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OK, so as previously mentioned in the Warehouse 13 threads, I'm going to cancel that one and focus on a more Sanctuary based theme as more people seem to have a better idea of what it is about.
Background History:
Unbeknownst to most people, we share the earth with creatures not quite human, or even completely inhuman. Most, if not all of these strange creatures possess intriquing inhuman abilities. While all of these creatures are labeled as "abnormals", not all of them are entirely peaceful, and some are outright dangerous and lethal to humans. Since the beginning of time we have shared the earth with them, even at times peacefully coexisted with them. However, times change, as do entire species, and for many centuries these creatures became lost to us, relegated to urban myths and legends, completely forgotten.
However, these strange and interesting creatures did not just vanish or die out, they simply went into hiding. Why exactly this happened is unknown, although many now suspect it may have something to do with the end of the human - vampire wars. Whatever the reason, all contact with these creatures was lost for centuries, up until the 1800's.
((The following is a derivative of what I believe to be the closest to the true line of Sanctuary. The years are purely guesswork and may not be correct in conjunction with canon facts of the series. This is partially due to my not having the information at the time of this post, and partially to make this more unique and less exact to the real series.))
1847: Dr. Gregory Magnus, eventual father of Helen Magnus discovers that he possesses the rare life lengthening genetics of a long lived abnormal not long after discovering the existence of such creatures. While he makes the discovery of these creatures known to his government, he hides from them his own genetic abnormalities.
1848: The current government of England decides they can't afford to let these abnormal creatures, some of whom have proven to be violent continue to live, and advise the armies of every other nation to begin killing them all.
1850: The war against the abnormals has begun to take a horrific turn for the worse as the creatures, even the peaceful ones, begin to fight back with a vengeance, killing many in retribution, and for survival. At this time, Dr. Gregory Magnus makes a proposal to end the war, and construct facilities designed to house these creatures in safety, and to contain the violent ones so they are no threat to humans. His proposal is adamantly refused at this time. However, secretly Dr. Magnus meets with the leaders of several peaceful tribes willing to listen to him and grant him safe passage through their lands, and they agree if humans are ever willing to end the bloodshed, that this plan is one they could agree to.
1852: Helen Magnus, who will later become the head of the entire global Sanctuary network is born. It is unknown who her mother was, however her father is Dr. Gregory Magnus. At this time, world governments are in a state of panic as they begin to realize they can not hope to defeat every abnormal. They devise new tactics in the hopes that these will fare better.
1863: Helen Magnus, now 11, curious about her father's strange, private work, finally confronts him and demands to be let in on it. Realizing his daughter is too strong willed to be denied, he finally relents, telling her "you must never speak of this to anyone, and once you enter my world, you can never turn back." The young woman eagerly agrees, and is soon captivated by this strange new world. World governments now begin to realize that despite their best efforts, they are losing a war they started close to 15 years ago.
1868: Helen Magnus, now 16 stands by her father as he is summoned to an audience with several leaders of various countries. Gregory Magnus reveals to them that he has included his daughter in secret affairs for over 5 years now, teaching her what he knows of them. He also reveals the long hidden truth of his dealings with peaceful abnormals, a fact that does not go over well. However, at the end of the day, the world leaders present are forced to agree their tactics have ultimately proven futile, and give Dr. Magnus full authority to begin training people to capture these dangerous beings, and begin construction of the proper facilities to hold them based off his designs.
1873: The first Sanctuary, formed in London is completed and opens for 'business'. Helen Magnus, now 21 begins English studies at London University while helping her father on the side with daily activities in the Sanctuary. Within six months she has become one of the foremost trackers the young network has.
1881: The Sanctuary network now comprises of seven structures spaced around the globe, under the direction of Dr. Gregory Magnus. His daughter, Helen Magnus, now 29 begins dating a young man by the name of John Druitt, who also becomes involved in the network later on. At this time, Nikola Tesla, a bright scientist is brought on board to help in the construction of further buildings, as the resounding success of the network has made waves amongst every nation on the globe. At this time now, all public information regarding abnormals is closed, and quickly begins to become just a rumor again.
