The Department of Anomalies is a clandestine, non-ministerial department of the Kingdom of Reinhyl that researches supernatural phenomenon and protects the kingdom from its dangers. Headquartered in Renhyl, it operates in branch offices throughout the kingdom, working especially closely with the national system to detect mysterious falling objects (MFO) to secure and contain any object from outer space that exhibit unusual properties.
In the past, MFOs landed on the planet, disrupting everyday life. Due to a lack of understanding, witch hunts were held against people who were granted powers from MFOs. The fear of the unknown that pervaded the times back then still persists to this day, and the department’s job of suppressing information leaks is now much more difficult in the age of technology where news spreads quickly.
MFOs and other anomalies, such as espers, are transferred to the department’s heavily secured underground facilities to become the subjects of research, and are repurposed or trained to serve humanity. For example, the department makes extensive use of MFOs, some powerful enough to be classified as relics, to wipe the memories of bystanders or to make their personnel become invulnerable to damage. Espers that cooperate with the department are given preferential treatment, though all espers are fundamentally treated as second-class citizens. In the department’s centuries-long history, not a single rebellious subject has been able to escape.