International Shadow Confederation

The International Shadow Confederation is an intergovernmental organization for Shadowkind, roughly equivalent to the United Nations.

The ISC is headed by a Supreme Chancellor who is appointed from the Confederation representatives. The first Supreme Chancellor was Pierre Bonaccord, a highly respected French wizard and advocate for troll rights. Bonaccord's position on trolls was a serious point of contention, and as a result Liechtenstein, who had been repeatedly victimized by a tribe of mountain trolls, contested Bonaccord's appointment and refused to join the Confederation.

History
The first meeting of the International Shadow Confederation was held in France in 1645.

In 1692, the Confederation instituted the International Statute of Secrecy to hide the world of Shadow from humanity at large. After weeks of heated debate, they enacted the laws that dictated how Shadowkind would retreat into hiding, forming the basis for the modern Shadow community.

The Confederation has since dealt with several severe breaches of the Statute of Secrecy. One of the most notable of these breaches occurred in 1852 when Dorcus Twelvetrees revealed the location of Innsmouth Academy - an American magical institute - to an anti-magic extremist group. The subsequent torching of the Innsmouth Academy campus threatened to expose the existence of magic to the mundane world when the school's protective wards failed and released a large number of magical creatures and constructs onto Solomon Island, Maine. Only the intervention of the Illuminati prevented the complete collapse of the Statute of Secrecy.

Headquarters
The International Shadow Confederation meets annually beginning in September, mirroring the schedule of the United Nations. The Confederation is hosted by a different member nation each time they meet, often convening at the country's premier school of magic.

Hosting the ISC is a great honor for the host nation, and the construction of a Confederation meeting hall is a prestigious undertaking, effectively declaring to the Shadow community that the school is the best its nation has to offer.