Persistent stories are pretty awesome, though not necessarily canon Fury has two nemesis' in the form of LeeRoy's (Kanitah? Can't quite remember the name.) and Skallagrim's General Freedom. Not to mention that he wants to obliterate the Dreamer himself. 

I'm hoping Fury will get his showdown one day, I had a finale/end game planned for him a long time ago. 

Also, my gothic/vampire characters are all linked to one dynasty originating from Vanarus Salein, and the Clockwork Man just has his own set of stories he's happily adventuring through (as he's never actually been defeated, so it's literally one continual story at the moment.)