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In the fictional world of The Librarian , a series of made-for-TV movies from TNT, there exists a secret society of Librarians who are the guardians of a wide range of magical and mythical relics.
The Librarians are a fictional secret society that have existed as an order for centuries, and often undertake global-spanning adventures to recover items to keep them safe from people who would use them for evil purposes. The Librarians wish only to increase their knowledge, and use the relics for the betterment of humankind. They have been fighting a secret war with the Serpent Brotherhood since at least the fall of the Library of Alexandria many centuries ago.
Simone Renoir states that all vampires are aware of the Librarians and their battle against evil.
There have been many librarians of note over the centuries, including;
The Serpent Brotherhood are a splinter group of the Librarians, who separated off back when the "Library" entrance was in Alexandria in ancient times. The Brotherhood wished to use the powers of the artifacts to rule the world and this disagreement led to a secret war between the Librarians and the Brotherhood who incited the riot that led to the destruction of the entrance to Library (in Alexandria). More recently, in 2004 the Brotherhood worked with former Librarian, Edward Wilde, to unsuccessfully steal the Spear of Destiny, to take control of the world. In 2014 they attempted to seize control of the 'Library' forcing Judson and Charlene to sever the link between the 'Library' and the New York Public Library. The current leader of the Brotherhood is Lancelot du Lac.
The Brotherhood take their name from the serpent that brought knowledge to Adam and Eve.
The 'Library' has existed at least since ancient times, and houses both magical and powerful relics. The Library itself appears to be sentient (or semi-sentient) and sends out invitations to prospective Librarians and Guardians.
The 'Library' exists in its own pocket universe and in ancient times the entrance to the 'Library' was located in the Library of Alexandria, and the entrance had been located in the New York Public Library in New York City until 2014.
The 'Library' has a large collections annex, and a service entrance. Although there can only ever be one entrance to the main 'Library', there are sites around the world that provide entrances to the Library Annex, giving access to the books of the Library, but not to the relics.
The entrance to the 'Library' that was connected to the Library of Alexandria was destroyed when the Serpent Brotherhood incited a riot that destroyed it (sometime before the 8th Century). It has yet to be revealed where the entrance to the 'Library' was housed between the 8th century and the 1890s when the New York Metropolitan Public Library was built.
The New York Metropolitan Public Library provided an entrance to the 'Library' until 2014. The entrance was behind a hidden door disguised as a shelf of books. When Judson was first showing Flynn the entrance, he gave Flynn a clue as to how to open the door by quoting the lines "If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended", to which Flynn replied "That you have but slumber'd here, while these visions did appear", and immediately realised that the way to open the secret door was to pull on a copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream , the romantic comedy by William Shakespeare. Behind the secret door is an elevator shaft which can only be accessed by two marines opening two locks simultaneously. When Flynn remarked that the double lock was the same as is used on bases with nuclear weapons, Judson verified this and said they copied it from the library.
In the opening episode of The Librarians, in 2014, Judson and Charlene were forced to sever the link between the 'Library' and the New York Public Library when it was invaded by the Serpent Brotherhood.
The Library Annex (which gives access to the books of the Library, but not to the relics) in Portland, Oregon, is run by Jenkins and is being used by three potential Librarians (Jacob Stone, Cassandra Cillian, and Ezekiel Jones) and their Guardian (Eve Baird) as a base of operations.
The collection of relics stored in the library includes:
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