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* The D20Modern Urban Arcana setting has a number of such organizations for the Shadowkind (the setting's term for beings and creatures brought to our world from a DungeonsAndDragons type realm):

* The villain's support group in ''WreckItRalph''.

* In ''FevreDream'' by GeorgeRRMartin, there's a vampire who's found a way of surviving without drinking blood, and he's travelling around gathering up other vampires and persuading them to make the same lifestyle change.
* In {{Twilight}}, Carlisle develops one of these over the years with his "family". He never tries to convince anyone outside the family to avoid feeding on humans, but everyone who is brought into the family is strongly encouraged to go "vegetarian" like the rest of them.

Contrast FullyEmbracedFiend. Usually at the "acceptance" phase in the StagesOfMonsterGrief.

!!Examples:

* In the {{NBC}} show ''{{Grimm}}'' Monroe, Nick's monster friend, has gone through a "program" so as not to be a Big Bad Wolf anymore. He had at least one friend we've met who went through the program with him.

** The Displaced: offers various services primarily geared at helping new "immigrants" from the Shadow get acclimated to the 21st century world. They offer rehab programs, help with obtaining ID, clinics that know how to treat monster physiology, job placement assistance, and even help direct Shadowkind to places that cater to their unique culture, like info about restaurants that serve "old world" recipes.

** The Church of Pelor: offers more than just religious services, as they are involved with various charitable efforts (soup kitchens, shelters, healing spells), and generally helping bridge some of the cultural divides between Shadowkind and mundanes.

* The sharks' support group in ''FindingNemo''. "Fish are friends, not food!"

* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Yokai Academy teaches monster children to hide themselves from humans, and helps them live alongside {{muggle}}s by remaining in human form and attending a school designed to resemble a human boarding school. YourMileageMayVary as to how well they're managing it.

* Although every game in TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness has shades of this, it's most notable in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' and ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost''.

The status of this group in monster society can vary. They may be a bunch of [[DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decadence]] and {{Pro Human Transhuman}}s who are actively hated by their society at large, a fairly neutrally viewed group, or they may even be top dogs and are enforcing the {{Masquerade}} via these groups as a form of positive self-policing (with another group in charge of chasing down those who "relapse"). You often get groups of {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s forming these kinds of groups, though a group of {{Fully Embraced Fiend}}s may form such a group to help fledgeling {{Vampire Refugee}}s adjust without going all HunterOfHisOwnKind.

The status of this group in monster society can vary. They may be a bunch of [[DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decadence]] who are actively hated by their society at large, a fairly neutrally viewed group, or they may even be top dogs and are enforcing the {{Masquerade}} via these groups as a form of positive self-policing (with another group in charge of chasing down those who "relapse"). You often get groups of {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s forming these kinds of groups, though a group of {{Fully Embraced Fiend}}s may form such a group to help fledgeling {{Vampire Refugee}}s adjust without going all HunterOfHisOwnKind.

* The living fairy tales in the comic ''{{Fables}}'' establish a regimented and regulated community to prevent their discovery while living in New York city.

* The Black Ribboners on the ''{{Discworld}}'' are a strong example of the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire type.

* Although every WorldOfDarkness game has shades of this, it's most notable in ''VampireTheMasquerade'', ''WerewolfTheApocalypse'', ''PrometheanTheCreated'' and ''ChangelingTheLost''.

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* ''PrometheanTheCreated:'' Any kind of friendly contact between Prometheans ultimately boils down to this.

So you have a setting where non-human beings exist, and their nature makes living among humans difficult. Maybe they suffer from a HorrorHunger, live forever (and it sucks), have customs that don't endear them to locals (such as [[TheKleptomaniac rampant kleptomania]] and throwing around {{Curse}}s like it's going out of style) and/or the stress of keeping up the {{Masquerade}} is just brutal. Well, there's a [[TropaholicsAnonymous support group of reformed/reforming monsters]] that is out to help those among them who want to live closer to humanity. Possibly even to regain some of that humanity if they were human once. They may even help convince a [[ViralTransformation newly turned member]] he isn't human at all.

* You often get groups of {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s forming these kinds of groups. A strong example is the Black Ribboners on the ''{{Discworld}}''.

* ''PrometheanTheCreated:'' Any kind of friendly contact between Prometheans ultimately boils down to this.

So you have a setting where non-human beings exist, and their nature makes living among humans difficult. Maybe they suffer from a HorrorHunger, live forever (and it sucks), have customs that don't endear them to locals (such as [[TheKleptomaniac rampant kleptomania]] and throwing around {{Curse}}s like it's going out of style) and/or the stress of keeping up the {{Masquerade}} is just brutal. Well, there's a [[TropeaholicsAnonymous support group of reformed/reforming monsters]] that is out to help those among them who want to live closer to humanity. Possibly even to regain some of that humanity if they were human once. They may even help convince a [[ViralTransformation newly turned member]] he isn't human at all.

So you have a setting where non-human beings exist, and their nature makes living among humans difficult. Maybe they suffer from a HorrorHunger, live forever (and it sucks), have customs that don't endear them to locals (such as [[TheKleptomaniac rampant kleptomania]] and throwing around {{Curse}}s like it's going out of style) and/or the stress of keeping up the {{Masquerade}} is just brutal. Well, there's a group of reformed/reforming monsters that is out to help those among them who want to live closer to humanity. Possibly even to regain some of that humanity if they were human once. They may even help convince a [[ViralTransformation newly turned member]] he isn't human at all.

So you have a setting where non-human beings exist, and their nature makes living among humans difficult. Maybe they suffer from a HorrorHunger, live forever (and it sucks), have customs that don't endear them to locals (such as rampant kleptomania and throwing around {{Curse}}s like it's going out of style) and/or the stress of keeping up the {{Masquerade}} is just brutal. Well, there's a group of reformed/reforming monsters that is out to help those among them who want to live closer to humanity. Possibly even to regain some of that humanity if they were human once. They may even help convince a [[ViralTransformation newly turned member]] he isn't human at all.