ℱantazia : ₢ytherean ₢hronicles

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia
₢ytherean ₢hronicles
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ℱoreword

I have started to imagine my first fantasies during the '90s, before having Internet.
Around 2000, once I've seen some photos, artworks & clips, I wished to write a saga of short stories, inspired by my previous fantasies,
and I wished to link these short stories by recurring characters, so I have imagined six first characters,
inspired by usual themes like medieval times (Inquisition or so), medical theme (asylums, examination tests...) and more...
I have quickly imagined about 40 characters from 2 rival teams and called my saga "₡hess vs ₡ards".
After imagining more characters and then new teams, I have also imagined a fictional city where the action takes place,
so I have found a new name more adapted to my saga : "ℱantazia" (being also the name of this fictional city).
I have also imagined a lot of "special objects" (like lotions & potions, tickling machines...) and "concepts" (mythological animals or even new genders).
I have finally written not many stories but mostly built a whole "fictional fetish universe".
Initially, this "fictional fetish universe" was totally realistic, but with the years, I have included more and more fictive elements,
inspired by witchcraft/occultism, science-fiction, mythology, fantasy... while keeping a cartesian/realistic composure.
About the contents/kinks featured in my "fictional fetish universe" :

• Lesbian Lusts
• Female Feet Fetish
• Tickling Tease & Torture
• BDSM & Bondage

Ɨntroduction

If you desire to discover my "fictional fetish universe", here are some stories that I have written years ago and posted on TMF :

• ℱantazia : Trail of the Witch
• ℱantazia : Cosmogony Crossover
• ℱantazia : CROSSWOES CASES
• ℱantazia : Pavonis Pharmacopeia
• ℱantazia : Cytherean Mythology
• ℱantazia : NAUGHTmare CROSSover

Ҏrolog

So, I made this topic in order to present you this "ℱantazia" fictional fetish universe 🙂
Beside these stories above (being just an excerpt of my "fictional fetish universe"), ℱantazia is finally made of 4 types of elements :

• ₳reas & Ҏlaces (defined fictional places, grouped by areas) ;
• ₮eams & ₡haracters (defined fictional characters, grouped by teams) ;
• ₡ategories & ₡oncepts (defined fictional concepts, grouped by categories) ;
• ₷ections & ₷ynopsis (defined synopsis, grouped by sections).

My next posts from this topic will be called "₢ytherean ₢hronicles" ; each chronicle being a description of a Ҏlace, ₡haracter, ₡oncept or ₷ynopsis 🙂
Each chronicle will be part of a "group" (₳rea, ₮eam, ₡ategory or ₷ection), so every chronicles from a same "group" will be linked together by a common theme
(As my fictional fetish universe is huge, my "groups" will often include "sub-groups").

Why do I have decided to present you my "fictional fetish universe" with chronicles ?
Because, if you like it, and if you desire to participate, you'll can add here your own chronicles to extend my universe with your ideas,
by introducing your own fictional places, your own fictional characters, your custom concepts and your own synopsis ! 😎

If you have any question about my fictional universe, feel free to ask me : I'll be able to update some chronicles with more details 🙂
And of course, if you like it, your support is welcome 🙂

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom

The city of ℱantazia is located in Europe, at the frontier between France (as I live myself in France) and Italy (inspired by Canelli tickling renfaires), close to Monaco (ℱantazia is also a small independant state) and mediterranean sea (including a beach).
ℱantazia is not only a city, but also a small independant state (like Monaco), being not part of the European Economic Community and having some local specific rules.
ℱantazia is also a small kingdom (among other western european small monarchies like Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra...),
being ruled by the Royal family of ℱantazia, composed by the King Kaesarius VON DER LANDE and his wife, Queen Kareen VON DER LANDE.
Nowadays, King Kaesarius being old, he is only the "official leader", but the kingdom is mainly led by his son : Prince Proximus VON DER LANDE.
ℱantazia city includes also a medieval fortified citadel (like Carcassonne, in France), including the Royal Castle of ℱantazia.
ℱantazia city is divided into 4 districts, one of them including the capital of ℱantazia : Ӂinkycardia.
These 4 districts are :

• ₡ostretto ₡itadel (medieval fortified citadel in the center of the city), including Ӂinkycardia (including the Royal Castle of ℱantazia) ;
• ₮ickelli ₮own (mountainous country area on the north-east, close to Italy) ;
• ℳagnuzia ℳidtown (suburban area on the north-west, close to Monaco & France) ;
• ₷olerma ₷easide (the beach area on the south, close to mediterranean sea).

