Chapter 1 (Prelude):
Charge of the Shadow Brigade: The title which was originally 'The Shadow Vendetta' then 'The Shadow Mutiny' before becoming 'Charge of the Shadow Brigade' refers to the Charge of the Light Brigade; a disastrous cavalry charge led by Lord Cardigan during the Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 in the Crimean War. It is best remembered as the subject of a famous poem entitled The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Tennyson.
Chapter 2 (Prologue):
Dr. Sebastian Cain: The antagonist of the 2000 Sci-Fi Horror Thriller: Hollow Man, which was written by Gary Scott Thompson and Andrew W. Marlowe and Directed by Paul Verhoeven. The Character was portrayed by American Actor Kevin Bacon.
Big Brother: The figurehead of the ruling party in the dystopian fiction novel '1984' by George Orwell.
James Bond: James Bond needn't any introduction, he is the protagonist of the series of books by English spy turned novelist Ian Fleming, as well as a long running series of movie, the character here is the Pierce Brosnan incarnation.
Chapter 3 (Odd Pints and one Fat Bastards):
Campion Bond: The creation of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neil in the 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' graphic novel series. The supposed father of Andrew Bond, father of James Bond.
Fat Bastard: A character created and portrayed by comedian Mike Myers in the second and third installments of the Austin Powers Series.
Michael McGregor: The "real" name of Fat Bastard is entirely my creation. Created from the given first name of Mike Myers and his mother's maiden name.
Chapter 4 (Brick Soldiers):
Logan: The creation of comic writers Len Wein, John Romita, Sr. and Herb Trimpe. The most iconic member of the Marvel Comic series X-Men. The name James Howlett is the characters birth name within the Marvel Universe. The character used here is from series the movie adaptations, where he is portrayed by Australian Actor Hugh Jackman.
Charlton Heston: An American veteran of the silver screen and spokesman to the American National Rifles Association.
Nightcrawler: Skinner notes seeing a mutant with blue skin and a tail, the character appears in the final chapter. It is the character from the 2003 movie 'X2', directed by Brian Singer, an adaptation of the Marvel Comic X-Men, originally created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. He is portrayed on film by British Actor Ian Cumming.
Angel: Skinner and Jekyll encounter a mutant who looks like an Angel, he is Warren Worthington III, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and introduced in the very first issue of Marvel Comics' X-Men. The version here is from the 2006 movie 'X-Men: The Last Stand', where he is portrayed by Ben Foster.
Turkish: Turkish is an original character, partially based on real life apolitical Turkish Assassin Mehmet Ali Agca and his background stems from the Batman mythology.
Chapter 5 (The League of Injustice):
Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova: Bond Girl, appearing in the 1995 in the James Bond film GoldenEye, played by Swedish-Polish actress Izabella Scorupco.
Sofie Fatale: A minor villain in 2003 Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill Volume 1. . She is played by actress Julie Dreyfus.
Elle Driver: Codenamed 'Californai Mountain Snake', a villain in the Kill Bill films by Quentin Tarantino, played by Darryl Hannah.
Miguel Bain: The villain in the 1995 film 'Assassins', directed by Richard Donner and written by Brian Helgeland and the Watchowski Brothers. He was portrayed by spanish actor Antonio Banderas.
Karl Ruprecht Kroenen: The creation of Mike Mignola, a character in the Hellboy comics, later portrayed on film in the 2004 adaptation by Ladislav Beran.
Ethan Rayne: A recurring character on American cult TV series; 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', created by Joss Wheadon. Portrayed by Robin Sachs.
Mr. Kevin Trick: A recurring character on American cult TV series; 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', created by Joss Wheadon. While he was originally only known as Mr. Trick, I gave him the name Kevin simply cause he looks like one Played by K. Todd Freeman.
Sheldon Jeffrey Sands: A character from 2003 film 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' by Robert Rodriguez. He was played by Johnny Depp.
All Seeing Eye: An expression usually referring to the watchful eye of God. Also a symbol of the Great Architect, the title given to God in Freemasonry. Freemasonry is vaguely connected to the League in both comics and film.
Max Zorba: Max Zorba is intended as a relative of Alexis Zorba of Nikos Kazantzakis' 1952 novel; Zorba the Greek.
Geldmachers SDV assault rifles, Petri Revolvers and Hampton Carbine Sniper Rifles: They are fictional brands of fire arms from the 'The Operative: No One Lives Forever' video game.
Chapter 6 (The Road to the Shadow Mutiny):
Paulo Ceniza: Intended to be the third twin of the Ceniza brothers from the 1999 Film 'The Ninth Gate', directed by Roman Polanski. The twins were Pablo and Pedro, portrayed by José Lَpez Rodero.
Chapter 7 (Starter):
Alestir Crowley: Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an occultist, Freemason, prolific writer, mystic, hedonist, and sexual revolutionary.
Grigori Rasputin: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 22 1869–December 29 O.S. December 16 1916) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russia's Romanov dynasty. Rasputin played an important role in the lives of the Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsarina Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei, who suffered from haemophilia.
