A small organization of hunters dating back to Renaissance Europe, The Alchemists are centered around the goal of discovering and preserving supernatural knowledge. They claim to have historical ties to virtually all other Hunter and otherwise supernatural organizations, including the Knights Templar, Freemasons, and Illuminati, among others. This is somewhat true but rather intentionally overstated. Most such groups tend to come to a sticky end if they make their motives even remotely public, from a variety of forces that would rather see them destroyed. The Roadhouse is perhaps a good contemporary example of this.