1886: Dr. Helen Magnus, now 34 and her fiance John Druitt manage to acquire a very rare sample of ancient, untainted, vampire blood. They meet with Nikola Tesla, Nigel Griffin and Dr. James Watson to begin an experiment. The intent is to inject the blood into themselves and see what kind of transformation occurs. The belief is that this blood will awaken the dormant abnormal in humans, and if this proves true, then Helen's father has already agreed to ensure the remaining samples of blood are either hidden so that only his daughter and comrades might ever find it again, or destroyed. The test confirms their suspicions in the late stages of testing. Helen ultimately gains the same extremely long life that her father naturally possesses. Nigel Griffin's skin becomes highly photo-sensitive allowing him the ability to become invisible, and while they do not know it at the time, this trait becomes hereditary. Dr. Watson's intelligence and mind becomes extremely enhanced and he later becomes the basis for the mysterious 'Sherlock Holmes'. John Druitt garners the ability to teleport wherever he pleases, provided he knows something of his intended destination and has a place in mind. Nikola Tesla's reaction however is the most severe, as he becomes a literal half vampire of the long dead 'Sanguine Vampirus' species. He also appears to gain some kind of control over electrical properties, perhaps due to him being at the time on the verge of a major break through in that field. With these results, Dr. Gregory Magnus takes in every sample of Source Blood, and is believed to hide only one, destroying the rest. Of the one hidden sample, he ensures that only the group who conducted the experiment, forever known as "The Five", can gain access to it, and even then only by using their combined abilities in concert with one another. No single one of them can gain access, only by working together will they be able to find it.
1888: Helen Magnus begins to suspect something is wrong with her soon to be husband John. This suspicion leads to mistrust, and their eventual split. However, this split does not occur before Helen becomes pregnant with John's child, a fact she will not realize for nearly six months. When she becomes aware, in a panic, not knowing what their child will be like now that John appears to be going insane, she manages to convince her father to use technology they have discovered to cryogenically freeze the embryo, in effect aborting the pregnancy without killing their unborn child, intending someday to perhaps allow their child, who will be a female, to be born.
1891: Helen's worst fears about John are confirmed as she learns he is in fact the source of all the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Hoping to end them, she confronts him as he prepares to kill a victim by holding him at gunpoint, however before she can shoot him he slits the other woman's throat and teleports away. It will be another 55 years before Helen is able to track him down again and get remotely close.
1945: Dr. Helen Magnus attends the signing of the treaties signifying the end of World War Two. As she later makes mention, she only attends because she was personally asked by the president of the United States, with whom she has begun building a professional relationship with in the hopes of opening more Sanctuaries, this time within the States themselves. Her attendance here to ensure smooth transitions, and her actions to save several delegates from a rouge hostile abnormal seal the fates of what will eventually become the first U.S based Sanctuary, which will be built in upstate New York.
1946: Dr. Magnus is confronted by a sick and dying John Druitt, who demands samples of her blood. He claims he needs stabilization, and that her blood holds the key to this. Left without any choice, she reluctantly gives him several samples of her blood, and he leaves without incident. She tracks him down three months later, but he again teleports before she can kill him or apprehend him. This time however, he completely vanishes off the global 'radar', and she is left to assume he is biding his time. It won't be until after the turn of the century before she learns anything of his fate.
1949: The Shadowy organization known as the Cabal forms, mostly from left over escapees of Hitler's personal guard. Their focus is to enslave abnormals for their own gain and rise to world dominance, but quietly until they have enough power that no one can stop them. While aware of the Sanctuary network, they allow it to exist deeming it no threat to them at the present time.
1971: While on his way to Los Angeles, California to attend the opening of the fifth U.S based Sanctuary, (the others in New York, Miami, Dallas and Seattle), Dr. Gregory Magnus abruptly vanishes, and is believed to have been killed when the vehicle he was in is later found in several pieces outside what is presently Norman, Oklahoma. His body however, is never found.
