Cahill branches

The fictional Cahill family, portrayed in the 39 Clues novel series, is split into five family branches: the Lucian, the Ekaterina, the Janus, the Tomas, and a special "outlying" group called the Madrigals. The five branches are named after the five children who founded them. The branches are always fighting each other to find lost "Clues". Each branch has their own unique name, crest, and color.
Ekaterina
Founded by Katherine Cahill, is made up of famous scientists and great inventors, such as Abraham Lincoln, Galileo Galilei, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Howard Carter, John Flamsteed, Nikola Tesla, George Herbert, Elias Howe, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Jr., and Marie Curie. The Ekats made many great inventions like the light bulb, but they also invented many different items, such as the atomic bomb. They are the branch of "ingenuity". They despise members of the Tomas branch, mostly because of Thomas Cahill's betrayal of his sister, Katherine. Ekaterinians are responsible for the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster, and CERN. They use Cairo, Egypt, the Bermuda Triangle, London, UK, and CERN as their strongholds. The Ekaterina symbol is a yellow dragon. Ekats such as Robert Cahill Henderson, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla came close to finding all the 39 clues. The Ekats in the book are Ned, Ted, and Sinead Starling, Alistair Oh, and his uncle, Bae Oh. The Ekaterina branch is led by Bae Oh.
Janus
Founded by Jane Cahill, is made up of the world's most famous and talented artists, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maria Anna Mozart, Thomas Jefferson, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Isadora Duncan, Alfred Hitchcock, Damien Hurst, Giorgio Armani, Mark Twain, Harry Houdini, Walt Disney, Raoul Lufbery, Steven Spielberg, John Keats, Lord Byron, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, Mary Shelley, and Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm. The Janus made some of the most famous pieces of art that exist and some of the greatest pieces of writing that has ever been written (usually classics). They have strongholds in Venice, Italy and Hollywood, California. The Janus symbol is a green wolf. The characters in the books that are Janus are Jonah Wizard and his mother, Cora Wizard. The Janus branch is led by Cora Wizard, as well as Halima Amadi and Spencer Langendoen.
Lucian
Founded by Luke Cahill, are the descendants of the world's greatest leaders and spies, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ching Shih, Catherine the Great, Bernardino Drovetti, Marie Louise, Michael Bloomberg, Susan B. Anthony, Gustave Eiffel, and Sidney Reilly. They are the most ruthless Cahills, for they always like to use poison and are extremely power-hungry. Most important leaders, such as some US Presidents, are Lucians. Lucians allegedly control secret bases such as Area 51 and Fort Knox. They also have strongholds in Paris, France, Karachi, Pakistan and Moscow, Russia. The Lucian symbol is similar to the caduceus, and is two red snakes entwined around a sword. Lucian Constantine of Russia came close to finding all the 39 clues. In the books, Ian, Natalie, and Isabel Kabra, Irina Spasky, and Nataliya Ruslanova Radova are Lucians. The Lucian branch is led by Vikram and Isabel Kabra. The Lucians are considered by most as the worst of the four branches, other than the Madrigals.
Tomas
Founded by Thomas Cahill, is made up of famous explorers, discoverers, and athletes, such as Annie Oakley, Neil Armstrong, George Washington, Babe Ruth, Philip II of Spain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, David Livingstone, Herbert Hoover, Edmund Hillary, Roald Amundsen, Lakshmi Mittal, Michael Phelps, John F. Kennedy, Gertrude Ederle, Wayne Gretzky, David Beckham, Manny Pacquiao, and Simon Bolivar. They have been the first to go to the moon and climb mountains, explore unknown lands, and are in the best shape. They have strongholds in Tokyo, Japan, Durban, South Africa, and Mexico City, Mexico. Tomas members hate the Ekaterina branch. The Tomas symbol is the blue bear. The Holts and Mr. Malusi are the only Tomas in the book so far. The Tomas branch is led by Ivan Kleister.
Madrigals
Founded by Madeleine Cahill, is made up of mysterious persons who are trying to prevent the four branches from getting Clues. Famous Madrigals include Abigail Adams, Paul Robeson, Deng Xiaoping, and Amelia Earhart. Their leader used to be Grace Cahill and are now Amy and Dan because of her death. They would do anything to prevent the other branches from getting clues. Although people can be born into the Madrigals, like Amy and Dan, people from other branches can join if they want to. In the Madrigal Maze application downloaded into iPhones, it is revealed that to join the Madrigals, you have to get yourself out of a maze alive inside their stronghold located deep in the jungles of Central America. Prominent Madrigals in the books are William McIntyre and the Man In Black. In the seventh book, Amy, Dan, Hope Cahill, and Arthur Trent are revealed to be Madrigals. The Madrigals symbol is a brown M, which is revealed on the cover of the 'Secrets of The Madrigals' booklet which comes with card pack 3. In Book 8, Amy and Dan Cahill referred to the Madrigals as the "worst among the worst", even though they themselves are Madrigals.

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