ℱantazia city includes also an underground age-old city partially renovated, called Uqbar Underworld, including :
- catacombs and cellar dungeons under ₡ostretto ₡itadel,
- a warren of underground galleries and caves deep to an ancient volcano under ₮ickelli ₮own,
- a metro station, subsoil warehouses, basement offices, undergound casinos & brothels under ℳagnuzia ℳidtown,
- a maze of underground sewers tunnels and underground laboratories under ₷olerma ₷easide.
Uqbar Underworld is often considered an the unofficial 5th district of ℱantazia.

The ℱantazia kingdom ("ℱantazia ӁinkDom") also includes a small island in Mediterranean sea called Quizland
(a submarine tunnel, passing through Uqbar Underworld, links Quizland to Solerma Seaside)
Quizland is considered as the 6th unofficial district of ℱantazia.

Another city, also a kingdom, called Ӂitzelnstein Ӂönigreich, located close to Liechtenstein, is annexed to ℱantazia ӁinkDom.
Ӂitzelnstein Ӂönigreich can be considered as the 7th unofficial district of ℱantazia.

Another territory, localized in Egypt and called Ҏhoenicia, is also annexed to ℱantazia ӁinkDom.
Ҏhoenicia can be considered as the 8th unofficial district of ℱantazia ӁinkDom. The main city from Ҏhoenicia is Mendes.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► Ӂinkycardia

Ӂinkycardia is the capital of ℱantazia, featuring the Royal Castle of ℱantazia and the Royal domain around,
then, Ӂinkycardia is the private property of the Royal family of ℱantazia.
The name Ӂinkycardia means "Heart of the Kingdom" (and also "nexus of kinks").
The name is also inspired by "Takicardia" from the anime "The King and the Mockingbird".

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► ₡ostretto ₡itadel

₡ostretto ₡itadel is the 1st district of ℱantazia ; it's a medieval fortified citadel at the center of the city, including the capital of ℱantazia : Ӂinkycardia.
₡ostretto ₡itadel is delimited by medieval battlements, towers and gates ; all those gates get closed during curfew (from 10 PM to 6 AM),
so citizen can't leave the citadel during night, nor entering the citadel from the outside during this curfew.
Inner citadel includes cathedral, many "small castles" (at least smaller than the Royal Castle of ℱantazia), manors, mansions, chapels, keeps & towers :
many of them have been converted into secret BDSM dungeons ("₡ostretto" means "bound", in Italian).
A maze of medieval paved strait streets and this medieval architectural background give to ₡ostretto ₡itadel a dark medieval/gothic style.
Not only the background looks medieval-style but also the local customs : in fact, slavery is still common and legal in ₡ostretto ₡itadel
and the market place of ₡ostretto ₡itadel is often used for women traffics or public tortures by official tormentors (mostly tickling torture).
₡ostretto ₡itadel distrist is mostly renowned for its underground BDSM activities.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► ₮ickelli ₮own

