Pinkerton National Detective Agency

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In a certain country is a historic detective agency whose name is known by all. Founded by Allan Pinkerton, a detective famed for foiling an assassination attempt on the president.

His fame soon spread across the globe as his practice expanded to cover presidential security, rooting out spies, gathering intelligence on anti-governmental organizations, and tracking criminals as they work in the shadows--all in the interests of national security.

One theory even posits that the FBI itself may be modeled after the Pinkertons.

As the world continued to modernize, however, many of their intelligence activities became outlawed. With local police forces on the rise, the public gradually grew estranged from the Pinkertons. These days, the organization is not believed to engage in any detective work.

Did they bring justice or corruption? Were they heroes or villains? Merciful saviors or harbingers of death? Only time will tell how their history is told.