The Inner Sanctum Only reference in the most top secret of Combine files, the Inner Sanctum is the home of the mysterious Core Combine Overlords. From what has been gathered merely by Combine word alone is that the Overlords are a group that are theorized to rule in a counsel like setting. Known only to a few, the Inner Sanctum is reached through a group of
well hidden devices called portals, which can easily be classified as extremely advanced teleportation devices. Speakers of the Overlords use these devices to transport themselves to the Inner Sanctum to discuss and receive orders from the Overlords themselves and relay them to the rest of the Combine. These portals supposedly vary in sizes from personnel sizes to perhaps some top secret one that are large enough to transport capital class starships. Wherever these portals are the Combine makes sure to keep their locations hidden, this security easily goes to the point of complete, utter, paranoia, a mere hint of a portal’s location is enough to warrant a huge security breach and put the Combine into full militarization, enough that they would go on a galactic crusade to get a mere parcel of information on the Inner Sanctum back.
The Wraiths We are the Wraiths
We are the personal swords of the Overlords
We are the creeping shadows that stalk the stars
We are your personal executioners, your grim reapers
We are the Wraiths
You are our prey
From what can be gathered, the Wraiths are supposedly some type of paramilitary organization under the direct command of the Overlords, when a great security breach has happened, when the location of the Inner Sanctum has been compromised, when the very existence of the Overlords is threatened, the Wraiths are the last line of defense. They are the Overlords personal guards as well as their personal assassins; “The guardians of the Inner Sanctum” they are sometimes called. For the Overlords to allow use of the Wraiths means they are personally angered or threatened and to unleash them is like letting mad dogs infected with rabies off their leashes.
To the rest of the Combine, the Wraiths are an Omni-present force that seems to see all and know all, and as the personal guard of the Overlords they have to, it is their one and only task which they do fanatically, for as long as the Overlords and the Inner Sanctum survive the Core Combine survives…