Albert Wheeler: Not a fictional character, but a real person who taught me an accounting course in college. His resemblance to Mike Myers is true.
Chapter 9 (Martyr):
Judas Kemp: Based upon a very real friend of mine, Jude Kemp, an Australian bloke of the description given in the story, I had never seen him in daylight, ergo, I saw it reasonable to turn him into a vampire.
Judas Iscariot: A disciple of Jesus Christ and his eventual betrayer. An archetype of betrayal in western culture.
Kakistos: A one time villain on American cult TV series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. Played by Jeremy Roberts.
Chapter10 (Panic Under the Streets of London):
Panic Under the Streets of London: The title of this Chapter is from The song Panicby the Smiths.
.-. Dorian, Jekyll and Skinner make references to the year 1904 when the League betrayed them. The entire accounts of which are detailed in my other story titled 'War of the World: Companion to 'COTSB'.
Chapter 12 (lex talionis):
Reform Club: The Reform Club was originally a private gentlemen's club situated on the south side of Pall Mall (at number 104), in central London. It has admitted ladies since 1981. In 1977 its subscriptions were amongst the highest in London. It is used fictionally in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days; the protagonist, Phileas Fogg, is a member of the Reform Club who sets out to circumnavigate the world on a wager from his fellow members, beginning and ending at the club. The old guy is telling an uninterested Bain the story of the Wager.
lex talionis: A latin phrase literally translated as The Law of Retaliation, used most commonly to refer to the old testament principal of An Eye for an Eye.
Ferreyman: The ferryman in question in Charon of Greek mythology, who would ferry the dead across the river Acheron into the Underworld. Which spawned the tradition of placing two coins on the closed eye lids of the recently departed for Charon to collect, otherwise the deceased's spirit would wander the land on the living forever, as a ghost.
The Monk, The Mutant, The Reaper: Are Silas, Caine Marko/Juggernaut and Jared Nomak, respectively. They all make their appearances as League Operatives in that order.
William Rookwood: A minor character from the 2006 movie V for Vendetta, an intelligence officer who once worked for Peter Creedy, a main antagonist.
Chapter 13 (Voyerisim and Vandelisim):
Silas: A character from the controversial (and quit lame if you ask me) religious novel; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Bown
Farraday Club: It is entirely of make concoction, the Madame Farraday in question is the character played by Glenn Close in the 1996 movie Mary Reilly which is adapted from the novel by Valerie Martin. The movie is a retelling of the Jekyll + Hyde story.
Father McKenzie: Is from the song Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles.
Frank 'Chas' Chandler: A long running character from the DC/Vertigo comic book series; John Constantine: Hellblazer. Created in 1987 by Jamie Delano.
OOXX: I am told that means hugs and kisses.
FATE: Originally the mass-surveilance supercomputer in the DC/Vertigo Graphic Novel 'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. I am using the movie version of 'V…' but I've seen fit to incorporate this aspect as well.
Chapter 14 (The Quiet Preceding the Storm):
Ra's Al Ghul: Arabic for 'The Demon's Head', is the name of Batman's mentor in the 2005 film 'Batman Begins', played by Liam Neeson. The character was originally created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams an introduced in 1971 into the pages of DC comic's Batman.
The League of Shadows: Originally 'The League of Assassins' in the Batman comics, made into Shadows for the 2005 film Adaptation. 'The League of Shadows' was at one point the title of this story.
Chapter 16 (Dues Ex Machina):
Dues Ex Machina: The phrase is a theatrical term referring to sudden revelations in the plot of a story and almost unexpected stroke-of-luck solutions. It is latin for 'God from the Machine'.
Five Foot Girl: The girl in question is Kitty Prude a.k.a. Shadowcat as played by Ellen Page in the 2006 film 'X-Men: The Last Stand'. Created for the Marvel comics series X-Men, by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.
Adam Sutler: Created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd for their DC/Vertigo comics graphic novel 'V for Vendetta', then named Adam Susan. Was played in the 2006 silver screen adaptation by John Hurt as Adam Sutler.
Trevor Bruttenholm: Created by Mike Mignola for his Dark Horse comic Book 'Hellboy' and played in the 2004 movie adaptation by John Hurt.
Ambrose Bierce: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842–1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story (horror) writer, editor, and journalist. Appearing in DC Comics's miniseries Stanley and His Monster, Bierce (or at least a character claiming to be Bierce) appears as a sardonic trenchcoat-clad adventurer into the supernatural, very similar to DC/Vertigo comics' John Constantine.
Sâr Dubnotal: Erroneously referred to as Sar Dubonal. The creation of Norbert Sévestre. Appearing in the Sâr Dubnotal stories. Dubnotal, a hindu mystic of many superhuman abilities, was "instructed in the school of the brahmins and the most famous Hindu yogis." Dubnotal was the "Conquistador of the Invisible Ones," the "Napoleon of the Immaterial," "Great Psychagogue," the "grand spirit guide," a psychic investigator/occult detective.
Dr. Sax: A character created by Jack Kerouac for his 1959 novel Doctor Sax. An occultist/exorcist based upon 'The Shadow' pulp hero and Beat Generation author 'William S. Borroughs'.
