The 26 is an internationally known freelance organization that delves with security and risk management, as well as intelligence gathering services. The 26 has a worldwide client-base including governments, international agencies and the international corporate sector. The 26 consists of a diverse range of personnel, including ponies, griffins, and even diamond dogs (though this is rare) As the name suggests, The 26 is a small group of twenty six operatives all ranked as follows:

Field Agent (14 Operatives)- Frontline operatives that execute the contracted work. This can range from body guarding, search and rescue, intelligence gathering, covert military action, espionage, frontline combat, counter-terrorism, and hostage/kidnap situations. The life expectancy of these field agents is rumored to be around 3 years due to the high danger assignments and bounties set on these agents by hostile organizations.

Handler (7 Operatives) - The Handler is responsible for the physical and emotional welfare of the Field Agents under their command; at times they will accompany their operatives if the situation calls for it. A Handler is usually responsible for two agents, although some have managed one or three. Relaying contracts and orders from a Director to the Field Agent, Handlers ensure their operatives are well equipped and up to date on their training.

Director (5 Operatives) - Working the more white collar and logistic work of the organization, Directors set the contracts and establish connections with governments, businesses, and third party groups. Despite their rank, Directors are still agents and are still capable of performing field work if need be. Directors evaluate contracts to make sure no illegal activity will be committed by their agents; they also manage overall resources and handle bounties on any agents in the field, at times paying them off overall to keep their operatives alive in a hostile country.

It has been recently discovered that The 26 has been the cause of a proxy civil war in Saddle Arabia. Under the guise of The Hidden Daggers, they instigated the conflict not only to financially gain from it, but to test out their research.

Implementing a program titled "The Phantom Initiative." The Directors chose key operatives within their ranks (as well as possible outside sources) to serve as sleeper agents. When activated by certain triggers, the operatives would perform certain tasks that are subliminally assigned to them. Once complete, the individual loses all memory of recent events. The direct goal of The Phantom Initiative was at first believed to be a tool to sway international power, but the lack of evidence confirms this theory.

Recently one of their prospective agents in the program uncovered the organization's involvement in the civil conflict as well as The Phantom Initiative itself. Using the evidence, they assembled a team and confronted the Directors in the city of Manehattan. After a brutal and costly confrontation, the Directors were apprehended and sent to Saddle Arabia to face trial.

With no formal leadership at this point, The 26 has enacted the "Cole Protocol"; all remaining agents complete whatever current mission /contract they're assigned to. Afterwards, they destroy all information in regards to the organization and disperse with any and all resources currently with them. With these agents now scattered throughout the world, only time will tell what they may do next.