Midlothian Council

Midlothian Council
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The Midlothian Council

Little is known about this black clad, reclusive group. Members of the Council don't appear to be affiliated with other organizations or suburbs and are rarely seen traveling together.

The existence of the Council has been the subject of debate. No incontrovertible evidence has been presented in favor of the Council's reality. Testimony of witnesses is typically the only evidence presented in alleged Council encounters, and eyewitness testimony -- however compelling it might seem -- can be notoriously unreliable, and nearly always open to doubt.

Reports of Council encounters often feature "High Strangeness" or the Oz Factor. Both terms are used to describe a strange sensation of "otherness", or of a dreamlike dissociation that accompanies some sighting reports. These reports have led to speculation that Council accounts are not part of any objective reality, but are rather best explained by altered states of consciousness, such as fantasy-prone personalities, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic states and the like.

Similarities between Council lore and ancient tales have been noted by folklorist Thomas E. Bullard, who argues that the Council "steps into the shoes vacated by angels and demons...modified to reflect terrestrial rather than supernatural employment, but clearly functioning in the same mold...Even the high gods sometimes disguised themselves and roamed the earth to dispense justice...or stir up strife."

While Bullard and others have simply noted the similarities and differences, some have argued there are explicit connections between older and more recent accounts of black-clad figures; that the demons of old and the Council of today are one and the same.

Wanted

Ada McCloud. *Located*

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