more paranormal artifacts/entities) *Outer Circle: Outer Circle = Right-wing Millennialist Christian Church Outer Circle around 60k (1/3 attend churches associated with main branch) Outer Circle = 'Second Amendment Activists'/Paranoid belief in need to defend against government tyranny *Inner Circle: Inner Circle = Philosophy of Enlightenment through violation (Eschatology involving Satan) Inner Circle around 8k (1/4 main branch in Alabama) Inner Circle stockpiled weapons/money/influence/potentially parathreat artifacts Most recent reports from the brief state that high-ranking cult members along with several cultists suspected of being low-level Type Blue threat entities left for an undisclosed location Rusted metal staves/potential ritual implements loaded into vans