D4
On paper, Department Four is a task force meant to handle some of the more unusual crimes going on today in Japan, and in particular in the greater Sumaru area and surrounding prefecture. It's a group made up of police officers, private detectives, and other professionals and civilians who handle officially 'unsolvable' cases. As far as the official police departments, hospitals, and other agencies that it draws on for many of its members know, it's that simple. In practice, however, that's precisely how its members prefer it to operate--as do the mostly quiet patrons they have among a government aware of what's going on, and supportive of its goals.
It is in fact a group of like-minded men and women devoted to protecting regular people from the overflow of the supernatural into everday life. There's a decided bent towards upholding the law as best they can in situations where mundane governments are simply unaware of and unable to handle what's going on, and those who make it up tirelessly put themselves between those same supernatural forces and the people of the world who don't even know what they're doing--determined to ensure that the world can go on unknowing of what may well lurk just around the corner.
Who Can Join?
Members of Department Four tend to be established professionals in their own fields, though this isn't always the case. All that's really required is the aptitude for dangerous (often investigative) work, a willingness to press beyond what's reasonable to know in defense of others, and a devotion to--even when having to work outside it--generally support the law. There are even a few counted among its ranks who are largely unaware of what their allies' missions are really about--or who were pointed there by some watching out for the right 'type'. Of course, if one can /fake/ these qualities, and happens to know a member...
Facheads
Ryotaro Dojima (Hierophant): An experienced police officer living in Inaba, Ryotaro Dojima has spent a long while unaware of the details of the supernatural happenings that plague his town. One case inevitably leads to another, however, and even without the power of Persona, this man's knowledge and determination are respected by the other members of this organization--and he helps provide direction and authority to a group that might otherwise take the law too far into its own hands.
Ryou Kanzato (Justice): One of Lunarvale's finest, Ryou Kanzato may at times be harsh, but his analytical mind can often cut right to the heart of a matter--and his ties help provide Department Four with some of the tools it needs to get the job done. Even if he might be a little more hardline than some of the group's other members, he's still an exemplary ideal of what they mean to do--recognized or not.
