Snicket's Hints
In Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, many occurrences of V.F.D. are seen; more importantly, it reveals much more about the nature of V.F.D. as an organization:
- Many members have belonged to V.F.D. since they were children. (page 38)
- Children were stolen from their parents - albeit with permission (page 38) - and were raised to become volunteers (pages 12–20). The children were selected for having exceptional observational and/or note-taking skills (page 39). The children were then isolated from their families.
- The goal of V.F.D. is to ensure that the world remains "quiet"; the pledge of the secret organization is "The world is quiet here". This is an allusion to the first lines of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poem, The Garden of Proserpine. (pages 36 and 39)
- Count Olaf was a member of V.F.D. (page 45).
- Because of its enemies, V.F.D. is forced to change its headquarters and whereabouts very often. (page 51)
- Members of V.F.D. do not get paid. (page 19)
- Since the schism, V.F.D. has realized that it is unwise to permanently mark oneself with a symbol when the meaning of the symbol may change at any moment, so people who now join V.F.D. do not receive a tattoo anymore. (page 191)
- Headquarters of V.F.D. have been constructed by Lucky Smells Lumbermill using special "emerald lumber". (page 170)
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