The Shadow League

All team members are either own original creations or public domain characters. Either way all characters and/or their interpretation as well as the following story are copyrighted by me (and realized with HeroMachine3).


Story:

Friday, August 13, 1915 - near Munich, Bavaria (Germany)

After his lost battle against the Monsters Society in his "fathers" former laboratory at the university of Ingolstadt in Germany, Frankenstein's Monster had found refugee in an old abandoned abbey near Munich where he recovered from his injuries when a mysterious scruffy men in ragged clothes and with an old musket on his back entered the ruins. Hidden in a dark corner he studied the odd man who seemed to search for someting when suddenly the men turned around and stared directly at the spot where the monster was hiding.

"You can come out now, I know you're there."

"Who are you? What do you want from me?"

"People call me 'The Walker'. I'm here to help you - and ask for your help in return."

"You don't know what you're talking about. You don't know me."

"Of course I do, Frank. Can I call you that? Frank? I know you don't have a real name, but Frank somehow sounds appropriate for Frankenstein's so called 'Monster'."

Frank slowly stepped out from his dark corner and studied his opponent suspicious.

"How do you know about me? Most people think I'm just a character in a novel."

"Well, to be honest I thought that too once. But as I had to learn the hard way, this world is stranger than most people think possible. Take me for example - did you ever think that there could be a man who travels through time to fix historical events that have gone wrong?"

"You are a time traveler? That explains how you knew where to find me."

"Huh - now I'm somewhat disappointed. I didn't think you would swallow it that easy. I'd already prepared ​​myself for lengthy explanations."

"Not much unlike you I have seen many strange things in the 127 years that I have now roamed this world. And what exactly is it you think you could help me with?"

"Well, in fact I think we can help each other. After all, it is about a common enemy."

"I guess you're talking about Moriarty?"

"Bingo!"

"Bingo?"

"A word you'll probably learn in about 11 years which means that you're right. Anyway. Yes, it is Moriarty who I need your help to fight."

"Why?"

"Well, unfortunately, the attainment of your father's research documents was only a small piece of the puzzle in a much bigger scheme by Moriarty, which could mean the end of the world as we know it. If we want to save billions of lives, we have to stop him."

"That sounds pretty ominous. And how would this mutual aid, of which you are talking about, look like?"

"As you may already have noticed by now, you don't stand a chance against the combined power of Moriarty's Monsters Society - and neither do I. But with a little help of friends? So, what do you think of joining - or rather founding - a team of adventurers?"

"Umph. Never been a good team player."

"Well, then it's time to change that. I think we should start our recruiting tour in London."

"Why? Who is there?"

"Ever heard the name Van Helsing?!"