At the beginning of each part of this 5 part story, I have a list of the cast members that appear and a basic description of them to give the artist something to go off of in designing the character. This is also for those who haven't read the comic book, as it gives some basic background information.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Janette DeVille: Janette is about twelve years old, with brunette hair which she wears in puffy pigtails that stick up on the sides of her head (it's a classic anime-ish hairstyle). She seems heavily based on an anime archetype, as she dresses in what looks to be a modified Japanese girl's high school uniform - you know, the sailor suit with the mini-skirt? - only it's colored black. She also wears a pair clips that have cat's faces on them in her hair, star-shaped earrings and black shoes, with red and white striped socks. All in all, she looks something like an early-90's anime version of Wednesday Adams.

Janette was mostly raised as a normal human. The gift of magic usually skips a generation, and since her parents generation had a witch in the family, nobody expected it. Since her parents were against magic, they didn't even tell her about the possibility. When her talent did begin to manifest at age six, her Aunt Helena (the witch in the family) . . . persuaded Janette's parents to let her train the girl so that she could control her magic without hurting herself. They didn't like it, but they really had no choice. Janette started by spending weekends at her aunt's house to study, but when she got upset with her brother's teasing and cursed him, her parents decided it was best if she simply lived there. Having been abandoned by her parents, she immediately attached to her aunt as a surrogate mother and as a result, she has a tendency to cling to her aunt a bit sometimes, although she's starting to show more independence.

Since she was raised most of her life as a normal human, she thinks like a normal human. She uses her magic conservatively and usually tries to talk her way around problems or solve them by normal means, resorting to magic only when that has failed. She is polite and treats other people as equals, even mortals, unless they do something to really anger her. She's quite slow to anger though, so she doesn't have too many people who dislike her.

Annabelle DeVille: Also twelve, Janette's cousin, Annabelle, is everything that Janette is not. Annabelle wears an old fashioned green dress, white across the front with white lace frills at the neck, shoulders and hem. She also wears white gloves, black shoes with gold buckles instead of laces and green ribbons in her blonde hair, which she wears in curls. All and all she looks like Goldilocks leapt right out of the story-book, but in the process gained a haughty, better-than-you attitude. She has a slightly more pronounced nose and chin than her cousin and aunt, a gift from her father.

Also a surprise, she manifested her powers at age two, but unlike Janette, she was raised by parents who had no problems with power. In fact, her parents were power-hungry, possessive, and controlling - did I mention power-hungry (they were US senators). Annabelle lived her early childhood in a mix of being doted on and being abused, constantly told that she was superior to all other people (except her parents, of course) because she had power and she must take no crap from anyone. They didn't hold to Helena's ways and ideals, so at age 5, they found a coven to teach her instead of sending her to her aunt.

It was a big mistake. The coven accepted their money and taught the girl everything they thought a witch should know, but they taught her no restraint or morals. What returned from the coven three years later was a horrid, inhuman brat with incredible power (remember that Twilight Zone episode about the all-powerful little boy? Think that). Annabelle, having become very independent, no longer held to being controlled and abused by her parents and within a week of her return, Annabelle showed them who had the real power by turning them both into toads. When Helena found out, all she had to say was, "I warned you." Of course, Helena restored them, but after that, they wanted nothing to do with Annabelle ever again, so Helena took her in.

Annabelle is a classic example of the abused child becoming an abuser. She has no regard for the value of human life - or, for that matter, any life. She is aggressive with her magic, to the point of recklessness. She delights in casting spells on innocent passersby just for a chuckle and requires very little provocation to become angry. Without a doubt, her favorite spell is turning people into frogs or toads, although rats, insects and similar small, disgusting animals are also options. She's everything you expect from a fairy-tale wicked witch and more, all wrapped up in a sweet and innocent looking package.

Nathaniel Edward Church: My own character. Eddy is mildly retarded and physically deformed; he is dwarfed, with slightly too-long arms and a noticeable hunch, so that he looks something like an ape at a distance. His deformities make it difficult to guess his exact age and he has fair hair and faded-blue eyes.

Eddy is the mental equivalent of a seven-year-old. He is innocent, unassuming and friendly, yet he has a stronger grasp of the world around him than you would expect. Unlike most people with his particular developmental handicap, Eddy crossed the threshold of development that allows people to think outside themselves, to see the world from the perspective of other people, so he understands that if you hit someone, it hurts them and he really doesn't like hurting people. That said, Eddy has an undying hatred of witches that rivals all of the other witch-hunters in the story and he has absolutely no problem selling them out to be burned at the stake.

Deacon Black: A witch-hunter and a half-immortal. He is trained as a catholic priest and dresses in the uniform of a deacon, always with a cross hanging at his neck. His hair is light brown and he wears it long, tied back in a ponytail. He is well over five hundred years old and has been hunting witches for almost all of it.