1983: The mysterious Christopher Andrews is born. He will later become a MAJOR player in the lives of every man and woman involved in both the Sanctuary and Cabal networks. At the same time, Dr. Helen Magnus finally thaws out the embryo of the child she froze so long ago and allows her to finally be born, naming her Ashley Magnus.
2006: Christopher Andrews, now 23 manages to beat out both a Sanctuary team AND a Cabal recovery team in reaching a sample of source blood uncovered in a massive South American earthquake. While the earthquake is later revealed to be the responsibility of a large creature known as "Big Bertha", she is later captured by the Sanctuary team and is presumed to be killed. Meanwhile, the Cabal soldiers determine they did in fact beat the Sanctuary teams to the location of the source blood, and the identity of the man who beat them all to it, and begin a massive manhunt for him. Christopher Andrews, now only going by the name "Chris", is eventually cornered by the Cabal with no way out. Sensing he is in trouble, he willingly injects the entire sample of Source Blood into his body. When the Cabal soldiers close in and finally confront him, he has already transformed into a super-abnormal, possessing powers similar to both John Druitt and Nikola Tesla. In a display of raw power, he slaughters the ill prepared soldiers without mercy and escapes.
2007: At the very beginning of the new year, Dr. Helen Magnus learns of the intense slaughter of soldiers in Chicago, Illinois. Sending a team there, they eventually conclude that only a 'Sanguine Vampirus' could have inflicted so much carnage and not ever been touched. Worried that Nikola Tesla has begun experiments again, Helen Magnus contacts him, and while he admits he's had thoughts of continuing reviving the race, he begrudgingly concedes that he has no knowledge of the events in Chicago, and is completely surprised. He vows to search for answers and inform her of what he finds, but never follows through, instead returning to his work, in the hopes of creating a vampiric army to counter such a new and powerful threat.
2008: The hunt for Christopher Andrews, known only to the Sanctuary Network as 'The Chicago Massacrist' comes to a sudden end when he shows up at the Main Sanctuary in Calgary, Canada. His ability to teleport directly through all the Sanctuary Defenses, coupled with the sudden reappearance of John Druitt is enough to convince Helen Magnus that she must come up with a solution to keep them both from being able to teleport in and out at will. Christopher eventually comes to trust her, and helps her to devise a method capable of killing either him, or John in the event they should teleport in with the field active, however he is unaware at this time of John, or Nikola Tesla.
The Cabal in the meantime realize the Sanctuary has the man they have hunted for years now, and plans are set in motion to capture him. However, before these plans can be set in motion, the Sanctuary inadvertently steals several abnormals from Cabal territory. The Cabal attack the Sanctuary in Calgary, and take back their 'property', but are unable to acquire Christopher as he is not there. The soldiers leave with the original intended cargo, and the organization once again loses all track of their other target, never knowing he has become a new recruit at the Sanctuary they just left.
2009: Christopher Andrews becomes a full fledged member of the Sanctuary Team under Dr. Helen Magnus, who has now been appointed head of the global Sanctuary network.
While conducting tests, Helen Magnus can find no trace of abnormalacies in Christopher's blood, despite his ability to teleport at will. However they both notice that he has never returned to his vampiric state, leading them both to believe that he must feel overwhelmingly threatened to be able to transform into a vampire. They both agree that this is probably for the best, and agree to seal any details regarding his seemingly dormant vampiric side.
The Sanctuary team learn more of the Cabal and what they have planned, and agree at some point they must be stopped, but not until they have more information. They also come across Helen's father, Gregory Magnus, who has been brainwashed into working for the Cabal. Eventually they free him from this, and he returns to the London Sanctuary, where he immerses himself in work to undo the damages he unwillingly has caused.
Present Day: The tides of war are beginning to stir. A deadly virus has begun to spread out from the Himilaya's. What will this mean in the grand scheme of things? Only time will tell.
Looking for interest right now, the next post will contain information about how each player character will enter this world. And yes, my character will be Christopher Andrews, however for the most part he will be attempting to hide his true powers from the PC's for as long as he possibly can.
