Originally an order of slave owners and traders who wanted to expand American dominion over Latin America and the Caribbean and transform these regions into slave states, the Knights of the Golden Circle were forced to go underground after the Confederacy lost the American Civil War. Since the Confederacy's defeat, the Golden Circle has been fermenting racial tensions, advancing their white supremacist ideology through hidden back channels in hopes of starting a second Civil War and establishing a New Confederacy. They helped smuggle members of the Thule Society into America after the fall of Nazi Germany, and through the Thule, the Knights have learnt dark magics they use to further advance their goal of a White America.