Collection of Necessary Secrets

The Collection of Necessary Secrets was the place where the Vatican stored non-living items which they believed needed to be kept secret. It was located in Rome. The Collection was part of the Vatican's accumulation of items they deemed unwise for the general public to know about, along with the Library of St John the Beheaded for texts and the Crow Gallery for living things.

Marielle Duquesne was sent by the Shadow Directory to survey the Collection in 1799. She was shown some of the exhibits by the custodian at the time, Cardinal Catilin. A prior custodian, Cardinal Roche, was driven insane by the knowledge of the exhibit and committed suicide. When the Carnival Queen's return to the rational universe caused some of the exhibits to became animated and beg for confession, it made Catilin go mad as well. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet)