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The Rose Cross, emblem of the Black Order, as seen in the manga (above) and the 2006 anime (below).

A religious organization controlled by the Vatican, founded by those who prepared for the return of the Earl following the prophecy of the Cube. The Black Order is tasked with the mission of searching Innocence fragments, find and train accomodators for battle, and above all, defeating the threat of the Millennium Earl and his allies to ensure humanity survives the Holy War.

The Order has branches around the world, with the main one, where the headquarters of the Order reside, being found in Europe. It's commanded by the Great Generals and Chief Officer Komui Lee, who also acts as the Branch Chief of the European section.

Anime Catholicism: Surprisingly zigzagged. The Order is a Catholic institution, but many of its members are from all over the world with many different backgrounds. The Exorcists, the main military unit of the Order, come in a myriad of ages (including teenagers and Child Soldiers), races and circumstances, and are the ones who invoke the typical anime Rule of Cool flavour of this trope with their uniforms and Innocence. However, the higher ups of the Order are depicted in a more realistic way, with them looking more like what high ranking members of the church would look in terms of clothing and age.
Church Militant: Very much so. The Black Order was created above all to destroy the Earl, and as so it employs its own holy army in the form of the Exorcists, those with weapons able to slay the Akuma.
Creature-Hunter Organization: As an organization opposing the Earl, the Order also targets his creations the Akuma, employing the Innocence (the only substance able to destroy Akuma) and the Exorcists (the only people able to wield Innocence) for that.
Critical Staffing Shortage: The main crux of the Black Order is the fact that Exorcists, the only ones able to defeat the Akuma army, are so rare that they are outmatched by the forces of the Earl. Adding the fact that Innocence shards unlike the Akuma are limited and that Exorcists are generally weaker than the Noah and the strongest Akuma and you find yourself with a pretty desperate situation. To solve that, the Order has tried to create Exorcists in many different ways, often ignoring morality.
Dark Is Not Evil: Zigzagged. Despite its sinister sounding title and the fact its military wears predominant black uniforms, the Order is a heroic organization fighting against the evil of the Earl. However, the higher ups can be very intrusive and selfish and they are willing to employ very unethical experiments to increase their soldiers, as well as forcing unwilling accomodators to act as Exorcists, as it happened to Lenalee and Suman.
Hoist by Their Own Petard: The Order has a very bad habit of having their own experiments turn up against them in one way or another:
- While the European branch members were moving to the new headquarters, a ghost born from the grief of all the victims who died in the Fallen One experiments ends up taking a drug developed by Komui to turn the staff of the Order into zombies, not wanting to be left alone as she was unable to leave the old headquarters. While Played for Laughs, it managed to turn almost everyone into mindless zombies (including the Generals), which would have caused a huge crisis if the Order had been successful.
- The Second Exorcist program came to a dramatic end when Alma Karma discovered the truth behind the program and went on a murder spree through the Asian branch after successfully synchronizing with his Innocence, killing most of the staff working on the project before being stopped and almost killed by fellow Second Yu Kanda, who in an ironic twist ended up becoming a functional Exorcist despite having recovered his memories.
- The Third Exorcist program ends up on an even worse note. After the Earl discovers that the Order is trying to use his own power against him, he attacks the North American branch, where the source of the power of the Thirds (Alma) is being held. Not only the Thirds end up turning into monsters when Alma’s awakening as an Akuma triggers a reaction in their cells, two of them are forcibly killed by their teammates while the surviving three are captured by the Earl. Upon their brief return in the incident where Allen is forced to leave the Order, they appear willingly working for the Noah and turning on their previous allies, giving three strong warriors to the Earl on a silver platter and making the entire project pointless.
Playing with Syringes: In their effort to increase the ranks of the Exorcists due to their high mortality rate, the Order has approved certain experiments that would fit those of a deranged villain. In an interesting twist, the experiments aren’t held by some depraved Mad Scientist who wants to make the test subjects suffer or wants to fulfill their scientist curiosity like it’s often typical of this, but instead are done by people who want to save the world and protect those they love, often feeling true remorse for what they’re doing and only proceeding with the projects out of duty and desperation. Some of those experiments include:
- A procedure to create regular Exorcists, done in the European branch headquarters. It consisted in using Hevlaska’s power to attempt a forced Innocence synchronization with relatives of deceased Exorcists, believing they could connect with the Innocence due to their blood ties with the dead accommodator. Those experiments proved to be ineffective, as the relatives couldn’t properly synchronize and ended up sick, emaciated and, as the procedure went on and the synchronization rate went below 0%, eventually dying after turning into Fallen Ones. At least 61 people died before Komui became the Chief Officer and abolished the experiments.
- The Second Exorcist program, a project designated to create artificial Exorcists, taking place in the Asian branch under the management of the Epstain family and the Chang clan. It was done by harvesting the brains of deceased Exorcists and introducing them in the magically enhanced bodies of male abandoned orphans, who were then forced to synchronize with their old Innocence in hopes of making more apostles. The program ended up failing, as most test subjects couldn’t synchronize with the Innocence and some of them ended up remembering their past lives and became insane before being euthanized via sorcery, though it did succeed in creating a single strong, loyal Exorcist (Kanda).
- The Third Exorcist program, taking place in the North American branch and supervised by branch chief Renny Epstain. Unlike the other projects, this one didn’t have Innocence involved. Rather, it was an attempt to create artificial soldiers fighting for the Order by turning members from Crow into half-Akuma hybrids after being injected Akuma cells taken of the comatose body of Alma Karma, who became a “womb” to cultivate those cells after the shards from the Akuma Egg that Link recovered during the invasion of the old headquarters were successfully implanted on him. It was also expected that Thirds who fell in battle would in turn become wombs after their deaths, hoping that could lead to the creation of more Third Exorcists.

