Lucius opened doors all around some on the Earthly plane he was banished from, and some on his plane some he brought here long ago or was it a short time ago, oh it doesn't matter really it's all in great fun really. He was ready to begin making a new story in all the lands, he already made Dracula, the Minotaur, one of his great favorites the Kraken. All fun in those days, but now a new story needed to be made he was tired of playing with ghosts, so now as he pulled all of the people he wanted through the portal, he implanted a memory of him introducing each of them to each other, and telling them be free, forge that story you've always wanted. His final words to them, "Remember if the story is no fun, then why would we read it?" 
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The portals dropped all of you together near a small town still on the Deadzone reality, you can all clearly see a hag walking in the street, a half-breed Werewolf/ Vampire trying to sell Venom (The equivalent of cheap alcohol), and a few [url=http://weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/manigator2.jpg] Manigators (?) [/url] clearly the town watch dogs.

"Now go create the new story book my children," You could all hear in your heads, before a small headache set in