User:Metalbunny/Drafts/Midnight Council

The Midnight Council is a secret cabal of players that meet in 2b2t’s wilderness for 2 weeks every year to participate in arcane ceremonies, secrets, subterfuge and fraternalism.

Foundation
The Midnight Council was started as a way to create a unique experience on 2b2t. The group itself pays homage to the Bohemian Club, a real-world private group that consists of artists, musicians, prominent business leaders, government officials, former U.S. presidents, senior media executives, and other people of power. The Bohemian Club also holds retreats out into the wilderness of California, in which secretive events take place. After after attending one of these retreats at the Bohemian Grove, HermeticLock sought to recreate it on the server. He gathered up many high-profile members of the 2b2t community, and set up a location out in the woods for the camp to take place. The phrase, "Threat Level Midnight" is a reference to an episode of The Office, a sitcom from the early 2000s.

Locations
The first encampment, Midnight Council 2022, is set in an Old Growth Taiga hidden around the 2b2t server. It featured several ceremonies throughout the 2 week period, and required members to do something that overall improved the quality of life for other campers.