Watchers Council
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- "The Council fights evil. The Slayer is the instrument with which we fight. The Council remains. The Slayers... change. It's been that way from the beginning."
- ―Quentin Travers[src]
The Watchers Council, coloquially known simply as The Council and sometimes referred as the Watcher Council of Britain, were the governing institution of the Watchers and, up until 1999, Slayers as well. The Council maintains operatives throughout the world in their fight against vampires and demons.
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History
The Watchers' Council were descended from the Shadow Men, the creators of the First Slayer.
Following the destruction of the Council's headquarters at the hands of Caleb, many of its members remained active on their own. However, some of the Council's resources were absorbed by the Slayer Organization.
By the 23rd century, the Council had devolved into a few insane zealots, one of whom sets himself on fire in front of the new Slayer, Melaka Fray.
Known members and former members of the Council and their Slayers
Named Watchers
- Crowley, Bernard and Nikki Wood
- Dormer, Diana (Prof.) and Faith Lehane
- Fillworthe, Duncan
- Giles, Edna and a unidentified Slayer (Between the 1940s to early 1970s)
- Giles, Rupert and Buffy Summers/Faith Lehane
- Post, Gwendolyn (Mrs.) and Faith Lehane
- Merrick and Buffy Summers
- Sirk, Rutherford
- Travers, Quentin
- Wyndam-Pryce, Roger
- Wyndam-Pryce, Wesley and Faith Lehane
- Wells, Andrew
- Zabuto, Roger "Sam" and Kendra Young
Others The following have featured with no significant details known about them. Not all of these are true Watchers, some of them are merely operatives on payroll.
- Blair
- Hobson
- Lydia
- Nigel
- Phillip
- Robson
- Mr. Giles
- Collins, Weatherby and Smith - Watchers Council Special Operations Team
- Faith's nurse
- Wesley's thugs
Watchers in novels and comics
The numerous novels and comics, specially those focusing on previous Slayers, show or mention many other Watchers:
- Michaela Tomassi
- Archibald Lassiter
- Harold Travers
- John Travers
- Yanna Narvik
- Marie-Christine Fontaine
- Trevor Kensington