Chapter 17 (Iscaiot):
Bill Tanner: Bill Tanner is the Chief of Staff of MI6 in the fictional James Bond film and novel series. Created by Ian Fleming.
Jane Moneypenny: M's secretary and one of James Bond's multitudes of female admirers. Created by Ian Fleming and given the first name Jane in Samantha Weinberg in 'The Moneypenny Diaries' trilogy of novels.
Barbara Mawdsley: Dame Judi Dench's version of M's real name, given by recent Bond novelist Raymond Benson.
Man of Wealth and Taste: In The Rolling Stones' iconic song 'Sympathy for the Devil', Satan introduced himself by saying, "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste."
Chapter 18 (Shadow Boxing):
Jack Wade: 007's CIA contact in the James Bond films: GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies. Wade, played by Joe Don Baker.
Asgard: In norse myth, Asgard is the realm of the Gods' dwelling, which is appropriate given in houses 'The All Seeing Eye'.
Greenwich: There is actually a ley line passing through Greenwich. However, there isn't any in Crawley.
The Order of Ancient Mysteries: The creation of Neil Gaiman, appearing in the award wining DC/Vertigo comic book series 'The Sandman' in the very first issue.
Chapter 19 (Ancient Mysteries):
John Constantine: Was created by Alan Moore during his run on DC comics' 'Swamp Thing', then was spun-off into his own series published by DC/Vertigo, entitled 'John Constantine: Hellblazer'.
Roderick Burgess: The creation of Neil Gaiman, appearing in the award wining DC/Vertigo comic book series 'The Sandman' in the very first issue.
Tears and Blood: In greek myth, the souls of the dead trapped in the underworld needed t consume the tears of the living to be able to talk.
Lazarus: Not the New Testament Parable, but from the DC comics' Batman mythos, it is the mysterious substance that rejuvenates the ill and dying and even the deceased. It is most commonly used by Ra's Al Ghul, it has sustained him for centuries.
Chapter 20 (Unto the Breach):
Tyler Durden: A main character from the 1999 movie 'fight club' where he was portrayed by Brad Pitt, the movie was based upon the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk.
Hank: The character played by Kelsey Gremmer in the 2006 film 'X-Men: The Last Stand', originally created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, introduced in the very first issue of Marvel Comics' X-Men.
Prayer to St. Michael: The Prayer to Saint Michael is a Christian prayer addressed to Michael the archangel. It is used most prevalently among Catholics, especially one who are about to embark into battle. The prayer was composed by Pope Leo XIII at the end of the 19th century; he made it part of a set of prayers to be recited on behalf of the Church at the end of Low Mass (liturgy).
Chapter 21 (The Shadow Mutiny Commences):
Jared Nomak: The main villain for the 2002 film Blade II, adapted from the Marvel Comics series. He is portrayed by actor Luke Goss.
Chapter 22 (The Shadow Mutiny Continues):
The Archivist: Also known as 'Files & Records', appearing once in season three of American cult TV series; Angel. An employee of the villainous 'Wolfram & Hart' law firm. Played by Stephanie Courtney.
Divine Comedy: Elle Driver's description of the ninth's circle of hell comes from Dante Alligheri's epic -And quit dense- poem; The Devine Comedy.
Midjai: The Midjai are the Egyptian guardians of Imhotep's tomb in the Mummy movies.
Worthington Pharmaceuticals: The corporation that develops the mutant cure in the 2006 film 'X-Men: The Last Stand'.
Chapter 23 (The Shadow Mutiny Concludes):
Gatwick: There really is a Gatwick airport in Crawley.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.": Skinner quotes a line in the play The Mourning Bride, by William Congreve, an English author of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
"I did what I had to do…. and sought it through without exemption.": Skinner here is living out the role of the dieing man from Frank Sinatra's iconic 1969 song; 'My Way'.
24 (Epilogue):
Irish Rock Ballad: The song being played on the Jukebox is Irish Band: The Pogue's 'Rainy Night in Soho'.
Colossus: A character from the 2006 film 'X-Men: The Last Stand', played by Daniel Cudmore. Originally created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, and introduced in into the pages of Marvel Comics' X-Men.
Lara Croft Lara Croft is a British video game character, and the Amazonian heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games, movies and comic books. In the two movies, she is portrayed by Angelina Jolie.
Harry Potter: Just like James Bond, Harry Potter needn't be introduced, he is the protagonist of the series of book by J.K. Rowling.
Haroon Ali Agca: Turkish's real name is based upon 'Mehmet Ali Agca', the would be Turkish Assassin of Pope John Paul the Second.
Norsefire: Norsefire is the ultraconservative fascist ruling party in the Alan Moore & David Lloyd DC/Vertigo graphic novel 'V for Vendetta', and the subsequent 2006 film adaptation by James McTeigue and the Watchwoski Brothers.
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thanks goes out to all of you who have read and reviewed, for those who have simply read, I say 'Allah Y'samhak', look it up if you like. Well then, cherio.
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By the way, Skinner didn't really die. Kidding, he's as dead as humanity's conscience.
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(for real)