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[color=Firebrick]It has been too long.  Too long indeed, since you who plant the weed of Crime have been forced to reap what you have sown.  Too long since you have tasted its bitter fruit.

You have taken advantage of the mercies of weaker men, taken miles for every inch they give you.  Tonight, it ends.

Tonight, you will beg for mercy that you will not receive.  You will tell me you are not the only one to blame, as if that matters to the blameless whom you have despoiled.  You will tell me you are a product of society, as if you had no choice in your sins.  You will tell me of your weakness of spirit, your sickness of mind, your faults and your failures....as if I did not already know.

Your pleas will be met only with my laughter.

"Who are you to judge me?!" you will ask in a final act of indignation.  "Who can say they truly know me, that they can act as arbiter of right and wrong?  Who truly knows the human soul and can cast judgment upon it?  Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

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[/sup][h3][sup][sup][color=Firebrick]Kent Allard/Lamont Cranston/Henry Arnaud/Etc. ♦  Age Unknown (Possibly over 120)   ♦   Male ♦   Hero[/color][/sup][/sup][/h3]
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[COLOR=Firebrick][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C O N C E P T   A B S T R A C T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT]The Shadow has been gone for decades, all but forgotten amidst the waves of technicolor champions and protectors, and in his absence, the concept of 'justice' has been clouded in the minds of men sworn to uphold it.  The corrupt and the degenerate prey upon the compromise and 'compassion' of soft-hearted 'heroes,' who mete out mercy to the merciless and prolong the suffering of the innocent.  It is long past time that Good men are reminded of what Justice truly is, and that Evil men fear retribution for their sins.

"But the Shadow must be long dead!" you say.  "How can he be here, now?"  To which the answer comes, "How indeed."  Has the Shadow risen from the grave?  Is there a new man wearing the garb of the Dark Avenger?  Or has he been here all along?[/indent][/indent]

[COLOR=Firebrick][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT]TBD[/indent][/indent][/hider][/hider]