| “ | Janus Initiative. Where two faces meet. | „ |
| ~ The phone when one enters the abandoned Omni-Reach Travels travel agency in Arcadia. |
The Janus Order are the secondary antagonists of Trollhunters, the first installment in the Tales of Arcadia franchise. They are a secret society of Changelings led by Otto Scaarbach and formerly by Stricklander, dedicated to freeing Gunmar and his horde of Gumm-Gumms from the Darklands so they can conquer the world and destroy humanity and have infiltrated positions across human society to do so.
The order is named after the first changeling that was created, Janus.
Biography[]
The Janus Order was created by the Changelings, who made many bases around the world. They were guided by Morgana herself, who spoke to them and gave them advice through an ancient phonograph. It turns out that their headquarters is located in Arcadia-Oaks, five stories beneath the abandoned travel agency of Omni-Reach Travels. Originally, their headquarters were going to be beneath the museum where Killahead Bridge was kept but they decided to move to it beneath the abandoned travel agency due to secrecy concerns. After Gunmar was trapped in the Darklands with his Gumm-Gumm army, and trolls and humans started to live separately, his son, Bular, conspired with the Janus Order to release him so he could conquer the world. When Strickler came into contact with Angor Rot, Otto at first went along with his plans but once Angor broke free from his control and came after him, Otto ditched Strickler in order to seize power for himself.
When the Trollhunter's team enters the building, an old phone calls and Claire says, "Where two faces meet", which transports them to the Janus Order's secret base. However, they are soon noticed by Janus Order agents and captured by Otto who interrogates them, eventually making a deal with them to trade Vendel's staff for the ingredients needed to bring AAARRRGGHH!!! back to life. Later on, once Gunmar is released from the Darklands along with Dictatious Maximus Galadrigal, a couple of Gumm-Gumms, and a few Blood Goblins, Morgana stops her communications with the Janus Order. Otto invites Gunmar to stay in the Janus Order's headquarters and provides him with everything he needs including the hearthstone taken from the Trollhunters and information about the modern world which he is ungrateful for. When Gunmar's plans to take over Trollmarket came to fruition and he saw no more use for them, he massacred the entire Janus Order before leaving for Trollmarket in order to make a new Gumm-Gumm army with the help of the treacherous Queen Usurna, as well as brainwashing Otto to disguise himself as Gunmar to distract the heros before Otto dies.
Eventually, the Janus Order's headquarters is left completely abandoned, and Jim, Toby, and Claire come back with Aja and Krel as they are showing the two Akiridions around Arcadia while looking for Merlin's ingredients at the same time, claiming that it is a "teen hangout" centre. Krel goes into the Janus Order's control room and starts playing music, but when Jim turns it off. A recording plays of Otto Scaarbach (disguised as Gunmar) battling the team though the team covers it up by claiming it's a movie.
Trivia[]
- "Janus" was originally the name of the Roman god of time, who is commonly portrayed as having two faces. This fits with the Changelings, whose two-faced nature is because of their ability to disguise themselves as people, even though they are trolls in their true forms.
- It is unknown why the Changelings remain in their human disguises once they enter the Janus Order's headquarters, as there would be no need for them to do so because it is a secret location.
- It is also unknown if any Changelings survived Gunmar's massacre of the order other than the ones aligned with the Trollhunters
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