₮ickelli ₮own is the 2nd district of ℱantazia ; it's an alpine mountainous country area at the north-east of ℱantazia, at the frontier of Italy.
₮ickelli's peak is at the north-east of ₮ickelli ₮own (the other side of the peak is at the italian side, so the peak is the frontier with Italy).
The peak contains a lot of goats and shepherds, and also many species of plants (including medicinal plants).
Villages are in the valley, in the west side of ₮ickelli ₮own, and still look old-fashioned, similar to Victorian era, with old-style houses, inns and chapels.
Each village is led by a prefect ; there are also few rich burgess living in great houses, with maids and domestics.
A small part of the community of ₮ickelli ₮own are journeymen or craftsmen from corporations, brotherhoods or guilds
(smiths, carpenters, clog-makers, inn-keepers, apothecaries...) while the larger part of community are peasants (mostly shepherds) or beggars.
All villagers from ₮ickelli ₮own are pagans or cathars and believe in superstitions and even in witchcraft ("Stregheria", also known as "Nigromancy").
Most of them believe in a pagan deity that they call Baphomet, supposed to be "demon of kinks", being worshiped by witches.
All these villages have a market place in their center, where women suspected to be "witches" get tickle tortured in stocks, sometimes by goats !
"₮ickelli" is a portmanteau word between "tickle" & "Canelli", as it's inspired by Canelli's tickling renfaires.
₮ickelli ₮own is well known for the usual tickling of women suspected of practicing "witchcraft", or just for infidelity to husband.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► ℳagnuzia ℳidtown

ℳagnuzia ℳidtown is the 3rd district of ℱantazia ; it's a suburban area in north-west side of ℱantazia, close to Monaco and France.
The middle-side of ℳagnuzia ℳidtown is mostly a residential area, with a population mostly feminine (at 79%) ;
it can be explained by the fact that many women migrate from ₮ickelli ₮own (where they are often tickle tortured) to ℳagnuzia ℳidtown,
but even with this explanation, the natality seems to be mostly feminine, too ; then, many women from ℳagnuzia ℳidtown are lesbian or bisexual.
The south-side of ℳagnuzia ℳidtown is well known to be the red light district of ℱantazia, with many brothels and lesbian pimps & prostitutes,
but also casinos with a lot of depravity, profligacy, bribery, luxury and every kinks, vices and sins.
At the opposite, the north-side of ℳagnuzia ℳidtown includes a cathedral where nuns extoll chastity & abstinence to the local citizens.
ℳagnuzia ℳidtown is mostly known for being a meeting place for lesbians
("ℳagnuzia" is derived from French word "magnuce", meaning "slut" or also "lesbian").
ℳagnuzia ℳidtown is inspired by Amsterdam's red light district, "Belle Epoque" Paris neighborhood of Pigalle with the Moulin Rouge,
Victorian's London of Jack the Ripper, "Dark Deco" architecture (inspired by Gotham City) and also noir/Giallo thrillers.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► ₷olerma ₷easide

₷olerma ₷easide is the 4th district of ℱantazia ; it's the beach area at the south-side of ℱantazia, close to the mediterranean sea.
It's the most modern district of ℱantazia, including at north-east side an advanced ingineering research technopole within the industrial area,
with also an university and the P.A.V.O. institute (Physician Academy Vices-Oriented) including an asylum, exam rooms and high-tech laboratories
specialized into paraphilias (like knismolagnia), fetishes (especially female foot fetish), kinks (like lesbian lusts) and perversions (like sadomasochism),
but also provides unconventional therapies and treatments for various sexual troubles and some phobias (like pterophobia)
and also builds high-tech futurist bionic/cybernetical prosthesis for limbs (arms, feet...).
The south-west side of ₷olerma ₷easide includes the luxurious beach (with a lot of barefoot women from spring to autumn)
and residential buildings with rooftop pools or villas with patio for jetseters coming from all around the world.
("₷olerma" is derived from the word "sole" (feet soles) ; being mostly know for high foot fetish activities).

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► Ҏhoenicia

Ҏhoenicia is a fictional domain annexed to ℱantazia ӁinkDom from lower Egypt, covering the area from Mendes to Alexandria cities.
It is mostly known for its persian-style palace in Mendes, property of Caliph Akim AWALE (a.k.a. "Horny Hakim"),
including a harem ("Horny Hakim's Harem") with oriental odalisques known as "awalims" (Awale's slaves),
a great garden with rare old-time Antiquity's mythologic flowers or pharmacology plants (like Myrrh or Awale) and animals
and also underground catacombs where are the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh Khnum Khufu and Egyptian Queens Hatshepsut & Hatmehit).
Ҏhoenicia is "connected" to ℱantazia ӁinkDom by a cruise ship travelling regularily from Alexandria to ₷olerma, passing by Quizland.
The civilisation of Ҏhoenicia (Ҏhoenicians) adopts old-time lifestyle (inspired by Arabian Nights tales) and believe in Egyptian ancient mythology.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ₡oncepts ► Jīng

In my ℱantazia universe, the "Jīng" is a kind of "occult magnetic biologic energy" inspired by the Jing from Chinese medicine (with also Qi & Shen).

Everyone has a certain amount of Jīng ; as it's a kind of "magnetic energy", attractive ("sexy") or charismatic ("alpha") people use to have more Jīng.
Jīng seems to be a kind of "electrical energy" circulating through nervous system and tightly associated to ticklishness,
so, people use to lose some Jīng when they get tickled and the more they are ticklish, the more quickly they lose Jīng.
At a low level of Jīng, people feel more submissive, so at an extremely low level, they are in "subspace", like "zombies", totally obedients.
When someone loses all Jīng, the person also loses consciousness (not feeling tickles anymore during sleep),
but while sleeping, the Jīng regenerates, and continues to regenerate once wake up.
If someone feels more and more submissive, the maximum level of regerating Jīng reduces with the time.

At the mean time, ticklers use to drain the Jīng lost by the ticklees, which is giving them sadistical pleasure and turning them more dominant,
so, the more they tickle, the more they drain Jīng and the more they become dominant (and "charismatic") ;
also, the more they are sadistic and skilled, the quicker they drain Jīng and the more dominant they become.
Also, masochist people lose less Jīng while being tickled, as they feel erotic pleasure from it (and then drain a little Jīng from the tickler).

Then, given & received Jīng equilibrium define the nature of people between ticklee (ticklish) or tickler (sadistic).

Ticklers need to always feel more dominant, so they look for sexy ticklish people (having a high amount of Jīng while losing it easily),
having their own amount of Jīng increasing to turn them more dominant and charismatic, a bit like "vampires".

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ₡oncepts ► Jīng ► Ҏacinian scale

While the Jing from Chinese medicine is purely theorical and metaphysical, the Jīng from Fantazia is a real energy which can be measured scientifically.
PhD Perla Filippa PACINI (fictional descendant of the famous italian anatomist Filippo PACINI, who discovered Pacinian corpuscles),
working at P.A.V.O. institute, defined the "Ҏacinian scale" as a precise way to measure scientifically ticklishness from Jīng electrical energy transfers
by using an electronic device of her invention called "Tickl-O-Meter".

From the postulate that someone doesn't lose Jīng without feeling tickles and that someone who lost all Jīng loses also consciousness,
she calibrated her Ҏacinian scale logarithmicaly from 0% (0 Ҏacinis) when someone doesn't feel tickles at all
to 100% (100 Ҏacinis) when someone is tickled to complete exhaustion.

Ҏacinian scale :

• 2% : first moves
• 4% : first giggles
• 7% : first laughters and starting to scream
• 13% : starting to beg for stop
• 25% : first ticklish tears
• 50% : starting to become insane
• 100% : losing consciousness

An unofficial hypothetical extreme value of 101 Ҏacinis, called "lol", is supposed to match symbolically with "dying from laughing"
(however, it very rarely happened that a patient died from laughing at P.A.V.O. institute,
and even when it arrived, the Tickl-O-Meter never measured a value higher to 100 Ҏacinis).

Anyway, the Ҏacinian scale indicates proportional values to the amount of Jīng lost,
so 1 Ҏacini indicates that the ticklee lost 1% of the amount of Jīng.
Then, ticklish people who lose easily Jīng reach Ҏacinian levels quicker,
while it takes more time for not ticklish people having also a high amount of Jīng.

PhD Perla Filippa PACINI determinated that the highest quantified level of Jīng ever measured on a ticklee subject was 99100 "quantas of Jīng".

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ₡oncepts ► Jīng ► Ҏacinian scale ► Tickl-O-Meter

The "Tickl-O-Meter" is an electronic measure tool invented by PhD Perla Filippa PACINI for quantifying the ticklishness of a subject in real-time.
This tool converts the nervous ticklish stimuli from Pacinian corpuscles, commonly known as "Jīng", into electric voltage,
to determinate the ticklishness of a subject (amount of "Jīng" lost, converted into electricity) in Ҏacinis (from Ҏacinian scale).

