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Multiverse of Extraordinary Gentlemen
With his latest contribution to the www.flickr.com/groups/4035126@N22/ group, Lord/Doctor Allo/Zaat inspired me to set to work making more League of Extraordinary Gentlemen minifigures. What I came up with is a sort of parallel-dimension roster.
Front row, left to right:
"Mina Murray": ... in a manner of speaking. In this reality, Mina's fiancé, Jonathan Harker, escaped the clutches of Dracula and his brides by fleeing well past Budapest, as the story usually goes. Driven mad by his encounter, he kept on the run, to the point where Mina tracked him all the way to Iceland. Despite her best efforts to save his soul and mind, she found herself lost in the wilderness, and she would meet her end at the hands of a native creature known as the hamrammr; a voracious shapeshifter whose form is determinant on their latest meal. The hamrammr, as legends state, retains not just the physicality but the mental attributes of its victims. Now Mina, only a shard amongst a slew of primal predators and prey alike, fights to control the collective entity and continue her mission to save Jonathan. She agreed to join the League if only to seek Jonathan in the most remote places of the world.
Mr. Edwin Hyde and Dr. Hank Jekyll: Jekyll was a chemist with skills beyond his time. His intellect allowed him to achieve greatness, but alas, his concentration on sciences and the atomic world twisted him into a curmudgeon, unfeeling to his fellow man. Jekyll recognized his own shortcomings as a humanitarian, and formulated a potion that could alter his personality to that of a jovial, more pleasant nature. He failed to anticipate that this new identity, "Edwin Hyde" as he preferred, was a romantic and carefree sort, and hopelessly clueless to all of Jekyll's scientific capabilities. The League, seeking Jekyll's mind, is at odds with Jekyll's own desire to let Hyde take full control, and live out a life free of toil and obligation.
The Inaudible Man: A man who's name, save for simply "Griffin", is lost to his greater legacy; that of a chemist (nearly Jekyll's match) who was unwillingly inducted into a military program trying to perfect the silent assassin. Griffin refused to use test subjects provided to him, bravely applying the numerous skin grafts as well genetic modifications he developed to only himself. He effectively transformed his skin, organs and even bones into entirely sound absorbent fabric-like material, but horrified, he destroyed his research before it could be archived. With he himself being the military's sole asset, he was once again forcibly implemented into their operations, trained to use his new traits for espionage and hits. It was all too easy for him to eventually slip out of his captors' grasp as well, however, and he went into business for himself, righting his wrongs by now saving lives, with the League.
Back row, left to right:
Professor Challenger: A stand-in for Allan Quatermain, Challenger is the staunch, famed explorer of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World". (I would've liked img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PL/3626cpb2056.png this head for him, as his blue eyes are a prominent part of his description.)
"Old Scratch": A shifty character who insists on the aforementioned nickname, adopts the guise of a lumberjack, and, despite the League's efforts to loose him, shadows them on all their heroic excursions. He freely offers advice to each "gentleman", usually that which pertains to the interest of a sole member of the company and is harmful to the others. For anyone familiar with this shady customer, this particular likeness he assumes was first mentioned in the works of Washington Irving.
King Pest: From the mind of Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest is a self-proclaimed dictator, but in reality, nothing more than a drunken, macabre stage actor that revels in the fantastical and grotesque. His kingdom is but an abandoned funeral parlor. His subjects consist of those near to death and the feeble-minded; those who are susceptible to drink and blissfully ignorant to time and reason. He is, of course, not a friend but a foe to the League. His influences start small, but his purpose, his objective... it spreads just as fast as the Black Plague he once lived through.
Ker Karraje: Captain Nemo was not the only formidable tamer of the seas to be brought to life by Jules Verne. Ker Karraje, of "Facing the Flag", is a ruthless pirate active near the end of the 19th century. His crew composed of masterful engineers crafted for him the 'Ebba', an incognito sailing ship that could convert into a submersible machine capable of boring into other vessels from beneath the waves and plundering them in seconds. Karraje is a reserve member of the League, lending his help only when A) he can be contacted, and B) when there is profit to be earned.
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Please consider contributing your own ideas to the Lego League of... you get it by now. Lord Allo is looking to hit 100 entries!
