The Meltzer Trust

Founded after the second World War in 1946, The Meltzer Trust Humane Society (more colloquially known as simply The Meltzer Trust) has always been at the ready to help improve the quality of life for Clowns over the world. Whether it's in parts torn apart by worn and weathered down by natural disasters, The Meltzer Trust stands by to bring 5 Stars of hope and quality!

Of course...that's the image of the Trust they want you to see...

Their humanitarian (Clownitarian?) efforts are indeed real and honest. But behind closed doors and in hushed whispers, there's a secret side of the Trust that the public doesn't need to know about...That is, unless you're a Carnie.

Moxie Research

From day one, the Trust had a secret objective known to it's founding members: To research and study the latent aura known as Moxie, find Carnies who might be harboring this energy and to put a stop to anyone who might be using this power for nefarious purposes.

And aside from the occasional rumors of The Trust having some sort of 'Supernatural Research' Derpartment leaking out, they've managed to keep their Moxie work under wraps. So much so they've managed to evade every major world government to continue their secret battles and research to this very day.

This objective can be traced back to main founding member and namesake of the Trust, Davidson B. Meltzer the 2nd. Meltzer had known of Moxie for much of his life having learned of it in secret at a young age. A natural adept, he hid his powers from everyone around him for fear of being seen as an outcast or some kind of user of the dark arts. And after having fought in WW2, he worried about what could happen should an era of widespread Moxie users come to be. What would happen if Moxie suddenly reemerged in the public? Would it be used for good or evil? Could Moxie lead to a new war? Perhaps he was overly paranoid following the harsh realities of military battle, but he still felt this drive to maintain some semblence of balance, even if it was to be done in secrecy.

And thankfully, he found others with this same drive.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

The Star and Agent System

An iconic part of the Meltzer uniform, aside from the dashing white coats with gold trim and matching slacks, is the signatre Star pins, usually adorned to the brim of a Trust member's cap. More than a sleek fashion accessory, they're a signafier of one's status within the Trust as Davidson was known rate anything and everything on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. But if he felt truly special about something, then they could be rated 6 or even 7 stars!

As such, Davidson's personal ranking system was adopted into the hierarchy of the Trust as away to measure their agents. But before we get into the stars, let's quickly talk about said agents.

Mentioned right at the top, there's two sides of the Trust. The public humanitarian society and the secretive field operations side. Basically the X-Men. So as such, there are two agent groups that fit into said, well, grouping. But it is worth mentioning that the two sides do overlap as some agents work both sides of the field, while others might prefer one over the other.

For example, 7 Star Agent Jackson 'Jackie' Sweetheart is a loud, burly Austrailian man who loves a good fight! So naturally, he prefers to take on missions that require plenty of man power! Meanwhile opposite of him is one Lucien 'Lu-Lu' LuBelle. An eccentric invetor in his own right and longtime partner of Jackie's, Luciene was once a regular field agent who tagged along many of Jackie's missions as they were training buddies. However after a mission went wrong left him with a severed arm, Lucien left the field and transitioned to the humanitarian society. Although, he still does field work every now and then.

Now then, for that all important star system. It's quite simple really. The more stars you have, the more experienced as an agent you are!

• 1 Star - Newbie
• 2 Stars - Getting the hang of things
• 3 Stars - Experienced, finally rounding out those rough early edges
• 4 Stars - Reaching the top of the ladder
• 5 Stars - An upstanding agent
• 6 Stars - Going above the Call of Duty
• 7 Stars - A true veteran of the Trust

FUN FACT: The Meltzer name and use of a Star rating system is indeed a reference to Dave Meltzer and the Wrestling Observer newsletter.

Don't be too surprised. Pro Wrestling was literally born from the Circus after Carnies realized they could fix matches to be more exciting. And what else is prominantly featured in Circuses? That's right. Clowns. I'd be an idiot and a coward not to do this.