Background History:
Unbeknownst to most people, we share the earth with creatures not quite human, or even completely inhuman. Most, if not all of these strange creatures possess intriquing inhuman abilities. While all of these creatures are labeled as "abnormals", not all of them are entirely peaceful, and some are outright dangerous and lethal to humans. Since the beginning of time we have shared the earth with them, even at times peacefully coexisted with them. However, times change, as do entire species, and for many centuries these creatures became lost to us, relegated to urban myths and legends, completely forgotten.
However, these strange and interesting creatures did not just vanish or die out, they simply went into hiding. Why exactly this happened is unknown, although many now suspect it may have something to do with the end of the human - vampire wars. Whatever the reason, all contact with these creatures was lost for centuries, up until the 1800's.
((The following is a derivative of what I believe to be the closest to the true line of Sanctuary. The years are purely guesswork and may not be correct in conjunction with canon facts of the series. This is partially due to my not having the information at the time of this post, and partially to make this more unique and less exact to the real series.))
1847: Dr. Gregory Magnus, eventual father of Helen Magnus discovers that he possesses the rare life lengthening genetics of a long lived abnormal not long after discovering the existence of such creatures. While he makes the discovery of these creatures known to his government, he hides from them his own genetic abnormalities.
1848: The current government of England decides they can't afford to let these abnormal creatures, some of whom have proven to be violent continue to live, and advise the armies of every other nation to begin killing them all.
1850: The war against the abnormals has begun to take a horrific turn for the worse as the creatures, even the peaceful ones, begin to fight back with a vengeance, killing many in retribution, and for survival. At this time, Dr. Gregory Magnus makes a proposal to end the war, and construct facilities designed to house these creatures in safety, and to contain the violent ones so they are no threat to humans. His proposal is adamantly refused at this time. However, secretly Dr. Magnus meets with the leaders of several peaceful tribes willing to listen to him and grant him safe passage through their lands, and they agree if humans are ever willing to end the bloodshed, that this plan is one they could agree to.
1852: Helen Magnus, who will later become the head of the entire global Sanctuary network is born. It is unknown who her mother was, however her father is Dr. Gregory Magnus. At this time, world governments are in a state of panic as they begin to realize they can not hope to defeat every abnormal. They devise new tactics in the hopes that these will fare better.
1863: Helen Magnus, now 11, curious about her father's strange, private work, finally confronts him and demands to be let in on it. Realizing his daughter is too strong willed to be denied, he finally relents, telling her "you must never speak of this to anyone, and once you enter my world, you can never turn back." The young woman eagerly agrees, and is soon captivated by this strange new world. World governments now begin to realize that despite their best efforts, they are losing a war they started close to 15 years ago.
1868: Helen Magnus, now 16 stands by her father as he is summoned to an audience with several leaders of various countries. Gregory Magnus reveals to them that he has included his daughter in secret affairs for over 5 years now, teaching her what he knows of them. He also reveals the long hidden truth of his dealings with peaceful abnormals, a fact that does not go over well. However, at the end of the day, the world leaders present are forced to agree their tactics have ultimately proven futile, and give Dr. Magnus full authority to begin training people to capture these dangerous beings, and begin construction of the proper facilities to hold them based off his designs.
1873: The first Sanctuary, formed in London is completed and opens for 'business'. Helen Magnus, now 21 begins English studies at London University while helping her father on the side with daily activities in the Sanctuary. Within six months she has become one of the foremost trackers the young network has.
1881: The Sanctuary network now comprises of seven structures spaced around the globe, under the direction of Dr. Gregory Magnus. His daughter, Helen Magnus, now 29 begins dating a young man by the name of John Druitt, who also becomes involved in the network later on. At this time, Nikola Tesla, a bright scientist is brought on board to help in the construction of further buildings, as the resounding success of the network has made waves amongst every nation on the globe. At this time now, all public information regarding abnormals is closed, and quickly begins to become just a rumor again.
