Wesen Council | |
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Notables: | De Groot Alexander |
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The Wesen Council of Wallenstadt was a group of Wesen that governed Wesen law. The most severe law they enforced was the Gesetzbuch Ehrenkodex, also known as the Code of Swabia, which is the most important law of honor Wesen have. Part of the law in the Council said it was forbidden to use their Wesen side to disadvantage or murder Kehrseite, which was a capital crime. They were willing to kill, either directly through their agents such as Alexander, or by hiring a bounty hunter known as a Maréchaussée, ("Maréchaussée") in order to maintain and enforce the Code. Because of that, some Wesen frowned upon their harsh and brutal methods of maintaining secrecy. The Council monitored the Wesen world for any transgressors via emissaries that they had at specific posts all across the globe; these emissaries were entrusted of immediately letting the Wesen Council know whenever any of their designated laws were being broken within their specific region. Failure to do so would likely result in the being viewed as deliberately withholding of information by the said emissaries, if not outright aiding and abetting, prompting the council to regard this as an act of treason which is liable to also endanger the emissary in question. The Council's scope of power and influence was presumably on par with the Seven Royal Houses, having at one point forged an alliance and a law together with Royals and Grimms in an effort to deal with Grausen. ("Stories We Tell Our Young")
In "Eve of Destruction", the Council held a large meeting regarding Black Claw, a revolutionary Wesen group that was responsible for several attacks and political unrest worldwide. De Groot spoke about how quickly and impressively the members of Black Claw were organizing, something the Council had underestimated. De Groot declared that they were at war with Black Claw, and a vote was taken in favor of implementing their response to their attacks. The vote was nearly unanimous, save for one Council member, who was also secretly a member of Black Claw. He woged into a Drang-Zorn and said, "Occultatum libera!" before opening fire on every member of the Wesen Council, killing everyone except for Alexander. Alexander later informed Rosalee that everyone had been killed and that he was the only one still alive, but he was soon forced to escape out a window just before two Black Claw members broke into his room in pursuit of him.
Letter from De Groot to Freddy Calvert[]
September 9, 1984
"Dear Mr. Frederick Calvert,
I would like to extend my condolences to you and your family in regards to the death of your father. He was a very good and brave man. We, the Council, did not always agree with your father but that did not mean we did not have respect for everything your father accomplished during his life.
As you know, according to the Gesetzbuch Ehrenkodex, the torch will now be handed to you. You are now responsible for the safekeeping and well-being of the Wesen community.
If ever necessary, please contact us at (011) 31-070-35241.
Report the broken protocol to the person who answers and we will find a solution to the situation.
Good luck and kind regards,
Peter... De Groot"
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Trivia[]
- The building used as the location for the Wesen Council Headquarters is the Peace Palace, which is an administrative building in The Hague, the Netherlands.
- Rosalee dialed the number 011-31-0-70-352-41 to contact the Council. ("Eve of Destruction").
- The emblem of the Wesen Council is a Mollweide projection map of the world with two olive branches underneath and two lions sword fighting above it. The emblem resembles the Flag of the United Nations, and the lion is a common symbol in heraldry that symbolizes bravery, valor, strength, and royalty, while the olive branch symbolizes peace or victory.
Season 2 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Bad Teeth": X |
"The Kiss": X |
"Bad Moon Rising": X |
"Quill": X |
"The Good Shepherd": X |
"Over My Dead Body": X |
"The Bottle Imp": X |
"The Other Side": X |
"La Llorona": X |
"The Hour of Death": X |
"To Protect and Serve Man": X |
"Season of the Hexenbiest": X |
"Face Off": X |
"Natural Born Wesen": ✓ |
"Mr. Sandman": X |
"Nameless": X |
"One Angry Fuchsbau": X |
"Volcanalis": X |
"Endangered": X |
"Kiss of the Muse": X |
"The Waking Dead": X |
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm": X |
Season 3 Appearances | ||||||||||
"The Ungrateful Dead": X |
"PTZD": X |
"A Dish Best Served Cold": X |
"One Night Stand": X |
"El Cucuy": X |
"Stories We Tell Our Young": ✓ |
"Cold Blooded": X |
"Twelve Days of Krampus": Ref |
"Red Menace": X |
"Eyes of the Beholder": X |
"The Good Soldier": X |
"The Wild Hunt": X |
"Revelation": X |
"Mommy Dearest": X |
"Once We Were Gods": ✓ |
"The Show Must Go On": Ref |
"Synchronicity": X |
"The Law of Sacrifice": X |
"Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen": X |
"My Fair Wesen": X |
"The Inheritance": X |
"Blond Ambition": X |
Season 4 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Thanks for the Memories": X |
"Octopus Head": X |
"The Last Fight": X |
"Dyin' on a Prayer": X |
"Cry Luison": Ref |
"Highway of Tears": X |
"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas": X |
"Chupacabra": X |
"Wesenrein": X |
"Tribunal": X |
"Death Do Us Part": X |
"Maréchaussée": ✓ |
"Trial by Fire": X |
"Bad Luck": Ref |
"Double Date": X |
"Heartbreaker": X |
"Hibernaculum": X |
"Mishipeshu": X |
"Iron Hans": X |
"You Don't Know Jack": X |
"Headache": X |
"Cry Havoc": X |
Season 5 Appearances | ||||||||||
"The Grimm Identity": Ref |
"Clear and Wesen Danger": X |
"Lost Boys": X |
"Maiden Quest": X |
"The Rat King": X |
"Wesen Nacht": X |
"Eve of Destruction": ✓ |
"A Reptile Dysfunction": X |
"Star-Crossed": Ref |
"Map of the Seven Knights": X |
"Key Move": X |
"Into the Schwarzwald": X |
"Silence of the Slams": X |
"Lycanthropia": X |
"Skin Deep": X |
"The Believer": X |
"Inugami": X |
"Good to the Bone": X |
"The Taming of the Wu": X |
"Bad Night": X |
"Set Up": X |
"The Beginning of the End": X |