More exactly, the "Tickl-O-Meter" (a.k.a. "Tom") is only the measurement electronic probe system,
but the whole device includes a toe-ring (ajusted to the big toe of a patient) where the "Tickl-O-Meter" is fixed ;
this toe-ring is most often itself fixed to stocks and used as "toe-tied" system to keep the foot immobile during the measurement,
so the whole device including the toe-ring with the "Tickl-O-Meter" is also called "Tom Thumb system"
(inspired by "Tom Thumb" tale, as the Ҏacinian scale includes 7 levels or "checkpoints", known as "7 leagues").

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ₡oncepts ► ₷ymbionts

In ℱantazia, "₷ymbionts" are fictional life forms inspired by real-life weird species or mythological creatures,
but aren't affiliated to a same species branch, as there are ₷ymbionts of different nature ;
they only share together a "special property" when they are in contact with other living creatures,
mostly humans or ticklish animals but not necessarily, sometimes in contact to skin, sometimes ingerated like food or drink...
Even if they haven't got directly a link with "tickling", those ₷ymbionts will be always used for weird fetish kinks.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

ℱantazia ӁinkDom ► ₷olerma ₷easide ► P.A.V.O. institute (Physician Academy Vices-Oriented)

P.A.V.O. institute (Physician Academy Vices-Oriented) is a research center from ₷olerma ₷easide
including an amphitheater for doctoral students, a psychiatric asylum, paramedical examination rooms and high-tech laboratories
specialized into paraphilias (like knismolagnia), fetishes (especially female foot fetish), kinks (like lesbian lusts) and perversions (like sadomasochism),
but also provides unconventional therapies and treatments for various sexual troubles and some phobias (like pterophobia),
parapharmaceutical cosmetics shop and also builds high-tech futurist bionic/cybernetical prosthesis for limbs (arms, feet...).

The institute has been created by the Axis during World War II as a secret research laboratory
at the strategic place between France ("Allies") & Italy ("Axis") for develop unconventional torture methods as "tickling torture".
The overlord of this secret project was a german scientist called Dr. Hubert KITZELNSTEIN, affiliated to the Axis.
During this period, these are mostly the basement rooms that were created in actual Uqbar Underworld as a psychiatric asylum decoy,
so, at the end of the war, this asylum stayed undiscovered and abandonned, while Dr. Hubert KITZELNSTEIN get transfered to USA
for their secret Operation Overcast, where he took the new identity of Dr. Albert TICKLESTEIN.
(for further details, check my Pavonis Pharmacopeia story)

After the Cold War, Dr. Albert TICKLESTEIN and some of his scientists collaborators came back to the abandonned P.A.V.O. asylum
and start building over this underground emplacement a research center to continue their developments about "tickling torture" for their own goal.
He then took the identity of Dr. Hubert "TICKLESTEIN" KITZELNSTEIN, sometimes also called "Herr Doktor T.K." ("TICKLESTEIN" KITZELNSTEIN),
Dr. Hubert VON KITZELN, or even used his fake americanized surname "Albert".

Nowadays, P.A.V.O. institute includes 4 main sectors :

• P.A.V.O. Paraphilias Facility (for treating sexual perversions and kinks, including a basement psychiatric asylum) ;
• P.A.V.O. Parapharmaceutics Laboratory (for developing cosmetics for skin, especially for feet, and also paramedical drugs) ;
• P.A.V.O. Paraphernalias Factory (for cybernetic researchs and developing bionic prosthesis for limbs like arms or legs) ;
• P.A.V.O. Parthenogenesis Incubatory (for zoology, biology & genetic researchs, especially in hybridation & cloning).