European Branch

Director

Komui Lee

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP, 2006 anime), Go Inoue (JP, Hallow), J. Michael Tatum (EN), Roberto Cuenca Rodríguez, Jr. (SP)

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^{Appearance at the beginning of the series}

The supervisor of the Black Order and Lenalee's older brother. After his younger sister was forced to become an exorcist, he joined the Order to be with her. Although lazy and disorganized, he does what he can to help the exorcists, such as repairing damaged anti-Akuma weapons.

Bad Boss: A rare example in that he's not actively malevolent towards his underlings, he's just incredibly exasperating, what with the weird behavior, tendency to duck out of work, knack for complicating or causing problems and willingness to impede others from solving messes he's created (like drugging Allen to keep him from destroying Komlin II when it attacks him). Perhaps because of this, they're still pretty loyal to him, though.
Berserk Button: Telling him that Lenalee is getting married will make him really upset.
Big Brother Instinct: He is freakishly overprotective of Lenalee. Even his own underlings worry about just how devoted to her he is.
Big Good: He is one of the directors of the Black Order.
Brainy Specs: Komui doesn't need his glasses at all - his eyesight is fine. He wears them to help hide his sad expression when his sister is sent to the battlefield.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He can be pretty competent when push comes to shove. Doesn't stop him from being a wigged out loony the rest of the time, though.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: With all those wacky inventions and his tendency to drift into his own little world, it's safe to say he's at least a mild version of this.
Heavy Sleeper: The only way to wake him is to say Lenalee's getting married.
Knight Templar Big Brother: Oh good lord, so much. Mostly played for laughs.
Mad Scientist: He has been shown to be able to construct many different robots (known as Komurins) to help the staff of the Black Order. However, the robots always ends up going out of control due to certain circumstances and tend to do more harm than good. There have been cases were Komui intentionally made the Komurins to cause havoc, even.
Must Have Caffeine: And how. Doesn't stop him constantly falling asleep over his paperwork though.
My Sister Is Off-Limits: He'll go absolutely berserk over the very idea of his sister getting married to anyone.
Promotion to Parent: He and Lenalee lost their parents to Akuma.
Psychopathic Manchild: Played for Laughs. Komui can be serious and mature when needed, but most of the time he behaves like a spoiled child and can get really childish with things related to Lenalee. In some cases, to the point of unleashing the full extent of his wrath on people. The 18th episode of the anime shows that in order to eliminate Jake Russell (thinking erroneously that he was dating Lenalee) he brought a Komurin straight out of Mazinger Z that almost ends destroying the entire city.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike most of the Black Order, he genuinely cares about the Exorcists.
Ridiculously Human Robot: His latest creation Komulin EX is a tad bit too emotive for a machine. Allen of all people, takes advantage of this…
Running Gag:
- His robots and other Mad Scientist whatnots going berserk.
- Also being woken up by the quote "Lenalee's getting married." It never fails.
Trash of the Titans: His perpetually messy office. And by "perpetually messy," we mean that you can't see the floor for all the papers on it, save for a path cleared to the desk. On said desk, the papers are generally piled so high that you can't see Komui behind them.

Science Section

Reever Wenhamm

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (JP, 2006 anime), Tomokazu Sugita (JP, Hallow), Chuck Huber (EN), Fernando Cabrera (SP)

The long suffering section chief of the science devision. He likes soda and dislikes cigarettes and alcohol. Since he works for Komui, his entire division is incredibly overworked.

Awesome Aussie: Downplayed, but still has a badass side. He was revealed to be Australian in the manga, has survived stuff that would kill a man several times over, and kicks Komui's ass like a demon when he has to. Subverted in the dub of the anime, where was just given an American accent, either from lack of research or laziness.

Berserker Tears: When Tup is made a skull.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Often stuck with keeping Komui in line.

Johnny Gill

Voiced by: Tomohiro Tsuboi (JP, 2006 anime), Mitsuhiro Ichiki (JP, Hallow), Christopher Bevins (EN), Sergio García Marín (SP)

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A short, crybaby scientist at the Black Order. Often seen working with Tup Dop.

Distressed Dude: As he started to get more and more screen time in later chapters he began to fall into this trope constantly.

My Greatest Failure: Has been moving in this direction regarding Tup's Skull-ification and death and his begging Allen for help during the attack.