Black was once a very good man, believe it or not. He was a priest during the 1500s and he kept a shrine that had some sort of sacred relic. He took care of the sick, cared for the poor and served his community in every way possible. He loved his people like Christ loved His flock. It all ended when a witch came to his town. Thinking her just another noblewoman, he let her into his home, gave her a place to stay - not much, but it was all he had to offer - and invited her to mass. What exactly offended the witch, Black doesn't know, but she overreacted to the extreme. She slaughtered half the town, burned down his church and stole the sacred relic kept there. Black she left alive to suffer his sorrow endlessly as torment for offending her. Black has hunted witches ever since and his name was feared by all who had the talent for magic.

In the comic book, Black tried to kill the DeVille family, but he was beaten by Harlan and the family was saved. As punishment for trying to harm her family, Helena turned the deacon into a frog. Even though Black was effectively defeated in the first comic book, I liked his character and wanted to bring him back. If figured this was okay, because comic book villains keeping coming back to haunt the main characters even after they appear to have been killed (how many times did the Joker die?). Since being defeated by the DeVille family, he has joined an organization called the White Lions, under the leadership of Dr. White.

Although Black does not care for Dr. White, he is willing to make use of the man's resources. Furthermore, being a member of the White Lions takes Black back to the time when he was a priest and had responsibilities to other people. The White Lions give him something to care about other than himself, which is something he's longed for many centuries.

Reverend Dr. Eliot White: Also my own character. The leader of the White Lions, the most elite and widespread organization of witch-hunters in the world, he is also a half-immortal. Dr. White wears a well-pressed brown suit and tie, with nicely polished shoes and glasses. In appearance, he's a mix of both Denzel Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., although he's nothing like either of the two in personality. Dr. White is three or four hundred years old.

Dr. White is Black's opposite. Whereas Black was a good man before becoming a hunter and he had reasons why he believed what he did, White was never a good man. He did good things at times, but he delighted in the suffering of his fellow man. He is a Southern Baptist by religion and his sermons are reminiscent of the puritan days, with a bit of Jack Chick thrown in for good measure; all fire and brimstone and damnation - and no D&D. Dr. White is twisted and insane and he's all the more dangerous because he's an excellent, charismatic speaker who can draw people to his cause with ease.

As a personal note, I find it humorous that Black is white and White is black. This is why I am not a comedian.

Helena DeVille: The aunt of the two main characters, she took both of them in when they were young after their parents abandoned them. She has raven-black hair that she wears shoulder-length and soft facial features. She looks enough like Janette that she could actually be her mother. She was trained at the Coventry School on the island of Avalon, later joining it's Board of Trustees and she is a powerful, well-respected sorceress. She's a real, no-nonsense woman who works hard and tolerates no disrespect. Despite a playful wicked streak, Helena is a kind and caring woman. She's also a bit eccentric and at times, she seems a little childish herself.

Harlan Macbeth: Helena's lover, Harlan is a full-blood immortal. He is a teacher at an elementary school near Helena's home and he teaches history - which is appropriate, since he's lived through a lot of it, being over five hundred years old himself. He's a tall, black man with a short mustache and not a hair on the top of his head. He looks like he ought to be a basketball player; his similarity of appearance to Michael Jordan is rather astounding.

Harlan is the textbook definition of Lawful Good alignment. He is an organized, good-hearted man with strong respect for law and order and a distaste for violence, although to protect the people he cares for, he will fight. And, surprisingly, he's good at it. He's quite physically powerful and being immortal, his endurance is without bounds. He's the African-American equivalent of Hercules in terms of strength and stamina, so it's best to stay on his good-side. Despite being fairly calm and easygoing, he is not very good at quick-thinking and prone to rash actions, which gets him into trouble rather often.

Concepts

The Arcane Bloodlines: A bit of my own idea, based on a few elements already present. The Bloodlines are what give both witches and immortals their power. The more direct your Bloodline is, the more powerful you are and they affect men and women differently.

In women (witches), the Bloodlines produce the talent for sorcery. Women can cast spells, perform magic rituals and the like, but physically, they are normal humans. Also, although they age very slowly after reaching adulthood, they are not immortal and are subject to disease and death. In men (immortals), the Bloodlines manifest in the form of superhuman physical prowess. They are strong, have high endurance and pain tolerance, rapid rate of healing and, as the name suggests, are immortal. Well, not always; it depends on how pure the Bloodline is. Full-blood immortals cannot be killed and do not age, although they do possess the ability to take their own lives if they wish to. Half-immortals don't age after reaching adulthood and aren't subject to disease, but they can be killed by others. Lesser immortals are like witches, their aging slows once they reach adulthood, but they will die eventually and are subject to disease.

Okay, what we've got here is a basic, introductory chapter, what us literature buffs call "exposition." It introduces the two main characters, along with Eddy and establishes the rough situation without actually saying too much about the story yet. It sets the stage for the rest of the plot. I tried to include a little bit of humor, nothing laugh-out-loud funny mind you, just some subtle humor - whenever I try to do outlandish humor, it's just not funny (see, Black is white and White is black joke). Also, a note for the readers. Several times throughout the script, I refer to an unnamed "you." This is actually me speaking directly to the "artist." I wrote this with the idea that if were it an official script, an artist would be reading it, so I included notes accordingly.

A special note for the artist, pay close attention to shadows in chapter 2, as they are important.

