Tyana Institute

The Tyana institute is a scientific organization that studies the various monsters that inhabit earth. They are spread throughout the world with their headquarters based in Switzerland. The institute was named after Apollonius of Tyana a philosopher who was interested in natural mysteries. It was founded by a group of enlightenment era individuals including such figures as Ben Franklin in 1753 to study and if necessary contain monster based threats. Members are based in universities and labs around the globe in various disciplines like Zoology, Virology, and other biological sciences as well as history and archaeology. They also have patents on several plant based drugs and medicines. However their studies of Monsters are mostly kept under warps by various political and religious agendas however in recent years some of their research has been leaked online to help reveal as much of the truth as possible. Tyana Institute often sends teams into the field under the guise of geological or wildlife expeditions to not draw attention while they seek and study their quarry. Sadly most of this research is suppressed by secretive organizations such as The Knights of St George who have aggressively Fighting with The Tyana Institute making the two groups rivals to each other one group dedicated to science and information and the other dedicated to censorship and religious dogma. Throughout its history, the Tyana Institute has revealed the existence of some monsters despite the efforts Of the knights of st george such as The Giant Squid, Komodo Dragon, Coelacanth, and several other formerly hidden species.Today the Institute continues to expand knowledge in many fields both public and private knowledge bases however one day they may be one and the same.