1886: Dr. Helen Magnus, now 34 and her fiance John Druitt manage to acquire a very rare sample of ancient, untainted, vampire blood. They meet with Nikola Tesla, Nigel Griffin and Dr. James Watson to begin an experiment. The intent is to inject the blood into themselves and see what kind of transformation occurs. The belief is that this blood will awaken the dormant abnormal in humans, and if this proves true, then Helen's father has already agreed to ensure the remaining samples of blood are either hidden so that only his daughter and comrades might ever find it again, or destroyed. The test confirms their suspicions in the late stages of testing. Helen ultimately gains the same extremely long life that her father naturally possesses. Nigel Griffin's skin becomes highly photo-sensitive allowing him the ability to become invisible, and while they do not know it at the time, this trait becomes hereditary. Dr. Watson's intelligence and mind becomes extremely enhanced and he later becomes the basis for the mysterious 'Sherlock Holmes'. John Druitt garners the ability to teleport wherever he pleases, provided he knows something of his intended destination and has a place in mind. Nikola Tesla's reaction however is the most severe, as he becomes a literal half vampire of the long dead 'Sanguine Vampirus' species. He also appears to gain some kind of control over electrical properties, perhaps due to him being at the time on the verge of a major break through in that field. With these results, Dr. Gregory Magnus takes in every sample of Source Blood, and is believed to hide only one, destroying the rest. Of the one hidden sample, he ensures that only the group who conducted the experiment, forever known as "The Five", can gain access to it, and even then only by using their combined abilities in concert with one another. No single one of them can gain access, only by working together will they be able to find it.
1888: Helen Magnus begins to suspect something is wrong with her soon to be husband John. This suspicion leads to mistrust, and their eventual split. However, this split does not occur before Helen becomes pregnant with John's child, a fact she will not realize for nearly six months. When she becomes aware, in a panic, not knowing what their child will be like now that John appears to be going insane, she manages to convince her father to use technology they have discovered to cryogenically freeze the embryo, in effect aborting the pregnancy without killing their unborn child, intending someday to perhaps allow their child, who will be a female, to be born.
1891: Helen's worst fears about John are confirmed as she learns he is in fact the source of all the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Hoping to end them, she confronts him as he prepares to kill a victim by holding him at gunpoint, however before she can shoot him he slits the other woman's throat and teleports away. It will be another 55 years before Helen is able to track him down again and get remotely close.
1945: Dr. Helen Magnus attends the signing of the treaties signifying the end of World War Two. As she later makes mention, she only attends because she was personally asked by the president of the United States, with whom she has begun building a professional relationship with in the hopes of opening more Sanctuaries, this time within the States themselves. Her attendance here to ensure smooth transitions, and her actions to save several delegates from a rouge hostile abnormal seal the fates of what will eventually become the first U.S based Sanctuary, which will be built in upstate New York.
1946: Dr. Magnus is confronted by a sick and dying John Druitt, who demands samples of her blood. He claims he needs stabilization, and that her blood holds the key to this. Left without any choice, she reluctantly gives him several samples of her blood, and he leaves without incident. She tracks him down three months later, but he again teleports before she can kill him or apprehend him. This time however, he completely vanishes off the global 'radar', and she is left to assume he is biding his time. It won't be until after the turn of the century before she learns anything of his fate.
1949: The Shadowy organization known as the Cabal forms, mostly from left over escapees of Hitler's personal guard. Their focus is to enslave abnormals for their own gain and rise to world dominance, but quietly until they have enough power that no one can stop them. While aware of the Sanctuary network, they allow it to exist deeming it no threat to them at the present time.
1971: While on his way to Los Angeles, California to attend the opening of the fifth U.S based Sanctuary, (the others in New York, Miami, Dallas and Seattle), Dr. Gregory Magnus abruptly vanishes, and is believed to have been killed when the vehicle he was in is later found in several pieces outside what is presently Norman, Oklahoma. His body however, is never found.
