Rote Mäntel

A German magi organization located in Hamburg.

Story
This organization was not founded with the aim of welcoming the Magi, indeed, apparently at the beginning it was only a commercial company founded in 1241, when Hamburg joined the Hanseatic League. Towards the end of the thirteenth century the organization became very rich thanks to trade with other nations.The members of this organization were Lutherans. From 1532 to 1598 the Rote Mäntel continued to grow rich.

The Rote Mäntel didn't begin to use magecraft until after the Second Purge. The Second Purge was wanted by the Grand Master Giovanni Monteverdi VI, who ordered the Coven to hunt down the Satanists, heretics and witches who were in Hamburg in 1813. Apparently the Grand Master was loyal to Napoleon Bonaparte and came influenced by a friend named Jules Leveque. The purge ended when the Russian Empire managed to liberate Hamburg in 1814. After those events, the Rote Mäntel began to practice magecraft with the aim of obtaining such agonized revenge. The two organizations clashed fifty years later but the Coven managed to triumph because of its experience. Apparently the Rote Mäntel supported Nazism with the aim of obtaining another chance against the Coven and so the Blutrache (Blood Revenge) took place.

Ideologies
The Rote Mäntels inherited a highly discriminatory mentality from the Nazis. They don't see all human beings as equals, however they don't make distinctions of race but of power. Who's a magus, for them, is superior to who's not and therefore must enjoy more rights. It seems that the Rote Mäntel despise normal humans so much that they consider them little more than cattle. Even Clovis Wolff, who appears to be the least extremist, regards humans that don't practice magecraft as inferior; Clovis himself, after losing Caster, kills a person without hesitation.

Customs and traditions
The name of the organization translates to "Red Cloaks" because all members must wear red cloaks, however the meaning behind this tradition is unclear. However in Chapter 81 Herbert Schmidt can be seen not wearing the red cloak, so this could mean that the cloak should only be worn in particular situations.

All members of the organization are Christians but are not fanatics like the members of the Coven.

Hierarchy
The organization is led by a man elected by the majority called Roter Vater (Red Father), who in turn chooses a woman who becomes Rote Mutter (Red Mother).

Known members

 * Arvin Kraus (Roter Vater)
 * Emory Huber (Rote Mutter)
 * Clovis Wolff
 * Herbert Schmidt
 * Friedrich Wolff (formerly)
 * Schneider von Bergedorf
 * Sigwald Stein