Hellgate: London Storyline

This information is based on Dark Horse's Hellgate: London Comic Issue #0 (the E3 Special Edition).

Evil Feeding Evil

"He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done." – Leonardo da Vinci

London, 2020. London is in disarray after a series of cold blooded murders and missing persons, and even the ravens are leaving London, which some treat as signs of an upcoming great disaster. Lord Patrick Sumerisle, Home Office Minister for Internal Affairs and former Colonel in the Royal Green Jackets, is among the victims, who had his young granddaughter Jessica disappear without either a trace or threat from any organization or person. As Sumerisle very soon unexpectedly resigns from his work and a group of mercenaries are seen travelling to Sumerisle's home, British secret service MI5 responds to the strange circumstances. MI5 assigns agent Lyra Darius, operating in domestic surveillance and counter-terrorism, to the task of spying on Sumerisle and finding out the whereabouts of Jessica.

Darius finally finds Jessica alive in a charnel house, but is shocked to see her held captive in a horrific demonic infestation amidst tortured corpses, bones, and skulls, hanging above a floor flooded by blood. She manage to rescue her, but puts both her and Jessica's lives at stake as they are attacked by a vicious Harbinger demon. She defeats the demon, and meets Lord Sumerisle who is also there, now wearing a traditional Templar armor.

Sumerisle explains the facility is a focal point of arcane energies, where the fabric of creation is tiring, risking turning the location a gateway to a Hellish dimension. He explains that the recent slaughtering of innocents in London has weakened the fabric. He tells this is why he quit his work; to locate the gateways. However, a problem for them is that the demons are legion. As soon as he finishes talking, massive explosions throughout London rocks the capital.

The Assault on All Hallows Eve

"If you're going through hell, keep going." – Winston Churchill

After Lord Sumerisle has explained the ancient Templar order's holy call to combat evil, and that he and the mercenaries coming to this place are all members of the Knights Templar, he sends Darius and little Jessica to the Tottenham Court Road tube station, having access to the British Museum, which is now serving as a refuge. On the way out, they are attacked by hordes of demons and zombies, and Lyra is forced to leave their car and travel by foot, carrying Jessica, crying for being separated from her grandfather and violently protesting at Darius for carrying her away.

Two weeks later, Sumerisle reunites in the refuge, apparently having survived the battles. They now have to move on as the refuge is no longer secure enough. Sumerisle explains they intend to attempt a full assault on the primary Hellgate at St. Paul's Cathedral that same day, on All Hallows Eve. It may be a lost battle due to the overwhelming odds, but the plan is to make the demons believe they have wiped out all of the Templar's. The Templars operate best from the shadows, and the demonic forces have now come to know them too well, seeking and hunting them down. On their way there, Sumerisle unfortunately falls in battle.

Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it." – Chanayka

London, 2038. 18 years later. Jessica has grown to be a Templar in her twenties, leading a large force of others. Yet again, it is All Hallows Eve, a day that has turned from being a masquerade for children to flirt with fear, to remember and honor those who have sacrificed their lives in their fight against the transdimensional abominations. The Templars have again grown in force, and shall give hell to those that brought hell upon them...

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