1983: The mysterious Christopher Andrews is born. He will later become a MAJOR player in the lives of every man and woman involved in both the Sanctuary and Cabal networks. At the same time, Dr. Helen Magnus finally thaws out the embryo of the child she froze so long ago and allows her to finally be born, naming her Ashley Magnus.
2006: Christopher Andrews, now 23 manages to beat out both a Sanctuary team AND a Cabal recovery team in reaching a sample of source blood uncovered in a massive South American earthquake. While the earthquake is later revealed to be the responsibility of a large creature known as "Big Bertha", she is later captured by the Sanctuary team and is presumed to be killed. Meanwhile, the Cabal soldiers determine they did in fact beat the Sanctuary teams to the location of the source blood, and the identity of the man who beat them all to it, and begin a massive manhunt for him. Christopher Andrews, now only going by the name "Chris", is eventually cornered by the Cabal with no way out. Sensing he is in trouble, he willingly injects the entire sample of Source Blood into his body. When the Cabal soldiers close in and finally confront him, he has already transformed into a super-abnormal, possessing powers similar to both John Druitt and Nikola Tesla. In a display of raw power, he slaughters the ill prepared soldiers without mercy and escapes.
2007: At the very beginning of the new year, Dr. Helen Magnus learns of the intense slaughter of soldiers in Chicago, Illinois. Sending a team there, they eventually conclude that only a 'Sanguine Vampirus' could have inflicted so much carnage and not ever been touched. Worried that Nikola Tesla has begun experiments again, Helen Magnus contacts him, and while he admits he's had thoughts of continuing reviving the race, he begrudgingly concedes that he has no knowledge of the events in Chicago, and is completely surprised. He vows to search for answers and inform her of what he finds, but never follows through, instead returning to his work, in the hopes of creating a vampiric army to counter such a new and powerful threat.
2008: The hunt for Christopher Andrews, known only to the Sanctuary Network as 'The Chicago Massacrist' comes to a sudden end when he shows up at the Main Sanctuary in Calgary, Canada. His ability to teleport directly through all the Sanctuary Defenses, coupled with the sudden reappearance of John Druitt is enough to convince Helen Magnus that she must come up with a solution to keep them both from being able to teleport in and out at will. Christopher eventually comes to trust her, and helps her to devise a method capable of killing either him, or John in the event they should teleport in with the field active, however he is unaware at this time of John, or Nikola Tesla.
The Cabal in the meantime realize the Sanctuary has the man they have hunted for years now, and plans are set in motion to capture him. However, before these plans can be set in motion, the Sanctuary inadvertently steals several abnormals from Cabal territory. The Cabal attack the Sanctuary in Calgary, and take back their 'property', but are unable to acquire Christopher as he is not there. The soldiers leave with the original intended cargo, and the organization once again loses all track of their other target, never knowing he has become a new recruit at the Sanctuary they just left.
2009: Christopher Andrews becomes a full fledged member of the Sanctuary Team under Dr. Helen Magnus, who has now been appointed head of the global Sanctuary network.
While conducting tests, Helen Magnus can find no trace of abnormalacies in Christopher's blood, despite his ability to teleport at will. However they both notice that he has never returned to his vampiric state, leading them both to believe that he must feel overwhelmingly threatened to be able to transform into a vampire. They both agree that this is probably for the best, and agree to seal any details regarding his seemingly dormant vampiric side.
The Sanctuary team learn more of the Cabal and what they have planned, and agree at some point they must be stopped, but not until they have more information. They also come across Helen's father, Gregory Magnus, who has been brainwashed into working for the Cabal. Eventually they free him from this, and he returns to the London Sanctuary, where he immerses himself in work to undo the damages he unwillingly has caused.
Present Day: The tides of war are beginning to stir. A deadly virus has begun to spread out from the Himilaya's. What will this mean in the grand scheme of things? Only time will tell.
Looking for interest right now, the next post will contain information about how each player character will enter this world. And yes, my character will be Christopher Andrews, however for the most part he will be attempting to hide his true powers from the PC's for as long as he possibly can.
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