Enforcer

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The Enforcers are an organization of vampires who ruthlessly enforce the code that all humans who discover the truth about the existence of vampires must be eliminated, one way or another, along with the evidence. To this end, the Enforcers are prepared to use any means necessary, whether subtle or extremely violent. The gentlest method they employ is hypnotizing the human to forget.

Enforcers are prepared to kill other vampires who break the code of silence, and hence are greatly feared throughout the community. In the episode "Unreality TV", a photographer named Sullivan takes a picture of LaCroix feeding after a battle during the American Civil War. He shows the prints to Nick, who is appalled, the more so when he tries and fails to hypnotize him into forgetting what he has discovered. The Enforcers not only kill Sullivan and destroy his photographic plates, but also threaten Nick for trying to interfere. When LaCroix intervenes to protect him, he is clearly frightened. Even a vampire as old and powerful as LaCroix approaches Enforcers with deference.

In comparison with other vampires, those Enforcers who have acted overtly in Forever Knight have noticeably brutal and ugly faces even when they do not seem to be in vampire mode; and their fangs seem to be unusually long. However, these may only be field workers. There may also be spies, saboteurs, and information gathers among the Enforcers. Certainly, there are those in the community who pass on information (such as the vampire Danny in "Unreality TV"). This indicates that at least some vampires who are not themselves Enforcers nevertheless know how to contact them.

It is not clear whether the Enforcers object to occasional individual humans knowing about the existence of vampires. Certainly, they have not taken any overt action against Natalie Lambert or Katherine Barrington, although both of them know about Nick, nor against Tracy Vetter, who knows about Vachon. This may imply that they are only seriously concerned about the possibility of exposure on a large scale. On the other hand, it is at least equally likely that these relationships have simply not become known to them.

Given the speed of the Enforcers' response in Unreality TV, it may be that the media are seen as a particular danger, since they can broadly disseminate information about the existence of vampires. This is the more true since it impossible for vampires to hypnotize mortals into forgetting what they know if there is substantial proof (such as photographs, video, and print) to contradict the hypnotic suggestion.

Enforcers only appeared in the episode Unreality TV; but they were also mentioned in Black Buddha Pt. 2 when Nick was taken for an enforcer by Screed.

[edit] Fan Fiction

The following are works of fan fiction in which the activities of the Enforcers play a prominent role in the plot.