Each sector led by a duo of genius specialist scientists :

• P.A.V.O. Paraphilias Facility led by Dr. Sigmund SAGT & Dr. Thaddeus "Trex" TAFFERAN (later replaced by Dr. Helga VON KITZELN) ;
• P.A.V.O. Parapharmaceutics Laboratory led by Dr. Sergei HANGMANN SCRABBLE & Dr. Anushka "Ana" GRAM ;
• P.A.V.O. Paraphernalias Factory led by Pr. Pyotr JIGSOWSKI PUZZLE & Pr. Tatyana "Tanya" GRAM ;
• P.A.V.O. Parthenogenesis Incubatory led by Dr. Rudolf IVANOVITCH RIDDLE & Dr. Petra "Penta" GRAM.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in

The ₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in is an ancient occult secret society formed in ℱantazia having for goal the exploration and elaboration of extreme kinks.
The ₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in was created by Elder Elmo-Gregor GRIMALDI (a.k.a. "Egregor", formerly known as Earl Gregor GREYMALKIN)
and his daughter Evelin "Evil-Lynn" GRIMALDI (formerly known as Evelin GREYMALKIN) during the XIIIth century.
The ₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in has always been ruled by a bloodline of "witches", and even nowadays, its overlord is Qarînah QABALAH,
the oldest living "witch", scion of the wife of Earl Gregor GREYMALKIN, a medieval "witch" called Eliana "Hell-Liana" QABALAH-GREYMALKIN.

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in ► ₡rosswoes ₡lub

The ₡rosswoes ₡lub is a team of the kinkiest evil genius scientists of ℱantazia, being one of the main branches of ₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in.
The ₡rosswoes ₡lub has been created during the XXth century (after the Cold War) by Dr. Hubert "TICKLESTEIN" KITZELNSTEIN
and his wife, a "witch" called Matryona Matryoshka GRAM, having their headquarter at P.A.V.O. institute.
Matryona Matryoshka GRAM is the half-sister of Qarînah QABALAH, the overlord of ₷ecret ₷ociety of ₷in !
In fact, she is also a scion of the ancient "GRIMALDI" family (formerly "GREYMALKIN"), her bloodline having kept the name of "GRIMALDI",
which has been slightly modified along the time (in order to protect their secret "witches" nature generation after generation),
so the name became "GRIM", then "GRIMM", "GRAMM" and finally "GRAM", also know as the "Graeae Generations".
Dr. Hubert "TICKLESTEIN" KITZELNSTEIN met Matryona Matryoshka GRAM after the Cold War, once returned in ℱantazia.
She was initially the wife of one of his collaborator, Dr. Hryhoriy HANGMANN, but Hubert got seduced by her.
But when the two doctors discovered they loved the same woman, Hryhoriy wanted to revenge and tickle tortured her to death.
Hryhoriy got condamned to death for his crime and been hanged (since then, they refer him as "Hanged Man").
But soon, Dr. Sigmund SAGT, another collaborator of Dr. Hubert "TICKLESTEIN" KITZELNSTEIN, arrives, accompagned of his wife :
Matryona Matryoshka GRAM !!! Hubert became mad to see his lover still alive while his ex-collaborator got executed for having killed her !
But she revealed that she is the true Matryoshka, while the woman killed was her twin sister (so, she denounced her murder).
Still in love with Matryoshka and seduced again by her, Hubert will dating with her secretly, until Dr. Sigmund SAGT surprised them !
Being an expert in hypnosis, Dr. Sigmund SAGT hypnotized Hubert to make him forget the "return" of Matryoshka,
and at the same time, Dr. Sigmund SAGT also confines Matryoshka in a deep asylum cell to revenge her, before they turn all of them mad.
Anyway, they will both discover later that Matryoshka had also triplets daughters looking exactly like Matryoshka the time they were dating with her !
Matryona Matryoshka GRAM then revealed to them that she is a "witch" (so they'll call her « Matryoshka Doll »)
and that every men dating with her or her daughters get cursed !
So, nowadays, the other male members of the ₡rosswoes ₡lub are all in couple with a GRAM sister ("Graeae sister")
and effectively cursed by getting a surnatural genius while becoming at the same time totally perverted by the kinkiest obsessions !
"₡rosswoes ₡lub" is also called "₡lub de Maux ₡roisés", in French (a pun for "Crosswords" / "Mots Croisés") 😉
Nowadays, all the head-doctors of P.A.V.O. are also secretly members of the ₡rosswoes ₡lub and under Matryona Matryoshka GRAM's spell.