The True Origins of The Inkwell Order: The Phantom Force of Franklin
By the time the American Revolution was in full swing, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t just a diplomat—he was a spymaster.
While Washington led armies on the battlefield, Franklin waged a different kind of war—one of secrets, deception, and unseen alliances. From his residence in Paris, he maneuvered through the gilded halls of French aristocracy, persuading the most powerful men in Europe that America’s war was their war too.
But Franklin knew the revolution wouldn’t be won by conventional means alone. While Washington struggled to build a standing army, the British Navy dominated the Atlantic, choking the colonies of supplies, trade, and reinforcements.
To break that stranglehold, Franklin needed a force that didn’t fight in formations, didn’t wear uniforms, and didn’t play by the rules of war.
The Birth of The Inkwell Order – America’s Ghost Fleet
They weren’t soldiers. They weren’t officers. They were fishermen, smugglers, sailors, and privateers—men who knew the sea better than any officer in the British Admiralty. Who became part of “The Order”
Their tactics were unorthodox, brutal, and effective:
The Franklin Connection
A Force That Transcended Nations
While these men waged their silent war at sea, Franklin ensured their legacy wouldn’t end with American independence.
During his years in France, Franklin cultivated relationships with some of the most powerful intellectuals, spies, and revolutionaries in Europe. He moved effortlessly through the salons of Voltaire, Diderot, and Beaumarchais, speaking not just of freedom, but of how it had been won in America—not through armies, but through the work of unseen men in the shadows.
He told them of the Inkwell Order.
To Franklin’s French allies, this was not just an American story—it was a model for revolution itself. The very same monarchy that had backed the American Revolution was on the verge of collapse. The whispers of revolution were growing louder in the streets of Paris. And they would need men like those in The Inkwell Order, if they were to succeed.
The French Revolution
The Order Goes Global
By 1789, as revolution spread through France, Inkwell Order agents found new patrons, new missions, and a new battlefield. They weren’t fighting for a single nation anymore—they were fighting against tyranny, oppression, and unchecked power.
In the bloody years that followed, they:.
Infiltrated royalist strongholds, ensuring that key assets fell into revolutionary hands.
Smuggled weapons through blockades, giving the revolutionaries the firepower they needed.
Prevented foreign intervention, misleading spies from Austria and Prussia, keeping their armies at bay.
Hunted down and neutralized counter-revolutionaries, ensuring that the fragile new republic survived.
As Napoleon rose to power, Inkwell Order operatives spread beyond France, embedding themselves in London, Spain, the Caribbean, and beyond. They had become something far bigger than Franklin could have imagined—a force that existed not for one country, but to shape the fate of nations.
The Evolution of a Ghost Organization
By the 19th and 20th centuries, Squid Squad had transcended the governments and leaders it once served. They became an invisible hand, appearing in moments of crisis:
During the Napoleonic Wars, they worked from the shadows to disrupt British intelligence and keep France from falling.
During the American Civil War, they helped the Union smuggle intelligence and supplies past Confederate lines.
In World War II, they worked inside Nazi-occupied Europe, ensuring the Allies had the intelligence they needed long before official governments acted.
Yet, they were always unseen, untraceable, and utterly ordinary to the outside world. Because they weren’t a government agency.
They had no borders.
No loyalty to kings, presidents, or prime ministers.
Only to the mission—to stop threats before they ever reached the world’s front page.
The Modern Era – The Last Hidden Force
Today, the world believes in intelligence agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad. Governments pretend they are in control, that they know every player on the board.
But the real power? It belongs to the ones you never see coming.
The Order agents don’t wear badges.
They don’t have official orders.
They are husbands and wives, teachers and architects, mechanics and doctors. CDTO’s and Executives. The people you pass on the street without a second glance.
Until the moment they strike.
Because when the world’s most dangerous forces plot in the shadows, there’s only one organization that hunts in the dark.
The Inkwell Order