Multiverse of Extraordinary Gentlemen
With his latest contribution to the www.flickr.com/groups/4035126@N22/ group, Lord/Doctor Allo/Zaat inspired me to set to work making more League of Extraordinary Gentlemen minifigures. What I came up with is a sort of parallel-dimension roster.
Front row, left to right:
"Mina Murray": ... in a manner of speaking. In this reality, Mina's fiancé, Jonathan Harker, escaped the clutches of Dracula and his brides by fleeing well past Budapest, as the story usually goes. Driven mad by his encounter, he kept on the run, to the point where Mina tracked him all the way to Iceland. Despite her best efforts to save his soul and mind, she found herself lost in the wilderness, and she would meet her end at the hands of a native creature known as the hamrammr; a voracious shapeshifter whose form is determinant on their latest meal. The hamrammr, as legends state, retains not just the physicality but the mental attributes of its victims. Now Mina, only a shard amongst a slew of primal predators and prey alike, fights to control the collective entity and continue her mission to save Jonathan. She agreed to join the League if only to seek Jonathan in the most remote places of the world.
Mr. Edwin Hyde and Dr. Hank Jekyll: Jekyll was a chemist with skills beyond his time. His intellect allowed him to achieve greatness, but alas, his concentration on sciences and the atomic world twisted him into a curmudgeon, unfeeling to his fellow man. Jekyll recognized his own shortcomings as a humanitarian, and formulated a potion that could alter his personality to that of a jovial, more pleasant nature. He failed to anticipate that this new identity, "Edwin Hyde" as he preferred, was a romantic and carefree sort, and hopelessly clueless to all of Jekyll's scientific capabilities. The League, seeking Jekyll's mind, is at odds with Jekyll's own desire to let Hyde take full control, and live out a life free of toil and obligation.
The Inaudible Man: A man who's name, save for simply "Griffin", is lost to his greater legacy; that of a chemist (nearly Jekyll's match) who was unwillingly inducted into a military program trying to perfect the silent assassin. Griffin refused to use test subjects provided to him, bravely applying the numerous skin grafts as well genetic modifications he developed to only himself. He effectively transformed his skin, organs and even bones into entirely sound absorbent fabric-like material, but horrified, he destroyed his research before it could be archived. With he himself being the military's sole asset, he was once again forcibly implemented into their operations, trained to use his new traits for espionage and hits. It was all too easy for him to eventually slip out of his captors' grasp as well, however, and he went into business for himself, righting his wrongs by now saving lives, with the League.
Back row, left to right:
Professor Challenger: A stand-in for Allan Quatermain, Challenger is the staunch, famed explorer of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World". (I would've liked img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PL/3626cpb2056.png this head for him, as his blue eyes are a prominent part of his description.)
"Old Scratch": A shifty character who insists on the aforementioned nickname, adopts the guise of a lumberjack, and, despite the League's efforts to loose him, shadows them on all their heroic excursions. He freely offers advice to each "gentleman", usually that which pertains to the interest of a sole member of the company and is harmful to the others. For anyone familiar with this shady customer, this particular likeness he assumes was first mentioned in the works of Washington Irving.
King Pest: From the mind of Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest is a self-proclaimed dictator, but in reality, nothing more than a drunken, macabre stage actor that revels in the fantastical and grotesque. His kingdom is but an abandoned funeral parlor. His subjects consist of those near to death and the feeble-minded; those who are susceptible to drink and blissfully ignorant to time and reason. He is, of course, not a friend but a foe to the League. His influences start small, but his purpose, his objective... it spreads just as fast as the Black Plague he once lived through.
Ker Karraje: Captain Nemo was not the only formidable tamer of the seas to be brought to life by Jules Verne. Ker Karraje, of "Facing the Flag", is a ruthless pirate active near the end of the 19th century. His crew composed of masterful engineers crafted for him the 'Ebba', an incognito sailing ship that could convert into a submersible machine capable of boring into other vessels from beneath the waves and plundering them in seconds. Karraje is a reserve member of the League, lending his help only when A) he can be contacted, and B) when there is profit to be earned.
***
Please consider contributing your own ideas to the Lego League of... you get it by now. Lord Allo is looking to hit 100 entries!