The Circle of the Black Thorn. The big bad of all big bads, Fred. They're the earth-bound instruments of the Senior Partners and the guys behind all of Wolfram & Hart's apocalyptic plans.

I got indoctrinated into the Circle so I could get names and so we could take them down. So we could actually do something about something instead of taking the little guys out and getting nowhere.

[ There, is that better? ]