No one knew a thing about BCwPA until a couple decades ago. Then, one day, a little, blue creature came from underground and gave humanity a plethora of tapes, books, drawings, and more. A lot of it spoke of mundane or exotic plants and animals, as well as the occasional meandering on a prehistoric beast. It grew apparent that it all came from several different authors, brought together, commentated on, and linked by one individual. 

Set atop a few boxes, in a prominent position, were four things: an English translation guide to an unknown language, a letter marked, “From Ballyraven, to You,” a booklet with "BCwPA for Human" scrawled on its cover, and an unmarked cassette tape.

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In the 1990's, a creature dug a hole under a house. From the shadows, they watched and memorized its inhabitant's life, mannerisms; they planned to steal their identity, and they eventually did. Though they needed their form to continue their personal quest, they grew fond of the human they followed. A Ballyraven (shapeshifting species of fae, pwca), they were the first of their kind to purposefully make contact with a human. Before leaving for a new adventure, "Bally" had an idea. They had learned a human language: "English"; while they couldn't speak it, they could write it. In fact, they kept notes and logs in English, as most fae could not read. Creating a series of pamphlets to explain everything, they left them and a letter atop volumes of tapes, books, and other things they collected from a mysterious, dead organization. They believed The Human might be interested in their project, and perhaps could even help.

 

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The Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency

BCwPA [BICK-puh]

 

was an organization created by Ballyravens. Initially called the Earth Club, its members were avid naturalists, studying their environments, sketching their surroundings, and noting anything irregular. Towards the end of their known activities, they developed an obsession with entities dubbed cryptids: creatures so rare that they were thought to maybe never have existed at all. Rising to prominence were several BCwPA agents who claimed to not only have thoroughly researched and vetted every cryptid for legitimacy, but personally encountered, observed, and researched them. A group of six soon formed, taking control of the organization and its direction.

Bally suspected something more (and maybe sinister) was going on. Were these cryptids actually real? What was going on? Where did they all go? Bally has devoted their life to figuring it out.

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The Human Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency is an organization that was created around this collection of work. Its entries, tapes, videos, and drawings have been recreated for clarity in the English language. The Human eventually understood what was being asked of them and helped start "Human BCwPA," or simply BCwPA to everyone but Bally. The organization's mission is to recreate BCwPA materials, so that they can be read/heard and understood by humans. Human BCwPA also seeks to figure out each cryptid, its story, and determine how likely it is to be real or not. The group is separated into 6 teams, each based on one of the major BCwPA cryptid researchers. The group has also implemented some of Earth Club's original ideals and activities.

Anyone can become a BCwPA agent as long as they pledge to follow the organization's three tenets:

Be watchful, be curious, be scrawling. Take time to observe the world around you, ask questions, and try to find their answers; keep a personal field journal, take notes, and draw.

Be cryptid, be kind. Be respectful and considerate of the life around you. Reduce harm. Leave so little of an impact on the wild that you may as well be a cryptid to them.

Be a BCwPA agent. Educate others about life on our planet and how to protect it, appreciate it, and be curious about it.

BCwPA agents receive monthly updates on newly translated material. Some teams receive monthly recreations of BCwPA artwork.
 

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ABOUT BCwPA
BCWPA is an anagram of pwca (pronounced poo-kuh) with a B at the beginning for Ballyraven and for the first word of each tenet. Its members are BCWPA Agents.

 

WHO IS BALLYRAVEN?
Ballyraven is both an individual and species of fae. Ballyravens are human-like shapeshifters that have very bird-like heads and dinosaur-ish bodies.

THE Ballyraven, or "Bally", is the BCwPA's mascot, source of new materials, and leader. They have blue feathers and a two-spiked, black side-eye pattern on each outer eye. Fae do not give their true names even to their best of friends. Like Bally, they are happy to be called by their species, fae grouping, or a nickname.

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