Older Than They Look: Believe it or not, he's around the same age as Tyki.
Opaque Nerd Glasses: We never get a glimpse of his eyes behind his glasses.
Say My Name: Spends a good deal of the Alma Karma Arc screaming Allen's name dramatically.
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: After initially just being one of the many science division members, he finally starts to have some plot relevance after he leaves the Order to look for Allen. What makes him this trope rather than a standard Ascended Extra however is that his increase in importance is around the same time Lenalee became Out of Focus and Lavi was Demoted to Extra, with Johnny all but having taken Lenalee's place as the third main character alongside Allen, Kanda, and Link.
Tap on the Head: Averted. The head injury Nea gives him in order to view Allen's life on Timcanpy is treated seriously. Kanda even worries that his blood won't be enough to heal him.
Took a Level in Badass: From the pinnacle of uselessness to competently trying to knock out Crow members and now allying with Kanda to look for Allen.
Undying Loyalty: Toward Allen, to the point where he leaves the Order to search for him.

Tup Dop

Voiced by: Kan Tanaka (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN), Luis Vicente Ivars (SP)

Another Science Division member. He works with Johnny.

Character Death: He gets turned into a skull and dies shortly thereafter.
Mauve Shirt: Survives quite a good bit into the series and manages to get a decent amount of characterization only to be abruptly turned into a skull in volume 15 and end up dying shortly afterwards.

Uncanny Family Resemblance: With his sister, no less. So much that everyone thinks he's Back from the Dead when they see her.

Jake Russell

Jake Rusell

Voiced by: Mitsuaki Hoshino (JP), Kent Williams (EN), Manuel Bellido (SP)

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A workaholic member of the Science Division who left his son Jan neglected in order to focus on his job. He decides to pay more attention to him when Jan meets Allen and gets involved with the Millennium Earl.

Adaptational Job Change: In the manga is said he works for the organization that supports the Black Order. In the anime, he's instead one of the scientists of the Order.
Ascended Extra: Downplayed. In the manga he's only mentioned by name and we never get to see him. In the anime, however, he appears as a recurring character in the first half of the series.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He stops appearing after the anime reaches its second half and returns to the canon content with no given explanation, though he makes small appearances in flashbacks and imaginary spots.
The Ghost: Jan's father is mentioned in the manga, but we never get to see him.
Mistaken for Romance: Komui wrongly thinks he’s dating Lenalee in the 18th episode of the anime, that originates the conflict of the episode when Komui stalks them to find a chance to destroy Russell while Reever along with Allen, Lavi and the rest of the scientist division follow him to stop his rampage through the city. At the end it is revealed he wasn’t romancing Lenalee, but instead helping her picking a present for Komui.
Sixth Ranger: Following his debut in episode 6 he sometimes can be seen as part of the group of the science division formed by Reever, Johnny, Tap, Neal and Huskin.

Other Personnel

Jeryy

Voiced by: Takuma Suzuki (JP, 2006 anime), Tetsu Inada (JP, Hallow), Bryan Massey (EN)

A motherly cook from India who serves as a chef at the Black Order. He is very well-liked by most of his colleagues, partially for all the delicious food he makes.

The Bus Came Back: Initially he was only seen near the beginning of Volume 2 before Allen and Kanda are deployed on their first mission together. He then reappears after the attack on the North American branch arc... roughly 200 chapters later!
Cool Big Sis: He's a kind person who is appreciated by the Order members for his great dishes and being generally helpful. What makes him this despite being male is that his flamboyant personality makes him very feminine, with him being the one who taught Lenalee to behave like a Proper Lady and having "girls meet" with her and Miranda to talk about girly things such as skin care.
Camp Gay: He is very effeminate and has a few stereotypically camp traits. He even hits on Allen during their first meeting.
Only Known by Their Nickname: According to extra material, "Jeryy" is not his real name, but a pseudonym he uses in the Order.
Supreme Chef: He can make almost any type of dish you can think of and his cooking is greatly appreciated by the members of the Order. Allen in particular seems to love everything he makes, especially his mitarashi dango.

Emilia Galmar

Voiced by: Aya Suzaki (JP), Tia Ballard (EN)

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The daughter of Inspector Galmar who helped around in Hearst Orphanage where Timothy lived. She joined Black Order to look out for Timothy. She is hinted to have a small crush on Kanda

Badass Normal: She is a normal human, but she knows martial arts and can use gun. She had a small moment of awesome when she tried to save Timothy who was captured by Akuma while being injured, even though she was clearly afraid of them herself.
Big Sister Instinct: She is very protective of the children in the orphanage, especially Timothy. She shot at Akuma who captured Timothy even though she was injured herself. She later joined the Order to look out for him.
Cool Big Sis: She is one for Timothy and the children of the Hearst Orphanage.
Crash-Into Hello: She met Kanda when she bumped into him and almost instantly crushing on him after seeing how handsome he is.
Friendto All Children: She is very close to the children of the orphanage and very protective of them.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair in the anime, and is very kind and helpful.
Tomboyish Ponytail: Wears her hair in this hairstyle.