The Protectorate

The Protectorate is a group of Freaks on The Island Of Freaks. They are essentially the Freak equivalent to the Human army. They will immediately inform Katie of any particular events of major importance, such as if the island's location is discovered. They also need to prepare for potential disaster scenarios, and design plans of action.

In addition, the protectorate is tasked with maintaining order according to the Way of Harmony. Freaks who are mistreating each other get verbal warnings, and social conflicts are broken up by intervention. In the case of a fight between freaks, The Protectorate must intervene to break it up, and the incident is reported.

Most transgressions of the Way of Harmony, especially the trivial ones, are forwarded to the Individual Support Carers to figure out why the crime was caused.

However, most major transgressions will result in being put on trial, especially if there is no sign of immediate, genuine repentance. An investigation is made to the events leading up to the major crime, and a verdict is made by Katie on whether to forward them to the Individual Support Carers or to banish them to The Underground for an indefinite amount of time. In addition, the level of the Underground is decided. An example of a major transgression was the time that Arky intentionally blew up the Soft Core and killed everyone inside because he was being irritated by bullies, and not showing any repentance for it. The most severe cases are sent to the Third Layer of the underground, while the less severe cases are sent to the Second or First layer.