Tag: The Liberator
Day 19: 21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents: THE LIBERATOR III
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE
DAY 19: THE LIBERATOR III
In the opening of the 27th Century, Earth has cut itself off from its colonies centuries earlier. Those colonies eventually became a confederated united that allied itself with other alien worlds, to form The United Interstellar Conference or UIC. The UIC has maintained peace, commerce, and interplanet diplomacy for over 3 Centuries. But recently actions and conflict with The Thrallian Empire have threatened to shatter that peace. For about a decade and a half, a cold war has existed following a five year war between the UIC and the Thrall. This all changed following a series of attacks by Thrallian forces led by General Kraul on UIC outposts led to an escalation of hostilities again. One of these outposts was headed by first time Commander Lawrence DelRey, who is also a descendant of two former costumed adventurers known as THE LIBERATOR. DelRey had his ancestor’s shield and fragments of one of his old costumes in tow. DelRey was only on his first day on the job, when the station was attacked by Kraul. All but DelRey and former war hero Symane Braxis were killed in the firefight. The two escaped and eventually, through a series of events formed a team of costumed adventurers known as THE GOLUNDAN CORP. DelRey took on the mantle of his ancestors as the third Liberator and became the group’s leader.
DelRey has no special powers but is armed with the previous Liberator’s shield, which is impervious to most known forms of attack. His suit is made from a high impact synthetic which protects him even further. He is also armed with other forms of gadgetry and equipment which allow him to be an effective fighter and commander in his and Golundan Corp’s battle against the peace and security of The UIC.
21ST CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS: DAY 3-THE LIBERATOR
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 3
Character Biography: Martin
Batiste, Â the 14th Baron of Bonne
Terre was born in the French
Province Nord-Pas-de-Calais in July
of 1750. He grew up in comfortable
surroundings and wanted for
nothing, yet even at an early age,
saw the inequities and injustice
surrounding him. Martin as he
grew into adulthood became
engrossed in the Enlightenment.
He immersed himself in science,
engineering, politics, social
philosophy among other disciplines.
In 1768 his Father died under
mysterious circumstances, and an
altered (later learned falsified) will
that named his Uncle Rene as the
heir to his father’s lands and titles.
When Martin attempted to
challenge the ruling, his Uncle
concocted a scheme to frame Martin
for his Father’s murder. Martin
went into exile in order to gather
strength to clear his name and
regain his title.
Over time Martin met men and
studied under men like Ben
Franklin, Voltaire, along with some
of the finest swordsmen, military
strategists, criminals, and whoever
could aid him with his main goal.
While in Prussia, Martin observed a
meteor land nearby. He went to
explore the crash site to find the
meteor was not only still intact, but
was made of an unidentified metal
ore that he later dubbed
INVINCIUM. Martin took the ore
and had it smelted and forged into a
shield in the shape of the Fleur-de-
lis. He decided to take on the role
of a masked adventurer known as
THE LIBERATOR and used the
shield as his symbol.
Martin returned to France in 1773 to
find Bonne Terre was in a state of
ruin. Batiste had become a cruel
tyrant who bled the countryside dry
for his own selfish gain. Martin
began a 5 year campaign against his
Uncle, and eventually regained his
land and title, and in process
became a national legend and came
to the attention of King Louis XVI.
In 1777 he was summoned to Paris
where he was asked to go to
America to aid in revolutionary
cause. He was requested by Ben
Franklin personally. Martin landed
in Baltimore in January of 1778. He
met up with George Washington
and a Spaniard adventurer known
as Phantasma. Washington had the
two costumed crusaders gather a
band of fellow adventurers that
went on  a series of missions
varying from sabotage to guerilla
warfare. Over time these super-
heroes did their part to help win
America its Independence, in the
process Martin gained the respect
and almost universal admiration by
both the common citizenry and its
top governmental and social
figures.
Jean returned to France in 1783.
He went into a semi-retirement at
that point, mostly a few adventures,
ruling Bonne Terre, and
philanthropic work. He even
managed to find a wife and have two
children. Then the French
Revolution struck and Martin’s life
was near ruined. The republic
seized his lands and fortune,
imprisoned his family, as well as
tortured and imprisoned him.
Things looked bleak. Even the
people of Bonne Terre turned on
him either out of fear of the
committee, or in some misplaced
sense of allegiance to the new
republic. Things only became
worse as cholera took his wife and
daughter’s lives while imprisoned.
Martin languished in jail for over a
year until a series of impassioned
plea from over 2 dozen political
figures, including George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and
James and Dolly Madison, had
swayed the government to release
Martin and his surviving son
Michael on the provision that they
leave the country immediately.
Martin was given a stipend and a
government position by President
Washington. Eventually Martin and
Michael relocated to New Orleans in
1804 after it became a possession of
the US. Both spent the next decade
or so in a quiet manner. Then in
1815, events led to the Battle of New
Orleans. General Andrew Jackson
was in need of men of all quarters to
aid him in his effort to hold the city.
Jackson approached a then a 64
year old Martin to don the Liberator
garb one last time. Martin
reluctantly agreed, and once again
aided United States in maintaining
its fragile newfound freedom.
In 1817 Martin returned to France
and Bonne Terre. Louis XVIII
returned his title and properties to
him, and he spent his final days
trying to rebuild the humble land to
its former stature. He died
peacefully in 1831. A statue of him
in his Liberator costume was
erected 5 years later. In 1916 his
great grandson Jean took on the
mantle and shield of the Liberator,
carrying on the legacy as he fought
in both World Wars.
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