I realize that a comic book script is not the easiest thing to read and just looking over it, some things may not be clearly understood. Therefore, I'm including a short summary of each part of the story along with the cast information. The real beauty of the story is in the details found in the script itself, but if you know the story before reading, perhaps it will help my readers follow along better.

Ch. 1

The story begins with a dream sequence with Janette. She is remembering the time when she first discovered her power, but she is awakened from this dream by her teacher. She has fallen asleep in class and this is not appreciated.

Later, at a mall over the weekend, Janette and Annabelle are enjoying some ice cream and talking. Annabelle is saying how embarrassed she is at the fuss Janette made in class that day by falling asleep, and also expressing her displeasure and boredom at visiting a mortal mall. Janette happens to notice a new shoe store and decides to investigate it before leaving.

Inside the shoe store, Janette literally bumps into Eddy, who is working there. For a second, Eddy seems to be aware of something, but it gets lost as he quickly tries to apologize for running a customer down. When Janette says she doesn't need any help, Eddy goes to the back of the store, but continues to watch her. Annabelle teases Janette about this, saying she's met a new boyfriend, but, while a little peeved, Janette is too weirded out by Eddy's persistent staring and they leave.

Outside the mall, they are approached by a gang member, or poser of some sort, who makes crude advances. Annabelle is her usual nasty self and Janette tries to diplomatically convince the poser to leave them alone. When his advances are refused, he pulls a switch-blade and threatens them. Annabelle turns the poser into a frog and the two go home; however, from the roof of the building, Eddy was watching the whole thing. Upon realizing the two are witches, he decides he must tell "Dr. White" about it, although he seems nervous.

Ch. 2

Eddy is walking down a dark street toward the hideout of Dr. White and his White Lions witch hunter group. While this is going on, the audience is given some basic background information on Dr. White's past and his relationship to Eddy. After this, Eddy arrives at the warehouse and shows his badge to get in.

Inside, he meets with Deacon Black. He tells the deacon what he saw. At first, Black is skeptical, but when he hears the description of the DeVille girls, he loses control of his anger and tries to shake more information out of Eddy. While this is happening, the door to the office opens and immediately the room goes quiet enough for Dr. White's footsteps to be heard. He orders Black to put Eddy down and apologize for being rude, which Black does. Dr. White then prompts Eddy to continue.

Eddy tells them that he could sense powerful magic potential from both. While Annabelle was more aware of her power and had more control, he thought that Janette was by far the more powerful of the two, but she was not fully awakened. Dr. White considers this, gets a little more information from Black before deciding to send Eddy out to kill them. Black demands to be sent himself and Eddy is not merely hesitant, but almost repulsed at the thought of going. Dr. White talks Eddy into going, but just before he does, Black glances at Eddy's shadow and for an instant, sees a pair of glowing eyes in them.

In the next moment, Eddy has suddenly undergone a horrible transformation of personality, to the extent that his posture, expressions and voice are all different. He not only seems willing, but gleeful at the thought of killing the witches. He is sent to prepare and Dr. White tells Black to meet in his office.

Inside the office, Dr. White punches Black in the face the moment the door is closed and berates Black for questioning his orders in front of his men. After this, Dr. White explains that Eddy is a perfect witch hunter because of certain magical experiments that were performed on him centuries ago by a witch family known as DeSade. Dr. White knows little about the details, but is nonetheless pleased with Eddy's abilities. He then tells Black that he has implanted a radio transmitter in Eddy's head that will allow them to listen in. Black leaves the office, shocked and appalled by this abuse of such an innocent and unassuming individual.

Ch. 3

Janette and Annabelle are preparing for bed. Janette still seems a little upset about the teasing, but she's more concerned about Eddy himself. She senses something strange and familiar about him, but can't say what. As if on cue, Eddy swings in through the window, driving himself into Janette and throwing her down. Eddy is now wearing the uniform of the White Lions and for weapons, he has a pair of clawed gauntlets.

Annabelle is furious that someone would dare attack her cousin and attempts to cast a spell on Eddy. He screams in apparent agony, but after a moment, the spell merely fizzles out. Eddy responds by flying at Annabelle, scratching her face with his claws ad then pinning her against the wall. As he draws back his hand for a killing blow, Helena and Harlan burst into the room.

Eddy tosses Annabelle across the room with inhuman strength and leaps at the interlopers. Helena throws a lightning bolt at him, but it is deflected by some invisible field and Harlan is forced to step in to keep Eddy away from his family. Though he receives severe wounds from the fight, he is able to subdue Eddy. While Helena heals her lover, the girls tie the hunter up and then wake him for questioning.

When Eddy awakens, however, he has reverted to his original self and, like a child, cries out in terror and begs for his life. Helena is the first to realize that Eddy must have multiple personality syndrom. Harlan balks at the idea of killing Eddy, since he's little more than a child at the moment, and after some thought, Helena also decides against it. Instead, she decides to take him to Avalon so that his anti-magic field can be studied.

At a motel somewhere, Black is about to go to bed when he receives a call telling him that Eddy has been captured and he returns to the headquarters to take command.