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• unhappy with the limited power given them to combat the scary werewolves and suddenly scarier fae decided to go off on their own¹²⁰
• needed a really big event to turn the tide of public opinion in their favor - decided to murder a popular anti-fae senator
• want the right to shoot werewolves and fae on sight
• had contacts but not the money to hire mercenaries¹³¹
• tired of having to call the cavalry because they can't have their own army¹⁴⁴
• they needed to die because the justice system would only slap the wrists of whoever was in command¹⁵⁸
• they might be hired by someone who supported their vision and Cantrip would hire another person with the same attitudes¹⁵⁸
• end result would be the enemy prospered and the wolves would lose

Mercy Thompson Series #7: Frost Burned

• attracted a number of anti-nonhuman zealots⁸⁹
• agents don't make that much money⁸⁹
• running around screaming that the fae and werewolves and all the rest are dangerous and need to be exterminated when their job was supposed to be learning about the supernatural world and acting as intermediaries between the preternatural world and the government¹⁴⁴
• rhetoric they're spouting is that they want the power to go wolf hunting before some other agency gets it; tired of having to call the cavalry because they can't have their own army¹⁴⁴
• Cantrip doesn't have the budget for a black-ops slush fund; maybe if they gave up their salaries they'd be able to do an operation without alerting someone¹⁴⁴
• Cantrip has been a dumping ground for the screwups for yearsFB-144

Cantrip was dangerous. There were people in Cantrip who would love to see supernaturnals just disappear, maybe into Guantanamo Bay—there were rumors, unsubstantiated, that a whole prison block was built to hold shapeshifters and fae.NB Under the Humanity Act that established CNTRP the discretionary detention provisions in the Patriot Act. They can detain any supernatural indefinitely as a possible terroristNB * Blackwood sells his stun gun to … certain government agencies who want to question prisoners without showing any harm. It’s a lot hotter than anything Taser makes. Not legal for the civilian marketBC-

Though funded and authorized by the government, their role was “to collect and share information about nonhuman and altered-human groups and individuals,” which left them a lot of leeway. FG They had two main offices, one on either coast, and otherwise seemed to travel around the country to concern themselves mostly in criminal cases that involved fae, werewolves, or anything else that looked odd to them.FG Cantrip, as it was an even newer agency than Homeland Security, having come into being when the werewolves outed themselvesFG an agency formed specifically to deal with the various preternaturalsFG-32 tended to have more chair sitters than the FBI didFG-52 Les Heuter was the poster child for CantripFG-57 people tended not to take Cantrip seriouslyFG-57 came into being when the werewolves outed themselvesFG-57 funded and authorized by the government, their role was “to collect and share information about nonhuman and altered-human groups and individuals”, which left them a lot of leewayFG-57 they have two main offices, on on either coastFG-57 they travel around the country to concern themselves mostly in criminal cases that involved fae, werewolves, or anything else that looked odd to themFG-57 they have no authority to arrest or detain anyoneFG-57 one of the government agencies required to go armed at all times - and they carried guns with silver bulletsFG-57 not required to have the same weapons training as the FBIFG-145 they have a fae database that lists full and half-blood faeFG-147 Cantrip takes a lot of Quantico graduates who don't get on with the FBIFG-152 it's less time-consuming than the FBI or Homeland Security, and it pays better than most police departments; it's less dangerous because they don't actually do anything but collect informationFG-152 the new agency formed specifically to deal with the various preternaturals. They pronounced it “Cantrip.” Nick called them Trippers because whenever they involved themselves in an investigation he was in, he tripped all over themFG